How long does a passport take in Melbourne?

Two different answers, and both are the Consulate's. The counter visit has a published total processing time of 15 minutes on one route and 20 minutes on the other. The passport itself takes 6 to 8 weeks.

How much is a Philippine passport in Melbourne?

AU$108.00, the same as Canberra and Sydney. An extension is AU$45.00 and replacing a lost ePassport is AU$270.00, both matching Canberra exactly.

Do the three Australian posts charge the same?

Melbourne and Canberra agree line for line: AU$108.00 passport, AU$45.00 extension, AU$270.00 lost ePassport, AU$90.00 dual citizenship principal and AU$45.00 dependent. Sydney matches on the passport but publishes AU$36.00 for an extension, so it is the outlier of the three on that one line.

Cash or debit card, at Window No. 7, which the charter identifies as the cashier. The passport route sends you to the Reception Desk first for appointment verification, then to Window No. 6 or 7 for document checking, then to Window No. 7 to pay.

Do I need an appointment?

Yes. The charter's first step is the Reception Desk verifying your appointment through the Global Online Appointment System, and asks you to present proof of appointment or the GOAS application form.

What are the counter times for other services?

Notarial 13 minutes, civil registry 14 minutes on one route and 16 on another, NBI 25 minutes, LTO 14 minutes, visa 10 minutes and 14 minutes, and dual citizenship 60 minutes, the longest on the charter.

When do I get a notarised document back?

5 working days. The same 5 working days applies to civil registry documents. That is the release time, separate from the 13 to 16 minutes the charter gives for the counter transaction itself.

Philippine Consulate Melbourne: Fees and Step Times

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Quick answer

The Philippine Consulate General in Melbourne charges AU$108.00 for a passport, AU$45.00 for notarial and civil registry work and AU$90.00 for dual citizenship. Its Citizen's Charter puts the counter visit at 15 to 20 minutes, while the passport itself takes 6 to 8 weeks.

Sourced

Every figure on this page is from Philippine Consulate General Melbourne's own published documents.

Last verified 2 Sep 20265 sources, listed below

Passport Citizen's Charter1 · Notarial Citizen's Charter2 · Civil Registry Citizen's Charter3 · Dual Citizenship Citizen's Charter4 · NBI Citizen's Charter5. PHGuides is independent and not affiliated with DFA.

How we verify All sources on file

Melbourne is the only post in this batch that publishes a real Citizen’s Charter: every service broken into steps, with the window, the officer, the fee and a total processing time in minutes. It is also the clearest illustration that a counter time and a waiting time are not the same number.

Two clocks, and only one of them is minutes

Service	Time at the counter	Time until you have the document
Passport	15 or 20 minutes	6 to 8 weeks
Notarial	13 minutes	5 working days
Civil registry	14 or 16 minutes	5 working days
Dual citizenship	60 minutes	not published
NBI	25 minutes	not published
LTO	14 minutes	not published
Visa	10 or 14 minutes	not published

A passport is 15 minutes of counter time and 6 to 8 weeks of waiting. At the low end that is 40 days against a quarter of an hour, a ratio of roughly 3,800 to one. Reading only the charter’s headline number would give entirely the wrong impression of the errand.

Dual citizenship at 60 minutes is the longest counter transaction on the charter, four times a notarial at 13 minutes, because the oath is taken during the visit rather than issued afterwards.

The Consulate attaches the same caveat to every total: the duration of processing and releasing may vary due to unusual circumstances.

The passport route, step by step

Step	Where	Published time
Appointment verification through the Global Online Appointment System	Reception Desk	1-2 minutes
Checking the application form and supporting documents for completeness and accuracy	Window No. 6 or 7	2 minutes
Payment, cash or debit card	Window No. 7, cashier

The charter notes that the document-checking step may take longer in the queue, which is the only place it concedes the published minutes are optimistic.

Fees

Service	Fee (AUD)
Passport	108.00
Extension	45.00
Replacement of a lost ePassport	270.00
Notarial	45.00
Civil registry	45.00
NBI	45.00
Dual citizenship, principal	90.00
Dual citizenship, dependent	45.00
Visas, across their classes	36.00, 54.00, 72.00, 108.00, 162.00, 216.00, 270.00

The three Australian posts, compared

Service	Melbourne	Canberra	Sydney
Passport	108.00	108.00	108.00
Replacement of a lost ePassport	270.00	270.00	315.00, plus affidavit
Extension	45.00	45.00	36.00
Dual citizenship, principal	90.00	90.00	not published

Melbourne and Canberra agree line for line. Sydney agrees on the passport, and its higher lost-passport figure resolves once its bundled 45.00 affidavit is accounted for.

The extension does not resolve. Two posts publish 45.00 and one publishes 36.00, which makes Sydney the outlier rather than the pair being wrong. Nothing on any of the three schedules explains the 9.00 difference.

Requirement checklists for all three are in the passport renewal in Australia guide, and clearance from abroad in the NBI clearance abroad guide.

What this page does not cover

Melbourne publishes no street address, no telephone number and no office hours on the charter pages read for this guide, so none appears above. Its LTO charter gives a 14 minute processing time but no fee, so nothing here states what that service costs. Release times are published only for notarial and civil registry, at 5 working days each; dual citizenship, NBI, LTO and visa give a counter time and nothing else.

Frequently asked questions

How long does a passport take in Melbourne?: Two different answers, and both are the Consulate's. The counter visit has a published total processing time of 15 minutes on one route and 20 minutes on the other. The passport itself takes 6 to 8 weeks.
How much is a Philippine passport in Melbourne?: AU$108.00, the same as Canberra and Sydney. An extension is AU$45.00 and replacing a lost ePassport is AU$270.00, both matching Canberra exactly.
Do the three Australian posts charge the same?: Melbourne and Canberra agree line for line: AU$108.00 passport, AU$45.00 extension, AU$270.00 lost ePassport, AU$90.00 dual citizenship principal and AU$45.00 dependent. Sydney matches on the passport but publishes AU$36.00 for an extension, so it is the outlier of the three on that one line.
How do I pay?: Cash or debit card, at Window No. 7, which the charter identifies as the cashier. The passport route sends you to the Reception Desk first for appointment verification, then to Window No. 6 or 7 for document checking, then to Window No. 7 to pay.
Do I need an appointment?: Yes. The charter's first step is the Reception Desk verifying your appointment through the Global Online Appointment System, and asks you to present proof of appointment or the GOAS application form.
What are the counter times for other services?: Notarial 13 minutes, civil registry 14 minutes on one route and 16 on another, NBI 25 minutes, LTO 14 minutes, visa 10 minutes and 14 minutes, and dual citizenship 60 minutes, the longest on the charter.
When do I get a notarised document back?: 5 working days. The same 5 working days applies to civil registry documents. That is the release time, separate from the 13 to 16 minutes the charter gives for the counter transaction itself.
Are the published times guaranteed?: No. The Consulate adds the same note against every total: the duration of processing and releasing may vary due to unusual circumstances.