Who can be my guarantor?
If you are lodging an Overseas Passport Application Form (PC8), you must have a guarantor to verify your identity.
The guarantor must:
- fill in section 12 on the application form and endorse the back of one photograph by writing "This is a true photo of (applicants full name)” and sign it.
- Please use a black ballpoint pen, as this ensures that the application scans properly
- The photographs must be less than 6 months old
- Please refer to our strict photo guidelines.
To qualify as a guarantor the person must:
- Not be related to the applicant by birth or marriage, and
- Be 18 years of age or over, and
- Not be in a de facto relationship with the applicant (this includes same sex relationship), nor live at the same address, and
- Have known the applicant for at least 12 months, or since birth for a child applicant who is under 1 years of age.
In addition, the guarantor must be either:
An Australian citizen and holder of a current Australian passport with at least two years validity
OR
A foreign national currently working in one of the occupational categories listed below.
Occupational categories:
- Accountants
- Lawyers
- Bank Managers
- Chartered Professional Engineers
- Clerk of Courts
- Dentists
- Elected Representatives of Government
- Judges
- Marriage Celebrants
- Members currently serving in the regular Australian Defence Force with at least five years continuous service
- Pharmacists
- Police Officers with at least 5 years continuous service
- Postal Managers
- Public Servants who are current full-time employees of local Governments
- Registered Medical Practitioners
- Registered Nurses or Midwives
- Registered Optometrists
- Registered Physiotherapists
- Registered Psychologists
- Registered Veterinary Surgeons
- Teachers who are full time and who have been teaching for more than five years at schools or tertiary institutions