Australia Tourist Visa

Do you want to holiday Down Under for a longer period? Apply for an Australia tourist visa. You can tour around to see the famous tourist attractions or visit your family. And you could spend more time with them, for example you could stay with them for a whole year.

When you make your application you should be overseas, which is how visas work usually.

But you can also apply for this visa in Australia, for example if you want to extend your visit.

Unlike other visas for leisure purposes, this one is more generous in terms of length of stay - 3, 6 or 12 months and can allow multiple entries.

It even allows you to study for no more than 3 months.

If you want just a short term visit of less than 3 months, and are eligible, you can apply for:

• an ETA, which is described in the Australia holiday visa page,
or
• an eVisitor, if you want a short business trip or holiday and you have a passport from European Union or some other countries on the old continent. Find more tips about eVisitor in the Australian travel visa article.

You cannot extend these two electronic visas but if you like it here, Down Under, apply for a 12 months tourist one.

As it can allow a longer stay, the tourist visa comes with some requirements, such as:

• health - see more about this at http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/health-requirements/
• character - http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/character-requirements/index.htm;
• financial - you need to be able to fund all your living costs during your stay in the country.

Australia Tourist Visa, What You Can Do

• You can come alone or with your family.
  If you have children under 18 and they are included on your passport you can also include them in your application. But make sure that the other parent agrees to this.
  Any other family members need to make a separate application if they want to travel with you.
• You can study for up to 3 months;
• You can apply to extend your visa in Australia.

What You Cannot Do

• You cannot work. If you are under 31 and want to work while travelling apply for an Australia working holiday visa.
• You cannot study for more than 3 months. If you want to study apply to enter as a student.
• You cannot ask to extend your stay if you have a 'No further stay' condition on your passport.

To get started, depending on your circumstances, apply online, in person or by mail. If you have family Down Under and need them to sponsor your visit, check the Australian Visitor Visa page to get a brief overview about it.

For more information avisit http://www.immi.gov.au/visitors/tourist/676/how-the-visa-works.htm.

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