A visa is an essential travel document for U.S. citizens who travel to many foreign countries. The Department of Home Affairs also revealed its Border Watch division has received 56 reports of unauthorised immigration assistance scams involving people offshore applying for a visa through an authorised person(s) based in Australia in the same time period.

Please note, you should not book flights or make travel commitments until you have a valid visa to travel to Department of Home Affairs will not be liable for any financial loss incurred by travellers whose visa application was finalised later than expected, or where an application is not successful.

Some countries that do not require visas for short stays may require a long-stay visa for those who intend to apply for a residence permit For example, the EU does not require a visa of citizens of many countries for stays under 90 days, but its member states require a long-stay visa of such citizens for longer stays.

Citizens of member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations do not require tourist visas to visit another member state, with the exception of Myanmar Until 2009, Burmese citizens were required to have visas to enter all other ASEAN countries.

Immigration officers may deny re-entry to visitors suspected of engaging in prohibited activities, especially when they have done repeated visa runs and have no evidence of spending reasonable time in their home countries or countries where they have the right to reside and work.