Visitors and Working Holiday Makers

Visitor Visas

• 601 Electronic Travel Authority (ETA) allows people to travel to Australia for 3 months per visit for a holiday, visit family, or attend to business visitor activities.

• 651 eVisitor allows people to travel to Australia for 3 months per visit for a holiday, visit family, or attend to business visitor activities.

• 600 Visitor allows people to travel to Australia for 3, 6 or 12 months per visit for holiday. There are a number of streams under this subclass, including:
  • • Tourist – For holiday makers and those visiting family in Australia
    • Business Visitor – For business people making general enquiries, attending meetings, or going to a conference
    • Sponsored Family – For visitors who require sponsorship from an Australian relative or Government body in order to satisfy the Department of Home Affairs that they will depart at the end of the stay period
    • Approved Destination Status – For Chinese passport holders on guided tours with an approved travel agent
    • Frequent Traveller – For those who frequently travel for business or personal reasons, with passports from:
      • Brunei Darussalam
      • Cambodia
      • Indonesia
      • Lao People’s Democratic Republic
      • Malaysia
      • People’s Republic of China
      • The Philippines
      • Singapore
      • Thailand
      • Timor-Leste
      • Vietnam

   

• 602 Medical Treatment allows people to travel to or remain in Australia for the period required to complete their medical treatment.

Business Visitors

Business visitors are subject to condition 8115 which allows the holder to undertake ‘business visitor activities’ while in Australia. These include:

• making general business or employment enquiries
• investigating, negotiating, reviewing, or entering into a business contract
• conducting activities as part of an official government visit
• taking part in a conference, trade fair or seminar (unless being paid to take part)
• undertaking tourist activities

Business visitors are not permitted to:

• undertake any paid employment including highly specialised work in Australia;
• engage in activities (such as any form of paid employment in Australia) that could adversely impact on employment, training opportunities or conditions of employment for Australian citizens or Australian permanent residents;
• provide ongoing services to an organisation or other person based in Australia;
• undertake retail activity in Australia (the sale of goods or services to the general public);
• appear as a paid presenter, performer or guest speaker at a ticketed event.

Work and Holiday Visas

• 417 Working Holiday visa – eligibility is based on age and country of passport

• 462 Work and Holiday Visa – eligibility is based on age, country of passport, qualifications, English language ability, and support from Government

Applicants must generally be aged 18 to 30 years old inclusive, however, passport holders from Canada, Denmark, France, Ireland, Italy and the UK can be up to 35 years old.

These visas are valid for 12 months from the date the holder first enters Australia. Second and third year visas are available where specified work is undertaken, though UK passport holders are exempt from undertaking any specified work to obtain a further visa.

All visa holders are limited to working with any one employer for a maximum of 6 months.

601 ETA passport list

• Andorra
• Austria
• Belgium
• British National (Overseas)
• Brunei
• Canada
• Denmark
• Finland
• France
• Germany
• Greece
• Hong Kong (SAR of China)
• Iceland
• Ireland
• Italy
• Japan
• Liechtenstein
• Luxembourg
• Malaysia
• Malta
• Monaco
• Norway
• Portugal
• Republic of San Marino
• Singapore
• South Korea
• Spain
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Taiwan (excluding official or diplomatic passports)
• The Netherlands
• United Kingdom
• United States of America
• Vatican City

651 eVisitor passport list

• Andorra
• Austria
• Belgium
• Bulgaria
• Croatia
• Cyprus
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• Estonia
• Finland
• France
• Germany
• Greece
• Hungary
• Iceland
• Ireland
• Italy
• Latvia
• Liechtenstein
• Lithuania
• Luxembourg
• Malta
• Monaco
• The Netherlands
• Norway
• Poland
• Portugal
• Romania
• Republic of San Marino
• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• Spain
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• United Kingdom
• Vatican City