Australian Embassy
Republic of Korea
Embassy address: 11th Fl, Kyobo Building, 1 Jongno 1-Ga, Jongno-Gu, Seoul - Telephone: 02 2003 0100

Resident Return Visa

If you are an Australian permanent resident, or last held an Australian permanent resident visa on last departing Australia, you can apply for a new resident return visa.

If you have physically resided in Australia for at least 2 years or a total of 730 days in the last five years, you may be eligible for a resident return visa valid for 5 years. If you cannot meet this requirement, you may be eligible for either the 5 year visa or a 3 month resident return visa if you can provide evidence that you have substantial business, cultural, employment or personal ties to Australia.

To apply for a Resident Return Visa, you will need to:

Please complete and sign the application form and forward application with your visa application charge and all the required additional documents to the Australian Embassy. The average processing time is 1- 2 weeks.

If you wish to have a valid resident return visa transferred from an old passport to a new passport this can be done by completing Form 1085 and paying an application charge.
See: Form 1085, Application for a resident return visa (RRV) or replacement evidence of an RRV