Visas, health, etc.
Australia offers a wide range of visas, from
short term tourist visas to long term work visas, you can find all
the information on this on the website
of the Department of Immigration , or if you are thinking of
working in Australia see our 'Working
in Australia' page..
Visitor Visa ( Tourist Visa) - apply online!
If you want to visit Australia for the purpose of holiday, travel,
visiting friends and relatives, caring for dependants who are in
Australia on a student visa, or other short-term non-working activities,
you will need a tourist / holiday visa. You can apply for these
at Australian embassies or consulates or apply online for a visa
called an Electronic
Travel Authority (ETA).
Previously you could only get the ETA through your travel agent
or airline, fortunately now that more and more people are realizing
the advantages of booking your own flights online you can now also
apply
online for the ETA yourself , all you need is your
passport and creditcard details and in as little as 30 seconds (!)
you can have your visa organized!
Check if your country is on the list below to see if you can apply
yourself for an ETA;
Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Brunei, Canada, Denmark,
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Iceland, Ireland, Italy,
Japan, Liechtenstein Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Monaco, The Netherlands,
Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Republic of , Singapore, South Korea,
Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, UK - British Citizen, USA and
Vatican City (even the Pope can save himself a trip to the Australian
embassy in Rome!) Who knows he might pop over for a visit to straighten
out his disciples, in March 2004 he blasted Aussies for having too
much fun on Sundays and urged them to cut down on the barbeques,
beer, fishing and footy. Yeah, right...
If your country is not on this list then you will
have to do it the old style and find
and embassy and queue up to lodge an application for a tourist
/ holiday visa. Ring them first to see if they are open, embassies
have a habit of closing on both the public holidays of the country
where they are based AND the public holidays of their home country
and this adds up to quite a few days.
Working Holiday Visa
The Working Holiday Program allows people between 18 and 30 from
the UK, Canada, Norway, the Netherlands, Italy, Japan, Cypru, Ireland,
Korea, Malta, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, , Hong Kong and Finland
to holiday in Australia and work up to three monthhs in one place
with a maximum stay in Australia of one year.
Besides boosting your holiday funds this is a good opportunity to
get to meet Australians and really experience the country rather
than just do the tourist thing.
You need to make the application outside Australia, either by visiting
an embassy or consulate or online by clicking
here. Main criteria are to be aged between 18 and 30 and without
dependent children. You should have a return ticket and enough money
to cover the first part of your stay. You will be paid according
to Australian award rates and conditions. Once upon a time anyone
with a visa with this could just sign on for the dole (social security)
but too many took advantage of this and this is now no longer possible.
To make an online application for a working holiday visa for Australia
click here .
Hutt River Province Visa
If you plan to visit Prince Leonard's Hutt
River Province you can get your visa either at the
Geraldton Tourist Information or be issued a visa on arrival in
the province.
Health
Australia is a pretty safe country and vaccinations
are not required, it is free of malaria (pretty amazing as we are
surrounded by countries that have it) and there is only the odd
case of Denghy Fever or Ross River Fever. The main things that could
damage your health are sunexposure, dehydration, swimming in unsafe
places or accidents by not sticking to the road rules (like not
driving on the left hand side of the road). All of these are in
your own control so be wise and survive, read our page on survival
tips for more info...
Some Australian visa links:
Mymigration.net/au
- Emigrating to Australia, useful emigrate to Australia resources
and information for emigration to Australia using Australian emigrating
visas.
Visas4oz.co.uk
- Visas for Australia
Visasforaustralia.co.uk
- Assistance with all sorts of visas for Australia
You know of any info that we missed on this page?
Then contact us!
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