Find out what you will need to provide to become a Community CPS member
How do I become a member of Community CPS? How do I open an account?
To become a member and open an account with us, you will need to visit your nearest Personal Financial Centre with some identification documents to enable us to verify your identity.
Under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006, we are required to obtain suitable identification from you before we can provide you with a designated service, which includes opening an account. If you are unable to provide sufficient suitable identification to us upon application, we are prohibited by law from providing you with any designated service.
Below is a list of the identification documents we require from you in order to verify your identity. You must provide us with either one document from Section A, or provide us with one document from Section B and one document from Section C.
For information on our identification requirements for non-personal memberships please contact us on 13 25 85.
Section A
- Australian Drivers Licence (learners or probationary acceptable)
must be current, contain photo and current residential address
Section B
- Australian Birth Certificate/Birth Card*
- Australian Citizenship Certificate*
*original or certified copy only
- Australian Passport
current or expired within previous 2 years, original only
- Centrelink issued Pension Concession Card**
- Centrelink issued Health Care Card**
- Veteran Affairs issued Pension Concession Card**
**current, original only
- Government issued Proof of Age Card
current, must contain photo and signature, original only
- Foreign Birth Certificate
must contain accredited English translation if in foreign language, original only
- Foreign Citizenship Certificate
must contain accredited English translation if in foreign language, original only
- Current Foreign Passport (containing Australian Visa entry immigration stamp)
must contain photo, signature, letter of introduction from an overseas financial institution and accredited English translation if in foreign language, original only
Section C
- Notice from the Commonwealth, State or Territory recording financial benefits*
- ATO Assessment Notice*, can apply to income tax, GST, FBT or HECS
*must contain name & current residential address & be issued within last 12 months, original only
- Council Rates#
- Water Rates#
- Telephone Bill#
- Gas or Electricity Bill#
#must contain name & current residential address & be issued within last 3 months, original only
The following documents are only acceptable for persons under 18 years of age:
- Letter from School Principal
must be on official school letterhead, contain name, residential address and time attended the school and be issued within last 3 months, original only
- Photo ID issued by an Educational Institution
must be current, contain name and photo, original only
All Identification documents must be in the same name or a Marriage Certificate or Change of Name Certificate will be required to show any differences in names. All Identification documents containing address details must have the current address listed.
