The Australian study passport is an important document that international students must apply for. If the validity period of the Australian study passport is less than half a year, it is more dangerous, so everyone should pay attention to the validity period of their study passport. Let me tell you, if the validity period of the Australian study passport is not enough What to do in one year.

The passport application process is as follows

1. Prepare materials

(1) Two recent 2-inch full-face color photos without hats.

(2) ID card (or temporary resident ID card), household registration book. If it is a collective household registration, you need to submit the "Permanent Resident Registration Form".

(3) Students who are studying in military academies without military status must also submit a certificate of non-military status issued by the institution where they are located. ,

(4) Soldiers must bring their military officer ID card (or retirement certificate) and the original copy of the army’s “Approval Form for Persons Going Abroad (Border) for Private Matters”. The army they belong to must submit the “Approval Form for Chinese Citizens Going Abroad for Private Matters” Opinions must be submitted and stamped, and the person in charge must sign and confirm.

(5) Personnel with opinions from the unit must be presented. Any registered state employee who applies for a private passport must have his or her unit issue an opinion on the Approval Form for Application for Chinese Citizens to Travel Abroad for Private Purposes, with the person in charge signing and stamping the official seal.

2. Fill in the application form

Take the above materials to the Exit and Entry Administration Office of the Public Security Bureau in the place where you are registered to fill out the "Approval Form for Application for Chinese Citizens to Go Abroad for Private Purposes", copy the relevant certification materials, and take photos Photography (must wear dark clothing).

Note: The "Approval Form for Chinese Citizens to Go Abroad for Private Purposes" can also be downloaded, printed and filled out from the website of the Exit-Entry Administration Office of the Public Security Bureau.

3. Submit the application

Submit the completed application form with photos and required materials to the acceptance window. After the staff has completed the review, you will receive the "Personal Travel Abroad for Private Purposes" ( (Reply Receipt for Border) Document Application, check the contents of the receipt and sign after confirming it is correct.

4. Payment

After submitting the application, the applicant must immediately pay the fee at the toll office with the "Private Travel Document Application Receipt"

(Applicants must pay the fee on the day of acceptance. If the fee is not paid within the time limit, the date for collecting the certificate will be notified separately. If the fee is not paid within one month after application, the application will be deemed to have been automatically abandoned, and the application materials will not be returned to the applicant).

5. Collect the passport

(1) Collect it in person: The applicant must follow the date of collection or entry-exit management indicated on the "Receipt of Application for Private Travel Documents" Collect certificates on time on the date of collection notified by the department. On the day of collecting the certificate, the applicant shall go to the entry-exit reception hall where the application is accepted to collect the certificate with the "Application Receipt for Documents for Private Travel Abroad" and the payment receipt, as well as the resident ID card or household registration book. After receiving the certificate, please carefully check the content of the certificate and correct any errors in time.

(2) Someone else collects the passport on your behalf: The person who collects the passport will bring the "Application Receipt for Private Travel Documents", his or her ID card, and a copy of the passport applicant's ID card to the Exit-Entry Administration Office to collect the passport.

(3) Door-to-door express delivery: If you want to choose door-to-door express delivery, you must go to the postal express counter in the Exit-Entry Administration Office with the "Application Receipt for Private Travel Documents" on the day of applying for your passport and pay the fee. Express fee. The scope of express delivery is subject to the regulations of the local immigration administration office.

6. Signature confirmation

Before applying for a visa, please sign your name with a black signature pen in the holder’s signature column on the last page of your passport.

Process for re-issuing passports with validity less than one year

1. Applicable circumstances

Those who have Chinese nationality, hold ordinary passports of the People’s Republic of China, and have Persons under one of the following circumstances may apply for passport renewal:

1. The passport is valid for less than one year;

2. The passport is about to run out of visa pages;

3. Those whose appearance has changed significantly and are confirmed to be in need;

4. Those whose names have been changed

2. Required materials

1. Truthful and complete 1 copy of the "People's Republic of China Passport/Travel Permit/Return Certificate Application Form" (PDF) filled out and signed.

(1) Chinese citizens in the consular districts of the Consulate General in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane must make an appointment online and fill out the form in advance. Please click the link below to make an appointment online, fill out and print the application form (no need to fill in the above PDF form).

(2) The Embassy in Australia, Perth, and the Consulate General in Adelaide have not yet implemented appointment and online form filling. Applicants who submit applications at the above museum must fill in the above PDF form.

Two recent 2.2-inch front-facing photos on glossy paper within 6 months without crowns

The electronic passport chip uses digital photos. It is strongly recommended to provide a copy with the same version of the digital photo. CD or DVD discs (removable hard drives or other removable storage media are not accepted).

3. Passport original and copy (including photo data page, page for annotation or extension, page related to visa to Australia, exit approval stamp for the last time you left China, and entry stamp for entering Australia) Verification chapter page).

4. Within 3 days before submitting the application, log in to the visa information printed on the VEVO website of the Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protection. If necessary, the consular officer may require the applicant to send his or her VEVO information to the relevant embassy or consulate email address.

5. If you apply for a license change due to a name change, you must present the proof of name change and a copy.

3. Application method

1. Applicants should submit applications to the relevant embassy and consulate according to their place of residence in Australia and according to the consular district of the Chinese embassy and consulate in Australia.

2. Chinese citizens in the consular areas of the Consulate General in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane should make an appointment in advance and go to the appointment date.

3. It cannot be submitted by mail or entrusted to others to do it for you.

Processing time: Since passports are produced uniformly by the certificate production center, it takes about 15 working days from the time the applicant arrives at the embassy to apply.

IV. Payment and collection of evidence

1. According to the date indicated on the collection form, the applicant shall pay the fee and collect the passport by himself or by entrusting another person with the original copy of the collection form.

2. Please click here to learn about the processing fee and payment method.

5. Notes

1. According to the "Nationality Law of the People's Republic of China", our country does not recognize dual nationality. Chinese citizens who have settled abroad and voluntarily join or acquire foreign nationality will automatically lose their Chinese nationality and are not allowed to apply for or continue to hold a Chinese passport.

2. Please pay attention to collect your passport in time. Failure to collect it for more than 3 months will result in the cancellation of the passport and may affect future document applications.

3. After a new license is issued, the original license will be canceled and returned to the applicant.

How to deal with lost passports

1. Check the passport acquisition information

When you find that your passport is lost, don’t panic. Now Australia’s visas are all electronic. So even if your passport is missing, it will not have any impact on your visa. You can also easily find your visa information from the Immigration Bureau website.

First of all, please log in to the "Lost Passport Retrieval" column on the website of the local consulate general. The consulate general will promptly add the lost passport collection information received in this column. If your passport happens to be found and returned to the Consulate General, you can claim it and continue using it.

Here is the consulate information of several important cities:

1. Chinese Embassy in Australia

Address: 15 Coronation Drive, Yarralumla, ACT 2600, Australia.

2. Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China in Sydney

Address: 39 Dunblane Street, Camperdown, NSW 2050.

Consular district: New South Wales.

3. Consulate General of China in Melbourne

Address: 75-77 Irving Road, Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria 3142.

Consular areas: Victoria and Tasmania.

4. Consulate General of China in Perth

Address: 45 Brown Steet, East Perth, W.A. 6004.

Consular district: Western Australia.

5. Consulate General of China in Brisbane

Address: Level 9, 79 Adelaide St., Brisbane QLD 4000.

The consular district is Queensland, with the main cities Brisbane, Gold Coast, and Cairns.

2. Report the loss

If your passport information is not found on the passport collection website and it is confirmed that the passport has been lost, then you need to call the non-emergency police assistance hotline (POLICE) immediately ASSISTANCE LINE FOR NON EMERGENCIES Australia's police phone number is 000. However, losing a passport is a non-emergency matter that is not life-threatening. Generally, dial 131 444), or go to the nearby police station to report the crime and record the alarm number (EVENT NO).

Report a crime - go to the police - inquire - transcript - witness transcript - travel companion transcript - signature of the administrative leader of the police station - official seal of the police station. It is very important to report the loss to the police station. The certificate of passport loss issued by the police is one of the necessary materials for applying for a travel permit.

3. Apply for a travel permit or passport replacement

After losing the passport, tourists must go to the Chinese Embassy or local Chinese consulate in person to apply for a replacement passport or travel permit before returning home. If you need to leave the country urgently, the consulate will first issue you a travel permit, which allows you to leave the country in a single trip.

The latest regulations set the issuance time of regular passports at 15 working days from the date of acceptance of application. Of course, people traveling abroad cannot stay for such a long time, so it is recommended to apply for a travel permit. Under normal circumstances, it takes 4 working days for the embassy or consulate to apply for a travel permit, and it only takes 2 working days for expedited processing.

Applicable circumstances

1. If the ordinary passport held by a Chinese citizen is lost, stolen, or damaged and affects its normal use, you can apply for a reissue.

2. Materials required for application:

Notes

After a new photo is issued, the original passport will be declared invalid and cannot be recovered even if it is retrieved. If you continue to use it, you should send it to the consulate for cancellation as soon as possible.

The Consulate General will understand the feelings of those who have lost their passports and will deal with it as soon as possible.

However, according to working procedures, if a passport is reissued after it is lost, no matter how urgent the situation is, it must be verified by the original issuing authority (mostly the public security organs of domestic provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government). Therefore, specific details cannot be promised to the parties. Evidence collection time.

4. Return to the country to apply for a new passport

After returning to the country, tourists can go back to the entry-exit certificate center in the place of residence and provide the police report in Australia when the certificate was lost, relevant certificates provided by the travel agency, or In accordance with the regulations of relevant departments, one of the three materials required to publish a notice of loss in a designated newspaper must be submitted. Among them, calling the police is undoubtedly the easiest method.

Required materials:

Travel certificate and copy (photo page, return entry stamp page), household registration book and copy, ID card and copy, foreign alarm record Original, photocopy, translation by a translation company approved by the Exit-Entry Administration, and a 2-inch photo.

Finally, I would like to remind everyone that you must take good care of your belongings when you go out. It will be a headache if they are lost.

Therefore, before going out, you must take precautions. In order to prevent losing your passport, you’d better do the following:

1. When preparing to travel or study abroad, it’s best to Make a backup copy of relevant identity certificates first. And keep the originals and copies separately! The best way is to take a photocopy of your ID card, a photo of the first page of your passport, a photo of the visa page, a photo of your household registration booklet, and a photo of your air ticket and itinerary, and keep a copy in your email.

2. Just bring a copy of your passport with you. The original is only required when staying in a hotel or flying.

3. After using your passport during the trip, it is best to put it in your bag and do not keep it in your hand. It is best for the passports of minor passengers to be kept by their parents or tour leader.

4. Fill in the address and contact number in the "Emergency Information" column on the last page of the entry-exit document, so that if it is found, the owner can be contacted in time.

5. When shopping abroad, avoid showing your wealth and avoid being targeted by thieves. Do not put your passport and wallet together, but store them separately to prevent accidents. At the same time, do not make a surprise purchase before boarding the plane to avoid making mistakes and losing your passport.