Australian High Commission
Canada
Responsibility for Bermuda

Approved Guarantors in Canada

Guarantor Requirements
Section 11 - Overseas Australian Passport Application (Form PC8)


* a Notary Public cannot be your Guarantor unless they meets all the requirements below!

Your guarantor can be an Australian citizen who holds a valid Australian passport, and who meets the following requirements:  

  • 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, and

  • is readily available to discuss your application during normal business hours 
     

If you do not know an Australian citizen who can meet the above requirements, you may use a guarantor who meets the above requirements - and - who is currently employed in one of the following professional or occupational groups below: 


 APPROVED GUARANTORS LIST 
 

  • Bailiff

  • Bank Manager

  • Certified Chartered Accountant (*licenced by the Province)

  • Civil Servants - current full-time employees of Federal, Provincial or Local Governments with at least five years or more of continuous service

  • Clerk of a court

  • Current law enforcement officer (*with five or more years of continuous service)

  • Current member of the Canadian armed forces (*with five or more years of continuous service)

  • Dentist

  • Elected Representative - Federal, Provincial or Local Government

  • Engineer (*licenced by the Province)

  • Judge of a court

  • Lawyer or Attorney (*licenced by the Province)

  • Marriage celebrant

  • Medical Doctor

  • Pharmacist

  • Postal Manager (Crown Employees)

  • Registered Chiropractor

  • *Registered Medical Practitioner (including the following who specialize in medical fields, and who are registered under the provincial health authority: surgeon, gynaecologist, psychiatrist, general practitioner, urologist, endocrinologist)

  • Registered Midwife

  • Registered Nurse

  • Registered Optometrist

  • Registered Physiotherapist

  • Registered Psychologist

  • Sheriff

  • Stipendiary Magistrates

  •  Teacher employed on a full-time basis (*at a school or tertiary education institution with five or more years of service)

  • Veterinary surgeon (*licenced by the Province)

 

Further information is also available on the Australian Passport Office website.