Visas, migration and travel to Australia

Visas and immigration

The Australian Department of Home Affairs is making it quicker and easier to apply for many visas. Applying online in ImmiAccount.

Partial refund of the Visa Application Charge for eligible Student and Student Guardian visa applicants from the Pacific and Timor-Leste  

If you hold a valid passport from the Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu or Vanuatu and applied for a Student or Student Guardian visa on or after 1 July 2024, you may be eligible for a partial refund of the Visa Application Charge. To find out more about eligibility and how to apply for the partial refund, visit the website of the Department of Home Affairs at Getting a refund (homeaffairs.gov.au)

Tourism

Plan your trip with australia.com, the official Tourism Australia website, offering a wide range of travel information and planning tools including over 2000 images, a currency converter, daily weather updates, interactive maps, suggested holiday itineraries, holiday deals, specialist travel agents and more. Available in nine languages.

Tourist Refund Scheme

The Tourist Refund Scheme enables you to claim a refund, subject to certain conditions, of the goods and services tax (GST) and wine equalisation tax (WET) that you pay on goods you buy in Australia.

Customs and quarantine

The Australian Department of Home Affairs manages the security and integrity of the Australian border and assists people and cargo to move in and out of the country.