Visit Visa
Visit visa has four streams:
Tourist stream
Business Visitor stream
Sponsored Family stream
Approved Destination Status stream
Tourist stream show that you are travelling to Australia as a genuine visitor, for example as a tourist, for recreation or to visit your family and friends.
If you apply in Australia, you must be in Australia when the visa is decided.
If you apply outside Australia, you must be outside Australia when the visa is decided.
If you are visiting family, we might request that you provide a sponsor and security bond (the parent or step-parent of an Australian citizen or permanent resident/ the parent of an eligible New Zealand citizen.)
Eligible New Zealand Citizen
You are an Eligible New Zealand Citizen if you are a New Zealand citizen who at the time of your last entry to Australia would have met your health and character checks and: held a Subclass 444 (Special Category) visa on 26 February 2001 held a Subclass 444 visa that was in force for at least one year in the two years before 26 February 2001, or has a certificate, issued under the Social Security Act 1991, that states the citizen, for the purposes of the Social Security Act, was residing in Australia on a particular date (Centrelink stopped accepting applications for these certificates on 26 February 2004).
Visitor visas for parents of Australians five years for parents outside Australia who are in the Parent (Migrant) visa (subclass 103) queue three years for parents outside Australia who have had a previous Australian visa and complied with the visa conditions, and either: have not applied for a Parent visa have applied for a Parent visa (subclass 103) but are not yet in the Parent visa queue
18 months for parents who have not previously travelled to Australia and either have not applied for a Parent visa, or have applied for a Parent visa (subclass 103) but are not yet in the Parent visa queue.
The visa will have 3 extra visa conditions:
Maximum 12
Tourist stream
Business Visitor stream
Sponsored Family stream
Approved Destination Status stream
Tourist stream show that you are travelling to Australia as a genuine visitor, for example as a tourist, for recreation or to visit your family and friends.
If you apply in Australia, you must be in Australia when the visa is decided.
If you apply outside Australia, you must be outside Australia when the visa is decided.
If you are visiting family, we might request that you provide a sponsor and security bond (the parent or step-parent of an Australian citizen or permanent resident/ the parent of an eligible New Zealand citizen.)
Eligible New Zealand Citizen
You are an Eligible New Zealand Citizen if you are a New Zealand citizen who at the time of your last entry to Australia would have met your health and character checks and: held a Subclass 444 (Special Category) visa on 26 February 2001 held a Subclass 444 visa that was in force for at least one year in the two years before 26 February 2001, or has a certificate, issued under the Social Security Act 1991, that states the citizen, for the purposes of the Social Security Act, was residing in Australia on a particular date (Centrelink stopped accepting applications for these certificates on 26 February 2004).
Visitor visas for parents of Australians five years for parents outside Australia who are in the Parent (Migrant) visa (subclass 103) queue three years for parents outside Australia who have had a previous Australian visa and complied with the visa conditions, and either: have not applied for a Parent visa have applied for a Parent visa (subclass 103) but are not yet in the Parent visa queue
18 months for parents who have not previously travelled to Australia and either have not applied for a Parent visa, or have applied for a Parent visa (subclass 103) but are not yet in the Parent visa queue.
The visa will have 3 extra visa conditions:
Maximum 12