Apply by E-Mail

1. To obtain Renewal of Depot License, the applicant has to approach Australian Border Force. Contact details are mentioned in “Office Locations & Contacts” of this page. Or use the following given Contact Link
2. All licence holders will receive an invoice from the Australian Border Force for the annual licence fee at the time of renewal.
3. The applicant has to fill-in all the details in the form.
4. Applicant should make sure to attach all the documents that are mentioned under the “Required Documents” section of this page (Both photocopies and originals).
5. E-Mail the application with the required document to appropriate office.
6. E-Mailing address is mentioned in “Office Locations & Contacts” of this page.
7. The processing time of this procedure is 90 days.
8. The fee of this procedure is mentioned under the “Fees” section of this page.
9. Australian Border Force will issue the certificate and notice the applicant via mail.
10. Please contact Australian Border Force for further details.

• Renewal License.
• Invoice for the annual licence fee.
• Payment receipt.

Main Office:
Australian Border Force
Cairns International Airport
Airport Ave
Cairns Qld 4870

Mailing Address:
Australian Border Force
Customs Licensing
GPO Box 9984
SYDNEY NSW 2001
Email: licen@abf.gov.au

Regional Office:
​​Level 1
MBF Building
25 Argyle Street
Hobart Tas 7001
Contact Link

• Depot License is eligible for licence holders, who may be an individual, a company or a partnership.

• The Application for this procedure is $4000.

Explain the time until which the certificate/document is valid.
e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

Please attach documents that can be used by people. e.g. links

Please attach sample completed documents that would help other people.

• The processing time of this procedure is 90 days.

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications.
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type='website'>video ID|width|height<&/video&>
from external websites.
Please remove the '&' inside the emptags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver,
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M' Video ID is 'Y0US7oR_t3M'.

• Instructions for the procedure Link

The information needed to be filled in the application form are listed below:

• Personal details
• Payment details
• Criminal / Traffic charge, conviction or pecuniary penalties

• Depots are locations that have been granted permission by the Australian Border Force for importers to store products that need to be transported away from the dock or airport but have not yet been approved for domestic use.

• For more information Link

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

Place some external links which might help.

More information which might help people.