Tourist Stream

With this visa you can :

visit family and/or friends
be here as a tourist, for a cruise or for any purpose except business or medical treatment

You can study or train for up to 3 months on this visa. But if your main reason for travelling to Australia is study, a student visa might be more appropriate.

You can’t work.

How long you can stay?

This is a temporary visa.

You can stay for the period or dates specified on the visa grant letter. We determine the length of your visa on a case by case basis. Things we might consider when determining your stay period include:

how long you want to stay
why you want to stay in Australia

We might not grant the length of stay you want.

We can grant this visa with a single entry or multiple entry.

If we grant you a visa with multiple entry, you can leave and return to Australia on the visa while it is valid.

Generally, we grant a stay period of 3 months. We might grant a stay of up to 12 months in certain circumstances.