NSW Photo Card
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The NSW Photo Card is a voluntary card provided by the Roads and Traffic Authority of New South Wales Australia, for people who do not hold a current NSW driver licence, or other form of photo identification, to help them show who they are. It is credit-card sized and bears the cardholder’s photo, name, address, date of birth, gender and organ donor status. NSW residents over 16 years who do not hold a current NSW driver licence can apply for the card. The card currently cost $40 (AUD) from any of the 129 Motor Registries Offices across NSW.
The NSW Photo Card replace the RTAs 'proof of age' card in 14 December 2005. Until that time there was no ID cards for over 25s. RTAs 'proof of age' card could only be issued to adults between 18 and 25 years of age meaning that any one over 25 could not obtain ID from the RTA unless they sat and qualified for some form of Drivers licence.
The NSW Photo Card is just a photo id card to provide name, address and age for identification reasons and should not be confused with an Australian national identity card program, which has been proposed, but still does not exist.
