Australian High Commission
2nd Floor Rogers House
No 5 President John Kennedy Street
Port Louis
Mauritius
Tel: (230) 202 0180 from 1.00 to 3.45 pm, Monday to Friday
Email: [email protected]
TRANSIT VISA (01/04/2014)
Refer to the following web page for detailed information about this visa: http://www.immi.gov.au/Visas/Pages/771.aspx
Applicants and/or their travel agents will be able to lodge an application at the Australian High Commission by appointment only. Applicants should be aware that there are a limited number of appointments each day which could result in a delay in being able to lodge an application. Applicants must therefore ensure that they contact the High Commission for an appointment at least 2 months or earlier before their proposed date of travel. However, priority is given to applicants with compassionate and compelling circumstances.
To request an appointment please email: “[email protected]” and please provide the following information:
- The number of applications to be lodged
- The proposed travel date of the applicant(s)
Lodgement of applications:
The Australian High Commission in Port Louis receives a high volume of applications from persons intending to travel to Australia as Visitors.
Because of this high volume, and to ensure that you are able to travel by your intended travel date and to avoid disappointment, we strongly recommend that you lodge your visa application as early as possible (at least 2 months or earlier) before your proposed travel date).
It is also essential that you lodge your applications complete, and with all supporting documentation required.
Processing Times - Visa processing times vary according to a number of factors, including visa type, complexity of the application, visa planning levels, peak visa processing periods and whether or not an application is lodged complete.
Processing time for a Transit visa application:
Transit 5 working days
The Australian High Commission will be closed on the following days in 2014:
Wednesday 1 January, Wednesday 12 March, Friday18 April, Monday 21 April, Thursday 1 May, Monday 9 June, Tuesday 29 July, Monday 6 October, Thursday 23 October, Wednesday 24 December, Thursday 25 December, Friday 26 December, Monday 29 December, Tuesday 30 December.
Purpose:
Transit visas are for people who intend to remain in Australia no longer than 72 hours and who can establish that the principal purpose in entering Australia is:
* to pass through Australia in transit to another country (where a 'stopover' is intended, the applicant should apply for the appropriate visa in a visitor class instead); or
* to pass through Australia to join a vessel as a crew member
The applicant's stay in Australia must be for no longer than 72 hours. Extensions of stay will not be granted.
Note: There is no visa application charge (processing fee) for a Transit visa
Documentation Required:
1. Duly completed and signed application Form 876 – form 876 is available from the website www.immi.gov.au/allforms/
2. One recent passport size photograph of the applicant
3. A clear and legible photocopy of the bio data page of a valid passport
Note: there is no requirement to submit the original passport
4. FULL birth certificate for any child/children applying for a visa indicating the names of both parents (father and mother)
5. Copy of travel itinerary indicating the following:
- date and time of departure from your home country and flight number
- date and time of arrival in Australia and flight number
- date and time of departure from Australia and flight number
- date and time of arrival in your home country and flight number
6 Evidence that the applicant has been granted a visa for the country that the applicant intends to visit, take up employment or reside permanently
7. The applicant may be requested to provide the following:
- a copy of the airline ticket with confirmed dates
- proof of funds for personal support
8. Applicants under 18 years of age and applying for a visa on their own (irrespective of whether both parents hold a valid visa and/or are travelling to Australia with the applicant or not) must provide:
- joint written permission from both parents witnessed by the Police or by any legal authority of the country. The ORIGINAL of this letter must be submitted
9. Applicants under 18 years of age and applying for a visa with one parent only (irrespective of whether the other parent holds a valid visa and/or is travelling to Australia with the applicant or not) must provide:
- a written permission from the other parent witnessed by the Police or by any legal authority of the country. The ORIGINAL of this letter must be submitted
10. For crew members transiting Australia to take up employment on an Australian vessel must provide evidence that they are already holder of a valid Maritim Crew visa – refer to website ‘immi.gov.au/sea’ for information
11. Applicants aged 75 years and over must provide the following:
- A health examination undertaken with a panel doctor and using medical form 26
The medical form 26 must be downloaded from the website ‘www.immi.gov.au’ and the contact details of panel doctors in Mauritius are indicated below.
- evidence that that they have purchased a health insurance covering their period of stay in Australia
Panel doctors in Mauritius:
1. Dr Audrey Chui Wan Cheong
C/- City Clinic
102-106 Sir Edgar Laurent Street
Port Louis
Tel: (230) 242 0486
2. Dr J G Francois Tadebois
C/- Nouvelle Clinique du Bon Pasteur
Mg J Mamet Street
Rose Hill
Tel: (230) 464 2640
REQUESTING A VISA LABEL AND VISA EVIDENCING CHARGE
• Australia does not require travellers to have a label in their passport, however, clients are still provided with the option of requesting one if it is necessary for transit or exit purposes. It is the traveller’s responsibility to confirm other countries’ transit or exit requirements before travel to Australia.
• From 24 November 2012, if travellers still need or request a label they will need to pay a fee for it. This cost for a visa label is called the Visa Evidence Charge (VEC). Travellers can only request and pay for a visa label if they have a current Australian visa. Regardless of when a visa application was lodged or granted, anyone who requests a visa label after 24 November 2012 will be charged.
• The charge for a visa label is AUD70, equivalent to Mauritian rupees 2,100. Payment of the VEC must be made in Mauritian rupees and in Australian dollars, as follows:
The Australian High Commission accepts payment of VEC in Mauritian rupees. Payment must be made in cash or by bank guaranteed cheques made payable to 'Australian High Commission'. Other methods of payments (eg company/personal cheques and bank transfers) cannot be accepted.
Payments using credit cards are processed in Australian Dollars (AUD) only (Mastercard, Visa, AMEX, Diners, JCB).
Note: If paying by credit card in Australian Dollars you may incur banking and currency conversion fees and you accept the risk associated with any currency fluctuations.
Request for a visa label can be made as follows:
- By making a verbal request at the visa counter and submitting the original of the passport and making payment of the VEC
- By submitting a duly completed and signed Form 1405 and the original of the passport and making payment of the VEC
Note: Form 1405 'Visa Label Request Form' must be downloaded from the website 'http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/'
The Visa Evidencing process may take up to 7 working days.