Visitor visa (subclass 600)

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You must not work in Australia on this visa. Be aware of Visitor visa work scams.

Features

This visa lets you visit Australia:

• to visit or for business visitor purposes

• for up to three, six or 12 months.

The base application charge for this visa ranges from AUD140 to AUD1020.

The eVisitor (subclass 651) visa is free. You must be a passport holder of a certain country.

The Electronic Travel Authority (subclass 601) visa has an AUD20 service charge. You must be a passport holder of a certain country.​

Requirements

You might be able to get this visa if you are travelling to Australia:

• as a visitor

• for business visitor activities

• to visit family

• on a tour with a registered travel agent from the People’s Republic of China.

If you are in Australia you can apply for the Tourist stream of the Visitor visa onlineprovided you currently have a valid visa that does not have condition 8503 imposed.

If you are outside Australia only certain passport holders can apply for this visa online.

If you hold a passport from the People's Republic of China and are applying from within China you might be able to apply for the Visitor Visa (subclass 600) Frequent Traveller stream visa.