Visitor
Visitor Visa Australia (Subclass 600, 601, & 651)
Background
What can we do for you?
With extensive experience leading the Australian Private Client Practice of the world’s largest immigration law firm, our staff are well placed to assist with all issues relating to Visitor visas, including applications, cancellations, and merits review of unsuccessful cases.
Electronic Travel Authority (subclass 601)
- Allow you to enter as many times as you want, for up to 12 months from the grant;
- Allow you to stay up to three months for each visit;
- Not allow you to work in Australia on this visa.
The eligible passport holders consist of:
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Brunei
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Malaysia
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Canada
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Singapore
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Hong Kong (SAR of China)
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South Korea
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Japan
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United States
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eVisitor (subclass 651)
Broadly speaking, you may be eligible for an eVisitor if you:
- Intend to visit Australia only temporarily and for tourism or business visitor purposes
- Are outside Australia
- Hold an evisitor-eligible passport
- Are free of tuberculosis when you enter Australia
- Have not been convicted of an offense or offenses for which the total sentence is more than 12 months (whether or not the sentence has been served).
E-Visitor-eligible passports are citizen passports issued by the following countries:
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Andorra
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Greece
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Norway
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Austria
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Hungary
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Poland
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Belgium
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Iceland
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Portugal
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Bulgaria
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Ireland
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Romania
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Croatia
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Italy
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Republic of San Marino
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Cyprus
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Latvia
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Slovak Republic
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Czech Republic
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Liechtenstein
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Slovenia
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Denmark
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Lithuania
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Spain
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Estonia
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Luxembourg
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Sweden
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Finland
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Malta
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Switzerland
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France
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Monaco
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United Kingdom – British Citizen
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Germany
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The Netherlands
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Vatican City (Holy See)
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You are not eligible to apply for the eVisitor if your only passport is a British National Overseas, British Dependent Territories Citizen, British Overseas Citizen, British Protected Person, or British Subject passport.
Visitor Visa (subclass 600)
You might be able to get this visa if you are travelling to Australia:
- Genuinely intend to stay temporarily in Australia; and
- You fit under one of the streams (Tourist, Family Sponsored Stream, Business Visitor Stream, Approved Destination Status, Frequent Traveller Stream)
Usually, these visas are valid for 12 months with a stay period of 3 months.
Note that Visitor visas do not permit you to work or provide services to any business/organization in Australia, or sell goods or services to the public whilst in Australia (unpaid genuine volunteer work may be permitted in certain circumstances).
The Genuine Temporary Stay Requirement
All Visitor visa streams require that the applicant ‘genuinely intends’ to stay temporarily in Australia for the purpose for which the visa is granted.
Officers must consider three matters:
- whether the applicant has complied substantially with the conditions to which the last substantive visa, or any subsequent bridging visa, held by the applicant was subject;
- whether the applicant intends to comply with the conditions;
- any other relevant matter.
For certain nationalities, this criterion can pose a significant barrier and a successful visa will require detailed submissions addressing the above point before granting a Visitor visa. Speak to an experienced immigration provider to determine your prospects.