# Dokus: English (Australia)

> Prepare an Australian passport application, order a birth certificate, replace a Medicare card, choose a police check and organise rental documents and ID copies.

Edition: en-AU. The page titles and descriptions below use this edition's language.
Read the linked page for its full procedure, limitations, official sources and review date.
Keep country-specific procedures within this edition. Dokus is independent of the issuers.

## Guides
- [Australian birth certificate: order a replacement from the right registry](https://dokus.app/en-au/australian-birth-certificate-order-replacement/index.md): Find your Australian state or territory birth registry, prepare the right identity evidence and distinguish official certificates from personal scans.
- [Replace a Medicare card and access your digital card in myGov](https://dokus.app/en-au/replace-medicare-card-digital-card/index.md): Replace a lost, stolen, damaged or expired Medicare card, check the delivery address and access the official digital card in the myGov app.
- [National police check in Australia: choose the purpose and prepare your ID](https://dokus.app/en-au/national-police-check-documents-purpose/index.md): Check the required provider and purpose before applying, prepare identity evidence and preserve your issued Australian police check result unchanged.
- [Australian passport application: documents, photos and your referee](https://dokus.app/en-au/australian-passport-application-documents-photos/index.md): Prepare original identity documents, passport photos and a referee or guarantor for an Australian adult passport application lodged in Australia.
- [Rental application documents in Australia: what to prepare and what to share](https://dokus.app/en-au/rental-application-documents-australia/index.md): Prepare ID, income evidence and references for an Australian rental application, with state-specific limits and a practical check before you upload copies.
- [Can I put my driver licence or passport in Apple Wallet in Australia?](https://dokus.app/en-au/add-passport-id-to-apple-wallet/index.md): Apple Wallet holds no Australian ID yet. Your digital licence lives in your state’s app, your Medicare card in the myGov wallet, and your passport stays a booklet.
- [How to get a PDF of your driver licence on iPhone in Australia](https://dokus.app/en-au/save-digital-drivers-license-iphone/index.md): Queensland’s Digital Licence app can share a PDF copy; VicRoads says its digital licence cannot. How to make a PDF from the plastic card and what an agent may keep.
- [How to scan and protect documents on iPhone: an Australian passport, driver licence or Medicare card](https://dokus.app/en-au/scan-id-on-iphone/index.md): Scan a licence, Medicare card or passport photo page with the iPhone’s Files app, check the copy against ImmiAccount and 100-point rules, then keep it locked.
- [How to lock copies of your licence, Medicare card and passport on iPhone](https://dokus.app/en-au/store-documents-on-iphone/index.md): The Hidden album, a locked note or Require Face ID on Files: what each one locks on an iPhone, what opens it, and which Australian documents need it most.
- [How to watermark a photo on iPhone, and an ID copy for an Australian rental application](https://dokus.app/en-au/watermark-photos-on-iphone/index.md): Add text with Markup in Photos, take it off with Revert to Original, and mark a licence or passport copy for one agent before it joins a rental application.
- [How to keep Australian ID documents safe on your phone, and what to do after a breach](https://dokus.app/en-au/safe-document-storage/index.md): Keep licence, Medicare and passport copies locked on your phone, prefer official digital cards, and know what to do when a breach notice names your documents.
- [Sending a photo of your licence or passport in Australia: when it is safe and when to say no](https://dokus.app/en-au/is-it-safe-to-send-a-picture-of-your-id/index.md): What Australian agents, employers and venues may ask for, the scams that ask for ID photos, and who to call (IDCARE, ReportCyber) if a copy reached the wrong person.
- [Australian documents: applications, replacements and iPhone guides](https://dokus.app/en-au/guides/index.md): Prepare an Australian passport application, order a birth certificate, replace a Medicare card, choose a police check and organise rental documents and ID copies.
- [ID safety in Australia: copies of your licence, Medicare card and passport](https://dokus.app/en-au/guides/safety/index.md): Keep licence, Medicare and passport copies locked on your phone, know what agents and employers may ask for, and what to do after a breach or a scam.
- [iPhone guides for Australian ID: scan, lock and watermark your licence and passport copies](https://dokus.app/en-au/guides/iphone/index.md): Scan a licence or Medicare card with Files, lock the copies, watermark one for a single rental application and see where digital IDs live in Australia.
- [Australian official documents: passports, birth certificates, Medicare and police checks](https://dokus.app/en-au/guides/official-documents/index.md): Find the official route for an Australian passport, birth certificate, Medicare replacement or National Police Check and prepare the right supporting records.

## Tools
- [Reduce PDF size free: passport, licence or Medicare card](https://dokus.app/en-au/compress-id-scan/index.md): Reduce PDF size for passport, licence or Medicare scans to a portal’s limit. Two documents free across tools, then paid access for new documents. No upload.
- [ID front and back on one PDF page, free](https://dokus.app/en-au/id-card-to-pdf/index.md): ID front and back on one A4 PDF: licence, Medicare or passport. Two documents free across tools, then paid access for new documents. No upload.
- [Redact PDF free: bank statements and ID copies](https://dokus.app/en-au/redact-id/index.md): Redact PDF bank statements or ID copies when accepted. Two documents free across tools, then paid access for new documents. Image-based output.
- [Signature PNG free: a transparent signature from a photo](https://dokus.app/en-au/signature-png-from-photo/index.md): Make a signature PNG free: photograph your signature, remove the paper and lines, and download a transparent PNG. Nothing is uploaded.
- [Watermark PDF and ID copies, free](https://dokus.app/en-au/watermark-id-copy/index.md): Watermark PDF, licence or passport copies for a recipient. Two documents free across tools, then paid access for new documents. No upload.
- [Free Australian rental and ImmiAccount scan tools](https://dokus.app/en-au/tools/index.md): Prepare Queensland rental evidence, reduce ImmiAccount document scans or make a signature PNG. Two documents free across tools, then paid access for new documents. No upload.

## Shared product and policies
- [Dokus · Document Scanner & PDF App for iPhone](https://dokus.app/index.md): Scan documents on your iPhone, convert photos to PDF, and compress and watermark copies. Keep your passport, ID and cards in a private wallet.
- [Dokus plans: what is free and what Dokus Plus adds](https://dokus.app/plans/index.md): Dokus is free for up to 5 documents, with every sharing tool. Dokus Plus adds unlimited documents and Favorites cards, expiry reminders, and sharing several documents at once or a single page.
- [Privacy Policy](https://dokus.app/privacy/index.md): Dokus is an independently developed app. For privacy questions or requests, write to support@dokus.app.
- [Terms of Use](https://dokus.app/terms/index.md): By using Dokus, you agree to these Terms. Please read them carefully.
- [Accessibility](https://dokus.app/accessibility/index.md): Dokus is built entirely on Apple's native components, which is also what makes it work with iOS's accessibility features out of the box. This page summarizes what's supported today.
- [Subscription Terms](https://dokus.app/tools/terms-of-use/index.md): These terms apply to the subscription sold on dokus.app. The data it involves is described in the Subscription Privacy Policy.
- [Subscription Privacy Policy](https://dokus.app/tools/privacy-policy/index.md): This policy explains the data involved when you subscribe on dokus.app. The site's tools run in your browser: the documents you open in them are not sent to us.