The application form lets us confirm your identity. We will send you the application form close to your 18th birthday.

We need to know:

  • your full name and date of birth
  • your job
  • your bank account details
  • whether you get the Disability Support Pension.

We also need a copy of your photo identification.

Your full name and date of birth

You need to tell us your full name, including any middle names. We also need you to tell us your date of birth.

We will send you a letter with the name and date of birth we have for you. Please check these are correct.

If your name or date of birth are wrong in our letter, please send us a certified copy of your birth certificate. Please note we need the full certificate, not an extract.

If you don’t have your birth certificate, you can get it from Births, Deaths and Marriages.

A ‘certified copy’ is a copy that has been checked and signed by someone with the legal authority to say it is a true and correct copy of the original document. Many people have the legal authority to certify documents, like Justices of the Peace and police officers. You need to take your original birth certificate and your copy when you are getting the copy certified.

When we have the certified copy of your birth certificate, we will fix our records.

Your job

You need to tell us your job (what you do for work). If you don’t have a job but you are studying, write ‘Student’ as your job. If you don’t have a job and you’re not studying, write ‘Job seeker’ as your job.

Your bank account details

You need to tell us your bank account details. You need to have a bank account that is in your name only, and to which you are the only signatory. This is to stop anyone else getting your money. 

If you have ever changed your legal name, the bank account must be in your new name.

If you don’t have a bank account, see our Opening a bank account page.

The Disability Support Pension

We will ask if you get a Disability Support Pension. If you do, we may ask you some questions to check that your disability does not affect your ability to manage your money.

If you can’t manage your funds independently, your money will stay with FIC. You will still be able to access your money just like when you were under 18. You will still have your Client Services Officer to help you apply to use your money.

Your photo identification

You also need to send us a clear photocopy of photo identification that shows your date of birth and signature. This can be a current learner permit, current probationary licence, current passport, or proof of age card. If you don’t have any of these you need to get one.

If you have ever changed your legal name, your photo identification must be in your new name.

If you don’t have photo identification, see our Photo identification page.

When you have filled in the application form

When you have filled in the application form, send it back to us. You can post it using the reply-paid envelope we will give you, or you can email it to us at requests@fundsincourt.vic.gov.au.

When we get your application form, we will check all the information.

When we have all the information we need, we will move on to the statutory declaration.

Step 2: The statutory declaration