{"id":30592,"date":"2026-03-06T09:29:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T01:29:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/?post_type=oasis-news&#038;p=30592"},"modified":"2026-03-06T09:29:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T01:29:30","slug":"important-curtin-overseas-travel-update","status":"publish","type":"oasis-news","link":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/oasis-news\/important-curtin-overseas-travel-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Important Curtin Overseas Travel Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Reading time: 2 minutes.<\/em><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Due to the escalating conflict situation in parts of the Middle East and surrounding region, Curtin is taking a precautionary approach to international travel to prioritise the safety and wellbeing of our students and staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Effective tomorrow, Saturday 7 March, Curtin will temporarily add the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Level 2 destinations (\u201cExercise a high degree of caution\u201d) to the University\u2019s non-approved travel list.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This means <strong>Curtin-related travel will not proceed to destinations listed by the Australian Government\u2019s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) as Level 2, Level 3 or Level 4.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Curtin already does not approve travel to Level 4 (\u201cDo not travel\u201d) destinations and normally only considers Level 3 (\u201cReconsider your need to travel\u201d) travel in exceptional circumstances. During this period, Level 3 exceptional approvals will also be paused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Travel to Level 1 destinations (\u201cExercise normal safety precautions\u201d) may continue as usual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To check whether your destination is affected, please refer to the current DFAT travel advice levels on the Smartraveller website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartraveller.gov.au\">https:\/\/www.smartraveller.gov.au<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>If you are booked to travel overseas between 7 and 20 March<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Students scheduled to travel as part of a Curtin activity or program, including exchange, study tours, placements or fieldwork, may be affected if their destination falls under DFAT Levels 2\u20134.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Curtin Travel Operations Team will contact all affected travellers directly to discuss next steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>If you are currently overseas<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Students currently overseas on Curtin programs may continue their activities as planned, while taking sensible precautions and following the advice of local authorities and the Australian Government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If circumstances change or travel arrangements need to be adjusted, the Curtin Travel Operations Team will contact affected travellers directly. Any decision regarding a possible recall to Australia would be considered on a case-by-case basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>If you have a booking or are planning overseas travel after 20 March<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Please do not change your existing bookings yet. The Curtin Travel Operations Team will contact you if your plans need to be adjusted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have not yet booked, please be patient for now. Curtin will not approve new travel requests to DFAT Level 2, 3 or 4 destinations for the time being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For travel booking queries or cancellations, please contact the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/students\/personal-support\/travel-support\/\">Curtin Travel Operations Team<\/a>, who will be prioritising enquiries from affected travellers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have questions about how this may affect your travel plans, please contact Curtin Connect (+61 8 9266 1000), who will help or direct your enquiry to the appropriate team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We understand this may cause some disruption and appreciate your patience as we prioritise the safety of our community. Curtin will continue to monitor the situation and provide updates as needed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Effective Saturday 7 March, Curtin will temporarily add the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) Level 2 destinations to the University\u2019s non-approved travel list. | Reading time: 2 mins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4412,"featured_media":20586,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"4695,7280,8012,7083,8192,8378","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","wds_primary_oasis-categories":0,"footnotes":""},"oasis-categories":[137],"class_list":["post-30592","oasis-news","type-oasis-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","oasis-categories-important"],"acf":{"post_options":{"":null,"banner":{"image":false}}},"featured_image":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Image8-1.jpg","author_meta":{"first_name":"Louis","last_name":"Humberstone","display_name":"Louis Humberstone"},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-24 12:32:47","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"oasis-categories","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-news\/30592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oasis-news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-news\/30592\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"oasis-categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.curtin.edu.au\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oasis-categories?post=30592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}