Three ways to visit Australia. For most travellers, the free eVisitor 651 or the ETA 601 is the right choice. The Visitor 600 suits longer or specific stays. We help you pick the right one and lodge the application for you.
If you hold an eligible passport (EU citizens and selected nationalities), you qualify for the electronic eVisitor or ETA, which makes travel to Australia straightforward. The choice between the three visas depends on the purpose of your trip, planned length of stay, and prior travel history.
The eVisitor (Subclass 651) is free, lodged online, and available to EU citizens. The ETA (Subclass 601) works similarly, lodged via the AustralianETA mobile app or through an agent, with an A$20 service fee. Both allow multiple entries with a stay of up to 3 months per entry and a validity of 12 months.
The Visitor (Subclass 600) is the traditional tourist visa with a longer stay (3, 6, or 12 months). Choose this when you want to stay longer, your application is complex, or you've had a previous visa issue.
We discuss the purpose and length of your trip, prior travel history, and recommend the most suitable visa (eVisitor 651, ETA 601, or Visitor 600).
The eVisitor and ETA need only your passport and basic details. For the Visitor 600, we build the full package: travel history, financial documents, invitations, and evidence of intent to return home.
We lodge through ImmiAccount. The eVisitor 651 is usually granted within 1 to 7 days; the Visitor 600 takes a few weeks.
We monitor the visa grant, and once you arrive, we help with Medicare, accommodation, a SIM card, and transport. If you want to extend or switch to a different visa, we take care of it.
For simple tourist trips with no complications (no criminal record, no prior visa refusals, no overstay), you can lodge the eVisitor yourself. Pacific Center mainly helps when there's something unusual in the application, when you plan to extend the trip into something longer, or when you want certainty that everything is right.
No. Any paid work in Australia on a tourist visa breaches the conditions and can lead to visa cancellation, deportation, and a 3-year entry ban. If you want to work in Australia, apply for the Work and Holiday 462 or the Student Visa 500 (which allows 48 hours per fortnight during semester).
Even a single-day overstay leads to visa cancellation, a 3-year entry ban, and negative consequences for future applications. If you realise you need to stay longer, lodge a new visa application BEFORE your current one expires.
Usually yes, provided your tourist visa doesn't carry condition 8503 (No Further Stay). If it does, the condition can be waived in certain circumstances. We help with the assessment and lodge a new application from within Australia.
If your parent is an EU citizen, they use the eVisitor 651 (up to 3 months) or the Visitor 600 (Tourist Stream) for up to 12 months. For older parents, there's also the Sponsored Parent (Temporary) visa 870, which allows a 3 or 5 year stay but requires sponsorship and a higher fee.
In that case the eVisitor will likely not be granted automatically and you'll need the Visitor 600 with a detailed explanation. This is exactly the situation where a registered migration agent makes the difference between a grant and a refusal.
Functionally almost identical. The eVisitor 651 is free and only for EU citizens and selected nationalities, lodged via ImmiAccount or through an agent. The ETA 601 costs an A$20 service fee, lodged via the AustralianETA mobile app or through an agent. For EU passport holders, the eVisitor is usually more practical.
Book a free 30-minute consultation. We walk through your situation and recommend the right option. MARA-registered agent, multilingual support.
Information on this page is general in nature and does not constitute migration advice under the Migration Act 1958. Tailored advice on your situation can be provided by a registered migration agent in an individual consultation. Fees, quotas, and requirements may change; the official source is immi.homeaffairs.gov.au.