Guarantors for a Passport Application

If your passport application requires a guarantor, they must meet the following criteria:

• is 18 years of age or over
• has known the applicant for at least 12 months
• is not related to the applicant by birth, marriage, de facto or same sex relationship, or live at the applicant's address (please do not use your helper to as a guarnator, as they will be ineligible as they live with you at your address)
• holds a current (unexpired) Australian passport that was issued with at least two years validity OR be currently employed in the following approved professional or occupational group.
  • Accountants with membership of an association
  • Lawyers
  • Chartered Professional Engineers
  • Civil Servants - with at least 5 years continuous full-time service
  • Clerk of Courts or Petty Sessions
  • Dentists
  • Judges 
  • Registered Marriage Celebrants
  • Members of the Chartered Institute of Company Secretaries
  • Registered Pharmacists
  • Registered Chiropractors
  • Registered Physiotherapists
  • Registered Optometrists
  • Registered Mid-wives
  • Police Officers - with at least 5 years continuous full-time service
  • Postal Managers
  • Registered Medical Practitioners (Doctors and GPs only)
  • Registered Nurses
  • Registered Veterinary Surgeons
  • Registered Teachers - with at least 5 years continuous full-time service