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Published on: January 23rd, 2022
By: RCIC Maher Dery
VISITOR VISAS TO AUSTRALIA
VISITOR VISAS TO AUSTRALIA
ELECTRONIC TRAVEL AUTHORITY (SUBCLASS 601)
Features
This visa lets you visit Australia:
- To visit or for business visitor purposes
- as many times as you want, for up to a year
- and stay up to three months for each visit.
You must not work in Australia on this visa.
If eligible to apply for online applications, you will need to pay a service fee of AUD20.
Requirements
You might be able to get an Electronic Travel Authority if you are:
- outside Australia
- a passport holder of a certain country.
EVISITOR (SUBCLASS 651)
Features
This visa lets you visit Australia:
- to visit or for business visitor purposes
- for up to three months at a time within a 12-month period.
This is a free visa.
Requirements
You might be able to get an eVisitor if you are:
- outside Australia
- a passport holder of a certain country.
TRANSIT VISA (SUBCLASS 771)
Features
This visa lets you and your dependent children transit through Australia for no longer than 72 hours.
Eligibility
You might be able to get this visa if:
- you need to pass through Australia on your way to another country
- you need to pass through Australia to join a ship as a member of the crew.
Length of stay
Up to 72 hours
Cost
From AUD 0
Global processing times
75 percent of applications processed in 6 days
VISITOR VISA (SUBCLASS 600)
Features
This visa lets you visit Australia:
- to visit or for business visitor purposes
- for up to three, six or 12 months.
The base application charge for this visa ranges from AUD140 to AUD1020.
The eVisitor (subclass 651) visa is free. You must be a passport holder of a certain country.
The Electronic Travel Authority (subclass 601) visa has an AUD20 service charge. You must be a passport holder of a certain country.
Requirements
You might be able to get this visa if you are travelling to Australia:
- as a visitor
- for business visitor activities
- to visit family
- on a tour with a registered travel agent from the People’s Republic of China.
If you are in Australia you can apply for the Tourist stream of the Visitor visa online provided you currently have a valid visa that does not have condition 8503 imposed.
If you are outside Australia only certain passport holders can apply for this visa online.
If you hold a passport from the People’s Republic of China and are applying from within China you might be able to apply for the Visitor Visa (subclass 600) Frequent Traveller stream visa.
WORK AND HOLIDAY VISA (SUBCLASS 462)
Features
This visa is for young people who want to holiday and work in Australia for up to a year.
Requirements
You might be able to get this visa if you:
- are at least 18 but not yet 31 years of age
- don’t have a dependent child with you at any time during your stay in Australia
- have a passport from:
- Argentina
- Bangladesh
- Chile
- China, People’s Republic of
- Hungary
- Indonesia
- Israel
- Luxembourg
- Malaysia
- Poland
- Portugal
- San Marino
- Slovak Republic
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Thailand
- Turkey
- USA
- Uruguay
- Vietnam
WORKING HOLIDAY VISA (SUBCLASS 417)
Features
This visa is for young people who want to holiday and work in Australia for up to a year.
Requirements
You might be able to get this visa if you:
- are at least 18 but not yet 31 years of age
- do not have a dependent child accompanying you at any time during your stay in Australia
- have a passport from an eligible country.
You might be able to apply online by clicking the ‘Apply now’ button below if you have a passport from an eligible country. See ‘How to Apply’ for a list of eligible countries.
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