How to apply for an Australian tourist visa

To apply to the Australian Embassy in China, it is recommended to submit the information required for a tourist visa by mail, and send the application form, passport and application materials to the designated address.

Visa category:

If the purpose of your visit to Australia is to go to Australia for vacation, sightseeing, visiting relatives and friends or buying private property, and to go to Australia for a short-term business visit, the best choice is to apply for a tourist visa (category 676).

Applicants who go to Australia for vacation, sightseeing or visiting relatives and friends can also apply for a sponsored visit visa (category 679) if they have relatives in Australia and are willing to sponsor. The visa application place is in Australia, which is examined and approved by the Australian local immigration bureau and cannot be submitted in China.

ADS visa is limited to tourists who join tour groups in China and leave the country together. The Chinese interpretation of the visa is "approved tourist destination country". After increasing the ADS visa, you are only allowed to travel in the approved destination countries. This visa cannot be signed, transferred or extended in the destination country. Holders of this visa must join and leave this group. At the same time, domestic travel agencies have to collect personal deposits.

Required information:

676 required information

1. Fill in the form: 48RCHS form; 54 tables;

2. The original of my valid passport;

3. passport photo;

4. The original residence booklet of the applicant;

5. Proof of funds:

Personal deposit certificate (suggested time deposit certificate of 50,000 yuan), stock certificate, property certificate, vehicle certificate, etc. And a copy of the bank passbook that can reflect your deposit history or salary income; Credit card details and proof of credit limit. Note: If your friends or relatives in Australia provide financial assistance for your travel, please provide their invitation letter and proof that they are able to provide financial assistance); Name and contact information of the inviter and a copy of the Australian visa.

On-the-job (study) personnel should provide: a leave note from the work unit, and indicate in the letter:

Your position and salary

In-service time

Approved vacation time

The name and contact information of the person in charge of issuing the approval.

note:

Private owners need to provide business license (copy)

Retirees are required to provide retirement certificates (copies).

Students need to provide attendance certificates.

Supplementary material requirements of specific applicants

Physical examination results (if necessary)

The applicant's birth certificate, which indicates the names of both parents.

Copy of parents' marriage certificate (preferably notarized)

School certificate

If both parents do not accompany their children (applicants), supplementary information is required:

Copies of all parents' ID cards in different banks (preferably notarized)

Written authorization signed by parents of all different banks, which indicates that: children are allowed to travel to Australia, indicating the approximate date and days of travel; Indicate whether you agree to single entry or multiple entry; Indicate the contact information of accompanying parents.

Form 1229 (click the website to download)-Australian visa consent issued to children under 18.

Please note:

Don't send any original documents except the original passport; It is best to keep a copy of the first page of your passport for health examination;

Please attach the English translation of Chinese documents.

You have been to Australia in the past, please add:

If your personal situation has changed since your last visit to Australia, please provide a statement explaining the relevant changes and the corresponding supporting materials.

For example:

If you have retired, please provide a copy of your retirement certificate.

If you have graduated, please provide proof of relevant educational institutions.

Information needed for advertising

1. Personal passport and passport copy valid for more than half a year. If you are using a new passport for the first time, please provide 4 2-inch bareheaded photos of the original passport, and please indicate your name on the back.

2. Fill in the accurate and complete application form and family member form. All forms must be signed by myself. If you have applied for an Australian (New Zealand) visa, please indicate the application time, check-out situation and visa type in the form; If the immediate family members are in Australia and New Zealand, please indicate the exact name of the company or school where you work, and provide a copy of the first page of your passport and a valid visa page, as well as the detailed and accurate address and contact telephone number of your relatives.

3. A notarized certificate of kinship is required for the whole family to bring up children (/kloc-children under 0/8 years old). If one of them travels with children or a minor alone, in addition to the notarial certificate of family kinship, it is also necessary to provide a notarial certificate entrusted by a single parent or parents (note: the notarization entrusted by parents requires both parents to go to the notary office in person, and the notarial certificate is bilingual). The trustee can be a friend of the same trade, a tour leader or a travel agency. Divorced families traveling with minors, please provide birth certificates. In addition to the notarial certificate of family relationship, a notarial certificate of single parent entrustment is also needed (in both Chinese and English).

Older people over 70 need to go to the hospital designated by the embassy for medical examination, and the embassy will decide whether to issue visas according to the results of the medical examination. Or go to the local airport entry-exit quarantine bureau for physical examination in advance and submit the health certificate of the travel agency to the embassy together; At the same time, you need to provide a copy of travel insurance (the Beijing Consulate only needs 300,000 yuan travel accident insurance provided by any domestic insurance company in 30 yuan, and the Shanghai Guangdong Consulate will discuss it separately).

5. It takes 5-8 working days for Australia ADS plus New Zealand ADS visa. Not on the day of delivery. Students who travel to Australia, whether ADS or 676, need to provide school leave certificates. If you have a student ID card, you'd better provide it. When the ADS delegation applies for a visa at the Beijing Embassy, passports issued by foreign consulates are not allowed in the application.

6. Copies of various certificates:

Copy of ID card; Copy of the household registration book of the whole family; If the applicant does not live in the province or city where the household registration is located, a copy of the temporary residence permit is required;

7. Unit or school information;

Copy of the employment certificate and business license of the unit; Students provide a copy of student ID card and the school's leave certificate; Two business cards.

8. Personal credit certificate:

Please be sure to provide the original bank deposit certificate or copy of time deposit certificate or more property certificates required by the 676 visa. Such as automobile production and real estate. Guests in Shanghai consular district who have refused to sign visas must provide the original bank deposit certificate, the corresponding deposit certificate, the original vehicle production certificate and the original property certificate. Guests in the Guangdong consular district are required to provide a copy of the bank passbook with a history of nearly half a year or a printed bank statement. For those who do not meet the ADS application conditions (poor credit status), please provide more copies of their own and their spouses' assets (including bank passbook, time deposit, real estate, stocks, bonds and other private property certificates, credit card consumption list). Do a good job in applying for a 676 visa. The Australian visa office is located in Beijing; Shanghai; The region of Guangzhou is divided into:

Applicants living in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei Province must apply for a tourist visa at the Australian Embassy in Beijing.

Shanghai Consulate accepts the following regions: Shanghai, Chongqing, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hubei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Shandong, Inner Mongolia, Shanxi, Henan, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Gansu, Qinghai, Xinjiang and Tibet.

Guangzhou Consulate accepts the following regions: Guangdong, Fujian, Hunan, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou and Hainan.

(Refer to Baidu Encyclopedia)