Latest travel advice for Indonesia

 

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• Travel advice for Indonesia
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Consular, passport and notarial services

The Consulate-General is open Mon-Fri for normal business hours (8am – 4pm). Consular, notarial and passport services are by appointment only. There are additional security screening requirements if you are required to attend the Consulate-General. Please refer to appointment bookings for more information.

No appointment is required to collect a passport.

 

After hours emergency contact

FOR EMERGENCIES ONLY, Australian and Canadian citizens requiring urgent assistance outside normal Consulate-General office hours, including weekends and public holidays:

• Call (+62 361) 2000 100. Follow the instructions (press 4, wait for the information recording to begin and then press 6), this will connect you to the 24 hour Consular Emergency Centre in Canberra.
• Alternatively, call the Consular Emergency Centre in Canberra directly on (+61 2) 6261 3305.

Non-urgent enquiries can be made by email to [email protected]

 

Information for Voting in the NSW, ACT and Queensland local elections

NSW Local Government elections

NSW Local Government elections will take place on Saturday, 14 September 2024. If you’ll be overseas, you can complete a postal vote. Apply online or download an application form to postal vote. Applications close at 5pm Monday, 9 September 2024. 

 

You must complete your postal vote by 6pm AEST on 14 September. Completed postal votes must be received by the NSW Electoral Commission by 6pm, 27 September 2024.

 

ACT election

The 2024 ACT Legislative Assembly election day is 19 October 2024. If you’re overseas on election day, you can vote early, vote by postal vote or can let Elections ACT know that you can’t vote. To vote early you must be in the ACT between 8 October and 19 October 2024.

 

To send a postal vote, submit an Elections ACT Postal Vote Application and the ACT Electoral Commission will send you your voting papers from 30 September 2024 onwards. Postal vote applications must be submitted no later than 5pm AEST on Friday, 11 October 2024, in order to receive your ballot papers in time. To be counted, your completed vote must reach Elections ACT by 5pm on 25 October 2024.

 

See Going overseas - Elections ACT for further information.

 

Queensland election

The Queensland State General Election will take place on 26 October 2024. Postal vote applications will open closer to the commencement of the election. Please check this page closer to the election to apply online for your postal vote: Postal voting | Electoral Commission of Queensland (ecq.qld.gov.au)

 

The Australian Consulate-General in Bali will not be open for in person voting for these elections.

 

Public Holidays 2024

The Australian Consulate-General will be closed on the following dates: 

• Monday 1 January 2024
• Friday 26 January 2024
• Wednesday 28 February 2024
• Thursday 29 February 2024
• Monday 11 March 2024
• Tuesday 12 March 2024
• Friday 29 March 2024
• Monday 1 April 2024 
• Wednesday 10 April 2024
• Thursday 11 April 2024
• Wednesday 25 September 2024
• Thursday 26 September 2024
• Wednesday 25 December 2024
• Thursday 26 December 2024

 

Public Holidays 2025

The Australian Consulate-General will be closed on the following dates:

• Wednesday 1 January 2025
• Monday 27 January 2025
• Monday 31 March 2025
• Friday 18 April 2025
• Monday 21 April 2025
• Tuesday 22 April 2025
• Wednesday 23 April 2025
• Friday 6 June 2025
• Monday 6 October 2025
• Wednesday 19 November 2025
• Thursday 20 November 2025
• Thursday 25 December 2025
• Friday 26 December 2025
• Monday 29 December 2025