Australian Embassy to Timor-Leste

Visa office - general information

The department processes all applications by people interested in visiting or migrating to Australia. All travellers to Australia except for Australian and New Zealand citizens, and certain UN staff based in Timor must obtain a visa before travelling to Australia.
See: Visa information and Lodgement

Contact details and opening hours

For contact details, visa counter and client enquiry telephone hours, and a list of visa applications that must be lodged in Australia, please refer to our contact details.
See: Immigration Offices outside Australia > Timor Leste

Common visa forms

Tourism or Family visits

Use form 48R, 48R IND, or 48R POR, and download the checklist of requirements.
See:
Form 48R Application to visit Australia for tourism or other recreational activities - (English) (306KB PDF file)
Form 48R Application to visit Australia for tourism or other recreational activities - (Indonesian) (54KB PDF file)
Form 48R Application to visit Australia for tourism or other recreational activities - (Portuguese) (54KB PDF file)
Checklist of requirements - English and Bahasa Indonesia (76KB PDF file)
Checklist of requirements - Tetum (43KB PDF file)

Business visitors (up to 3 months stay)

Includes NGO and Timor Leste Government employees and officials undergoing short training courses or attending official seminars, functions etc.

Use form 456 and download the checklist of requirements.

See:
Form 456 Application for a business (short stay) visa (for a stay of up to 3 months) (255KB PDF file)
Checklist of requirements - English and Bahasa Indonesia (70KB PDF file)
Checklist of requirements - Tetum (49KB PDF file)

Medical treatment in Australia

Visiting hospitals or seeking medical treatment in Australia

If you are entering a medical facility in Australia for any reason and if you already hold or seek to travel to Australia on a visitor visa, business short stay visitor visa, or electronic travel authority (ETA), you will require a chest x-ray before you enter Australia.

If you seek medical treatment yourself (including pregnancy), you must apply for a medical treatment visitor visa before you travel (see 'Medical treatment in Australia' below). Further details of Australia's health checking requirements are available at the Visa Office or Information form 1163i.
See: Form 1163i Health requirement for temporary entry to Australia

This requirement does not apply to Australian or New Zealand Citizens, certain UN ID Card Holders, those holding an Australian Permanent Resident visa, or those already holding Student, Medical Treatment or most Temporary Resident Visas (except some short stay subclass 415 visas issued at Dili). If in any doubt, please contact the Visa Office before you travel.

Medical treatment visa applications

Use form 48ME and download the checklist of requirements.

Please contact the Visa Office immediately, if the medical treatment requirement is urgent.
See:
Form 48ME Application to visit Australia for medical treatment (259KB PDF file)
Checklist of requirements - English (49KB PDF file)
Checklist of requirements - Bahasa Indonesia (52KB PDF file)
Checklist of requirements - Tetum (52KB PDF file)

Online visa applications

Citizens of designated countries can lodge a number of visa applications online. These visas are not applicable for medical treatment in Australia.
See: Online services

Visa application charges

See: Charges (fees)

Migration, student, or temporary resident visas

Important: Please visit the department's website for general information and forms relating to partner, migration and student visas before contacting the Dili Visa Office or lodging an application
See: www.immi.gov.au

Those considering lodging a Partner or Prospective Marriage Visa application are also encouraged to read the following post-specific advice.
See: Prelodgement advice Partner Migration Application at Dili (35KB PDF file)

Penal checking

People intending to lodge a migration or temporary resident visa application will generally be asked to produce a penal check certificate from countries of current and former residence. This is particularly important to note if you are a resident or a citizen of a country other than Timor Leste. Penal certificates for Timor Leste can be obtained from the National Investigation Department, PNTL, Dili.
See: Character and Penal Clearance Requirements

Other information

Acceptable certificates of birth, marriage, etc

Please note that where evidence is required for events that have occurred within Timor Leste this office generally only accepts Civil Certificates of Birth, Death and Marriage issued by the Timor Leste Civil Registry. Offices of the Civil Registry are located within the Ministry of Justice Building in Dili, and in Baucau.

Documents that are generally not accepted for this purpose include Baptismal or other documents issued by religious authorities, or those issued by former Indonesian Civil authorities prior to 2000.

Panel doctors

Health examinations for Australian Visas may only be carried out by specially appointed panel doctors. Panel doctors located in Timor Leste are listed on our main website.
See: Panel Doctors

Australian passports

The Immigration section does not process Australian passport applications. Enquiries should be directed to the Consular Section of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade within the Embassy. Further information is available on the Embassy's main Home page.
See: www.easttimor.embassy.gov.au

Timor Leste Immigration and Visas

This office does not provide advice or otherwise deal with matters relating to visas for Timor Leste. All such enquiries should be directed to the nearest Embassy or Consulate of Timor Leste (for those outside Timor Leste), to the Timor Leste Immigration Department, located on the ground floor of the Interior Ministry building on in Vila Verde in Dili (near Obrigado Barracks), or to the Department of Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Government Buildings (GPA), Dili.
See: Immigration Department of Timor Leste