Land title
Identity verification form
Instructions
The details in section A must exactly match your identification documents. Section C should contain the address of the
property being transacted (e.g. address of the property being sold, transferred, etc). If you have changed your name from
that on an identification document, you will also need to provide a change of name document. You must produce original and
current identification documents in one of the following categories. Please check which documents are acceptable below.
A translation will be required for Passports, Drivers licences and Birth certificates if not in English. The translation is to be
completed by a NAATI accredited translator (go to www.naati.com.au for details).
You should produce two category 1 documents, if these have been issued to you. If you cannot satisfy category 1 requirements
then you must produce documents from the highest other category possible.
Non-Australian
Australian citizen or resident
citizen or resident
Category 1 Category 2 Category 3 Category 4 (a)# Category 5
ONE of the following ONE of the following ONE of the following • Foreign passport
• Australian passport • Australian passport • Australian drivers • Declaration of Identity^ AND
• Foreign passport • Foreign passport licence (issued in the last 3
including an including an • Proof of age card / months) ONE of the following
Australian resident Australian resident Photo card (issued by (a) • Australian /
visa label ◊ visa label ◊ a state or territory) foreign drivers
licence
• Proof of age
AND AND AND AND card / Photo card
(issued by a state
ONE of the following ONE of the following ONE of the following ONE of the following or territory)
• Australian drivers • Full birth certificate • Full birth certificate • Full birth certificate OR
licence • Citizenship certificate • Citizenship certificate • Citizenship certificate (b) • Full birth
• Proof of age card / certificate
Photo card (issued by AND AND AND AND
a state or territory)
ONE of the following ONE of the following ONE of the following ONE of the following
• Medicare card • Medicare card • Medicare card • Medicare card
• Centrelink card • Centrelink card • Centrelink card • Centrelink card
• DVA card
• DVA card • DVA card • DVA card
• Foreign government
issued identity
document
AND (if required) AND (if required) AND (if required) AND (if required) AND (if required)
Change of name* Change of name* Change of name* Change of Name* Change of Name*
• Marriage certificate • Marriage certificate • Marriage certificate • Marriage certificate • Marriage certificate
• Change of name • Change of name • Change of name • Change of name • Change of name
certificate certificate certificate certificate certificate
How to lodge your application at Australia Post
1. Lodge your form at any participating Australia Post retail outlet. To find the nearest participating outlet, please go to
auspost.com.au/find/landtitle or call 13 POST (13 7678).
2. Do not complete section D in advance. Your signature must be witnessed by the Australia Post verifier.
3. Identification documents presented must be original and current.
4. Copies of your identification documents will be certified as true copies and forwarded to your conveyancer / lawyer /
mortgagee.
5. Your photo will be taken by Australia Post and forwarded to your conveyancer / lawyer / mortgagee.
6. The fee for the verification of identity service is payable to Australia Post. Fees can be paid by cash, EFTPOS, Visa or
MasterCard. Cheques are not accepted.
7. If you have a Client Authorisation form, or other registry instrument or document it can be presented and witnessed by
Australia Post when this form is lodged.
◊ If your foreign passport does not contain an Australian visa sticker, you must present a letter / printed email from the
Department of Immigration with your visa details;
* Must be issued by the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages. Documents issued by a celebrant are not acceptable;
^ The Declaration of Identity is a statutory declaration by a person who knows the applicant and must detail the following:
• The full name, address and date of birth (must be 18+ years of age) of the person making the declaration;
• The occupation of the person making the declaration;
• The nature of the declarants relationship with the person being identified;
• A declaration that they are not a relative of the person being identified;
• That the declarant is not a party to the conveyancing transaction the person being identified has or is entering into;
• The length of time that they have known the person being identified (must be more than 12 months); and
• That to the declarant’s knowledge, information and belief the person being identified is who they purport to be.
Note: The person being identified and the person making the statutory declaration are to attend and each be verified in
the same face-to-face in-person interview.
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Land title
Identity verification form
Sections A, B and C (if applicable) must be completed in full before you lodge your form.
Please use black ink and print within the boxes in block letters.
Name of conveyancer / lawyer / mortgagee
A. Details of applicant
Title Family name / surname
Given name(s) (full name no initials)
Date of birth (DD / MM / YYYY) Contact phone number
B. Current residential address
Unit number / street number / street name
Suburb / locality State Postcode
C. Property details - of property being transacted (if applicable)
Unit number / street number / street name
Suburb / locality State Postcode
D. Declaration by applicant Secure photo face up
Do not sign until you lodge this form at Australia Post
Your signature must be witnessed by the Australia Post verifier.
PASSPORT
I acknowledge that the information on this form is true and correct.
Max 36mm
Min 32mm
Please sign in Photo to be taken QUALITY
black ink
and attached
inside the box PHOTO
by Australia Post
Date (DD / MM / YY) verifier only
Privacy notice - Australia Post collects your personal information as an agent for the third party
conveyancer / lawyer / mortgagee stated above in order to verify your identity on their behalf. Your
personal information will be disclosed to the respective third party to fulfil this purpose. Without this
information Australia Post would be unable to provide this service.
Your personal information is handled in accordance with Australia Post’s Privacy Policy which outlines how to access and / or correct your personal
information or make a privacy related complaint. You may contact the Privacy Contact Officer, Australia Post, GPO Box 1777, Melbourne, Vic,
3001 for privacy related queries.
E. Australia Post use only
I, the Verifier listed below, hereby certify that;
1. This identification relates to the person listed in section A,
2. The identification was carried out on the date shown below,
LTIVF 50204 V4.14 ING Direct (Block) 03/12/2015
3. Identification documents presented appear to be original and current. Certified copies are attached to this form.
4. Each photograph in the identification documents produced to me appear to be a reasonable likeness of the person
being identified.
5. The identity verification has been conducted in accordance with the Registrar’s Verification of Identity Standard.
6. I witnessed the person listed in Section A sign a Client Authorisation form, registry instrument or other document
(if presented by the applicant).
Verifier’s name Verifier’s signature
Comments Date (DD / MM / YY)
Work centre code
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