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Business Visitor stream (Subclass 600)

AustraliaShort stays and visits

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For the relevant traveller scope, is a visa, electronic authorisation, visa on arrival or no advance visa normally required?

All non-citizens need a visa or permission to enter Australia. The Business Visitor stream of the Visitor visa (subclass 600) is a visa for visiting Australia for business reasons, and the applicant must be outside Australia when applying and when the application is decided. A holder of an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Business Travel Card might not need to apply for a visa, because the department considers them to have applied for a Visitor visa when they applied for the card.

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What short-visit purposes does this route cover?

The permitted purpose is business visitor activity: making general business or employment enquiries, investigating, negotiating, entering into or reviewing a business contract, taking part in official government visit activities, attending a conference, trade fair or seminar without being paid by the organisers, and undertaking tourist activities. It excludes working for or providing services to an Australian-based business or organisation, and selling goods or services directly to the public.

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What maximum stay, rolling-period rule, validity and entry rules apply?

The stay is temporary, up to 3 months, and the visa holder must obey any condition and stay period attached to the visa as part of being a genuine visitor.

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What important funds, accommodation, invitation, insurance, onward-travel or passport evidence may be required?

The applicant must show they are a genuine visitor intending only a temporary stay for business visitor activities, and must have or have access to enough money to support themselves in Australia; the page does not itemise specific documents (such as invitation letters or bank statements) expected at the border or in the application beyond these general genuineness and financial-capacity requirements.

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Limits of the record
  • Page does not list specific documentary evidence (e.g. invitation letter, bank statements, itinerary) expected to prove genuineness or financial capacity at application or border.

Where/how is permission obtained when required, and under what important circumstances can a stay be extended or changed?

Applicants must be outside Australia both when they apply and when the application is decided, must meet health and character requirements, must have no unpaid debt to the Australian government (or an arrangement to repay it), and — for applicants under 18 — the visa might not be granted if that would not be in the child's best interests. A lower visa cost applies to eligible Pacific Island and Timor-Leste citizens from 1 July 2026. The official source does not state the application channel or when a stay can be extended or changed.

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These are the answers currently recorded in the catalogue. A missing or partial answer is not an eligibility decision.

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