Cyprus
Visa Information
Permanent entry visas
Permanent entry visa applications (except general skilled, business skills, Distinguished Talent (subclass 124), Former Resident (subclass 151) and parent subclasses) can be lodged in Nicosia, Cyprus. They will be transferred to the Visa section of the Australian Embassy in Beirut where they will be processed and decided. All enquiries regarding permanent visa applications should be made to the Australian Embassy Beirut.
See: Beirut Contacts
General skilled migration visas are lodged at the Adelaide Skilled Processing Centre.
See: General Skilled Migration Processing Centres
Business skills applications are lodged and processed at the Perth Business Skills Processing Centre.
See: Perth Business Skills Processing Centre
Applications under the Special Migration stream – Distinguished Talent (subclass 124) and Former Resident (subclass 151), are lodged and processed at the Perth Office.
See:
Perth Office
Distinguished Talent Visa Enquiry form
Contributory Parent and Parent migration applications are lodged and processed at the Parent Visa Centre.
See: Parent Visa Centre
Temporary entry visas
Citizens of Cyprus who are traveling to Australia for up to three (3) months for tourism or business purposes are eligible to apply online for an eVisitor.
See: eVisitor – Online Applications
Passport holders from Cyprus who want to visit Australia for more than three (3) months are eligible to apply online for a Tourist visa (e676).
See: Tourist (e676) Visa – Online Applications
Passport holders from Cyprus, Republic of are eligible to apply online for a Working Holiday Visa (subclass 417).
See: Working Holiday Visa – Online Applications
Paper temporary entry visa applications from passport holders from Cyprus are lodged and processed in Nicosia, Cyprus.
416 Special Program applications are lodged and processed at the Hobart Special Program Processing Centre.
See: Hobart Special Program Processing Centre
420 Entertainment sponsorship and visa applications are lodged and processed at the Sydney Entertainment Processing Centre.
See: Sydney Entertainment Processing Centre
442 Occupational Trainee sponsorship and visa applications are lodged and processed at the Adelaide Occupational Trainee Processing Centre.
See: Adelaide Occupational Trainee Processing Centre
Sponsored Family Visitor visa (subclass 679) applications must be lodged in Australia by the sponsor. 679 Sponsored Family Visitor visas will be processed at one of the Sponsored Family Visitor processing centres.
See: Sponsored Family Visitor Processing Centres
If you are sponsored by an Australian employer for a subclass 457 Business (Long Stay) visa, you may lodge your visa application online or at an Australian office of the department. If you are sponsored by an overseas business, you can lodge your visa application with the Australian Immigration Office responsible for applications in your country.
See:
Centres of Excellence
Online Applications
If you are sponsored by an Australian employer, you must lodge your visa application at the same office in Australia where your employer lodged papers to support your application. Please ask your employer which office they lodged these papers at.
See: Contact Us – Australian Offices
Citizenship
Applications for Citizenship by Descent are processed by the Australian High Commission, London.
See: Australian High Commission, London, United Kingdom
All applications for Australian citizenship general eligibility and other situations, and applications to resume or renounce (give up) Australian citizenship should be lodged at the Melbourne CBD Office.
See:
Application process for Australian citizenship
Application process to resume Australian citizenship
Giving up your citizenship
Melbourne CBD Office
Special procedures
Above arrangements also apply to applicants from the Turkish occupied north of the island. Visa enquiries from the north are made at 'Australia Place', 20 Guner Turkmen Street in North Nicosia, Tuesdays and Thursdays 8.30–12.30.