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Visas and Immigration
Visas and Immigration on this page:
• Requirement for a visa to enter Australia
• Contact details and opening hours
• Visa information
• Medical treatment in Australia
• Online visa applications
• Forms and checklists
• Visa application charges
• Character and Penal Checking
• Health Requirements
• Panel Doctors
• Links
Requirement for a visa to enter Australia
The department processes 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.
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Contact details and opening hours
Street Address: Avenida dos Matires da Patria, Dili, East Timor
Telephone: +670 332 2111
0830 – 1230 and 1330 – 1630 Monday to Friday
Fax: +670332 3620
Email: immigration.dili@dfat.gov.au
Counter Hours: 0830 - 1200 Monday to Friday
The department's website also contains application forms and general information about Australian visas: www.immi.gov.au
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Visa Information
Permanent Entry Visas
Permanent entry applications (except general skilled, business skills and parent subclasses) for residents of East Timor are lodged, processed and decided in Dili.
Applications under the points test for skilled migration 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 Parent Visa Centre.
See: Parent Visa Centre
Temporary Entry Visas
Temporary entry visa applications (except Special Program, Entertainment sponsorship and Sponsored Family Visitor) for residents of East Timor are lodged, processed and decided in Dili.
From 2 April 2005, Sponsored Family Visitor visa (subclass 679) applications must be lodged by the sponsor at a State or Territory office within Australia.
See: Contact Us – Australian Offices
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
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 Australia office of the department. If you are sponsored by an overseas business, you can lodge your visa application with the Australia 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
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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.
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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
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Forms and Checklists
Visa application forms and information booklets can be downloaded from the department’s website. See: Applications and Forms
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Visa application Charges
For information about visa application charges: Charges (fees)
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Character and 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 East Timor. Penal certificates for East Timor can be obtained from the Civil Registrations Office within the Department of Justice in Dili.
See: Character and Penal Clearance Requirements
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Panel doctors
You may be required to undergo a health examination when applying for a visa. For further information, see: Panel Doctors.
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Links
The Department of Immigration and Citizenship
The department's website also contains application forms and general information about Australian visas. See: www.immi.gov.au
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: http://www.easttimor.embassy.gov.au/
Information about East Timor Immigration and Visas
This office does not provide advice or otherwise deal with matters relating to visas for East Timor. All such enquiries should be directed to the nearest Embassy or Consulate of East Timor (for those outside East Timor), to the East Timor Migration Service, located on the ground floor of the Secretary of State for Security building in Vila Verde in Dili (near Obrigado Barracks). See: Timor Leste Migration Service
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