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To prove your Identity in Australia you need to produce sufficient documents to cover the 100 Points check, as prescribed by the Financial Transaction Reports Act 1988 verification procedure.

The most common requirement for this is when opening a bank account.

What should you take?

A current Driver’s licence
+
A current Medicare Card or Credit / Debit Card

This was the information from one bank accounts website, and that is exactly what I took today, when I opened an account at a new local bank.

• Birth certificate (70 points)
• Drivers licence (70 points)
• Electricity, gas or water bill (30 points)
• Medicare Card (30 points)

Other websites quote the following:

A Drivers licence is worth 40 points
A Passport, even if expired in the last 2 years is worth 70 points

A Credit Card, and a foreign Drivers Licence and a Medicare Card and an EFTPOS Card are each worth 25 points.

A Telephone bill in your name, or a Water, Gas or Electricity bill are all worth 25 points.

A Council rates notice is worth 35 points.

NAB was pretty simple though:

Drivers licence 70 points + Medicare Card 30 points = Bank account

 

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