If you are a current or previous student of Southern Cross University and wish to change your name you must provide certified copies of documents totalling 100 points.

Southern Cross University will not return the documents you submit with your Change of Name Request or Direct Application Form. It is therefore advised that you do not submit orginal documents with your request. You should only submit certified copies of documents. Southern Cross University will not process documents that are just photocopies, or documents that have not been correctly certified.

Document Certification

The person who certifies your documents must be contactable by telephone during normal working hours. They must write on the copy/ies ‘This is a true copy of the document sighted by me’ and include their name, contact telephone number, address and profession. It must be then signed, date certified and stamped with the official stamp or seal of their organisation. The following is a list of professions who may certify your document/s.

An authorised officer in:

• Any Student Administration Office at any Australian University
• The Administration Office at any TAFE College

Anyone who is currently employed as:

• A Justice of the Peace (JP), registration number must be provided
• A Bank or Building Society Manager, but not a Manager of a Bank Travel Centre
• A Police Officer of a Police Station, of the rank of Sergeant or above
• A Principal of an Australian Secondary College, High School or Primary School
• A Credit Union Manager
• A Barrister, Solicitor or Patent Attorney
• A Postal Manager
• A Commissioner for Declarations
• A Registered Accountant

100 Point Identification

To change your name you must provide documents totalling 100 points. You must provide at least one document from category A or B and the balance of your points can be made up from categories C, D or E. Documentation acceptable to the University and their relevant point value are listed below.

A. 100 Points

• Deed Poll

B. 70 Points

• Birth Certificate
• Certificate of Citizenship
• Expired Travel Document no more that 2 years past expiry
• International Travel Document (eg. Passport)
• Marriage Certificate

C. 40 Points

• Current Drivers Licence
• Public Service/Social Security/Tertiary ID Card
• Reference from a financial institution confirming that you have been a client for at least 12 months

D. 35 Points

• Land Titles Office Records
• Rating Authority (eg. Land Rates)
• Name and address verified by your current employer or employer within the last 2 years

E. 25 Points

• Telephone Directory Listing
• Medicare Card
• Telephone bill
• Council Rates notice
• Electoral Roll listing
• Trade or Association records
• Records from a financial body where you have been a client for at least 12 months
• Other educational institution records where you have attended in the last 10 years.

Download the Change of Name Request form

Updated: 06 February 2012