Go out and play in Australia, KTV,Club and so on every time to check whether id, often forgot his passport and missed the party with friends, some people even lost their passport to the whole.
If you`re old enough to buy a drink, you`re being checked out on ID, who still doesn`t have a passport.
Is there always a heavy passport that you can`t carry in your wallet, and you`re always worried about losing it?
What if your passport is missing or almost expired?
As long as you apply for an Australian identity card, friends with Australian identity generally use their driver`s license, but when there is no identity, this card does everything, buy wine, enter club, has it!
Age Card（Proof of Age card ）
From now on, I don`t have to bring my passport anymore.
Take Victoria as an example, all Australia can handle Age Card (Proof of Age card):
Victorian age cards are used to prove that people over the age of 18 are allowed to enter a house or buy alcohol. This card is available all over Australia. Anyone can apply for only 17 years of age and 11 months, but you must wait until you are 18 years old to use it.
Cost: ten bucks (you can`t buy a loss, you can`t buy a fool)
Step 1: first you need to fill out an age card application form that you can use at Australia Post offices (Australian Post Office), Vic Roads offices (Victoria Highway Office), pharmacies or chemists. Take it from (a drugstore).
Step 2: fill in the Application for Age Card form.
I: send the completed form and your original identification document (a category A and a class B document) to a person who has known you for at least 12 months and has been on the electoral roll. This person must complete and sign the umpire`s statement. (please note that the original document is necessary and that copies are not acceptable)
Ii: signs the applicant`s declaration in the presence of an authorized person.
Iii: goes to the agency (google to find the one closest to you).
Take photos (some small organizations ask you to provide your own photos), submit the application form and pay the application fee. Bring your identification documents and ask the agency`s personnel to check your documents and sign the application form.
It will take you about 20 to 25 working days to receive your Age Card (complaining about the efficiency of the Australian people)
Processing links: http://www.australia.gov.au/information-and-services/transport-and-regional/registration-and-licences/proof-of-age-card
What if your passport is missing or almost expired?
Emergency: dial the 000 police report for help. Police will contact you when they receive the lost passport.
Non-emergency: police helpline 131 / 444.
If you don`t know how long you`ve lost it, check the Melbourne Consulate`s website to see if it`s on the lost list.
What if your passport is about to expire?
Meet replacement condition
1. The passport is valid for less than one year;
2. Passport visa pages are about to run out;
3. The change of appearance is greater, and it is confirmed that there is a real need;
4. Name change.
In addition, the holder of the ordinary passport lost, stolen or damaged due to normal users can also apply for a replacement passport.
Change passport address:
534 Toorak Road, Toorak, VIC 3142, no. 8 tram from Fliners St or Swanston St in downtown Melbourne.
Consulate office hours
Monday to Friday, 9: 00 a.m. to 12: 00 a.m. (except holidays)
Contact: 03am 98220604
Mailbox: [email protected]
material requested
1. The Chinese Consulate in Melbourne requires Chinese citizens to make an online appointment and fill in the form. Please click on the following link: http://ppt.mfa.gov.cn/appo/ online appointment, fill in and then print and sign the application form;
2. 2 recent photos (1 photo pasted on the application form) are available within 6 months. For more details, please click on the link at http://au.china-embassy.org/chn/lsfw/hzlxz/blhzlxzxz/t222576.htm: http: / www.f.a. com
3. Original and photocopies of the passport (including photo information pages, annotated or extended pages, visa-related pages, final departure from China and entry-to-destination seal for entry to Australia);
4. If the passport is missing and no copy is available, please provide a copy of the material certifying the applicant`s Chinese nationality and identity including: household register, identity card or notarization of birth, etc.
5. A written report of loss, theft or damage to a passport. The contents include: personal situation, experience before and after travel to Australia, residence status in Australia, place of loss, theft or damage of passport, pass through, passport issuing authority, issuing time, passport number and validity period, home address and contact information, etc.
6. Within 3 days of submitting your application, visit the Australian Immigration and Border Protection Department`s VEVO website: http://www.border.gov.au/Busi/visas-and-migration/visa-entitlement-verification-online-(vevo) printed visa information.
7. If you apply for a new photo due to name change, you are required to produce a proof document and a copy of the name change.
proposal form
1. Chinese citizens stationed at the Melbourne Consulate-General should make an appointment in advance and make an appointment according to the appointment date.
2. Cannot be submitted by post or entrusted by others;
Certificate time
Since the passport is produced uniformly by the Certification Center, it takes about 15 working days to apply from the applicant to the consulate; however, when issuing the passport again, it is necessary to check the identity and passport status with the relevant authorities in the country. Subject to the response time of the public security organs, the certificate time can not be determined.
Fees and evidence
1. According to the date indicated in the evidence form, the applicant shall pay the original fee and obtain the passport on the basis of the original form of evidence by himself or by another person;
2. Consulates only accept cash checks, corporate cheques, credit cards, etc. No cash, personal checks or American Express credit cards are accepted.
3. Rates
Finally, with regard to the issue of a new passport, how can a valid Australian visa be link to the new passport? There are generally two situations:
1. If your old passport has not expired, you can bring new and old passports to and from the country without time to update your visa information.
2. If your old passport has expired, you must download form 929 (change address and Passport Information form) on the official website of the Australian Immigration Service (http://www.border.gov.au/FormsAndDocuments/Documents/929.pdf#search=929) before you travel.
Complete, print and sign, with copies of old and new passports (subject to certification by pharmacists or police stations), and hand in hand to immigration offices in Melbourne:
2 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne VIC 3000,. Also mailed to: GPO Box 241, Melbourne VIC 300.1.
Update your information about 2 to 4 weeks after the staff receive it. After that, you can also go to the Immigration Office`s official VEVO system for enquiries.
We must pay attention to the validity of the passport, so as not to cause problems due to the expiration of the passport and can not travel according to the plan.
Special reminders:
The Chinese consulate in Australia also recommends that passport holders be valid for more than six months. Therefore, when making travel plans, check if your passport is valid first, if not, please change your photo in time. Also because the current process is relatively lengthy, please reserve at least 2 to 4 weeks to Melbourne consulate to apply for passports.
