Once you have been accepted to participate in a short-term experience, it鈥檚 time to prepare for your experience to start!
For students participating in-person please read every step carefully.
For students participating virtually some of the steps below will not apply.
Work your way through the聽Global Experiences Team Pre-departure Essentials Checklist聽to help you prepare.
Below you'll also find聽some tips to help you make the most of your experience while ensuring you keep safe and healthy while overseas.
Important Travel Advice
Students planning international travel should regularly monitor DFAT聽聽and the聽听飞别产蝉颈迟别.
UQ strongly recommends that students do not travel to, or transit through, locations rated 鈥淒o not travel鈥� or 鈥淩econsider your need to travel鈥�,聽due to security risks,聽disruption聽and insurance limitations.听
Where a destination聽remains聽approved, but a student chooses to transit via such locations against advice, UQ support and insurance apply only to the approved experience and destination, not to the student鈥檚 travel routing.听
Students聽are responsible for聽reviewing flight routes and keeping their travel details up to date.听
3. Entry Requirements & Finance
We recommend聽that you carry photocopies of all important documents and give copies to your family or friends.
Passport
Your passport must be valid for at least 6 months longer than the duration of your trip. Scan a copy of your passport before you leave and save it somewhere secure and easily accessible.
Make a note of the address and telephone number of the Australian embassy or consulate nearest to your host university in case of emergencies.
Student visa and other entry requirements
Check with the host university, a travel agent, or the country鈥檚 consulate/embassy here in Australia to find out your visa requirements and costs. You will need to research visa requirements for other countries you plan to travel through while you are overseas.听You will need to also research other entry requirements for your host country and any other countries you plan to travel through while you are overseas.
We are unable to provide detailed advice on visas. Contact the consulate/embassy of your host country if you have any specific questions about visas.
If you require evidence of support from UQ, you can聽聽via your application workflow for your visa application.听
Banking
Notify all financial institutions in Australia about your travel plans if you plan to use your Australian account/cards while overseas.听Be aware of any fees associated with international withdrawals/purchases.
Centrelink
If you receive assistance from Centrelink, you may be able to continue receiving these payments while you are overseas as a UQ exchange student.
You can聽聽from Global Experiences聽after you have been officially accepted by your host university.听Contact聽聽for more details concerning your eligibility and payments.听Rent Assistance is not generally paid while you are on exchange.
OS-Help Loan & other funding
Please note: if you have received an offer for an OS-HELP Loan or Short-term global experience funding, you cannot be paid until you have submitted your聽travel details聽within the online application system.听