Immigration and citizenship
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Apply for a VET Student Loan for an approved diploma or other eligible VET course. Check your provider, course, citizenship, academic suitability, HELP balance, TFN, USI and census day before submitting the eCAF.
Apply online for an Australian Student visa (subclass 500) after obtaining your Confirmation of Enrolment. Check the new offshore application rules, Genuine Student requirement, finances, health cover and documents.
Special Benefit is a Centrelink payment for people in financial hardship who cannot support themselves and cannot get another income support payment. Check eligibility, visa and residence rules, income and assets tests, documents and how to claim.
Learn how to get your first Australian adult passport, including eligibility, citizenship and identity documents, photos, referee or guarantor rules, Australia Post lodgement, fees and processing times.
Apply from outside Australia for a Visitor visa subclass 600 Tourist stream for a holiday, cruise or visit to family or friends. Check the AUD 250 fee, eligibility, documents, funds, ImmiAccount application and stay rules.
Find out what to do if your Australian passport is lost, stolen, water damaged or otherwise damaged, including reporting, replacement eligibility, B11 requirements, 2026 fees and urgent overseas options.
Change the name or gender on your Australian passport after marriage, divorce, gender transition or another name change. Check the evidence, replacement rules, 2026 fees and fee-waiver conditions before applying.
Apply for Australia's Student Guardian visa (subclass 590) to live with and support an eligible international student, including an under-18 student.
Tell the Department of Home Affairs about a renewed or replacement passport so it can link the new document to your existing visa or application.
Use Priority or Fast Track passport processing in Australia if eligible, with RAPID lodgment and passport-office collection options to reduce waiting time.
Check whether your Australian visa refusal can be reviewed by the Administrative Review Tribunal, the strict deadline, current fee and how to apply.
Withdraw a pending Australian visa application through ImmiAccount or by written notice, and check the consequences for fees, other applicants and bridging visas.
Apply for an Australian Bridging Visa E subclass 050 if you are eligible and need to remain lawful while resolving an immigration matter or arranging to leave Australia.
Australians overseas with an urgent need to travel may be able to get an emergency passport through an Australian embassy or consulate.
Request your Australian international movement records online to confirm your arrival and departure dates, travel documents and recorded movements since 1981.
Apply for an AFP National Police Check for an accepted Commonwealth, ACT, immigration or overseas purpose, with the correct purpose code and identity documents.
Apply for an Australian Bridging Visa B before overseas travel while an eligible visa matter is pending, including the $575 fee, substantial-reasons test and return travel period.
Update your residential address, postal address, email or phone number with Home Affairs through ImmiAccount or the official contact-details form.
Apply through ImmiAccount for evidence of Australian citizenship or replace a citizenship certificate that has been lost, destroyed or damaged.
Claim a Departing Australia Superannuation Payment after leaving Australia if you held an eligible temporary visa, the visa has ceased and you meet the DASP rules.
Learn when a child born overseas can become an Australian citizen by descent, what parentage and citizenship evidence to provide, the fee and how to apply online.
Find out whether your Australian adult passport is eligible for streamlined renewal, what photos and documents you need, how to lodge the application, 2026 fees, processing times and when you must make a full new passport application instead.
Learn how to apply for an Australian child passport, including citizenship and birth documents, guarantor rules, parental consent and witnessing, 2026 fees, lodgement, processing times and the special-circumstances route when full consent cannot be obtained.
Apply for your first Australian Working Holiday visa subclass 417 if you hold an eligible passport and meet the age, funds, health and character requirements. Check the 2026 visa fee, eligible countries, documents, ImmiAccount steps, work limits, study rights and the rules for dependent children.
Apply in Australia for the combined Partner visa subclasses 820 and 801 as the spouse or de facto partner of an Australian citizen, permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen. Check relationship and sponsorship rules, evidence, the AUD 11,710 main applicant charge, dependent children, bridging visa implications and the permanent-stage process.
Apply for an Australian Resident Return visa if you are a permanent resident whose travel facility has expired or will not cover your return to Australia. Check the 2-years-in-5 residence rule, substantial ties pathways, subclass 155 and 157 assessment, evidence, current fee and travel-facility duration.
Use the Australian Government's Visa Entitlement Verification Online service to check your current visa, expiry or travel validity, period of stay, work and study rights and visa conditions, then send official VEVO evidence to an employer, landlord or other organisation.
Apply for Australian citizenship by conferral as a permanent resident or eligible New Zealand Special Category visa holder. Check the 4-year residence rule, absence limits, character requirements, citizenship test, documents, ImmiAccount application process, fees and citizenship ceremony steps.
Apply for an Australian Tax File Number online after arriving in Australia as an eligible permanent migrant or temporary visa holder. Check visa eligibility, passport details, the free ATO Individual Auto Registration process, the 28-day delivery timeframe and alternative application methods.