Visa Explorer

Browse Australian visa subclasses by stream, or search by subclass number, name, or common shorthand (e.g. “482”, “TSS”, “partner”).

Visitor

• Subclass 600Visitor visaFor tourism, visiting family and friends, or short business visitor activities. Several streams exist; the stay period is set on grant and…
• Subclass 601Electronic Travel Authority (ETA)App-based travel authority for passport holders of eligible countries (including the US, Canada, Japan, Korea, Singapore and the UK). A…
• Subclass 651eVisitorFree online authority for passport holders of eligible (mostly European) countries to visit Australia for tourism or business visitor…

Student & Graduate

• Subclass 485Temporary Graduate visaFor recent graduates of Australian institutions to live and work in Australia temporarily after finishing their studies. Stream and stay…
• Subclass 500Student visaFor international students enrolled in a CRICOS-registered course. Requires a Confirmation of Enrolment, the Genuine Student requirement…
• Subclass 590Student Guardian visaFor a parent or relative providing care for an international student under 18. The guardian must be able to support themselves and the…

Skilled

• Subclass 189Skilled Independent visaPoints-tested permanent visa for skilled workers not sponsored by an employer, state or family member. Requires an invitation through…
• Subclass 190Skilled Nominated visaPoints-tested permanent visa for skilled workers nominated by an Australian state or territory. Like the 189 plus a state nomination, which…Community median: 6.9 months (21 reports) · indicative, not official
• Subclass 491Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visaPoints-tested provisional visa for skilled workers nominated by a state/territory or sponsored by an eligible relative, to live and work in…

Employer-sponsored

• Subclass 186Employer Nomination Scheme visaPermanent employer-sponsored visa. The Temporary Residence Transition stream suits 482 holders who have worked with their sponsor for the…
• Subclass 400Temporary Work (Short Stay Specialist) visaFor short-term, highly specialised work that an Australian worker cannot reasonably do — installations, commissioning, specialist repairs…
• Subclass 407Training visaFor workplace-based occupational training or professional development with an approved sponsor. Training must be structured and related to…
• Subclass 408Temporary Activity visaCovers a basket of specific activities — entertainment, sport, research, religious work and more — each with its own stream and conditions.
• Subclass 482Skills in Demand visaEmployer-sponsored temporary work visa (formerly the TSS). An approved sponsor nominates a role in an eligible occupation; streams (Core…
• Subclass 494Skilled Employer Sponsored Regional (Provisional) visaFor skilled workers sponsored by an employer in designated regional Australia. Provisional, with a pathway to permanent residence via the…

Family & Partner

• Subclass 100Partner visa (offshore, permanent)The permanent stage of the offshore partner pathway, usually assessed about two years after the combined 309/100 lodgement. No separate…
• Subclass 103Parent visaThe non-contributory permanent parent visa: far cheaper than the 143 but with a queue published in decades. Many families weigh it against…
• Subclass 143Contributory Parent visaPermanent visa for parents who meet the balance-of-family test, with a much faster queue than the non-contributory 103 in exchange for a…
• Subclass 300Prospective Marriage visaThe "fiancé visa": for people engaged to an Australian citizen, permanent resident or eligible NZ citizen, applying from offshore. After…
• Subclass 309Partner visa (offshore, provisional)The offshore counterpart of the partner pathway: apply from outside Australia, with the permanent 100 stage following. One combined…
• Subclass 445Dependent Child visaFor a dependent child of a provisional partner visa holder/applicant, so the child can join the parent in Australia and be added to the…

Business

• Subclass 858National Innovation visaPermanent visa for exceptionally talented individuals with an internationally recognised record in an eligible field — it replaced the…
• Subclass 888Business Innovation and Investment (Permanent) visaThe permanent stage for existing Business Innovation and Investment (188) provisional holders. The BIIP closed to new 188 applications in…

Humanitarian

• Subclass 200Refugee visaOffshore humanitarian visa for people referred by UNHCR who are outside their home country and subject to persecution. Part of Australia's…
• Subclass 790Safe Haven Enterprise visaA legacy temporary protection visa. Most former TPV/SHEV holders became eligible for permanent Resolution of Status visas from 2023 —…
• Subclass 866Protection visaFor people already in Australia who engage Australia's protection obligations as refugees or under complementary protection. The…

Other

• Subclass 155Resident Return visaFor permanent residents whose travel facility has expired or is expiring, so they can keep leaving and re-entering Australia as permanent…
• Subclass 417Working Holiday visaFor young adults (generally 18–30, 35 for some countries) from eligible partner countries to holiday and work in Australia. Second and…
• Subclass 444Special Category visa (New Zealand citizens)Granted automatically and free to most New Zealand citizens on arrival. Since July 2023 a direct citizenship pathway exists for long-term…
• Subclass 461New Zealand Citizen Family Relationship visaFor non-New Zealand family members of a New Zealand citizen living in Australia on a Special Category visa — live, work and study for five…
• Subclass 462Work and Holiday visaThe Working Holiday counterpart for a different set of partner countries (including the US, China, and many in Asia and Latin America)…