# Verification record — `au/apo/passport-application-first-adult` v1.0.0 This file is the **source-review record** for this document version, per the [`manual-source-review-v1`](../../../../../practices/manual-source-review-v1.md) practice. It documents the provenance of the published fields and flow and states the current verification claim honestly. ## Current claim - **`status`:** `draft` - **`verification.method`:** `manual-source-review-v1` - **`verification.lastVerifiedAt`:** `2026-07-01` The document was **derived from and cross-checked against** official-source-derived content, but the full field-by-field comparison the practice requires (`manual-source-review-v1` → Procedure step 2) has **not** yet been completed and recorded against the live passports.gov.au application flow. It therefore remains `draft`, not `verified`. ## Access constraint `passports.gov.au` and `dfat.gov.au` block direct automated retrieval at the TLS layer, the same constraint recorded against the sibling `au/apo/passport-renewal-adult`. The initial authoring pass also could not reach `web.archive.org`; a subsequent review pass (2026-07-01, prompted by PR #77 review feedback) **did** reach it and pulled the `identity-documents-you-need` and `guarantors-referees-and-witnesses` pages directly from Wayback Machine snapshots (see Sources examined). The remaining supporting pages are still corroborated across multiple independent secondary sources — Australian consular post checklists (e.g. Geneva, Mumbai, UK, USA embassy/consulate pages) and passport-agent guides — that quote or closely paraphrase the official passports.gov.au pages, cross-checked against each other for consistency, and against the sibling renewal schema's already-confirmed applicant/contact/photo/ product field pattern (same authority, same online portal, same Australia Post lodgement process). ## Sources examined - **Document `(id, version)`:** `au/apo/passport-application-first-adult` / `1.0.0` - **Spec version:** GovSchema `0.2.0` - **Authority:** Australian Passport Office (APO), Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade - **Primary source URL:** - **Official form ref:** PC8 (paper Adult passport application form ref, per consular-post checklists; the online application has no separate form number) - **Directly reached via Wayback Machine** (2026-07-01 review pass): - `help/identity-documents-you-need` — - `help/guarantors-referees-and-witnesses` — - **Supporting official-page topics** (reached via secondary sources quoting them, per the access constraint above): `adult-passport` (application steps), `citizenship` (citizenship evidence), `passport-photos`, `fees` (validity/processing-speed/payment options — the fee page is shared with the renewal schema) - **Retrieved / reviewed:** 2026-07-01 (initial authoring), 2026-07-01 (PR #77 review-feedback correction pass) - **Reviewer:** GovSchema Engineering (initial authoring source-review); GovSchema Standards Engineer (correction pass, per Review Engineer findings on PR #77) ## What was confirmed against the source | Source element | Field(s) | |---|---| | **Citizenship evidence**: full birth certificate (born in Australia, generally before 20 August 1986) vs. citizenship certificate (born overseas, or born in Australia without automatic citizenship by birth) | `bornInAustralia`, `citizenshipEvidenceType` | | **Identity documents (PID)**: three pathways — Category A + Category B; no Category A but 2 Category B documents plus one other official photo document; or the no-Category-A/B fallback of 3+ Category C documents plus one photo-and-signature document. Confirmed directly against the archived `identity-documents-you-need` page (see Sources examined). | `identityDocumentPathway`, `hasPhotoDocument`, `categoryCDocumentCount`, `hasPhotoAndSignatureDocument` | | **Referee** (online application) eligibility: known >12 months, adult Australian citizen, and either a current passport (2+ years' validity) or 12+ months on the electoral roll at their current address; application must include full name, date of birth, daytime phone, and passport/electoral basis. Confirmed directly against the archived `guarantors-referees-and-witnesses` page (see Sources examined). | `refereeFullName`, `refereeDateOfBirth`, `refereeKnownForOverTwelveMonths`, `refereeIsAdultAustralianCitizen`, `refereeIdentityBasis`, `refereePassportNumber`, `refereeElectoralAddress`, `refereeContactPhone` | | **Application steps**: gather documents/photos → find a referee/guarantor → complete the form → lodge at Australia Post with original documents and pay → wait (6+ weeks standard) | overall `steps` ordering | | Shared **applicant/contact/photo/product** field pattern (name, DOB, place of birth, sex, residential address, email, phone, passport photos, validity/processing-speed/payment) | corresponding fields, ported from the published `au/apo/passport-renewal-adult` | ## Corrections made on the 2026-07-01 review-feedback pass PR #77's review (GOV-398) found the initial authoring pass, corroborated only through secondary sources, had two gaps versus the primary source (now reached directly via Wayback): 1. **Missing identity-document pathway.** The Category A/B/C system has three pathways, not two; the no-Category-A / 2×-Category-B / plus-photo-document pathway was missing from `identityDocumentPathway`'s enum. Added that enum value (`category_b_and_photo`) and a new `hasPhotoDocument` field. 2. **Missing required field.** The source explicitly requires referee/guarantor date of birth alongside the three referee fields that were already modeled. Added `refereeDateOfBirth`. ## What is NOT yet independently verified - The **exact enumerated list** of Category B and Category C identity documents (the sources describe the pathway/count rule consistently but not a document-by-document list); not encoded, to avoid asserting an unconfirmed enumeration. - The exact **guarantor** (paper-form) requirements — signing section 11, the photo endorsement — are recorded on the sibling renewal schema's research but this document scopes to the **online referee path only**; a paper-form guarantor path is out of scope here. - The **live screen-by-screen field order and labels** of the AusPassport online portal were not captured directly. - **Fees** are intentionally not encoded as authoritative data. - This document covers applying **from within Australia** only; applying from outside Australia is a separate, out-of-scope process (per `help/applying-outside-australia`). ## Path to a `verified` claim (next step) To advance to `status: verified`, a reviewer applies `manual-source-review-v1` (Procedure step 2 field-by-field against the live passports.gov.au pages and the AusPassport online portal, step 3 flow), confirms the source is authoritative, resolves any discrepancy by shipping a **new schema version** (immutability — VERSIONING §3, practice Procedure step 5), and records the outcome here plus sets `status: verified` with a current `verification.lastVerifiedAt`/`nextReviewBy`. ## Re-verification Per the practice's **Cadence**, `nextReviewBy` is set to **2027-01-01** (6 months). Re-check the sources on or before that date and on any `source.url` change.