visitor 2010 - Australian High Commission

Australian High Commission

Mauritius

High Commission address: 2nd Floor, Rogers House, 5 President John Kennedy St, Port Louis - Telephone: 202 0160 - Fax: 208 8878

APPLICATION FOR A VISITOR VISA FOR AUSTRALIA – TOURIST STREAM

Refer to the following web page for detailed information about this visa: http://www.immi.gov.au/visas/visitor/

Days of lodgement of application: MONDAY and WEDNESDAY FROM 09.30 am to 12.00 (Noon)

Lodgement of application: 3 weeks or earlier before proposed date of travel

Processing time: 7 working days if the application is fully documented and if no additional information/checks and/or interview is required

The Australian High Commission will be closed on the following days in 2013:

1 January, 2 January, 1 February, 12 March, 29 March, 1 April, 25 April, 10 June, 9 August, 10 September, 7 October, 24 December, 25 December and 26 December 2013.

Purpose:

For applicants seeking to visit Australia for holiday, sightseeing or recreational reasons, to visit relatives or friends or for other short-term non-work purposes, including study for less than 3 months.

Documentation to be submitted: (please also refer to the information available on the 600_Tourist Stream_Additional info required_23 March 2013)

• Duly completed and signed application (Form1419) – application forms 1419 must be downloaded from the website “www.immi.gov.au/allforms/pdf/1419.pdf"

• 1 recent passport size photograph of the applicant

• A passport with a validity date of at least 6 months

• A FULL birth certificate for all children applying for a visa. The birth certificate must indicate the names of both parents (father and mother)

• Visa application charge (VAC) of Mauritian rupees 3,700 equivalent to Aud 115. The visa application charge must be paid at the time of lodging the visa application

The Australian High Commission accepts payment of VACs in Mauritian rupees only. Payment must be made in cash or by bank guaranteed cheques made payable to 'Australian High Commission'. Other methods of payments (eg company/personal cheques and bank transfers) cannot be accepted.
Payments using credit cards are processed in Australian Dollars (AUD) only (Mastercard, Visa, AMEX, Diners, JCB).
Note: If paying by credit card in Australian Dollars you may incur banking and currency conversion fees and you accept the risk associated with any currency fluctuations.

Please note that fees already paid are generally not refundable if a visa is granted or not

Documents to show you are a genuine visitor

• If you are visiting relatives or friends, a letter of invitation from your relative or friend in Australia must be submitted. If your relative or friend is paying for your visit, evidence that they have the necessary funds in the form of an up to date bank statement with sufficient funds on that bank account to meet the cost of the visit

• If staying in a hotel, evidence of booking made

• A copy of your travel itinerary

• Evidence of sufficient funds:

(a) You are required to demonstrate that you have access to sufficient funds to cover the cost of return airfares and for personal support for your intended period of stay in Australia.

(b) As proof of funds you must provide evidences such as personal bank statements, pay slips, audited accounts, taxation records or credit card limit

(c) Note: There is no fixed amount to be demonstrated on a bank account, however, you must provide with evidence that there is sufficient funds on the bank account or on the alternative documents to cover the above expenses (return airfares and spending money)

Other information to show that you have an incentive and authority to return to your home country, such as and as applicable:

• A letter from your employer stating your intention to return to your job
• Evidence of enrolment at school, college or university in your home country
• Evidence of immediate family members in your home country
• Evidence of your visa or residence status in your home country, and your right to return
• Evidence of property or other significant assets owned in your home country
• Evidence of Work/Residence permit for the country in which you are a non-citizen

For children younger than 18 years of age:

• If you are under 18 years of age and making an application on your own (irrespective of whether both your parents already hold a valid visa and will be travelling with you) must provide:

(a) A joint written permission from both parents authorising you to travel to Australia. This letter must be witnessed by the Police or by any legal authority of the country. The ORIGINAL of this letter must be submitted

• If you are under 18 years of age and making an application with one parent only (irrespective of whether the other parent holds a valid visa and will be travelling with you) must provide:

(a) A written permission from the other parent authorising you to travel to Australia.
This letter must be witnessed by the Police or by any legal authority of the country. The ORIGINAL of this letter must be submitted

• Applicants under the age of 18 years and who will stay in Australia with someone other than a parent, legal guardian or relative must provide:

(a) A duly completed and signed Form 1257 undertaking declaration by the person with whom the applicant will be residing in Australia - the form 1257 must be downloaded from the website “http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/pdf/1257.pdf”

For applicants aged 75 years and over must provide:

(a) A health examination undertaken with a panel doctor and using medical form 26
The medical form 26 must be downloaded from the website ‘www.immi.gov.au’ and the contact details of panel doctors in Mauritius are indicated below.

(b) evidence that that you have purchased a health insurance covering the whole duration of your proposed period of stay in Australia

Panel doctors in Mauritius:

1. Dr Audrey Chui Wan Cheong
C/City Clinic, 102-106 Sir Edgar Laurent Street, Port Louis
Tel: (230) 2420486

2. Dr J G Francois Tadebois
C/- Nouvelle Clinique du Bon Pasteur , Mg J Mamet Street
Rose Hill
Tel: (230) 464 2640

REQUESTING A VISA LABEL AND VISA EVIDENCING CHARGE

• Australia does not require travellers to have a label in their passport, however, clients are still provided with the option of requesting one if it is necessary for transit or exit purposes. It is the traveller’s responsibility to confirm other countries’ transit or exit requirements before travel to Australia.
• However, if travellers still need or request a label they will need to pay a fee for it. This cost for a visa label is called the Visa Evidence Charge (VEC). Travellers can only request and pay for a visa label if they have a current Australian visa. Regardless of when a visa application was lodged or granted, anyone who requests a visa label after 24 November 2012 will be charged.
• The charge for a visa label is AUD70, equivalent to Mauritian rupees 2,200. Payment of the VEC must be made in Mauritian rupees and as follows:
The Australian High Commission accepts payment of VEC in Mauritian rupees only. Payment must be made in cash or by bank guaranteed cheques made payable to 'Australian High Commission'. Other methods of payments (eg company/personal cheques and bank transfers) cannot be accepted.
Payments using credit cards are processed in Australian Dollars (AUD) only (Mastercard, Visa, AMEX, Diners, JCB).
Note: If paying by credit card in Australian Dollars you may incur banking and currency conversion fees and you accept the risk associated with any currency fluctuations.
Request for a visa label can be made as follows:
- By making a verbal request at the visa counter and submitting the original of his/her passport and paying the VEC of Mur 2,200
- By submitting the original of his/her passport, a duly completed and signed Form 1405 and paying the VEC of Mur 2,200
Note: Form 1405 'Visa Label Request Form' must be downloaded from the website 'http://www.immi.gov.au/allforms/' .
In both cases payment of the VEC must be made at the time of the request.
Applicants may also choose to inform this office at time of lodging the visa application whether they wish to have a visa label issued instead of a grant notification letter. Applicants will then be advised when to make payment of the VEC.