Travellers to Australia require an Australian visa. If you are travelling to Australia for the purpose of holidaying, visiting friends and relatives, or other short-term non-working activities, you will need to get a Short-Stay Australian Tourist Visa or Long-Stay Australian Tourist Visa.
If your main purpose of to Australia is for business, you will need an Short-Stay Australian Business Visa or Long-Validity Australian Business Visa.
How to Apply for an eVisitor Visa or ETA Tourist Visa
- Provide your passport and travel information for every traveller.
- Make the service payment for your Australian visa application.
- Australian visas are processed immediately and linked electronically to your passport.
- Your eVisitor visa or ETA visa status is confirmed by email.
- Your Australian visa will be checked automatically by the airline check in staff & by an Immigration officer on your arrival in Australia.
SHORT STAY eVisitor TOURIST VISA FOR AUSTRALIA
An eVisitor visa (subclass 651) is available for people who are living outside Australia and like to travel Australia for sightseeing, vacations, leisure activities, seeing family and/or friends.
This visa can also be applied for business purposes such as attending a conference, negotiation or exploratory business travel.
You can stay in Australia for up to three months on every visit within a 12 month time from the date of issue.
The citizen passports granted by the following countries are eligible for eVisitor visa:
- Andorra
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
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- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
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- Hungary
- Iceland
- Ireland
- Italy
- Latvia
- Liechtenstein
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- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Monaco
- The Netherlands
- Norway
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- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- San Marino
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
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- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- United Kingdom
- Vatican City
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Note: Holders of a British National Overseas (BNO) passport are not eligible to apply for an eVisitor.
SHORT STAY ETA TOURIST VISA FOR AUSTRALIA
An Australian tourist visa (subclass 976) is for people who are living outside Australia and like to visit Australia for vacations, sightseeing, leisure activities or for informal study.
You can stay for up to three months on every visit within the validity of the visa.
ETAs are valid for 12 months from the date of issue, or for the life of the passport if the passport expires less than 12 months from the date the ETA was issued.
This is the list of eligible passports to apply for an ETA online. These are citizen passports issued by the following countries.
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- South Korea
- United States of America
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* Residents of Hong Kong require a citizen passport.
Holders of UK passports which show their nationality to be British National (Overseas) can only be processed for an ETA if resident in and applying in Hong Kong.
European passport holders who are eligible to apply for the eVisitor visa could apply for an eVisitor visa from
here.
LONG STAY ETA TOURIST VISA FOR AUSTRALIA
This Australian visa lets people to travel Australia for vacations or leisure activities, or to visit family and/or friends.
This visa may also be used for other short-term non-work purposes such as study for less than three months.
If issued, this visa will let you either a single or multiple entry to Australia for a visit time of up to three, six or 12 months.
Passport holders from the countries listed in the table below are eligible to submit an online application for a Tourist visa (subclass 676).
Andorra, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong (SAR), Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Latvia, Liechtenstein,
Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Monaco, The Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, San Marino, Singapore, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom - British Citizen, United States of America and Vatican City.