Things you need to know about the Australian Tourist Visa

The Australian Tourist Visa is quite self explanatory, the purpose of this visa is for people to come and visit Australia. The Australian government loves to have more tourists as that leads to economic growth in the tourism and hospitality industry. Tourism and hospitality is one of the main export industries that brings more cash to the country.

However, in order for people to get tourist visa, they need to illustrate that they are in fact genuine tourist, as there are way too many unlawful non-citizens here in Australia. The Australian government also needs to ensure that those who come here under a tourist visa will not overstay their visa.

Here is some basic information that you can illustrate to the case officer that you are indeed a genuine tourist. You will not overstay your visa. You will definitely go back to your home country before the visa expires.

• your job back home is stable and you will definitely go back to your work
• you are a full-time student and will definitely go back to school to continue your study back home
• you own a business and will need to go back to continue running your business back home
• you have family members back home that you will definitely go back to

That is just a rough guide, hope that you get the idea. There are many ways that you can illustrate that you are indeed a genuine tourist depending on your circumstances.

Apart from that, money is important for tourist visas....

Tourists come to Australia either for visiting friends, family members or sightseeing. Tourist visa applicants need to illustrate that they have enough funds to cover all their expenses while they are staying in Australia. That will include food and accommodation.

Those who stay with friends and family need to inform the case officer that the accommodation has been sorted.

The fund and financial support can be provided by your family members. However, if the fund will be provided by friends or persons that are not blood related to you, it needs to accompany with some explanation.

So far, that is only a rough guideline for tourist visas. Every case is different, the merit of visa application is based on a case-by-case basis.

Hope that you have some basic idea on how the tourist visa works.