Verification of Identity Documents

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The Lands Titles Office and legislative requirements require 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)

This can be undertaken with us directly or at any Australia Post office and is valid for 2 years.

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 ARE ONLY ACCEPTABLE
• 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
• If using a foreign passport, a current visa is required to the provided