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Mali: Biometric passport (e-passport AES Mali) in Australia

  • Checked 24 October 2026

Check with the office. The official pages for this service leave out some details, or are older than a year. Use this page as a starting point and confirm fees and documents before you apply.

Malian nationals apply for the new biometric passport at the embassy; fingerprints of all ten fingers are taken in ink.

Where to apply in Australia

Embassy of Mali, Tokyo, Japan (non-resident; also covers Australia, NZ, South Korea and the Philippines). An honorary consulate is listed in Elwood, Victoria in DFAT data, but no official services page for it was found.

Applications from Australia may be sent by post or courier with a prepaid return envelope; the embassy is not liable for items lost in the post. Fees are paid in yen by transfer (JPY 4,000 receiving-bank commission plus sender's bank commission); if no return envelope is supplied add JPY 3,201 postage for Australia.

Contact details for every office are on the page of the embassy and consulates of Mali.

How to apply

Download the form from the embassy site | assemble the documents | send to Tokyo by post or courier (or attend there) | pay by bank transfer in yen.

Documents you need

Fees and processing time

Processing time: Not fixed; page says indefinite.

Good to know

Page is in French; fees in JPY. Page undated. A 2025 notice announced the new passport; the in-person fingerprinting means postal lodgement may not be possible.

Official sources

Check before you apply

This page summarises information published by Mali's official channels, last checked on 24 octubre 2026. Fees and requirements can change at short notice, so confirm with the office that will handle your case.

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