If you are planning a holiday visit or a short business trip to Australia, you will need to apply for either a visa or an ETA (Electronic Travel Authority). An ETA will let you spend up to three months in Australia.
There are a number of visa options available for people who want to migrate permanently to Australia and who have the required skills and qualifications.
For people to come to Australia for a business-related visit. Also for people to establish, manage or develop a new or existing business, or invest in Australia.
There are a number of migration options for fiance(e)s, partners, children, parents and other family members of Australian citizens, Australian permanent residents or eligible New Zealand citizens.
An ETA is equivalent to a visa, but there is no stamp or label in your passport and there is no need for you to visit an Australian diplomatic office to submit an application. Applications for ETAs can be submitted through travel agents or airlines
Australia ETA Visit Visa :
An ETA is equivalent to a visa, but there is no stamp or label in your passport and there is no need for you to visit an Australian diplomatic office to submit an application. Applications for ETAs can be submitted through travel agents or airlines.
Australia Working Holiday Visa :
The Working Holiday and Work and Holiday programmes encourage cultural exchange and closer ties between arrangement countries by allowing young people to have an extended holiday supplemented by incidental employment.
Australia Spouse Visa :
To be eligible for Australian citizenship, the spouse of an Australian citizen must be a permanent resident of Australia and must satisfy the requirements applicable to other adult applicants, including the residence requirement.
Spouse Visa:
Definition:
This visa allows you to enter or remain in Australia on the basis of your married or de-facto relationship with your partner:
• on a temporary visa (usually for a waiting period of approximately two (2) years from the date you applied for the visa)
• on a permanent visa if, after the waiting period (if applicable), your partner relationship still exists and you are still eligible for this visa.
Your partner must provide sponsorship for you.
Persons who can apply :
This visa is for you if you want to enter Australia on the basis of your relationship with your partner. Your partner must be one of the following:
• an Australian citizen
• an Australian permanent resident
• an eligible New Zealand citizen.
Visa Cost:
There is an application charge for this visa. This will usually not be refunded if your application is unsuccessful, or if you decide to withdraw your application after you have lodged it. The application charge covers you and all family members included in your application.
What does the visa let me do?
The table below gives a summary of what you can do in Australia if you have a temporary or permanent Spouse visa.
Visa Type
What You Can Do In Australia
Spouse temporary visa (subclass 820)
remain in Australia with your spouse, until a decision is made regarding your permanent visa
work in Australia
study in Australia, but you will not have access to government funding for tertiary study
enrol in Australia's medical benefits expenses and hospital care scheme, Medicare.
Spouse permanent visa (subclass 801)
remain permanently in Australia with your spouse
work and study in Australia
enrol in Australia's medical benefits expenses and hospital care scheme, Medicare.
eligible to receive certain social security payments
apply for Australian citizenship (subject to the residency eligibility criteria)
Note: You may also be eligible to enrol in Medicare, if you are married and have applied for, but not yet been granted, this visa.
Visa validity period:
If you are granted a temporary spouse visa, it is normally valid throughout the waiting period until a decision is made on your permanent spouse visa application.
If you are granted a permanent spouse visa, it will allow you to remain in Australia permanently
Eligibility :
These pages provide information about the requirements that must be met to support a visa application
• Married Applicant
• De-facto Applicant
• Sponsor
• Family Members
Obligations:
These pages provide information about the requirements that must be met following the granting of this visa.
• Applicant
• Sponsor
• Family Member
Australia Child Visa :
An applicant for a Child Visa must be the natural child, adopted child* or stepchild** of an Australian citizen, holder of a permanent visa or eligible New Zealand citizen, and must be sponsored by that parent or that parent's current spouse.
How much will this visa cost?
There is an application charge for this visa. This will usually not be refunded if the application is unsuccessful, or if the applicant decides to withdraw the application after lodging it. The application charge covers the applicant and all family members included in your application. The Dependent Child visa is known as an Extended Eligibility (temporary) visa.
Applicant obligations :
The following obligations apply to approved sponsors:
Be responsible for all financial obligations to the Australian Government that the child might incur while they are in Australia.
Ensure adequate accommodation and financial assistance is available as required to meet the child's reasonable living needs. If the child is applying outside Australia, this assistance would cover the child's first two (2) years in Australia. If the child is applying in Australia, this assistance would cover the two (2) years following the grant of the child's visa.
Provide information and advice to help the child settle in Australia.
Provide support as required to enable them to attend any required English language classes.
Advise the department in writing if their circumstances change in a way that may affect the child's eligibility for this visa, or the sponsor's eligibility to sponsor the child.
Australia Business Visa :
For business people to visit Australia for business purposes, for example, to attend a conference or training session, to conduct business with an Australia-based organisation, to conduct business negotiations or for an exploratory business visit.
Skilled Independent Visa :
This visa allows you to migrate to Australia if you have good English language skills and have skills and qualifications in an occupation in need in Australia.This visa uses a points test to select visa applicants with characteristics needed in the Australian labour market. You do not require sponsorship to apply for this visa.
Skilled Sponsored Visa :
This visa allows you to migrate to Australia if you have good English language skills and have skills and qualifications in an occupation in need in Australia.You must be sponsored by an eligible relative living in Australia or obtain nomination from a participating State or Territory government agency.
Contributory Parent Visa :
'Parent visas' include visas in both the parent and the contributory parent categories.Parent category visa applications have a lower processing priority than other family stream visa applicants such as partners, children and the contributory parent category
