How to read a visa label
The key features you need to identify on a visa label are highlighted below.
Note: It is important to find the most recently issued visa label in the passport by
looking at the 'granted' date (21 September 2002 in the above example)
1. Visa Holder
The name that appears here is the name of the person who was granted this visa. In
the above example, the visa was granted to John Darwin.
2. Visa Class and Subclass
Visas are arranged into groupings known as Classes and Subclasses. When you
apply for a visa, you apply for a particular Class of a visa, which may be broken down
further into a number of different Subclasses. In the above example the visa Class is
a Class TU student visa, and the Subclass is Subclass 574.
3. Visa number
The visa number is a unique number that reflects the record of the visa that appears
in DIAC systems. In the above example, the visa number is 8126176471C. A visa
number will always be a 10 digit number followed by an alphabetical character.