Visit Australia
Tourist and Business Visitor (600)
Holidays, family visits and business meetings. Two streams of the subclass 600 cover most short-term travel to Australia.
Requirements
What the visitor streams ask of you.
Where you lodge matters. Apply in Australia and you must be in Australia when the visa is granted; apply outside and you must be offshore at grant. The Business Visitor stream is lodged and granted offshore only.
Tourist stream
For holidays, sightseeing and visiting family and friends. You need a genuine intention to visit temporarily, enough money for the stay and the journey home, and to meet health and character requirements. Visas can be single or multiple entry, commonly with stays of up to three months at a time.
Business Visitor stream
For business visitor activities: conferences, negotiations, meetings and exploratory business visits. You need a genuine business reason to visit and a background that fits it. The stream does not allow work or selling goods or services to the public, and it is applied for and granted outside Australia.
A visit that ends
Decision makers weigh your ties at home, your immigration history and your funds against the claim that the visit is temporary. Where your visit is genuinely temporary, we assemble the evidence that demonstrates it.
Longer stays for parents of Australians
Parents and step-parents of Australian citizens, permanent residents and eligible New Zealand citizens may be granted Tourist stream visas of up to five years with multiple entries, staying up to 12 months at a time and no more than 12 months in Australia in any 18-month period. Adequate health insurance is required for these longer visas.
The pathway
How we run your visitor application.
Stream and side of the border
We confirm the right stream and whether to lodge in or outside Australia, since where you lodge sets where you must be at grant.
Evidence
Funds, ties to home, itinerary and any invitations or business letters, assembled to show a genuine temporary visit.
Lodgement
Your application goes in decision-ready, with honest and complete answers throughout.
Decision
If granted, the grant letter sets your entries, stay periods and conditions. We walk you through them before you travel.
General information only, not immigration advice. Your circumstances matter. Visa requirements, fees and processing times change regularly. Facts on this page last reviewed 15 July 2026. Check current details with the Department of Home Affairs , or speak with us for advice on your situation. Website terms.
Begin with a conversation.
Speak with a MARA-registered migration agent in Melbourne about your pathway. Book a time that suits you.