Australia Visa

Australia has foolproof immigration and visa regulations in place, which help it regulate the unlawful movement of other nationals to this country. Visas are granted to citizens /passport holders of other countries under different categories, viz. skilled worker, family (partner), employer, tourist/visitor, and the like. ETA or Electronic Travel Authority visa is a recently introduced online service that has helped ease the visa application process tremendously by issuing a virtual visa to tourists and businessmen who seek short multiple stays in the country. While short stay visitor and business ETA visas are issued free of cost, long validity business visas come at A$70. Processing fee is, however, charged in both the cases. Visas issued under ETA permit a maximum of three months' stay in the country in one spell.

Mapsofworld.com presents you an entire section on Australian Visa. Visa regulations are revised from time to time, hence we recommend you to check the official site of Department of Immigration and Citizenship of Australian Government to know the latest application requirements. Alternatively, you may also call Australia Immigration and Citizenship 24-hours Information Service: Tel: (09065) 508 900.

With a recent legislation change, certain amendments are made to the Migrant Regulations 1994, a pathbreaking effort to regularize the criteria for issuing Australia visas to foreign nationals. In Migrant Regulations 1994 , visa requirements for different set of applicants are separately charted out, giving national interest the topmost priority. Subsequently in September 2007, the domain of immigration and visa witnessed comprehensive General Skilled Migration reforms wherein elaborate rules were laid down on the issue of skilled migrant visas. Recently in April 26, 2008 amendments were made under three heads, mostly pertaining to the technical aspects of the reforms in 2007. Policies under General Skilled Migration Amendments were given full effect with the April 26 amendment of the Regulations 1994.

The most important change w.e.f. April 2008 will be on Student visas. Student visa holders, hereafter, need not apply for work permit separately. As soon as a student's course of study or training is over, s/he will be allowed to work in Australia till the time his/her visa expires. Student visa charges has also been increased

With the new amendment a non-citizen non-permanent resident child, who is under the care of a welfare authority administered by a State or Territory, is eligible for a permanent residence visa.

Online Visa Application Australia
There are innumerous individual specific queries related to Australia Visa, which are discussed by various online forums. Queries like, what is the usual time taken to process a skilled migrant Australia visa, can one apply for a temporary visa when his skilled migrant visa is under process, or under which visa can you reside in Australia if you're not a skilled worker, etc. are addressed in these forums. Mapsofworld.com has an extensive section on Australia visa types, application procedures, latest updates, to mention a few. Each visa type is dealt with individually and separate pages are set aside for each of them.

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