| Abidjan Cote D Ivoire
Adelaide Australia
Afghanistan Kabul
Apia Samoa
Asmara Eritrea
Baha Thailand
Bangladesh VPP Chittagong
Bangladesh VPP Jessore
Bangladesh VPP Sylhet
Brisbane Australia
Brunei Bandar Salaam Begawan Bussan Korea
Bujumbura BurundiCanberra Australia
Cape Verde Praia
Chengdu China
Contonu Benin
Davao Philippine
Dhaka Bangladesh
Djibouti
Ethiopia Addis Ababa
Fiji Suva
Fiji Tonga
Freetown Sierra Leone
Fukuko Japan
Gabon Libreville
Gaborone Botswana
Ghana Accra
Guangzhou China
Guinea Conakry
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Embassy Contact Information
Address U.S. Consulate General
553 St Kilda Road
Melbourne, VIC 3004
Web http://melbourne.usconsulate.gov/
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The consulate office in Brisbane Australia plays a key role in
providing information for us-citizen staying in Australia and for
Australians planning to visit the states. You can find through a
glance what kind of information it provides
For American citizens
information about finding out which consulate office serves the American citizens in Australia in their region of residence and its working hours and how can They register their stay in Australia and why they should do, if they have any concerns about United States & Australian customs regulations, dual nationality, travel warnings and public announcements they can find the answer through the consulate office.
American citizen involved in cases of emergency can dial the consulate office numbers provided (as in case of death of American citizen, stolen green cards and lost passports). They can Issue or reissue their passports during their stay in Australia and can find the regulations and fees needed for performing these services. American citizens in Australia can register cases of birth & death in Australia through the consulate office too.
United States visa
Qualifying for visa waiver program (VWP) gives you the advantage to visit the United States without issuing a visa. For non immigrant visa application can be found there along with the documentation needed in your case. Immigrant visa to the United States have more than one category:
Immediate relative visa this visa is for the spouse/wife of American citizen or minor unmarried child of a United States citizen or the parent of a United States citizen who is over the age of twenty-one
Fiancé (e) visa this visa is for persons planning to marry an American citizen and reside in the United States. It gives the applicant the permission to enter the states for 90 -180 days to complete the marriage then he/she applies to the (USCIS) to extend his/her stay in the United States. If you are applying for employment visa you must fall under one of these categories: Priority Worker who has extra ordinary abilities, Member of a Profession holding advanced degree and exceptional abilities, skilled worker holding baccalaureate degree in a profession that have shortage in the United States.
Investor who intend to invest about 500,000 – 1,000,000 $ in an enterprise and employ at least 10 unrelated employees then you apply for. The diversity lottery visa, this visa have conditions that changes every year in accordance to us security requirement but in general to be eligible you must have completed a minimum of twelve years education including FOUR years of high school which must be the equivalent of a U.S. High School diploma . The fees of immigrant visa ranging from 400 – 800 $
The consulate office provide all the information about documentations, forms, required photos and medical examination about your application
Information Office
Various information about topics like us-Australian relations, agricultural, international relation issues and many more topics related to the United States can be answered by the embassy IRC librarians Student & teacher
Primary school students, secondary school students and their teachers
can access many sources, provided by the embassy, about a variety
of topics like: art& culture, education, history, travel, us-
government, study in the USA and many more. The teachers can also
arrange visits for their classes to the embassy
| Public Holiday |
Country |
Canberra |
Melbourne |
Perth |
Sydney |
Date observed |
| Key |
| Yes Holiday is observed. |
| No Holiday is not observed. |
| New Year's Day |
United States Australia |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Tuesday, 1 January 2008 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr's Birthday |
United States |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Monday, 21 January 2008 |
| Australia Day |
Australia |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Monday, 28 January 2008 |
| Washington's Birthday |
United States |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Monday, 18 February 2008 |
| Labour Day |
Australia |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Monday, 3 March 2008 |
| Labour Day |
Australia |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Monday, 10 March 2008 |
| Canberra Day |
Australia |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Monday, 10 March 2008 |
| Good Friday |
Australia |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Friday, 21 March 2008 |
| Easter Monday |
Australia |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Monday, 24 March 2008 |
| Anzac Day |
Australia |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Friday, 25 April 2008 |
| Memorial Day |
United States |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Monday, 26 May 2008 |
| Foundation Day |
Australia |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Monday, 2 June 2008 |
| Queen's Birthday |
Australia |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Monday, 9 June 2008 |
| Independence Day |
United States |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Friday, 4 July 2008 |
| Labor Day |
United States |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Monday, 1 September 2008 |
| Queen's Birthday |
Australia |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Monday, 29 September 2008 |
| Labour Day |
Australia |
Yes |
No |
No |
Yes |
Monday, 6 October 2008 |
| Columbus Day |
United States |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Monday, 13 October 2008 |
| Melbourne Cup Day |
Australia |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Tuesday, 4 November 2008 |
| Family & Community Day |
Australia |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Tuesday, 4 November 2008 |
| Veterans Day |
United States |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Monday, 11 November 2008 |
| Thanksgiving Day |
United States |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Thursday, 27 November 2008 |
| Christmas Day |
United States Australia |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Thursday, 25 December 2008 |
| Boxing Day |
Australia |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Friday, 26 December 2008 |
| New Year's Day |
United States Australia |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Thursday, 1 January 2009 |
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