Renew your private security licence

Your renewal application will be sent to your postal address.

You should receive the application 6-8 weeks before your licence expires.

If your licence expires in less than four weeks and you have not received a renewal application, please email the Licensing and Regulation Division at LRD@police.vic.gov.au to request the application be re-sent.

In your email, please confirm your:

• licence number
• full name
• current residential address
• current postal address.

If your licence expires in more than four weeks

Please complete the change of details form.

When your licence is due for renewal, a renewal application will be sent to your new address.

If your licence expires in less than four weeks

Please email the Licensing and Regulation Division at LRD@police.vic.gov.au.

In your email, please confirm:

• your licence number
• your full name
• your current residential address
• your current postal address.

You can continue to work while you wait for your new licence card if you have:

• submitted your renewal application
• made payment for your renewal application
• had your photo taken at an authorised photo point.

You should carry both:

• your expired card
• your receipt of payment notice or evidence of payment.

If you've submitted a renewal application, your licence will remain current. This is until the Chief Commissioner makes a decision in relation to the application. This is provided under sections 36(4) and 92(4) of the Private Security Act 2004.

The licence will appear on the public register as ‘current, pending renewal’. You or your employer can check the validity of your licence. Visit the public register of licence, registration and permit holders.

Authorised photo points are located throughout Victoria. To search for your nearest photo point, visit the VicRoads website.

There may be exceptional circumstances where you can't attend an authorised photo point. In this case, you must:

1. Follow the instructions in the Unable to attend a photo point in Victoria form
2. Send the completed form by post to:
   
   Licensing and Regulation Division
   GPO Box 2807
   Melbourne VIC 3001

The Unable to attend a photo point in Victoria form must be sent by post. It cannot be sent by email.

Download the Unable to attend a photo point in Victoria form

No. If your current licence has not expired, you do not need your fingerprints taken again.

If you are a visa holder, you must include evidence with your renewal application to show:

• your visa type
• conditions and
• work rights.

If you have become an Australian permanent resident or citizen during the term of your licence, you must provide evidence with your renewal application.

The renewal fee consists of two parts:

• the administration fee, and
• the licence fee.

The fee schedule is available on service fees and penalties.

If your application is abandoned, withdrawn or refused:

• the administration fee cannot be refunded
• you can request a refund of the licence fee.

If you re-apply after your application is abandoned, withdrawn or refused:

• you will have to pay the administration fee again
• you will have to pay a licence fee again if it was refunded.

If your licence expires

If your current licence expires, you will become unlicensed.

You are unable to carry out licence activities.

Getting a new licence card

To get a new licence card, you must apply for a new private security licence.

You cannot perform licence activities until you receive your new licence card.

Learn more about how to complete and submit a new application on apply for a new private security licence.

Please state on your renewal application form if you want to add or remove activities from your licence.

You must also provide a certified statement of results for training, relevant to the activities you are applying to be licensed for.

Adding an activity may result in an extra fee.

For more information about modifying activities on your licence, visit apply for a new private security licence.