{"question":{"passport":"GIN","destination":"AUS","entryDate":"2026-09-12"},"dateBasis":"reference-date","status":"conditional","headline":"e-Visa, stay set by the visa","requirement":{"kind":"evisa","message":"Before you travel: you need an e-visa."},"stay":{"kind":"SET_BY_VISA","phrasing":"How long you may stay is set by your visa."},"conditions":[{"kind":"OTHER","text":"The note following section 42(1) records that a maritime crew visa is generally permission to travel to Australia only by sea (see section 38B); it concerns maritime crew visas and does not qualify the visa requirement for ordinary visitors."}],"caveat":null,"source":{"documentId":"migration-act-text","url":"https://www.legislation.gov.au/C1958A00062/2026-06-04/2026-06-04/text/original/epub/OEBPS/document_1/document_1.html","passage":"Subject to subsections (2), (2A) and (3), a non‑citizen must not travel to Australia without a visa that is in effect. … if the travel is by a New Zealand citizen who holds and produces a New Zealand passport that is in force","explanation":"Migration Act s.42(1) imposes the visa requirement on 'a non-citizen' as a class; these four issuers are non-citizen classes (Guinea and Papua New Guinea nationals, and refugee document holders) that appear on no ETA or eVisitor exemption list (see residualSweep), so they must obtain a visa before travel.","publisher":"Migration Act 1958 … Compilation No. 171 Compilation date: 4 June 2026"},"checkedAt":"2026-08-30","snapshotAsOf":"2026-09-10","dataVersion":"4f66864a7d4f8a08b6c8c7e446d7f16addcd9303","upcomingChange":null,"alternatives":[],"scope":{"covers":["recorded entry requirement","recorded stay allowance"],"notEstablished":["personal admission decision","work permission","residence rights","tax position","individual eligibility for every condition"],"passportType":"ordinary"}}