AU required documents

This page outlines the documents required for stakeholders, applicants, and various business types to onboard a corporate customer registered in Australia.

Business details

The following documents are required as part of the Know Your Business (KYB) identification and verification process.

businessTypeMANUAL_KYBE_KYB
  • GOVERNMENT_ENTITY
  • PRIVATE_COMPANY
  • PUBLIC_COMPANY
  • SOLE_TRADER
  • BUSINESS_REGISTRATION_DOCN/A
    ASSOCIATIONASSOCIATION_DEEDASSOCIATION_DEED
    PARTNERSHIPPARTNERSHIP_DEEDPARTNERSHIP_DEED
  • REGULATED_TRUST
  • UNREGULATED_TRUST
  • TRUST_DEEDTRUST_DEED

    Stakeholders

    Every individual stakeholder needs to submit one of the following information when kycMode = MANUAL_KYC.

    Field namePassportMedicare cardDrivers license
    documentTypePASSPORTMEDICARE_CARDDRIVER_LICENCE
    documentNumberYes (Passport number)YesYes
    documentIssuanceCountryYesYesYes
    documentExpiryDateYesYesYes
    document.fileNameYesYesYes
    document.fileTypeYesYesYes
    document.documentYesYesYes

    For a complete list of personal document types, see the values obtained from Fetch corporate constantsAPI with fieldName as documentType.

    Applicants

    Nium offers E_KYC, E_DOC_VERIFY, and MANUAL_KYC modes for applicant KYC in Australia.

    • E_KYC is applicable for AU residents. No documents are required if the applicant is a director. Power of attorney is required to be uploaded if the applicant isn't a director.
    • E_DOC_VERIFY is applicable for non-AU residents. Applicant needs to complete KYC using the redirect URL. Document details need to be passed for E_DOC_VERIFY and upload of document files isn't required.
    • MANUAL_KYC required document details along with upload of document files.

    Every individual applicant needs to submit one of the following information when kycMode = MANUAL_KYC.

    Field namePassportMedicare cardDrivers licensePower of attorney, if applicant is not a director
    documentTypePASSPORTMEDICARE_CARDDRIVER_LICENCEPOWER_OF_ATTORNEY
    documentNumberYes (Passport number)YesYesNo
    documentIssuanceCountryYesYesYesNo
    documentExpiryDateYesYesYesNo
    document.fileNameYesYesYesYes
    document.fileTypeYesYesYesYes
    document.documentYesYesYesYes

    Every individual applicant needs to submit one of the following information when kycMode = E_DOC_VERIFY

    Field namePassportMedicare cardDrivers licensePower of attorney, if applicant is not a director
    documentTypePASSPORTMEDICARE_CARDDRIVER_LICENCEPOWER_OF_ATTORNEY
    documentNumberYes (Passport number)YesYesNo
    documentIssuanceCountryYesYesYesNo
    documentExpiryDateYesYesYesNo
    document.fileNameNoNoNoYes
    document.fileTypeNoNoNoYes
    document.documentNoNoNoYes

    For a complete list of personal document types, see the values obtained from Fetch corporate constantsAPI with fieldName as documentType.