If you’re planning to visit Australia for business or tourism purposes, you may need to apply for a visitor visa subclass 600. This type of visa allows you to stay in Australia for up to 3, 6, or 12 months, depending on the purpose of your visit. To ensure that your visa application is processed smoothly and quickly, it’s essential to have all the necessary documentation in place.
Below we’ve provided a visitor visa subclass 600 checklist, which includes items such as a valid passport, proof of financial support, evidence of health insurance coverage, and a letter of invitation (if applicable). Depending on the purpose of your visit, you may need to provide additional documentation such as evidence of business activities if you’re visiting for business purposes. It’s important to review the checklist carefully and ensure that you have all the required documents before submitting your application. This can help prevent delays or rejections of your visa application, and increase your chances of obtaining a visitor visa subclass 600, making your visit to Australia a smooth and enjoyable experience.
The documents required for the Australia tourist visa is one of the most popular requests we get. We’ve put together a tourist visa subclass 600 checklist for you below.
Australian Visitor Visa Subclass 600 Document Checklist
- Online Application Form (each applicant, including children, must complete their own form)
- Certified copy of your passport
- Certified copy of your birth certificate
- Proof of name change (if relevant)
- Two recent passport-sized photographs (45 mm x 35 mm) of each person included in the application.
- What you will do in Australia? Itinerary giving travel details, accommodation and activities within Australia. Click here for a comprehensive template!
- Evidence of how you will fund your travel (for example, bank statements, taxation documents)
- If you are employed: Letter from your employer – stating your position and salary, length of employment, confirming your leave of absence and the name and contact details of the person providing the letter.
- If you are self-employed: Business registration
- If you are retired: Evidence of your retirement – for example a letter from your employer.
- If you are a student: Evidence of your enrolment such as letter from your education institute.
- Proof that you will return home before your visa expires, for example:
- a letter from your employer stating you plan to return to your job
- proof that you study at a school, college or university in your home country
- proof that you have immediate family members in your home country
- proof that you can return home
- proof that you own a house or other major assets in your home country
- National Identification Card (if relevant)
- Military service record or discharge papers (if relevant)
If you are visiting family or friends
- If you are visiting family and friends provide an invitation from your inviter in Australia, evidence of your relationship with the inviter and evidence of your inviter’s passport.
- If someone is supporting your application, a supporting letter from this person outlining the purpose of your visit, the length of your stay, the nature of your relationship with them, and the type of support they will provide (eg. financial, accommodation etc). If this person is in Australia, evidence of their status (eg. copy of Australian passport/visa). Click here for a comprehensive template!
- If visiting or travelling with a relative – evidence of your relationship with the person you are visiting, for example, marriage certificate(s), birth certificate(s), house registration, statement detailing the relationship, or a combination of these documents.
- If a friend/relative in Australia is paying for your visit then a Statutory Declaration form for your Visitor Visa Australia, stating the relative or friend’s support and evidence of their financial capacity to do so – for example a letter of invitation, bank statements and tax documents.
If you are travelling with children under the age of 18, you will find out more about the additional requirements here. We hope this checklist of Australia tourist visa has been helpful.
Want more information? Why not check out our Ultimate Guide to the Australian Visitor Visa (subclass 600).
You can also download a planned tourism activities template at the below link. Simply fill in your details to improve your application.
