Mexico
Visa Information
Permanent Entry Visas
As at 1 July 2002, permanent entry visa applications are lodged, processed and decided in Washington, USA.
Washington also processes permanent entry applications from Mexico and the Central American region (Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama) Washington also processes permanent entry applications from Cuba.
A special arrangement for application lodgement is available for Cuban citizens. Cuban citizens are able to lodge permanent entry applications in Mexico City and they well be transferred to Washington to avoid any disadvantage because of the uncertainty of mail between Cuba and the USA.
Temporary Entry Visas
Temporary entry visa applications for persons residing in Mexico and Central America - Belize Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and Cuba - are lodged, processed and decided in Mexico City.
Special Procedures
From 1 July 2002, Refugee/Humanitarian applications for Central America are decided in Washington.
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 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 which office they lodged these papers at. For the office address, see: Contact details in Australia