AUSTRALIA e-TOURIST VISA INFORMATION

1. About e-Tourist Visa (ETA/eVisitor)

An e-Tourist Visa Australia (ETA/eVisitor) is an online travel authorization to travel to and within Australia. Travellers may apply for an e-Tourist Visa Australia through Australian border agencies, airlines and travel agents. All individuals who are non-citizens travelling to Australia are required to hold a valid e-Tourist Visa (ETA/eVisitor).

Applying for a tourist visa online has many advantages; you do not need to visit the embassy, you avoid long lines while at the departmental office for the traditional paper visa to be done. It is faster, simpler, secure and allows you to have your e-Tourist Visa in hand before arriving in Australia. All you need is a computer with Internet connection, and you can apply whenever and wherever you are

2. e-Tourist Visa Expiration

An e-Tourist Visa Australia is valid for 12 months from the date it is issued. Is it a multi-entry visa, which means you can travel to and enter Australia as many times as you wish for the duration of 12 months, or until the expiry date of your passport, whichever comes first.

3. e-Tourist Visa Requirements

You are eligible to apply for an electronic Australian Tourist visa (ETA/eVisitor) online, if:

• ELIGIBLE COUNTRY: You are from an ETA eligible country
• OUTSIDE AUSTRALIA: You are outside Australia at the time of applying
• BUSINESS OR TOURISM: Your visit to Australia is either for tourism, visiting friends or relatives, or short-term business purposes. Business Purposes such as: Participating in conferences, trade fairs or seminars, as long as you are not being paid by the organisers for your participation; Making general business or employment enquiries; Contract research projects, agreements, review; Activities carried out as part of an official government-to-government visit
• PASSPORT VALIDITY: Your passport must be valid for 6 months from the day you enter Australia
• PERIOD OF STAY: You can stay in Australia for a maximum of 3 months (90 days)
• NO CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS: You must have had no major criminal convictions, in which you served more than 1 year in jail
• NO TUBERCULOSIS: You must not have tuberculosis at the time of travel into, and within, Australia
• NO WORK: You must not work while in Australia

4. e-Tourist Visa Eligible Countries

Citizens of the countries listed below are eligible to apply for an e-Tourist Visa Australia (ETA/eVisitor). All nationals from countries not listed below will need to apply for a Visitor Visa (subclass 600) at the Australian Mission Visa Department.

5. e-Tourist Visa Australia Application

To complete an online application for an e-Tourist Visa Australia (ETA/eVisitor), applicants are required to have a valid passport, email address and a credit card.

The details provided on the online e-Tourist Visa (ETA/evisitor) application need to be exactly the same as the ones shown on your passport, and you are required to use that same passport when traveling and entering Australia since the e-Tourist Visa (ETA/eVisitor) will be directly linked to it.

To apply for e-Tourist Visa Australia, eligible applicants may submit their e-Tourist Visa (ETA/eVisitor) online application here