Visitor parking permits

Useful for vehicles visiting your property or for personal use. These permits are a laminated permit which must be displayed in a vehicle to be valid. No digital protection is provided.

Apply online

If you are a registered user of My Port Phillip, you're nearly ready to apply online. Take a look at the identification requirements before you login.

If you're not, or feel unsure, you can visit our guide page for help.

Using your visitor parking permit

Visitor Permits can only be used to visit the residential property that it is linked to.

They must be displayed clearly on the passenger side of the front windscreen of the visiting vehicle. Our parking enforcement team need to see the permit details easily.

Visitor permit details are:

permit number
area you can park in
date the permit expires.

Where you can park with a visitor parking permit:

in designated permit zones (in the street or area listed on the permit)
without time limits in time-restricted areas (of 30+ minutes)

You cannot use a visitor parking permit for:

Parking in clearways, no stopping, loading zones, and any other red sign restrictions.
Any commercial purposes.
Parking any of the following vehicles: truck, trailer, motorcycle, bus, coach, towable caravan, a vehicle over 7.5m in length, or a vehicle with a Gross Vehicle Mass (GVM) greater than 4.5 tonnes.

Don’t copy, reproduce or tamper with your permit. If we think a parking permit is being misused our Local Laws Team will investigate.

Current wait time for your Visitor parking permit

Visitor Permits do not have any digital coverage and are only valid when displayed.

You can check the status of your permit application online. Log in to your My Port Phillip account anytime and check My Parking Permits.

Status	Processing time
Normal	Visitor permits: 5 days
Very busy	Visitor permits: 8 days
Extremely busy	Visitor permits: 14 days

Please allow an additional 5 business days for your permit to arrive via Australia Post.

Wait times last updated 20 May 2025.

Short stay accommodation parking

Properties utilised as short stay accommodation are ineligible for residential parking permits which includes Visitor parking permits as per the Parking Management Policy 2020. Permits are not issued to landlords or hosts for the purpose of short stay accommodation guest parking.

If you have concerns about parking related to a short stay rental property, let us know. We can investigate.

Send us a message on My Port Phillip.

Phone: 03 9209 6777