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Australian Certificate of Identity

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Issued by
  
Australia

Expiration
  
Maximum of 3 years

Type of document
  
Travel document

Australian Certificate of Identity

Purpose
  
International travel document

Eligibility requirements
  
Non-Australian citizens

The Australian Certificate of Identity (COI) is a biometric travel document issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to individuals who are not Australian citizens and are about to leave Australia or one of its territories.

Contents

Eligibility

A person in one of the following can apply for a COI:

  • Stateless person
  • Person in Australia on a protection Class BA subclass 202 Global Special Humanitarian or Special Assistance Category 208 to 217 visas
  • Holder of a Resolution of Status (RoS) visa (Class CD) subclass 851 who previously held a non-refugee visa
  • Voluntary or non-voluntary returnee
  • A non-Australian/non-British citizen in Australia whose government does not have a presence in Australia but who has an urgent need to travel for compassionate circumstances and who can show that his/her government cannot provide a travel document in time to meet his/her travel needs.

    • Use

    Holders of a COI who are refugees or stateless persons and legally resident in Australia can enter Germany, Hungary and Slovenia visa-free. Holders of a COI who are refugees (but not stateless persons) legally resident in Australia can enter Slovakia visa-free. The maximum length of stay under these visa exemptions is 90 days in a 180-day period.

    References

    Australian Certificate of Identity Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA