Dummy ticket (flight reservation) for Australia visa: subclass 600 from India

What the Australia checklist asks for

• An online application in ImmiAccount for the Visitor visa (subclass 600), Tourist stream. The ETA (601) and eVisitor (651) are not open to Indians.
• The visa application charge, reported as AUD 250 for applications made outside Australia from 1 July 2026.
• Biometrics at a VFS Global Australia centre in India, if Home Affairs asks for them.
• No non-refundable travel until you have written notice of the grant (Home Affairs guidance, as reported).
• If you attach an itinerary, dates that match your application, your leave letter and any New Zealand leg.

Australia: the options side by side

What Home Affairs asks for, and what it does not

Indian passport holders apply for the Visitor visa (subclass 600) in its Tourist stream through ImmiAccount. The ETA (subclass 601) and eVisitor (subclass 651) are not open to Indians, so there is no quick online authority to fall back on.

In the sources we checked, flight and hotel bookings are not mandatory documents for this stream. Home Affairs’ tourist stream guidance is reported to tell applicants not to book travel until they have written notice of the grant. We could not read that wording on Home Affairs’ own pages for this review, so confirm it on the current page. Either way, a held reservation can show your plan if you choose to include one.

The July 2026 fee rise

Most Australian visa charges rose by about a quarter on 1 July 2026. The base charge for a subclass 600 application made outside Australia is reported as AUD 250, up from AUD 200; applying from inside Australia is reported at AUD 630.

These figures come from migration firms rather than the Home Affairs pricing page itself, which you should check before paying. Guides written before July 2026 quote AUD 200, so budget on the new figure for each applicant in your group.

Timing your reservation with an online application

There is no appointment to plan around. You lodge online, and biometrics at a VFS Global Australia centre come only if Home Affairs requests them. Processing times vary, and we could not confirm a current figure, so check Home Affairs’ processing-time guide before you set dates.

If you attach a reservation, order it on the day you lodge in ImmiAccount, or the evening before at most, and check the names and dates against your passports before you upload it. Choose travel dates with a margin after the likely decision. The grant arrives electronically, with no label in your passport, so keep the grant notice with your travel papers.

Combining Australia with New Zealand or a Singapore stop

Australia and New Zealand are often visited on one trip, but they are separate visas. Indians need a New Zealand Visitor Visa as well; neither the Australian ETA nor the NZeTA is open to Indian passport holders. Use one reservation that shows the whole route, India to Australia, across to New Zealand and home, so both files describe the same journey.

Flying via Singapore? Its Visa-Free Transit Facility lets Indians holding a valid visa of certain countries, Australia included, stop for up to 96 hours when travelling to or from a third country. The condition is a “valid onward air/ferry/cruise ticket departing Singapore within 96 hours”, which means a ticket you have bought, not a reservation.

Flying from India to Australia

Your reservation should follow a route you could realistically fly. These are common options; schedules change, so the desk confirms what is bookable for your dates.

Mistakes to avoid with a Australia application

• Applying for an ETA or eVisitor. Indian passport holders need the subclass 600.
• Ignoring the reported Home Affairs advice not to book travel before written notice of the grant.
• Budgeting on the old AUD 200 charge. It was reported as AUD 250 from 1 July 2026.
• Waiting for a visa label. The grant is electronic; keep the grant notice with your papers.
• Planning New Zealand on the same trip without a separate New Zealand visa.
• Using Singapore’s 96-hour transit with only a reservation. It requires an onward ticket.

Dummy ticket and hotel bookings, matched to your itinerary

We do not send one loose document. The desk matches the flight reservation and every hotel booking to your itinerary: the same dates, the same cities, and no night left uncovered. These are the real documents of one order for a Switzerland visa file, issued on 5 November 2026: one flight reservation and four hotel bookings that cover all 9 nights between the two flights. Personal details are blacked out; everything else is as issued.

• Flight reservationEtihad, Hyderabad (HYD) to Zurich (ZRH), status Confirmed
• Hotel booking, ZurichMEININGER Hotel Zürich Greencity, 3 nights
• Hotel booking, GenevaB&B HOTEL Geneva Airport, 3 nights
• Hotel booking, LucerneSeminarhotel Romerohaus, 2 nights
• Hotel booking, Zurich AirportLeonardo Hotel Zurich Airport, 1 night

Open the full documents and the day-by-day table: flight and hotels matched date by date

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