Commence your Australian National Police Check

Identity Documents

You must provide 4 ID documents in total from the list below.

All of your ID documents must be current. You need to ensure your name and date of birth match what you enter in the application.

Category of Identity	Identity Type
Category 1 Choose at least 1 document from Category 1	Australian Birth Certificate (not an extract or birth card) Australian Passport (current or up to 2 years from expiry) ImmiCard Australian Citizenship Certificate Foreign Passport - (with a valid entry stamp or visa)
Category 2 Choose at least 1 document from Category 2	Australian Driver Licence, Learner Permit or Provisional Licence Australian marriage certificate issued by a state or territory (church or celebrant-issued certificates are not accepted) Australian Government Issued Proof of Age Photo ID Card Firearms Photo ID Licence (not Minor or Junior Permit/Licence) Medicare card
Category 3 Choose at least 2 documents from Category 3 or Make up the remaining 2 documents with any unused documents from Categories 1 or 2	Australian student photo identity document Certified academic transcript from an Australian university Australian utility bill showing name and address (e.g. Gas or electricity) Australian private health insurance card Australian Taxation Office assessment notice Property rates assessment notice Australian trade association card Working with Children Card NDIS Worker Screening Check (current) Foreign government issued documents (e.g. drivers licence) Australian Government benefit card (Centrelink or Veterans’ Affairs) Certificate of identity Security guard or crowd control photo licence Photo identity card (officer in an Australian police force) Photo identity card (Australian Defence Force) Aviation Security Identification Card Maritime Security Identification card Firearms licence Credit reference check Trusted referees report (signed and stamped by appropriate authority)

Category of Identity

Identity Type

Category 1

Choose at least 1 document from Category 1

Australian Birth Certificate (not an extract or birth card)
Australian Passport (current or up to 2 years from expiry)
ImmiCard
Australian Citizenship Certificate
Foreign Passport - (with a valid entry stamp or visa)

Category 2

Choose at least 1 document from Category 2

Australian Driver Licence, Learner Permit or Provisional Licence
Australian marriage certificate issued by a state or territory (church or celebrant-issued certificates are not accepted)
Australian Government Issued Proof of Age Photo ID Card
Firearms Photo ID Licence (not Minor or Junior Permit/Licence)
Medicare card

Category 3

Choose at least 2 documents from Category 3

Make up the remaining 2 documents with any unused documents from Categories 1 or 2

Australian student photo identity document
Certified academic transcript from an Australian university
Australian utility bill showing name and address (e.g. Gas or electricity)
Australian private health insurance card
Australian Taxation Office assessment notice
Property rates assessment notice
Australian trade association card
Working with Children Card
NDIS Worker Screening Check (current)
Foreign government issued documents (e.g. drivers licence)
Australian Government benefit card (Centrelink or Veterans’ Affairs)
Certificate of identity
Security guard or crowd control photo licence
Photo identity card (officer in an Australian police force)
Photo identity card (Australian Defence Force)
Aviation Security Identification Card
Maritime Security Identification card
Firearms licence
Credit reference check
Trusted referees report (signed and stamped by appropriate authority)

1. If you have a valid Australian Visa and you're applying online, you don't need to provide a visa document. We'll validate it using your foreign passport details.

Police Check Application Process

Application Price: $ 43.00

You have selected the following documents to validate your identity:

First Step: We need to check you have the correct identity documents, otherwise you cannot start the process. If you cannot successfully answer each question then we cannot provide you with an Australian Police Check.