Visas Domain

01/08/2024

THAILAND:
Australians are now visa exempted for up to 60 days stay for tourism purposes,(restricted to 2 entries per calendar year when entering by land or sea).
For other purposes than tourism a visa is required, please contact us our office.

28/06/2024

Effective Monday 1st July 2024, the Chinese government has announced a visa exemption for Australian nationals for stays of up to 15 days. Australians will be able to enter China without a visa for the purpose of tourism, business, visiting family/friends and transiting.

Those who wish to stay beyond the 15 days or travel under other than the purposes mentioned above, a visa is required in advance.

08/03/2024

The Chinese Embassy Canberra and Consulate of China Sydney has removed the fingerprints collection from the requirements until the 31/12/2024, for the following visa categories on all single and double entry visas:

1) Tourism (L)
2) Family visit (Q2)
3) Transit (G)
4) Crew members (C)
5) Commercial trade activities (M)

Important note: Fingerprint collection is still mandatory for all multiple entry visa categories.

The following applicants are exempted from the bio-metric fingerprints requirement:

> Minors under the age of 14 and seniors over the age of 70;
> Those who have had fingerprints previously done within the last 5 years and their passport is still valid;
> Any applicants with medical conditions that prevents them from participating;
> Applicants holding a diplomatic passport or eligible for application of diplomatic, service or courtesy visa of China;

Should you have any questions please contact our office.

30/01/2024

Please be advised of the upcoming Lunar New Year closures starting Friday 09/02/2024 through to Friday 16/02/2024.

During the Lunar New Year closures the Embassy and immigration offices will be closed for visa processing.

These closures will affect visa processing for the following countries:

1. Vietnam
2. China
3. Hong Kong
4. South Korea
5. Taiwan
6. Singapore

When lodging and sending in the visa documents, please subject in the closures that may affect the visa processing time.

Should you have any questions please contact our office.

08/01/2024

The Brazil government has announced a further extension to the visa exemption for nationals of Australia, Canada and the United States up until the 10th April 2024.

Travellers from the above countries entering Brazil before the 10th April 2024 are not required to obtain a visa before arrival and are visa exempted for up to 90 days stay for tourism / transit purposes.

We will keep you posted closer to the date if the Brazil government plans to remove the visa exemption for Australians.

Should you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact our office.

21/12/2023

13/12/2023

BRAZIL UPDATE:
Effective 10th January 2024, Australian, Canadian and USA passport holders are required to obtain a visa before arriving into Brazil. There are no visa on arrival options. If they arrive into Brazil before the 10th January 2024 they are visa exempted for up to 90 days. For other nationals please call our office.

The Brazil e-visa is now live on our website for visa processing.

Should you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact our office.

27/12/2022

Please be advised that our office will be closed over the Christmas and New Years break from Friday 23/12/2022 until Friday 06/01/2023 inclusive. We will resume normal business hours on Monday 09/01/2023.

27/08/2022

27/08/2022

24/11/2021

Thailand is now open for tourism. Travellers from the visa exempted countries list can now travel to Thailand for up to 30 days stay by air and 15 days by land. Additional COVID restrictions apply.

24/11/2021

The Indian Government has now resumed visa processing for the tourist e-visa. To stimulate the tourism in India post Covid, the Indian Government has announced they will be making the first 500,000 tourist visas free of charge. Additional COVID restrictions apply.

11/10/2021

Good news everyone we will be opening up as of 18/10/2021 for visa processing, in accordance with the Australian Government's road map for the re-opening of international borders from November, once the national vaccination hits 80%.

Due to the Covid19 impact, we are making a few changes to our operation and visa processing:

1. Centralise visa processing in Sydney and Canberra offices and closing our Brisbane and Melbourne offices.
2. Relocating our Sydney office
3. Updating Visa Requirements as countries open up.
4. Updating Visa fees and our service fees.
5. Changing our support hours.

We will advise the above accordingly and should there be further changes we will keep you posted.

Stay safe everyone!
VISAS DOMAIN

23/06/2020

Please be mindful that upon arrival or return to Australia you will be transported from the air or sea port to the designated accommodation in your city of arrival, where you will be required to quarantine for 14 days. After the quarantine period you can transit domestically and or travel home.

You may be required to undergo enhanced health screening on arrival in Australia.

23/06/2020

Australians or permanent residents are not allowed to travel overseas due to the current COVID-19 restrictions unless you have an exemption and must meet at least one of the below reasons to be able to travel:

1. Your travel is as part of the response to the COVID-19 outbreak, including the provision of aid
2. Your travel is essential for the conduct of critical industries and business (including export and import industries)
3. You are travelling to receive urgent medical treatment that is not available in Australia
4. You are travelling on urgent and unavoidable personal business
5. You are travelling on compassionate or humanitarian grounds
6. Your travel is in the national interest.

You should apply for an exemption at least 48 hours before, but not more than 3 months before your planned travel and must wait to be approved before travelling.

You must also check with the relevant Embassy/ Consulate for your visa requirements before travelling as most visa processing are temporarily suspended.

01/05/2020

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Voting closes 25th June 2020.

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Vina Visas the company was re-established in early 2013. Our team has more than 18 years’ experience in delivering visas to the travel industry and with extensive immigration knowledge. We assist travellers of all nationalities, travel agents, tour operators and corporate businesses to obtain trav...