From 2nd June 2003, the Honorary Consulate in Melbourne has, in consultation with the High Commission of India in Canberra, discontinued all services for Indian passports. Indian passport holders in the State of Victoria are requested to contact the High Commission for the services.

Detail information on types of services and fees can be found in the High Commission's website:   

The High Commission would like to inform all Indians who need passport service to send their passports directly to the High Commission in Canberra along with a self-addressed registered or express post envelope. All the passport received by post would be acknowledged by the High commission by post along with a receipt, which could be used as a future reference for contact with the High Commission.

If any application is found incomplete, the applicant would be contacted by the High Commission to complete the form, Application forms have been simplified and are available on High Commission's website for downloading. Those who do not have access to computers can obtain the form by post from the High Commission by sending a written request along with a self-addressed stamped envelope. in order to keep track of any complaints about delays and enquiries relating to status of their case, the applicants are requested to contact the High Commission by e-mail, fax or letter.

The new system has been introduced in order to help the Honorary Consulate to re-organise and make it cost effective. As and when it reaches the break-even point, we would be restoring the passport services to the Honorary Consulate in consultation with them.

The new system should not inconvenience Indian passport holders. On the contrary, they benefit in the following way.

• Service charge of $13.00, over and above the consular fee, need not be paid, and

• Hitherto, the Honorary Consulate was collecting the Indian passports and sending them to the High Commission once a week for service. Similarly, the High Commission was also returning the passports to Honorary Consulate only once a week. The Honorary Consulate functioned only as a post office. Under the new system, time taken for the service would be reduced by more than a week.

It is requested that Consular Section may kindly be contacted by e-mail: