India

Visa Information and Lodgement

Lodging a visa application

At VFS: the department has an agreement with VFS Global Service Private Ltd. (VFS) to provide Australian visa lodgement services in India and Nepal. VFS accepts applications for Australian visas. Clients can lodge their applications in person through VFS in 10 locations in India and Nepal. A VFS fee will be charged for each application lodged through a VFS Application Center.

Further information on VFS and what they provide is available from their website.
See: VFS Global

By post or courier to the Australian High Commission

Please ensure you have enclosed the appropriate visa charges as a single demand draft for Indian Rupees, made payable to the 'Australian High Commission, New Delhi'.
See: India – Contacts

In person at the Australian High Commission

To lodge in person at the High Commission you will need to make an appointment, however you can lodge your application at a VFS Application Center during business hours without an appointment. To make an appointment with the High Commission.
See: India – Contacts

Permanent entry visas

Permanent entry visa applications for Family, Partner and Refugee/Humanitarian (except general skilled, business skills, Distinguished Talent (subclass 124), Former Resident (subclass 151) and parent subclasses) visa applications from India, Bhutan and Nepal are lodged, processed and decided in New Delhi.

General skilled migration applications 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

Visitor, Business (Short Stay), Medical Treatment, Resident Return and Transit Visa applications from states of India, Bhutan and Nepal are processed and decided in New Delhi.

Student visa applications for all India, Nepal and Bhutan are processed by New Delhi.

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 at which office they lodged these papers.
See: Contact Us - Australian Offices

Visa stamping/evidencing

Clients who have been granted a visa by a visa processing centre in Australia and who have been issued an approval letter can submit passports for visa 'stamping' (or evidencing) to the nearest VFS Center. A nominal VFS service charge will apply to cover the courier costs.
See: VFS Global

Citizenship

Applications for Citizenship by Descent can be lodged at the Australian High Commission, New Delhi or at any of the 10 VFS locations in India and Nepal.

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