Are you travelling from to Australia at short notice, and you have not applied for a visa yet? In that case, you can submit an urgent application. Urgent applications are processed within 60 minutes in 95% of cases. Nevertheless, it is better to submit your visa application as early as possible, preferably some weeks before your departure.
Urgent visa application for Australia
Approximately 95% of urgent visa applications for Australia are approved within 60 minutes after the payment is done and the passport has been uploaded. As soon as your visa is issued, you receive a confirmation by e-mail and text message. Print the confirmation and carry it on your trip, or download it to your smartphone or tablet. That allows you to prove to the airline and/or Australian immigration service that you hold a valid visa.
Delivery time is no guarantee for urgent applications
5% of all urgent applications are not processed within 60 minutes. The most common reason for this is that the Australian immigration service subjects your application to a random check. This additional background check rarely results in the visa application being rejected, but it can result in a delay of several hours to days. e-Visa.ie processes urgent applications faster than normal applications, but cannot influence the speed at which the immigration authorities review the application. You can find further information on the page about the cost and the delivery times of the Australia visa.
Apply for an urgent Australia visa
Visa check before departure
The immigration services of many countries only check for visas once an international traveller has arrived. However, Australia’s immigration department has developed a visa system that is directly linked to both the traveller’s passport and the information systems of the airlines. Since your airline has access to the immigration system, they can check whether you hold a valid visa when you check in or board your aircraft.
You must hold your Australia visa before departure already
The Australian immigration service can fine airlines that accept passengers who do not have the correct travel documents. Did you apply for an urgent visa just before departure? Please keep in mind that the visa must be approved by the time you check in, not just on arrival in Australia. Upon arrival, a border control agent checks every tourist and business traveller again to ensure that they hold a valid visa for Australia as an additional security measure.
e-Visa.ie is a commercial and professional visa agency, and supports travellers in obtaining, among others, the Australia visa. e-Visa.ie is an official partner of the International Air Transport Association, IATA, with membership number 57231226, acts as an intermediary, is no law firm, nor does it employ lawyers, does not provide legal advice, and is in no way part of any government. You can also apply for a visa directly with the immigration service (0 AUD per visa, via immi.homeaffairs.gov.au). However, not with our level of support. If you submit your application via e-Visa.ie, our support centre is available to you 24/7. In addition, we manually check your application and all the documents you provide before submitting it to the immigration authorities on your behalf. If we suspect any errors or omissions while doing so, we will personally contact you to ensure that your application can still be processed quickly and correctly. To use our services, you pay us 0 AUD in consular fees, which we pay to the immigration service on your behalf, as well as € 24,95 in service fees as compensation for our services, including VAT. Our services have saved many travellers from major problems during their trip. Should an application be rejected despite our support and verification, we will refund the full purchase price (unless an application for a previous Australia visa was rejected for the same traveller). Read more about our services here.