France

Visa Information

Permanent entry visas

Permanent entry visa applications (except general skilled, business skills and parent subclasses) from France, Andorra, Belgium, Luxembourg and Monaco are lodged, processed and decided at the Australian Embassy, Berlin, Germany.
See: Germany – Contacts

General skilled migration applications are lodged and processed at the Adelaide Skilled Processing Centre.
See: Adelaide Skilled Processing Centre

Business Skills applications are lodged and processed at the Perth Business Skills Processing Centre.
See: Perth Business Skills Processing Centre

Contributory parent and parent migration applications are lodged and processed at the Parent Visa Centre.
See: Parent Visa Centre

Temporary entry visas

Citizens of France, Andorra, Belgium, Luxembourg and Monaco who are travelling to Australia for up to three (3) months for tourism or business purposes are eligible to apply online for eVisitors. Citizens from these countries are also able to apply for an ETA through travel agents and airlines.
See:
eVisitors
Electronic Travel Authority

Passport holders from France, Andorra, Belgium, Luxembourg and Monaco who want to visit Australia for more than three (3) months are eligible to apply online for a Tourist visa (e676).
See: Tourist visa

Paper temporary entry visa applications from France, Andorra, Belgium, Luxembourg and Monaco are lodged, processed and decided in Paris.

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: 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

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 where they lodged these papers.
See: Australian Offices

Citizenship

Citizenship applications for conferral, resumption or renunciation are processed in Paris.
See: France - Contacts

Citizenship by descent applications are processed by the Australian High Commission in London.
See:London Contact Centre – for Callers Outside the United Kingdom