Australia visitor visa grant rate for Chinese applicants
In 2025-Q2, Australia granted 84.5% of tourist-stream visitor visa applications decided for China citizens; the sponsored family stream was lower, at 54.7%. Source: Australian Department of Home Affairs, Visitor Visa Program Report.
| Stream | Grant rate |
|---|---|
| Tourist stream | 84.5% |
| Sponsored stream | 54.7% |
Grant rate is grants ÷ decisions, as published by Home Affairs for 2025-Q2. Australia does not release refusal counts by citizenship, so no count is shown or reconstructed. Home Affairs names about fifteen citizenships; the rest sit in an "other countries" bucket we do not attribute to anyone.
Questions people ask
What is the Australia visitor visa grant rate for Chinese applicants?
84.5% for the tourist stream in 2025-Q2, from the Department of Home Affairs' Visitor Visa Program Report.
How many applications were refused?
Home Affairs publishes the grant rate by citizenship, not the counts of refusals, so the number of refusals cannot be stated from official figures.
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Source
Australian Government Department of Home Affairs, Visitor Visa Program Report, 2025-Q2, licensed CC BY 4.0. Primary source ↗