Minimum ID Needed for Police Check and Background Verification
Identity Document Requirements
You must provide four documents with your completed form to confirm your identity:
- One Commencement document to confirm your birth in Australia or arrival in Australia
- One Primary document
- Two Secondary documents to show the use of your identity in the community
DPI Consulting will use these documents to verify your identity against the personal information you have provided online or in a downloadable form. The personal information in the identity documents you provide will be used to conduct a nationally coordinated criminal history check, as you consent by creating your account with DPI Consulting. Your documentation must include evidence of your full name, date of birth, and your photograph.
Note: The provided commencement and primary documents must include a photo of you. If they do not have a photograph, you must submit a passport-style picture certified by a person listed in Schedule 2 of the Statutory Declarations Regulations 1993 (Cth).
Provide One Commencement of Identity Document
- Australian Birth Certificate or authorised record of birth (not an extract or birth card)
- Immigration record or document, including an Australian Citizenship Certificate
- An Australian visa (supported by a foreign passport, which is needed for verification) current at the time of entry into Australia as a resident or tourist. This can also be accessed through the Visa Entitlement Verification Online (VEVO) system delivered by the Department of Home Affairs
- ImmiCard issued by the Department of Home Affairs to assist visa holders to provide evidence of their Commencement of Identity in Australia
- A current Australian Passport (not expired; however, if the Document Verification System (DVS) is used to verify the passport, it may be up to 2 years expired)
Provide One Primary Use in Community Document
- Australian passport (Ordinary, Frequent Traveller, Diplomatic, Official or Emergency; not expired—up to 2 years expired if verified via DVS)
- Australian driver’s licence, learner permit or provisional licence issued by a State or Territory, showing signature and/or photo
- ImmiCard issued by the Department of Home Affairs
- A passport issued by a country other than Australia with a valid visa or valid entry stamp or equivalent
- Proof of age or photo identity card issued by an Australian government agency showing name, date of birth, photo and signature
- For persons under 18 with no other Primary document, a student identity document issued by an Australian government agency or Australian school
Provide Two Secondary Use in Community Documents
- DFAT issued Certificate of Identity
- DFAT issued Document of Identity
- DFAT issued United Nations Convention Travel Document
- Foreign government issued documents (e.g., driver licences). Documents in languages other than English must be accompanied by a NAATI-accredited translation
- Medicare card
- Enrolment with the Australian Electoral Commission
- Security guard or crowd control photo licence
- Evidence of right to a government benefit (DVA or Centrelink)
- Consular photo identity card issued by DFAT
- Police Force Officer photo identity card
- Australian Defence Force photo identity card
- Commonwealth or state/territory government photo identity card (including Working with Children/Vulnerable People cards or government-issued occupational licences)
- Aviation Security Identification Card
- Maritime Security Identification Card
- Firearms licence
- Credit reference check
- Australian secondary or tertiary student photo identity document
- Certified academic transcript from an Australian university
- Trusted referees report
- Bank card
- Credit card
- Tax File Number
