Organisation : Australian Business Registry Services (ABRS)
Facility Name : Apply for Director ID
Country : Australia
Website : https://www.abrs.gov.au/director-identification-number/apply-director-identification-number
What is ABRS Director ID?
A director identification number (director ID) is a unique identifier you will keep forever. It will help to prevent the use of false or fraudulent director identities. A director ID is a 15-digit identifier given to a director (or someone who intends to become a director) who has verified their identity with us.Directors need to apply for their own director ID. It’s free to apply.Shareholders, employees, creditors, consumers, external administrators and regulators are entitled to know the names and certain details of the directors of a company.
How To Apply for Director ID?
To Apply for Director ID, the procedure are given below,
You need to apply for your own director ID. The fastest way to do this is online using the myGovID app to log in to ABRS online.
Before you start
Step 1 – Set up myGovID
Step 2 – Gather your documents
Step 3 – Complete your application
Step 1 – Set up myGovID:
To set up a myGovID with a Standard identity strength, you’ll need at least 2 of the following Australian identity documents that verify your identity:
** driver’s licence or learner’s permit
** passport (not more than 3 years expired)
** birth certificate
** citizenship certificate
** Medicare card
** visa (using your foreign passport)
** ImmiCard.
Step 2 – Gather your documents
In addition to your myGovID, to apply online you will need to have some information the ATO knows about you when you apply for your director ID. This information must relate to you, personally, rather than to the company, registered Australian body, or registered foreign company of which you are a director.
You will need:
** your tax file number (TFN)
** your residential address as held by the ATO
** information from 2 documents to verify your identity.
Step 3 – Complete your application
Select the Apply now button below to log in to ABRS online using your myGovID. The application process should take less than 5 minutes.
Who Needs A Director ID?
You need a director ID if you’re a director of either a:
** company
** Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation
** corporate trustee, for example, of a self-managed super fund
** charity or not-for-profit organisation that is a company or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander corporation
** registered Australian body, for example, an incorporated association that is registered with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and trades outside the state or territory in which it is incorporated
** foreign company registered with ASIC and carrying on business in Australia (regardless of where you live).
When You Need To Apply?
** You can apply for a director ID now.
** When you need to apply is determined by when you were first appointed, and under which Act.
** If you plan to become a director, you can apply before you’re appointed.