Transfer Visa to a new Passport
#1
Just Joined
Thread Starter
Joined: Nov 2016
Posts: 2
Transfer Visa to a new Passport
Hello guys,
My immigration was completed by an agent & they used their account to apply for the immigration on-line. My visa was already issued. Now, after some years, I want to transfer my visa to a newly issued passport. This task I want to do myself.
Can I make a new on-line immigration account? The on-line immigration account which was used before belonged to the agent & I don't have access to it.
Appreciate guidance from members
My immigration was completed by an agent & they used their account to apply for the immigration on-line. My visa was already issued. Now, after some years, I want to transfer my visa to a newly issued passport. This task I want to do myself.
Can I make a new on-line immigration account? The on-line immigration account which was used before belonged to the agent & I don't have access to it.
Appreciate guidance from members
#2
Re: Transfer Visa to a new Passport
You don't transfer visas when you get a new passport. The validity of a visa is not contingent on the validity of the passport to which it is attached. Therefore you need to carry your new passport and your old passport with the visa in it.
#3
Home and Happy
Joined: Dec 2002
Location: Keep true friends and puppets close, trust no-one else...
Posts: 93,818
Re: Transfer Visa to a new Passport
Hello guys,
My immigration was completed by an agent & they used their account to apply for the immigration on-line. My visa was already issued. Now, after some years, I want to transfer my visa to a newly issued passport. This task I want to do myself.
Can I make a new on-line immigration account? The on-line immigration account which was used before belonged to the agent & I don't have access to it.
Appreciate guidance from members
My immigration was completed by an agent & they used their account to apply for the immigration on-line. My visa was already issued. Now, after some years, I want to transfer my visa to a newly issued passport. This task I want to do myself.
Can I make a new on-line immigration account? The on-line immigration account which was used before belonged to the agent & I don't have access to it.
Appreciate guidance from members
https://www.border.gov.au/Forms/Documents/929.pdf
Last edited by Pollyana; Nov 15th 2016 at 3:13 pm. Reason: adding link
#4
Just Joined
Thread Starter
Joined: Nov 2016
Posts: 2
Re: Transfer Visa to a new Passport
I don't want to carry old passport with me; I want to transfer the visa sticker. Your guidance would be appreciated in this regards.
#5
Home and Happy
Joined: Dec 2002
Location: Keep true friends and puppets close, trust no-one else...
Posts: 93,818
Re: Transfer Visa to a new Passport
Australia does not put a physical visa label into passports anymore, its all electronic. So while carrying the od passport is a good idea, the new passport details can also be sent to Immigration who will then update the electronic records and make life easier when travelling.
#6
Home and Happy
Joined: Dec 2002
Location: Keep true friends and puppets close, trust no-one else...
Posts: 93,818
Re: Transfer Visa to a new Passport
You cant get a new sticker, they do not issue them anymore. Just follow the instructions in my post above and use 929 to send the new details to DIBP.
#7
Re: Transfer Visa to a new Passport
The only alternative would be to apply for a new visa, which might cause problems as you already have a visa.
Last edited by Pulaski; Nov 15th 2016 at 3:26 pm.
#8
Home and Happy
Joined: Dec 2002
Location: Keep true friends and puppets close, trust no-one else...
Posts: 93,818
Re: Transfer Visa to a new Passport
The law doesn't care what you want, a visa sticker cannot be transferred to a new passport. I have seen many visas from many countries and it is very common for people to carry two, or more, passports because of the visas they have held for many years.
The only alternative would be to apply for a new visa, which might cause problems as you already have a visa.
The only alternative would be to apply for a new visa, which might cause problems as you already have a visa.
Nor does he need to carry multiple passports. He just needs to supply DIBP with the details of his new passport. The electronic records will then be updated linking the existing visa to the new passport.
He should not apply for a new visa. Totally pointless.
#9
Re: Transfer Visa to a new Passport
The OP cannot get a new visa sticker. Australia does not issue them any more.
Nor does he need to carry multiple passports. He just needs to supply DIBP with the details of his new passport. The electronic records will then be updated linking the existing visa to the new passport.
He should not apply for a new visa. Totally pointless.
Nor does he need to carry multiple passports. He just needs to supply DIBP with the details of his new passport. The electronic records will then be updated linking the existing visa to the new passport.
He should not apply for a new visa. Totally pointless.
#12
Forum Regular
Joined: Sep 2005
Posts: 189
Re: Transfer Visa to a new Passport
It is dead simple. Fill the form in with the details of the new passport and the passport on record gets updated. If you're able to use Vevo, the online service, you can check when it switches over from one passport to the next.
#13
Home and Happy
Joined: Dec 2002
Location: Keep true friends and puppets close, trust no-one else...
Posts: 93,818
Re: Transfer Visa to a new Passport
As for the OP not stating that the visa is an Australian one, well its a reasonable assumption as this is the Australia forum and it is a very common question. He even talks about the Immigration account, which is used to apply for the visa in the first place.
When someone posts in the US forum you guys who are regulars in there presume it is a US visa, same with Australia.
#14
Home and Happy
Joined: Dec 2002
Location: Keep true friends and puppets close, trust no-one else...
Posts: 93,818
#15
Re: Transfer Visa to a new Passport