Documentation requirements for people renouncing Australian citizenship
Original documents must be provided.
Certified copies of the documents must also be provided with the application. The people who can certify documents are the same as those that can endorse photographs - see below. The person that certifies the documents does not have to be the same person who endorses the photograph and completes the proof of identity declaration on the application form. The original documents will be returned.
Note: If you are applying overseas and you provide copies of identity documents certified by an Australian consular officer or Australian Diplomatic officer you do not need to provide original documents with your application.
If documents are not in English, an official translation also must be provided. In Australia translations should be done by translators accredited by the National Accreditation Authority of Translators and Interpreters (NAATI).
See: NAATI
The following documents will be required to support an application:
- an endorsed passport size photograph – for full details on photograph requirements
See: Endorsed photographs - full birth certificate if born in Australia
- a passport if any
or - evidence of another citizenship such as a statement from a relevant authority that the applicant is a citizen of that country or if born or oridinarily resident in a foreign country will immediately acquire the citizenship of that country upon renunciation of Australian citizenship
and - if applicable, official evidence of any name change (such as an official change of name certificate issued by an Australian Registry of Births, Deaths or Marriages (RBDM) or a marriage certificate issued by an Australian RBDM. Overseas marriage certificates are not acceptable evidence of a change of name). Applicants who are resident overseas can provide overseas marriage certificates as acceptable evidence of a change of name.