How long does it take to apply for an Australian visa?

Judging from the visa review time announced by the Australian Embassy, it generally takes 14-27 working days to apply for an Australian tourist visa. If you need to travel urgently, you can apply for the express delivery service of the embassy, and you can sign for it within 48 hours. In the actual application process, as long as it is not the application season and the visa materials are complete, it can be issued in about 10 working days. If additional information is needed, the application time will be extended.

Australia is an electronic visa method, which was first introduced by the Australian Immigration Bureau. 1996. This is an online application system, which aims at facilitating the entry of foreigners by issuing electronic visas and tracking the boarding system for flying to Australia. Initially, it aims to improve the visa review efficiency of tourists/business people entering Australia. Australian visas include: tourist visas, visiting relatives visas, business visas, student visas, etc.

The validity period stipulated by the Australian Embassy is 90 days, one year, three years and ten years. So the most common visa is valid for ten years. Within ten years, the applicant does not need to apply for a visa, and can stay in China every year, which is very convenient for the applicant.

The process of applying for an Australian visa is as follows:

1. Passport: To apply for a passport for the first time, you must go to the Exit-Entry Administration Office of the Public Security Bureau where your household registration is located, and soldiers should go to the Exit-Entry Administration Office of the Public Security Bureau where their troops or work units are located. Regarding whether going to school or working in other places can be handled at the nearest place where the school or work unit is located, the handling method can be consulted with the Exit-Entry Administration Department of the local public security bureau. In short, they are all handled at the Exit-Entry Administration Office of the Public Security Bureau.

2. Materials required for obtaining a visa: personal data, my valid passport and old passport (original), and a copy of the first page of my passport (my information page, such as name, place of birth, date of birth, etc. ), recent passport specifications photos, a copy of the original account book, and proof of funds.

3. Download and fill in the visa application form: The application form can be downloaded in official website. If you are looking for a travel agency, you can leave the following to the travel agency, and just prepare the materials in front.

4. Submit the visa application form to the Australian Consulate in China.

5. Staff review.

6, to receive the "application receipt for going abroad (border)" single.

7. Check the contents of the receipt, confirm and sign it.

8. Pay at the toll booth with the application form for going abroad for personal reasons.

9. Get a visa.

Australian tourist visa materials:

1. Original passport. Please provide your old passport together.

2. Four two-inch color photos with white background.

3. Copy of ID card and household registration book.

4. A copy of the business license or organization code certificate of the applicant's unit shall be stamped with the official seal.

5. Chinese or English employment certificate of the applicant's unit (indicating name, gender, date of birth, entry time, position, departure time and annual salary).

6. The applicant's detailed bank deposit certificate of 50,000 yuan will be frozen for 6 months.

7. Semi-annual running details of bank card (printed and sealed by the bank).

8. Copy of real estate license and automobile driving license.

9. Copy of marriage certificate or divorce certificate.

10. Please provide a copy of retirement certificate for retirees (items 4 and 5 cannot be provided).

To apply for an Australian visa, in order to improve the approval rate, in addition to preparing the materials in advance, the following points should be noted:

1. When filling in the application form, make sure that each item is true and accurate, and there are no falsehoods or omissions, so as not to affect the audit.

2. Prepare financial proof that you can afford the travel expenses and have enough funds to support your travel in Australia.

3. Provide the Australian Immigration Department with proof of his identity, such as work certificate and study certificate, to prove his ability and willingness to return to China.

Put all the materials in a folder for review.

Through the above points, the Australian visa pass rate can be effectively improved.

legal ground

People's Republic of China (PRC) Exit and Entry Administration Law

Article 9 China citizens shall apply for passports or other travel documents when leaving or entering the country.

China citizens who want to go to other countries or regions also need to obtain visas or other entry permits. However, unless the China government has signed visa exemption agreements with other governments or the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs provide otherwise.

China citizens who leave or enter the country as seafarers and work on foreign ships shall apply for a seaman's certificate according to law.

Eleventh China citizens leaving or entering the country shall submit their passports, other travel documents and other exit and entry documents to the entry-exit frontier inspection authorities, and shall go through the prescribed procedures before leaving or entering the country.

At qualified ports, the entry-exit frontier inspection organs shall provide special passages and other convenient measures for China citizens to enter and leave the country.