COVID-19 travel Archives

Check twice, submit once: help your clients get visitor and student visas faster The Department of Home Affairs is currently processing a large volume of visa applications and that’s taking time. We’re also receiving a higher than usual number of applications with inaccuracies or incomplete information, which is slowing down processing times and resulting in some visas being refused. To help address these issues the Department is running a campaign to help visitor and student visa applicants get their application ‘right first time’, and to encourage existing applicants to check their ImmiAccount regularly for departmental messages. The sooner we get responses to our requests for information, the sooner visa applications can be finalised. Some of the common issues we’re encountering are: o Visa applications are being submitted with incorrect information and documents are missing (for example, the additional documents required for applicants under 18 years old). ...