Transfer Provider Request Form

Important Information

Students who have not yet completed six months of the principal program on their student visa are required to be released from RMIT University Pathways (RMIT UP) if they wish to transfer to another education provider.

Before submitting your application, read the RMIT UP Transfer to Another Education Provider Instruction available on the RMIT UP Policies and Procedures page. This instruction provides the steps for processing applications from student visa holders requesting a release from RMIT UP in order to transfer to another education provider.

Changing to another education provider may impact your student visa. For more information about how this could affect you and your student visa, please contact the Department of Home Affairs (DHA).

Please allow 10 working days for RMIT UP to assess your application. You must keep attending classes until your application is approved. If your application is approved, your current enrolment at RMIT UP will be cancelled.

Students seeking a release from their RMIT University formal program must first apply for and seek release from RMIT University. For information on applying for a release from your formal RMIT University program, visit the RMIT University website.

Student Details

RMIT Student ID Number

Family Name (Surname)

Given Name (as written in your passport)

Date of Birth

Current Class Name

RMIT Student Email Address

Contact Details

Mobile Number

Address

If you are currently located in Australia, please enter your Australian address. If you are currently located in another country, please enter your local address.

Suburb

Post Code

Additional Approval Requirements

Are you under the age of 18?

Yes, I am under the age of 18 (16 or 17 years old)No, I am over the age of 18 (18 years or older)If you are under 18 years of age, RMIT University Pathways (RMIT UP) will require written parental/guardian approval and documentation from the new education provider accepting responsibility for accommodation and welfare arrangements, known as a CAAW letter to process this request.

CAAW Letter from the new education provider

Are you a sponsored student?.

YesNoIf you are a sponsored student, you require approval or Financial Guarantee from your sponsor for the new program at the new education provider for the request to be approved.

Sponsor

Reasons for transferring to another provider

Your application will be approved in circumstances where RMIT UP assesses that the transfer will be in your best interest, including but not limited to the following:

You are not achieving satisfactory course progress despite genuine engagement with the intervention strategy for students at risk
Your reasonable expectations about the course are not being met
The program doesn’t meet your academic needs
There are compassionate and compelling circumstances beyond your control that impact on your study plans or your wellbeing
There is an appeal outcome on another matter that results in a decision or recommendation to release you from RMIT UP
Your sponsor considers the change to be in your best interests

Your application may be refused in the following circumstances:

You have completed less than 5 weeks of study and have not experienced the full range of academic and transitional support services available at RMIT UP
You failed to read or understand the RMIT UP offer, tuition or refund policies
Your visa was granted but you failed to enrol at RMIT UP before the end of the enrolment period. In this situation, you should apply to defer your RMIT UP offer
RMIT UP has found your supporting documents to be fraudulent

For more detailed information, read the RMIT UP Transfer to Another Education Provider Instruction available on the RMIT UP Policies and Procedures page.

Details of Transfer

English Language program start date

This date is written on your offer letter and CoE.

Requested release date

Final date of study at RMIT UP.

Reason for transfer request

My sponsor has requested that I transfer to another providerThe formal RMIT University program that I accepted has been cancelled or ceased to be offered for the accepted intakeI am not achieving satisfactory course progress despite genuine engagement with the intervention strategy for students at riskReasonable expectations about the course are not being metThe program is inappropriate because it does not meet my academic needsCompassionate or compelling circumstancesOther - must explain in supporting documentation provided

Documented Evidence

For more information on required documented evidence, refer to the RMIT UP Transfer to Another Education Provider Instruction available on the RMIT UP Policies and Procedures page.

Upload your offer letter from your proposed new education provider

Privacy

RMIT is bound by laws that protect your privacy. All personal information you provide on this form will be handled in accordance with the RMIT Privacy and Data Protection Policy, which can be found on the Policy Register.

You can access and amend your personal information we hold by contacting rmit.up.studentservices@rmit.edu.au.

For more information about how we manage and protect personal information, please refer to our RMIT Privacy Statement.

Declaration

I declare that all information and documents I have provided are true, accurate, complete, and unaltered. I understand that submitting false, misleading, or counterfeit documents may result in rejection of my application.

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