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      • Lodging a child passport application
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      • Inter-country adoption
      • Surrogacy
      • Child alerts
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      • Identity
      • Name change
      • Gender
      • Foreign documents
    • Printing your form
    • Photo guidelines
    • Lodging a passport application
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      • Concurrent passports
      • Non-citizen travel documents
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My child already has a valid Australian or foreign passport. Can I just take the child?

Taking your child overseas without the consent of the other parent may be a criminal offence. If you want to travel or relocate outside Australia without the child’s other parent’s consent, you should seek legal advice.

The Attorney-General’s Department has more information on international child abduction.

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  • My child already has a passport. How do I stop the child from travelling?

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