Proving your identity online

It’s quick and easy to prove who you are online. You can do it with a myGov account. If you don’t have one, it’s easy to create one. Once you prove your identity, myGov will link you to Centrelink.

You’ll need 1 of these documents:

Current document	Details
Australian birth certificate	A full birth certificate in your name or former name issued by Births, Deaths and Marriages. We can’t accept birth extracts or birth cards.
Australian citizenship certificate	Issued in your name or former name. If your name appears on your parents’ certificate, you can use that.
Australian passport	Issued in your name or former name.
Australian visa	A resident or tourist visa issued in your name or former name. We can’t accept expired visas.

And 1 of these documents:

Current document	Details
Australian Certificate of Registration by Descent	Issued by the Australian Government to a person born outside Australia. At least one of their parents was an Australian citizen at the time of their birth.
Australian driver licence	A current driver licence with your photo issued in your name. This includes physical and digital driver licences, current learner permits and provisional licences.
ImmiCard	A card issued in your name or former name by the Department of Home Affairs.

You’ll also need to enter some information from your Medicare card.

At a later date, we’ll need more identity documents from you to complete our identity requirements. We’ll contact you to let you know what we need.