Submitted 8 months ago by Marsupial@quokk.au to melbourne@aussie.zone
I’m born here and a citizen, however I don’t have a passport, nor a copy of a birth certificate yet I need to prove I have a right to work here for a job.
From my look on the Vic gov site, I can use a passport to get my birth certificate or a birth certificate to get a passport. Neither of which is any bloody help.
Does anyone know what to do?
Okay so I need 3 cards, 2 of which I have as digital copies and these documents must all be certified.
How do I get them to certify the digital copy of my cards? Does someone have to stamp my phone screen and I take a photo of my phone? This whole process is so ridiculously complex when I can login to my MyGov or Services Vic and interact with all sorts of services without hassle.
Have you got your identity verified on services vic? If so, you can request a new birth certificate and use your services vic as verification of identity. I just did this recently and the process was pretty smooth.
IIRC print them out and get them signed by a justice of the peace, police officer, or post office worker or some such.
jordanlund@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Getting the birth certificate should be the easy one. You contact the office of births and deaths in the territory where you were born:
Weirdly, the best list of Australian agencies I can find is in New Zealand… go figure…
…embassy.gov.au/…/birth_certificates.html
So, just picking one at random, if you were born in NSW:
www.nsw.gov.au/births-deaths-marriages
Following the links through there…
www.nsw.gov.au/…/birth-certificates#proof
You must provide a least 3 forms of current identity, one of each from Categories 1, 2 and 3.
If you cannot provide proof of identity from Categories 1 and 2, you must still provide at least 3 forms of identity. At least two of these must be from Category 3.
If cannot meet these requirements, please contact us for further advice.
Category 1
If born in Australia:
An Australian birth certificate
Record of immigration status:
Citizenship certificate
New Zealand citizenship certificate together with passport
New Zealand birth certificate
Category 2
Australia’s driver’s licence
Australian passport
Firearms licence
Foreign passport
Proof of age card
Category 3
Medicare card
Centrelink or Department of Veterans Affairs card
Security/Crowd control licence
Tertiary education institution ID card
Category 4
Recent utility account with current residential address (issued within last 3 months)
Baku@aussie.zone 8 months ago
You need a birth certificate… To get a birth certificate? Jesus
jordanlund@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Not as weird as you might think… say you’re adopted, you have your re-issued birth certificate but want to get your OG birth certificate.