According to the 2016 census one in every six Australians move house every year. And we all know that every time this happens, along with several other important and tyring things like packing, moving, unpacking etc. one of the very time taking and critical task is changing your address in all your registered accounts: AusPost, banks, drivers license, shopping sites, uni etc. to avoid your mail going to your old address.
Thought it may be a good idea to make a checklist of all possible places where you may have to update the address to come in handy during/after the move. Please suggest in comments if I have missed any and I will add to the list - thanks.
Btw: if you really don't have time to complete this excercise now and want to update later when you are have spare time, you can also utilise a Australia Post service to redirect all your email to your new address on a fix monthly charge. More details about it are here.
- Australia Post
- Australian Electoral Commission
- Australian Tax Office
- Banks, Credit cards, Mortages
- Employer/Job, business
- Money Remittance Services (forex)
- GP
- Gym
- Home Affairs (visas, citizenships)
- Human Services (Medicare, Centrelink, child support)
- Insurance (Health, Car, Content, House etc)
- Internet Service Provider
- Library
- Mobile Phone Account(s)
- My Gov
- Online shopping accounts (Amazon, eBay etc)
- Opal
- Pet Registration
- Real estate agent
- Registered Charities
- RTA / Services NSW (Drivers License, Rego etc.)
- Schools, Uni, TAFE, Coaching
- Security systems (home alarm and / or armed response and vehicle tracking company)
- Store cards and loyalty programs (Flybuys, Woolies, Airline Rewards etc)
- Subscription service (magazine etc.)
- Superannuation fund
- Toll tags (e-toll, e-tag)
- Other online accounts - check your mobile apps
- Apple
- Crypto accounts
- Microsoft
- Paypal
- Stripe
- Uber
That's pretty much what I could think of - let me know if there is something missing.
Happy Moving 🙂
