The applicant may nominate to appear in their Australian travel document the family name/s shown on their RBDM marriage or registered relationship certificate.

The applicant (either bride or groom; or either partner of a Registered Relationship) may choose one of the following family name options from the names appearing on their RBDM registered marriage or registered relationship certificate:

• Retain their existing family name (the family name on their cardinal document);


• Adopt their spouse’s/partner’s family name;


• Adopt the family name as recorded on a RBDM marriage or registered relationship certificate;


• Add their spouse’s/partner’s family name to their own name, either with or without hyphens and either by adding the name before or after their existing family name.

For example, if Mary Smith marries Barry Brown, their names could be:

Mary Smith	Barry Brown
Mary Brown	Barry Smith
Mary Smith Brown	Barry Brown Smith
Mary Brown Smith	Barry Smith Brown
Mary Smith-Brown	Barry Brown-Smith
Mary Brown-Smith	Barry Smith-Brown

For example, if Lisa Smith registers her relationship with Tammy Jones, their names could be:

Lisa Smith	Tammy Jones
Lisa Jones	Tammy Smith
Lisa Smith Jones	Tammy Jones Smith
Lisa Jones Smith	Tammy Smith Jones
Lisa Smith-Jones	Tammy Jones-Smith
Lisa Jones-Smith	Tammy Smith-Jones