Australia is a beautiful country with a blend of arts, cultures and soul-soothing, picturesque views. While it is deemed to be the smallest continent in the world, the country is sixth largest basis the total area.

Approximately 25% of people who have been resident in Australia for many years are not actually Australian citizens. These people, as a rule, have the status: “Foreign citizen who is granted an Australian permanent visa” (lawful non-citizen).

A permanent Australian visa is granted to a person once, is valid for life, and cannot be canceled (except in very rare cases). Visa stamp (not visa), namely a scrap of sticky paper with watermarks pasted into the national passport of the holder of an Australian visa – this is only evidence of the presence of this person a grant to him by the Department of Immigration of Australia (UAE) a permanent Australian visa.

The very “visa” is a virtual concept and may require a certificate of granting it to a person in the form of a visa stamp pasted in his passport, or maybe not. Any decision on granting a visa (or refusing to grant a visa) is recorded electronically in the database of the Department of Immigration of Australia (UAE) and does not require any mark in the passport of the visa holder.

If for some personal (subjective) reason, the holder of an Australian permanent visa wants to visually admire a piece of paper in his current national passport, he needs to provide a national passport to any UAE visa center and paste in his visa stamp as proof of his grant valid Australian visa.