Free Australian ETA Visa application*
Apr 13, 2007, 7:02 pm
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Free Australian ETA Visa application*
* Due to changes to Australian entry requirements post-Covid, I am unable to process anymore ETAs *
Everyone must now apply their ETAs online themselves at : https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visa...-authority-601
Visitor ETAs can only be processed for the following applicable passport holders:
USA, CANADA , BRUNEI, HONGKONG (SAR), JAPAN, MALAYSIA, SINGAPORE & SOUTH KOREA.
EUROPEAN Passport Holders (including Switzerland, Norway, Iceland) must apply for an 'eVisitor' pass at this site:
https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visa...g/evisitor-651
It has been a pleasure helping out the FT community these past 15 years.
Happy travels..
Wayne aka Guy Betsy
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Everyone must now apply their ETAs online themselves at : https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visa...-authority-601
Visitor ETAs can only be processed for the following applicable passport holders:
USA, CANADA , BRUNEI, HONGKONG (SAR), JAPAN, MALAYSIA, SINGAPORE & SOUTH KOREA.
EUROPEAN Passport Holders (including Switzerland, Norway, Iceland) must apply for an 'eVisitor' pass at this site:
https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visa...g/evisitor-651
It has been a pleasure helping out the FT community these past 15 years.
Happy travels..
Wayne aka Guy Betsy
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Last edited by Guy Betsy; Apr 18, 2022 at 9:48 pm Reason: Updating info
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May 7, 2007, 12:55 pm
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May 7, 2007, 1:08 pm
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May 8, 2007, 7:54 am
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Let's keep discussion to GuyBetsy's kind offer to process Australian visas for FTers. I've just deleted some posts that might be interesting on another thread, but are not relevant to the purpose of this one.
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May 9, 2007, 3:28 pm
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Do we need the australian visa is we're connecting via SYD to Auckland? I wasn't sure. I'm 1K on UA, so they'll do it for me for free - thank you Guy Betsy for your offer, though ^
May 14, 2007, 2:07 pm
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The whole point of doing the ETAs for free is that I wish that the fee where one would otherwise have paid in getting the visas done be directed towards a good cause.
That good cause would preferbly be in some charitable donation up to (and over if you like) the cost of what each ETA would be. (ie US$12) But it could also be something as simple of doing something wonderful for someone you don't know. It does not have to be for someone here on FT. For example, giving a systemwide voucher for the sake of giving it away - and not because it is expiring in 10 days!
Doing something because you got it for free anyway doesn't count... One of the first offers of generosity of "Passing it Forward" came from jberry, who offered to donate $20 to Native Animail Rescue. She also does volunteer work in helping "untangling fishing line, rope and things from pelicans and pigeons with Native Animal Rescue... " ^
Now that was really something...
That good cause would preferbly be in some charitable donation up to (and over if you like) the cost of what each ETA would be. (ie US$12) But it could also be something as simple of doing something wonderful for someone you don't know. It does not have to be for someone here on FT. For example, giving a systemwide voucher for the sake of giving it away - and not because it is expiring in 10 days!
Doing something because you got it for free anyway doesn't count... One of the first offers of generosity of "Passing it Forward" came from jberry, who offered to donate $20 to Native Animail Rescue. She also does volunteer work in helping "untangling fishing line, rope and things from pelicans and pigeons with Native Animal Rescue... " ^
Now that was really something...
Last edited by Guy Betsy; Oct 12, 2007 at 3:56 pm