Australian Embassy

France

Embassy address: 4, rue Jean Rey 75724 Paris Cedex 15 - Telephone : 01 40 59 33 00 - Fax : 01 40 59 33 10

Visas and immigration

Welcome to the Visa Office at the Australian Embassy Paris. We are an overseas office of Australia's Department of Immigration & Citizenship (DIAC).

With the exception of Australian and New Zealand citizens, all people travelling to Australia require a visa prior to arrival.

For comprehensive information about visas for Australia and Australian citizenship, please visit the main website of the Department of Immigration & Citizenship.

See: http://www.immi.gov.au

The following pages will provide you with information regarding citizenship and visa options for visitors, workers, students or migrants.

We recommend that you do not make any travel commitments before you obtain a valid visa or travel authority. We encourage all applicants to lodge their applications as early as possible before their planned travel.

Our office processes visa applications from nationals and residents of the following countries:

Metropolitan France (NOT the French DOMs or TOMs), Belgium, Luxembourg, the Principalities of Monaco and Andorra

If you currently reside in another country, please contact the relevant office for information on how to lodge your application.

See: Immigration Offices Outside Australia (DIAC website)

Contact Details

Before contacting our office, please consult all our pages, including our 'Frequently Asked Questions' (FAQs):

See: FAQs - General questions

See: FAQs - Working Holiday Maker

See: FAQs - Partner Migration (Australian Embassy in Berlin website- applications processed in Berlin, Germany)

• Paris Visa Office Contact Details

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What's New

• 9 November 2009- Occupational Trainee Visas - Change of processing arrangements

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• 14 September 2009- Changes to Temporary Entry

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• From 1 July 2009, all citizenship by descent applications for Metropolitan France (NOT the French DOMs or TOMs), Belgium, Luxembourg, the Principalities of Monaco and Andorra will be processed at the Australian High Commission in London.

See: Citizenship by descent- High Commission in London website

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• 27.10.2008 – Introduction of eVisitor

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• [ongoing] - Notice for Evisa Applicants - System Outages

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