German Embassy for Australia - Address / Phone Number

Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in the Commonwealth of Australia

Address: 119 Empire Circuit Yarralumla ACT 2600
City: Canberra (Standard time zone: UTC/GMT +10 hours)
Tel.: (02) 6270 1911
Fax: (02) 6270 1951
Emergency phone: 0417 497 503
Working hours: Monday to Thursday, 8.00 - 17.00; Friday 8.00 - 14.00
Consular hours: Monday to Friday, 9.30 - 12.30
Phone enquiries: Monday to Thursday, 14.00 - 15.00

Consular district of the German Embassy in Canberra: Australian Capital Territory (ACT), Northern Territory (NT), South Australia (SA), Tasmania (TAS), Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Nauru.

French General Consulate in Sydney, Australia

Address: 13 Trelawney Street, Woollahra NSW 2025
City: Sydney (Standard time zone: UTC/GMT +10 hours)
Tel.: +61 (0) 2 9328 7733
Fax: +61 (0) 2 9327 9649
Emergency phone: +61 412 359 826
Switchboard: 9328 7733*
*For general enquiries, Monday - Thursday 8.00 - 16.15; Friday 8.00 - 14.00
Visa/Passport hotline: (02) 9327 9638*
*Mondays, Wednesday, Friday 8.00 - 9.00, Tuesday, Thursday 13.00 - 15.00
Working hours: Monday to Friday, 9.00 - 12.00, Monday and Wednesday, 13.00 - 15.00

Consular district of the Consulate-General in Sydney :New South Wales (NSW), Queensland (QLD), Western Australia (WA), Victoria (VIC)

The German Embassy in Canberra issue biometric passports to German citizens residing there.  For children under the age of 12 with German citizenship, a child's passport may also be issued instead of a regular passport. A new passport law has been in effect since 1 November 2007. Under this new law, fingerprints also must be stored on a chip contained in German biometric passports. This affects all passport applicants six years and older.

The Austrian Embassy in Canberra will be responsible for issuing Schengen Visas on behalf of Germany in all States and Territories of Australia effective from 01.09.2012. As a consequence, third country visa applicants with residence in Australia will have to launch their application for a Schengen-Visa (intended stay of up to 90 days in a 6 months period; e.g. tourist or business visa) with Australia Post for the Austrian Embassy in Canberra. Australian citizens are not affected: they do not need a visa for the Schengen Area, which includes Germany, for an intended stay of up to 90 days in a 180 day period.

Public holidays:

• 1st January - New Year's Day
• 28 January - Australia Day
• March/April - Good Friday
• March/April - Easter Monday
• 25 April - Anzac Day
• 9 May - Ascension Day
• 20 May - Whit Monday
• 10 June - Queen's Birthday
• 3rd October - Day of German Unity
• 7 October - Labour Day
• 24 December - Christmas Eve
• 25 December - Christmas Day
• 26 December Boxing Day
• 31st December New Year's Eve