Tourist stream (apply in Australia)

• visit family or friends
• be here as a tourist, for a cruise, or for any purpose except business or medical treatment

You can study or train for up to 3 months on this visa. But if your main reason for travelling to Australia is study, a student visa might be more appropriate.

You can't work.

Cruise

You will need a visa if you enter Australia during a cruise.

If your cruise is a round trip cruise, the time you spend on the cruise counts as time spent in Australia. We do not consider you to have left Australia. A round trip cruise will not reset your stay period on your visa.

Ask your cruise operator or travel agent if we consider your cruise to be a round trip cruise.

This is a temporary visa.

You can stay for the period or dates specified on the visa grant letter. We determine the length of your visa on a case by case basis. Things we might consider when determining your stay period include:

• how long you want to stay
• why you want to stay in Australia

We might not grant you the length of stay you want.

We can grant this visa with multiple entry or no travel.

If we grant you a visa with multiple entry, you can leave and return to Australia on the visa while it is valid.

You may need to show there are exceptional circumstances if you want to stay in Australia:

• as the holder of one or more visitor visas
• and for more than 12 consecutive months

If you want to stay longer or permanently in Australia you will need to apply for a visa that allows this.

You can't stay in Australia longer by extending this visa. You must apply for another visa.

Explore your visa options.

You can't include family members in your application. Each family member, including those listed on your passport, must submit a separate application.

Newborn child

Find out what to do if you give birth to a child after you apply.

The visa costs from AUD630.00 for each applicant (concessions apply in limited circumstances).

You might also have to pay:

• other costs for health checks, police certificates and biometrics
• a Subsequent temporary application charge

To work out what your visa will cost use the Visa pricing estimator. The estimator does not take into account the other costs.

Cost concession for eligible Pacific Island and Timor-Leste Visitor visa applicants

From 1 July 2026, a lower visa cost applies to eligible Pacific Island and Timor-Leste citizens who lodge a valid visa application.

We will charge eligible applicants the lower visa application cost during the application process in ImmiAccount. We will recognise eligible applicants by the valid passport from the specified countries used in the application when they apply.

The applicant must hold a valid passport issued by one of the following countries:

• Federated States of Micronesia
• Fiji
• Kiribati
• Nauru
• Palau
• Papua New Guinea
• Republic of the Marshall Islands
• Samoa
• Solomon Islands
• Timor-Leste
• Tonga
• Tuvalu
• Vanuatu.

Eligible applicants can apply for this visa in Australia. If you apply in Australia, you must be in Australia when we make a decision on your application.

You can apply for a new visa if your visa does not have a condition that prevents further stay, such as condition 8503. You might be able to request a waiver of the no further stay condition in some circumstances.

For an indication of processing times for this visa, use the visa processing time guide tool. This will show the processing times for recently decided applications. It is a guide only and not specific to your application.

You must comply with all visa conditions and Australian laws.

Learn more about visa conditions.

You are liable for all your healthcare costs while you are in Australia. Insurance can help limit your financial liability.

To cover any unforeseen medical treatment you might need in Australia you should take out adequate health insurance.

Learn more about health insurance for overseas visitors.

Some countries have a reciprocal healthcare agreement with Australia.

In some circumstances, we might grant your visa with Condition 8501 – Maintain adequate health insurance.

Check if you have multiple entry, or single entry, in VEVO or your visa grant letter.

If you have multiple entry, you can travel outside Australia and return while your visa is valid.

If you have no travel and you leave Australia, you have to apply for another visa to return.

We will digitally link your visa to your passport. You will not get a label in your passport.

You must meet our health requirement.

You must meet our character requirement.

You must have, or have access to, enough money to support yourself while you are in Australia.

You must intend to:

• stay only temporarily in Australia
• do only the things the visa allows you to do

We might not grant this visa if it is not in the best interests of an applicant under 18.

You can only apply online if you are in Australia and:

• you hold a substantive visa, or
• your substantive visa ceased within the last 28 days.

We will assess if:

• the reasons you do not hold a substantive visa are beyond your control
• there are compelling reasons to grant you a visa.

We will not grant you this visa if your current visa is, or last visa was, a Temporary Work (International Relations) visa (subclass 403) in the Domestic worker (Diplomatic or Consular) stream.

Unless there are exceptional circumstances that allow grant of the visa, we will not grant you this visa if:

• you hold a Visitor visa, Work and Holiday visa, Working Holiday visa or bridging visa, and
• granting you a Tourist visa would result in you staying in Australia for more than 12 consecutive months.

What you must do on your visa

You must meet all visa conditions and obey Australian laws. See your conditions in VEVO or your visa grant letter.

Learn more about visa conditions.

Tell us about a change in your situation

Tell us if there is a change in your situation.

Things you need to let us know about include:

• changes to your phone number, email, address or passport
• changes to your relationship status
• the birth of a child

What you can do on your visa

This visa lets you:

• visit family or friends
• cruise or have a holiday

To see your specific conditions, work and study entitlements use VEVO.

Volunteer work tourism schemes

You can't work in Australia on a Visitor visa, but you might be able to do volunteer work.

Travel on your visa

If you have multiple entry, you can travel outside Australia and return while your visa is valid.

If you have no travel and you leave Australia, you have to apply for another visa to return.

See how long you can stay

See when you must leave in VEVO.

Staying longer

You can't stay in Australia longer by extending this visa. You must apply for a new visa if you want to stay longer. See Explore visa options.

Prove you have a visa

To prove you have a visa and show your conditions to someone, use VEVO.

Before you leave

Check your travel documents
You must have a valid passport or other travel document to leave Australia.

At the border

Departures SmartGate
We have an automated process that uses facial recognition technology and your ePassport. You might be able to leave the airport faster if you use SmartGate.

After you leave

International Movement Record Request your international movement records to get proof of your travel in and out of Australia.