# Verification record — `au/apo/passport-renewal-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 official `passports.gov.au` pages**, retrieved indirectly (see Access constraint below), for eligibility, photo, identity-document, and fee/payment-channel facts. The applicant/contact/current-passport field set — the part of the process that lives inside the authenticated AusPassport online portal, which this review could not reach at all — is modelled on the shared pattern already published for `gb/hmpo/passport-renewal-adult`, `ie/dfa/passport-renewal-adult`, and `ca/ircc/passport-renewal-simplified`, cross-checked against secondary renewal-process walkthroughs. The full field-by-field comparison the practice requires (`manual-source-review-v1` → Procedure step 2, against the live online form) has **not** been completed and recorded, so this remains `draft`, not `verified`. ## Source examined - **Document `(id, version)`:** `au/apo/passport-renewal-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 id:** `PC7` (Australian passport application — adult) - **Retrieved / reviewed:** 2026-07-01 - **Reviewer:** GovSchema Engineering (initial authoring source-review) ## Access constraint Both `passports.gov.au` and `dfat.gov.au` (govCMS/Akamai-hosted) completed a TLS handshake for direct automated retrieval but then hung until timeout on every page request, for both `curl` and the fetch tool — a silent-drop pattern, not an explicit `403`/`429` like the blocks recorded for `passports.govt.nz` (NZ) or `dfa.ie` (IE). Direct retrieval of every `passports.gov.au` page and of the AusPassport online-application portal itself (`online.passports.gov.au`, which requires an authenticated session regardless) was therefore not possible from this environment. The **Wayback Machine** (`web.archive.org`) was not blocked and served recent, directly-readable HTML snapshots of the official pages, which were retrieved and read in full: - `passports.gov.au/adult-passport` — snapshot dated 2026-06-26 - `passports.gov.au/help/passport-photos` — snapshot dated 2026-03-15 - `passports.gov.au/help/identity-documents-you-need` — snapshot dated 2026-03-15 - `passports.gov.au/Fees` — snapshot dated 2025-05-16 (older; fee figures on this snapshot are dated "as of 1 January 2025" and are known to be superseded — see below) One directly relevant **primary-source PDF hosted on a `.gov.au` domain** was also retrieved and read in full: `Checklist_Adult_Mailed-in_Renewal.pdf`, published by the Australian Consulate-General in Geneva (`geneva.mission.gov.au`) for the overseas mail-in variant of adult renewal. It corroborates the general form structure (an APO-website-generated, printed, signed application form; two identical printed photos with a hand-written full name on the back in black ink; no guarantor required) but describes a different lodgement channel (mail to an overseas post, with a credit-card-authorisation form and an optional upcoming- travel-dates field) from the domestic Australia-Post-lodgement process this document models, so those overseas-specific details (the travel-dates field, the mail-specific credit-card authorisation) are **deliberately not included** here. ## What was confirmed directly (via Wayback snapshots of official pages) - **Renewal eligibility** (verbatim, `adult-passport` snapshot): a passport is renewable if it "have expired or still be valid," "have been issued when you were aged 16 or older," "have been issued on or after 1 January 2006," "have been issued with at least 2 years' validity," "have your current name, date of birth, place of birth and gender," is "not be reported lost, stolen, or cancelled," and is "presented when you lodge your application." Encoded as `issuedAgeSixteenOrOlder`, `issuedOnOrAfterJan2006`, `issuedWithAtLeastTwoYearsValidity`, `personalDetailsUnchanged`, `passportNotLostStolenOrCancelled`, `currentPassportStatus`. Notably, APO's published criteria state **no maximum time since expiry** for renewal eligibility, unlike the 24-month online-renewal windows found in the NZ and CA reference schemas. This is a genuine cross-jurisdiction difference, not an omission. - **No referee or guarantor required to renew** (verbatim: "You don't need a referee or guarantor to renew your passport"), distinguishing renewal from a new/first-time application, which does require one. This document therefore has no referee/guarantor fields, unlike the `nz/dia/passport-renewal-adult` precedent (whose online channel does require one). - **Process**: online form via the application portal, printed on A4 portrait in black ink, then lodged in person at a participating Australia Post outlet with the current passport, photos, and any requested supporting documents; or a pre-filled paper form obtained by phone. - **Photo specifications** (verbatim, `passport-photos` snapshot): 35-40mm wide, 45-50mm high, face (chin to crown) 32-36mm, less than 6 months old, colour, dye-sublimation print on ≥200gsm glossy paper, plain white/light background, neutral expression, no glasses absent a medical exemption (B-11 form alternative). Encoded in `photo`'s description. - **Sex marker options**: `passports.gov.au`'s own page path (`.../sex-and-gender-diverse-passport-applicants`) and its indexed summary confirm Australian passports record M, F, or X in the "Sex" field, and that applying with a different marker than a current passport requires a new passport application rather than renewal. Encoded as `sex`. - **Fee/payment channel** (verbatim, `Fees` snapshot, dated 1 January 2025): "At Australia Post - EFTPOS, MasterCard, Visa, AMEX or cash." Encoded as `paymentMethod`'s enum. The specific dollar fee amounts on that snapshot are **not** encoded as schema data (per convention) and are known to be stale. A July 2026 secondary source quotes a higher current adult 10-year fee; the `passportValidityRequested` and `processingSpeed` field descriptions point consumers to the live source rather than encoding a number. - **Passport validity choice**: the same `Fees` snapshot lists a "10-year validity passport (for persons aged 16 and over)" and a "5-year validity passport (optional for persons 75 and over)" as distinct line items, confirming a real applicant choice. Encoded as `passportValidityRequested`. - **Processing speed options** (verbatim, `adult-passport` snapshot and `Fees` snapshot): routine (at least 6 weeks), "Priority (2-day processing)," and "Fast Track (5-day processing)," each requiring a complete application and excluding postage/delivery time. Encoded as `processingSpeed`. - **Identity documents**: the `identity-documents-you-need` snapshot confirms that document-category requirements (birth certificate, citizenship certificate, Category A/B/C documents) apply to new/first-time and replacement applications; the renewal path instead only requires presenting the current passport itself, which this document already models via `currentPassportNumber`/`currentPassportIssueDate`/`currentPassportExpiryDate`. No separate identity-document fields were added for renewal. ## What was corroborated across secondary sources (2+ each), not read from a primary AusPassport form - **Applicant identity fields collected**: surname, given names, date of birth, place of birth (city and country), sex, residential address, email, and phone — modelled on the field pattern already published for `gb/hmpo/passport-renewal-adult`, `ie/dfa/passport-renewal-adult`, and `ca/ircc/passport-renewal-simplified`, and corroborated by independent renewal walkthroughs (`edvisehub.com`, `australiainsight.com`, `wise.com`) describing an AusPassport account, online personal/contact-detail entry, and a printed signed form. `sourceRef` annotations naming "Application form — ..." are indicative section groupings by analogy to the sibling schemas' documented form sections, **not** citations of a directly-read `PC7`/online-portal field layout. - **Australian state/territory address structure** (`residentialState`'s 8-value enum) reflects the standard ISO 3166-2:AU subdivision list, not a citation of the AusPassport form itself. ## What is NOT yet independently verified - **The exact online-portal field labels, order, and requiredness** — the AusPassport application portal (`online.passports.gov.au`) requires an authenticated session and was not reached by this review at all. Every applicant/contact/current-passport field in this document is inferred by analogy to sibling passport-renewal schemas and secondary walkthroughs, not read from the live form. - **Passport number format** (`currentPassportNumber`'s `7,9`-character pattern) is inferred from general knowledge of the current Australian passport number format, not confirmed against a primary source. - **Whether `residentialAddressLine2` is genuinely optional** on the live form (rather than a fixed two-line address block) is assumed from typical AU address-form conventions, not confirmed against the primary source. - **Current fee amounts** are deliberately not encoded (see above); the `Fees` Wayback snapshot itself is already ~14 months stale relative to this review date. ## Path to a `verified` claim (next step) To advance this document to `status: verified`, a reviewer needs an unrestricted network path to `passports.gov.au` (or a manual browser session) to (a) confirm the current-page eligibility, photo, and fee text against a live rather than archived snapshot, and (b) — the larger gap — obtain access to the AusPassport online-portal form itself (e.g. by creating a test account) to apply `manual-source-review-v1` Procedure step 2 (field-by-field comparison) and step 3 (flow comparison) against the actual online form rather than the sibling-schema analogy used here. Record the outcome here before setting `status: verified` with a current `verification.lastVerifiedAt` / `nextReviewBy`. This v1.0.0 record stays as the authoring provenance. ## Re-verification Per the practice's **Cadence**, `nextReviewBy` is set to **2027-01-01** (6 months): passport renewal is a fee/policy-sensitive process, and this record's reliance on portal-inaccessible, by-analogy field modelling argues for the shorter end of the cadence. Re-check the source on or before that date and on any `source.url` change.