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Conditions apply

Travel authorisation, 3 months

Before you travel: you need a travel authorisation (ETA).

The allowance is per visit: it starts again on your next entry.

Entry rule for 12 September 2026 Source checked 30 August 2026
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  • The 'Notes' at the end of the instrument are the compilation-history tables (Table of instruments, Table of amendments); they record the amending instruments and do not qualify any entry in the Schedule 1 ETA-eligible passport list.

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Official wording

For the purposes of subregulation 1.11B(1) of the Regulations, a passport is an ETA-eligible passport in relation to an application for a visa if in the table in Schedule 1: … Andorra … Austria … Belgium … Brunei … Canada … Denmark … Finland … France … Germany … Greece … Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People’s Republic of China … Iceland … Republic of Ireland … Italy … Japan … Republic of Korea … Liechtenstein … Luxembourg … Malaysia … Malta … Monaco … The Netherlands … Norway … Portugal … Republic of San Marino … Singapore … Spain … Switzerland … Sweden … United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland … United States of America … Vatican City

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.

The instrument specifies these passports as ETA-eligible, so the holder may apply online for the Subclass 601 Electronic Travel Authority before travelling; clause 601.511 (cited in fieldSources) fixes the stay at 3 months per entry within a 12-month validity.

Source details

Source checked
30 August 2026
Data snapshot
10 September 2026
Publisher
This compilation was prepared by the Department of Home Affairs on 20 February 2022 taking into account amendments up to Migration (Specification of ETA-Eligible Passports) Amendment Instrument (LIN 22/040) 2022.
Reference ID
eta-passports
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

Christmas Island follows Australia

Christmas Island — Australian external territory in the migration zone; standard AU visa policy applies (the 2001 'excised' status concerns asylum-seeker rights, not visa requirements). Verified: homeaffairs.gov.au, Wikipedia 'Australian migration zone'.

prescribed Territory means Norfolk Island, the Coral Sea Islands Territory, the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands, the Territory of Christmas Island and the Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands. (2) This Act extends to a prescribed Territory.
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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.