{"id":"C1930L00155","name":"Passports Regulations","slug":"passports-regulations","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"155 of 1930","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":21655,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1930L00155-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Passports Regulations","content":"STATUTORY RULES.\n\n1930\\. No. 155.\n\n———\n\nREGULATIONS UNDER THE PASSPORTS ACT 1920.\n\nI, THE person administering the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Passports Act 1920, to come into operation forthwith.\n\nDated this sixteenth day of December, 1930.\n\nSOMERS\n\nAdministering the Government of the\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nARTHUR BLAKELEY\n\nMinister of State for Home Affairs.\n\nPassports Regulations.\n\nShort title.\n\n1. These Regulations may be cited as the Passports Regulations.\n\nDefinitions.\n\n2. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—\n\n“Australian passport” means a passport issued by or on behalf of the Government of the Commonwealth;\n\n“British passport” means a passport issued by or on behalf of the Government of any British country, and includes an Australian passport;\n\n“ Certificate of identity ” means a certificate issued under these Regulations by or on behalf of the Department of Home Affairs to Russian or Armenian refugees;\n\n“Foreign passport” means a passport issued by or on behalf of the Government of any country other than a British country;\n\n“Passport” means an Australian passport;\n\n“ Permit ” means any document, other than a passport or a certificate of identity, issued by or on behalf of the Department of Home Affairs, authorizing the person named and described therein to embark at any place in the Commonwealth for a journey to a specified place beyond the Commonwealth;\n\n“The Act” means the Passport Act 1920;\n\n“Transit visé ” means a visé which is valid for one or more direct journeys through the United Kingdom or specified British territory undertaken for the sole purpose of reaching a foreign country; and\n\nany reference to a form shall be read as a reference to a form in the Schedule.\n\n \n\nOfficers authorized to received applications for and to renew and visé passports.\n\n3. Applications for passports shall be made to, and passports may be renewed or viséed by any of the following officers, or officers thereto authorized by them, namely:—\n\nThe Secretary, Department of Home Affairs-;\n\nThe Collectors of Customs of the States of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania.\n\nThe Government Resident of North Australia.\n\nPersons to whom passports may be issued.\n\n4. Passports may be granted only to natural-born or naturalized British subjects located within the Commonwealth at the date of application.\n\nApplications for passports.\n\n5. —(1.) An application for a passport may be in accordance with Form A, Form B, Form C or Form D, as the case requires, and shall be—\n\n(a) signed by the applicant;\n\n(b) indorsed by an authorized person with a certificate that he personally knows the applicant, that to the best of his knowledge and belief the statements contained in the application are true, and that the applicant is of good character and is a fit and proper person to receive a passport; and\n\n(c) accompanied by the prescribed fee, and by two unmounted photographs of the applicant, one of which shall be indorsed on the back by the person certifying the application with a certificate that the photograph is a genuine photograph of the applicant.\n\n(2.) An application for a passport made by a person under the age of sixteen years must be accompanied by a statement in writing by the applicant’s father (or mother, if she is a widow, or if for any other reason, satisfactory to the officer empowered to issue the passport, the statement cannot conveniently he obtained from the father) or guardian, consenting to the issue of a passport and setting out in whose care the applicant intends to travel.\n\n(3.) For the purpose of this regulation, “authorized person” means—\n\n(a) a Police, Stipendiary or Special Magistrate of the Commonwealth or of a State or of the Northern Territory, a Justice of the Peace, a legally qualified Medical Practitioner, a Minister of Religion or Bank Manager; or\n\n(b) any person or class of persons approved by the Minister.\n\nFee for passport.\n\n6. The fee for the issue of a passport shall be Ten shillings.\n\nFamily passports.\n\n7. It shall not be necessary for married women travelling with their husbands, or children under the age of sixteen years travelling with their parents or guardians, to obtain separate passports, but particulars relating to them shall be included in the passports issued to their husbands, parents or guardians, as the case may be.\n\nNaturalized British subjects to produce certificate of naturalization\n\n8. Where an applicant for a passport is a naturalized British subject, he shall forward his certificate of naturalization, with his application, for inspection.\n\nForm of passport.\n\n9. —(1.) A passport shall be in accordance with Form E.\n\n(2.) Where a passport is issued to a naturalized British subject, the fact and extent of his naturalization shall be stated on the passport.\n\n \n\nCountries for which passports available.\n\n10. Subject to the next succeeding regulation, a passport shall be available only for travel to the countries indorsed thereon, but it may be indorsed for additional countries by an officer authorized to visé passports.\n\nEmpire-wide passports.\n\n11. —(1.) The Minister, or any officer thereto authorized by him, may, if he sees fit so to do, indorse for travel within the British Empire any British passport other than a passport issued to a naturalized British subject whose naturalization is effective only in the country in which it was granted.\n\n(2.) For the purposes of this regulation, “British Empire” includes all Territories under British protection or under British government under a mandate with the exception of Palestine and Iraq.\n\nDuration of passport.\n\n12. A passport, unless specially indorsed for a shorter period, shall be valid for a period of five years and subject to those Regulations may be renewed for further periods of from one to five years:\n\nProvided that in no case shall the validity of a passport be extended beyond ten years from the original date of issue.\n\nDelivery of passports.\n\n13. Except where otherwise authorized by the Minister, an applicant shall attend in person at the Department of Home Affairs or at the Customs House at the proposed port of departure, within fourteen days prior to the advertised date of sailing of the vessel mentioned in his application, to take delivery of his passport, and if so required shall at the same time produce his boat ticket for inspection by the officer delivering the passport.\n\nCancellation of old passports.\n\n14. Where an applicant for a passport is already the holder of a passport he shall produce that passport for cancellation before a fresh passport is issued.\n\nLoss of passport.\n\n15. A fresh passport shall not be issued to replace a lost passport, unless the officer to whom application is made has satisfied himself by inquiry or otherwise that the lost passport cannot be traced.\n\nApplication for renewal of passport.\n\n16. An application for the renewal of a British passport may be in accordance with Form F and shall be—\n\n(a) signed by the applicant;\n\n(b) indorsed in the manner prescribed in paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (1) of regulation 5 of these regulations; and\n\n(c) accompanied by a fee of One shilling for each year for which renewal of the passport is applied for, and, in the case of a passport other than an Australian passport, by a photograph certified in the manner prescribed in paragraph (c) of that sub-regulation.\n\nWhen applications for renewal of passport may be made.\n\n17. An application for the renewal of a passport may be lodged at any time, except in the case of intended travel when, if not already renewed, it shall be lodged at least seven days prior to the proposed date of departure.\n\nPassport not renewable where space for indorsement is exhausted.\n\n18. Where the space provided for indorsements on a passport is already exhausted, the passport shall cease to be renewable.\n\nPassport not renewable when grantee ceases to be a British subject.\n\n19. Where, after the issue of a passport, the grantee ceases to be a British subject, the passport shall cease to be renewable and shall be cancelled.\n\n \n\nForm of indorsement of renewal.\n\n20. The indorsement to be inscribed on a passport to indicate that it has been renewed may be in accordance with the following form;—\n\n“Renewed until (date of expiration of term for which renewed).\n\n(Signature and Title).\n\n(Place and date),”\n\nand shall be signed by an officer authorized to renew passports.\n\nVisé of passport.\n\n21. Holders of British passports travelling to any country for which their passports are not already indorsed, and holders of Foreign passports departing from the Commonwealth, shall make application for an indorsement or visé at least seven days prior to the proposed date of their departure.\n\n22.—(1.) An application for a visé or indorsement may be in accordance with Form G and shall be accompanied by—\n\n(a) the prescribed fee; and\n\n(b) in the case of a passport other than a passport issued under the Act, one unmounted photograph of the applicant.\n\n(2.) The fees payable in respect of a visé or indorsement of a passport shall be as follows:—\n\n(а) For a transit visé—Two shillings;\n\n(b) For an indorsement of a British passport for travel to countries not already included in the passport—Two shillings; and\n\n(c) For visé (other than a transit visa) of a foreign passport— Eight shillings.\n\nForm of visé.\n\n23. —(1.) A visé on a passport may be in one of the following forms:—\n\n(a) in the case of a British passport—\n\n“Good for travel to..................\n\n(Signature and title)\n\nAmount of fee.........................................(Place and date).”;\n\n(b) in the case of a foreign passport (ordinary visa)—\n\n“Seen at ...................\n\nTravelling to ................\n\nVisé No............... (Signature and title)\n\nAmount of fee .......... (Place and date).\n\nSubject to Immigration Regulations.\n\nVisé valid for .......... months”; and\n\n(c) in the case of foreign passport (transit visé)—\n\n“Seen at ...................\n\nTravelling to ................\n\nen route to ..................\n\nVisé No.............. (Signature and title)\n\nAmount of fee.......... (Place and date).\n\nVisé valid. For .. months and for one or more direct journeys in transit ” \n\nPermits.\n\n23a.—(1.) A permit to leave Australia, sufficiently describing the holder, may be issued in lieu of a passport—\n\n(a) to a British subject who is about to leave Australia under circumstances which, in the opinion of an officer authorized to issue passports, render it unnecessary or undesirable to issue a passport to such person; and\n\n(b) to any alien who is about to leave Australia, and is required to be in possession of a passport or equivalent document, but who cannot arrange to obtain such document from a consular representative of the country of which he claims to be a national.\n\n(2.) The fee for a permit shall be Ten shillings, but such fee shall not be payable where a permit is issued for travel—\n\n(а) to the Territory of New Guinea; or\n\n(b) to the Solomon Islands via Rabaul, or to Fiji, and for return to Australia by the same vessel on the same trip.\n\nIssue of certificate of identity to Russian and Armenian refugees.\n\n23b.—(1.) A certificate of identity, sufficiently describing the holder, may be issued—\n\n(a) to any Russian refugee in conformity with the resolution of the Government Conference convened by Dr. Nansen, High Commissioner for Russian Refugees at Geneva, July, 1922; or\n\n(b) to any Armenian refugee in conformity with the plan submitted, by the High Commissioner for Refugees on 31st May, 1924; for the approval of interested Governments.\n\n(2.) The fee for a certificate of identity shall be Five shillings.\n\nExemption from payment of fees.\n\n24. The following classes of persons shall be exempt from the payment of fees under these Regulations:—Commonwealth Ministers and Commonwealth Government officials travelling on official business, and the wives and children of those Ministers and officials accompanying their husbands and parents, or travelling later to join them abroad.\n\n25. The Passport Regulations 1922, being Statutory Rules 1923, No. 24, as amended by Statutory Rules 1924, No. 26, and 1930, No. 32, are hereby repealed.\n\nTHE SCHEDULE.\n\nForm A. Commonwealth of Australia.\n\n| APPLICATION FOR PASSPORT BY | | SINGLE WOMAN SINGLE MAN WIDOWER | | Strike out all not required. |\n| --------------------------- | --- | ------------------------------- | --- | ---------------------------- |\n\nImportant.\n\nThe attention of Applicants and Persons recommending them is specially invited to the following Section of the “Passports Act 1920.”\n\n“0.—(I.) Any person who for the purpose of obtaining a passport or a visa or indorsement or a passport, makes any false or misleading statement, whether in writing or verbally, shall be guilty of an offence.\n\n“ (2.) Any person who, in recommending that a passport be issued to, any other person or submitting any document in support of an application for a passport for that other person, makes any false or misleading statement therein either in regard to that other person or to himself, shall be guilty of an offence.\n\nPenalty: Fifty pounds or imprisonment for three months.”\n\nSee also the notes appearing on back of this form.\n\nMy full name is .....................................................\n\nNote.—Change of Name—In cases of change of name, the original name must be stated here. Where there has been no change of name, the word “None” should be inserted\n\n \n\nMy residence is at..................................................\n\nMy occupation is ..................................................\n\nI am a British subject by birth/by naturalization. Note.—If naturalized, this certificate must be forwarded with this application.\n\nI do not owe allegiance by naturalization or otherwise to any foreign country.\n\nI am ................(state here whether single or widower).\n\nI was born at ................ in the country of ........................\n\non the ............day of ................. in the year............\n\nMy father was of ............. nationality, and was born at..................\n\n.....................in the country of .........................\n\nI arrived in Australia on or about .......19......from ..................................................\n\nper s.s............... and landed at..........................................................................\n\nI desire a passport to enable me to proceed to .............................................................................\n\n................... for the purpose of................................................................\n\nI am likely to travel to or through the following foreign countries during the next\n\nnext five years .....................................................................................................................\n\nI intend leaving the port of ....................per s.s ...............................................\n\non the ......................day of ........................ and expect\n\nto be absent from Australia for a period of...................................\n\nI have no passport in any possession (other than ![](image.003.png) which I annex hereto for cancellation).\n\nI attach hereto two photographs of myself, one of which is certified as genuine on the back by the person recommending this application.\n\nThe following are particulars regarding myself:—\n\n```html\n

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\n```\n\nOrdinary Signature of Applicant.........................\n\nDate............................\n\nCertificate Regarding Applicant.\n\nNote.—The following persons are authorized to furnish this certificate :—\n\nAll Police or Stipendiary or Special Magistrates of the Commonwealth or of a State or of the Northern Territory; all Justices of the Peace, all legally qualified Medical Practitioners; all Ministers of Religion; all Bank Managers (whose recommendations should bear the stamp of bank); and all persons or classes of persons approved by the Minister for Home Affairs.\n\nI.................................................................\n\nof................................................................\n\nhave personally known the above-named applicant for a period of......................\n\nand believe him/her to be of good character and a proper person to receive a passport.\n\nTo the best of my knowledge and belief the above statements of the applicant are true.\n\nI have certified on the back of one of the photographs furnished by the applicant that it is a genuine photograph.\n\nSignature......................\n\nTitle...........................\n\nDate......................\n\nSpecimen Signature of Applicant—\n\n...............................\n\nForm B.\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\n| APPLICATION FOR PASSPORT BY | | MARRIED WOMAN travelling without Husband, or WIDOW. |\n| --------------------------- | --- | --------------------------------------------------- |\n\nImportant.\n\nThe attention of Applicants and Persons recommending them is specially invited to the following Section of the “Passports Act 1920.”\n\n“9.— (1.) Any person who for the purpose of obtaining a passport or a visa or indorsement of a passport, makes any false or misleading statement, whether in writing, or verbally, shall be guilty of an offence.\n\n“(2.) Any person who, in recommending that a passport be issued to any other person or submitting any document in support of an application for a passport for that other person, makes any false or misleading statement therein either in regard to that other person or to himself, shall be guilty of an offence.\n\nPenalty; Fifty pounds or imprisonment for three months.”\n\nSee also the notes appearing on back of this form.\n\nMy full name is....................................................\n\nNote.—Change of Name—In cases of change of name, the original name must be stated here. Where there has been no change of name, the word\n\n“None” should be inserted.........................................\n\nMy residence is at...................................................\n\nMy husband resides at................................................\n\nMy occupation is....................................................\n\nI was born at..........................in the country of.................\n\non the................day of..........in the year..............\n\nI arrived in Australia on or about..............19...... from...................\n\nper s.s.......................................................and landed at.....................................................\n\nI am the ![](image.005.png)of.................................................................................a British subject.\n\nNote.—If naturalized, the naturalization certificate should be forwarded with this application.\n\nMy husband was born at.....................in the country of...............\n\non the..................day of.............in the year.........\n\nand his father was born at...........................................\n\nin the country of.................................................\n\nMy maiden name was.................................................\n\nI do not owe allegiance by naturalization or otherwise to any foreign country.\n\nI desire a passport to enable me to proceed to.................................\n\n.........................for the purpose of.......................\n\nI shall be accompanied by my............................children, whose names and dates of birth are as follow:—\n\n...........................................................\n\nNote.—Children over 10 years require separate passports.\n\nI intend leaving the port of......................per s.s..................\n\non the.................day of..............and expect to be absent from\n\nAustralia for a period of........................\n\nI am likely to travel to or through the following foreign countries during the next five years......\n\nI have no passport in my possession (other than ![](image.003.png) which I annex hereto for cancellation).\n\nI attach, hereto two photographs of myself, one of which is certified as genuine on the back by the person recommending this application.\n\nThe following are particulars regarding myself;—\n\n```html\n

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\n```\n\nOrdinary Signature of Applicant.........................\n\nDate............................\n\nCertificate Regarding Applicant.\n\nNote.—The following persons are authorized to furnish this certificate:— All Police or Stipendiary or Special Magistrates of the Commonwealth or of a State or of the Northern Territory; all Justices of the Peace; all legally qualified Medical Practitioners; all Ministers of Religion; all Bank Managers (whose recommendations should bear the stamp of bank); and all persons or classes of persons approved by the Minister for Home Affairs.\n\nI.................................................................\n\nof.............................................................have\n\nknown personally the above-named applicant for a period of..........................\n\nand believe her to be of good character and a proper person to receive a passport.\n\nTo the best of my knowledge and belief the above statements of the applicant are true.\n\nI have certified on the back of one of the photographs furnished by the applicant that it is a genuine photograph.\n\nSignature........................................................\n\nTitle...........................................................\n\nDate......................\n\nSpecimen Signature of Applicant—\n\n...................................\n\n \n\nFORM C.\n\nAPPLICATION FOR PASSPORT BY MARRIED MAN TRAVELLING WITH WIFE.\n\nImportant.\n\nThe attention of Applicants and Persons recommending them is specially invited to the following Section of the \" Passports Act 1920.”\n\n“9.—(1.) Any person who, for the purpose of obtaining a passport or a visa or indorsement of a passport, makes any false or misleading statement, whether in writing or verbally, shall be guilty of an offence.\n\n“ (2.) Any person who, in recommending that a passport be issued to any other person, or submitting any document in support of an application for a passport for that other person, makes any false or misleading statement therein, either in regard to that other person or to himself, shall be guilty of an offence.\n\nPenalty: Fifty pounds or imprisonment for three months.”\n\nSee also the notes appearing on the back of this form.\n\nMy full name is....................................................\n\nNote.—Change of Name.—In cases of change of name, the original name must be stated here. Where there has been no change of name the word\n\n“None” should be inserted........................................\n\nMy residence is at...................................................\n\nMy occupation is....................................................\n\n| I am a British subject | by birth.by naturalization. | Note. — If naturalized, the naturalization certificate must be forwarded with this application. |\n| ---------------------- | --------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n\nI do not owe allegiance by naturalization or otherwise to any foreign country.\n\nI was born at ................ in the country of ........................\n\non the ............day of ................. in the year............\n\nMy father was of ............. nationality, and was born at..................\n\n.....................in the country of ........................\n\nI arrived in Australia on or about ............19......from ................\n\nper SS............... and landed at..............................\n\nI desire a passport to enable me to proceed to ................................\n\n................... for the purpose of ..........................\n\nI shall be accompanied by my..........................children, whose names and dates of birth are as follows:—\n\nNote.—Children over sixteen years require separate passports.\n\nI intend leaving the port of...........................per SS............\n\non the..................day of..........................and expect\n\nto be absent from Australia for a period of...............................\n\nI am likely to travel to or through the following foreign countries during the\n\nnext five years..................................................\n\nI have no passport in any possession (other than ![](image.003.png) which I annex hereto for cancellation).\n\nI attach hereto two photographs of myself, and also two of my wife, certified as genuine on the back by the person recommending this application.\n\n```html\n

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\n```\n\n.......................\n\nOrdinary Signature of Applicant.........................\n\nDate............................\n\nCertificate Regarding Applicant.\n\nNote.—The following persons are authorized to furnish this certificate:— All Police or Stipendiary or Special Magistrates of the Commonwealth or of a State or of the Northern Territory; all Justices of the Peace; all legally qualified Medical Practitioners; all Ministers of Religion; all Bank Managers (whoso recommendations should bear the stamp of bank); and all persons or classes of persons approved by the Minister for Home Affairs.\n\nI.................................................................\n\nof.................................................................\n\nhave known personally the above-named applicant for a period of......................\n\nand believe him to be of good character and a proper person to receive a passport.\n\nTo the best of my knowledge and belief the above statements of the applicant are true.\n\nI have certified on the back of the photographs furnished by the applicant and his wife that they are genuine photographs of both persons.\n\n```html\n

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\n```\n\nForm D.\n\nAPPLICATION FOR PASSPORT BY MARRIED MAN TRAVELLING ALONE.\n\nImportant.\n\nThe attention of Applicants and Persons recommending them is specialty invited to the following Section of the \"Passports Act 1920.”\n\n“9.—(1.) Any person who, for the purpose of obtaining a passport or a visa or indorsement of a passport, makes any false or misleading statement, whether in writing or verbally shall be guilty of an offence.\n\n“ (2) Any person who, in recommending that a passport be issued to any other person, or submitting any document in support of an application for a passport for that other person, makes any false or misleading statement therein, either in regard to that other person or to himself, shall be guilty of an offence.\n\nPenalty: Fifty pounds or imprisonment for three months.”\n\nSec also the notes appearing on the back of this form.\n\nMy full name is....................................................\n\nNote.—Change of Name.—In cases of change of name, the original name must be stated here. Where there has been no change of name the word\n\n“None” should be inserted.........................................\n\nMy residence is at...................................................\n\nMy occupation is....................................................\n\n| I am a British subject | by birth.by naturalization. | Note. — If naturalized, the naturalization certificate must be forwarded with this application. |\n| ---------------------- | --------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n\nI do not owe allegiance by naturalization or otherwise to any foreign country.\n\nI was born at ................ in the country of.............\n\non the ............day of ................. in the year............\n\nMy father was of ............. nationality, and was born at..................\n\n.....................in the country of ........................\n\nI arrived in Australia on or about ............19.....from .................\n\nper SS............... and landed at...............................\n\nI desire a passport to enable me to proceed to .........................\n\n................... for the purpose of .................\n\nI am likely to travel to or through the following foreign countries during the\n\nnext five years..................................................\n\nI intend leaving the port of...........................per SS............\n\non the..................day of..........................and expect\n\nto be absent from Australia for a period of...............................\n\nI have no passport in any possession (other than ![](image.006.png)which I annex hereto for cancellation).\n\nI attach hereto two photographs of myself, one of which is certified as genuine on the back by the person recommending this application.\n\nThe following are particulars regarding myself:—\n\n```html\n

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\n```\n\nOrdinary Signature of Applicant.........................\n\nDate............................\n\n \n\nCertificate regarding Applicant.\n\nNote.—The following persons are authorized to furnish this certificate :—All Police or Stipendiary or Special Magistrates of the Commonwealth or of State or of the Northern Territory; all Justices of the Peace; all legally qualified Medical Practitioners; all Ministers of Religion; all Bank Managers (whose recommendations should bear the stamp of bank); and all persons or classes of persons approved by the Minister for Home Affairs;\n\nI.................................................................\n\nof.................................................................\n\nhave known personally the above-named applicant for a period of......................\n\nand believe him to be of good character and a proper person to receive a passport.\n\nTo the best of my knowledge and belief the above statements of the applicant are true.\n\nI have certified on the back of one of the photographs furnished by the applicant that it is a genuine photograph.\n\nSignature......................\n\nTitle...........................\n\nDate......................\n\nSpecimen Signature of Applicant—\n\n...............\n\nForm E.\n\nPASSPORT.\n\nI, the Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, request, in the name of His Britannic Majesty, all those whom it may concern, to allow the bearer to pass freely without let or hindrance, and to afford every assistance and protection of which may stand in need:\n\n.......................\n\nGovernor-General.\n\n(Page 1.) This passport contains 32 pages.\n\nPASSPORT\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\nNo. of passport..................\n\nName of bearer.....................................................\n\nAccompanied by his wife ...................................(maiden name).\n\n(and by..................children)\n\nNational status......................................................\n\n(Page 2.) Description.\n\n| | | Wife— |\n| -------------------------------- | --- | ------------------------------- |\n| Profession................. | | ............................ |\n| Place and date of birth......... | | ............................ |\n| Domicile................. | | ............................ |\n| Height..........ft.......in. | | ..................ft........in. |\n| Colour of eyes.............. | | ............................ |\n| Colour of hair.............. | | ............................ |\n| Special peculiarities.......... | | ............................ |\n| | | ............................ |\n\nChildren.\n\nName.................Date of birth.....Sex...........\n\n(Page 3.) Photograph of Bearer.\n\n.......................\n\n(Signature of bearer.)\n\n(Photograph of wife.).\n\n.......................\n\n(Signature of wife.)\n\n(Page 4.) Countries for which this Passport is Valid,\n\nThe validity of this passport expires................................\n\nunless renewed\n\nIssued at.........................................................\n\nDate....................\n\n \n\n(Page 5.). Renewals.\n\n1.................................................\n\n2.................................................\n\n3.................................................\n\n4.................................................\n\nObservations.\n\n(Pages 6-32.) Visas.\n\nRENEWAL. Form F.\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\nWhere all available space on a passport already occupied by visas; application must be made on the prescribed form for the issue of a new Passport, and the full fee of 10s. is chargeable.\n\nRenewal of Passport.\n\nI, the undersigned .(a)...................................................\n\n(а) Christian names and surnames in full.\n\nat present residing at..................................................\n\nhereby make application for the renewal of British Passport No..................issued\n\nto me at .............................on the.........................\n\nfor a further period of (b) .............years for travelling to (c)..................\n\n(b) Insert from one up to five years, according to period of renewal desired. A fee of One shilling will be payable for each year of renewal. The validity of the Passport cannot, however, be extended beyond ten years from the original date of issue.\n\n(c) Destination and route.\n\nI expect to be absent from Australia for a period of............................\n\nI declare that I am a (d);\n\n(d) Insert “British-born subject or, “Naturalized British Subject” as the case may be.\n\nand I have not lost that national status, and I solemnly declare that the whole of the particulars given by me in respect of this application are true, both in substance and in fact,\n\nI further declare that I have no other Passport in my possession.\n\nI attach copy of my photograph (only required when Passport has been issued outside Australia).\n\nSignature of Applicant....................\n\nDate.....................\n\nAnd I, the undersigned (e)............................................\n\n(e) Name and qualification of person verifying the declaration, viz. Police, Stipendiary, or Special Magistrate; Justice of the Peace; legally qualified Medical Practitioner; Minister of Religion; Bank Manager (whose recommendation should bear stamp of bank;) or any other person approved by the Minister for Home Affairs.\n\n(title);...............................of (f) ..........................\n\n(f) Professional or business address.\n\nhereby declare that to the best of my personal knowledge and belief, the above\n\ndeclaration of the said Mr./Mrs./Miss![](image.007.png)............................\n\nis true, and I can from my personal knowledge of him/her vouch him/her as a fit and\n\nproper person to receive a Passport.\n\n(Note.—When the application is accompanied by a photograph, the person who signs here should also certify on the back of the photograph that it is a genuine photograph of the applicant.)\n\nSigned...........................\n\nDate....................\n\nForm F:—continued.\n\nRenewal.\n\nRenewal of Passport No.........\n\nIssued at...................................on......................\n\nBearer of Passport.\n\n(a) Full names.........................................................\n\nPermanent address.....................................................\n\nPresent address.......................................................\n\nPresent age and whether married or single.....................................\n\nProfession or occupation.................................................\n\n\\* Place and date of birth.................................................\n\nIf bearer is a married woman or widow:—\n\nMaiden name....................................................\n\nPlace and date of birth of husband.......................................\n\n(b) If wife or bearer is included on the Passport state:—\n\nFull names......................................................\n\nPlace and date of birth...............................................\n\nMaiden surname..................................................\n\n(c) Particulars of children if included on Passport:—\n\n.............................................................\n\n.............................................................\n\n(Note.—Children who have attained the age of sixteen years require separate Passports.)\n\n(d) Name of country to which it is desired to travel...............................\n\nDestination, route, and purpose of journey..................................\n\n.............................................................\n\n.............................................................\n\n.............................................................\n\nProposed date of departure...............................................\n\nSignature.......................\n\n\\*If born in a foreign country, state where father was born and date of birth.\n\nForm G.\n\nCommonwealth of Australia.\n\nAPPLICATION FOR VISÉ OR INDORSEMENT OF PASSPORT.\n\n1\\. My full name is...................................\n\n2\\. Present address...................................\n\n3\\. Permanent address.................................\n\n4\\. Nationality......................................\n\n5\\. I hold passport No.......... issued to me by the............................\n\nAuthorities at........................ on..................19......\n\nthe validity of which expires on.....................19 .............. from\n\n6\\. I arrived in Australia on or about............................ 19..........from\n\n.............................per .s.s.........................and landed at\n\n7\\. (a) I desire to have my passport viséed for travel to............................. for the purpose of and intend to remain there for a period of.\n\nI enclose fee of Eight shillings.\n\nNote.—If a transit visé, good for direct journey through the United Kingdom or specified British territory for the sole purpose of reaching the territory of another State, is all that is required, strike out paragraph 7 (a) and complete paragraph 7 (b);”\n\n\\*7. (b) I desire, to have a transit visé affixed to my passport for travel through...................en route to and enclose the transit visé fee of Two Shillings.\n\n\\*7. (c) I desire to have my British passport indorsed, for travel to the following country or countries not already included in my passport, viz and enclose fee of Two shillings.\n\n8\\. I attach copy of my photograph \\[only required when the passport is issued outside Australia\\].\n\n9\\. I propose to leave Australia about.................................. 19.., per s.s sailing from the port of\n\n10\\. My personal description as shown on my passport is as follows:—\n\nPlace and date of birth..........................\n\nOccupation.................Colour of eyes.......\n\nHeight:......ft. ...ins. Colour of hair..................\n\n11\\. Particulars of wife (if included on passport):\n\nFull name..........Maiden surname..............\n\nPlace and date of birth..........................\n\n12\\. Particulars of children (if any) included on passport:\n\n13\\. Particulars of husband (if applicant is a married woman or widow):\n\nPresent address (if living)........................\n\nName.......... Birthplace...................\n\nApplicant’s signature.....................\n\nDate................. 19.......\n\n\\* strike out paragraphs which are not applicable.\n\nBy Authority: H. J. Green, Government Printer, Canberra.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-realtime","completionTokens":2486},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulations maintain the established scope of the Passports Act 1920, focusing on administrative procedures for issuing travel documents. While replacing earlier 1922 regulations, they remain within the original legislative intent of controlling passport issuance, renewal, and verification without expanding into new regulatory areas."},"complexity_factors":["7 distinct application forms (A through G) for different applicant categories and purposes","8 defined terms including distinctions between 'Australian', 'British', and 'Foreign' passports","Tiered fee structure varying by document type (passport, permit, certificate of identity, visa/endorsement) and travel destination","Age-based conditional logic for children's documentation (under 16 included on parent's passport, over 16 requires separate passport)","Temporal restrictions on validity (5-year base, renewable in 1-5 year increments, 10-year absolute maximum)","Geographic limitations requiring specific endorsements for each destination country","Multiple evidentiary requirements including certified photographs, naturalization certificates, boat tickets, and character references from specific professional categories","Special provisions for stateless persons and refugees (Russian and Armenian) under international mandates"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations set practical rules for British subjects in Australia to obtain and renew passports and related travel documents: specific application forms, approved character referees, two photos, and fees (ten shillings; exemptions for certain officials). Passports run five years, renewable up to ten; wives and children under 16 may be included; over-16s need their own. \n\nThey also provide permits and Certificates of Identity for refugees, require visas/endorsements (with transit and foreign-visa fees), and impose penalties for false statements."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"This instrument expressly repeals the Passports Regulations 1922 (Regulation 25) and replaces passport rules with the provisions here. It confines passport issuance to British subjects within the Commonwealth (Regulation 4), prescribes detailed documentary, photographic and recommender certification requirements (Regulation 5; Schedule Forms), sets fees and exemptions payable by applicants (Regulations 6, 16, 22, 23a, 23b, 24), and delegates substantive discretion to the Minister and authorised officers to issue, indorse, renew or cancel passports and to grant permits or certificates of identity (Regulations 3, 11, 12, 13–15, 21, 23a, 23b)."},"complexity_factors":["Eligibility limited to natural-born or naturalized British subjects located within the Commonwealth (Regulation 4) — narrows scope and creates a nationality-based threshold.","Multiple delegated decision-makers and discretionary powers: Secretary, State Collectors of Customs, Government Resident and Minister may receive applications, renew, indorse and visé passports (Regulation 3; Regulation 11; Regulations 12, 21) — requires coordination across offices.","Detailed documentary and certification requirements for applicants and recommenders, including specified classes of certifiers and photographic certification (Regulation 5(1),(3); Schedule Forms A–G) — creates administrative compliance burden on applicants and referees.","Fee structure differentiated by service (issue, renewal per year, various visés, permits, certificates) with explicit amounts and exemptions for officials (Regulations 6, 16, 22, 23a, 23b, 24) — imposes direct cost on most applicants and administrative accounting.","Special rules for family inclusion and when separate passports are required (Regulation 7; Schedule forms) — affects household applicants and record-keeping.","Distinct treatment of naturalized subjects (requirement to produce certificate; passport must record naturalization) (Regulation 8; Regulation 9(2)) — additional documentary step for naturalized persons.","Validity, renewal caps and space/visé constraints (five-year standard term, renewals 1–5 years, ten-year absolute cap, non-renewable if indorsement space exhausted) (Regulation 12; 16; 18) — creates timing and replacement rules to monitor.","Procedures for loss, cancellation and surrender where subject ceases to be British (Regulations 13–15; 19) — creates investigative and cancellation discretion for officers.","Introduction of permits and certificates of identity for particular cases (aliens, refugees) with separate fees and exemptions (Regulations 23a, 23b) — expands instrument coverage beyond core passport holders.","Archaic or imperial terminology and cross-jurisdictional concepts (definitions of ‘British passport’, ‘British Empire’, exclusions for Palestine and Iraq) (Definitions; Regulation 11(2)) — raises interpretive complexity given geographic/legal scope language.","Repeal of prior Passports Regulations 1922 (Regulation 25) — administrative transition effect to new rule set."],"plain_english_summary":"These Regulations set the rules for issuing, renewing, viséing and cancelling Australian (British) passports, plus permits and certificates of identity. They specify who may get a passport (British subjects in the Commonwealth), what documents and fees applicants must provide, time limits for validity and renewal, and which officers or the Minister may authorise or refuse travel documents. This matters because it prescribes who pays, what paperwork is required, and the administrative discretion that controls overseas travel documents."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/passports-regulations","history":"/api/acts/passports-regulations/history","analysis":"/api/acts/passports-regulations/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/passports-regulations/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/passports-regulations/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/passports-regulations/documents"}}