Irish Embassy for Australia - Address / Phone Number

Embassy of the Republic of Ireland in the Commonwealth of Australia

Address: 20 Arkana Street Yarralumla ACT 2600
City: Canberra (Standard time zone: UTC/GMT +10 hours)
Tel.: (02) 6214 0000
Fax: (02) 6273 3741
Working hours: Monday to Thursday, 9.30 - 12:45, 14.00 - 17.00, Friday 9.30 - 12.45, 14.00 - 16.00

Irish General Consulate in Sydney, Australia
Address: Level 26, 1 Market Street, Sydney NSW 2000
City: Sydney (Standard time zone: UTC/GMT +10 hours)
Tel.: +61 2 9264 9635
Fax: +61 2 9264 9740
Working hours: Monday to Friday, 9.00 - 13.00, 14.00 - 16.00

The Consulate General of Ireland in Sydney was officially opened in March.  The Consulate has responsibility for passport, economic, community trade, cultural and promotion activities within New South Wales. The Consulate is staffed by two Diplomatic staff, and three locally engaged staff.

Emergency contacts:
If you are an Irish citizen in Australia or Fiji requiring emergency assistance, please ring our main number +61 (0)2 6214 0000 and follow the voicemail prompts. Irish citizens in New Zealand may also use this number, or can contact the Honorary Consul in Auckland on + 64 (0)9 9772252. Alternatively, you may contact the Duty Officer at the Department of Foreign Affairs in Dublin at +353 (0)1 478 0822.

The Embassy in Canberra provides a wide range of services:

• Emergency Assistance for Irish Citizens in Australia
• Passport Services
• Citizenship Applications
• Working Holiday
• Visa for Visiting Ireland
• Registration

In case of a lost passport one need to present the statement of loss section of the form, section 6, must give a full and clear explanation as to the loss.  The applicant needs to resubmit all supporting documents, including long-form birth certificate, marriage certificate etc.  If a person has lost his/her passport and does not declare this it will be discovered when the application is being registered at the Passport Office and this will be queried, delaying the application. Loss of passports is a very serious matter and where a person has lost more than one passport or where a full explanation has not been provided the Passport Office may only be able to issue very limited passport facilities, if at all.

Ireland and Australia have a reciprocal agreement under which each country allows young citizens from the other to fund a holiday through casual work. Each of the schemes is open to applicants aged 18-30 (although both are in practice open to slightly older participants because the age limit applies to making the application, not to completing the holiday). Both schemes allow participants to work for a maximum period of six months with any one employer.