Tourist Visa from the Philippines to Australia

Australian Tourist Visa (aka Visitor Visa)

Need a tourist visa from the Philippines to Australia? Australian tourist visa, also known as Visitor Visa. Commonly called “holiday visas” too, travel visas, visa 600’s, or very often “Just a simple tourist visa”. Well, actually they are not a simple visa application as many imagine, although many assume otherwise that such a visa application will be a mere formality (and are shocked when it’s refused!)

Anyone who is not an Australian Citizen requires a visa to enter Australia. No visa, no entry. This especially applies to tourist visa applications. And Australian tourist visas, because many believe they are easy and quick, are the preferred choice of those dishonest and non-genuine visa applicants who intend to overstay in Australia to work illegally on the black market. So if you ARE a genuine visitor visa applicant, you need to prove that you are NOT intending to overstay and breach visa conditions!

Successfully getting a tourist visa from Philippines to Australia

Refusal of tourist visa applications to Australia from the Philippines and other less-affluent countries is surprisingly common. There are a lot of scams and clever schemes designed to “trick” the Embassy, often sadly encouraged by Filipino travel agents or by well-meaning family and friends, or from the various online advice forums and Facebook groups. Fortunately Down Under Visa know all of the urban myths and are familiar with all the dreadful advice about what to say and what visitor visa requirements are supposedly necessary (like "show money"), and we can keep you on the straight-and-narrow path to an honest tourist visa grant.

If you are a genuine visitor, ie. if you want to go to Australia for a short visit for tourism purposes or to visit friends or family, we stand a great chance of getting you a tourist visa from Philippines to Australia.

Note that visitor visas for recreation, holidaying, sightseeing and seeing Australia as a genuine tourist are less common from Philippines due to the costs involved which are often out of reach to the average Filipino (which the Embassy Case Officers know only too well). But please ask us, and be assured of an honest appraisal of your case.

Our greatest successes (in fact we have exceptional success rates) are with the Australian Filipina couples who meet and fall in love, and want her to visit Australia to enhance their relationship ie. see if she likes Australia and if she will be happy there with her Australian man on a permanent basis and to visit the friends and relatives of the Australian sponsor. If you are in a Filipina lady or Filipino man in a genuine loving relationship with an Australian, or if you are an Australian who wants their sweetheart from Philippines to visit you, then please use the FREE ASSESSMENT FORM at the top of the page. We have a very high success rate with genuine visa applicants and have had thousands of visa grants over the years, particularly where they have met in person as a sign of their commitment to each other.

UPDATES FOR 2023

Back in the good ol’ days we had very little difficulty in dealing with visa refusals. Clients would come to us after having a try-and-fail tourist visa refusal from an application they did by themselves. We would use our expertise and re-apply for them and usually get a tourist visa grant for them!

Well…..things have changed over the last year or so. Nowadays it’s extremely difficult and sometimes apparently impossible to get a tourist visa grant after a visa application is refused! If you put together a moderately detailed application and it was refused? Very unlikely that even experienced professionals like us to make them change their minds about you!

It’s now very hard to get a tourist visa grant after a tourist visa refusal. Please read CLICK HERE.

Strongest suggestion? If the outcome of this application matters, and you don’t want to be stuck apart for the near and the distant future? Use the experts to manage your tourist visa application professionally, as we do hundreds of times every year.

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How To Apply For An Australian Tourist Visa With Your Philippines Passport

So if you are a genuine visitor from Philippines, especially if you want to spend time with your Australian boyfriend or girlfriend (or an Australian fiancee, fiance or spouse) or even a family member, then we can help you by preparing a visa application which is complete and honest and which meets the Regulations in Australian Migration Law.

We can give you precise visa requirements for an Australian tourist visa that are right for your situation, and we can then check those visa requirements that you send us for correctness. We are thorough and we are absolutely honest. No lies or scams, and no promising a fast visa grant.

Yes, we lodge Australian visa applications online with our business IMMI Account, but that doesn’t make it go faster. No clever schemes to fool the authorities. Our success rate very high, all without ever telling lies. And what’s more, we won’t take you on as a client unless we believe you will be successful.

Australian Tourist Visa Pros and Cons

• Less complicated visa application (compared to partner visa)
• Much cheaper than a partner visa
• May extend stay by applying for a further onshore visa application later
• Ideal for not-yet-committed couples as it’s only temporary
• It’s possible to be granted a multiple-entry tourist visa
• In most cases it’s possible to apply for further onshore visas, eg partner visas
• Onshore tourist visas are entitled to bridging visas if not granted before existing visa runs out

• Applications are assessed subjectively, ie. higher risk of refusal if Case Officer not convinced
• The high number of cheats who abuse the system and make it harder for honest applicants
• Is designed for visiting and not for maintaining a relationship, ie. it’s a poor substitute for a partner visa
• May not work ever
• No Medicare coverage
• Limited study opportunities and high education costs

Australian Tourist Visa from the Philippines FAQ

Have An Australian Tourist Visa Question Not Answered Above?

Now, over to you the client (or potential client)! We value our clients opinions, and we believe in keeping all well-informed. What would YOU like to ask about Australian tourist visas? What do YOU think needs a bit more explanation? Ask below, and Jeff Harvie RMA will answer your question for you and for others wondering the same thing.

TOURIST VISA FROM THE PHILIPPINES TO AUSTRALIA –
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Or see the 4 steps below the video for the requirements to obtain an Australian Tourist Visa (AKA Visitor Visa) as a Filipino Citizen with a valid Philippines Passport.

4 Step Process To An Australian Tourist Visa For Filipino Passport Holders.

STEP 1: (Starting)

• If you haven’t already done so, please take our Free 5 Minute Visa Assessment and select the tourist visa option that applies to you.
• Once you have completed the assessment for your tourist visa and we have confirmed we can help you, simply click on the sign-up link provided which can be found in your assessment email.
• The next thing you need to do is to complete the Tourist Visa Questionnaire for the applicant which can be found in your HUB area To-Do List.

STEP 2: (Prepare Document Requirements)

This step can take a few weeks. This is the real make-or-break of a visa application, and it's right here where most Australian tourist visa applications go wrong and which lead to visa refusals! Thank goodness you are in the hands of experts who will guide you through every step, and who know what makes a successful visa application.

You just need to follow our guidance and upload documents to the Migration Hub using the convenient upload facility. No need to ask "What are my requirements?", and no need to commute to our office carrying sackfuls of papers. This can be done in the convenience of your home and in your own time.

STEP 3: (Finalizing Application)

This step can take about 1 week. We will prepare your application forms and your documents and evidence professionally, and we will upload the ready visa application to the Department using the Down Under Visa business "IMMI Account".

We won't submit the application until it's passed our scrutiny and is of a very high standard. Our great success rate and our great reputation depends on this standard. You are as always in safe hands with Down Under Visa.

STEP 4: (Application finalized)

This step can take 2 to 4 weeks, and sometimes faster. Once your tourist visa application is finalised, the Australian Embassy in Manila will email us the visa grant notice. That, plus your passport, is all you need! We will email that to you immediately and let you know the good news.

And we will explain to you what you need to do (and what you DON'T need to do!) to ensure that your sweetheart's trip to Australia goes smoothly.

Further Reading

• Australian tourist visa or fiance visa? Read HERE
• Can I get a tourist visa when we haven’t met in person? Think again! Read HERE
• Want a 1 year tourist visa? Read HERE
• Australian tourist visa requirements for Philippine passport holders? Think again! Read HERE
• Australian tourist visa from Philippines for loving couples Read HERE
• Do you need an interview for a tourist visa from Philippines to Australia? Read HERE

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Further Reading

Want to read more about Australian Tourist Visas from the Philippines? Check out some of our tourist visa BLOG posts below.

Australian Tourist Visa from Philippines for Filipino Relatives

How To Get a Tourist Visa to Australia From Philippines?

Tourist Visas When You Wish To Marry

Visa Refusals From Do-It-Yourself Attempts

Fast Visa Applications Versus GOOD Visa Applications

Tourist Visa Articles From our BLOG Page

Visa to Australia

Australia requires visas to enter, and that applies to everyone except those who are Australian Citizens. Everyone else needs a visa. It’s not something that’s aimed especially at third-world nations. English people from Great Britain also require visas to visit Great Australia. So do Americans. It’s not just levelled at the Philippines. Granted, yes they can apply for Electronic Travel Authorities (ETA’s) rather than standard Tourist Visas like a Filipino has to apply for, but they are still visas and they can still be refused. Take some recent cases of white supremacists and gun-totin’ rap “singers” who were excluded. That’s right! Visa applications refused!

Low-risk countries versus high-risk countries

There are countries which are considered low-risk, such as the US, the UK, Canada, most of Europe, Scandinavia, and rich Asian countries like Japan and Korea. These countries allow Electronic Travel Authorities and will have arrangements where their citizens can apply for Working Holiday Visas (ie backpacker visas). And these are reasonably easy to get. ETA’s are ordered online, and take a few days.

But note that they are still visas. They can still be refused, and yes they do. NZ Citizens are issued Subclass 444 Special Category Visas when they arrive in Australia, however if they are undesirable biker types, they can also be excluded.

But those countries which are considered high-risk, they are not able to apply for those easier visas and yes, they are subject to higher levels of scrutiny due to the risk.

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Does Down Under Visa ask too much of clients?

Our success rate is considerably higher than that of clients who lodge their own visa applications, so I suspect we’re actually doing our job right. And that means we’re doing our jobs correctly, so why should we start asking for less evidence that proves your visa application is genuine?

The case officers don’t know you. They get one application after another across their desks. Thousands and thousands of them. And some of these will be from ill-intentioned people who only wish to lie their way across Australia’s borders and to take advantage of the opportunity to make lots of money on the black market. Fabulous opportunity, and it all starts with a dodgy visa application. And those applications go across the same desks and are seen by the same department and embassy case officers as those who look at yours.

If they are not utterly convinced that yours is a genuine application, they will refuse it. That’s how the rules work. They’re required to refuse the visa application if they are not convinced. So if the application is full of holes and gaps and not enough to convince them that you both have the purest of intentions, then they MUST refuse it.

At Down Under Visa, we know exactly what the Department and the Embassy like seeing in applications. How do we know? We know from experience of thousands of applications and noting when they ask for further information, we have a very clear picture of what makes up a great application. Therefore we make sure we ask for what they want to see. The end result is to see a very high number of visa grants, and that’s what this is all about after all. We don’t ask for photos of your granny, nor do we ask for a certificate from the swimming pool that says you swam 50 metres. We only ask for what is necessary to prove to a stranger in an office that another stranger has a good and believable reason to visit Australia. Nothing else.

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