staying here in adelaide

[sue2oz]

hi guys, can someone please help

my brother is here visiting and is due to return to the uk next week, is there any chance he can apply for a visa to stay longer here and how do we go about it?

any help will be much appreciated :notworthy:

 

sue xxxx

[snifter]

Have a look a the official site for info. Under Visitors.

 

Visas, Immigration and Refugees

 

If he is on a 6 months tourist visa he can stay till it expires. I don't think its easy to change visa's once in Australia, at least not if you are on a tourist visa.

 

IIRC once 6 months is up you have to renew and they can extend. However, it may be a person has to actually leave Australia and return to activate a new tourist visa. That used to be the case years ago, but may well have changed by now.

 

If he is aged 18-30 there is always the working holiday visa but that needs to be sorted from the UK and funds etc in place with proof of it all and a return ticket.

 

You can also look into the sponsorship stuff but am again not sure if that can happen if he is already in on a tourist visa.

 

Anyways, the official site will have all the info you need.