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An Australian citizen under 18 years of age who has never married is regarded as a child. A passport application for a child must be lodged by a parent or other person with a parental responsibility for the child. The person lodging the application must also provide proof of their identity. Children cannot be included in an adult's passport. Each child, including a newborn infant, must be issued with their own passport. A renewal form cannot be used to apply for a child's passport. A new application must be lodged on each occasion. If you are lodging an application for a child overseas, you must complete the overseas application form. NOTE: Children's passports are normally valid for five years. Complete and print a Passport Application Form Using this website, you can also track the progress of an application, once lodged access our Payment Service (not available with Approved Senior Officer applications, whereby consent of both parents, or all persons with parental responsibility, is not given). Consent Before a passport may be issued to a child the written consent of all persons with parental responsibility for the child is needed. The Australian Passports Act 2005, Section 11, also permits a passport to be issued to a child if an Australian court order allows the child to travel internationally, as well as in certain other circumstances where full consent has not been obtained. For further information regarding consent, see Children and Parental Consent. If you wish to make an application for a waiver of consent you must complete a statement on a form B9 and provide details of the circumstances (Download Form B9). The application will be referred to an Approved Senior Officer for decision. If only one parent is named on the child's birth certificate the form B8 must be completed. (Download Form B8). Things you will need to provide with the application When you apply for a child's Australian passport, you must provide the child's FULL birth certificate as well as any previous Australian passport that the child may have had. If the child was born in Australia, you will need to provide an original document that confirms one parent's Australian citizenship or permanent residency AT THE TIME OF THE CHILD'S BIRTH. Applicants born of New Zealand parents must present an "Evidence of Australian Citizenship" or an equivalent citizenship certificate. If the child does not have an Australian birth certificate, you will need to provide the child's full overseas birth certificate (with an English translation if necessary) and proof of the child's Australian citizenship. If the child was born overseas and has no birth certificate, complete Form B6 (Download form B6). If you are presenting Court Orders with the application, you must complete Form B7 - No Further Court Orders (Download form B7).

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You may also be required to complete a B11 form - General Declaration in order to provide additional information on a particular issue (Download form B11). NOTE: Birth extracts and commemorative certificates are not acceptable. Children Subject to Child Protection Orders under State/Territory Law To facilitate Approved Senior Officer consideration of applications supported by State or Territory child welfare orders, a new Statement under the Passports Act (B10) has been developed. (Download form B10). Child Alert If you have parental responsibility for a child and you have reason to believe that an attempt may be made to remove the child from Australia or an overseas country, you can complete a Child Alert Request (PC9 form) from this website. A Child Alert Request warns the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade that there may be circumstances preventing the issue of an Australian passport or other travel document to the child named on the form. This Alert Request relates only to the issue of Australian passports and travel documents. It cannot stop a person from travelling if he/she already has a current Australian passport or can obtain a passport or travel document from another country. In this case you should contact the Australian Federal Police Family Law Unit in your state or territory to arrange for a barrier control alert to be put in place. If the child is already overseas, you should contact local border/police authorities in the country where the child resides. There is no guarantee that the placing of a Child Alert will prevent a passport being issued to the child. For more information see brochure Children and parental consent (html) (Download PDF 977 KB)

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