Australian Embassy in Washington DC: Who Requires An Australian Visa?

Australian Embassy in Washington DC

 All of people will require a proper Australian Visa to enter this great country. There are just some exceptions. Firstly, a person who is from New Zealand with New Zealand passport; seconds, a person who will continue his journey within 8 hours from his arrival, he must show a proper onward ticket and during the 8 hours, no leaving the lounge of transit. Out of these two cases, a proper Australian visa is a must if you want to enter this country for every purpose.

The time for total process of visa issue is rather long, it often takes 2 to 10 days. In details, travel visa need 24 hours at least; working holiday visa requires 48 hours at least; 6 and 12 months travel visa takes 5-10 working days; These is the general regulations, in fact there are many other factor may make affect to the process, especially in the time of high demand. So people must prepare the visa before the departure. Visa is just one of required document for entry. These documents are different form this type to other type of visa.

There are many different types of visa, every one require a proper visa to be allow to enter a country. For Australia, there are 6 main types: travel, business, working holiday, skilled, spouse and family Australian Visa. Each of these types covers the purpose and extended staying time. The detail and guideline for choosing the proper visa type are available on the official web pages of Australian Embassies or Consulates. Some web pages which are not official but are also very useful, exact information and guideline are offered for free. By the way of example, Australian Embassy Washington or Australian Embassy in USA.  With email and phone, fax number offered, people will contact with embassy officer to be consulted or for best advice. It is much more convenient than visiting the physical office of these Embassies or Consulates.

The Australian visas of all types are granted by DIAC (Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship). The bureau run no refund policy on visa application, so people must be carefully when prepare for visa application, if people want to cancel, just contact immediately to prevent unnecessary cost. Once DIAC start making a visa, visa fee will not be reimbursed.

Similar to visa issue fee, people will not be refunded insurance cost if they do not contact to stop in the cooling time of 14 days. People may contact by phone first and then confirm by writing document.