As part of the Australian
Government’s 2016-17 Budget to boost Australia’s tourism, Australia is set to
implement a trial three-year multiple-entry visitor visa for India, Thailand
and Vietnam by July 2016 and for Chile by December 2016 with each stay valid
for up to three months.
This change complements the
three-year, multiple-entry visitor visa announced for Indonesia in November
last year, and a 10-year visitor visa for China that will be available online
in Simplified Chinese this year, the first time Australia has trialled visa
application lodgement in a language other than English.
Additionally, subject to a
preliminary evaluation of the trial currently underway for China in relation to
a user-pays ($1,000) fast-track premium processing for Visitor Visa, by
December 2016 Australia is set to extend similar trial user-pays visa
fast-track service for nationals from India and the United Arab Emirates.
