Visitor Visa Subclass 600

This stream lets you visit Australia as a tourist, to see family and friends or for purposes other than business or medical treatment.

This can be applied onshore or offshore.

This visa stream lets you visit Australia for business reasons. As a business visitor, you can:

• make general business or employment enquiries
• investigate, negotiate, enter into or review a business contract
• conduct activities as part of an official government visit
• take part in a conference, trade fair or seminar. You can’t be paid by the organisers to take part
• undertake tourist activities

This visa stream is for citizens of the People’s Republic of China who travel often to Australia for business or personal reasons.

This visa stream lets people who are sponsored, usually by a family member, come to Australia to visit their family members.

A sponsor must:

• be an Australian citizen or permanent resident
• be older than 18 years of age
• have been settled in Australia for a reasonable period (usually more than two years).
• be one of the following:
  • a relative of the applicant (partner, parent, child, brother, sister, grandparent, grandchild, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew, or the ‘step’ or adopted equivalent of any of these); or
  • a relative of a person who is a member of the applicant’s family unit and who is also applying for a Visitor visa (such as the partner of your brother or sister).
• pay a security bond if requested by the Immigration and the bond:
  • is usually between AUD 5,000 and AUD 15,000 per person (but the Immigration can ask for any amount)
  • must be paid in full
  • will be refunded if the Visitor visa holder complies with their visa conditions and leaves Australia before their visa expires