Using an Agent to renew Australian Passport using an Agent

[DrJack54]

On 3/28/2025 at 1:54 PM, Serenity_Now said:

When changing visa to new passport (retirement) does one have to show the bank book with 800k balance ?

It's referred to as "transferring stamps" 

Visa information is also entered into new passport. 

Regarding the bank book showing financial compliance....yes, that is required at CW and no doubt some other offices.

Photocopies of pages back to current extension along with updated bank account.

This is a new requirement. 

[scorecard]

On 3/28/2025 at 11:48 AM, GreasyFingers said:

Maybe I would prefer that the government does not know I have a Thai address.

 

Are you a little paranoid? 

 

If you're an Aussie pensioner the Oz gov't know your outside of Oz (or inside oz) through their 24/7 online access to immigration records (continuous automatic scrutiny of arrivals and departure passport numbers).

 

If your passport number is spotted (out or in) the details are automatically added to your CLink file. 

[GreasyFingers]

4 hours ago, scorecard said:

If you're an Aussie pensioner

They rejected my application.

[ozfarang]

You can have a Thai address but you cannot apply for the OAP whilst outside Australia

[KhunHeineken]

On 5/8/2025 at 11:15 AM, GreasyFingers said:

They rejected my application.

Why did they reject your application? 

[ozz1]

Ive done mine twice flled out online one or two nights  in bangkok photos done where they recommend made an appointment its very easy not cheap but easy treat it like a holiday i don't think agents can do ozz passport

[GreasyFingers]

On 5/9/2025 at 10:09 PM, KhunHeineken said:

Why did they reject your application? 

It was quite simple really. I had been paying my taxes every year for 45 years, and still paying them at the time of application as my money and investments were in Australia. The taxes I paid in some years were enough to retire on as I had a good business. But some Einstein bureaucrat wrote a rule that you must be resident in Australia for the 2 years before applying for the pension. As I had provided for myself to retire early much of that 2 years was spent in Thailand.