Australian Citizenship By Descent - Requirements

All the below mentioned requirements should be submitted at the time of lodgement otherwise delays will occur.

Please ensure that you include the applicant’s name on the Application Form 118 to match the name on the Birth Certificate; in consistence with the parents’ names. Should there be discrepancies across the names of family members; kindly provide documentation to establish the relationship with the Australian parent. Kindly note that the name mentioned on Form 118 will be the one printed on the Australian Citizenship Certificate and the one used for the Australian Passport at a later stage.

1. Application Form number 118

2. Certified copy of Birth Certificate of Child

3. Certified copy of Civil Marriage Certificate of Parents

4. Certified copy of Family Census book.

5. Letter or Birth certificate signed by the delivering doctor and the hospital.

*All the above documents should be translated by a legal translator and authenticated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

6. Certified copy of Australian citizenship certificate or passport of one or both parents.

7. Certified copy of passport if one parent is not Australian.

8. Application should be signed and supplementary sheet filled.

9. Police check for all applicants aged 16 and over from all countries where the applicant has resided in the past 10 years (except Australia).

10. Evidence of change of name if the parent has changed name.

11. Death certificate if a parent is deceased (translation authenticated).

12. Divorce certificate if one of the parents has previous marriage.

13. Passport photo of the child endorsed on the back by an Australian Citizen;
who fills in the Proof of Identity Part on Form 118

14. Exact amount to be paid and only in JD currency OR if fee is paid at an
Immigration office in Australia, please attach the pink copy of the receipt.


* Please note that the processing period is approximately 28 days.