Identification requirements

Help us to protect your identity and reduce fraud.

Why are identification requirements needed?

Identity fraud involving the use of stolen, fictitious or altered identities to commit criminal offences is a concern for our community. The WA Registry recognises that certificates and changes of name help establish a person's identity. The Registry is committed to maintaining the security of its information by reducing the risk of certificates being wrongfully issued to people who may use them for fraudulent purposes.

Applicants are required to provide a range of commonly available identity documents before being eligible to receive certificates or register a change of name.

Identification requirements are not required for historical certificates, ie, births older than 75 years, deaths older than 25 years and marriages older than 60 years. This is in recognition that fraudulent use of certificates reduces with the age of the record.

When providing certificate information from Registry records, the Registrar must consider the privacy of the person to whom the record relates. For example, a birth certificate is usually only available to the person named in the certificate, their parent or legal guardian. For more information, refer to the relevant Certificate Access Policy.

Identification requirements

If you are applying for a certificate or a change of name or a correction, you must provide:

ONE form of current identification from List 1
OR
TWO forms of current identification from List 2
OR
THREE forms of current identification from List 3
plus
ONE form of current identification from List 2

If applying in person, original documents must be provided. When applying by post, please send clear photocopies of your identification documents with your application. Do not post original documents.

List 1	List 2	List 3
Australian driver's licence (with photo) Australian firearm's licence (with photo) Australian passport Defence force or police service photo identity card Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (DIMA) certificate of evidence of residence status (with photo)	Australian driver's licence without photo Centrelink or Department of Veterans' Affairs card Citizenship certificate Credit or debit card Current overseas passport with current Australian entry permit DIMA immigration papers Health Care card Medicare card Proof of age card Security guard/crowd control licence Student card Taxation assessment notice Tertiary education student ID card	Bank statement with current residential address Educational certificate/ school report Electricity account with current residential address Gas account with current residential address Motor vehicle registration Shire/water rates Telephone account with current residential address Trade certificate

If you are applying for a certificate on behalf of another person, you must provide the following:

Identification for yourself from Lists 1, 2 or 3
Identification of the person (from Lists 1, 2 or 3) who is entitled to the document as stated in the registry's certificate access policy
A letter giving permission from the person entitled to the certificate or, if deceased, an appropriate authorised person, see Letter of Authority download below.

Last Updated: 9-Mar-2009

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BDM600 - Letter of Authority

BDM600 - Letter of Authority

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