Australian Visa Options
There are a number of Australian
visa options open to Thai nationals for short visits. The
most useful is the most relevant is the Tourist Visa
(subclass 676.) However, depending on your situation and
desires there are other options that may be better in
your situation.
We’ll start with the Tourist
visa then move on to other visas that may be applicable
then a note on one that is not available for bringing a
Thai lady to Australia.
Tourist Visa (subclass 676)
This visa should not be confused
with tourist visa (subclass 976.) This subclass is for
nationals of countries that are eligible
to apply of an electronically stored authority (ETA.)
Unfortunately Thais are not eligible for this type of
visa.
The visa allows a person to
travel to Australia for a holiday or recreation. On this
visa visitors may study for up to 3 month but they can
not work.
Student Visa
An option to bring a Thai lady
to Australia is a student visa. This has an added
advantage that she can work while she is her. If you
interested to see if your lady can adapt to living in
Australia this is a visa worth considering. It will be
more expensive but it has a lot of plusses including an
improvement in her English.
The ELICOS Sector: Temporary
Visa (Subclass 570) is designed for people enrolling in
English language intensive courses for overseas students.
Once she has been accepting into a course an application
can be prepared.
For further details of this visa
see the Department of Immigration and Citizen website.
Note Thais have an assessment level of 2 for this type of
visa.
Work and Holiday Visa (subclass 462)
This visa is available to Thai
nationals. To be eligible a person must be between 18 and
30 and have a tertiary education. As such it is unlikely
to be worth considering in most cases. However if your
lady does fit the criteria see the Department of
Immigration and Citizen website.
Sponsored Family Visitor visa (Subclass
679)
There is often the
mis-conception that guys sponsor Thai ladies to come to
Australia. This is not strictly correct. It is more a
case of you guaranteeing their stay. By that I mean that
your visitor will provide for her will she is in
Australia.
The Sponsored Family Visitor
visa (Subclass 679) is for people with family members in
Australia. As such it is not available to bring a lady to
Australia.
Tourist Visa (subclass
676) (Best Option)
In most situations the tourist
visa (subclass 676) is the best option for bringing a
Thai lady to Australia for a short stay. This is the visa
that this website is aim at to help people to prepare an
application that is highly likely to be approved. If
there are no issues with you or your lady (eg criminal or
security issues of a history of fraudulent visa
applications) applications following the formula about to
be presented is likely to result in a visa being
issued.
The next few pages will detail
the procedure for submission an application in Bangkok
and what to submit with the application. Later details of
what to expect after the application is submitted will be
detailed.
You can either use the menu on
the left to navigate through the site or use the next
function to move through sequentially.
Good luck with your
application!
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