Visas For Traveling to Australia

Are you travelling to Australia? You will need anYou can apply for ETA visa online or through travel
Australian Tourist Visa if you intend to go there foragents. Upon approval of your application, you will
your holiday.receive a confirmation either through email, from your
Australia is a popular holiday destination and rightly so.travel agent or by post.
The country has the open space, long sandy beaches,The approved ETA visa allows multiply entries into
bush land, deserts and bustling cosmopolitan cities toAustralia for 12 months. However, you can only stay to
quench your holiday desire. With exception ofthe maximum of 3 months (90days) at any one visit
Australian and New Zealand citizen, visitors wishing towithin the 12 month validity.
enter Australia have to make a visa application.As there is a charge levied on the ETA visa
There are two types of visas for Australia, Electronicapplication, it is important to check the validity of your
Travel Authorities (ETAs) which is an electronic visapassport, that is, your passport must have a 6 month
available to holders of certain passport and thesevalidity from the date of your departure to Australia.
visas are valid for visits of up to 3 months. The otherYou should also find out if you are eligible to apply for
visa is Non-electronic visas which is available for thosethe ETA visa. Some of the countries eligible for ETA
who do not hold the ETA eligible passport and peoplevisas are United Kingdom, Andorra, USA, Singapore,
who wish to stay for more than 3 months.Malaysia, France, Germany, South Korea, Greece,
An ETA visa electronically tagged the visa to yourJapan, Hong Kong and more.
passport. It gives you the authority to travel in Australia.