Electronic lodgement (via email or fax) is preferred for all applications, including business proposals - do not post originals in addition to electronic lodgement. Applications should only be posted to FIRB if you are unable to submit your application via email or fax. Please note that postal applications generally take longer to process.
| Email: |
firbrealestateapplications@treasury.gov.au - for real estate purchases; or firbbusinessapplications@treasury.gov.au - for business acquisitions (ie acquisitions of shares in a company operating an Australian business). |
| Fax: | 02 6263 2940 |
| Post: | The Executive Member Foreign Investment Review Board c/- The Treasury Langton Crescent PARKES ACT 2600 |
All applications that are received via email will be acknowledged with an automatically generated message confirming receipt. Please contact us if you do not receive an automatic message shortly after sending your application.
No fees or charges apply to applications.
Please do not combine multiple large documents into a single attachment. Each individual element of the application should be submitted as separate file attachments to the email. The preferred format for attachments would be as .pdf or .doc files. Applicants are requested to avoid attaching multiple individual pages as separate picture files. The email message should also include a webpage hyperlink to the appropriate current web addresses of any other material or information relevant to the application. Separate attachments would include the following:
Please note that emails larger than 10 megabytes will be blocked. If necessary, please send multiple emails as follows:
Acquisitions which are subject to the Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers Act 1975 (the FATA) require a statutory notice to be submitted to FIRB in accordance with the relevant form as prescribed under the Foreign Acquisitions and Takeovers (Notices) Regulations 1975 as follows:
If you have already acquired the interest (for example, if you have entered an unconditional contract, or if the conditions have lapsed and your contract is now unconditional) without prior approval, you have breached the FATA - you should submit an application for retrospective approval (do not submit a statutory notice).
Click on the relevant page to access the application forms (including the relevant statutory notices), as well as specific details on how to submit an application:
Please note that new streamlined application forms have been introduced for acquisitions of residential real estate which meet the eligibility criteria. Applications submitted on the previous forms (e.g. R3, C1 and/or Form 3 Notice under section 26A) are no longer valid.