Australia Transit Visa Requirement: Fill & Download for Free

As I travel a lot and run a website on world travel, I have compiled the ultimate checklist for visa free travel for Indian citizens (living in the US). There are several countries that would allow an Indian citizen to enter their borders with a valid US H1B (or any multiple entry) visa for tourism purposes for upto 6 months. Good thing, right?VISA Not Required for a USA valid visa holder:Aruba (Citizens of India holding a valid, multiple entry visa for the USA, Canada, or any of the Schengen Member States DO NOT require a visa for a stay of up to 30 days)Philippines (14 days for holders of either a valid USA, Japanese, Australian, Canadian, Schengen, Singapore or UK visa or permanent resident)Taiwan (30 day online travel authority is available to the citizens of India with permanent residency or valid visa of Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Schengen countries, UK or USA)Georgia (90 days for holders of valid visa or residence permit issued by USA, UK, Japan, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Israel, South Korea, Schengen and GCC countries)Serbia (90 days for valid visa holders and residents of the European Union member states and the USA)Montenegro (30 days for valid visa holders and residents of the European Union member states and USA)Albania (Visa not required upto 90 days for holders of a valid multiple entry visa issued by the USA, UK or a valid multiple entry C visa issued by a Schengen Member)Bermuda (90 days for holders of a multiple-entry visa issued by Canada, USA or the United Kingdom and valid for at least 45 days beyond the period of intended stay in Bermuda)Mexico (Visa not required for any valid USA visa holders to enter Mexico with tourist, transit & business purposes. Legal Permanent Residents of USA, Canada, Japan, United Kingdom & Schengen States do not require visa to enter Mexico with tourist, transit & business purposes)Dominican Republic (90 days for holders of a valid visa issued by Canada, USA or any EU Member State)Antigua and Barbuda (Visa on arrival if holding a valid visa or permanent resident card for the USA or Canada)Northern Marianas (part of USA commonwealth)Puerto Rico (part of USA commonwealth)US Virgin Islands (part of USA commonwealth)Belize (No visa required for holders of multiple entry USA Visa or Green Card. Indian nationals are required to pay a repatriation fee of BZD1,200 i.e. ~USD600)Guatemala (Visa not required for holders of a valid visa issued by Canada, the USA or a Schengen Member State)Honduras (Visa free entry to holders of a valid visa issued by Canada, the USA or a Schengen Member State)Nicaragua (90 days (Fee USD20) applicable to holders of a valid visa issued by Canada, USA or a Schengen Member State)Costa Rica (30 days for holders of a valid visa issued by Canada, Japan, USA, EU or a Schengen Member State)Panama (Visa requirement waived for holders of a valid visa issued by USA, UK, Canada, Australia or any EU member state, which has been used at least once to enter those countries)Colombia (Visa not required for Nationals of India holding a valid "C" or "D" visa issued by a Schengen Member State or holding a valid visa issued by the USA)São Tomé and Príncipe (15 days for holders of a visa issued by the USA or a Schengen area member state)Besides, as of 2016, Indian citizens had visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to 52 countries and territories. These countries are:Nepal (Indian citizens may live and work freely in Nepal under the terms of the 1950 Indo-Nepal Treaty of Peace and Friendship (1950 Indo-Nepal Treaty of Peace and Friendship))Mauritius (90 days)Micronesia (30 days)Saint Kitts and Nevis (90 days)Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (30 days)Senegal (90 days)Trinidad and Tobago (90 days)Vanuatu (30 days)Bhutan (as long as you wish to stay. Freedom of movement just like as in Nepal)Dominica (180 days)Ecuador (90 days)El Salvador (90 days)Fiji (120 days)Grenada (90 days)Haiti (90 days)Hong Kong (14 day)Indonesia (30 days from select ports of entry)Jamaica (as long as you wish to stay, no visa required)Samoa (60 days Entry Permit on arrival)Suriname (90 days Tourist Card on arrival. Available at Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport)Seychelles (30 days Visitor's Permit on arrival)Laos (30 days Visa on arrival)Madagascar (30 days Visa on arrival)Malawi (Visa on arrival)Maldives (90 days Visa on arrival)Marshall Islands (90 days Visa on arrival)Mauritania (Visa on arrival)Palau (30 days Visa on arrival)Saint Lucia (6 weeks Visa on arrival)Somalia (30 days Visa on arrival, provided an invitation letter issued by the sponsor has been submitted to the Airport Immigration Department at least 2 days before arrival)Tanzania (Visa on arrival)Thailand (15 days Visa on arrival. Visa fee of 1000 Thai Baht needs to be paid in Thai currency. Visa on Arrival has to be obtained at First point of Entry/Landing)Timor-Leste (30 days Visa on arrival)Togo (7 days Visa on arrival)Tuvalu (30 days Visa on arrival)Uganda (Visa on arrival)Bolivia (90 days Visa on arrival only at La Paz airport. Land entry requires prior Visa which is free of cost)Burundi (90 days Visa on arrival)Cambodia (30 days Visa on arrival. 35 USD to be paid in USD)Cape Verde (Visa on arrival)Comoros (Visa on arrival)Ethiopia (Visa on arrival)Guinea-Bissau (90 days Visa on arrival)Guyana (30 days Visa on arrival, provided holding a letter of invitation from sponsor or host; and contact details of sponsor, host or hotel; and two passport photos)Jordan (2 weeks Visa on arrival. Must hold US$1000)e-Visa and Special PermitsCuba (30 days Tourist Card (Tarjeta deTurista) which can be extended for another 30 days after arrival. Visitors who booked a package through an airline/travel agency usually receive the card on the plane before landing. The visitors can also buy a Tourist Card upon arrival at the José Martí International Airport in Havana)Turkey (e-visa can be applied and obtained online)Singapore (e-visa can be applied and obtained online)Tunisia (Visa not required for tours organized by a travel agency)United Arab Emirates (Tourist visa can be obtained online through Emirates and Etihad airlines)Vietnam (Visa can be obtained on arrival if prior Online approval has been obtained through a travel agency)Gabon (e-Visa, holders must arrive via Libreville International Airport)Sri Lanka (30 days Electronic Travel Authorisation)Kenya (90 days eVisa)Myanmar (28 days eVisa, holders must arrive via Yangon, Nay Pyi Taw or Mandalay airports)Rwanda (e-visa can be applied and obtained online)Bahrain (14 days e-visa can be applied and obtained online)Zambia (e-visa can be applied and obtained online)Zimbabwe (e-visa can be applied and obtained online)Côte d'Ivoire (90 days eVisa, holders must arrive via Port Bouet Airport)EDIT 1: As many of you have messaged me or commented that how can you keep track of the changes in future visa status? Well, here is the easy answer. You can bookmark this website. VisaHQ. Just type in your citizenship, where you currently live and where you would want to visit.Online Application, Visas Requirements.Usually, things do not change for years or decades. And when they do, they are often "very good" or "very bad". In other words, either your country has made new agreements with another country or a country has severed its ties or changed its visa rules and/or relationships with your country.Lastly, yes, any valid multiple entry visa (such as H, B, F, etc) will be qualified.Final note: Always double check the destination country's immigration website before booking any flights or trips. As many of you have rightly said, things can change and you don't want to be caught off-guard.Happy travels!Related:As a USA Green Card holder (permanent resident), which countries can I visit (for tourism) without needing a visa for that country?As a Nepali citizen on an H-1B visa in the US, which countries can I visit (for tourism) without needing a visa for that country?The author runs The Art Of Travel, a large website dedicated to world travel. Salil Jha, an authorpreneur is a bestselling author, podcast host, and angel investor. He writes on meta-learning, entrepreneurship, and self-development in his personal blog at Naked Soul Blog | The Blog of Salil Jha.

This is an airport story but not one of those forgotten the passport, reached on wrong time, AM-PM confusion type of stories. So it goes like this.When I was nearing the end of my post-graduation, I decided to plan a visit to New Zealand to visit my chachu (dad's younger brother) and his family. They had shifted to New Zealand back in 2002 and in the span of 15 years, I had never visited them. There was a gap of about a month between my convocation and joining date of my job. So, I decided to put this time to good use, spend quality time with chachu- chachi and their 2 sons and get to have a foreign trip before I got sucked into the corporate life. When I told them about my plan to visit, all four of them were super-excited. My Chachi began guiding me through the process of visa application and ticket booking. She kept trying to convince me to do the ticket booking process through an agent, but I did not pay much heed to her advice. Having lived away from home for 2 years, I had had lots of experience booking flight tickets. So I was pretty confident about my ticket booking skills, and decided to not pay extra in terms of agent commission for booking the ticket.As soon as I got my NZ visa approved, I began searching for the cheapest ticket available online. I narrowed it down to 2 flights - one was the Qantas airlines with 2 stopovers, Delhi - Singapore - Brisbane - Auckland and the other was Cathay Pacific with 1 stopover, Delhi - Hong Kong - Auckland. Even though, Qantas flight was a little cheaper than Cathay Pacific, my chachi advised me to take the Cathay Pacific flight because having traveled on the route numerous times, she knew how tiring the journey was and 2 stopovers would make the journey longer and more tiring. Once again, I did not pay heed to her advice and booked the Qantas airline because it was cheaper and had more luggage allowance. I booked that flight for INR 69000 (~USD 1000) through makemytrip.Fast-forward to the the day before my flight. On the day of flight, I got up early morning, got ready and reached the airport 4 hours before my scheduled departure time. I am usually a reaching-on-the-nick-of-time type of person, but that day I didn’t want to take any chances. After reaching the airport, I bid goodbye to my sister and went inside the airport to begin my journey.I reached the counter for Qantas airlines, confidently brandishing my e-ticket and passport.Counter-guy: Sorry Ma’am you can’t board the flight. You do not have the required visa.Me (showing him the visa, thinking he has made some mistake): No ! See I have the visa for NZ. It is valid for one month.Him: I am talking about Australia visa. You don’t have that.Me (now actually laughing in relief): But I am not going to Australia. I am going to New Zealand and here’s my NZ visa.Him: One of your stopovers is in Australia (Brisbane) and for that you need a visa.Me: But that stopover is only for 3 hours. Surely I don’t need a visa for that. I won’t even be leaving the airport.Him: Indian passengers require a transit visa for Australia even if the flight is stopping there for 2 minutes.Me (now officially panicking): Please let me get on the flight ! I will apply for the visa right now and by the time I reach Australia, I will have that visa.Him: Sorry Ma’am ! We can’t let you get on the flight without the transit via. However, you can apply for the visa online. We have seen several passengers do it over here and the visa comes in 10–15 minutesFeeling relieved, I frantically started searching for the link to apply for e-visa. But on opening the site, I realized that e-visa facility was not available for Indian nationals. That was the moment I realized I was truly screwed. I was on the verge of crying and had given up all hope on being able to catch that flight. My focus shifted from trying to get on that flight to cancelling that flight before its departure. Failing which, the entire amount spent on that flight would go down the drain. Since, it was very close to the departure time, I was unable to cancel the flight through makemytrip website. I began calling the airline and makemytrip customer care no. It being an early Saturday morning, I was unable to connect to any of the two. My flight was scheduled at 9:45 a.m. and finally at 9:30 a.m. I was able to connect to makemytrip customer care and get my flight cancelled. Surprisingly enough, that was a fully refundable flight and I had to let go of only a very small amount (the tax amount) and the rest of the amount was refunded to me in full.My parents booked another flight for me the next day through an agent and finally I was able to make it to New Zealand. I did get to hear a lot of “I told you so” from my chachi and a lot of scolding from my parents.

Wow!What a question! I dated a stunning woman from Kenya for nearly two years. She was so beautiful people came up to her and asked if they could have their photo taken with her. In Manila a young girl called her “a black barbie.” She was all of six years of age! The hardest thing is travelling overseas together- the racial profiling in immigration. I saw this so many times. I am very organised and have all our travel documents printed out. In December 2019 we traveled to Singapore twice - Phu Quoc (an island off Vietnam) & Doha.First time through Singapore was easy. You need a visa for Vietnam- travelling from Kenya- you do not need a visa if transitioning through to Phu Quoc. Landing in Hanoi was awful- we were in the line for an hour- then sent to a side office. A woman tried to help us - asked the head guy who had his head up his ass and said “put them back in the line again.” Again another hour in the line - then to a different office. I felt I knew more about the visa regulations for Phu Quoc than they did. The Prime Minister in 2014 said no visa required if going to Phu Quoc for a holiday. I am Australian was and I followed Sylvia every time we go through immigration - because of her heritage and skin colour.The second time into Singapore- again the line we were in was being expedited through until Sylvia arrived at the immigration. She had the full itinerary and we were staying at the Crowne Plaza at Changi airport. A Spanish guy - noticing the questions being asked of Sylvia standing directly behind me said “does this happen to you regularly?” I said “yes” which is why I follow her- and then I was summoned up to the immigration office and he cross checked our answers.Twice previously I tried to bring Sylvia to Australia- both times we were knocked back. I tried to arrange the last part of our holiday- 3 nights in the Mondrian Hotel in Doha. I made the Visa application and VRS Global asked me to add Sylvia’s name to the Hotel reservation. This was done. So we have the flights booked in - flying Qatar in and out - reservation done - everything paid for and still they said “your Visa application “ is declined and no reason is given.I know there are people who do the wrong thing - in visiting other countries. One way (in my opinion) is allowing people to pay a surety - so if they do not leave the country the person pays a financial penalty.People forget- we all bleed the same!This is a woman who lights up a room when she walks in. She has a beautiful smile & so humble with her looks…One time we were in Bangkok and we jumped out of a taxi and a thousand guys were looking at her - then me. I laughed and said “they think I am wealthy” ~ we both laughed. I said “next time we come here, don’t forget me to bring the X-Ray glasses to hand out so they know I am beautiful on the inside!” LOLRegardsPeterp.s. This was just one trip!