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Embassy of Australia in Washington D.C.

Verified 29 Sep 2026

Australian Embassy in Washington · Washington D.C., United States

Visit and contact

  • Address 1601 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036, United States
    Directions
  • Telephone +1 202 797 3000
    Call
  • Passport office +1 202 797 3008 Printed on the passport locations page.
    Call
  • Department of Home Affairs Global Service Centre +61 2 6196 0196 Embassy and consulates say they cannot answer visa, immigration, customs or citizenship questions. Call the Global Service Centre.
    Call
  • Consular Emergency Centre +61 2 6261 3305 From anywhere in the world. Within Australia: 1300 555 135. Canberra centre, not a local after-hours number unless the post says its phone connects through.
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  • Email
  • Passports [email protected]
    Email
  • Fax +1 202 797 3331
  • Official website usa.embassy.gov.au
    Open

Services

  • Consular assistance Available Smartraveller Consular Services Charter: contact the nearest Australian embassy, high commission or consulate, or the 24-hour Consular Emergency Centre.
  • Passport Available Appointment required In-person passport services are by appointment only. The locations page says to book on the embassy passport pages.
  • Emergency travel document Not stated Not stated separately from passport services on the official page checked.
  • Notarial Available The US locations page says the embassy and consulates provide notarial services.
  • Visa Handled elsewhere The embassy and consulates cannot provide visa information. Enquiries go to the Department of Home Affairs, Global Service Centre +61 2 6196 0196.

Serves citizens in 2 countries

  • US United States Primary mission Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern US: Alabama, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.
  • VI US Virgin Islands Primary mission

DFAT index routes the US Virgin Islands to the embassy in Washington. The embassy locations page instead assigns the US Virgin Islands to the Consulate-General in New York. Both routes are shown.

Hours Monday to Friday 8.30am to 5.00pm. The locations page still showed an undated notice of telephone maintenance on 28 February–3 March when checked on 30 September 2026. Tom Pearce is Minister-Counsellor (Management) and Consul-General; he is not the head of mission. Passport mail from Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands is accepted in Washington, while the DFAT index routes those territories to Honolulu.

Change history

    • Countries covered updated

    notes reworded for readers; no values changed.

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