FLtravler319

The NZ visa app is actually easier to complete then the Australian visa. It should not take you long to complete.

ossum52...question....a Florida newspaper ran an article yesterday stating a New Australian regulation for those over 75 visiting Australia. Article said a mandatory xray and physical by one of their approved doctors (very few around). Have you heard anything about this? Possum52, I read this several weeks ago in our local Palm Beach Couunty, FL newspaper. However, after my follow up with the Austrialian goverment wesbsite, I leared that you don't need to do this, if you apply for the corrent Visa. The visa you need to get is the ETA visa (Electtronic Travel Authority), which can only be obtianed via an app on your mobile phone. I downloaded this app on my phone, and complted the application. Once you submit the application you should receive a comformation that the visa was approved pretty quickly. The cost is $20 AUD. The proccess is a little tricky as you have to scan your passport and take a photo of your self, but it's not that difficut. If you go to this website https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/, you will find all the information you need. There are also videos on the website that show how to complete the application. Do NOT request a "Visitors Visa", this is not the correct visa. You need to get the ETA Visa, which doesn't required any medical exam or x-ray. Hope this helps.

67 Miner I really can't advise you, but I would think you will be okay without renewing your visa. We will be in Sydney for only 3 days, but we never had an Australian visa before. So we downloaded the ETA app to our phones, and completed the application. It was relatively easy and our ETA visa was approved almost immediately.

Possum52 Thanks so much for your help Andy

hould be Australia ETA 601 visa. And people on cc are saying that they have recently gotten their visas with no medical and are over 75. Thanks, I belive you can only apply for the ETA 601 visa thru an app on you phone.

Hi, I read the same story. I contacted the Palm Beach Post, and sent an email to the writer of the story. (Michel Dimond) he replyed to my email and said his reserach was correct, even for an ETA visas. But I looked at this website https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/ and its really unclear if someone over 75 years of age require a medical exam for an ETA visa. I contaced our cruise company (Oceania) and I'm waiting to hear back from their visa department.

We are on a cruise from Sydney beginning Jan. 2024. I understand there is a new medical reqirement for visitors to Australia passed in July, for thouse over 75 years of age. We are planning to stay in Sydney 3 days before the cruise. I looked at the website regarding obtaining an ETA visa, which can only be obtained via the ETA app. I read an newspaper article in the Palm Beach Post (we are from FL), where a coupe had to obtain a medical exam and a chest x-ray from an Australian certifed doctor. There are only two in Florida. The couple had to travel to Miami airport to get the medical exam, which cost them $400 each. This seems absurd. Here is the website I looked at, but it is unclear if we need a medical exam, as we are over 75 years of age. https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/. Does anyone have any direct experience with this subject?