You should check if you meet the requirements listed on this page before you start applying for your Australia visa. If you want to apply for an eVisitor visa, you need to fulfill a number of requirements regarding your travel purpose, your passport, your health and your conduct.

Do you meet the visa requirements on this page?
If you do, you can submit a visa application for Australia without delay. Please bear in mind the maximal length of stay and the validity period of the visa.
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Your travel purpose

Holiday or business trip to Australia

If you are travelling for a holiday or business to Australia, you need to have a visa. The eVisitor visa is the cheapest visa for Australia, with the simplest application process, and is enough for most travellers. Further, this visa also allows you to visit your friends and family in Australia. Obtain for more information on the page about working in Australia if you intend to work in Australia or do voluntary work.

Studying in Australia

The eVisitor visa allows you to study or attend a training course in Australia, but only if your training or study is not longer than three months. This is independent of the validity period of your visa. The maximum length of each stay with this visa is also of three consecutive months. You are not allowed to follow a study programme longer than three months by travelling several times to Australia.

You can follow a study or training course in Australia if it lasts less than three months and is not medical related

If you want to study for more than three months in total, you can apply for a special student visa. Likewise, you will have to apply for a student visa if you want to follow a medical study or training in Australia. This includes (parts of) courses to become a doctor, dentist, nurse or paramedic. You also need a special student visa if you want to follow courses relating to child care.

Passport requirements

In order to apply for a visa for Australia you need to have a valid passport. Minors are also subject to this requirement. You need to fill in your passport number, as well as those of any other people you want to include in your visa application. The passport number will appear on the visa. Upon arrival, the Australia immigration services will check if the passport number on your visa matches the one in your passport. You must travel on the same passport that you used to apply for your visa. Please note that your passport has to have a residual validity of six months at your arrival date in Australia. If your passport has expired or is going to expire soon, you should first apply for a new passport and then use your new passport to apply for a (new) visa. If you only receive your new passport shortly before your departure to Australia, you can submit an urgent visa application.

The nationality on your passport
You can apply for an eVisitor visa Australia if you have a passport of the United Kingdom, Ireland, a country of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Norway, San Marino, Vatican City or Switzerland. If you have a different nationality, you can check whether you are eligible for an ETA Australia.

If you have the Australian nationality you cannot apply for any visa for Australia. Not even in the case you have a second nationality, and you are travelling with your other country's passport. If you have Australian nationality and want to travel to Australia, you have to use your Australian passport. Contact the Australian embassy if you do not have an Australian passport.

Your visa for Australia is linked to the passport you used to apply for it

Your Health

If your physical or mental health poses a risk to public health, you are not allowed to travel to Australia, even if you hold a valid visa. You need to meet these medical requirements to be able to travel to Australia:

• You do not have tuberculosis
• You will not give birth in Australia
• Your arrival is not expected result in healthcare-related costs higher than AUD 86,000 (± GBP 44,400 or EUR 53,000)
• Your arrival is not expected to result in longer waiting times for capacity constrained care

If you don't know if you meet the requirements above, contact the Australian immigration service. You can also contact the immigration service if you have a compelling reason to travel to Australia, but do not meet the requirements. The immigration service will assign you a doctor with whom you can discuss your situation. The doctor will assess whether your health permits you to travel to Australia on an eVisitor visa or with another visa type.

Healthcare costs during your stay in Australia

The prices for medical treatment can be much higher in Australia than in the UK. You are responsible for the cost of your medical care in Australia. Check before you leave if your health or travel insurance offers you enough coverage. Also check your coverage for specialist treatments, private health care institutions, ambulance use and dentistry.

If you are a resident of the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Finland, Italy, Malta, Norway, Slovenia or Sweden, you can apply before departure for a free European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) or a Global Health Insurance Card (GHIC). On presentation of your passport and EHIC/GHIC, you can enrol in the national health insurance fund, called Medicare. If you are enrolled in Medicare, you don't have to pay for most basic treatments. The healthcare institution can claim these expenses directly to your health insurance company.

Your conduct and behaviour

The Australia visa is used by Australian authorities to prevent unwanted individuals from entering the country. Anyone who could pose a danger to the Australian community, or engage in criminal behaviours like defamation, harassment, stalking or assault, is not welcome in Australia. Furthermore, if one of the following cases apply to you, you will not be eligible for an Australian visa:

• You or a member of your family are in debt to the Australian government.
• You do not have sufficient funds to pay for your stay and return trip.
• You have been found guilty of domestic violence or child abuse in the past.
• You have been given a prison sentence totalling more than 12 months (regardless of whether you served it or not).
• You are a fugitive and/or wanted by Interpol.
• You are or have been involved with a person, an organisation or a group which is likely to be involved in criminal behaviour.
• There are reasonable grounds to suspect that you have been involved in smuggling, human trafficking, genocide, a war crime, a crime against humanity, a crime involving torture or slavery or a crime of international concern, irrespective of whether you have been convicted of such a crime.

Do you meet all visa requirements?

You can apply for the eVisitor visa Australia as long as you meet all the requirements for this online visa. Be aware that you need to meet these requirements during your whole stay in Australia. If your situation has changed between the time you applied for your visa and the moment you started your trip, you should check if you still meet the requirements.
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