Getting an Aus Visa for Your Thai Girlfriend

There are several Aus Visa options available for your Thai girlfriend, wife spouse or partner.  These include:

• Aus Tourist Visa
• ETA Visas
• Spouse Visas
• Fiance Visas
• Aus Visitor Visas
• Student Visas
• Aus Work and Holiday Visa
• Sponsored Family Visa

Types of Visas:

Aus Tourist Visa

The Aus Tourist Visa is by no means easy to obtain, requiring a lot of proof and paperwork, but it may be your most relevant choice in terms of getting your Thai girlfriend into Australia. This Visa option allows your girlfriend a conditional 3 to 12 month stay in Australia for a holiday.

The Aus Tourist Visa comes in both single and multiple entry – both of which are valid also for 3 to 12 months depending on individual cases and requirements. These standards and set by by the Embassy. It is highly likely that on her first application, your Thai girlfriend will be given a 3-month single entry option and from there, you and your girlfriend could make the relationship and the Visa option more permanent with a 12-month extension or another Visa option.

Remember that this Visa option only allows your Thai girlfriend to take a vacation in Australia as a tourist and not as a worker or employee of any sort.

An official application for the Aus Tourist Visa will cost you around $75. This amount is non-refundable even if the Visa application is refused. Therefore, it is important to complete all possible and necessary application forms as best and as honestly as you can.

The forms needed for an Australian Tourist Visa will include:

• a completed application form,
• her personal bankbook with or without savings involved,
• a letter from her employer,
• a statutory declaration of her relationship with you,
• evidences of income,
• communication and financial support especially while you two are apart,
• photocopies of passport details, bankbook and front and back parts of her valid IDs,
• and several pictures of the both of you while together.

By completing these necessary requirements, you make the processing of your papers for the Aus Tourist Visa easier. It could also make your processing run more smoothly.

You can lodge an application with the mentioned papers at the VFS office at Bangkok which is 10 to 20 minutes away from the Surasak Skytrain Station. You will likely need around 4000 Baht to process all papers. There are two fees applied to the application once it has been accepted. The fee that the embassy charges is 3250 Baht (Jan 2011). This is paid in the form of a cheque or money order. You can get this at the VFS office for a small fee (35 Baht.) It is recommended to use this facility to avoid any problems. The other fee applicable is the service fee that VFS charges. This fee is currently 600 Baht including VAT. They do not take credit cards for any of the fees. This fee is not fixed so it would be useful to bring extra cash just in case.

After processing your papers, you will be informed by the VFS office at Bangkok that it will take you around three to 5 working days to complete the processing. Actually, it will take 5 days. Papers completed on a Monday are very likely to be claimed on Friday in the afternoon.

You can check whether your Australian Tourist Visa application has been completed by calling their office number: 02-672-3476 to 79 or through the ‘Track your Passport’ page in the VFS Website. For email inquires: info.diacth@vfshelpline.com

Click here, for more information on lodging an Australian Visa Application at the VSF Visa Office, Bangkok.

Further Reading:

ETA Visas

Spouse Visas

Fiance Visas

Australian Visitor Visas

Student Visas

Aus Work and Holiday Visa

Sponsored Family Visa