Basic Eligibility:
- be a genuine visitor
- have enough funds to support your stay and leave
Tourist stream (apply outside Australia):
This visa stream lets you visit Australia as a tourist, to go on a cruise or to visit family and friends.
Stay
Up to 12 months
Cost
From AUD195.00
Processing Time
For an indication of processing times for this visa, use the visa processing time guide tool. This will show the processing times for recently decided applications. It is a guide only and not specific to your application.
- Might grant you a stay of 3, 6 or 12 months
- Visit friends and family, cruise or have a holiday
- You must be outside Australia when you apply and when we decide your visa.
You must not work in Australia.
This means when in Australia, you must not do work that a person would normally get paid for.
Additional information
For visitor visa holders only
With our permission, you can only:
- do unpaid work relating and credited to your study if you are studying in a university outside Australia
- see how people work in an industry, as long as you are not doing the work yourself
To seek permission, submit a letter about your situation with your visa application and supporting documentation.
If your situation changes after you arrive in Australia and you need to work you will need to apply for a new Visitor visa (Tourist stream) requesting permission to work.
You will need to prove:
- you have financial hardship because of your new situation
- you or your family member is likely to need the government’s help
- you have compelling personal reasons to work in Australia such as a serious accident or illness
- for reasons that you cannot change, you or your immediate family cannot return home
- you have no choice but to work in Australia
Decisions are made on a case-by-case situation at the discretion of the processing office or Minister.
If you are not being paid you can, without our permission:
- do volunteer work
- do incidental work online for your job in your home country
- do short-term domestic or care-giving work for a family member
You must have and maintain adequate health insurance for the whole of your stay in Australia.
Must leave before visa expiry: The holder must not remain in Australia after the end of the period of stay permitted by the visa
While you are in Australia, you are unable to make a valid visa application for any new substantive visa other than a protection visa.
Additional information
Condition 8503 is mandatory on the:
- Visitor visa (subclass 600) Sponsored Family stream
- Visitor visa (subclass 600) Approved Destination Scheme stream
- Visitor visa (subclass 600) Tourist stream, if required you to be sponsored for the visa
If you have any questions or need further information, please do not hesitate to schedule of appointment for free consultation session with our Immigration Lawyer to assist you.
