Australia Visitor Visa
Visitor visa is an overarching term. However, it can be broadly divided into two:
- For only visit that may include vacationing, recreational activities, visiting an Australian resident family member, medical treatment etc.
- For business activities that may include making general business or government enquiries, business negotiations, government visits, attending conferences, seminars, job interviews or professional examinations.
- Apart from these there are some other special categories for visitor visas too.
ALLSKILLS is there for you if you want to visit Australia for any of these reasons or something other than these
Each of these visas has different requirements and eligibility criterion. ALLSKILLS facilitates the processing of all of these visas as per your requirement.
Since, visitor visa is a general and broader term; it requires tremendous experience of immigration process and laws to match the exact type of visitor visa corresponding to your requirements.
This visa is meant for visit or for business purposes for up to three, six or twelve months. Two sub-classes are:
- The eVisitor (sub-class 651): This visa is free. You must be a passport holder of a certain country as specified in a list issued by Department of Home Affairs.
- The Electronic Travel Authority (subclass 601) : This is issued to a passport holder of a certain country as specified in a list issued by Department of Home Affairs.
The purpose of this visa is to allow anyone visit Australia.
- For medical treatment or consultations.
- To support someone needing medical treatment who holds or has applied for this visa.
- To donate an organ.
This is a visa for those self-funded retirees with no dependents and who want to spend rest of their retired lives in Australia.
Usually, this visa is sought in case of special programs where an approved special program sponsor has sent an invitation to participate in a specifically approved program. The purpose is to enhance international relations and cultural exchange between Australian community and the world at large.
In addition to the Special Program, the Special Program visa (subclass 416) has another stream called Seasonal Worker Program.
This is for you and your dependent children transit through Australia for no longer than 72 hours.
