Seniors Card application [ACT]
Service Description
The Australian Capital Territory Seniors Card provides access to savings on a range of goods and services provided by participating businesses.
Applications for a Seniors Card are available from Canberra Connect Shopfronts, ACT Public Libraries or the Council on the Ageing (COTA) Office at Hughes Community Centre. Applications are not available online.
Who can use this service?
The ACT Seniors Card is available to persons 60 years or over who are permanent residents of the ACT and who are not in paid employment for more than 20 hours per week.
What is needed to use this service?
When completing an application form, you are required to provide proof of age and residency.
Acceptable forms of identification include:
- Proof of Residency: Driver's Licence, ACT Government Invoice, Bank Papers, DSS Pension or DVA Pension Card.
- Proof of Birth: Drivers Licence, Birth Certificate or Extract, Australian Passport (Provides proof of birth date only).
Your application will be witnessed by shopfront, library or COTA staff, then you will be issued with a new Seniors Card and the current ACT Seniors Card Directory.
