American Embassy in Canberra Australia

The US-embassy in Canberra Australia presents a lot of useful information for you, whether you are us-citizen staying in Australia or you are Australian planning to visit the states, let us take a quick tour through the services so you can have an idea about how it can serve you.

American citizen
The embassy shows the American citizens resident in Australia which consulate office serves your region of residence and its working hours, registering your stay in Australia and its advantages. This section also provides valuable information about United States & Australian customs regulations, dual nationality, travel warnings and public announcements.

Also include phone numbers that you can use for emergencies concerning deaths of American citizen, stolen green cards and lost passports. You can also know all information needed for issuing and reissuing of United States passports, Registering births & deaths of American citizens in Australia. You will find detailed fees chart and payment methods accepted in each consulate office.

United States visa
You can apply for different visas for United States. If you are traveling for less than 90 days and you qualify for visa waiver program (VWP) so you do not need a visa for this trip. If you do not qualify for this program you have to issue non-immigrant visa, you will find all requirements needed to issue non-immigrant visa. For immigrant visa there are 4 kinds: immediate relative, that applies if you are: The spouse or minor unmarried children of a United States citizen or the parents of a United States citizen who is over the age of twenty-one.

Fiancé (e) visa which is applicable for people intending to marry an American citizen and reside in the states, this type of visa allow the applicant to enter the states for 90 -180 days to complete the marriage they have to apply to the (USCIS) to extend their stay in the United States and after 2 years apply once more to remove the conditional stay. employment visa you go for this type if you are: Priority Worker who have 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 $ and employ at least 10 unrelated employees.

diversity lottery visa, this type of visa have conditions that changes every year at the admission time on October and the electronic lottery takes place on November/December 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 $

You will find all the documentations needed, application forms to be filled, photograph requirement

Information Office
The consulate is concerned with providing answers to various topics of interest about the United States like us-Australian relations, agricultural and international relation issues and other various topics

Student & teacher
Pool of e-sources about many topics as: art& culture, education, history, travel, us- government and many more. It suits students of primary school, secondary school and their teachers and how they can arrange a visit for their classes to the embassy. Also resources for study in the USA are found

Embassy Holiday List 2008