Port of Portland is a declared security regulated port on the south-west coast of Victoria, handling bulk commodities including grain, forestry products and mineral sands. Its own MSIC page points applicants who want to apply for or renew an MSIC to their issuing body or to msic.com.au, and the port issues its own Port Entry Permit, separate from the MSIC. This page brings together what applies at Port of Portland and how to get your card through ClientView.
Illustration of the port, not a photograph.
Each port below is separately declared a security regulated port under the Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003. One MSIC covers all of them, and every other regulated port and offshore facility in Australia.
Each port below shows the participating Australia Post outlet closest to it, but you do not have to use that one. Any participating outlet in Australia can verify your identity, and for most people the easiest one is near home, not near the wharf. Not every Post Office offers the service, so use our one-minute guide to find one that does: Find an Australia Post MSIC verifier near you.
Port Entry Permits are collected from the Port of Portland administration office, which has an after hours collection box, or sent by registered post; allow 5 to 10 working days for delivery.
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Portland Post Office, 108 Percy St, Portland VIC 3305
An MSIC shows you have passed the AusCheck background check. Your port or terminal operator decides who enters, and runs the inductions, permits and access cards. Your MSIC and Port of Portland's own Port Entry Permit are separate. Port of Portland's own pages state that its security gates are for Port Entry Permit holders, and that each applicant uploads photo identification and a passport style photo, accepts the Site Rules and completes an online induction. Confirm current requirements with Port of Portland or your employer before you travel.
Port of Portland's own MSIC page sets out when the port requires an MSIC for entry, including at Security Level 1. Its exact words are quoted in full below, as read on 28 September 2026. Its Port Security page gave the port's current security level as Security Level 1 on the same day.
Separately, Port of Portland issues its own Port Entry Permit. Its Online Port Induction page states that the business applies and pays online, and each applicant then uploads photo identification and a passport style photo, accepts the Port of Portland Site Rules and completes the online induction. Permits are collected from the Port of Portland administration office, which has an after hours collection box, or sent by registered post. Confirm current requirements with Port of Portland or your employer before your first visit.
ClientView is an Australian Government authorised MSIC issuing body, offering the national MSIC and the AusCheck background check behind it, completed online with identity verified at a participating Australia Post outlet.
"The Maritime Security Identification Card, also called an MSIC, is a nationally recognised identification card for the Maritime Industry. It does not on its own, allow access into the Port of Portland."
"When the port is operating at Security Level 1, an MSIC is not required to gain access into the port, however, if the security level rises, an MSIC card must be presented along with the Port Entry Permit to allow access into the secure port area."
"To apply for an MSIC, or to renew an MSIC, contact your issuing body or visit: https://www.msic.com.au/"
Source: Port of Portland, MSIC page, read 28 September 2026.
Port of Portland is a security regulated port declared under the Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Act 2003 (C2017G00337, registered 28 March 2017, which revoked the earlier declaration published in the Gazette on 4 June 2004). The instrument was confirmed in force on the Federal Register of Legislation on 28 September 2026.
Anyone who needs unmonitored access to a maritime security zone at Port of Portland at least once each year (r. 6.07F(1)) must hold a valid MSIC. The card is national: issued once, it is valid at Port of Portland and at every other security regulated port and offshore facility in Australia.
Four steps. We lodge to AusCheck every business day, so nothing sits in a queue at our end.
Fill out the secure online form. Between 20 and 45 minutes online if you have your details to hand.
Visit any of at least 324 Australia Post outlets that offer the MSIC identity check (Australia Post outlet locator, 27 August 2026), or use your trained workplace verifier if your employer has one.
Once you are verified we submit your application to the Department of Home Affairs for the mandatory AusCheck background check.
After approval your MSIC is printed and dispatched by registered post to the address you nominate.
How long it takes
Apply at least six weeks before you need the card, so there is buffer even if your application falls outside the typical range. ClientView's measured processing time data, with its sample size, period and full methodology, is published and refreshed monthly at msic.com.au/msic-processing-times, which is the page that owns that dataset.
One all inclusive price covering the government background check fee, identity and document verification, secure lodgement and postage. No separate verification, finance or postage charges. Prices as at 18 August 2026. You will complete your application on our secure application portal, msic.au.
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If your staff verify identity through your own trained workplace verifier rather than at Australia Post, the rate is $451.82 ex GST for a 2 year card and $765.45 ex GST for a 4 year card, a saving of $27.27 and $9.10 respectively.
If your organisation puts people onto sites at Port of Portland, ClientView's corporate portal lets you apply for, track and renew every MSIC in one place, and bulk applications take a single spreadsheet. Tell us and we will set it up.
Under regulation 6.07F(1), anyone who needs unmonitored access to a maritime security zone at Port of Portland at least once each year must hold a valid MSIC. Port of Portland's own MSIC page sets out when the port requires an MSIC for entry, including at Security Level 1, and its exact words are quoted on this page under What the operator requires. Confirm current requirements with Port of Portland or your employer before you travel.
No. Port of Portland's own MSIC page states that an MSIC does not on its own allow access into the Port of Portland. You also need a Port of Portland Port Entry Permit, which involves an online application, photo identification, the Site Rules and an online induction. Confirm current requirements with Port of Portland or your employer before you travel.
Yes. ClientView is an Australian Government authorised MSIC issuing body, and the application runs fully online, with identity verified at a participating Australia Post outlet. Port of Portland's own MSIC page points applicants to their issuing body or to msic.com.au. Call 1300 855 960.
Yes. An MSIC is national. One card is valid at Port of Portland and at every other security regulated port and offshore facility in Australia.
At a participating Australia Post outlet. The nearest to Port of Portland is shown on its card above; the nearest to you may be closer to home than to the port.
Port of Portland's Online Port Induction page states that permits are collected from its administration office, where an after hours collection box is also available, or sent by registered post, allowing 5 to 10 working days. Contact the Port of Portland administration office on +61 3 5525 2450 to confirm current arrangements.
ClientView has issued MSICs as an Australian Government authorised MSIC issuing body since 2005, and has served more than 5,000 companies.
An MSIC can only be issued by a body the Australian Government has authorised under the Maritime Transport and Offshore Facilities Security Regulations 2003, and the background check behind every card is run by AusCheck. If you are ever unsure about an issuing body, ask AusCheck before you pay.
You do not have to take our word for it. AusCheck publishes the list of MSIC issuing bodies, and you can read it yourself: the AusCheck issuing bodies list.
Port of Portland's own MSIC page points applicants who want to apply for or renew an MSIC to their issuing body or to www.msic.com.au (read 28 September 2026).
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