Application For Evidence of Australian Citizenship: Step 1 - Eligibility
Application For Evidence of Australian Citizenship: Step 1 - Eligibility
Application For Evidence of Australian Citizenship: Step 1 - Eligibility
Children
Evidence of your identity in the community
If you are an applicant under 16 years of age, you must
provide the following: One passport-sized photograph and proof of
1. Proof of identity documents that show a: identity declaration signed by an Australian
citizen with the appropriate authority
• birth name and date of birth
• photograph and current name.
2. Part L – Proof of identity declaration completed by a
person with the appropriate authority.
The checklist below will help you identify suitable documents.
If you have difficulty finding suitable documents please call the
Citizenship Information Line or, if outside Australia call your
nearest Australian diplomatic mission, before you complete
and lodge your application.
Table B
You acquired Australian citizenship by being born Supporting documents needed
in Australia:
• before 26 January You became an Australian citizen on No additional documents required
1949 and you were 26 January 1949 unless your father was
a British subject on a foreign diplomat
25 January 1949
You became an Australian citizen on • Evidence of both parents’ status at the time
your 10th birthday if: of your birth, for example a passport and
• you lived here for the first 10 years of • Evidence of your residence in Australia
your life, and for 10 years since your birth, for example
• neither of your parents were immunisation certificates, a passport,
Australian citizens or permanent baptismal certificate, school reports, club
residents (or entitled to diplomatic memberships, banking records etc
privileges) at the time of your birth
• to New Zealand You may be an Australian citizen • Evidence of the New Zealand citizenship
citizen parents (unless your parents were entitled to of the parent present in Australia at the
diplomatic privileges) if you were: time of your birth, for example a New
• born in Australia between 26 January Zealand passport, certificate of New Zealand
1949 and 19 August 1986, or citizenship, and
• born in Australia between • A Centrelink certificate stating that a parent
1 September 1994 and 26 February was residing in Australia on a particular
2001 and your parent or parents date if your New Zealand parent was not in
held a permanent visa or a Special Australia on 26 February 2001 they had been
Category visa, or in Australia for periods that add up to at least
• born in Australia on or after one year in the 2 years immediately before
27 February 2001 and one or both that date
of your parents held an Australian
permanent resident visa or were
present in Australia on 26 February
2001 as the holder of a Special
Category visa
Table D
If you were born in the former Australian Territory Supporting documents needed
of Papua:
• before 16 September You may be an Australian citizen from • Evidence of your right to permanent
1975 the date of your birth or, if born before residence in Australia, or
26 January 1949 you acquired Australian • Evidence of citizenship other than Australian
citizenship on 26 January 1949. or Papua New Guinean, or
Persons born in the former • Evidence of your paternal and maternal
Australian Territory of Papua prior grandparents place of birth, for example your
to 16 September 1975 who have at parents full birth certificate, or
least 2 grandparents born in Papua • A signed statutory declaration indicating if,
New Guinea (PNG) or adjacent areas and when, you made a declaration of loyalty
automatically became PNG citizens and to Papua New Guinea
consequently lost Australian citizenship
when PNG gained independence on
16 September 1975 unless:
• they had been granted the right of
permanent residence in Australia, or
• they possessed another citizenship
(other than Australian or Papua New
Guinean) when they were under
19 years of age
• a British subject • You became an Australian citizen • Evidence of your British subject status,
born overseas to on 26 January 1949 if you entered usually a full birth certificate, and
an Australian father Australia before 26 January 1949 on • Your father’s full birth certificate
before 26 January an unrestricted basis or you were
1949 granted permanent residence in
Australia before that date, or
• You became an Australian citizen on
the date of arrival in Australia if you
entered Australia between 26 January
1949 and 5 May 1966 as a permanent
resident, or between 6 May 1966
and 30 April 1987 as a permanent
resident
• a woman who was You became an Australian citizen on • Evidence of your British subject status,
a British subject 26 January 1949 if you entered Australia usually a full birth certificate, and
on 25 January 1949 and were granted permanent residence • Your marriage certificate, and
and you married an before 26 January 1949 • Evidence of husband’s Australian citizenship
Australian before
26 January 1949
• you were born in You became an Australian citizen on • Evidence of your British subject status,
New Guinea and you 26 January 1949 usually a full birth certificate
were a British subject
on 25 January 1949
Part E – Born in Australia – You should complete Part E if you Proof of identity documents
were born in Australia. See Table B for information about this
part of the application. One passport-sized photograph and proof of
identity declaration signed by an Australian
Part F – Born in Australia to New Zealand citizen parents – Part F
citizen with the appropriate authority
should be completed if you were born in Australia to New
Zealand citizen parents. See Table B for information about this
part of the application. Supporting documents as required
Number
Box File
Client ID
ICSE
or by a legal guardian on behalf of an applicant under PHOTOGRAPH
16 years of age. You must attach the endorsed
photograph of the applicant to
Please read the information pages before completing this application this page.
Please use a pen, and write neatly in English using BLOCK LETTERS. The photograph must be
Tick where applicable ✓ attached without obscuring the
image, or can be placed in a
plastic sleeve and stapled to
Part A – Your details this page.
Other
Family name
7 Place of birth
Given names
(including all Town/city
middle names) Country
Family name
POSTCODE
Given names
10 Telephone numbers
Reason for Work (AREA CODE )
change of
name Home (AREA CODE )
If you have been known by more than one other name,
attach additional details on a separate sheet. Mobile/cell
5 Sex Male Female 11 Do you agree to the department communicating with you by fax,
e-mail or other electronic means?
DAY MONTH YEAR No
6 Date of birth Yes Give details
E-mail address
23 At the time of your birth was your New Zealand parent a holder of
either a permanent residence or Special Category visa?
No
Yes
26 Was your New Zealand parent issued with a Centrelink certificate 1. Family name
stating that he/she was residing in Australia on a particular date? Given names
No
Yes Place of birth
Town/city
27 If you ticked ‘Yes’ to Question 22, 23, 24, 25 or 26, you must provide
proof of identity documents (see page 2) and supporting documents in Country
Table B on page 4, to obtain evidence of your Australian citizenship.
Go to Part J 2. Family name
Given names
Part G – Adopted in Australia on
or after 22 November 1984 Place of birth
Town/city
DAY MONTH YEAR
Place of birth
Town/city
Country
No
Yes
Place of birth
Town/city
Country
Go to Part J 3.
36 Were you a British subject on 25 January 1949 who lived in Australia Was this parent/adoptive parent absent from Australia for a
for the 5 year period from 26 January 1944 until 25 January 1949? continuous period of 7 years or more between 26 January 1949
No and 8 October 1958?
Yes No
Yes Period absent
37 Were you a British subject born to an Australian father before DAY MONTH YEAR DAY MONTH YEAR
26 January 1949? to
No
Yes
38 Are you a woman who was a British subject on 25 January 1949 who
married an Australian citizen before 26 January 1949?
No
Yes
Go to Part J
Was this parent/adoptive parent absent from Australia for a Part L – Proof of identity declaration
continuous period of 7 years or more between 26 January 1949
and 8 October 1958? Children
No Evidence of the child’s date of birth and birth name
Yes Period absent
DAY MONTH YEAR DAY MONTH YEAR
Date of birth
Signature
of person Relationship to
making this main applicant
declaration ✍ Telephone numbers
DAY MONTH YEAR Work (AREA CODE )
Date
Home (AREA CODE )
Details of person making this declaration
Mobile/cell
Family name
Authority to disclose information
Given names
I hereby authorise the Department of Immigration and Citizenship
Telephone numbers to release information about my application to the person named
Work (AREA CODE )
above. I understand that the authority will remain effective until my
application is finalised and should I wish to cancel or change this
Home (AREA CODE ) authorisation I may do so by advising the department in writing.
Mobile/cell
Signature of
Profession or occupation group number from page 8 applicant
✍
The photograph IS NOT TO BE SIGNED BY THE APPLICANT
The person who has completed the Proof of identity declaration above DAY MONTH YEAR
“This is a true
photograph of”
Max 36mm
Min 32mm
JOHN CITIZEN
(full name of applicant)
PSmith
(signature)
SIZE
Signature of
decision maker Telephone numbers
COUNTRY CODE AREA CODE NUMBER
Work ( ) ( )