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IF you want to visa consultancy service then please check our profile as we too offer services…here are the requirements for a tourist visa0:00-0:30Visitor visa (subclass 600) - Tourist StreamApplication document checklistThis document lists the information and supporting documents required to lodge a complete application. It also lists additional documents that you may need to provide depending on your individual circumstances.More information about this visa is available.See: About this VisaImportant: Do not provide original documents unless requested. You should provide VFS witnessed or notarized copies of original documentation. Documents not in English must be accompanied by accredited English translations.You should ensure that you lodge a complete visa application. While the department may ask you to provide more information in order to determine whether you meet the criteria for grant of the visa, a decision on the visa application may be made solely on the information provided at the time of application.Note: The Visa Application Charge will not be refunded if a decision is made to refuse to grant the visa because the applicant did not satisfy the criteria for grant of the visa.After completing this checklist, please attach it to the front of your application.Forms, fees and chargesüForm 1419 Application for a Visitor Visa – Tourist Visitor StreamVisa application charge.See: Visa ChargesIf you authorise another person to receive all communications about your applicationwith the department, provide Form 956Personal documentsNotarised copy of all pages of current passport, including the bio-data page,alterations page and back page of the passport (Please note, VFS Global can witnessa copy of your passport at their office at the time of lodgement).Two recent passport-sized photographs (45 mm x 35 mm) of each person included inthe application.∙ These photographs should be of the head and shoulders only against a plainbackground.∙ Print the name of the person on the back of each photographPurpose of VisitIf you are visiting family and friends provide an invitation from your inviter in Australia,evidence of your relationship with the inviter and evidence of your inviter’s passportSep 2015 – For applications lodged at the New Delhi visa office1and status in Australia.If you are going for your daughter/daughter in law’s pregnancy then a letter from a medical doctor confirming the condition.If you are going for a medical emergency then a letter from the hospital/doctor statingthe condition of the patient.If you are going for tourism then details of bookings.If you are going for a student exchange then a letter stating the arrangements that have been made.Itinerary giving travel details, accommodation and activities within Australia.Financial DocumentsCopies of bank statements (personal and business) over a period of time showing a consistent savings history.Copies of documents which show any other funds or assets held.Taxation documents for the last three yearsIf a friend/relative in Australia is paying for your visit then a Statutory Declarationstating the relative or friend’s support and evidence of their financial capacity to do so– for example a letter of invitation, bank statements and tax documents.It is important to provide evidence of your own financial status even if your travel isbeing funded by a friend or a relative. Your own financial status is a factor we considerin assessing whether your personal circumstances would encourage you to return toyour home country.Employment DetailsIf you are employed: Letter from your employer – stating your position and salary,length of employment, confirming your leave of absence and the name and contactdetails of the person providing the letter.If you are self-employed: Business registrationIf you are retired: Evidence of your retirement – for example, a letter from youremployer.If you are a student: Evidence of your enrolment such as a letter from your educationinstitute.Health and Character documentsAll applicants must meet character requirements.See: Character and penal clearance requirementsYou may be asked to undergo medical and x-ray examinations.See: Health requirementsApplicants over 75 years of age and any applicant requesting a stay of 12 monthsmust provide evidence of Overseas Health Insurance.AusAID student or recipientA letter of support from the AusAID Minister.Sep 2015 – For applications lodged at the New Delhi visa officeChildren younger than 18 years of ageChildren under 18 must provide a notarized ‘no objection certificate’ from any non-accompanying parent authorising their travel to Australia along with copies of theparents’ passports.See: Form 1229 - Consent to grant an Australian visa to a child under the age of 18years.Where children are travelling or staying with non-relatives, provide the full name,nationality and the date of birth of the person the child will be staying or travelling with.A declaration of support signed by the person responsible for that child in Australia.Form 1257 Undertaking declaration can be used for this.See: Form 1257 Undertaking declarationSep 2015 – For applications lodged at the New Delhi visa office

To begin with, we have to familiarize ourselves quickly with that eruption:1257 Samalas eruption - WikipediaThe 1257 Samalas eruption (Lombok, Indonesia): the single greatest stratospheric gas release of the Common EraThis was an ultra-Plinian event, since there was a large cloud of ashes that was made to rain tephra over almost all of Lombok, much of the neighboring island of Bali and part of Sumbawa.Can you see this? A cloud of ash like this was produced by the eruption and would have caused ashes to rain over all of Lombok.Anyone in Lombok who has tried to withstand the fall of ash would probably have died of ash inhalation, by inhalation of volcanic gases or by the collapse of roofs.Apparent distribution of the tephra layers of the Samalas eruption over Lombok.Then, towards the second and the fourth phase of the eruption (and when the Caldera began to form), herculeous pyroplastic flows emanated from Samalas due to the collapse of the eruptive column. These flows were directed by the topography of Lombok, surrounding obstacles and incinerating all the vegetation of the island. These Piroclastic waves destroyed human habitats and most likely destroyed Pamatan, the capital of the Kingdom of Lombok. After these flows entered the sea to the north and east of Lombok and there is evidence that some of these flows have crossed the Alas Strait to the neighboring island of Sumbawa.When it all ended, Mount Samalas, the highest point of the island of Lombok, no longer existed and in its place there was a basin of 6-7 km and where after a lake 200 meters deep, today known as Segara Anak lies today.The evolution of the Rinjani Volcanic Complex, where the eruption took place. Notice how this Pliniana eruption completely truncated the Samalas volcano ...Thousands of people died at the hands of the Samalas eruption, although the exact number is not clear or if the eruption as such destroyed the Kingdom of Lombok, because the history there is little known in general. Both the island of Lombok and neighboring Bali were depopulated of people by the eruption probably for generations, which allowed King Kertanegara of Singasari of Java to conquer Lombok in 1284 with little resistance.And the effects of the eruption of Samalas were not limited to the Malay archipelago, because due to the 200 kilometers of piroplastic debris ejecta to the surrounding environment plus the halogens and aerosols of volcanic origin, which for comparison, the sulfuric material vomited by Samalas was 10 times larger than the eruption of the Pinatubo eruption of 1990, about 8 times that of the eruption of Krakatoa in 1883 and almost twice as large as the eruption of Tambora in 1815, made effects felt in both hemispheres and some connect to Samalas with the beginning of the so-called "Little Ice Age", although that is another story ...Postscript:Is it just me, or, every time in history that a volcano erupts explosively in Indonesia, do hundreds or thousands of people die at the hands of those eruptions?Thanks for asking!Footnotes:1257 Samalas eruption - WikipediaThe 1257 Samalas eruption (Lombok, Indonesia): the single greatest stratospheric gas release of the Common Era

SOURCE : Times Of IndiaPorts towns typically have the suffix "patnam". The city has been known by different names in recorded history ending with patnam. It is said that some centuries ago, a king travelling from the south along the coast to Varanasi stopped at a site south of what is now Lawson's Bay. He was taken in by the beauty of the place and perhaps the great toddy from the millions of palmyra plants. As it was before the CRZ came into force, he ordered a small temple built at the shore and named it "Vaisakha". The sea swept away this structure a long time ago but the name persisted for a while and then changed to Vizagapatam, then to Vishakhapatnam and now it is commonly known in its abbreviated form of "Vizag". Many know this story but there are two other stories of Vizag's name.KulotungapatnamSome time prior to 1095, a Chola king named Kulotunga I felt the urge, like many rulers do occasionally, to expand his empire. He set out with his army up the coast, all the way from Tanjore (now Tanjavur) and took control of our neck of the woods. He was fond of his own name and promptly named the area Kulotungapatnam. Well he eventually was sent packing by the Chalukyas and thankfully the odd name of Kulotungapatnam disappeared. Otherwise we would have to change the code of Vizag airport from VTZ to KLP (:P)IshakapatnamThere is another twist to the name. Near the port channel atop a hill in Kota Veedhi is an ancient Dargah which is said to have been constructed prior to 1257. This Dargah was built over the tomb of a holy Muslim Saint Syed Ali Medina, also known as Ishak Medina. It is possible that our town was originally known by the name of this Saint as "Ishakapatnam" which, over time changed to "Vizagapatam".