Hello, I'm a student in Canberra and would like to visit my family in China during 3 month university vacation (end 2009 to early 2010). Ideally I would want a 3 month multi entry visa.

I have been to an agency to assist with arranging the visa from Canberra. But, some items they are telling me are strange:
- even if one gets a 90 day multi entry, you still need to leave the country every 30 days?
- one needs to show your proof of travel. Not sure if this has to be a return ticket. At this stage I have a ticket to China and I would then only arrange a return - china - Australia - china early next year.

Could you please inform what type of visa I can arrange and what needs to be done?

Thanks a lot!