| Once you have decided to have an Australian holiday, | | | | Tourists in Australia are required to have a travel visa. |
| the next thing to consider is to get your Australia visa. | | | | If you want to go to Australia with the intention of |
| Before you could even think about scuba diving, | | | | sightseeing, visiting friends or relatives, as well as other |
| outback tours, and lying in the pristine beaches, you | | | | non-working activities, what you would specifically |
| should first consider getting an Australian visa. Listed | | | | need is either an ETA Short-Stay Tourist Visa or a |
| below are some helpful guidelines regarding Australia | | | | Long-Stay Tourist Visa. But then, if you also want to |
| visa: | | | | travel to Australia for business purposes, you would |
| Who Needs an Australian Visa? | | | | need an ETA Short-Stay Business Visa or a |
| For your Australia holiday, you and your company | | | | Long-Validity Business Visa, depending on the length of |
| would be required to have a visa so that you could | | | | your stay. |
| enter into Australia. Some exceptions to this are if you | | | | Because you are planning to have a fantastic |
| are holding a New Zealand passport or if you are | | | | Australian holiday, you could apply via the internet for |
| simply continuing your trip within 8 hours of your arrival | | | | an Electronic Travel Authority visa, otherwise known |
| while in possession of a valid onward plane ticket and | | | | as the ETA visa, before you embark on your Australia |
| if you are not departing from the transit lounge. You | | | | holiday. This Australian ETA is an electronic visa for |
| also need to remember that each Australian visa has | | | | visitors who are going to Australia for either tourism or |
| to be acquired before your actual departure towards | | | | business purposes for a visit that will not last longer |
| your Australian holiday. You would not be permitted to | | | | than three months. This is an electronically stored |
| board your plane without presenting a valid visa or | | | | authorization for travel to the country and therefore, |
| ETA as well as your passport and other travel | | | | you would not need any paper documentation, labels |
| documents. | | | | or even a stamp issued in your passport. This would |
| Which Australian Visa is Required? | | | | be digitally assigned to the passport number that you |
| Due to the country's natural beauty, unique charm, | | | | supplied during your application. |
| warm climate and its fast growing economy make | | | | Similarly, if you are planning to work and live in the |
| Australia one of the most ideal places on earth to | | | | country on a permanent basis, you could also apply as |
| establish a business, work, live or simply visit. | | | | an immigrant to Australia via the Australian General |
| Suffice it to say that there are plenty of Australian | | | | Skilled Migration Program. This program intends to |
| visas that could allow you to enter Australia. It is | | | | match some skills shortages in the country by luring |
| absolutely vital that you have obtained the right visa | | | | skilled migrants who would be able to create an |
| for yourself and your company, which would cover | | | | immediate contribution to the economy of Australia. Or |
| your intended stay as well as the purpose of your visit | | | | if you are planning on studying in Australia, you could |
| to Australia. | | | | also obtain a Student Visa. |