I was wondering if any of you have advice or experience about this.

I will keep it short and to the point but I am coming to the end of a contract which I am quite honestly sick of and am thinking of just leaving and going back home. Its only three months left which at a push I could do but I am not entirely convinced my school would play ball and either skim my bonus, not give my release letter or a combination of both.

I have accepted a position elsewhere for the next academic year.

My existing passport finishes in September so I have to renew it anyway. The question is, is if I go home and reapply from fresh is the fact I left going to show up on any database. Someone told me that without a release letter and some other document I would be screwed either way because of the new online system.

Does anyone know if the new system matches passport numbers to names and date of birth? Aussie passport numbers change with every reissue.

Thanks in advance.

Jay