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Visas and Immigration
The Visa Offices of DIAC provide the following services:
- Information about visa requirements for Australia
- Information about Australian citizenship requirements
- Processing of applications for most classes of visa
- Processing of some citizenship applications.
VFS Global (VFS) has been appointed to collect visa applications on behalf of the Australian Government Visa Office in Dhaka. All applications lodged in Bangladesh for visas to Australia can be lodged at Australian Visa Application Centres (AVAC) in Dhaka, Sylhet or Chittagong.
VFS-AVAC is open from 9:00am to 5:00pm Sunday to Thursday. A VFS-AVAC Services fee will be charged for each application or passport submitted. See: VFS-AVAC
Applications lodged directly with the Australian High Commission Visa Office, whether by courier, by mail or in person (by appointment only please) should be sent/brought to: The Visa Office, Australian High Commission, 184 Gulshan Avenue, Gulshan-2, Dhaka 1212 Bangladesh.
Please pay visa application fees by demand draft in Bangladesh Taka, made payable to the Australian High Commission, Dhaka.
Some applications must be lodged online or by mail to processing centres in Australia. These may be accessed at http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/index.htm and include:
- Business skills migration applications ;
- Points tested skilled migration applications ;
- Parent migration applications ;
- Special migration applications ;
- Distinguished talent visa applications ;
- Entertainment (temporary residence) visa applications ;
- Special program (temporary residence) visa applications ;
- Medical practitioner (temporary residence) visa applications ;
- Temporary business (long stay) visa applications ;
- Sponsored business visitor (short stay) visa applications .
DIAC’s Visa Office processes the following applications from applicants in Bangladesh:
- All family migration applications (except for parent migration applications);
- Student visa applications;
- Tourist visa applications;
- Business (Short Stay) visa applications;
- Social/cultural temporary residence visa applications (except for medical practitioner, entertainment and special program visa applications);
- Humanitarian permanenet entry visa applications; and
- Applications for registration of citizenship by descent.
New Developments
1. Important - Changes to Tourist (e676) and eStudent eVisa Forms from 26 April 2008:
From 26 April 2008 DIAC implemented changes to the e676 and Student eVisa forms (both the online and offline eforms). The eVisa forms available on the Internet have been changed to contain additional questions on Health and Character. To avoid any unnecessary delays in processing, you are encouraged to complete all of the additional information prior to lodging your application online.
2. Important - Changes to Student Permission to Work from 26 April 2008:
Also from 26 April 2008, all student visas are now granted with work rights attached. This removes the need for most international students to make separate applications for student visas with permission to work after arrival in Australia.
While student visa holders now have work rights automatically included in their visa grant, the work conditions themselves have not changed. Students and their dependants still have the same work rights as before and are restricted from undertaking work until they have commenced their course in Australia.
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Primary applicants are granted a student visa which is automatically be subject to the new condition 8105. This condition will allows the holder to work up to 20 hours per week while their course is in session, excluding any work undertaken as a registered part of their course. This condition also restricts the holder from undertaking any work until the holder has commenced their course in Australia.
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Secondary applicants are granted a student visa which is automatically subject to the new condition 8104. This condition allows the holder to work up to 20 hours per week and restricts the holder from undertaking any work until the primary visa holder has commenced their course of study in Australia. This condition also specifies that dependants of students who have commenced a Masters or PhD level course are able to work unlimited hours.
Conditions 8105 and 8104 also include the definition of a 'week' in relation to work limitations as being a period commencing on a Monday and ending on a Sunday.
Further information, application forms, general information about immigration policies, visa categories and visa requirements can be found on the main DIAC website at www.immi.gov.au. Most forms sourced on the DIAC website can now be filled in on your own computer before printing and signing or they can be printed and completed by hand.
Application forms and information sheets for some visa subclasses are also available at VFS-AVAC. See:
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Visa types
- Visiting Australia
- Studying in Australia
- Working in Australia
- Returning Residents
- Migrating to Australia
- Maritime Crew