Australian High Commission
Singapore
Singapore

Guarantor

Guarantor to endorse your photograph and complete section 11 of the Overseas Application form (PC8)

If you do not know an Australian passport holder who can meet the following requirements as your guarantor (see section 11 of the application form), you may use a guarantor who is not an Australian passport holder as long as he or she is currently employed in one of the approved professional or occupation groups listed below, and:

  • is not related to you by birth or marriage,
  • is not in a de facto relationship with you,
  • does not live at the same address,
  • is over 18 years of age,
  • has known you for at least 12 months or since birth, and
  • is readily available to discuss your application during normal business hours.
Approved professional or occupation groups 
  • Accountants who are members of either the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, Australian Society of Certified Practicing Accountants, National Institute of Accountants or Association of Taxation and Management Accountants.. Specify which membership status applies.
  • Bailiffs
  • Barristers, Solicitors and Patent Attorneys
  • Bank Managers except managers of bank travel centres
  • Chartered Professional Engineers
  • Clerk of Courts
  • Clerk of Petty Sessions
  • Dentists
  • Elected Representatives of Federal Parliaments, State Parliaments, Territory Parliaments, Legislative Assembly of Norfolk Island and Municipal or Shire Councils
  • Holders of Statutory Offices for which an annual salary is payable
  • Judges
  • Marriage Celebrants
  • Members currently serving in the regular Australian Defence Force with at least five years continuous service
  • Members of the Chartered Institute of Company Secretaries in Australia
  • Pharmacists
  • Police Officers with at least 5 years continuous service
  • Postal Managers
  • Public Servants who are current full-time employees of Commonwealth, State, territory or local Governments or Statutory Authorities and who have been employed continuously for at least 5 years by their current employer
  • Registered Medical Practitioners - Including chiropractors, optometrists, physiotherapists, psychologists and midwives
  • Registered Nurses
  • Registered Tax Agents
  • Registered Veterinary Surgeons
  • Sheriffs
  • Stipendiary Magistrates
  • Teachers who are full time and who have been teaching for more than five years at schools or tertiary institutions

You do not need a guarantor for an adult Australian Passport Renewal Application. (PC7)