Tell us when you get a new passport so that we can link it to your visa or citizenship application, or your existing visa. The quickest way to do this is to update your passport details in ImmiAccount.
Note: This excludes holders of the Electronic Travel Authority (ETA) 601. If you obtain a new passport, apply for a new ETA using your new passport. Your existing ETA cannot be transferred to a new passport.
Update details - ImmiAccount
- Login to ImmiAccount.
- Select your application.
- Select ‘Edit’ or ‘View details’ to go to your ‘Application home’ screen.
- Select ‘Update details’.
- Select 'Change of passport details'.
- Select the applicant.
- Enter the new passport details.
- Enter the reason for the change.
- Select 'Submit'.
We will link your new passport to your visa or citizenship application, or your existing visa, within 72 hours.
If you have not used ImmiAccount before you can Create an ImmiAccount. You may then be able to import your application to use the online change of passport form in ImmiAccount. For more information refer to Import an application.
Update details - web form
Some changes to passport details cannot be done in ImmiAccount, including if:
- you cannot import your application into ImmiAccount
- your travel document is a Titre de Voyage or Certificate of Identity document
- you applied for a partner visa and it is not visible in your ImmiAccount
- your application ID on your acknowledgement letter begins with 'IRIS'
- you have had a change of sex or gender
- your date of birth has changed on your passport.
If any oof the above apply to you, you will need to use the New Passport Details web form.
Do not use this form if you hold an Australian passport. For more information see, Refer to
Travel documents for Australian citizens and permanent residents.
Change to your sex or gender
If you are notifying us of a change to your sex or gender information, please provide one of the following as evidence:
- a statement from a Registered Medical Practitioner or a Registered Psychologist which specifies your gender
- a valid Australian Government travel document, such as a valid passport, which specifies your gender
- a state or territory birth certificate, which specifies your gender. A document from a state or territory Registrar of Birth Deaths and Marriages recognising a change of sex, gender, or both, will be seen as sufficient evidence.
Processing times
- ImmiAccount: 72 hours
- New Passport Details web form: 14 days
