AUSTRALIAN HIGH COMMISSION
VISA-IMMIGRATION SECTION
PORT LOUIS
TEL: (230) 202 0180 FROM 1.00 TO 3.45 PM, MONDAY TO FRIDAY
EMAIL: IMMIGRATION.PORTLOUIS@
DFAT.GOV.AU
MIGRATING AND WORKING IN AUSTRALIA (01July 2013)
Application for permanent residence:
If you wish to live permanently in Australia, you must apply for and be granted a permanent visa.
The Form 1126i (available from our website ‘www.immi.gov.au) will help you choose the permanent visa category and application form best suited for you.
Booklets with detailed information and application forms on each visa category are available free of charge from our website ‘www.immi.gov.au’.
Each booklet provides an explanation about the criteria to be met, includes application forms, processing fee and the address of the Department of Immigration and Citizenship office (DIAC) in Australia where the application must be sent for processing.
The Skilled Occupation List can be obtained from the Form 1121i which can be downloaded from the Department of Immigration and Citizenship website ‘www.immi.gov.au’.
Email contact details for designated Australian processing centres:
Parent Migration – [email protected]
Business Skills Migration – [email protected]
General Skilled Migration – [email protected].
Application to work in Australia:
The subclass 457 (Temporary Business Long Stay) visa is for skilled workers from outside Australia who have been sponsored and nominated by a business to work in Australia on a temporary basis.
A business can sponsor a skilled worker if they cannot find an appropriately skilled Australian citizen or permanent resident to fill a skilled position listed in the Consolidated Sponsored Occupations List.
Further information is available on the Department of Immigration and Citizenship website ‘http://www.immi.gov.au/skills/skillselect/index/visas/subclass-457/’.
Please note that this office does not process any applications for immigration to Australia or for working in Australia and is therefore unable to provide you with counselling and assist you with the application.
Should you require any counselling and assistance to make an application for migration please feel free to contact a registered migration agent whose details can be obtained from the website ‘http://www.mara.com.au/’. The link to the search facility is on the home page as Search for a Registered Migration Agent ‘http://www.mara.com.au/mara_agent_search’.
Visa Information
The Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) provides a website for all primary information about visas.
This website contains comprehensive information about the range of visa products, eligibility, forms, fees and application procedures. For key visa types, there are checklists and step-by-step guides to help you make your application:
See: http://www.immi.gov.au
In order to assist you identify the most appropriate visa product to suit your circumstances, the Department has developed the Visa Wizard tool.
See: Visa Wizard
Application for Family Migration: Partner, Prospective Marriage, Child, Adoption, Remaining Relative, Aged Dependent Relative, Carer, Orphan Relative and Dependent Child (445):
The above family migration visa applications are lodged, processed and decided at the Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) office at the Australian High Commission in Pretoria, South Africa.
To obtain a checklist on the requirements for the above visa applications please make a request to the Pretoria office by email on ‘[email protected]’ or please consult the information available on the DIAC Pretoria website ‘www.southafrica.embassy.gov.au/pret/home.html’.
The contact telephone numbers of the DIAC Pretoria office are the following:
Telephone: 27 12 423 6000
Facsimile: 27 12 342 4222
Please note that this office does not process any application for Family Migration and is therefore unable to provide you with counselling and assist you with the application.
Should you require any counselling and assistance to make an application for migration please feel free to contact a registered migration agent whose details can be obtained from the website ‘http://www.mara.com.au/’. The link to the search facility is on the home page as Search for a Registered Migration Agent ‘http://www.mara.com.au/mara_agent_search’
Department of Immigration and Citizenship
Australian High Commission
Port Louis