14 May 1998
Even for 'tourism or other recreational activities', a foreigner
wishing to go to Australia must apply for a visitor's visa. The
conditions set forth are draconian.
Section 10 of form 48, which you must complete in order to request
such a visa, is a five-point declaration, to be accompanied by
signature; in the last three of the points you declare:
1) That you "have adequate funds to meet all costs associated
with [your] visit to and from Australia";
2) That you "have never had tuberculosis or any serious condition
likely to endanger or be a cost to Australia";
3) That you "have never been convicted of a crime or offence;
been charged with an offence that is waiting [sic] legal action;
been deported, refused entry or asked to leave a country; been
refused entry to Australia or had a visa to Australia cancelled";
that you "do not have any outstanding debt to any Australian
authority."
As for the conditions: "You may not undertake work
while in Australia. You may not undertake study of more
than three months duration while in Australia. If you intend to
study for longer than four weeks, you may be asked by the Australian
mission to provide a chest x-ray."
You are advised to "check that you have health insurance.
Medical treatment in Australia can be very expensive. Visitors
are not covered by Australia's national health insurance scheme
unless they are covered by a reciprocal health care agreement."
You are warned that "you must answer all questions [in the
form] honestly and completely. False or misleading information
may lead to refusal or cancellation of your visa, or penalties
while in Australia."
You are warned as well that "the Australian Department of
Immigration and Multicultural Affairs (DIMA) is authorised to
collect information provided on this form under Part 2 of the
Migration Act 1958: Control of Arrival and Presence of Non-Citizens.
The information will be used for assessing your eligibility for
a visitor visa and for other purposes relating to the administration
of the Migration Act."
PS: David Irving, a British citizen, cannot be allowed into Australia
because he has been found guilty by a German court of making a
revisionist remark. All those convicted for revisionism are in
the same boat. A holder of British and French citizenship, convicted
of revisionism nearly a dozen times, awaiting trial under charges
for three more revisionist offences, I obviously cannot go to
Australia.
Having said that, I suppose that for any case apart from revisionism
the Australian DIMA, for political or other reasons, must be inclined
to relax its rules a bit and grant its visas as it pleases.
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Adelaide Institute Newsletter on line, August 1998, No
77.
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