‘No worries, it’s far easier now’


KUALA LUMPUR: It’s “no worries” travelling to Australia these days – the up to two-month wait time for a tourist visa has been halved with red tape scrapped and procedures simplified.

It now takes up to four weeks for an Electronic Travel Authority (ETA) temporary visa to be issued to Malaysians, with a smartphone app introduced for applicants to submit information.

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