2019-20 Passport Facts

• We issued 1,745,340 passports – that’s 7,009 each business day.
• 70% of applicants used our online services.
• 134,787 people paid to have their passport issued in 2 days plus delivery.
• 14,614,941 Australians had a passport = 57% of the population.
• End to end, the number of passports we printed would stretch from Byron Bay to Noosa Heads.
• 31,073 passports were reported lost or stolen.
• 5,915 emergency travel documents were issued.
• 73 applications not processed on suspicion of dishonesty or fraud.
• 45 passports cancelled or refused on national security or law enforcement grounds.

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