Vietnam - Hanoi

Visa Information and Lodgement

Lodging a visa application

At an Australian Visa Application Centre (AVAC)
The department has an agreement with IOM Vietnam to provide Australian visa lodgement services in Vietnam through AVACs. The AVACs accept applications for Australian visas.
Exception: Visa applications related to official government travel and applications for citizenship and registration of Australian citizenship by descent.

The AVACs charge applicants a service fee in addition to any visa application charge.

Further information on the AVACs and their services and charges is available from the International Organization For Migration website:
See: International Organization For Migration

By post to the Australian Embassy
See: International Organization For Migration

At the Australian Embassy in person
If you wish to lodge an application in person at the High Commission you must make an appointment.
See: Vietnam – Hanoi – Contacts
Note: Due to the high demand for appointments it may be a few weeks before an appointment can be scheduled. You can lodge your application at an AVAC, however, at any time during business hours without an appointment.

Permanent Entry Visas

Permanent visa applications (except general skilled, business skills, Distinguished Talent (subclass 124), Former Resident (subclass 151) and parent subclasses) for applicants who reside north of Danang, can be lodged at the AVAC in Hanoi.
See: Australian Visa Application Centre

The Australian Embassy in Hanoi also processes Permanent entry visa applications lodged in Vientiane, Laos.

Permanent entry visa applications for Laos nationals or persons residing in Laos should be lodged in Vientiane. These applications are processed and decided in Hanoi, Vietnam. All enquiries on permanent entry visas should be made to Vientiane.

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

Temporary Entry visas

All temporary entry visa applications including transit visas, student visas, visitor visas and business visas for residents north of Danang, can be lodged at the AVAC in Hanoi.
See: Australian Visa Application Centre

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 which office they lodged these papers at.
See: Contact Us – Australian Offices

Citizenship

Applications for Citizenship by Descent from residents north of Danang can be lodged at the Australian Embassy, Hanoi, Vietnam or at the AVAC.

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