Australian Passport Office is an independent operating agency of the

Government of Australia The Australian Government, also known as the Commonwealth Government or simply as the federal government, is the national Executive (government), executive government of Australia, a federalism, federal Parliamentary system, parliamentary con ...

with bureaucratic oversight provided through the

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) is the department of the Australian government responsible for foreign policy and international relations, development aid (under the name Australian Aid), consular services, overseas trad ...

(DFAT) portfolio. It issues

Australian passport An Australian passport is a travel document issued by the Australia, Commonwealth of Australia to individuals holding any form of Australian nationality law, Australian nationality. The document facilitates access to consular assistance from Li ...

s to

Australian citizen The primary law governing nationality of Australia is the Australian Citizenship Act 2007, which came into force on 1 July 2007 and is applicable in all states and territories of Australia. All persons born in Australia before 20 August 198 ...

s in Australia and overseas under the
Australian Passports Act 2005
' and related laws. The Passport Office may also issue other types of travel documents to non-citizens, such as

Australian Convention Travel Document An Australian Convention Travel Document (CTD) is a biometric refugee travel document issued for international travel purpose by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to individuals recognised as refugees residing in Australia un ...

Australian Certificate of Identity The Australian Certificate of Identity (COI) is a biometric travel document issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to individuals who are not Australian citizens and are about to leave Australia or one of its territories. It shou ...

or Document of Identity. DFAT has offices in each of the nine Australian capital cities. Since 24 October 2005, Australia has issued only

biometric passport A biometric passport (also known as an electronic passport, e-passport or a digital passport) is a passport that has an embedded electronic microprocessor chip, which contains biometrics, biometric information that can be used to authenticate ...

s, called ePassports, which have an embedded microchip that contains the same personal information that is on the colour photo page of the passport, including a digitised photograph. As all previous passports have now expired, all Australian passports are now biometric.

Agents

The Australian Passport Office work with two agents,

Australia Post Australia Post, formally the Australian Postal Corporation and also known as AusPost, is an Australian Government-State-owned enterprise, owned corporation that provides postal services throughout Australia. Australia Post's head office is loca ...

and Australian Passport Information Service (APIS). Australia Post provides a nationwide passport service on behalf of DFAT through over 1,700 outlets. Its role includes distributing application forms for Australian passports, receiving Australian passport applications and renewal applications and interviewing applicants. The Australian Passport Information Service (APIS) provides a high quality telephone information service for Australian passport clients. Australian passports can be renewed overseas by submitting a completed passport renewal application form in person at the nearest Australian embassy, high commission or consulate, together with the previous passport and two identical photos, and payment of the fee, including the overseas surcharge. I want to renew my Australian passport
/ref>

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Commonwealth Government agencies of Australia Passport offices

Agents

See also

References

External links