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Identity Document Sighting Plan: an evidence-led workflow

Identity document sighting plan is organised around identity route, record issuer and the evidence boundary created when the recipient has not said whether viewing or copying is required. Use the identity handling decision note to keep assumptions visible, and keep the source gap visible where a full identity copy can be created without a stated need.

Market: AU
Jurisdiction: Australia
Updated: 2026-08-05

Short answer

Keep identity route inspectable in identity document sighting plan. Identify the verification path actually requested; distinguish sighting, reference numbers and retained copies until the evidence question is settled. Keep record issuer inspectable in identity document sighting plan. State who created or supplied the source record; link issuer identity to the dated record it produced until the evidence question is settled. A reviewer can review the review because the recipient has not said whether viewing or copying is required. The identity handling decision note preserves identity route, distinguishes record issuer, and labels expiry date unresolved. When a full identity copy can be created without a stated need, keep the source gap visible and record the next action under copy necessity. A completed checklist is not an approval.

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Working checklist

Connect record issuer with expiry date for identity document sighting plan

A valid identity document sighting plan evidence row names the source for record issuer and the limitation on expiry date.

Keep expiry date inspectable in identity document sighting plan. Read the expiry date from the identity record; keep expiry separate from the date a copy was made until the evidence question is settled.

Keep copy necessity inspectable in identity document sighting plan. Confirm whether a retained copy is actually required; prefer the least material that answers the requested route until the evidence question is settled.

Action plan

Review the identity handling decision note sequence within identity document sighting plan

Assembly stage: Before the final handoff, test identity route against its source, hold the unresolved expiry date line and confirm the route for copy necessity.

For this page, source identity route, date record issuer, limit expiry date and assign copy necessity. Keep the source gap visible when any link is missing.

Useful context

Inspect identity route in identity document sighting plan

For this page, the recipient has not said whether viewing or copying is required. That is the exact identity document sighting plan trigger; keep the source gap visible if a full identity copy can be created without a stated need.

Keep record issuer inspectable in identity document sighting plan. State who created or supplied the source record; link issuer identity to the dated record it produced until the evidence question is settled.

For identity document sighting plan, link identity route to identity document sighting plan's property, recipient and date before closing the step.
For identity document sighting plan, link record issuer to identity document sighting plan's property, recipient and date before closing the step.
For identity document sighting plan, link expiry date to identity document sighting plan's property, recipient and date before closing the step.
For identity document sighting plan, link copy necessity to identity document sighting plan's property, recipient and date before closing the step.

Keep in view

Confirm the quality boundary before submission under identity document sighting plan

Provide information relevant to the recipient's application process and handle identity or financial material carefully.

A completed checklist is not an approval. The applicant pauses identity document sighting plan at the first source or instruction that cannot be checked.

Practical example

Verify copy necessity in the identity document sighting plan worked case

A reviewer can review the review because the recipient has not said whether viewing or copying is required. The identity handling decision note preserves identity route, distinguishes record issuer, and labels expiry date unresolved. When a full identity copy can be created without a stated need, keep the source gap visible and record the next action under copy necessity. The worked file separates copy necessity from unrelated applicant material.

Privacy Review stage: Complete the quality review: trace identity route, mark the boundary at expiry date and record when copy necessity will be revisited.

Questions

Common questions

Clear answers for the decisions people usually pause on.

Explain identity document sighting plan: which check comes first?

Bound the stop point for identity document sighting plan?

Where a full identity copy can be created without a stated need, hold the identity handling decision note reversible. Expiry date continues as open and copy necessity keeps the follow-up.

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