• 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.

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. Department of Home Affairs 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 Department of Home Affairs consider your cruise to be a round trip cruise.

This is a temporary visa.

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

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

You might not be granted the length of stay you want.

You can be granted this visa with a single entry or multiple entry.

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

Generally, visa granted with a stay period of 3 months. Some applicant might be granted a stay of up to 12 months in certain circumstances.

Parents of Australian citizens or permanent residents

If you are the parent or step-parent of an Australian citizen or permanent resident, and you meet all the visa criteria, Department of Home Affairs may grant you a visa that is valid for more than 12 months.

Department of Home Affairs consider these applications on a case-by-case basis.

If Department of Home Affairs grant you a visa that is valid for more than 12 months you might be able to enter Australia multiple times while the visa is valid. You can’t stay in Australia for more than 12 months in total in any 18 month period. You must also have made adequate arrangements for health insurance.

If you want to stay longer than 12 months on each visit you might be eligible for a Sponsored Parent (Temporary) visa.

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

You can apply for a new visa if your current visa does not have a condition that prevents further stay, such as condition 8503 – No Further Stay. Department of Home Affairs can waive a no further stay condition in limited circumstances.

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

You can’t include family members in your application.

Each family member, including those listed on your passport, must submit a separate application.

This visa costs from AUD150 for each applicant.

You may be eligible for a waiver of the Visa Application Charge (VAC) if you have been impacted by COVID-19 related travel restrictions.

You might also have to pay other costs for:

• health checks
• police certificates
• biometrics

To be eligible for this visa, you must be outside Australia when you apply and when Department of Home Affairs decide your application.

• 25% of applications: 16 Days
• 50% of applications: 39 Days
• 75% of applications: 63 Days
• 90% of applications: 4 Months

You are liable for all your healthcare costs while you are in Australia. Insurance can help limit your financial liability. To cover any unexpected medical treatment you might need in Australia, Department of Home Affairs strongly recommended you take out adequate health insurance.

Some countries have a reciprocal healthcare agreement with Australia.

In some circumstances, Department of Home Affairs might grant your visa with Condition 8501 – Maintain adequate health insurance.

If you have multiple entry, you can travel outside Australia and return while your visa is valid.

If you have single entry and you leave Australia, you have to apply for another visa to return.