Visitor visa (subclass 600)
Tourist stream (apply in Australia)

Tourist stream (apply in Australia)

This visa stream lets you visit Australia as a tourist, to visit family and friends or for purposes other than business or medical treatment.

Stay

Up to 12 months

Cost

From AUD490.00

Processing Time

For an indication of processing times for this visa, use the visa processing time guide tool. This will show the processing times for recently decided applications. It is a guide only and not specific to your application.

  • ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​We might grant you a stay of up to 12 months
  • Visit friends and family, cruise or have a holiday
  • If you hold another visa that is expiring and want to stay longer, this visa might suit you
  • You must be in Australia when you apply and when we decide your application.

With this visa you can

  • visit family 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.

Cruise

You will need a visa if you enter Australia during a cruise.

If your cruise is a round trip cruise, the time you spend on the cruise counts as time spent in Australia. We do not consider you to have left Australia. A round trip cruise will not reset your stay period on your visa.

Ask your cruise operator or travel agent if we consider your cruise to be a round trip cruise.

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 you the length of stay you want.

We can grant this visa with multiple entry or no travel.

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

You may need to show there are exceptional circumstances if you want to stay in Australia:

  • as the holder of one or more visitor visas
  • and for more than 12 consecutive months

If you want to stay longer or permanently in Australia you will need to apply for a visa that allows this.

Stay longer

You can’t stay in Australia longer by extending this visa. You must apply for another visa.

Explore your visa options.

Include family

You can’t include family members in your application. Each family member, including those listed on your passport, must submit a separate application.

Newborn child

Find out what to do if you give birth to a child after you apply.