Online visas open to Chinese visitors

Chinese nationals will be able to apply for Australian visitor visas online.

Chinese tourists take in the sites of the Sydney Harbour Bridge

Chinese visitors to Australia will now be able to apply for visas online. (AAP)

Chinese visitors to Australia will now be able to apply for visas online.

The service will be available 24/7 and allows people to track the status of their application, the federal government announced on Monday.

More than 840,000 applications from Chinese nationals were made in 2015-16 - a number that's expected to pass one million by next year.


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