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Visa
Requirements
Anyone wanting to
enter Australia must carry a valid passport and everyone, except
holders of Australian and New Zealand passports, requires a visa to
enter Australia.
People seeking to
attend, or participate in, a conference in Australia should, in
most cases, apply for a short stay business visitor visa (subclass
456).
Those who are
able to obtain an Electronic Travel Authority (ETA) may obtain
either a short or long-validity short-stay business ETA.
For more
information on the Department of Immigration and Multicultural and
Indigenous Affairs' Electronic Travel Authority system, see
Fact Sheet 55 - The Electronic
Travel Authority or visit
www.immi.gov.au/eta/
on
the Department's web site.
Electronic Travel
Authority (ETA)
All travellers to
Australia, other than Australian and New Zealand citizens, are
legally required to hold a valid visa to travel to
Australia.
Australia's
Electronic Travel Authority (ETA) system is the world's most
advanced and streamlined travel authorisation system.
A
recent innovative enhancement to ETA arrangements allows a
traveller to apply for an ETA over the Internet.
The ETA is an
electronically-stored authority for travel to Australia for a
short-term tourist or business entry. It replaces the visa label or
stamp in a passport and removes the need for application
forms.
ETAs are issued
within seconds of being requested through computer links between
the department, travel agents, airlines and specialist service
providers around the world.
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