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Passports
It is essential that your passport does not expire within six months of entering Australia or you will not be allowed into the country – even if you’re only planning on staying a few days.
You should allow plenty of time to apply for a new passport, although some passport agencies will rush your application for an additional cost.
Most travellers apply for a passport at the passport agency in their home country, but people living outside their country of citizenship should apply through their nearest embassy or consulate.
Canada
To obtain a passport you will need the following: two identical passport photos; at least one document, such as a drivers’ licence, to prove your identity; proof of Canadian citizenship; any previous Canadian passport, certificate of identity or refugee travel document issued to you in the last five years; a completed application form and the application fee. A Canadian passport costs CDN$87-92 and is usually issued within two weeks if you apply in person and up to a month if you apply by mail or through an agent.
You can either apply at your local passport office or by sending your application forms to the main passport office in Gatineau, Québec.
Passport Canada, 22 de Varennes Building, 22 rue de Varennes, Gatineau QC J8T 8R1, Canada
Tel 1 800 567 6868 or (819) 997 8338
Website www.ppt.gc.ca
Open Mon-Fri 8.30am-4.30pm
Ireland
Passport application forms are available from all Garda stations and from Post Offices that provide the Passport Express service. Completed application forms should be sent to the passport office in Cork (if you live in the counties of Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary or Waterford) or Dublin (if you live elsewhere in Ireland, including Northern Ireland). Passports should be issued within 10 working days.
A passport application should include two passport photos (which have been signed and certified) as well as proof of citizenship and the application fee. An Irish passport is valid for 10 years and costs €75 for a 32-page passport and €100 for a 48-page passport.
Passport Office Dublin, Setanta Centre, Molesworth Street, Dublin 2
Tel (01) 671 1633
Website http://foreignaffairs.gov.ie/home/index.aspx?id=253
Open Mon-Fri 9.30am-4.30pm
Passport Office Cork, 1a South Mall, Cork
Tel (021) 494 4700
Open Mon-Fri 9.30am-4.30pm
New Zealand
New Zealand passport application forms can be downloaded from the passport office website and are also available from most travel agencies. Completed application forms should be sent to the passport office in Wellington along with two passport photos and the NZ$150 application fee. If you were not born in New Zealand you may also need to send proof of citizenship and identity along with your passport application. In most cases passport applications are processed within 10 working days. New Zealand passports are valid for 10 years.
Level 3, Boulcott House, 47 Boulcott Street, Wellington 6011
Tel 0800 22 50 50 or (04) 474 8100
Website www.passports.govt.nz
Open Mon-Wed 8.30am-5pm, Thu 9am-5pm, Fri 8.30am-5pm
South Africa
Passport application forms are available at all Department of Home Affairs offices in South Africa and South African consulates and embassies abroad. South African passports are valid for 10 years and cost R 165. Passport applications take around six weeks.
Department of Home Affairs, Civitas Building, 242 Struben Street, Pretoria
Tel (012) 314 8911
Website www.home-affairs.gov.za/services_citizens.asp?topic=travel
United Kingdom
British citizens can apply for a passport at offices of the UK Identity & Passport Service (tel 0870 521 0410; website www.ips.gov.uk/passport/) in Belfast, Durham, Glasgow, Liverpool, London, Newport and Peterborough or at one of 76 interview offices. British passports cost £72 for a 32-page passport and £85 for a 48-page passport. Expedited passport renewal applications lodged in person at a Passport Office cost £97 for a one-week service or £114 for same day service. British passports are valid for 10 years.
Passport renewals take around three weeks but if this is your first passport you will need to allow around six weeks as you may need to attend an interview.
London Passport Office, Globe House, 89 Eccleston Square, London SW1V 1PN
Tube Victoria; train Victoria
Tel 0870 521 0410
Website www.ips.gov.uk/passport/
Open Mon-Fri 7.45am-7pm, Sat 9.15am-3.15pm
British citizens living outside the UK should apply through the Foreigh & Commonwealth Office (FCO; website www.fco.gov.uk).
United States of America
US citizens can apply for a passport at over 9,000 public places that accept passport applications, which include courthouses, and many post offices. Applications take around four weeks to be processed but applications lodged at one of 13 regional passport agencies (Aurora CO, Boston MA, Chicago IL, Honolulu HI, Houston TX, Los Angeles CA, Miami FL, New Orleans LA, New York NY, Norwalk CT, Philadelphia PA, San Francisco CA, Seattle WA and Washington DC) are processed within two weeks. Passports cost US$100 ($75 application fee plus a $25 execution fee).
For more information, contact the US Passport office (tel (202) 647 0518; website http://travel.state.gov/).
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