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Australian Migration Program Guide
Subclass 600Temporary Visa Processing baseline: 20 - 60 days (Department of Home Affairs)

Visitor Visa (Subclass 600)

A short-stay temporary visa for tourism, visiting family, or short-term business activities in Australia.

Visa Overview

What the Subclass 600 offers

The Subclass 600 Visitor visa is Australia's core short-stay visa for people travelling for tourism, visiting family and friends, or attending business meetings and conferences. It is granted across four streams: Tourist, Business Visitor, Sponsored Family, and Approved Destination Status.

Stay periods are typically 3, 6 or 12 months per entry, and the visa can be granted as a single-entry or multiple-entry authorisation depending on the applicant's travel history and stream.

Visitor visa holders cannot work in Australia and may only undertake limited short courses of study (generally up to 3 months). Genuine intention to depart Australia at the end of the visit is a core assessment criterion.

Stay length
Up to 12 months
Streams
Tourist / Business / Family
Outcome
Temporary entry
Transparent Pricing

Professional service fees

All-inclusive professional fees for AussieMigrate's OMARA-registered agents to prepare and lodge your Subclass 600 application. Third-party charges (government visa application charges, skills assessments, English tests, health and police checks) are billed separately at cost.

PhaseProfessional fee
  • 1
    Professional service fee
    Stream selection, evidence pack (funds, ties, itinerary, invitation letters) and Subclass 600 lodgement handled by an OMARA-registered agent.
    $1,000

Quoted fees are in USD and do not include Australian Government department charges.

Eligibility Breakdown

Who can apply

Applicants must be strictly under 45 years of age at the time an Invitation to Apply is issued. Missing the cut-off is an automatic refusal.

Application Timeline

Your step-by-step journey

  1. 1

    Step 1 - Skills & Language Test

    Acquire a positive skills assessment from a recognised Australian assessing authority (e.g. ACS, Engineers Australia, VETASSESS) and clear an approved English test (IELTS, PTE or equivalent).

  2. 2

    Step 2 - Submit EOI

    Lodge an Expression of Interest profile into Australia's online SkillSelect database. Your EOI ranks you against other candidates by points score, occupation and date of effect.

  3. 3

    Step 3 - State Nomination / Invite

    For 190 and 491 streams, secure state or territory approval and claim bonus point injections. Subclass 189 applicants wait for a direct SkillSelect invitation round.

  4. 4

    Step 4 - Visa Lodgement

    Receive a formal Invitation to Apply (ITA) and submit all final legal data, biometrics, health and character checks within 60 days of the invitation.

Points Score

Check your points score

See how your age, English, education and experience stack up for the Subclass 600.

Check your points score
Trusted guidance

Move forward with an OMARA-registered agent

Every AussieMigrate consultant holds a valid MARN and follows the OMARA Code of Conduct. Book a review and get a written pathway plan tailored to the Subclass 600.