Norfolk Island
Papua New Guinea passportEdit check
e-Visa, stay set by the visa
Before you travel: you need an e-visa.
How long you may stay is set by your visa.
Entry and stay only. What this covers
Entry conditions1 to check
- 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.
Source & evidence Read the original words
Official wording
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
Aevamo’s reading
The Migration Act 1958 s.42 creates the obligation at the root of this regime — a non-citizen must not travel to Australia without a visa that is in effect — and s.32 creates the special category visa for New Zealand citizens. The Migration Regulations 1994 and the ministerial instruments made under them (IMMI 18/084, LIN 23/064) then prescribe who may use the streamlined visa routes.
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.
Source details
How the documents behind this regime are dated
Migration Act 1958 compilation C2026C00232 as at 4 June 2026; Migration Regulations 1994 compilation C288 as at 1 July 2026; ETA specification compilation F2022C00287 dated 20 February 2022; eVisitor specification LIN 23/064 dated 13 September 2023
Norfolk Island follows Australia
Norfolk Island — since 1 Jul 2016 inside the Australian migration zone; Australian visa law applies, visa-required nationals need an Australian visa. Verified: homeaffairs.gov.au, legislation.gov.au.
251 Subsection 7(1) After “means”, insert “Norfolk Island,”.Open the source document
Other entry routes 1 alternatives
These routes depend on a different document or additional conditions.
Visa-free, 90 days
Holder of a valid APEC Business Travel Card (ABTC) that carries Australia's pre-clearance — 'AUS' printed on the reverse of the physical card, or 'AUS' visible on the Virtual ABTC home screen — may enter Australia without applying for a visa.
The passport number linked to the physical or Virtual ABTC must match the passport number used to travel to Australia.
The card may not be used to work in Australia; paid employment, being remunerated for services to an Australian business or organisation, selling goods or services to the general public, and engaging in a working holiday are all excluded, and work requires a visa with work rights.
What this answer covers Limits & assumptions
Work and residence rights are separate from this check. This is the entry rule and the length of stay the instrument grants. It is not a decision about you: the officer at the border decides admission, and we do not evaluate the purpose of your trip, your passport's remaining validity, an onward ticket, funds, insurance or health requirements.
The rule is one instrument covering 1 places, so this answer is the same for Australia .
Informational planning, not legal or immigration advice. The source is linked so you can check our reading.