Does an ETA cancel a current visa?
Many Australian visas will, after being granted, override a previous visa.
However this does not appear to apply to a subsequent grant of an ETA, as this is different to most visas and does not replace a currently held substantive visa.
A VEVO … Read the rest
These are the latest Processing times for each of the Australian Visitor Visa subclasses for visas finalised in March 2023.
Visitor visa applicants are advised not to book flight tickets etc., until the visa is granted.
25,746 applications for visitor visas from Malaysian passport holders were refused during the period 1 January 2021 to 31 January 2023.
This works out at an average of 1,030 refusals per month.
There were 21,971 subclass 601 refusals and 3,775 subclass 600 refusals.… Read the rest
These are the latest Processing times for each of the Australian Visitor Visa subclasses for visas finalised in November 2022.
Visitor visa applicants are advised not to book flight tickets etc., until the visa is granted.
These are the latest Processing times for each of the Australian Visitor Visa subclasses for visas finalised in July 2022.
Visitor visa applicants are advised not to book flight tickets etc., until the visa is granted.
From 6 April 2022, all ETA-eligible passport holders can now apply for an ETA using the Australian ETA app.
At this time, ETA lodgement is only available through the Australian ETA app.
You can … Read the rest
Some people say that an ETA is not a visa. Others say it is.
Who is correct?
I am one of those that says an ETA is a visa, with a very good reason, which I will explain later.
But first:
The above heading is from a 2016 news report. 90,000 sounds like a lot of Visa rejections, at first glance. But how bad is it really ?
That figure of 90,000 came from a calculation based on the Dec 2014 … Read the rest
Visitor Visa grant rates vary depending on a few different factors.
The main factor is the country of origin, and the experiences of overstay and illegal working rates of nationals from those countries. The higher the rate of illegal use of a visa, … Read the rest
The ETA is a multiple entry visitor visa for some Nationalities that want to visit Australia for tourism, for periods of up to 3 months at a time, but it has a 12 month validity period.
It is a Free visa, although there is an … Read the rest
