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Passport guarantors
If you are submitting the PC7 Adult Renewal form, a guarantor is not required.
If you are submitting the PC8 Overseas Application form, then you do need a guarantor. Your guarantor must complete Section 11 of the application form. He/she must also endorse the back of one photo by writing "This is a true photo of [your full name]" and signing underneath. A guarantor is not optional.
General guarantor criteria
You should ensure that your guarantor:
- is not related to you by birth or marriage, AND
- is not in a de facto relationship with you, AND
- does not live at the same address as you, AND
- is 18 years of age or older, AND
- has known you for at least 12 months, AND
- is willing and available to discuss your application with us during normal business hours, AND
- meets one of the guarantor qualifications below.
Guarantor qualifications
There are two types of guarantors you can choose from:
1. A current Australian passport holder, OR
2. A non-Australian who is currently employed in one of the following occupations:
- Chartered/Certified Accountants
- Chartered Professional Engineers
- Judges, Barristers and Solicitors
- Registered Medical Practitioners (Doctors and GPs only), Dentists, Pharmacists
- Registered Nurses, Chiropractors, Optometrists, Physiotherapists and Psychologists
- Registered Veterinary Surgeons
- Members of Parliament, elected City, County and District Councillors
- Police Officers with at least five years continuous service
- Members currently serving in the regular Australian or British Defence Force with at least five years continuous service
- Ministers of Religion and Marriage Celebrants
- Teachers - full-time, who have been teaching for more than five years
- Civil Servants/Local Government employees - full-time, who have been employed continuously for at least five years by their current employer
- Bank Branch Managers - manager of a High Street bank, but not managers of investment or business branches, building societies, bank travel centres, loan centres or line mangers within a bank