How to update your FIRB email address

Changes coming soon

As part of foreign investment reforms a new Register of Foreign Ownership of Australian Assets will be introduced on 1 July 2023.

From 26 June 2023 our new ATO online service, Online services for foreign investors, will be available. You will be able to use this service to manage a range of foreign investment obligations online, including:

• applying for residential approval
• registering your assets
• updating your details
• lodging your vacancy fee return.

These instructions explain how to use the Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) Update email form for foreign investment related matters.

See also

• Update your FIRB email address

Completing your FIRB Update email form

You must complete your form in full and submit it in one session. You can't save an incomplete form and return to complete it at a later date.

Mandatory fields are marked with an asterisk (*). Use the Help button on the top right-hand side of the form to find extra information about each field in the application form.

If there are errors on the form, a message will display so you can correct the information.

You can print or save this form to your own device for record-keeping purposes. Use the Print friendly version button on each page to do so.

On this page

• Step 1: Terms and conditions
• Step 2: FIRB Update email
• Step 3: Declaration

Step 1: Terms and conditions

Read the terms and conditions carefully. It details your obligations and how we will use the information contained in the form.

Check the I agree to the terms and conditions box, and then click the Continue button to continue.

Step 2: FIRB Update email

Reference type

Select one reference type* from the options:

• FIRB approval number
• Land registration number.

If you have a Land registration number, use this reference type to update your details.

If you don't have a Land registration number and you obtained FIRB approval before 2016, there is no need to update your email address with us.

Reference number

Enter the 13 digit reference number based on your choice above. Enter numbers only (for example, 2410930683291) do not include alpha characters.

Entity type

Select the owner type from the list and provide contact and address details requested.

• If the owner is an individual, provide date of birth, phone number, email details and the street address of the property owned.
• If the owner is a company, provide the registered name of the company and the company registration number from the choices (ABN, ACN). Also required is the street address of the property owned.
• If the owner is a trust, provide the legal registered name of the trust and the company registration number from the choices (ABN, ACN). Also required is the street address of the property owned.

Step 3: Declaration

Before you submit the form, make sure you have entered all relevant information correctly and have read the declaration. An incomplete form may not save correctly.

Confirmation

Once you have submitted your declaration a confirmation will appear which includes an ATO receipt number.

You can print this confirmation for record-keeping purposes. Use the Print friendly version button to do so.