Form 1195 · Citizenship
Identity declaration
What the form is for and who lodges it. The form itself is the Department's own PDF; nothing is completed or submitted here.
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Complete this identity declaration form if you are applying for citizenship or evidence of citizenship so we can verify your identity.
Purpose
This form provides an endorsed identity declaration used to verify the identity of a person applying online for Australian citizenship by descent or evidence of citizenship, which cannot be approved where identity cannot be verified.
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Who lodges it
The citizenship applicant completes their own sections, and a qualifying endorser (an Australian citizen, or a citizen of the country of residence when applying from overseas) in an approved profession who has known the applicant for the required period and is not related to them completes the remaining sections and endorses the photograph.
When it is used
Used when a person applies online for Australian citizenship by descent or for evidence of citizenship and must supply an independently endorsed identity declaration and photograph to support identity verification.
Official form
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