Form 119 Application for Evidence of Australian Citizenship
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Form Application for evidence of Australian citizenship 119 Department of Home Affairs Important Step 1 – Eligibility Have you considered applying online? Applying online will ensure your application and payment is received by the You can apply for evidence of your Australian citizenship if you Department of Home Affairs (the Department) in a timely were: manner and helps us to finalise your application more quickly. • previously issued with an Australian citizenship certificate Check if you can apply online at or extract (this includes children on a parent’s citizenship www.homeaffairs.gov.au/citizenship certificate) • born in Australia and acquired Australian citizenship by If you apply using this paper form birth Use this form if you require evidence of Australian citizenship • born in Australia on or after 20 August 1986 and acquired for yourself or your child/children. Australian citizenship on your 10th birthday If you require confirmation of the Australian citizenship status • adopted in Australia and acquired Australian citizenship of a deceased parent or grandparent and it is for official purposes, use form 1391 Request for confirmation of • born in the former Australian Territory of Papua before Australian citizenship status of a deceased person. Form 1391 16 September 1975 acquired Australian citizenship and is available from the Department’s website did not subsequently lose Australian citizenship on www.homeaffairs.gov.au/allforms Independence Day If you are seeking citizenship information that is more than • born outside Australia after 26 January 1949 and acquired 30 years old and it is for genealogy or family research Australian citizenship by descent purposes contact the National Archives of Australia • born outside Australia before 26 January 1949 and acquired www.naa.gov.au Australian citizenship. If you are seeking information about a third party (other than your child) please make a request under the Freedom of Children Information Act 1982 on form 424A Request for access to Applications for children under 16 years of age must be made documents or information, available from the Department’s by a responsible parent. website www.homeaffairs.gov.au/allforms The Australian Citizenship Act 2007 defines responsible Please read the information pages carefully. Pre-pay through parent in relation to a child as: ImmiAccount before posting your application to the Department (see page 17). • a parent, unless that parent does not have parental responsibility because of orders made by the Family Court We strongly advise that you keep a copy of your application for of Australia, or your records. • any person having responsibility over the child because of an order made by the Family Court, or There are 4 steps in the citizenship application process to obtain evidence of your citizenship. • any person who has guardianship or custody of the child under an Australian law or a foreign law, whether because of Step 1 Eligibility – determine if you are eligible adoption, operation of law, an order of a court or otherwise. Step 2 Original documents – gather your original documents Step 3 Copy and certify your documents Step 2 – Original documents You will need to provide the Department with a range of Step 4 Complete this application form, pay online and documents to prove that you are who you say you are. These lodge your application documents are called identity documents. You will also need to provide additional documents with your application to provide proof of your Australian citizenship. Integrity of application These are called supporting documents. The Department is committed to maintaining the integrity of If you have to get documents from overseas, this can take the visa and citizenship programs. If you or a third party acting time. You will not be able to complete the application process on your behalf provide, or have provided in a previous without these documents. application, false or misleading information or documents (either knowingly or otherwise), this application is likely to be refused. In addition, you may be prosecuted under the Translations and certified copies Migration Act 1958 and/or the Australian Citizenship If your documents are not in English, you must provide Act 2007. If information or documents are found to be official translations. In Australia, you must use translators fraudulent or misleading, you may be prosecuted and may be accredited by the National Accreditation Authority of subject to revocation of your Australian citizenship. Translators and Interpreters. For more information, see www.naati.com.au © COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA, 2021 119 (Design date 07/21) - Page 1 Unless specified that original documents are required, Identity document checklist certified copies of original documents must be attached to your application. These copies must be certified by a person Applicants 16 years of age or over with the correct authority. See Identity declarations – list of A current document with your photograph professions on page 9 for people who can certify documents. and/or signature Further information on certifying documents is available on the Department’s website An Australian driver licence, or https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/help-support/applying- online-or-on-paper/on-paper/certified-copy A passport, or If you are outside Australia when applying, contact the Australian Home Affairs office in the country where the A United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees documents were issued for advice on acceptable translators, (UNHCR) document, or and who can certify your original documents. A national identity card, or Change of name Another document containing a signature and If you have changed your name since acquiring Australian photograph, eg. an air crew identity document, citizenship you must provide official Australian evidence of all seafarer identity document, military identity name changes. This will usually be a change of name document or student card certificate issued by an Australian Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages (RBDM) or a marriage or divorce certificate Evidence of your current residential address issued by an Australian RBDM. A utilities notice eg. electricity, gas or water bill, Overseas documents are not acceptable evidence that you bank notice, or have changed your name since acquiring your Australian citizenship. Rental contracts or rates notice Identity documents Evidence of your date of birth, birth name Applicants 16 years of age or over and any changes of name You must provide the following identity documents. A full birth certificate, and 1. Three original documents that collectively show your: Evidence of links between present and previous • photograph names, for example an official marriage or divorce • signature certificate, if applicable, or • current residential address A certificate issued by an Australian Registry of • birth name, date of birth and gender. Births, Deaths and Marriages as evidence of other 2. Proof of change of name, if applicable. changes of name, if applicable 3. Part L – Identity declaration completed by a person with the correct authority. Evidence of your identity in the community If you do not provide these documents, your One passport-sized photograph and identity application will not be accepted and will be returned declaration signed by an Australian citizen with the to you. correct authority Children Children If you are an applicant under 16 years of age, you must The following documents are required if the applicant is a provide the following: child under 16 years of age. 1. Identity documents that show a: A full birth certificate or family register containing • birth name and date of birth parent’s details • photograph and current name, if available. Evidence of links between birth name and current 2. Proof of change of name, if applicable. name, if applicable 3. Part L – Identity declaration completed by a person with Another document showing a photograph and the correct authority. current name, for example a passport or a student The checklist below will help you identify suitable documents. card If you have difficulty finding suitable documents please call the One passport-sized photograph and identity Citizenship Information Line or, if outside Australia contact declaration signed by an Australian citizen with the your nearest Australian Home Affairs office overseas, before correct authority you complete and lodge your application. 119 (Design date 07/21) - Page 2 © COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA, 2021 Documents relating to the responsible parent Supporting documents applying on behalf of a child under 16 years of age Depending on how you acquired your Australian citizenship Proof of identification documents that collectively you may need additional documents to support your show a signature, photograph, and a current application for evidence of Australian citizenship. residential address, for example: You may be required to provide additional documents to • a passport those listed. • driver’s licence Tables A – E on pages 4, 5, 6 and 7 provide more detailed • credit card or utilities bill information on when and how you may have acquired Australian citizenship and the documents you will need to Any orders relating to the custody, guardianship or support your application for evidence of your citizenship. parental responsibility for your child, if applicable Table A Previously issued with evidence of Evidence of adoption of your child, if your child was Australian citizenship adopted overseas Table B Acquired Australian