| Are you travelling to Australia? You will need an | | | | You can apply for ETA visa online or through travel |
| Australian Tourist Visa if you intend to go there for | | | | agents. 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 to | | | | Australia for 12 months. However, you can only stay to |
| quench your holiday desire. With exception of | | | | the maximum of 3 months (90days) at any one visit |
| Australian and New Zealand citizen, visitors wishing to | | | | within 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, Electronic | | | | application, it is important to check the validity of your |
| Travel Authorities (ETAs) which is an electronic visa | | | | passport, that is, your passport must have a 6 month |
| available to holders of certain passport and these | | | | validity from the date of your departure to Australia. |
| visas are valid for visits of up to 3 months. The other | | | | You should also find out if you are eligible to apply for |
| visa is Non-electronic visas which is available for those | | | | the ETA visa. Some of the countries eligible for ETA |
| who do not hold the ETA eligible passport and people | | | | visas 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 your | | | | Japan, Hong Kong and more. |
| passport. It gives you the authority to travel in Australia. | | | | |