Immigration & Travel
Immigration, citizenship, visas and international travel.
Immigration & Travel procedures
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Apply online for an Australian Student visa (subclass 500) after obtaining your Confirmation of Enrolment. Check the new offshore application rules, Genuine Student requirement, finances, health cover and documents.
Apply from outside Australia for a Visitor visa subclass 600 Tourist stream for a holiday, cruise or visit to family or friends. Check the AUD 250 fee, eligibility, documents, funds, ImmiAccount application and stay rules.
Apply for Australia's Student Guardian visa (subclass 590) to live with and support an eligible international student, including an under-18 student.
Tell the Department of Home Affairs about a renewed or replacement passport so it can link the new document to your existing visa or application.
Check whether your Australian visa refusal can be reviewed by the Administrative Review Tribunal, the strict deadline, current fee and how to apply.
Withdraw a pending Australian visa application through ImmiAccount or by written notice, and check the consequences for fees, other applicants and bridging visas.
Apply for an Australian Bridging Visa E subclass 050 if you are eligible and need to remain lawful while resolving an immigration matter or arranging to leave Australia.
Request your Australian international movement records online to confirm your arrival and departure dates, travel documents and recorded movements since 1981.
Apply for an Australian Bridging Visa B before overseas travel while an eligible visa matter is pending, including the $575 fee, substantial-reasons test and return travel period.
Update your residential address, postal address, email or phone number with Home Affairs through ImmiAccount or the official contact-details form.
Learn when a child born overseas can become an Australian citizen by descent, what parentage and citizenship evidence to provide, the fee and how to apply online.
Apply for your first Australian Working Holiday visa subclass 417 if you hold an eligible passport and meet the age, funds, health and character requirements. Check the 2026 visa fee, eligible countries, documents, ImmiAccount steps, work limits, study rights and the rules for dependent children.
Apply in Australia for the combined Partner visa subclasses 820 and 801 as the spouse or de facto partner of an Australian citizen, permanent resident or eligible New Zealand citizen. Check relationship and sponsorship rules, evidence, the AUD 11,710 main applicant charge, dependent children, bridging visa implications and the permanent-stage process.
Apply for an Australian Resident Return visa if you are a permanent resident whose travel facility has expired or will not cover your return to Australia. Check the 2-years-in-5 residence rule, substantial ties pathways, subclass 155 and 157 assessment, evidence, current fee and travel-facility duration.
Use the Australian Government's Visa Entitlement Verification Online service to check your current visa, expiry or travel validity, period of stay, work and study rights and visa conditions, then send official VEVO evidence to an employer, landlord or other organisation.
Apply for Australian citizenship by conferral as a permanent resident or eligible New Zealand Special Category visa holder. Check the 4-year residence rule, absence limits, character requirements, citizenship test, documents, ImmiAccount application process, fees and citizenship ceremony steps.