Australian Consulate-General
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Services for Australians

Notice

Australian Passport changes from 1 January 2017

On 1 January 2017, a number of changes regarding Australian Passports will come into effect. These include:

  • Australian passport and travel document fees will increase
  • Collection of lost/stolen fees will cease. However, if your passport was lost/stolen your future passports may have a shorter length of validity
  • Children aged 16 or 17 will now be issued 10-year validity passports. Applicants must attend passport interviews along with their parent or guardian when lodging an application; and
  • If you have concerns about showing evidence of your citizenship, you can apply for an Australian citizenship certificate issued by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection (DIBP) – Form 119 Application for evidence of Australian citizenship - here.

For further information, please visit Australian Passports websites website : www.passports.gov.au or contact us on +84 28 3521 8100 from 8:30am to 5pm Monday to Friday.

Consular and Passport Services

The Consular and Notarial Services counter is open from 09:00am to 1:00 pm, Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays.

Notarial and Passport services will be provided by appointment only.

Please note queuing times may be lengthy. For prompt service please ensure you have all necessary supporting documents with you before you attend the Consulate.

Please book an appointment via https://acghcmc.setmore.com.

What we can and cannot do

The Australian Consulate-General in Ho Chi Minh City can provide a range of consular, passport and notarial services. For further information on these, please click on the links provided below:

For information on associated fees for passport and notarial services, please call the Australian Consulate-General on +84 28 3521 8100 and follow the prompts. All fees are payable in Vietnamese Dong only. Payment methods available are cash, credit and debit cards.

Travel information for Australians

Living in Vietnam

  •  Overseas births, adoptions and surrogacies

    • For general information, please click here.

    •  For information on adoptions relevant to Vietnam, please click here.

Elections

Former residents returning to Australia

Centrelink International Services

Provides information about Centrelink International Services, the area of Centrelink responsible for delivery of social welfare payments to customers who are outside of Australia for 13 weeks or more.