About this visa

 

Who is this visa for?

This visa is for people who want to visit Australia for a holiday or recreation, visit family and/or friends, or study for up to three months. This visa may also be used for other short-term non-work purposes including study for less than three months.

This visa is for you if you are:

• Outside Australia and want to apply for a visa to visit Australia

• In Australia and want to extend your stay as a visitor.

How much will this visa cost?

You may be required to pay a visa application charge. This charge is usually not refunded if your application is unsuccessful.
See: Tourist Visa Charges

What does this visa let me do?

If granted, this visa will allow you either a single or multiple entries to Australia for the period of the visa.

Online Applications

You can apply:

• Outside Australia for an initial period of up to 12 months, or a shorter period

• In Australia to extend your stay for a total duration of up to 6 months from the date of last entry on your current visa.

Note: The period of stay granted will depend on the purpose of the visit and your personal circumstances.

Paper Applications

You can apply for a stay up to 12 months, or a shorter period.

Note: The period of stay granted will depend on the purpose of the visit and your personal circumstances.

 

You must have a genuine intention to visit Australia as a tourist, for recreation or to visit your family and/or friends.

Bringing family

Family members, under 18, who are travelling to Australia and are included on your passport, can be included in your application. Other family members who have separate passports must lodge separate applications.

Extending your stay

If you are in Australia and want to extend your stay for tourism purposes, you must apply for a new visa at least two weeks before your current visa expires.

A Tourist visa may be granted if you:

• Have complied with the conditions of your previous visa
• Meet all the eligibility criteria for this visa
• Do not have a 'No further stay' condition on your visa.

You should note that a further visa, if granted, will cease any visa or ETA currently held and the entitlements attached to that visa or ETA.

If a decision has not been made on your application before your original visa expires, you will be able to remain lawfully in Australia until the application has been finalised.

If you are refused a further visa, you must leave Australia before the expiry of your authorised stay period.

Studying

If you are granted this visa, you can study for up to three months. If you want to study longer than three months you should apply for a student visa.
See: Student visa options

Student visa holders

If you hold or last held a Student visa, you can not extend your stay in Australia on a Tourist visa, for the purposes of:

• Commencing a CRICOS registered course
  or
• Continuing or completing a CRICOS registered course in which you are enrolled.

Working

You are not able to work in Australia. If you are coming to Australia to work, you should consider applying for a visa which allows you to work in Australia.
See: Workers

Volunteer work tourism schemes

In general terms, you may be able to work as a volunteer whilst on a Tourist visa if:

• Your main purpose in visiting Australia is tourism, and any voluntary work remains incidental to this
• The work involved would not otherwise be undertaken, in return for wages, by an Australian resident
• The work is genuinely voluntary and that no remuneration is received in return for the activities.

Note: It is acceptable, under the conditions of the Tourist visa, to receive meals, accommodation and/ or reimbursement of out-of-pocket living expenses in return for voluntary work.

 

To be eligible for this visa you must have a genuine intention to visit Australia as a tourist, for recreation or to visit your family and/or friends.

If you lodge your application whilst in Australia, you must also be in Australia at the time a decision is to be made on your application.

If you lodge your application whilst outside Australia, you must also be outside at the time a decision is to be made on your application.

You must also meet the following eligibility requirements.

Health requirements

You must meet certain health requirements.
See: Health Requirements

Health Insurance

Medical treatment in Australia can be very expensive. As a tourist, you are not covered by Australia's national health scheme, unless there is a reciprocal health care agreement between Australia and your country. Health care for visitors to Australia is explained on the Medicare Australia website.
See: Medicare Australia Health Care for visitors to Australia

It is recommended that you take out health insurance for yourself and your family for the duration of your stay in Australia.

If you are 70 years of age or over

In order to satisfy the financial requirements for this visa,
you will be asked to provide evidence with your application that you have health insurance to cover your stay in Australia.

More information about Australian private health insurance is available.
See:
Department of Health and Ageing
Private Health Insurance Administration Council

Character requirements

You must meet certain character requirements.
See: Character Requirements

Financial requirements

You must have access to sufficient funds to cover all costs for the duration of your stay in Australia, including health insurance if required. You may be asked to provide evidence of your funds.
Examples: personal bank statements, pay slips, audited accounts, taxation records, credit card limit.

Debts to the Commonwealth of Australia

You must have no outstanding debts to the Commonwealth of Australia.

Children under 18 years of age

Consent to travel:
Applications for children under 18 years of age must include a consent form signed by the non-accompanying parent/s or legal guardian/s if the child is travelling:

• alone
• with only one parent or legal guardian.

See: Form 1229 Consent form to grant an Australian visa to a child under the age of 18 years (81KB PDF file)
Note: Evidence must be provided to confirm family relationship or guardianship, for example, full birth certificate stating names of both parents. Form 1229 must be witnessed by an approved party.

Support and accommodation:
Applications for children under 18 years of age must include a declaration signed by the person who will be responsible for them in Australia if the child is travelling alone and:

• not part of an organised tour group
  or
• not staying with a relative.

Note: A relative is a grandparent, grandchild, aunt, uncle, niece or nephew, a step-grandparent, step-grand-child, step-aunt, step-uncle, step-niece or step-nephew.

The person nominated as responsible for the child in Australia must:

• be 21 years of age or older
• provide the child with accommodation, support and general welfare
• remain in Australia while the child is in Australia.

See: Form 1257 Undertaking declaration (152KB PDF file)

 

You must comply with your visa validity and conditions while in Australia on a Tourist visa. A breach of these conditions may result in your visa being cancelled and you may have to leave Australia.

You can find information about your visa validity and conditions:

• If you lodged a paper application, on the visa label in your passport
• If you lodged an online application, in the letter or email advising you that your visa is granted.

Visa validity

You may be granted a Tourist visa for:

• A stay of up to 12 months, or a shorter period, depending on the purpose of the visit and your personal circumstances
• A single entry or multiple entries to Australia.

You must leave Australia on or before the date that your visa expires.
Example: If you are granted a three month stay Tourist visa and arrive in Australia on 1 January 2007, you must leave on or before 1 April 2007.

Visa conditions

You must comply with the following visa conditions:

• You must not work while in Australia
  Note: Voluntary work may be permitted.
  See : Working
• You must not study for more than three months while in Australia
  Note: if you intend to study for longer than four weeks, you may be required to pass a health examination before starting your course. Some countries are exempt from this examination.
  See: Form 1163 Health requirement for temporary entry to Australia (52KB PDF file)

Your visa may be granted with a 'No further stay' condition. If this is the case, you will not be granted any other visa (except for a Protection visa) while you remain in Australia. This condition may be waived in exceptional circumstances.

 

You can apply for a Tourist visa from outside or within Australia.

Passport details

Your visa will be linked to the passport number you use in your application and you must use the same passport to travel to Australia.

Make sure your passport is valid for the period of stay you are applying for. If you obtain a new passport, you must advise the department of the new passport details before you travel to Australia. Otherwise, you will experience significant delays at the airport and could be denied permission to board your plane. Contact the Hobart Global Processing Centre with your new passport number.
See: Hobart Global Processing Centre

Application charge

You may be required to pay a visa application charge. This charge is usually not refunded if your application is unsuccessful.
See: Fees and Charges

Application document checklist

The application checklist provides you with information about documents you must provide with your paper application.
See: Application Document Checklist (61KB PDF file)

Information to help you prepare your application

Information about certifying and translating documents, communicating with the department, using a migration agent, authorising another person to receive information from the department, and receiving assistance with your application.
See: Information to Help You Prepare Your Application

How to apply

You can lodge your application online, in person or by mail.
See:
Applying Online
Applying In Person or By Mail

 

 

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