Mexico
Visa Information
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Country coverage
The visa office provides immigration and visa services to clients in Mexico and eight countries in Central America including Cuba.
Permanent entry visas
From 1 August 2011, Permanent residence visa applications (except general skilled, business skills, Distinguished Talent (subclass 124), Former Resident (subclass 151) and parent subclasses) from the countries included in the country coverage list above are lodged, processed and decided at the Australian High Commission in Ottawa.
See:
Canada – Contacts
Visa lodgement and processing arrangements for clients from Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama ( 73KB PDF file)
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
Refugee/Humanitarian applications for Central America are decided at the Australian High Commission, Ottawa.
See: Canada – Contacts
Temporary entry visas
Temporary entry visa applications from the countries in the above country coverage list for the following subclasses will be lodged and processed at the Australian Embassy, Mexico:
- Business Short Stay (subclass 456)
- Medical Treatment Short Stay (subclass 675)
- Tourist (subclass 676)
- Medical Treatment Long Stay (subclass 685)
- Transit (subclass 771)
Note: From 1 August 2011, all other temporary visa applications (except those lodged in Australia) should be lodged at the Australian High Commission, Ottawa.
See:
Canada – Contacts
Visa lodgement and processing arrangements for clients from Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama ( 73KB PDF file)
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 where they lodged these papers.
See: Contact Us – Australian Offices
Citizenship
Applications for Citizenship by Descent can be lodged and processed at the Australian High Commission in Ottawa.
See: Canada – Contacts
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