Hi Claire55555

I got my regsitration in Australia once i arrived here. It seems to be different in every state you go to unfortunatley tho as a few of my friends had different requirments in different states. I didnt have to go into the office with a passport as I could meet all the identification evidence required.. They were happy for me to put my home address ( not in oz) on the form. So then i just sent certified copies of my passport, my driving licence ( with my address on it!), A bank statement copy and a copy of my HPC registration. I also sent my certified copy of my APC from NZ and got the stat declaration signed by solicitor that certified my documents. I still did have to go into the officeOonce i got to oz as it still hadnt come through for some reason 4 wks later ( I was told it would only take a day or 2 once they had the info)!- Once I got there in person it happened pretty quick- I also sent my form directly to the board in the state i was going to work in rather than head office in melbourne which speeded things up too.
Hope that helps!I do know of other physios who have had loads of delays with waiting on criminal checks on their new address in oz once they got here.