Visas for Visitors to Australia and Visas for Australians Going Overseas
What is a Visa?
A Visa is an official document allowing a non-citizen to visit a country for a certain period of time under certain conditions.
Conditions of Visa's typically include the length of time you can stay and the activities may include visiting for holidays, studying, business meetings or conferences or working in a country.
In general a Visa is not needed to transit through a country if you do not leave the airport of that country, but if your transit is longer than a few hours and you do need to leave the airport you will need a Visa.
Visas for Visitors to Australia
If you are from a country other than Australia or New Zealand you will need a Visa to visit Australia.
Visitors to Australia can get more information about Visas for visiting, studying, working and citizenship to Australia from the Department of Immigration and Border Protection www.immi.gov.au
Visas for visiting Australia for a holiday
Visas for visiting Australia on business
Visas for studying in Australia
Visas for working in Australia
Visas for Australians Visiting Other Countries
For Australians visiting other countries you will need to find out about the Visa for that country from the countries consulate. If you are travelling to multiple countries in one trip you will need to check with the consulate of each country for the current Visa requirements.
Also check your passport is valid and has at least 6 months left after your planned returned date, some countries will not allow entry if your passport does not have enough time until its date of expirey.
The Australian Government offers travel advice and assesses the level of health risks or safety concerns associated with visiting a country for Australian citizens on the SmartTraveller.gov.au site. See the SmartTraveller Top 10 travel tips for Australians travelling overseas to other countries.
Some countries offer reciprocal visa exemption arrangements with Australia for a period of 30 days or less or 90 days or less. The visitor is granted a temporary visitor stamp on their passport which includes most activities except working in that country, examples of these countries include:
Japan and Singapore - 90 days or less
Thailand and Philippines - 30 days or less
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