ID Guidance for Account Opening

In accordance with legislation, IG Index may require applicants to provide a certified* (true) copy of two forms of ID in order to verify your identity.

Please provide:

  • Driver licence - MUST be current and evidence your current residential address

If you do not have a driver licence or your driver licence does not evidence your current residential address, you will need to provide one document from Section 1, and one from Section 2. The certification on each document must be original.

Section 1 (provide ONE of the following)

  • Passport - can be current or have expired within the past TWO years
  • Driver licence - MUST be current
  • Proof of age card issued by the relevant Authority - MUST be current

Section 2 (provide ONE of the following)

A recent utility bill, financial statement or council rate notice - issued within the last 6 months, showing your name and residential address. This can include one of the following:

  • a financial statement (savings, credit, mortgage) issued by an Approved Deposit-taking Institution (ADI) in Australia. To obtain a full list of ADIs in Australia please visit http://www.apra.gov.au/adi/ADIList.cfm.
  • gas, electricity, water, home phone, internet (dial up, broadband), mobile phone bill, Foxtel bill
  • a council rate notice
  • a notice or assessment issued by the RTA or a government body
  • a lease agreement, contract for sale of a property, or a rental bond lodgment document
  • home/content insurance policy statement
  • a notice of assessment issued by the ATO

 

*Certification information

A certified document should state it is a true copy of the original, and be signed and dated, detailing the name, address, company and title of the person making the certification.

 Parties able to certify a copy as a true copy:

1.       a person who is enrolled on the roll of the Supreme Court of a State or Territory, or the High Court of Australia, as a legal practitioner (however described);

2.       a judge of a court;

3.       a magistrate;

4.       a chief executive officer of a Commonwealth court;

5.       a registrar or deputy registrar of a court;

6.       a Justice of the Peace;

7.       a notary public (for the purposes of the Statutory Declaration Regulations 1993);

8.       a police officer;

9.       an agent of the Australian Postal Corporation who is in charge of an office supplying postal services to the public;

10.    a permanent employee of the Australian Postal Corporation with 2 or more years of continuous service who is employed in an office supplying postal services to the public;

11.    an Australian consular officer or an Australian diplomatic officer (within the meaning of the Consular Fees Act 1955);

12.    an officer with 2 or more continuous years of service with one or more financial institutions (for the purposes of the Statutory Declaration Regulations 1993);

13.    a finance company officer with 2 or more continuous years of service with one or more finance companies (for the purposes of the Statutory Declaration Regulations 1993);

14.    an officer with, or authorised representative of, a holder of an Australian financial services licence, having 2 or more continuous years of service with one or more licensees.

15.    a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, CPA Australia or the National Institute of Accountants with 2 or more years of continuous membership.

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