The Australian Document of Identity (DOI) is a
travel document
A travel document is an identity document issued by a government or international entity pursuant to international agreements to enable individuals to clear border control measures. Travel documents usually assure other governments that the beare ...
issued by the
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to
Australian citizen
Australian nationality law details the conditions in which a person holds Australian legal nationality. The primary law governing nationality regulations is the Australian Citizenship Act 2007, which came into force on 1 July 2007 and is applic ...
s and some
Commonwealth citizen
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s in specific and rare circumstances. It is not intended to be a broadly used
identity document in Australia, nor does it generally provide
evidence of citizenship or residency.
The
Australian Certificate of Identity
The Australian Certificate of Identity (COI) is a biometric travel document issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to individuals who are not Australian citizens and are about to leave Australia or one of its territories.
It should ...
is a related document issued for use by certain persons who do not hold Australian or Commonwealth citizenship.
Purpose
The primary purpose of the Document of Identity is to allow an Australian citizen to travel to
Norfolk Island without the need for a
passport. By th
Australian Passports Determination 2005a Document of identity is also issued to Australian citizens to whom it is ''unnecessary or undesirable to issue a passport'' and, under ''compassionate circumstance'', to non-Australian Commonwealth nationals who are ''unable obtain a valid travel document from their country or countries of nationality''. Examples of this include: Australian citizens who have been denied a passport due to them having an outstanding
arrest warrant, Australian citizens who request a document of identity instead of a passport, Australian citizens who are
transgender
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, Australian citizens being
repatriated
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or
deported
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to Australia or
extradited
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, and Australian citizens whose travel the Minister believes should be restricted.
Eligibility
A person in one of the following can apply for a DOI:
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* An Australian citizen to whom the issue of an Australian passport is unnecessary or undesirable
* A
Commonwealth citizen
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who cannot obtain a valid travel document for the country or countries of which he/she has nationality for compassionate reasons when he/she needs to travel urgently
Validity
Documents of Identity are issued free to travel to Norfolk Island, but other Documents of Identity are usually only for a single journey, and for a limited period. Many countries do not recognize a Document of Identity as a valid travel document. Furthermore, possession of a currently-valid Australian passport excludes the holder from applying for a Document of Identity.
See also
*
Australian Certificate of Identity
The Australian Certificate of Identity (COI) is a biometric travel document issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to individuals who are not Australian citizens and are about to leave Australia or one of its territories.
It should ...
*
Australian passport
Australian passports are travel documents issued to Australian citizens under the ''Australian Passports Act 2005'' by the Australian Passport Office of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia), Department of Foreign Affairs and ...
References
External links
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Travel DocumentsTravel Related Documents
International travel documents
Government of Australia
Identity documents of Australia
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