Before Leaving Home    

• Apply for a passport
• Arrange your student visa
• Make contact with the University
• Arrange for immunisations and medications         
• Apply for a credit card and/or arrange funds 
  
• Confirm overseas access to your funds with your bank
• Make your travel arrangements
• Arrange travel insurance        
• Organise your accommodation
• Arrange transport from airport to accommodation

Pack in your bag                     

• Money for taxis, buses, phone calls etc in case of an emergency
• Valid passport with Student Visa
• Macquarie University Offer Letter
• Confirmation of Enrolment (eCoE
• Receipts of payments (e.g. tuition fees, OSHC, bank statements etc.)
• Insurance policies
• Original or certified copies of your academic transcripts and qualifications
• Other personal identification documents, e.g. birth certificate, ID card, driver's licence
  
• Medical records and/or prescriptions
• CAAW if you are under 18 years of age

Keep all documents in your carry-on/hand baggage luggage. In case you lose the originals, make copies that can be left behind with family and sent to you.