A unique and diverse country in every way – culture, population, climate, geography, and history, Australia has a culture that is as broad and varied as the country’s landscape and has been playing host to several tourists and businessmen for years. Whether you happen to be a tourist wishing to travel and explore the colours and excitement of Australia, or you are a professional, wanting to do business in the country, the first step to visiting Australia lies in obtaining a valid visa to enter and spend time in Australia.

There are several visit visas available for Australia:

• E- Visitor
• Australian ETA visa
• Australian Short Travel Visa
• ETA Business Visitor

Basic Eligibility Criteria

• Genuine intention to visit
• Must satisfy health requirements
• Must satisfy character requirements
• Demonstrate that they have sufficient funds to support their travel.
• Applicants who apply for a visa whilst outside the country must be outside the country at the time of grant.
• Applicants who are in Australia (applying for a visa extension) must be inside the country at the time of grant.

Visit Visa Processing Time

Depending on the risk level of the visa application, the processing time for an Australian tourist visa can take anywhere from 1 working day to 1 month. The basic documents required for an application are: for an application are:

• Application charge
• Employment Details
• Financial Documents
• Health and Character documents
• Print the name of the person on the back of each photograph.
• These photographs should be of the head and shoulders only against a plain background.
• Print the name of the person on the back of each photograph.
• Form 1419 Application for a Visitor Visa – Tourist Visitor Stream
• Two recent passport-sized photographs (45 mm x 35 mm) of each person included in the application.
• Notarized copy of all pages of current passport, including the bio data page, alterations page and back page of the passport

Visit Visa Extension

People in Australia who want to apply online to extend their stay for tourism purposes are required to meet all of the following conditions:

• Hold a substantive visa
• Meet all the eligibility criteria for this visa.
• Not have condition 8503 ‘No further stay’ imposed on your current visa or have been granted an 8503 waiver

Advantages

Even if your application gets rejected or is cancelled, under Australian migration law, you always have ways to re-represent your case. In case of refusal or cancellation, you can try applying again with a different representation of your case or in a different subclass.