Changing your name or address
If you need to change your name or address, let us know so we can update your details.
Changing your name
If you've changed your name, you must notify us within 14 days.
What to bring
You need to visit a service centre in person and provide your proof of identity documents. You also need to bring the original of one of the following:
- Australian marriage certificate - Commemorative certificates are not acceptable.
- Overseas marriage certificate – must be in English or accompanied by an original translation.
- Australian change of name certificate - showing your previous name(s) and your new name.
- Australian birth certificate - showing your name at birth and your new name.
- Divorce document - showing the name you’re changing back to.
- Deed poll - registered with the relevant authority. Since 1 April 1996, the NSW Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages registers all name changes in NSW. The NSW Land Titles Office no longer registers Deed Polls or Instruments Evidencing Change of Name.
- Completed Instrument Evidencing Change of Name form - which has been registered in the Land Titles Office.
Your identity documents and change of name document should show a clear link between your names.\
Changing your address
If you move house, you must tell us your new address within 14 days.
You can change your address:
- online
- by phoning 13 77 88
- in person at any service centre.