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India passport → Australia
Tourist travel
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Australia Visa Checklist — India Passport (Visa Required)
Tourist · Visitor visa (subclass 600) – Tourist stream (apply online via ImmiAccount; offs
Required Documents
- Valid passport or other travel document (scan/photo pages showing photo, personal details, issue and expiry dates).
- Apply online via ImmiAccount for Visitor visa (subclass 600) – Tourist stream and pay the visa application fee (Home Affairs will not start processing until fee is paid).
- Demonstrate sufficient funds – include recent bank statements or other evidence of access to money.
- Itinerary and travel details (planned dates, accommodation, flights).
- Evidence you intend to return home – e.g. employer leave letter, payslips, enrollment letter, proof of family ties or property.
- If visiting family/friends: letter of invitation from hosts.
- Scan/photograph all supporting documents in colour and ensure they are clear and legible.
- Arrange private health insurance (strongly recommended; some grants may include condition 8501 requiring adequate health insurance).
- If applicant is under 18: birth certificate, passports of parents/guardians, and consent/guardianship documents if parents are not travelling. Home Affairs may refuse if not in the child's best interests.
- On arrival complete the Incoming Passenger Card and present your passport/travel document.
- Be outside Australia when you apply and when a decision is made for an offshore application; processing times are provided as a guide only.
Passport must be valid; the official sources reviewed do not state a specific minimum validity period (e.g. '6 months').
No separate passport-photo specification found on the official tourist-visa pages; Home Affairs asks that documents be scanned/photographed in colour and be clear/legible.
Must show you have enough money or access to funds to support yourself (evidence such as recent bank statements and/or documents showing ties/return plans).
Private health insurance is strongly recommended; subclass 600 grants may be subject to condition 8501 requiring adequate health insurance.
Itinerary, booking details, letter of invitation (if applicable), and evidence of return intention (employer letter, payslips, enrollment, children's birth certificates).
Applicants under 18 must provide a birth certificate, parents’/guardians’ passports, and consent/guardianship paperwork if parents are not travelling; applications are assessed in the child's best interests.
Apply online via ImmiAccount; Home Affairs will not process until the fee is paid. Offshore applicants must be outside Australia when applying and when a decision is made. Processing times on the site are indicative only.
Official sources consulted indicate India passport holders are not eligible for ETA/eVisitor and must obtain the appropriate visitor visa before travel (Visitor subclass 600 is the usual tourist route). No India-specific visa-on-arrival or fee amount was stated in the provided official material.