Visa Information
Permanent Entry Visas
Permanent entry visa applications (except general skilled, business skills, parent subclasses and Refugee and Humanitarian entry visa (Class XB) applications accompanied by a proposal form 681) from the following countries are lodged, processed and decided in Nairobi: Kenya, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Niger, Rwanda, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda.
Permanent entry visa applications (except general skilled, business skills, parent subclasses and all Refugee and Humanitarian entry visa (Class XB) applications) from Ghana, Mali, Mauritania are lodged in Nairobi.
Refugee and Humanitarian entry visas (Class XB)
All Refugee and Humanitarian entry visa (Class XB) applications (with the exception of those described below in the link 'Lodging Certain Humanitarian Applications from Africa in Australia') from persons in Kenya, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC, formerly Zaire), Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Niger, Rwanda, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda are lodged in Nairobi.
Class XB applications accompanied by a proposal Form 681 need to be lodged in Sydney, Australia.
See: Lodging Certain Humanitarian Applications in Australia from applicants in Africa (28KB PDF file)
Refugee and Humanitarian entry visa (Class XB) applications not accompanied by a proposal form 681 for Kenya, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Niger, Rwanda, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda continue to be lodged in Nairobi.
All Refugee and Humanitarian entry visa (Class XB) applications for Ghana, Mali and Mauritania are lodged at the Australian High Commission, Pretoria, South Africa.
Other Permanent Entry Visas
General skilled migration applications for Kenya, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda are lodged and processed at the Adelaide Skilled Processing Centre.
Business Skills applications are lodged and processed at the Perth Business Skills Processing Centre.
Contributory parent and parent migration applications are lodged and processed at the Perth Offshore Parents Centre.
Temporary Entry Visas
Temporary entry visa applications from the following countries are lodged, processed and decided in Nairobi: Kenya, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganda.
416 Special Program applications are lodged and processed at the Hobart Special Program Processing Centre
420 Entertainment sponsorship and visa applications are lodged and processed at the Sydney Entertainment Processing Centre
From 2 April 2005, Sponsored Family Visitor visa (subclass 679) applications must be lodged by the sponsor at a State or Territory office within Australia.
See: Contact details in Australia
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. For the office address, see: Contact details in Australia