In order to have a passport issued, applicants will have to personally visit the Consulate and lodge the properly completed specific application form, attaching the expired or next to expire passport. In case you never had a passport issued, you will need to have with you proper id, such as an identity card, or driver’s license, or your Australian passport.
The procedure will also include the scanning of your fingerprints (not for children under 12).
If you are registered with AIRE as a NSW resident and if all documentation is in order, passport will be issued on the same day of application.
You need an appointment to submit your application. Please note that appointments are individual. All family members must have individual bookings.
ATTENTION - CHANGES IN PERSONAL DATA AND CIVIL STATUS
Before booking the appointment for the issue of the passport, it is of important that your consular file is up to date, (address, marital status, birth of children, marriages, divorces, etc.) according to the procedures illustrated on AIRE and CIVIL STATUS the sections.
In case of discrepancies in the consular file, the issue of the passport is suspended until it has been updated.
REQUIRED DOCUMENTS:
- Completed application forms:
- 1 recent passport pictures ONLY FOR CHILDREN UNDER 5 YEARS OF AGE
The photograph must be:
- no more than 6-months old
- 3.5 x 4.0cm
- be taken with a plain white background
- show you alone (no chair backs, toys or other people visible)
- show you looking directly at the camera with a neutral expression and your mouth closed
- show you facing square on to the camera, not looking over one shoulder (portrait style) or tilted, and showing both edges of your face clearly
- close up of your head and top of your shoulders so that your face takes up 70–80% of the photograph
- be taken with uniform lighting and not show shadows or flash reflections on your face and no red eye
- in sharp focus and clear
- have appropriate brightness and contrast
- of high quality and resolution with no ink marks or creases
- show your skin tones naturally
- show your eyes open and clearly visible—no hair across your eyes
- if you wear glasses the photograph must show your eyes clearly with no flash reflection off the glasses, and no tinted lenses (if possible, avoid heavy frames— wear lighter framed glasses if you have them); also make sure that the frames do not cover any part of your eyes
- Australian resident visa: "Visa Entitlement Verification Online (VEVO)", alternatively a “Certificate of evidence of resident status” issued D.I.A.C. (Department of Immigration and Citizenship) if this was issued after 16/08/1992, for those who do not have also acquired the Australian citizenship. Otherwise your Australian passport and the Certificate of naturalization must also be submitted.
- Consent Form: in case you have minor children (under 18) the other parent will have to sign a declaration whereby they confirm their consent for the issuing of your passport.
- This consent is required also in case you are separated/divorced from the other parent.
- The parent’s signature must be verified either at the Consulate or by a Police Officer. For parents who are EU citizens this verification is not required.
- If the other parent is deceased, a copy of the death certificate must be provided.
If consent is not given, the Consul General, in his capacity of legal guardian of Italian minors residing in the jurisdiction of the Consulate, after an evaluation of the specific case and following the appropriate investigations, may authorize the issuing of the passport to the applicant by means of a special consular decree
- For the Passport application fee and method of payment please refer to the Consular Fees webpage. Payments can be made either via eftpos (debit card only) or in cash.
- An appointment is necessary for the issue of a passport. Please consult the PRENOT@MI page for further information.
- PLEASE NOTE MINOR CHILDREN NEED TO PRENSENT FOR THE ISSUE OF THEIR PASSPORT
LOST/STOLEN PASSPORTS
- Please report immediately to the NSW Police and make note of the report number
- Complete the specific form (Italian Passport Theft/Loss Notification, under the Passport section) for reporting lost/stolen passport and visit the Consulate in person bringing with you another ID document for identification purposes.
ETD - EMERGENCY TRAVEL DOCUMENT
If you are abroad in an emergency situation (i.e.: as tourist in transit, you must depart and you lost your passport or had it stolen) and there is no way/time to apply for a new passport, the Consular post may issue an Emergency Travel Document (E.T.D.). This document will allow you only to return to Italy (or to your country of residence).
In order to obtain an ETD you must go to the Consulate in person taking with you the following documentation:
- Report form for lost/stolen passport (Italian Passport Theft/Loss Notification, under the Passport section);
- 2 photos (these must follow specs above);
- Confirmed booking or ticket for the journey;
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For the application fee please refer to the Consular Fees webpage. Payments can be made either via eftpos (debit card only) or
in cash.
Please note this document may not be issued during weekends due to office hours (being the office closed), therefore, unless it is a true emergency, the ETD will be issued on the next working day.
Honorary Consulates are not authorized to issue ETDs, but can only forward applications for this purpose to the relevant consular office. The costs involved for sending the application and for the delivery of the document will have to be charged to the applicant.
In order to facilitate your transit at the border do not omit to report the loss/theft of your passport to the local police authorities.
Also remember to keep, in a different location from where the original documents are stored, copies of your most important documents (such as your passport, ID, etc.) so that it will be easier to assist you in case of loss/theft.
Procedures for issue an urgent passport (without appointment)
1) In cases of proven urgency, which will in any case be validated by the head of the Office, the Italian citizen registered in AIRE at this Consulate can request a passport by calling in person at this office every Wednesday without an appointment, from 09:00 to 12:00, with the necessary documents (including the airline ticket).
Those who apply for an urgent passport will have to pay, in addition to the normal cost of the passport, also the emergency fees. Consult the Consular Fees to know the updated amount.
Urgency must be justified exclusively by:
- urgent need for work, proven by reasoned requests/letters on the employer's letterhead
- application for visas to stay in Australia, substantiated by letter from immigration agents
- serious health reasons, certified by certificates issued by ASL doctors or public facilities
2) In order to meet the needs of families with children born in Australia or abroad and registered in AIRE with this Consulate, every Wednesday without prior appointment, from 9 am to 12 pm, it will be possible to issue the passport in favour of infants who do not have any identity document and who possess only Italian citizenship.
