Visa Information
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Permanent Entry visas
Permanent entry visa applications for Partner, Prospective Marriage, Child, Remaining Relative, Carer and Aged Dependent Relative for applicants usually resident in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Ascension Island, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar and Saint Helena are lodged, processed and decided in London.
General Skilled Migration applications are lodged and processed at the Adelaide Skilled Processing Centre.
See: Adelaide Skilled Processing Centre
Business Skills applications are lodged and processed at the Perth Business Skills Processing Centre.
See: Perth Business Skills Processing Centre
Contributory Parent and Parent migration applications are lodged and processed at the Perth Offshore Parents Centre.
See: Perth Offshore Parents Centre
Applications under the Special Migration stream – Distinguished Talent (subclass 124) and Former Resident (subclass 151), are lodged and processed at the Canberra Global Processing Centre.
See: Canberra Global Processing Centre
Temporary Entry visas
Citizens of the United Kingdom are eligible for streamlined processing of visitor visas through ETA.
See: Electronic Travel Authority
Applications for some temporary entry visas including Exchange, Occupational Trainee, Transit, Visiting Academic for applicants usually resident in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Ascension Island, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar and Saint Helena are lodged, processed and decided in London.
Passport holders from the United Kingdom are eligible to apply online for a short stay visitor visa (e676).
See: Tourists – Online Applications
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: 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 where they lodged these papers.
See: Contact details in Australia