Documents that confirm your citizenship and identity (in Australia)

When you apply for an Australian passport you must provide original documents which confirm your Australian citizenship and your identity. Please note that birth extracts, commemorative certificates, photocopies and fax copies are NOT acceptable.

To confirm your Australian citizenship

You must provide one original document.

Either:

1. your full Australian birth certificate; and if you were born on or after 20 August 1986, proof that one of your parents was an Australian citizen or permanent resident of Australia at the time of your birth, or 
2. your Australian citizenship certificate (including an extract from the register of citizenship by descent or extract from the register of Australian births abroad).
3. Passport applicants using the streamlined Passport Renewal process must present that passport that is being replaced.

To confirm your identity

You need to provide original documents from one of the following three combinations of documents.

NOTE: The documents within each category are listed at the bottom of this page.

Combination 1- two documents

• one document from category A
  and
• one document from category B

PLEASE NOTE: If neither of these documents shows your current address, you will also need one document from category C showing your current address.

Combination 2 (if you cannot provide combination 1)

• two documents from category B
  and
• one official document that includes your photograph

PLEASE NOTE: If none of these documents shows your current address, you will also need one document from category C showing your current address.

Combination 3 (if you cannot provide all the documents required in either combination 1 or combination 2)

• at least three documents from category C, all showing your name and current address
  and
• one official document that includes your photograph and signature

PLEASE NOTE: All documents presented from Category C must be no more than 12 months old. If you choose this combination to confirm your identity, your application may take longer to process.

Category A

• Current driving licence issued by an Australian state or territory
• Birth card issued by the Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages (this is not a birth certificate)

Category B

• Medicare card issued by the Health Insurance Commission
• Centrelink card issued by Centrelink
• Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) card issued by DVA
• Credit card or account card issued by a financial institution in Australia

Category C

• Motor vehicle registration or insurance papers
• Property rates notice
• Property lease agreement
• Home insurance papers
• Utilities bills e.g. telephone, electricity or gas
• Bank statements showing your residential address