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POST
Passport
Verify an Australian passport against the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) record held for that travel document. Submit the passport holder’s name, date of birth, gender, and travel document number. DVS confirms whether those details match the issuing record. It does not return the passport’s contents or its expiry status — only whether the submitted details match.

Reading the result

Check data.isValid to determine whether the submitted details match the issuing agency’s records. A no-match still returns HTTP 200 with success: true — see Introduction to Australia DVS for how to interpret verificationStatus.

Sandbox test data

Passport sandbox payloads

Copy-paste payloads for every outcome.

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

Use your API token as a Bearer token in the Authorization header.

Headers

Authorization
string
required
Example:

"Bearer {your_api_token}"

Accept
string
default:application/json
Content-Type
string
default:application/json

Body

application/json
familyName
string
required

Family name as shown on the passport.

givenName
string
required

Given name(s) as shown on the passport.

dob
string
required

Date of birth in DD-MM-YYYY format.

Example:

"15-03-1990"

gender
string
required

Gender as shown on the passport (M or F).

Example:

"M"

travelDocumentNumber
string
required

Passport number.

metadata
object

Optional key-value pairs echoed back in the response.

Response

Request processed. Check data.isValid and verificationStatus to determine the outcome.

success
boolean
required
message
string
required
data
object
required
verificationStatus
enum<string>
required
Available options:
VERIFIED,
REJECTED
verificationStatusCode
integer
required

3 = Verified, 1 = Rejected.

transactionId
string<uuid>
required
verificationType
string
required
Example:

"australia_passport"

createdAt
string
required
metadata
object | null