You can get a passport at any age with parental consent. Otherwise, you usually need to be 18 years old. If you are under the age of 18, then you cannot apply for a passport without your parent(s) consent or the consent of all people with parental responsibility for you.
To be eligible for an Australian passport the Australian Passport Office must be satisfied that you are an Australian citizen, and must confirm your identity. Accordingly, when you apply for an Australian passport you will need to provide original documents which confirm your Australian citizenship and your identity.
Your referee or guarantor must: be an adult Australian citizen who has known you for more than one year, and. cannot be any kind of relative, in a de facto relationship with you, or living at the same address as you.
Your guarantor cannot be: related in any way to the child or to a person who has parental responsibility for the child, or in a de facto relationship with the person who has parental responsibility, or living at the same address as the child or a person with parental responsibility.
If you are the parent signing and applying for your child, then you cannot be the guarantor for their passport. If you have not known the person for more than 2 years, you cannot be the guarantor.
General Requirements
To be eligible to act as guarantor for a passport application, a person must: be 18 years of age or over; have known the applicant for at least 12 months (or for children under one year, since birth);
Each person who has parental responsibility for the child has to consent, unless an Australian court order permits the child to have an Australian passport, travel internationally, or live or spend time with a person outside Australia.
Unless you qualify for a passport renewal, you'll need a guarantor. A guarantor must be: 18 years of age or over. known to the applicant for at least 12 months or, for children under one year old, the applicant must have known the child since birth.
Children born in Australia, with a birth certificate issued in Australia, are not automatically Australian citizens or Australian permanent residents. To be an Australian citizen, at least one parent must be an Australian citizen or permanent resident of Australia at the time of the child's birth.
Adult passports are valid for 10 years.
From 1 January 2021, the fees will be: a 10-year validity passport for people aged 16 and over will cost $301. a 5-year validity passport for people aged under 16 or 75 and over will cost $152. emergency and replacement passports will cost $189.
Who counts as a child? The Australian Passports Act 2005 defines a child as a person under 18 years of age who has never married.
You must have a valid U.S. passport and a visa or an approved Electronic Travel Authority (ETA) to enter Australia. Most U.S. passport holders traveling to Australia for tourism or business purposes for less than 90 days can obtain an ETA.
Australian Citizenship may be granted to children who are born and live in Australia for at least 10 years, these children can apply for Australia Citizenship even though their parents do not have a valid visa and are living illegally.
If there are parenting orders in place, one parent taking the children out of the country will require the other's permission. If you ignore this, it is a criminal offence under the Family Law Act. If there are no parenting orders in place but someone has filed an application seeking orders, the same applies.
A child born inside Australia of permanent resident parents becomes an Australian citizen before they do. However, as an Australian citizen, the child will require an Australian passport to leave and enter the country. As soon as the baby is born, the parents may apply for an Australian passport for their child.
Lodge your application and pay the passport fee at a participating Australia Post outlet or an Australian diplomatic or consular mission . In some locations, you may need to book an appointment. Bring your application checklist or form, your photos, and whatever original documents you need.
For children aged 15 and under, passports are valid for 5 years. Children aged 16 and 17 will be issued with 10-year passports.
Usually, a friend or colleague can't be a guarantor. However, some lenders may allow them to be if they offer a term deposit or cash as security rather than a property.
Parents are of course the most common group to go guarantor on home loans for their children. However, different banks and lending institutions have different criteria to assess who can act as a guarantor. Typically, a guarantor will need to be a legal guardian or close family member over the age of 18.
Your guarantor can be anyone who meets the basic guarantor requirements for a regular (blue) passport in Canada, including a family member or member of your household.
Most banks only allow guarantee from the borrower's parents. However, there are selected lenders who can consider guarantees from immediate family members such as siblings, grandparents, spouses, and de facto partners as long as they are over the age of 18.
Who can be a guarantor? A guarantor is a person who “guarantees” your identity. This person must have known you for at least 2 years and well enough to confirm the information in your application is true.