Documents to prepare
- Child: full birth certificate or accepted household record naming the parents; name-change links if relevant; any passport or travel document; photograph and identity declaration.
- Australian parent: evidence of citizenship at the child's birth, such as citizenship/naturalisation evidence or the birth evidence Home Affairs accepts for that person.
- Where applicable, prepare the parent's lawful Australian residence evidence, including school, employment or government records. Confirm any exception with Home Affairs.
Arrange Form 1195 after checking the signer
Use the instructions below to arrange the photograph and declaration. The baby is the applicant. Choose an identity declarant under the form's actual rules; being a lawyer or notary alone is not enough.
Forms & resources
Use the current official version. PDF previews are blank government forms. Open a copy in your PDF reader to complete it; answers are not saved to this task.
1195 · Identity declaration
Supporting identity form for an online citizenship-by-descent application. It is not the citizenship application itself.
- Use the child's details at Question 1. An eligible identity declarant completes Questions 2 and 3; the responsible parent signs the under-16 declaration at Question 4.
- For a child under six, the declarant may have known the child for less than 12 months. The citizenship, occupation and relationship rules still apply; check pages 1–2, including the overseas option.
- Glue the required photograph at Question 3. The declarant signs across a bottom front corner without covering the face.
- Scan completed pages 3–4 together, including the photo, as one file for the Form 1195 attachment. Upload the digital photograph separately under Photograph.
Your task record
Check the current application document list, including evidence of the relevant parent's Australian citizenship at the child's birth. Ask about additional residence evidence if the parent became a citizen by descent.
Task source checked Oct 15, 2026Official references
This is planning guidance, checked on Oct 16, 2026. Follow current authority instructions and case-specific advice; it does not determine eligibility or approval.
Home Affairs — descent document listHome Affairs — current Form 1195