Tourist Visa (Subclass 676)
This visa allows people to visit Australia for a holiday or recreation, or to visit family and friends. This visa may also be used for other short-term non-work purposes including study for less than three months.
Who is this visa for?
This visa is available to all passport holders who are:
• outside Australia and want to apply for a visa to visit Australia
• in Australia and want to extend your stay as a visitor.
Certain tourists are also eligible to apply for an Electronic Travel Authority (ETA) or an eVisitor.
Repeat visits and long stays
This visa is designed only to allow temporary travel to Australia for tourism purposes or to visit family and friends. It cannot be used for long-term stays or residence. To be eligible for a further Tourist visa in the future, you must maintain extended periods of time outside of Australia.
If you would like to migrate or spend longer periods in Australia, you should explore more appropriate visa options which may be more suitable.
What does this visa let me do?
If granted, this visa will allow you either a single or multiple entry to Australia for a stay period of up to three, six or 12 months.
The period of stay and number of entries granted will depend on the purpose of the visit and your personal circumstances.
(Source: http://www.immi.gov.au/visitors/tourist/676/)
The Work and Holiday (Subclass 462) visa is for young people aged 18 to 30 who want to travel and work for up to 12 months in Australia. This visa allows you to supplement the cost of your holiday through periods of temporary or casual employment.
The Work and Holiday visa program is designed to encourage cultural exchange and closer ties between arrangement countries.
This visa is for people from Chile, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Turkey and the USA. Citizens of Iran who are currently in Australia on a Work and Holiday visa may also be eligible to apply for further Work and Holiday visas. An arrangement with Bangladesh has also been signed, but is not yet in effect.
(Source: http://www.immi.gov.au/visitors/working-holi
You should read this information if you are applying for your first or second Working Holiday visa.
The main purpose of this visa is to allow you to have an extended holiday while supplementing your funds with short-term work in Australia.
Who is this visa for?
This visa is for people aged 18 to 30 years of age, who are interested in a working holiday of up to 12 months in Australia.
Important: You must have turned 18, but not turned 31, at the time of your visa application.
This visa allows you to supplement the cost of your holiday through short-term employment. However, if your primary reason for travelling to Australia is to participate in the work force, you should consider a visa designed for that purpose.
What does this visa let me do?
If you are granted this visa you can:
• enter Australia within 12 months of grant
• stay up to 12 months
• leave and re-enter Australia any number of times while the visa is valid
• work in Australia for up to six months with each employer
• study for up to four months.
If you hold a second Working Holiday visa, you may return to work for a further six months for an employer with whom you worked on your first Working Holiday visa.
(Source: http://www.immi.gov.au/visitors/working-holiday/417/)
