Visa for Austrailia

Bradmax57 · 6 Jun 2019 at 18:52

Hi, I'm travelling to Austrailia in the summer for a few weeks and wondered if anyone has been recently and could tell me what the situation is with visas, theres two different types that I can see, evisitor visa and a eta visa, the first being free and the eta £20

I've completed and submitted the evisitor visa and have had a granted application email back, it just seemed too fast and simple and worried i've missed something lol, would hate to get there to be turned back, will phone them back up tomorrow but just thought theres bound to be someone here who's been as a visitor recently?

wedrum · 6 Jun 2019 at 19:27

The ones accepted instantly are the ones who get denied at entry.
Watched it on a program on TV a while back.

Bear · 6 Jun 2019 at 19:39

The free evisitor is fine I used it last Christmas with no problems and mine was virtually instant

Bradmax57 · 6 Jun 2019 at 19:46

wedrum said:
The ones accepted instantly are the ones who get denied at entry.
Watched it on a program on TV a while back.

Any idea what that was? I've nothing to hide

Bear said:
The free evisitor is fine I used it last Christmas with no problems and mine was virtually instant

Thanks for the reply

Bradmax57 · 6 Jun 2019 at 19:53

https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-finder/visit

Subclass 651
eVisitor
Visit Australia as often as you wish in a 12-month period. Stay up to 3 months each time you enter Australia.

This visa is free
We process most applications for this visa in less than a day
You must apply from outside Australia
If you want to stay for more than 3 months consider a different visa, such as the Visitor visa (subclass 600)

Stay
Up to 3 months at a time

Cost
Free
Processing Time
The visa starts on the day it is granted.

We process 90% of applications in 1 day

Hopefully ok

wedrum · 6 Jun 2019 at 20:21

Bradmax57 said:
Any idea what that was? I've nothing to hide

Thanks for the reply

If I remember correctly it was people named Brad

Bradmax57 · 6 Jun 2019 at 20:46

wedrum said:
If I remember correctly it was people named Brad

Haha

Doggie2k · 6 Jun 2019 at 20:50

Considering there are over a million british born residence people currently living in Oz I find you guys having to apply for a "visa" for a holiday is completely moronic!

Bradmax57 · 6 Jun 2019 at 21:53

Doggie2k said:
Considering there are over a million british born residence people currently living in Oz I find you guys having to apply for a "visa" for a holiday is completely moronic!

indeed but it is what it is

malachi · 6 Jun 2019 at 21:56

Doggie2k said:
Considering there are over a million british born residence people currently living in Oz I find you guys having to apply for a "visa" for a holiday is completely moronic!

Well its going be the same when the UK leaves the EU.

Supercow · 7 Jun 2019 at 01:58

Doggie2k said:
Considering there are over a million british born residence people currently living in Oz I find you guys having to apply for a "visa" for a holiday is completely moronic!

Very ignorant statement mate. Brits have had it so easy for so long, while the rest of the world need visas to go on holidays abroad. As malachi said above, there's a possibility that you're going to have to get a Schengen visa every tim you go to Europe after the UK exits the EU.

Where in AU are you off to Bradmax?

D.P. · 7 Jun 2019 at 07:00

Doggie2k said:
Considering there are over a million british born residence people currently living in Oz I find you guys having to apply for a "visa" for a holiday is completely moronic!

After Brexit the same will happen when Brits want to cross the channel

D.P. · 7 Jun 2019 at 07:00

Supercow said:
Very ignorant statement mate. Brits have had it so easy for so long, while the rest of the world need visas to go on holidays abroad. As malachi said above, there's a possibility that you're going to have to get a Schengen visa every tim you go to Europe after the UK exits the EU.

Where in AU are you off to Bradmax?

The Shengen Visa is now up to 80eur

peterwalkley · 7 Jun 2019 at 08:10

Doggie2k said:
Considering there are over a million british born residence people currently living in Oz I find you guys having to apply for a "visa" for a holiday is completely moronic!

I think the issue is around over-staying. If you go in on a tourist visa and then start living there or earning a salary, you've automatically broken the law and they can kick you out without having to go through a whole load of legal due process. Those million British born residents could also be trying to import loads of aged relatives to sponge off their welfare state and health services (does Oz have an equivalent of the Daily Mail ?)

Edrof · 7 Jun 2019 at 10:32

peterwalkley said:
(does Oz have an equivalent of the Daily Mail ?)

Yes: Oz.