On all the trips I made to Australia in the past, I was there as a business visitor visa or the Subclass 600 visa. In case you didn't know, this visa allows you to visit the country under business purposes for up to three months. Australia has very strict visa regulations but this should not be so difficult to get approved especially if your documentation and purposes are all legitimate.
According to the Australian Department of Home Affairs website, this visa allows you to make general business or employment enquiries, negotiate offers or take part in conferences or trade shows. You can read more information such as processing times, visa limitations, etc here.
Here's how I applied for my business visitor visas in the past:
1. Create or log in to your ImmiAccount
Link to the website: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au
Click on the ImmiAccount tab (as seen on photo above). After that, you will be led to this page to begin your sign in or sign up process:
Signing up is pretty straightforward and all visas for Australia are applied for in this link. Just make sure you read each page carefully and follow the sign up instructions.
2. Create a new application
And choose Visitor Visa 600
3. Accomplish the application form
Just like the sign up process, accomplishing the form will be very straightforward and they have question mark icons on the side of the question or the answer tab in case you need more help understanding it. Make sure you have all the necessary details at hand like your stay dates, business purpose details, information on the business sponsoring or involved in your visit to Australia.
4. Submit your documents
After you have finished the application form, the system will generate all of your required documents. In my case, I submitted the following:
- Travel document - I submitted a copy of my passport's bio page. It is very important that your passport expiry date should not be less than six months at the time of your scheduled arrival in Australia.
- Proof of financial status or funding - If a business is sponsoring your trip, you can attach their business registration and financial/bank statement. If you are paying for your trip, you have to submit your own proof of funds.
- Proof of employment or self employment - This can be a letter from the business in Australia stating that you are providing work for them in your home country, a certificate of employment or tax documents (if you are self-employed).
- Business reason - The purposes of my visits to Australia were for training and to attend business conferences. In this case, I submitted a letter from the Australian business I am providing services for, a program of the conference and a copy of the contract with the event organisers. When I went there the first time for training, I submitted a letter signed by the Australian business' Managing Director explaining in detail what the training entails. Basically, anything legitimate that proves your business purpose in the country will be sufficient.
- Travel history - This is required if you have prior travels in other countries. This is a scanned copy of all of your passport pages that have visas or stamps from those visits. This is also a very strong character proof that you are not one to overstay or violate visas.
- Passport photo - Australia has specific measurement requirements for their passport photo. You have to have one taken professionally. Just tell the photo studio that you are applying for an Australian visa and they'll adjust that accordingly. For Cebu City, I highly suggest Colours in Ayala Center Cebu - they are the most accurate and efficient in my opinion.
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