If you are renewing an adult passport

Documents you must bring:
 

1. Completed Overseas Renewal Application (PC7) form

2. Two passport size photographs of yourself – one needs to include your name and surname on the back

3. Your most recent Australian passport

• This passport will be cancelled and returned to you with your new passport
• If you need to travel while your new passport is being processed, you can ask to have your old passport returned to you immediately. However, you must surrender your old passport for cancellation before we give your new passport to you.

If you are applying for a new adult passport

Documents you must bring:
 

1. Completed Overseas Passport Application (PC8) form

2. Two passport size photographs of yourself – endorsed by a guarantor on the back

 

PLUS
 

3. Proof of your Australian citizenship by:

 

EITHER

 

A. Your original Australian birth certificate. 

• Please note that we do not accept birth extracts, commemorative certificates, photocopies (including certified copies) or faxed copies.

• If you currently do not have your original Australian birth certificate, please contact the Australian Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages (RBDM) in your home state to apply for a new document. If you are born after 20 August 1986, and do not have an Australian passport issued after 1 January 2000, please provide proof of one parent's Australian citizenship or permanent residence status in Australia at the time of your birth.

OR

 

B. Your original Australian citizenship certificate.

• This includes Extracts from the Register of Australian Citizenship by Descent, issued to Australian citizens born overseas. If you currently do not have your original citizenship certificate, please contact the Department of Home Affairs.

• If you are born outside of Australia provide your valid non-Australian passport or original birth certificate in English.

• If you were born in Turkey, you must provide a 'Formul A' document from the Population Ministry or from e-devlet in addition to the Australian citizenship certificate. An English translation is not required for the Formul A.

 

PLUS
 

 

4. Provide your most recent Australian passport (if in your possession)

• The passport will be cancelled and returned to you with your new passport.

 

5. Provide original documents to prove your identity

1. Proof of current name (e.g. credit card, health card etc.)
2. Photo identification with signature (e.g. current driver’s licence, foreign passport, Australian or foreign residency ID card etc.)
3. Proof of current address (e.g. bank statement, utility bill, etc.)

Some foreign language documents will need to be translated in English, for example

• Court documents, such as child custody arrangements and name change documents.
• Third country documents (for example, birth certificates issued in countries other than Turkiye)

The following Turkish language documents do not need to be translated:

• Turkish ID cards, credit cards, utility bills, e-devlet print outs, Formul A, Turkish marriage wallet.

 

6. If you have changed your name, you must provide original documents of any name changes

• Find more information here.

 

7. If replacing a lost, stolen, or damaged passport, include completed B11 General Declaration form with a clear statement explaining how, when and where the incident occurred.

If you are applying for a child passport (new or renewal)

 

• Applicants under the age of 18 must always apply using the Overseas Passport Application Form (PC8).
• For child(ren) aged 15 and under, at least one parent must attend an interview, but the child(ren) does not have to attend. 
• For child(ren) that are 16 or 17 years of age, both parent and child must attend the interview.  
• Both parents must consent to the passport being issued and a Guarantor must endorse a photograph of the child and complete section 11 of the application form.

Documents you must bring:
 

1. Completed Overseas Passport Application (PC8) form

2. Two passport size photographs of the child – must be endorsed by a guarantor on the back

 

PLUS
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3. Proof of the child's Australian citizenship by:

 

EITHER

 

A. The child's original Australian birth certificate. 

• Child’s original Australian birth certificate showing both parent’s names. 

• It must be presented each time a passport is applied for.

• If a child doesn’t currently have an original Australian birth certificate, please contact the Australian Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages (RBDM) in your home state to apply for a new document.

OR

 

B. The child's original Australian citizenship certificate.

• This includes Extracts from the Register of Australian Citizenship by Descent, issued to Australian citizens born overseas. If you currently do not have your original citizenship certificate, please contact the Department of Home Affairs.

• If a child is born outside of Australia, you must also provide their original foreign birth certificate, with an English translation.

  • If your child was born in Turkey, you must provide a 'Formul A' document from the Population Ministry or from e-devlet in addition to the Australian citizenship certificate. An English translation is not required for the Formul A.

 

PLUS
 

 

4. Provide the child's most recent Australian passport (if in your possession)

• The passport will be cancelled and returned to you with your new passport.

 

5. Provide original documents to prove the parents' identity

1. Proof of parent’s current names (e.g. credit card, health card etc.)
2. Lodging parents photo identification (e.g. current driver’s licence, foreign passport, Australian or foreign residency ID card etc.)
3. Lodging parent’s proof of current address (e.g. utility bill, e-devlet print out from the Popluation Ministry)
4. Parent’s names change document (if applicable)
5. Marriage certificate (if applicable)

Some foreign language documents will need to be translated in English, for example

• Court documents, such as child custody arrangements and name change documents.
• Third country documents (for example, birth certificates issued in countries other than Turkiye)

The following Turkish language documents do not need to be translated:

• Turkish ID cards, credit cards, utility bills, e-devlet print outs, Formul A, Turkish marriage wallet.

 

6. Provide evidence of both parents' consent

• Both parents must give their consent by signing section 17 on the application form.
• Both parents must have their consent witnessed by a person, who is not related to the child, nor the parents, by birth, marriage, or de facto relationship.
• The witness must be contactable but does not have to be the same as the guarantor. It can be a friend, neighbour, or colleague.
• The consent page can be emailed as PDF if the non-lodging parent is overseas.
• If there has been a name change, we would require a certified copy of the non-lodging parent’s ID to support the consent. Read more about parental consent here.

 

7. If replacing a lost, stolen, or damaged passport, include completed B11 General Declaration form with a clear statement explaining how, when and where the incident occurred.