Samoa

Visa Information and Lodgement

Permanent entry visas

Permanent entry visa applications from Samoa and American Samoa are lodged in Apia and forwarded by the post for processing and decision in Suva.  Permanent entry applicants should be aware that normal mail delivery between Apia and Suva can take up to four weeks. Further information is available from the Australian High Comission in Suva, Fiji. For more information:
See: Australian High Commission, Suva, Fiji

Temporary entry visas

Temporary entry visa applications from Samoa and American Samoa are lodged, processed and decided in Apia.

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

Sponsored Family Visitor visa (subclass 679) applications must be lodged by the sponsor at a State or Territory office within Australia.
See: Australian Offices

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.  The Australian Office addresses are:
See: Australian Offices