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Proof of Identification

You must provide proof of identification with your application.

Your application must also be accompanied with two statutory declarations from two separate Medical Practitioners (registered in Australia) confirming that the sex affirmation procedure has occurred.

If your birth is registered in NSW

Please provide at least three (3) forms of identification, from the list below (one of each from Categories 1, 2 and 3 or 4) with your application.

  • If you are unable to provide identification from Categories 1 and 2, you must still provide at least three (3) forms of identification. At least two (2) of these must be from Category 3.
  • One (1) form of identification must show your current residential address.

Identification List

Category 1
Category 3
  • An Australian Birth Certificate
  • Medicare Card
  • Credit or Debit Card
  • Centrelink or Department of Veterans Affairs Card
  • Security/Crowd Control Licence
  • Tertiary Education Institution ID Card
Category 2
Category 4
  • Australian Driver's Licence
  • Australian Passport
  • Firearms Licence
  • Foreign Passport
  • Recent utility account with current residential address
  • Recent bank statement posted to your current residential address

All identification must be current.

If your birth is not registered in Australia

Please provide at least four (4) forms of identification from the list below with your application.

  • At least one (1) form of identification must be provided from each category in the table below.
  • If your Category 1 document does not include your place of birth, you must also provide a passport or full birth certificate containing this information.
  • At least one (1) form of identification must contain your current residential address.
  • Your Category 4 document must show that you have resided in NSW for the past 12 months.

Identification List

Category 1
Category 3
  • Citizenship Certificate
  • New Zealand Citizenship Certificate together with passport
  • New Zealand Birth Certificate
  • Medicare Card
  • Credit or Debit Card
  • Centrelink or Department of Veterans Affairs Card
  • Security/Crowd Control Licence
  • Tertiary Education Institution ID Card
Category 2
Category 4
  • Australian Driver's Licence
  • Australian Passport
  • Firearms Licence
  • Foreign Passport
  • Recent utility account with current residential address
  • Utility account or bank statement dated more than 12 months prior to this application

All identification must be current.

If your application is lodged by mail, photocopies of identification are accepted, but must be certified by a Qualified Witness as being 'true and correct copies' of the originals.

A Qualified Witness is a:

  • Justice of the Peace
  • Legal Practitioner (holding a current Practising Certificate)
  • A person authorised to administer an oath under section 26 of the Oaths Act 1900
  • Notary Public

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