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Visa Labels
On this page: Do I require a visa label? and Which Visa Office will put a visa label in my passport?
Do I require a visa label?
Australia’s modern electronic visa system does not require you to have a visa label placed in your passport to confirm your immigration status and entitlements in Australia.
When you check-in to fly to Australia, airline staff will use your passport to electronically confirm that you have authority to travel to Australia prior to boarding the aircraft. See: About Your Visa
Please note that the majority of visa holders from the People's Republic of China will require a visa label in their passport as an exit requirement of the Chinese Government.
Clients who have been granted a visa in China and require a visa label will have one placed in their passport when it is returned to them by the relevant Australian Visa Office in China.
Clients who have had their visa applications granted in Australia can have their visa label, if required, placed in their passport by an Australian Visa Office in China.
Which Visa Office will put a visa label in my passport?
If required, your nearest Visa Office (Beijing, Guangzhou or Shanghai) can place a visa label in your passport after your visa has been granted. This is called ‘visa evidencing’.
If you previously had a visa label but you need a new visa label (e.g. you get a new passport), your visa will need to be ‘re-evidenced’. In this case you should also contact your nearest Visa Office (Beijing, Guangzhou or Shanghai).
Note: If you have been granted a Student visa, from 1 April 2012 you will no longer require a visa label to depart China. For further details see: Travelling to Australia as a Student visa holder.
Please follow the links below for details on visa evidencing procedures at each Australian Visa Office:
- Beijing
- Guangzhou
- Shanghai
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