subject: Australian Visa Consultancy Office In India [print this page] One has to visit the Australian Visa Consultancy Office in India for completing the visa application formalities. To provide the assistance for people to visit Australia for any purpose, the Department of Immigration and Citizenship has visa offices around the world in various countries at their High Commissions. These visa offices are known as Australian Visa Application Centres (AVACs).
These visa offices cater for people wanting to visit, work, study, or live in Australia. Country specific websites are maintained by the visa offices where detailed information is provided which one has to go through before applying for a visa. Most of the visa officers provide 24-hour facility for online tracking of applications. Web sites created for applying for visas are user friendly and have various options for narrowing down the type of visa required.
Some visa offices provide online submission of visa applications; however, personal visit is mandatory. Some of the visa offices have select commercial companies working in partnership with the Government of Australia for providing visa application services. These commercial companies are known as Service Delivery Partners (SDPs) which operate the AVACs. The commercial companies offer services, which include collecting visa application documents, visa charges, returning of passports to applicants etc.
One need not worry about this aspect as these commercial companies operate within the guidelines of the client services principles of the Department of Immigration and Citizenship of the Government of Australia. The visa offices also provide assistance in directing your visa and citizenship enquiries, on how to apply for a visa, on the hours of operation of the visa offices and telephone services, and details available on websites.
If you are unaware of the location of the Service Delivery Partners, you can visit the website, which provides for a map locator with details of each Service Delivery Partners. Australian Visa Office process applications for professionals, skilled workers, permanent residency, tourists, students and participants for studying or training, or skills development etc.
All websites have a unique feature called Visa Wizard, which offers assistance in narrowing down the type of visa, which one can apply for. After lodging the visa application, one has to remember the file reference number or passport number for any further enquiry or query related to the visa application. The tracking of visa application is by entering the reference number and the applicants date of birth, which is done online.
One requirement is the medical examination by the panel doctor from the visa office who has been appointed by the Government of Australia. The purpose of medical examination is to protect the general population in Australia from health and safety risks particularly tuberculosis. The health requirement is that an applicant must be free from a disease or medical condition, which is considered to be a threat to general public health or is likely to result in costs to the Australian community in health care, else the person is not allowed to get visa. In some cases, an applicant may have to sign a health undertaking by the Medical Officer of Commonwealth.
