People's Republic of China - Guangzhou
Visa Information
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Permanent Entry visas
Family Migration visa applications from Guangdong, Fujian, Hunan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Guangxi and Hainan Provinces are lodged, processed and decided at the Australian Consulate General Visa Office in Guangzhou.
Other permanent entry visa applications (except general skilled, business skills, and parent subclasses) from the PRC region are lodged, processed and decided at the Australian Consulate General Visa Office in Shanghai.
See: People's Republic of China – Shanghai Visa Information
Business Skills applications for the Mainland PRC, Hong Kong and Macau are lodged, processed and decided at the Australian Consulate General Visa Office in Hong Kong.
See: People's Republic of China – Hong Kong Visa Information
General skilled migration applications are lodged and processed at the Adelaide Skilled Processing Centre.
See: Adelaide Skilled Processing Centre
Contributory parent and parent migration applications from the mainland PRC region are lodged, processed and decided at the Parent Visa Centre.
See: Parent Visa Centre
Applications under the Special Migration stream – Distinguished Talent (subclass 124) and Former Resident (subclass 151), are lodged and processed at the ACT and Regions office.
See: Distinguished Talent Visa Enquiry form
Student visas
Student visa applications from mainland PRC citizens are lodged, processed and decided at the Adelaide Offshore Processing centre.
See: Adelaide Offshore Processing Centre
Non-mainland PRC citizens should apply for student visas at the nearest departmental office.
Temporary Entry visas
Business Short-stay (subclass 456) from the following provinces are lodged, processed and decided in Beijing: Beijing, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Tianjin, Shandong, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Henan, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Chongqing, Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang and Tibet.
See: Peoples Republic of China – Beijing visa information
Applications from Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi and Hubei provinces are lodged, processed and decided at the Australian Consulate General Visa Office in Shanghai.
See: People's Republic of China – Shanghai – visa information
Applications from Fujian, Guangdong, Hunan, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou and Hainan provinces are lodged, processed and decided at Australian Consulate General Visa Office in Guangzhou.
Non-mainland PRC citizens should apply for Temporary Business short-stay visas subclass 456 at the nearest departmental office.
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
Sponsored Family Visitor visa (subclass 679) applications must be lodged by the sponsor at a state or territory office within Australia.
See: Contact Us – Australian Offices
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 Australia office of the department. If you are sponsored by an overseas business, you can lodge your visa application with the Australia Immigration Office responsible for applications in your country.
See:
Centres of Excellence
Online Applications
Visitor visas
Tourist visas from the following provinces are lodged, processed and decided by the Guangzhou Visa Office: Guangdong, Fujian, Hunan, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Hainan.
Applications from other provinces are lodged, processed and decided by the Shanghai Visa Office.
Non-mainland PRC citizens should apply for visitor visas at the nearest departmental office.
Citizenship by descent
Applications to register for Citizenship by Descent from clients in Guangzhou, Fujian, Guangdong, Hunan, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou and Hainan provinces are lodged, processed and decided at the Australian Consulate General Visa Office in Guangzhou.
Citizenship applications for other forms of citizenship can be made online through the citizenship website.
See: www.citizenship.gov.au
Information on how to complete a Australian citizenship test can be found on the citizenship website.
See: Citizenship test