Prefix Application Help Guide
Use this guide to prepare membership, DACO, breeder, and prefix-choice details.
Before You Start
- Confirm your financial FASA membership and have your membership number ready.
- Prepare your applicant names, email, phone, address, breeds you intend to breed and DACO details where applicable.
- Choose New Prefix or Dual Registration and prepare six distinct names in preference order.
- If you have held a prefix before, select Yes and give the previous-prefix details.
Prefix Choices
Enter all six choices in your preferred order. Each must contain 1 to 12 letters in one word. Spaces, numerals, hyphens and apostrophes are not accepted. Choices must differ even when capitalisation is ignored, so changing only upper/lower case does not make a new choice.
The availability lookup is an initial check against existing records. It does not reserve a name or approve your application. The Prefix PDF explains that names are cleared with recognised bodies across Australia, which can take time. Do not use any proposed prefix until the Registrar sends official approval.
Go to prefix choicesName Rules and Registration Type
Choose sufficiently different alternatives to reduce the chance of all six being too similar to existing names. Consider the space your prefix will occupy in a cat's registered name: the published registration rules specify a total of 25 characters including prefix and spaces, without numerals.
Select New Prefix for a new application or Dual Registration for that request. If you are unsure which applies to an existing prefix, ask the Registrar before paying. The six-choice and previous-prefix fields still apply to the online form. See section 9, Cattery Prefix, of the registration policies.
Go to prefix requestBreeder and Contact Details
Use your current membership number and contact details. Enter your first name and surname separately and select the breed you intend to breed. If the breed choices do not load, reload before entering the rest of the application or contact support.
The published breeder rules discuss breeder registration and DACO. The online Prefix form provides a DACO field, but does not make it mandatory at submission. Include it when applicable; acceptance of the form is not confirmation that breeder-registration requirements have been met. Use current FASA guidance for your circumstances.
Go to breeder detailsDeclarations, Payment and the PDF
Read the breeding and registration rules appended to the seven-page Prefix PDF, including registration eligibility, naming, transfers, litters and leases. Confirm accuracy and the rules agreement in the online form. The declaration date is supplied automatically.
The fee follows New Prefix or Dual Registration. Use the current fee displayed online. For a PDF application, complete all six choices, applicant details and applicable signature sections, and verify the Registrar's current contact details before sending. Preserve the remaining rules pages for reference.
Read the breeding rulesUploads, Payment and Your Outcome
Pay by direct deposit using the current fee and bank details shown on the application. The payment reference and receipt are optional; enter the reference you actually used if you have paid. A saved application or receipt upload does not confirm that FASA has reconciled your payment. Older PDFs may list cheque or cash: the online forms use direct deposit.
Each selected file may be up to 20 MiB. You can select multiple files; the form uploads one file at a time and shows progress. Keep the page open until it displays the outcome. Review document-reader suggestions against your originals before declaring the application correct.
If details need correction before saving, the form keeps your entries so you can correct them. If the application has already been saved and an upload fails, use the offered retry for that application. Repeated applications are allowed. If you have already paid, you do not need to pay again. If the result is uncertain, keep the reference and contact FASA support. Email failure does not mean a saved application has been lost. Reloading the page may lose file selections.
The outcome page reports the saved reference and any notification warning. Save the reference for enquiries. A confirmation acknowledges receipt; FASA still reviews eligibility, evidence and payment. Use Start a new application to repeat this application or start a different one.
Current References
Guidance reviewed 24 October 2026 against the online form, its fillable PDF and the linked FASA documents. Use the current online fee and contact the relevant Registrar or FASA support if documents or circumstances differ. See the Committee contacts.