British Consulate General Sydney
Source: gov.uk (2025-09-01)

The British Consulate-General in Sydney represents the UK government in Australia.

Find out more on our UK and Australia news page (https://www.gov.uk/world/australia/news). We provide services to British nationals living in and visiting New South Wales. You can access UK government services while in Australia (https://www.gov.uk/world/australia).

If you’re travelling in Australia, see our Australia travel advice (https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/australia).

Getting help

If you cannot get the support you need from local services, the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) can help British people abroad.

We prioritise emergencies and people who are vulnerable, for example, if someone’s:
- ill, injured, or involved in a crime
- with a British person who’s died
Get help from FCDO (https://www.contact.service.csd.fcdo.gov.uk/posts/australia/british-consulate-general-sydney)

Get an emergency travel document

You can apply for an emergency travel document (https://www.gov.uk/emergency-travel-document) (ETD) if you’re abroad and your passport has been lost or stolen (https://www.gov.uk/report-a-lost-or-stolen-passport), damaged or expired, and you can’t get a new or replacement passport in time to travel.

Apply online for an emergency travel document (https://www.gov.uk/emergency-travel-document).

If the person needing the emergency travel document is under 16, a parent or guardian should apply on their behalf.

If you are travelling in more than 3 weeks, check if you can get a new or replacement passport (https://www.gov.uk/renew-adult-passport) in time to travel.

If you are not a British citizen or have not had a British passport before

If you’re not sure, check if you’re a British citizen (https://www.gov.uk/check-british-citizen).

If you’re not a British citizen but think you may be eligible, contact us to apply for an emergency travel document (https://www.contact.service.csd.fcdo.gov.uk/posts/australia/british-consulate-general-sydney).

Other consular services

Notarial and documentary services

Our consulates around Australia are unable to carry out notarial acts under the Commissioner of Oaths Act 1889, and on instruction from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in London.

This includes certifying documents as true copies of originals, administering oaths or taking affidavits. For these or other notarial acts, or the legalising of documents, please contact a notary public (https://www.notarylocator.com.au/).

See the full list of notarial and documentary services for British people abroad (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/documents-for-british-people-abroad).

Consular fees

See the full list of consular fees (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/consular-services-fees).

We also provide services in:
- Brisbane (https://www.gov.uk/world/organisations/british-consulate-brisbane)
- Canberra (https://www.gov.uk/government/world/organisations/british-high-commission-canberra)
- Melbourne (https://www.gov.uk/government/world/organisations/british-consulate-general-melbourne)
- Perth (https://www.gov.uk/government/world/organisations/british-consulate-perth)