Eligibility

General requirements

To be eligible to apply for this visa you must:

• be outside Australia at time of application
• provide details of your valid national passport (a seafarer’s identity document is not acceptable)
• be a crew member employed on a non-military ship or under offer of employment on a non-military ship
  or
• be the partner or dependent child of one of the above who will accompany that crew person on their ship, and the crew person has already either been granted a Maritime Crew visa or has applied for one.

Note: Crew who are employed or under offer of employment includes supernumerary crew who may be under contract or subcontract to provide services, maintenance or warranty work on a ship while it is at sea. Crew also includes scientific research personnel on a scientific research ship owned by a foreign government.

Character requirements

All applicants must meet character requirements.
See: Character Requirements