Visitor (subclass 600) Visa:

This visa is for genuine tourist, business persons and family visitors to Australia. The visitor visa can be granted for 3 months, six months and 12 months. This visa can be applied under 5 streams:

  1. Tourist
  2. Family Sponsored
  3. Business Visitor
  4. Approved Destination Status
  5. Frequent Traveller stream

Common criteria to be satisfied are:

  1. Adequate Financial Support
  2. Genuine Temporary applicant such as previous immigration history, current circumstances, possibility for overstay.
  3. Health, Character, children/custody requirements
  4. Special return Criteria

If you are in Australia you can apply for the Tourist stream of the Visitor visa online provided you currently have a valid visa that does not have condition 8503 imposed.