[Case Study] Exhausted Waiting Overseas for Your Subclass 190/491/189/309 or Student Visa to Be Granted — Can You Apply for a Visitor Visa to Enter Australia First?
– Late November 2021: opened to parents of PR holders and citizens, who could apply for a border exemption to enter – 15 December 2021: opened to holders of student visas/Subclass 485/489/491 and other temporary visas — holders could enter without a border exemption – 21 February 2021: opened to all visa categories (including bridging visas and visitor visas), marking the near-complete reopening of Australia’s borders