How to get your first Australian passport or child passport in Solomon Islands.

Step 1: Gather original documents and two passport photos

First Australian Passport

For an adult, you will need:

• Your full birth certificate
• Evidence that you’re an Australian citizen
• Identity documents showing your photo, signature, and current residential address
• Documents that prove any change of name or change of gender (if applicable)
• All applications must include two passport sized photos that comply with our photo guidelines.

For a child, you will need:

• The child’s full birth certificate
• Evidence that the child is an Australian citizen
• Documents that prove any change of name (if applicable)
• Any court orders and additional passport forms we require to establish who has parental responsibility for the child (if applicable).

These details are required to complete the application. When you lodge the application, you must bring the original documents with you.

Step 2: Ask someone to be the guarantor

For adults, unless you qualify for a passport renewal, you’ll need a guarantor.

A guarantor must be:

• 18 years of age or over
• known to the applicant for at least 12 months or, for children under one year old, the applicant must have known the child since birth
• an Australian citizen who has a current Australian passport with at least two years’ validity or a person of any nationality who’s employed in an approved occupational group.

To find out about approved occupational groups, check with the Australian High Commission in Honiara. You can contact the Passport Officer on telephone 21561 ext. 272 or email [email protected].

For an adult application, your guarantor cannot be:

• any kind of relative
• in a de facto relationship with you
• living at the same address as you.

For a child application, your guarantor cannot be:

• related in any way to the child or to a person who has parental responsibility for the child
• in a de facto relationship with the person who has parental responsibility
• living at the same address as the child or a person with parental responsibility.

The application will require the details of your guarantor’s:

• full name
• telephone number
• either Australian Passport details or professional details for overseas guarantors.

Your guarantor will also need to sign section 11 of the application form and endorse the back of a passport photo by writing ‘This is a true photo of [your full name]’ and signing in black pen.

Step 3: Fill in your application

When overseas, there are two ways to fill in an application form:

• Complete an application form online.  Our system will generate an application form that you will need to print.  It will tell you which documents you must bring when you lodge your printed application.
• Request a pre-filled application form from the Australian High Commission in Honiara.

Consent is required for a child passport.  Everyone who’s giving consent  must sign section 15 of the form in front of a witness.  If they can’t easily do that because they’re in different parts of the world, follow our instructions.

Step 4: Lodge your application and pay the fee

You will need to lodge your completed application at the Australian High Commission, Cnr Hibiscus Avenue & Mud Alley, Honiara.

If you need to make an appointment call 21561.

You must bring your completed application form, your passport photos and the original documents requested on the application form.

If you’re applying for a child aged 16 or 17, the child must come with you when you lodge the application.

Please allow a minimum of 6 weeks to receive your passport after you lodge your application.

A child passport application without consent from everyone who has parental responsibility takes much longer.

Step 5: We will tell you when your passport is ready

When your passport is ready, we’ll send you an email or call, depending on the contact details you provided.

 

How to Renew your Passport in Solomon Islands

Adults (18 years and over)

For a renewal, you will need a passport that:

• was issued when you were aged 16 or older
• was issued on or after 1 January 2006
• had, when it was issued, at least two years’ validity
• has your current name, date of birth, place of birth and gender, and
• has not been reported lost, stolen, or cancelled.

Step 1: If you can answer yes to all the above, you can renew your passport using our online portal.

If going online is not an option, you can visit the Australian High Commission Chancery located at the corner of Hibiscus Avenue and Mud Alley to get a pre-filled form.

If you answer no to any of the above, you will need to use our full application process.

Children (under 18 years)

To get a new passport for a child, follow the full child application process using our online portal, or pick up the ‘Application for the Australian High Commission. 

What you'll need

When completing your application, you will need:

• two passport photos
• all supporting documents requested on the application form.

Step 2: Lodge your application and pay the fee

You will need to lodge your completed application at the Australian High Commission, Cnr Hibiscus Avenue & Mud Alley, Honiara.

If you need to make an appointment, call 21561 or email [email protected].

You must bring your completed application form, your passport photos and the original documents requested on the application form.

Please allow a minimum of 6 weeks to receive your passport after you lodge your application.

When your passport is ready, we’ll send you an email or call, depending on the contact details you provided.

 

Frequent Traveller Passports have been discontinued from 1 December 2017. Please discuss options on replacement passports with your nearest diplomatic mission.