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This visa allows people to visit Australia for a holiday or recreation, or to visit family and friends. This visa may also be used for other short-term non-work purposes including study for less than three months.
Who is this visa for?
This visa is available to all passport holders who are:
· Outside Australia and want to apply for a visa to visit Australia
· In Australia and want to extend your stay as a visitor.
Certain tourists are also eligible to apply for an Electronic Travel Authority (ETA) or an eVisitor.
Repeat visits and long stays
This visa is designed only to allow temporary travel to Australia for tourism purposes or to visit family and friends. It cannot be used for long-term stays or residence. To be eligible for a further Tourist visa in the future, you must maintain extended periods of time outside of Australia.
Bringing family
Family members, under 18 years of age, who are travelling to Australia and are included on your passport, can be included in your application. Other family members who have separate passports must lodge separate applications.
Extending your stay
If you are in Australia and want to extend your stay for tourism purposes, you must apply for a new visa at least two weeks before your current visa expires.
A Tourist visa may be granted if you:
· Have complied with the conditions of your previous visa
· Meet all the eligibility criteria for this visa
· Do not have a 'No further stay' condition on your visa.
You should note that a further visa, if granted, will cease any visa or ETA currently held and the entitlements attached to that visa or ETA.
If a decision has not been made on your application before your original visa expires, you will be able to remain lawfully in Australia until the application has been finalised.
Studying
If you are granted this visa, you can study for up to three months. If you want to study longer than three months you should apply for a student visa.
Student visa holders
If you hold or last held a Student visa, you cannot extend your stay in Australia on a Tourist visa, for the purposes of:
· Commencing a CRICOS registered course
or
· Continuing or completing a CRICOS registered course in which you are enrolled.