A passport is cancelled at a post office, with the passport and the death certificate.
Who usually does this
A close family member or the executor.
What they will ask for
- The person’s passport
- The death certificate
How to tell them
Take the person’s passport and the death certificate to an Australia Post office. For questions, the Australian Passport Information Service is on 131 232.
What happens next
The passport is cancelled in the passport system so it can no longer be used for travel or identity.
The official page
Things change, so check their own page before you start: myGov: when someone close to you dies.
This is one of many. The tracker holds all of them.
The notification tracker lists every organisation most families have to tell, with a place to mark each one off and keep the reference number they give you. The checklist for the weeks after a death is free, with no account needed.
Checked against the official sources on 13 September 2026. General information, not advice. 18December is not affiliated with any organisation named on this page.