Identification Requirements

Identification Requirements for Signatories to Accounts

In accordance with relevant Acts of Parliament, all financial institions must prove your identity when you become a signatory of an account.  These procedures will occur once only for each signatory and information provided will apply to all accounts which are held by the applicant/s.

Identity Verification Requirements

All account signatories are required to provide:

• ONE document from List A or
• Two documents, one from List B and one from List C

Documents must be either original documents, or certified copies. (Refer to list of persons who can certify copies)

List A

• Photo driver's licence issued by a State or Territory
• Photo ID car issued by a State or Territory
• Current Passport (or exprired within the last 2 years) issued by the Commonwealth of Australia
• Passport, with a photo of the person, issued by a foreign government, the United Nations or a UN agency

List B

• Birth Certificate issued by a State or Territory
• Birth extract issued by a State or Territory
• Citizen certificater issued by the Commonwealth of Australia
• Pension card issued by Centrelink

List C

• a notice that:

- was issued by the Australian Taxation Office within the last 12 months

- containing the name of the individual and his or her residential address; and

- records a debt payable to or by the individual by or to the Commonwealth under a taxation law.

• a notice that:

- was issued to an individual by a local government body or utilities provider within the last 3 months

- containing the name of the individual and his or her residential address; and

- records the provision of services by that local government body or utilities provider to that address or to that person.

List of persons who can certify copies of identity documents:

• a legal practitioner
• a court judge or magistrate
• a Justice of the Peace
• a notary public
• a police officer
• a permanent employee of the Australian Postal Corporation with 2 or more years service
• an officer with 2 or more continuous years of service with one or more financial institutions
• a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, CPA Australia or the National Institute of Accountants with 2 or more years of continuous membership

Questions

Please contact us if you are having difficulty in providing sufficient proof of identity