Lebanon

Visa Information and Lodgement

Country coverage

The visa office provides immigration and visa services to clients in Lebanon and Nicosia.

Biometrics collection

The Australian Government is introducing biometrics collection into the visa application process.

All people, regardless of nationality, lodging paper-based visa applications in Lebanon will be required to attend an Australian Visa Application Centre (AVAC) in person to lodge their application and provide their biometrics. A 10 digit fingerprint scan and a facial photograph will be collected.
Note: Clients lodging applications for Resident Return visas, Australian Declaratory visas and Australian Citizenship by Decent applications will not need to provide their biometrics.

Lodging a visa application

At an AVAC

The department has an agreement with WorldBridge Service to provide Australian visa lodgement services in Lebanon through an AVAC. The AVAC accepts applications for Australian visas. Clients can lodge their applications in person through the AVAC.
Note: The AVAC does not accept couriered or posted applications. You will also not be charged any additional fees for the collection of biometrics.

Further information on the AVAC and their services is available from their website.
See: WorldBridge Service

By post or courier to the Australian Embassy

Please ensure you have enclosed the appropriate visa application charge Sponsors can also pay at any departmental office in Australia and include the official receipt with the application.
See:
Method of Payment Accepted at Australian Missions
Contacts – Lebanon
Note: If you lodge your application directly with the Embassy you will still need to go to the AVAC to provide biometrics.
Exception: Applications for Resident Return visas, Australian Declaratory visas, Citizenship by Descent and Refugee and Humanitarian visas.

At the Australian Embassy in person

To lodge in person at the Australian Embassy you will need to make an appointment. Appointments are made by email.
See: Contacts – Lebanon > Client Counter Hours
Note: If you lodge your application directly with the Embassy, you will still need to go to the AVAC to provide biometrics.
Exception: Applications for Resident Return visas, Australian Declaratory visas, Citizenship by Descent and Refugee and Humanitarian visas).
See: WorldBridge Service

Clients from Nicosia

All applications from Nicosia (permanent, temporary and citizenship) should be sent by post or courier to the Australian Embassy in Beirut. Post and courier applications from Nicosia will not need to provide biometrics.
See: Contacts – Lebanon

Permanent entry visas

Permanent entry visa applications (except general skilled, business skills, Distinguished Talent (subclass 124), Former Resident (subclass 151) parent subclasses and refugee and humanitarian entry visa (Class XB) applications accompanied by a proposal Form 681) from Lebanon are lodged and processed in Beirut.

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

Refugee and Humanitarian visas

Clients from Afghanistan, Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Yemen whose application for a Refugee and Humanitarian (Class XB) visa is accompanied by a proposal form (form 681) must lodge their application at the Victorian Offshore Humanitarian Processing Centre. This applies to people who are lodging a visa for consideration under the Global Special Humanitarian Program (SHP) or as an immediate family member.
See:
Lodging Certain Humanitarian Applications in Australia
Victoria Offshore Humanitarian Processing Centre

All other Refugee and Humanitarian applications should be directed to Australian Embassy, Beirut.
See: Contacts – Lebanon

Temporary entry visas

Temporary entry visa applications from Lebanon are lodged and processed in Beirut.

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 Visa 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 can be lodged at the Australian Embassy, Lebanon.

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

Most applicants from areas outside Beirut use messengers/agents to lodge applications and to collect decisions/passports.

If you choose to lodge in person, then it is recommended that you complete a Libanpost (courier) consignment note with your full details for Libanpost to deliver your visa decision to your nominated address. This service is on a cash-on-delivery basis and you will be charged a small fee per application/family group.