{"question":{"passport":"YEM","destination":"HMD","entryDate":"2026-09-12"},"dateBasis":"reference-date","status":"conditional","headline":"Permit, stay set by the visa","requirement":{"kind":"permit","message":"Before you travel: entry is by permit from the administering authority, not a visa. See the conditions for who issues it."},"stay":{"kind":"SET_BY_VISA","phrasing":"How long you may stay is set by your visa."},"conditions":[{"kind":"PROCEDURE","text":"Entry is permitted only in accordance with a permit granted under section 15 of the Environment Protection and Management Ordinance 1987 by the Minister administering it (the Australian Government Minister responsible for the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water). The permit is obtained by a written application to the Minister (section 15A), so it is a formal advance authorisation rather than a visa-free or on-arrival arrangement; the only exceptions are entry during an emergency and entry in the performance of an inspector’s duties."},{"kind":"JOURNEY_LIMIT","text":"The permit fixes the length of stay: each permit must state the days on which it starts and expires, so the permitted stay is set by the individual permit and there is no fixed statutory day limit."}],"caveat":null,"source":{"documentId":"himd-env-ord-1987-epub","url":"https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2007B00567/2024-10-14/2024-10-14/text/original/epub/OEBPS/document_1/document_1.html","passage":"12  Access to the Territory …  (2) A person may enter the Territory: …  (a) in accordance with a permit; or","explanation":"Section 12 of the Ordinance makes entering the Territory an offence and then sets out the only ordinary route of lawful entry: 'in accordance with a permit'. Because a permit granted under section 15 must exist before a person enters, every traveller needs advance authorisation whatever passport they hold; the Ordinance draws no nationality distinction.","publisher":"Environment Protection and Management Ordinance 1987 … made under the Heard Island and McDonald Islands Act 1953 … This is a compilation of the Environment Protection and Management Ordinance 1987 that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 14 October 2024 (the compilation date)."},"checkedAt":"2026-08-29","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"}}