After Australia's Immigration and Border Security Department confirmed that it would issue a 10-year tourist visa for Chinese tourists on a trial basis, the Immigration Department recently released the latest details of the visa application and the exact date of implementation.
1. The 10-year tourist visa has been issued since Nov. 19, 2016.
2. The application fee for this visa is A $1000. This is extra, in addition to the basic visa application fee of $135 still to be paid. Such visas will be used as high-end tourist visas, mainly for high-value visitors to Australia frequently.
3. At present, this visa is only issued to Chinese tourists, and will be open to tourists from other countries in succession.
4. This visa is valid for 10 years and can travel to and from Australia many times during the validity period, but stay in Australia for a maximum of 3 months. At the same time, the cumulative stay within 24 months must not exceed 12 months.
5. The 10-year tourist visa belongs to the 600 category tourist visa.
6. The applicant for this visa must meet the following conditions:
* to Australia for travel or business activities;
: not to participate in activities that would adversely affect employment or training opportunities or employment conditions for Australian citizens or permanent residents (that is, cannot work in Australia);
: within 24 months, the cumulative stay in Australia should not exceed 12 months (note, not continuous stay, cumulative stay time, that is, even if you leave Australia in the middle, But as long as the cumulative time within 24 months is more than 12 months, not even)
: medical assessment by qualified medical personnel must be accepted;
In addition, Australia's goverment will also set up a fast-track service (48 hours) to process visitor visa applications, designed to run on trial for Chinese visitors, at an additional cost, of course.
In addition, Chinese tourists can also use simplified Chinese online to apply for tourist visas, making it more convenient.
Many people say the visa only wants to earn Chinese money or harsh conditions are chicken ribs. Indeed, if you want to stay longer to visit relatives and friends parents, or look forward to goverment's 5-year long-term family visit visa can be implemented as soon as possible!
However, if only to travel or frequent business visits between China and Australia, this 10-year visa can still save a lot of money, after all, the current Australian travel visa application fee is $135.