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Making an Australian Visa Application

The Australian Visa Bureau helps potential migrants, skilled workers, working holiday makers and visitors to Australia with the Australian visa application process.

Our free Online Assessments make it simple to ascertain your eligibility to apply for an Australian visa. Online Assessments are available for the purpose of permanent migration and temporary migration; as a working holiday maker or as a visitor looking to apply for a tourist visa.

Applying as a Skilled Worker

Professionals and skilled workers considering living and working in Australia may be eligible under the Skilled Migration Programme. This route facilitates emigration based on an applicants qualifications and their suitability to help ease labour shortages in Australia.

The Migration Occupations in Demand List (MODL) identifies those professions where shortages of workers are most severe and professionals on the MODL may have their application fast-tracked.

The Skilled Migration Programme is points tested and points are awarded for age (applicants must be under 45), occupation, skills, language ability and other criteria.

Anyone interested in applying under this category should first complete an Online Assessment to find out their eligibility under the skilled visa classes.

Online Australian Skilled Visa Assessment

Applying for a Family Visa

Family visas are used to reunite Australian citizens or permanent residents with partners or dependent family members in Australia.

The family visa classes are not points tested, but require the sponsorship of an Australian citizen or permanent resident.

Australian Partner Visas enable the married spouses, common law spouses, de facto partners and fiancee's of Australian citizens, permanent residents or eligible New Zealand citizens to live and work in Australia. Same sex partners can apply for an Interdependency Visa.

More information is available on our Australian family visas pages.

Family visas are also available for dependent children, orphaned relatives or adopted children, dependent relatives, remaining relatives and carers of Australian citizens

Free online assessment for Australian family visas.

Working Holiday Visa application

Young people aged between 18-30 and citizens of countries with a working holiday maker agreement with Australia may be eligible for an Australian Working Holiday Visa.

A working holiday visa permits the holder to travel and work in Australia for up to one year, although a second working holiday visa that extends the length of stay in Australia up to two years is now possible.

For more details and how to apply, see our Working Holiday Visa pages.

Do you qualify for an Australian Working Holiday Visa?

Apply for an ETA (Tourist) Visa

ETA visas can be applied for online and are usually granted within minutes. An ETA visa is a multiple entry visa and allows the holder to stay for up to three months at a time. An ETA visa is valid for one year. Work in Australia is not permitted on an ETA visa.

Apply now for your ETA Visa

More information is available on the ETA visa, including full details of eligibility and how to apply.