When it was time for an Australian passport renewal, my first thought was to drop into the local post office and pick up a form. Wrong. No forms at the post office now, as the forms are online.
You can find the start of the form process at https://ppol.passports.gov.au/web/forms/entrypoint.aspx.
Renewing your passport is now about completing the form and having the form pre-populated with the information you enter. Before you can complete the information however you first need to provide information which will allow you to identify yourself as the passport holder. Nothing your passport doesn't contain or that you shouldn't know.
Once completed a PDF is produced which you print off on standard A4 paper. A tip from the local post office is to make sure the four arrows at the side are shown as often the section they need to complete is chopped off, making the form invalid. The tip really is to make sure the PDF is scaled to fit the page.
Once completed you take the form to the post office, have some passport photos taken (you can provide your own), sign and hand over the money.
Surprisingly simple really. The government has done a reasonable job making this task easier.
Kelvin Eldridge
www.JustLocal.com.au
You can find the start of the form process at https://ppol.passports.gov.au/web/forms/entrypoint.aspx.
Renewing your passport is now about completing the form and having the form pre-populated with the information you enter. Before you can complete the information however you first need to provide information which will allow you to identify yourself as the passport holder. Nothing your passport doesn't contain or that you shouldn't know.
Once completed a PDF is produced which you print off on standard A4 paper. A tip from the local post office is to make sure the four arrows at the side are shown as often the section they need to complete is chopped off, making the form invalid. The tip really is to make sure the PDF is scaled to fit the page.
Once completed you take the form to the post office, have some passport photos taken (you can provide your own), sign and hand over the money.
Surprisingly simple really. The government has done a reasonable job making this task easier.
Kelvin Eldridge
www.JustLocal.com.au
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