A dwelling is one of the basic things that every human being needs. Not only for a recidency place, a dwelling can also be owned as an asset because it has economic value. These days, the increasing globalization of the world can be seen from the growing number of foreign workers in Indonesia from time to time. A dwelling is also needed by the foreign workers as a place to live by in the country. The Territory of Victoria has the highest percentage of dwelling ownership by foreigners amongst the other territories in Australia. This comparison has the purpose to find any similarities or differences between the regulation in both countries. This research uses a judicial normative methodology to figure out the principles, rules and law system. The data that has been used in this research was obtained from documents study such as books. Basically, foreigners could have a dwelling in Indonesia with leasehold and hak pakai. While in Australia, foreigners could have a dwelling with leasehold or freehold. The foreigners who wanted to have a dwelling in Victoria need apply and receive approval from the Foreign Investment Review Board with some amount of application cost. The Foreign Investment Review Board is a government board that control the amount of foreign investment within Australia, including dwelling ownership acquisitions for the foreigners.