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Visa Requirements Australia |
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Travelers need to have a visa while visiting the cities in Australia. There are some nations for whom visas are not required. Travelers from New Zealand need not carry a visa while touring Australia. A valid passport is enough for a traveler from New Zealand. Apart from New Zealand, all other travelers require a visa. Along with a visa, a valid passport is also required by the travelers.
In case of the transit passengers, a visa is not required by Australia Immigration. But there are some important clauses for the same. This passenger cannot leave the airport premises and the transit lounge. The time for which he can stay within the transit lounge is 8 hours.These rules are applicable to the citizens of Liechtenstein, Malaysia, South Africa, Norway, Switzerland, Thailand, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Zimbabwe, USA,Solomon Islands,
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Indonesia, Fiji, Canada, Philippines, Marshall Islands and Tonga. Japan, Kiribati and Korean Republic also fall under this categories and rules of the immigration office. These travelers need to provide the documents for their returns.
The Department of Immigration and Citizenship handles all the operations regarding the issue of visa and cancellation of the same.
There are options of Electronic Travel Authority visas too. In these cases a visa stamp is not mandatory on the passport. Australian Embassies, High Commissions and Consulates and authentic travel agents issue these visas. In these cases a traveler is allowed a three months visit per entry. This is a multiple entry pass.
The documents required to apply for a visa include:
Fee
Personal details all photocopied along with a page of a passport.
Valid Passport
Form 48 in case you are a tourist and Form 46 in case you are visiting the place for business.
If you are planning for an internship, fill up the Form 913.
The validity of the visas depends on the purpose of your visit. A tourist visa is valid for 12 months or till the passport expires. Business visas are usually valid for 12 months. But for the nationals of USA, Spain, Canada and France the validity is for 12 months only. It takes a period of 21 days to issue a visa by the Australian authorities. If you are functioning through a travel agent it takes only 24 hours of time.
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