Consular assistance

For consular assistance contact your nearest Australian mission or, outside business hours, call the Consular Emergency Centre in Australia +61 2 6261 3305. For further information, read our travel advice for Australians in Brazil.

 

Voting in the 3 May 2025 Federal Election 

The Australian Federal Election has been announced for Saturday 3 May 2025. If you’re an Australian citizen overseas on the day of the election, you can still have your say by voting at on overseas voting centre or by postal vote.

In-Person Voting

You will be able to vote in-person at the Embassy in Brasilia and Consulate-General in Sao Paulo. For the schedule and what to expect in each location, please access Brasilia and Sao Paulo pages.

Please note that in-person voting will not be available on 3 May 2025.

Postal Voting

If you are overseas and are unable to vote in-person, you can visit the AEC website to apply for a postal vote.

Postal vote packs will be sent to you by international courier from Australia commencing three weeks before polling day. The latest date to request an overseas postal vote from the AEC is 6pm, Wednesday 30 April 2025. Please note this may be too late for your postal vote to reach you and you are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. If you provided an email address or phone number when applying for a postal vote, you will receive an automatic notification when it is dispatched.

If you did not provide an email address or phone number and your postal vote does not arrive within 10 days from the date you submitted your application, call the AEC on +61 2 6160 2600.

You can mail your completed postal vote to the Brasilia Embassy or Consulate-Generate in Sao Paulo or drop it off in person no later than 4pm Friday, 02 May 2025.

You can also return your postal vote directly to the AEC in Australia. The cost to return your postal vote by courier or mail to the Embassy, Consulate-General or to the AEC in Australia is your responsibility.

For your postal vote to be counted it must be completed before 6pm AWST time 3 May 2025, and received by the AEC in Australia by 6pm Friday 16 May 2025 AEST.

Further information

You must be enrolled to vote. You can enrol, update your details or check your details on the AEC website.

If you can't vote because you are overseas, you need to advise the AEC by completing an Overseas Notification Form.

Find additional information on the election and voting at these websites:

aec.gov.au

Smartraveller.gov.au.

Australia's biosecurity and border controls

The Australian government controls the movement of people and goods across our border. This is to protect Australia\'s environment, economy, health and wellbeing, and security.

To avoid issues, penalties and fines, and to reduce the risk of experiencing delays when you travel to Australia, consider:

• any COVID-19 requirements you may have to meet
• the declarations you need to complete
• the documents you need to pass through Australian immigration
• any biosecurity restrictions and requirements
• any import requirements.