Registry entry

Australia First Adult Passport Application

Apply for a first Australian passport as an adult, from within Australia, through the Australian Passport Office's online or paper application, lodged in person with original documents at a participating Australia Post outlet. Unlike au/apo/passport-renewal-adult, a first application has no prior passport to rely on, so this document models the citizenship-evidence, identity-document (PID), and referee/guarantor inputs renewal does not require, plus the same applicant, contact, photo, and product/payment inputs. It does not submit the application; the live passports.gov.au sources are always authoritative (see VERIFICATION.md). Applying from outside Australia is a separate process, out of scope here.

Registry entry

au/apo/passport-application-first-adult

Jurisdiction
Australia · national
Version
1.1.0
Verification
draft
Authority
Australian Passport Office, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

GovSchema spec v0.3

Authoritative source PC8

Machine access

Schema document
registry/au/apo/passport-application-first-adult/1.1.0/schema.jsonapplication/schema+json
Registry catalog
registry/index.jsonone record per schema id

Field reference

31 fields across 5 steps, read from the published schema.json — names, types, requiredness, and validation as the document states them. The live government form remains the authoritative source.

Citizenship evidence and identity documents

  • bornInAustralia boolean required

    Determines which citizenship-evidence document you provide (see citizenshipEvidenceType).

  • citizenshipEvidenceType enum required

    full_australian_birth_certificate = a full (not extract/commemorative) Australian birth certificate issued by a state/territory Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, generally sufficient if bornInAustralia is true and you were born before 20 August 1986; australian_citizenship_certificate = required if you were born overseas, or born in Australia on or after 20 August 1986 without automatic citizenship by birth. Confirm the current rule for your exact circumstances on the live source, since Australian citizenship-by-birth eligibility depends on a parent's citizenship/residency status at the time of your birth.

    enum: full_australian_birth_certificate | australian_citizenship_certificate
  • identityDocumentPathway enum required

    category_a_and_b = you have your commencement-of-identity (Category A) document above plus at least one different Category B identity document created after your identity was established; category_b_and_photo = you cannot provide a Category A document, so instead you provide 2 different Category B documents plus one other official document bearing your current photo; category_c_fallback = you cannot provide a Category A or Category B document, so you must instead provide at least 3 Category C documents showing your name and current address, plus one official document bearing your photo and signature.

    enum: category_a_and_b | category_b_and_photo | category_c_fallback
  • hasPhotoDocument boolean optional

    Required (must be true) when identityDocumentPathway is category_b_and_photo. This document only needs to show your photo — unlike hasPhotoAndSignatureDocument (required for category_c_fallback), it does not also need to show your signature.

  • categoryCDocumentCount integer optional

    Required, minimum 3, when identityDocumentPathway is category_c_fallback.

    range: 3–∞
  • hasPhotoAndSignatureDocument boolean optional

    Required (must be true) when identityDocumentPathway is category_c_fallback.

Your details

  • surname string required

    Personal identifier; handle as sensitive data. Must match your citizenship-evidence document.

    length: 1–100
  • givenNames string required

    Personal identifier; handle as sensitive data. Must match your citizenship-evidence document.

    length: 1–100
  • dateOfBirth date required

    Personal identifier; handle as sensitive data. Full date, YYYY-MM-DD.

    classification: sensitive-pii
  • placeOfBirthCity string required

    Personal identifier; handle as sensitive data.

    length: 1–80
  • placeOfBirthCountry string required

    Personal identifier; handle as sensitive data.

    length: 1–80
  • sex enum required

    Recorded in the 'Sex' field of an Australian passport. M = male, F = female, X = indeterminate/intersex/unspecified.

    enum: M | F | X

Contact and address

  • residentialAddressLine1 string required

    Personal identifier; handle as sensitive data. This document covers applying from within Australia; a different process applies overseas, out of scope here.

    length: 1–120
  • residentialAddressLine2 string optional

    Personal identifier; handle as sensitive data.

    length: 0–120
  • residentialSuburb string required

    Personal identifier; handle as sensitive data.

    length: 1–80
  • residentialState enum required

    Australian state or territory of residence.

    enum: 8 values
  • residentialPostcode string required

    Personal identifier; handle as sensitive data.

    pattern
  • email string required

    Personal identifier; handle as sensitive data. Used for the AusPassport online account and for delivery notifications.

    length: 0–254
  • phone string required

    Personal identifier; handle as sensitive data. In international E.164 format, e.g. +61412345678.

    pattern

Your referee

  • refereeFullName string required

    Personal identifier; handle as sensitive data. For an online application you need a referee (a paper application instead needs a guarantor who signs the form and a photo, out of scope for this online-application document). A referee does not sign anything but must be willing to confirm your identity if contacted.

    length: 1–200
  • refereeDateOfBirth date required

    Personal identifier; handle as sensitive data. Full date, YYYY-MM-DD. The application must include the referee's date of birth alongside their full name, phone number, and passport/electoral basis.

    classification: sensitive-pii
  • refereeKnownForOverTwelveMonths boolean required

    Must be true; this is a referee eligibility requirement.

  • refereeIsAdultAustralianCitizen boolean required

    Must be true; this is a referee eligibility requirement.

  • refereeIdentityBasis enum required

    current_passport = your referee holds a current Australian passport with at least 2 years' validity; electoral_roll = your referee has been listed on the Australian electoral roll at their current address for at least 12 months.

    enum: current_passport | electoral_roll
  • refereePassportNumber string optional

    Personal identifier; handle as sensitive data. Required when refereeIdentityBasis is current_passport.

    patternclassification: sensitive-pii
  • refereeElectoralAddress string optional

    Personal identifier; handle as sensitive data. Required when refereeIdentityBasis is electoral_roll: the address at which your referee has been enrolled for at least 12 months.

    length: 0–200
  • refereeContactPhone string required

    Personal identifier; handle as sensitive data. Used by APO to contact your referee if needed. In international E.164 format, e.g. +61412345678.

    pattern

Photo, passport validity, processing speed, and payment

  • photo file required

    2 identical printed colour passport photos meeting APO's photo guidelines: 35-40mm wide, 45-50mm high, face (chin to crown) 32-36mm, less than 6 months old, plain white or light background, neutral expression, no glasses (absent a medical exemption). This field models the printed photos that accompany the lodged form, not a digital upload.

  • passportValidityRequested enum required

    ten_year = standard 10-year validity passport, available to all eligible applicants; five_year = optional 5-year validity passport at a reduced fee, available only to applicants aged 75 or over. Confirm current fees on the live source.

    enum: ten_year | five_year
  • processingSpeed enum required

    standard = routine processing, at least 6 weeks from lodgement; priority = Priority service, processed within 2 business days of receipt, for an additional fee; fast_track = Fast Track service, processed within 5 business days of receipt, for an additional fee. Priority and Fast Track require a complete application and exclude postage/delivery time. Confirm current fees on the live source.

    enum: standard | priority | fast_track
  • paymentMethod enum required

    Paid when you lodge your application at Australia Post. eftpos = EFTPOS; mastercard = MasterCard; visa = Visa; amex = American Express; cash = cash. Confirm the current fee on the live source.

    enum: eftpos | mastercard | visa | amex | cash

Version history

Independent and non-affiliated

GovSchema is an independent, open-source project. This reference is not produced, reviewed, or endorsed by Australian Passport Office, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade or any government. The authoritative source is always the live government form and its official instructions.