ETA Australia
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Visually Impaired

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Electronic Travel Authority Information

If you need to travel to Australia for up to 3 months, and you need a holiday visa, travel visa, tourist visa or business visa, then this is the visa for you.

You can either go to your nearest Australian Embassy which may cost you hundreds of dollars and wait weeks for your visa, or you can apply online here and get a discounted ETA Visa usually within 12 hours.

Conditions do apply and your passport must be from one of the ETA Approved countries.

Valid Passport

Your passport must be valid for more than 6 months. If your passport expires under 6 months, we cannot process your application.

Allowed ETA Countries

  • Andorra
  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Brunei
  • Canada
  • Denmark
  • Finland
  • France
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • HK SAR **
  • Iceland
  • Ireland
  • Italy
  • Japan
  • Liechtenstein
  • Luxembourg
  • Malaysia
  • Malta
  • Monaco
  • The Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Portugal
  • San Marino
  • Singapore
  • South Korea
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Taiwan *
  • UK - British Citizen or
  • UK - British National (Overseas)**
  • USA
  • Vatican City
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    HK = Hong Kong SAR
    UK = United Kingdom
    USA = United States of America

    * Holders of Taiwan passports can only be processed for an ETA if living in and applying from within the country of Taiwan and apply in person at the Australian Embassy in Taiwan.

    ** Hong Kong holders of UK passports which indicate their nationality to be British National (Overseas) can only be processed for an ETA if living in and applying from within the country of Hong Kong and you must apply in person at the Australian Embassy in HK.

    Hong Kong SAR
    Only Hong Kong SAR residents are eligible to apply for an ETA Visa via this website. Approx 95% of applications will be successful and the others will be referred to the Australian Embassy.

    Hong Kong SAR residents must fly from Hong Kong. They are currently NOT permitted to fly directly from mainland China to Australia.

    Short Stay Visitor and Business Class Visas

    • Valid for 12 months from day of issue.
    • Enter Australia multiple times within the 12 months.
    • Cannot stay longer than 3 months per visit.
    • You cannot apply for an ETA while you are in Australia.
    • You must hold an ETA-eligible passport.
    • You must only intend to visit Australia temporarily for tourism or business purposes.
    • You must not work.
    • You must not engage in any studies or training for more than 3 months.
    • You must be of good health.
    • You must not have one or more criminal convictions, for which the sentence or sentences (whether served or not) are for a total period of 12 months duration or more, at the time of travel to Australia.
    • Evidence: No evidence (stamp or a label in a passport) of the ETA is given, as ETA information is electronically stored and accessible by airline and border protection agencies.
    • Once processed, there are no refunds.

    Long Stay Business Visa - (956 visa)

    • The above conditions Do Also Apply to this visa, plus....
    • This Visa lasts the life time of the passport.
    • Your passport must be currently valid for at least 6 months.
    • Once processed, there are no refunds.
    • You must hold an ETA-eligible passport.
    • You must only intend to visit Australia temporarily for business purposes.
    • You must not engage in paid (by an Australian company) work in Australia.
    • You must be in good health.
    • You must not have one or more criminal convictions, for which the sentence or sentences (whether served or not) are for a total period of 12 months duration or more, at the time of travel to Australia.
    • No Passport Evidence:
      No evidence (stamp or a label in a passport) of the ETA is given, as ETA information is electronically stored and accessible by international airline and border protection agencies.

    Please Note
    The rest of this website is in normal font size and we use style sheets. We request that you ask a sighted person to assist you with filling in the form data as we do not accept any responsibility for any errors or mistakes made by applicants.

    • Once processed, there are no refunds.

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    Apply here for your Australian Electronic Travel Authority Visa

     
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