Visitor (subclass 600) Business Stream Visa – Guest
Philippines
Applicants with the following passports: China, India, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam must apply for a SC600 – Subclass 600 Visitor visa
How to lodge an application:
Visa applicants must apply for the Visitor (subclass 600) visa electronically through the Department of Home Affairs’ (Home Affairs) ImmiAccount portal. This is the single point of entry into the Home Affairs’ online visa services. Please submit your visa application according to the steps below.
Cost：
The visa costs AUD195.00 for each applicant.
You might also have to pay other costs for:
- health checks
- police certificates
- biometrics (must be done after lodgement of the application for residents of Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam
What documents are required to provide?
Please check here:
Visa Application Guide – Visitor (subclass 600) Business Stream Visa – Checklist – Philippines
It is critical to the success of your visa application that you answer all questions on the application form and supply all the requested supporting documents. Failure to do so could result in a significant delay or refusal of the visa application.
Important – visa lodgement:
It is strongly recommended that applicants apply 6-8 weeks of their intended travel dates of travel to ensure timely visa processing.
Home Affairs cannot guarantee that a visa will be finalised in time for the event if there are delays in lodging an application for a subclass 600 Visitor visa, or where an applicant does not respond to a request for further information in a timely manner.
Step 1 – Log into your ImmiAccount
Log into your ImmiAccount
Note: Each person travelling to Australia must submit a separate visitor visa application.
If this is your first time logging in, please create a new ImmiAccount. See below steps to learn how to create an ImmiAccount here.
Step 2 – Applying for a Visitor Visa subclass 600
Click ‘Login’ – ‘Continue’ – ‘New application’
Select ‘Visitor’ then select ‘Visitor Visa (600)’
Select the checkbox to indicate that you accept the terms and conditions and click next
Application Context page:
Confirm that you are Outside Australia by selecting ‘yes’ and click next.
Current location: Philippines
Give details of any significant dates on which the applicant needs to be in Australia – Write:
To accompany [Lenovo employer’s full name, Date of birther] as [her/his] guest to attend the Lenovo Asia Pacific President’s Club annual conference from 30 Aug 2024 to 2 Sep 2024. Please refer to the attached ‘Host Letter of invitation’
Group processing – Choose Yes, and use LSECKY as the Group ID to lodge you application as part of a group.
Applicant’s information page:
Please complete the details (per your passport bio-data page). Please fill in the following information according to the your actual situation.
Philippines National ID card is called the Philippine Identification System ID.
Critical data confirmation page:
Please confirm information entered is correct.
Travelling companion’s page:
If travelling with other person applicant to list each person travelling with you by clicking the ‘Add’ button.
Note: Each person travelling to Australia must submit a separate visitor visa application. This includes children and other family members. Listing a person’s name on this page does NOT mean that the person has applied for a visa.
Click on ‘Add’ and complete the below page:
From the option list, select the term that best describes the relationship. If you are being accompanied by your wife/husband please select ‘Spouse/De Facto Partner’
.
Contact information page:
Provide your contact details.
Authorised recipient page:
Provide details of authorise recipient if any. Click ‘No’ if you apply for it by yourself.
Non-accompanying members of the family unit page:
List your Member of the family unit who are not travelling with you to Australia.
‘Member of the family unit’ typically refers to the your spouse/De Facto Partner and children.
Entry to Australia:
Provide details of your proposed period of stay in Australia
Visa applicant’s current overseas employment:
Provide details of your current employment.
Guest – Please provide information about your own employer.
Financial Support:
Choose ‘Supported by current overseas employer’
Type of support – Choose ‘Other’
Please copy and paste the following in the box:
Lenovo is holding an event for employees who can bring a guest. I am not an employee but a guest of
, who is an employee. Lenovo will pay the following components for both of us: Return flights, 3 nights’ accommodation, dinners, etc.
Please refer to the invitation letter for details.
Business Activities:
Provide details of the proposed business activity in Australia. Copy the following information(Employee and Guest).
Applicants may provide the event organisers details on this page, even if it is an overseas event organiser
Declaration pages:
The declaration pages require a ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ response to each question. You need to read each declaration carefully and respond according to each visa applicant’s personal circumstances.
Health declarations:
Character declarations:
Visa history:
Please carefully answer the following questions, and provide details if the answer is Yes.
*Has the applicant held or does the applicant currently hold a visa to Australia or any other country? the question is about travel history and speaks in a very general way about whether you have ever held a visa. Please write a very limited statement addressing this criteria, realising the question has limited length. For example:
“I have previously travelled to Australia in 2012, 2014 and 2024. In the last ten years I have travelled extensively to Turkey, Jordan, Tunisia, UAE, Saudi Arabia on visitor visas and I have travelled to the Netherlands and France on a Schengen visas. In the past I studied in the United States, and had a student visa and then a ten year visitor visa”. The point of the segment is to introduce general information about their visa history and raise any good points about previous compliance.
Declarations:
Check that the information provided – CAREFULLY
Step 3 – Attach / Upload documents
As the visa applicant, you must ensure to attach required documents as indicated below. Instructions on how to prepare documents to the visa application can be found via the following link:
VISA APPLICATION GUIDE – VISITOR (SUBCLASS 600) BUSINESS STREAM VISA – Checklist – Philippines
Note: If unable to attach all documents, click on ‘Next’ button and on the pop up screen provide a reason why the documentation has not been attached.
It is important to note that the Department of Home Affairs may decide the visa application with the information provided at the time it is lodged, so it is recommended that you provide all the required documentation when submitting a visa application.
Step 4 – Submit Application
Click on “submit now” and you can now pay and submit the visa application for processing.
Visa application charge
AUD$195 per applicant
Credit card surcharges
If you pay Visa Application charges by credit card, a surcharge might apply.
The current surcharge rates are:
- Visa and Mastercard 1.4%
- AMEX 1.4%
- Diners Club 1.99%
These credit card surcharges may change without notice.
Visa processing times
Once visa lodged, the current service standard for Visitor visa (subclass 600) Business Visitor from the Department of Home Affairs is 0 to 14 days from time of lodgement to time of decision. This may vary and is at the discretion of the Department. The applicant will be assessed on a case-by-case basis.
Please promptly check the email address you provided in the application form as well as your ImmiAccount.
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