Holiday Is Australia, VISA?

demon8991 · 27 Nov 2009 at 08:40

Hello all,

I am lucky enough to be going to Australia for christmas i will be going for 18 days.

Now i wanted to know, do i need a visa to stay that long?

If not is it as simple as getting on the plane and just filling out a boarding card?

gjc10212 · 27 Nov 2009 at 08:48

demon8991 said:
Hello all,

I am lucky enough to be going to Australia for christmas i will be going for 18 days.

Now i wanted to know, do i need a visa to stay that long?

If not is it as simple as getting on the plane and just filling out a boarding card?

I'm going for 3 weeks over xmas as well - you need a travel visa.

http://www.immi.gov.au/e_visa/eta.htm I didn't pay anything but there are places that charge £20 ish.

BrightonBelle · 27 Nov 2009 at 08:48

No you have to get one and you enter your passport number when you purchase it so when you go through security they see you have it. You can get one online.

BB x

demon8991 · 27 Nov 2009 at 08:54

gjc10212 said:
I'm going for 3 weeks over xmas as well - you need a travel visa.

http://www.immi.gov.au/e_visa/eta.htm I didn't pay anything but there are places that charge £20 ish.

How did you get it for free?

iraiguana · 27 Nov 2009 at 09:27

You get the evisa for free, not the one posted above

http://www.immi.gov.au/visitors/tourist/evisitor/#b

demon8991 · 27 Nov 2009 at 09:44

...and both are just as valid as each other?

iraiguana · 27 Nov 2009 at 10:19

Yes, one is the electronic version which is no effort for them thus free, the other one takes work so will cost. Read the website for further information...

[FnG]magnolia · 27 Nov 2009 at 10:48

Yeah, do it properly. Australia is extremely partial when it comes to the paperwork. Great country, mind. You'll have a blast!

Brokeback · 27 Nov 2009 at 11:36

I am going for Christmas as well haven't got flights yet, where did you get yours from?

iraiguana · 27 Nov 2009 at 12:06

A good place to look is http://www.skyscanner.net/

demon8991 · 3 Dec 2009 at 14:31

Out of interest how long do these things take to process i submitted my form on Saturday, received my auto reply on monday but haven't heard anything since.

Thanks in advance.

demon8991 · 4 Dec 2009 at 10:47

Anyone know how long this takes to process normally?

I'm getting a little uncomfortable.

JBuk · 4 Dec 2009 at 11:01

Just over a month iirc

bledd · 4 Dec 2009 at 11:01

//waits for Fox to see the thread title and post!

just like magic

[TW]Fox · 4 Dec 2009 at 11:13

Hi, I'm Fox?

Oh right, you mean post something useful.

I got my electronic visa thingy within 2 hours. I also applied for a working travel VISA a bit later and got that within 2 hours as well.

demon8991 · 4 Dec 2009 at 11:24

Riiiight.

Should i be concerned?

Vanilla · 4 Dec 2009 at 11:30

I had no idea I needed a Visa when I went recently. Got to the airport and the checkin desk realised I didn't have one - they sorted it all out for me, for a fee :cool:

demon8991 · 4 Dec 2009 at 11:36

I didnt realise i needed one either.

I leave on the 15th of December and i applied for my Visa last saturday!

I just cant believe it has taken so long.

[TW]Fox · 4 Dec 2009 at 11:40

Did you do it on the Australian visa website?

This email refers to your application for an eVisitor, which was lodged electronically on 31 March 2009.

The department wishes to advise that a decision has been made on this application and you have been granted an eVisitor on 31 March 2009.

Same day.

demon8991 · 4 Dec 2009 at 11:49

I did it from this site.

http://www.immi.gov.au/visitors/tourist/evisitor/#b

Holiday Is Australia, VISA?

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