Verification of Identity Documents

The Lands Titles Office has introduced a new policy which requires us to complete a Verification of Identity face to face before the completion of the Land Transfer documents.

(in accordance with the Registrar General’s Verification of Identity Policy)

Category 1

Required documents:

• Current Australian Passport or Foreign Passport with Australian resident visa label AND
• Current Australian driver’s licence or form of photographic Proof of Age Card

Also required if name changed:

• Change of name or marriage certificate

Category 2

• Current Australian Passport or Foreign Passport with Australian resident visa label AND
• Full Birth, Citizenship or Descent Certificate AND
• Current Medicare, Centrelink or Veterans’ Affairs Card

Also required if name changed:

• Change of name or marriage certificate

Category 3

• Current Australian driver’s licence or form of photographic Proof of Age Card AND
• Full Birth, Citizenship or Descent Certificate AND
• Current Medicare, Centrelink or Veterans’ Affairs Card

Also required if name changed:

• Change of name or marriage certificate

Important - Please Note:

• ORIGINAL AND CURRENT DOCUMENTS WILL ONLY BE ACCEPTED
• Birth / Marriage / Change of Name certificates are required to be issued by Registrar of Births, Deaths and Marriages. Extracts, originals or copies are not deemed sufficient evidence
• Only the above documents are acceptable. Other forms of identification such as credit cards, utility accounts etc are not acceptable under the Policy
• All documents must be from the same category
• Category 2 Documents can only be used if the person undertaking the face-to-face verification is satisfied that all Category 1 documents are not available. If the person undertaking the face-to-face verification is satisfied that not all documents from Category 1 and Category 2 are available, only then can documents from Category 3 be used