Identity documents (AUS)

Reference for the structured identityDocuments array on Australian individual verifications. Each item is one identity document. The shape varies by kind.

Include identityDocuments directly in the POST /v5/verifications request body.

Common shape

identityDocuments item

{
	"kind": "driverLicence" | "passport" | "medicareCard" | "attachment",
	// ...kind-specific fields
}

kind is a discriminator. Each value below shows the fields for that document type.

identityDocuments carries the structured data for each document (number, state, expiry, etc.). The optional file upload (front/back image, scan) is sent separately in the top-level documents array as a kind: "attachment" upload.

Driver licence

{
	"kind": "driverLicence",
	"number": "12345678",
	"cardNumber": "1234567890",
	"state": "NSW"
}

Field	Type	Required	Description
`kind`	string	Yes	Must be `"driverLicence"`.
`number`	string	Yes	Driver licence number. Format depends on `state`. See below.
`cardNumber`	string	Yes	Card number printed on the licence. Format depends on `state`.
`state`	string	Yes	One of `ACT`, `NSW`, `NT`, `QLD`, `SA`, `TAS`, `VIC`, `WA`. Case-insensitive.

Per-state validation

The licence and card number formats differ by issuing state. The rules below are enforced server-side.

State	Licence number	Card number
`ACT`	1–10 digits	exactly 10 alphanumeric characters
`NSW`	6–8 alphanumeric characters	exactly 10 digits
`NT`	1–10 digits	6–8 digits
`QLD`	8–9 digits	exactly 10 alphanumeric characters
`SA`	exactly 6 alphanumeric characters	exactly 9 alphanumeric characters
`TAS`	6–8 alphanumeric characters	exactly 9 alphanumeric characters
`VIC`	1–10 digits	exactly 8 alphanumeric characters
`WA`	exactly 7 digits	8–10 alphanumeric characters

No spaces or special characters in either field. The state value is uppercased before validation, so lowercase values like "vic" are accepted.

Where to find these on your licence

Licence layouts vary by state. The descriptions below match the helper popovers shown in the bronID portal — re-use the wording on your own data-collection screen so the customer knows exactly what to enter.

ACT

NSW

NT

NT redesigned the card in November 2020. Both formats are still in circulation.

QLD

The card number is printed on the front and the back of the QLD licence; either is accepted.

SA

TAS

VIC

WA

Passport

{
	"kind": "passport",
	"number": "PA1234567",
	"countryOfIssue": "AUS"
}

Field	Type	Required	Description
`kind`	string	Yes	Must be `"passport"`.
`number`	string	Yes	Passport number. Format depends on `countryOfIssue` — see below.
`countryOfIssue`	string	Yes	ISO3 country code. See Countries.

Passport number validation

Country of issue	Format
`AUS`	1 or 2 letters followed by 7 digits
`NZL`	1 or 2 letters followed by 6 digits
All other countries	1–14 alphanumeric characters

AUS passports do not require an expiry date. (NZL passports do — see Identity documents (NZL).)

Medicare card

{
	"kind": "medicareCard",
	"colour": "green",
	"number": "2123456701",
	"individualReferenceNumber": "1",
	"expiryDate": "12/2030",
	"nameOnCard": "JANE A CITIZEN"
}

Field	Type	Required	Description
`kind`	string	Yes	Must be `"medicareCard"`.
`colour`	string	Yes	One of `green`, `blue`, `yellow`. Case-insensitive.
`number`	string	Yes	10 digits. Must satisfy the Services Australia checksum (see below).
`individualReferenceNumber`	string	Yes	Single digit identifying the family member on a shared card.
`expiryDate`	string	Yes	Format depends on `colour`. See below.
`nameOnCard`	string	Yes	Cardholder's name exactly as shown on the card.

Card number checksum

Medicare card numbers are 10 digits: an 8-digit base, a check digit, and a sequence digit. The check digit is computed from the base using weights [1, 3, 7, 9, 1, 3, 7, 9]:

sum  = d1*1 + d2*3 + d3*7 + d4*9 + d5*1 + d6*3 + d7*7 + d8*9
check = sum mod 10

For card number 2123 4567 01, the base is 21234567, the check digit is 0, and the sequence digit is 1. The first base digit must be in the range 2–6.

Expiry-date format

Colour	Format	Notes
`green`	`MM/YYYY`	Treated as the last day of that month.
`blue` / `yellow`	`DD/MM/YY`	The two-digit year is interpreted as 20YY.

The expiry date must be in the future at submission time.

Attachment

A free-form document upload not tied to a regulated identifier. Use this when none of the structured kinds apply, or to attach a supporting document with arbitrary description text.

{
	"kind": "attachment",
	"description": "Utility bill — Origin Energy, Mar 2026"
}

Field	Type	Required	Description
`kind`	string	Yes	Must be `"attachment"`.
`description`	string	No	Free-form description. Empty allowed.

The actual file goes in the top-level documents array. See Include documents.

Every subType: "data" submission requires top-level consent: true. The customer must have agreed to the declaration below before you submit the request — display this text next to the consent checkbox on the page where you collect the customer's details:

I confirm that I am authorised to provide the personal details presented in this form, and I consent to this information being checked with the appropriate document issuers, official record holders, credit bureaus, and mobile providers, including superannuation and employment verification, or other third-party systems via bronID (an Identity Service Provider), for the purposes of identity verification and AML/CTF compliance. I consent to the details and results from this identity verification being stored for audit and compliance purposes with the Identity Service Provider (bronID).

{
	"country": "AUS",
	"type": "individual",
	"subType": "data",
	"consent": true
}

See Verify an individual (data) for the full request body shape.

Test values (Development environment only)

In the development environment the values below short-circuit format validation and return a verified outcome. They do not apply in production.

Field	Value
Driver licence number	`11111111`
Passport number	`A1111111`
Medicare card number	`2111111111`

See Test values for the full list.