Australia Travel Visas

Australia dispenses two kinds of migration visas. The migration program visas allow foreigners to visit Australia either temporarily or permanently. There are many classes of migration visas, including skilled migration visas, family migration visas, and special eligibility visas. In the 2004/2005 calendar year, Australia admitted approximately 20,000 foreigners into the migration visa program.

To improve your odds of qualifying for an Australian travel visa, you may want to keep flexible in terms of where you might live. The Australian immigration service looks favorably upon applicants who are willing to reside in the regional territories. Another way to increase your chances of success is to apply as a skilled laborer or business person. After all, Australia wants foreign visitors who will contribute to the national economy and culture.

Flexible Australian Visas

The other major migration visa is the humanitarian program. This program is specifically tailored to assist refugees and others fleeing humanitarian crises to resettle. Not all applicants who qualify for humanitarian refugee status will get resettled in Australia. Indeed, Australia often acts as an intermediary, assisting troubled or displaced citizens by finding them safe havens in other countries.

Onshore protection humanitarian visas may be issued to citizens who show up on Australia's shores with just a temporary visa. Unauthorized refugees may qualify for humanitarian onshore visas, although the government encourages these refugees to go through standard bureaucratic channels. There are only 13,000 places on average available in the humanitarian migration program.