My bestfriend Jon is planning to take his family on vacation to Japan. Unfortunately, Japan online visa application is still not yet available and requires lots of paper works not only for my bestfriend Jon but also for his family in the Philippines. Since I’ve been to Australia, I suggested Jon to visit the land down under.
Those of you who want to travel, and your destination is Australia then follow the below guidelines for your reference:
1. Application of Australian Visa can be done at http://immi.gov.au by registering and filling up the questionnaires. Upload all relevant documents of you and your family like passports, pictures, bank statements, employment certificate, birth certificate, marriage license, itinerary etc.
2. If you are lodging a visa application in a country included in the biometrics program, regardless of nationality, you might need to provide your biometrics in relation to each visa application you lodge. Information can be found at this link.
For applicants in GCC, VFS Global is the accredited Visa Application Center of Australia to collect biometrics. For more information visit their website at http://www.vfsglobal.com/Australia/GCC. As of this moment, Philippine nationality who are residing in the Philippines are exempted for giving biometrics.
3. Wait for email notification and visit http://immi.gov.au to check the status of your application. If successful, you may download the evisa. Australia does not require visa stamp on your passport. Simply print your evisa on a paper and you are ready to go. For Jon’s family, the visa approval comes after a week.
4. It’s time to book the following;
a. Flights from Manila to Sydney and vice versa
b. Hotel accommodation
c. Tours and sightseeing
i. First Stop- Canberra
ii. Hop on -Hop Off of the entire Sydney
iii. Hop on-Hop Off going to Bondi Beach
iv. Walking at Hyde Park
v. Exploring Blue Mountains and Featherdale Wildlife Park
vi. City Tour
5. Back to Philippines
Jon’s family visited Australia last November 2018, just to see the what is in the land down under and to meet his long lost bestfriend and brother Alex who is Australian Permanent Residence. Jon made it a secret to Alex so that no one knows where they are going and just gave a little clue on their activities. Me and Jon made all the arrangements suited for a short visit.
You will see more of the activities in the coming days as we featured our tour from Australia here at Jerichosplace.Com
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