Australian High Commission
Singapore
High Commission address: 25 Napier Rd, Singapore - Telephone: 6836 4100 - Fax: 6737 5481

Visas and Citizenship

The Immigration Section of the Australian High Commission receives, assesses and decides visa applications for people intending to visit Australia (tourism or business visits), study in Australia or migrate to Australia on the basis of family links. Some temporary residence visa applications are also assessed at the High Commission. Travellers of all nationalities except Australia and New Zealand need visas to travel to Australia. Applications for registration of Australian citizenship by descent are also lodged and assessed at the High Commission.

'People Our Business'. We are continually striving to improve our client services.  Feedback and suggestions are welcomed. Details of our Client Service Charter can be accessed on-line

See: Client Services Charter 

Please Note: The pages on this (Australian High Commission, Singapore) website contain information on local documentation requirements, locally produced checklists and basic advice regarding the main visa programs. For more detail and application forms for the full range of the Department's services, as well as links to  eBusiness portals, you should go to the Department's main website

See: www.immi.gov.au

The Department of Immigration and Citizenship is on youtube. For video clips about various topics

See: www.youtube.com/user/ImmiTV

If you intend to engage a migration agent, we recommend you read the following information and watch the linked video clip.

See: Information about migration agents operating outside Australia

See: You Tube -Don't get caught out 

For information to help protect yourself against migration fraud including email and internet scams please read the following information.

See: www.immi.gov.au/migration-fraud/

Recent changes

Is a visa label needed to travel to Australia (label free)?

Australia's modern electronic visa system does not require you to have a visa label placed in your passport to confirm your immigration status and entitlements in Australia.

When you check in to fly to Australia, airline staff will electronically confirm that you have authority to travel to Australia prior to boarding the aircraft, using your passport:  See: About your Visa (http://www.immi.gov.au/visas/about-your-visa.htm)

Communication with the Immigration Section by email

Please note that we are unable to accept emails with a total file size larger than 5mb. Under current arrangements, no notification will be generated for emails exceeding 5mb which are not successfully received. If you need to send large emails, please consider sending these as several, smaller documents, and another email informing the relevant area that the emails have been sent. 

Changes to health checking procedures for visa applicants in Singapore

From 1st November 2010 all health checks for an Australian visa, where applicants are undertaking their health checks in Singapore, will be conducted using Australia’s electronic health system (eHealth).

For all visa applicants this means that before you can conduct your health examinations with your chosen Panel Doctor, you must first lodge the visa application. Once you have lodged the visa application your details will be available to the panel doctor electronically to facilitate the health checks.

This system has been introduced to ensure that applicants who may have a health issue, which requires a referral to Australia for examination by an Australian Commonwealth Medical Officer, will receive a faster health assessment and decision. Generally, this means that hard copy medical results no longer need to be transferred from the panel doctor clinic to the visa processing office, as the results become available electronically. This helps to provide faster processing of the visa application. 

Changes to Standard Business Sponsorship for an overseas business

From 1st October 2010 all applications for a Standard Business Sponsorship for an overseas business, as well as the nominations and the subclass 457 Business (Long Stay) visas associated with that overseas business, for businesses and applicants in Brunei, East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore will be processed at the Australian High Commission, Singapore.

See: www.singapore.embassy.gov.au/sing/Business_Sponsorship.html

Changes to the student visa program - New integrity measures

For student visa applicants, some important changes have been made as a result of the recent Knight Review of the student visa program. For full details on these changes please refer to the following links in the department's main website 

See: Students - What's new

See: Student information

See: Education providers - What's new

Local information on visa and citizenship application requirements

If you would like to access local information click on the relevant section and follow the links.

Please Note: Fees are payable by cash, cheque, MasterCard or Visa Card in Singapore Dollars only. The Immigration Section has a public commercially provided photocopier service. The fee for a photocopy is $0.30 per page. A change machine is also available, with change provided for a fee of $0.20. Please ensure you provide copies of documents as per the instructions in the links below as Immigration Section staff are not able to photocopy documents for applicants. Please goto FAQs for the latest update on Is a visa label needed to travel to Australia ?

Citizenship

To access further information on the citizenship services:

See: Citizenship services

For Australian citizens wishing to register their child as an Australian Citizen by Descent

See: Australian Citizenship by Descent

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