Overseas Application

Guarantor of applicant

To help us identify the person applying for an Australian passport, we need someone (a "guarantor") to complete Section 12 of the application form.

The guarantor must:

• be 18 years of age or over;
• have known the applicant for at least 12 months or since birth;
• not be related to the applicant by birth, marriage, de facto or same sex relationship, nor live at the applicant's address;
• possess a current (unexpired) passport that was issued with at least two years' validity; or be currently employed in one of the approved professional or occupational groups. Details of these groups can be obtained from the Australian diplomatic or consular missions where the application will be lodged;
• endorse the back of one photograph in English by writing "This is a true photograph of (applicant's full name)" and sign in black ink.