Keep your personal and visa details up to date

Update your personal, passport and visa details to meet your enrolment and student visa requirements.

Update your personal, passport and visa details

It’s important that both the University and the Department of Home Affairs (DHA) have your current personal, passport and visa details.

Keeping this information up to date helps ensure you:

  • Receive important notifications
  • Continue to meet your enrolment and student visa requirements.

Personal and contact details

It is a student visa condition that you notify the University of your Australian address within 7 days of arriving in Australia, and within 7 days of any change to your Australian address thereafter.

The University of Melbourne also needs your current contact details so you receive important University communications.

For instructions on how to update your details, visit Update your contact details. Additionally, you must notify the DHA of the following while you hold a student visa:

  • Changes to your phone number, email address or physical/postal address
  • Changes to your relationship status
  • Changes to your welfare arrangements
  • The birth of a child.

For details, see the DHA's Student visa and the Changes to your situation websites.

Passport details

If your passport details change at any time:

If this happens before you start your course, you must:

Visa status

Temporary visas: If you’re granted a new non-student temporary visa, you must let us know by submitting an enquiry titled: Change of visa. You’ll remain an international full-fee paying student, but your visa conditions and entitlements may change.

Permanent residency: If you apply to the University as an international student and are later granted permanent residency or New Zealand citizenship, submit a Change of Citizenship form.

The University will advise you of any changes to your student status and fees. If you haven’t commenced your course, you may also be reassessed for a Commonwealth Supported Place (if available).

New student visa: If you have received a new student visa, update your visa status via my.unimelb (student portal).