1419 - Application for a Visitor visa - Tourist stream

1 Form Application for a Visitor visa Tourist stream 1419. Department of Home Affairs About this form Outside Australia Most people can apply for a Visitor visa online through If you are applying from outside Australia, and you have ImmiAccount. This is the preferred and most efficient way to received written notice from the Department that you can apply. Information about using ImmiAccount is available at apply using this form 1419: complete and sign the form;. online-or-on-paper/online send it to the Department in accordance with the This form can only be used to make a Visitor visa instructions contained in the written notice. (subclass 600) Tourist stream Application in circumstances prescribed by a legislative instrument. Read the In Australia information in this form carefully to understand if you can If you are applying in Australia: make a valid Application using this form.

2 Complete and sign the form;. You should answer all questions in this form truthfully and provide all relevant information. The Department of Home send it to the Department by mail (with sufficient pre-paid Affairs (the Department) may decide your Application without postage) to requesting further information. Department of Home Affairs Once you have completed your Application , we strongly advise Onshore Visitor visa Processing that you keep a copy for your records. GPO Box 9984. SYDNEY NSW 2001. Note: If you are in Australia and you make a valid Application for a Visitor visa (subclass 600) Tourist stream , this Supporting documents form also serves as an Application for a bridging visa . You need to provide documents to support your Application . Information about which documents are required to support visa information your Application is available at Part M Application Checklist The Visitor visa (subclass 600) Tourist stream is for people on page 15.

3 Who want to travel to or remain in Australia: You should include as much information as possible to to visit family or friends; or support your Application . This includes English translations of your documents. We may decide your Application without as a Tourist , for a cruise or for purposes other than business requesting further information from you. or medical treatment. You can use the Department's ImmiAccount service to lodge This visa does not allow you to work in Australia. documents in support of your Application . Information about Further information on the Visitor visa (subclass 600) Tourist using ImmiAccount is available at stream is available on the Department's website online-or-on-paper/online visa -listing/ Visitor -600/. visa Application Charge Who can use this form? Refer to Part L Payment details of this form to calculate the You can only use this form 1419 to apply for a Visitor visa correct charge and make payment.

4 (subclass 600) Tourist stream if you are: Refer to outside Australia and you have received written notice from visa /fees-and-charges for a complete and current list of the Department stating that you may apply using this form; applicable fees and charges. or Fees and charges may be subject to change at any time and in Australia. this may increase the cost of a visa Application . You can't include family members in your Application . Each Generally, visa Application Charges are reviewed on 1 July family member, including those listed on your passport, must each year, and the exchange rates used to calculate the submit a separate Application . amount payable in a foreign country are updated on 1 January and 1 July each year. How to apply If you do not pay the full visa Application Charge amount, Complete all questions in this Application form.

5 If you do not your visa Application will not be valid. Please refer to answer any question completely and accurately, your Question 13 of this Application form for circumstances where Application may be refused or your visa may be cancelled at a the visa Application Charge may not be payable. later date. Charges are generally not refundable, even if the Application is You may arrange for another person to help you complete this withdrawn or refused. Application form, but you must sign it. If you have been assisted in completing the Application form, you should only sign the declaration(s) if the information in it is true and correct. COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA, 2021 1419 (Design date 09/21) - Page 1. Method of payment Health insurance requirements Make your payment electronically through the My Payments' Medical treatment in Australia can be very expensive.

6 It is section of ImmiAccount. Sign into, or create, your recommended that you take out health insurance for your ImmiAccount and select My Payments>Manage period of stay in Australia. You will not be covered by Payments>Pre-Pay Paper Service, at Australia's national health scheme, unless you are covered by a reciprocal health care agreement. If you are seeking a long stay Visitor visa Tourist stream or are Integrity of Application 75 years of age or over The Department is committed to maintaining the integrity of You may be asked to provide evidence with your Application the visa and citizenship programs. In relation to this that you have health insurance to cover your stay in Australia. Application , if you or a member of your family unit: More information about health insurance is available from the provide, or have provided in a previous Application , Department's website fraudulent documents or false or misleading information (knowingly or not); and/or our-requirements/health/adequate-health- insurance fail to satisfy, or have failed to satisfy in a previous Application , the Minister of your or their identity; Changes in your situation this visa Application may be refused and you, and any If your situation changes while your Application is being members of your family unit, may become unable to be processed, or after your visa is granted, you must notify the granted a visa for specified periods of time, as set out in Department.

7 This includes changes to your passport details, migration legislation. personal details or contact details. Further information on If documents are found to be fraudulent or information to be what you need to do is available at incorrect after the grant of a visa , the visa may subsequently be cancelled. What is immigration assistance? visa validity and conditions A person gives immigration assistance if he or she uses, or This is a temporary visa . This visa generally allows stays of 3 or purports to use, his or her knowledge or experience in 6 months in Australia, although a stay of up to 12 months can migration procedure to assist a person with matters related be granted. The visa period is determined on a case by case under the Migration Act 1958. basis and may The most common times assistance is provided is during visa be less than the period you requested.

8 A stay beyond Application processes, visa cancellation processes or 12 months is ONLY granted where exceptional circumstances sponsorship processes (including monitoring or sanctions). exist'. Note: Immigration assistance does not include simply filling in A visa may be granted for a single entry or multiple entries an Application form, translating or interpreting or passing on within a specified period. information about an Application without comment or explanation. visitors to Australia must be willing and able to comply with their visa conditions while in Australia. If you are unwilling Registered migration agents or unable to comply with these conditions you should not A registered migration agent is a person who is registered with apply for a visa . If you do not comply with your visa the Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority conditions, your visa may be cancelled or you may be subject (OMARA) to provide immigration assistance.

9 To other penalties. If operating in Australia, migration agents must be registered If you are granted a visa , carefully check the details and with the OMARA. conditions on your grant letter. You can also check your visa Information on registered migration agents, including how to details and conditions using visa Entitlement Verification find one, is available on the OMARA website Online system (VEVO). Further information on VEVO is available at Legal practitioners visa /check- visa -details-and-conditions/c heck- conditions-online A legal practitioner is a lawyer who holds an Australian legal practising certificate (whether restricted or unrestricted). granted under a law of an Australian state or territory. Health requirements Legal practitioners can provide immigration assistance in All applicants must meet Australia's health requirements.

10 You connection with legal practice. may be required to undergo a chest x-ray and medical examination in order to meet the criteria for the grant of a Information on legal practitioners, including how to find one, subclass 600 visa . is available on the Law Council of Australia website. Please follow any directions given by the visa processing officer Information on legal practitioners can also be sought from the as to medical or x-ray examinations that may be required. relevant state or territory legal professional bodies. Additional information regarding the health requirement for entry into Australia is available on the Department's website health-requirement/health-examinations 1419 (Design date 09/21) - Page 2 COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA, 2021. Exempt persons Consent to communicate electronically The following people do not have to be a registered migration Note: Electronic communication is the fastest means of agent or legal practitioner in order to provide immigration communication available and the Department prefers to assistance: communicate electronically because this results in faster a close family member (spouse, child, adopted child, processing.)