You can use this form to enrol if you are currently living outside Australia and:

• you have never been enrolled
• you are an Australian citizen
• you are 18 years or older and had not turned 18 before leaving Australia
• you are the spouse, de facto partner or child of a person who is registered as an overseas elector and living with or near them overseas, and
• you intend to return to live in Australia within six years after your 18th birthday.

Note: 'Child' includes a child born outside of marriage, an adopted child or a child within the meaning of the Family Law Act 1975.

• To provide your:
  • Australian driver's licence, or
  • Australian passport number, or
  • Medicare Card number, or
  • Australian citizenship number

If you don’t have any of the above forms of identification, please use the paper form.

You must enrol for the same division that your parent, spouse or de facto partner is currently enrolled and is registered as an overseas elector.

No, but once you have enrolled using this form, if you don’t either vote or apply for a postal vote, your enrolment as an overseas elector may be cancelled.

There are three options for voting from overseas:

Option 1 — You can register as a general postal voter for federal elections and referendums. You will be sent ballot papers as soon as practicable after the declaration of nominations.

Option 2 — You can vote in person on or before polling day, at an Australian overseas mission which provides full consular services. During an election period a full list of overseas voting locations is available on this website.

Option 3 — If you do not register as a general postal voter and you cannot vote in person, you may apply for a postal vote during a federal election or referendum. Further information will be available during an election period on this website. Arranging a postal vote is your responsibility.

Note: Provisions for voting as an overseas elector for state and territory elections can vary and you can obtain relevant information from the relevant state or territory authority.

The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) is authorised under the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 (CEA) to collect and verify the information you have been asked to complete on this form. The information provided will assist the AEC to maintain electoral rolls.

The AEC may disclose electoral information to persons or organisations in accordance with the CEA. This may include:

• access to the publicly available electoral roll (containing names and addresses) which may be inspected at electoral offices. As an eligible overseas elector, your address is not shown on the publicly available electoral roll.
• state and territory electoral authorities
• Members of Parliament, Senators, registered political parties, and candidates for the House of Representatives
• approved medical research and public health screening programs
• any agencies, persons or organisations prescribed in the Electoral and Referendum Regulation 2016.

For more information on privacy, visit The office of the Australian Information Commissioner website.