PROOF OF IDENTIFICATION (POI) REQUIRED

Acceptable full–POI Documents – no other proof required

You can prove your identity with any one of the following current full POI documents:

• Photographic driver’s licence issued within Australia;
• Australian passport;
• Document of identity issued by the Passport Office;
• Australian Defence Force photographic identity card;
• Federal or Western Australian police officers photographic identity card;
• Police Warrant Card;
• Proof of Age Card issued by the Department for Planning and Infrastructure;
• Marine Certificate of Competency carrying a photograph of the holder; or
• Western Australian photograph (security) licence issued by or cleared with the Western Australian Police Service.

If  you have changed your name, you must provide one of the following:

• a marriage certificate;
• divorce papers; or
• change of name certificate, deed poll papers or ‘licence to change name’ documentation.

If you cannot provide full–POI documents you must provide one primary PLUS one secondary POI document.

Acceptable forms of primary identification are:

• an overseas passport (which can have expired within the last two years);
• an Australian citizenship or naturalisation document or immigration papers issued by the Department of Immigration and Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs, and local government and Ethnic Affairs documents issued by a passport office;
• Western Australian Firearm Licence;
• a birth certificate, or an extract of the birth certificate (must be a certified copy from the issuing body);
• a consular photo identity card issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade;
• Certificate of Aboriginality issued by an organisation (eg Land Council) recognised by the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission;
• a photographic licence issued by an Australian driver licensing authority (which can have expired within the last two years); and
• a security licence (which can have expired within the last two years).

Acceptable forms of secondary identification are:

• a current entitlement card issued by a Commonwealth government department (for example, a Medicare card);
• a current card or account card from a bank, building society or credit union;
• a passbook or account statement from a bank, building society or credit union (not more than 12 months old);
• an overseas motor driving licence (please state the country of origin on your application form);
• a telephone, gas or electricity account (not more that 12 months old);
• a water or local rate notice or land valuation notice (not more than two years old);
• an electoral card or other evidence of enrolment (not more than two years old);
• Armed Services discharge papers (not more than two years old);
• a certificate or statement of accomplishment or enrolment from a recognised educational institution; and
• a letter (not more than 12 months old) from the principal of a recognised educational institution.