Residency status and your fees

If you have changed your residency status, you must inform Macquarie. You also need to understand the effect any change to your residency status will have on your fees.

Change of residency status includes:

  1. International students becoming Permanent Residents OR
  2. Permanent Residents becoming Australian citizens

If your residency details have changed, you must show proof of your new residency to Macquarie University by the next relevant census date in order for the change to take effect.

For any students making upfront payments to the University, you should try to show proof of this change earlier in order to have the correct fees printed on your Statement of Charges by the relevant payment due date.

If you have change your residency status to Permanent Resident, you must:

  • Provide a copy of your current passport photo page to the Residency Verification Form > Change of Residency Status
  • Your residency/visa status will be checked on VEVO (with the Department of Home Affairs).

For students in Commonwealth Supported (CSP) courses such as a Bachelor’s course, you will also be required to complete a CSP form on eStudent by the census date before your fees can be updated to the domestic rates for the relevant study period. You will be advised in a reply if you are required to complete this form.

If you have paid International Fees for the current session of study and change your residency with Macquarie University by the census date, you will be eligible for the local (domestic) student fee rates. If there is a difference between this amount and what you have paid already, you can either request a refund of any credit amount or be required to pay the difference.

If you have changed your residency status to Australian Citizen, you must:

  • Provide a certified copy of your Australian Citizenship Certificate or Australian Passport to the Residency Verification Form  > Change of Residency Status
    • Your request will not be processed if your evidence provided is not certified
  • Complete a new HECS-HELP or FEE-HELP form (whichever applies) with your Tax File Number (TFN) provided on eStudent, by the relevant census date if you are wishing to to defer your unit fees to the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) via a HELP loan.

View the steps on how to how to submit your government forms [PDF 186KB].

If you have paid up front and are eligible to defer your fees to a HELP loan, you must notify the Student Revenue Services office before the census date in order to request a refund. Once the census date has passed, students can no longer change their payment method.