Can I travel to Australia for leisure but on a business visitor visa? [closed]

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I have a two years Australian business visitor visa with multiple entry option. This visa lets me attend business related workshops for a project undertaken by our parent company which is located in Sydney. Now I want to explore this country and was hoping to spend my next holiday in Australia. For this purpose, do I need to re-apply for a new tourist visa or my business visitor visa will suffice all requirements?



Best Answer

You mention having a multiple-entry a business visitor visa. I can't find this type of visa on the Australian Department of Immigration and Border Protection website. I am therefore assuming that you have a visitor visa, rather than a working holiday or a temporary/permanent resident.

All three Australian Visitor visas -- Visitor, Electronic Travel Authority and eVisitor -- allow for both tourism and business visitor activities.

Visitor visa (subclass 600)

This visa is for people travelling to Australia:

  • As a tourist
  • For business visitor activities
  • To see family
  • On tour with a registered travel agent from the People’s Republic of China

The visa allows you to visit Australia for a period as determined by the Minister.

See > Visitor visa (subclass 600)

Electronic Travel Authority visa (subclass 601)

This visa is for people travelling to Australia:

  • As a tourist
  • For business visitor activities

In most cases, this visa allows you to visit Australia on multiple occasions within 12 months from the date of the grant of the visa or the life of the visa holder’s passport (whichever is shorter) for three months at a time. You must be outside Australia when the Electronic Travel Authority visa is granted or, if you apply for it while you are in immigration clearance, then you must be in immigration clearance at the time it is granted.

See > Electronic Travel Authority) visa (subclass 601)

eVisitor (subclass 651)

This is a free visa for certain people travelling to Australia:

  • As a tourist
  • For business visitor activities

This visa allows you to visit Australia for three months at a time and travel to and enter Australia on multiple occasions within 12 months from the date the visa is granted.

See > eVisitor (subclass 651)

Therefore you shouldn't need to apply for a new visa if you wish to visit Australia for tourism with your existing visitor visa. Just make sure that you don't stay longer than the allowed period.




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Can business visa holders enter Australia?

This visa stream lets you visit Australia for business reasons. From 21 February 2022, all visa holders who are fully vaccinated for international travel purposes can travel to Australia without a travel exemption.

Can I travel as a tourist on a business visa?

If you wish to visit a country as a tourist or for business or even to visit family and friends living there, then you must apply for a visit visa. You will have to apply for either a tourist visa or a business visa based on the purpose of your visit.

Which visa is for limited period of leisure travel no business activities allowed?

Tourist-visa definition A document that allows a limited period of leisure travel within a country, but no business activity.

Can I travel to Australia right now?

All travellers to Australia need to comply with entry, quarantine and post-arrival testing requirements in the state or territory of their arrival, and any other state or territories that they plan to travel to. Requirements vary and may change at short notice.



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