Australia Visa

All visitors to Australia, including children, require a visa or an Electronic Travel Authority (ETA) to enter Australia, except Australian and New Zealand citizens. A tourist ETA is valid for 12 months or until expiry of your passport should this happen earlier and permits multiple entry into Australia and a stay of three months on each visit. A short validity business ETA is only valid for travel to Australia within a twelve month period and only permits a single entry (maximum stay of three months).

How to obtain an ETA

Tourist ETAs can be obtained from the official Australian Government internet site at www.eta.immi.gov.au (a small service charge applies) as well as most travel agents or international airlines. Many travel agents and airlines may also charge a service fee.

Customs

You need your passport and incoming passenger card ready for inspection by Customs officers on arrival. There are strict laws prohibiting or restricting the entry of drugs, steroids, weapons, firearms, protected wildlife and associated products including protected wildlife and associated products including caviar, clam shells, and ivory. If you are uncertain about anything in your baggage, declare it and bring it to the attention of a Customs Officer. Each traveler over 18 years of age may bring into Australia 1125ml of alcoholic liquor and 250 cigarettes or 250 grams of tobacco products duty/tax free. For other goods, including those intended as gifts, a duty/tax free allowance of $A400 per person 18 years of older or $A200 per person under 18 years is available These articles must accompany you through Customs and must not be intended for commercial purposes. If you bring in or take out of Australia more than $A10,000 cash or the equivalent in foreign currency (travelers checks are not included), you must declare it to Customs. Reporting is required by law, failure to do so in an offence. While visitors are permitted to bring reasonable quantities of prescribed (non-narcotic) medications, they must be declared to Customs. It is advisable to have a letter or a prescription from your doctor describing your medical condition and the medication. Some medical products, including many drugs described as ‘performance enhancing’ in sport, may require an import permit and/or quarantine clearance. For further information please visit: www.customs.gov.au and www.tga.gov.au or email information@customs.gov.au

Vaccinations

Are not required unless you have come from or visited a yellow fever infected country or zone within six days prior to arrival. You do not need any other health certificates to enter Australia.