Blue card and exemption card application

Your application has not been lodged. Please read steps 1 to 3 to find out how to lodge your application.

Note: You are unable to make any further changes online. If you wish to change the information you have entered, please download and print your application and make the changes by hand.

Step 1 - Download and print your application

You must now download and print your application, then proceed to step 2.

Step 2 - Prepare your application

Follow these steps to prepare your application for lodgement:

• check over your printed copy, and make sure the information is correct
• sign and date the applicant declaration on the application form
• get your identification documents checked and verified by a representative of your organisation
• make sure your organisation has signed the application form, and listed the identification documents sighted (if this has not been done already).

Step 3 - Lodge your application

Applications may be lodged by one of the following methods:

By post
PO Box 12671, Brisbane George Street QLD 4003

In person
53 Albert Street, Brisbane QLD 4000

By fax
(07) 3035 5910

What happens next

Once we receive your signed application, we will review and process it.

You should allow at least 28 business days for your application to be processed.

The check includes a national criminal history check and a comprehensive assessment of a person's eligibility to work with children.

Applications will take longer to process if:

• forms are incomplete or not correctly filled in
• there is police or disciplinary information about an applicant that must be retrieved and considered to determine a person's eligibility to work with children
• there is a potential name match and the police need to verify the information.

Notifying Blue Card Services of changes in circumstances

You must notify Blue Card Services if any of the following changes:

• your contact details
• your personal information (such as a name change due to marriage/divorce)
• your employment circumstances.

Depending on the type of notification, you will need to complete either a paper or online form to provide these notifications.

For example, you will also need to complete a Link an applicant/cardholder to this organisation form for every child-related organisation (other than the one that you have noted in this application) that you work or volunteer with.

This will link your blue or exemption card to your additional employer so that they can receive important notifications from Blue Card Services.

All forms can all be found on the Blue Card Services website.

More information

If necessary, you can contact Blue Card Services on:

• 1800 113 611 (freecall within Queensland; calls from mobiles may attract charges)
• 07 3211 6999
• info@bluecard.qld.gov.au