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Electronic Travel Authority (ETA) Online Applications

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The Electronic Travel Authority (ETA) is available online 24 hours a day seven days a week, for applicants outside Australia who want to visit Australia for tourism or business purposes.

An ETA allows the holder to travel to Australia as many times as required within the validity period which is 12 months from the date of issue. The maximum length of each visit is three months.

An ETA is an electronically stored authority equivalent to a visa. There is no stamp or label placed in your passport. ETA information is accessible by airlines, travel agents and Australian border agencies. An ETA is linked to the passport number that is used in an ETA application and the holder must use the same passport to travel to Australia.

ETAs are available to passport holders from a number of countries and regions.
See: ETA (Subclass 601) Eligibility

Repeat visits

An ETA is not designed to allow repeated extended stays in Australia. If you want to spend long periods in Australia for tourism purposes you can consider applying for Visitor visa (subclass 600) or an alternative visa that suits your purposes.
See: Visitor Visa (Subclass 600)

Start an application

You are encouraged to complete your application with as much information as possible at time of lodgement. Applications with missing information may take longer to finalise.

Important: When completing the online application you must avoid copying and pasting bullet points, numbering, accents etc from formatted documents into the free text fields. Only use numbers 0 – 9 and letters A – Z (upper and lower case), dashes '-' and underscores '_'.

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Applications must be made from outside Australia To apply online for an ETA you will need:
  • a current valid passport for each traveller
    and
  • a valid credit card (American Express, Diners Club, JCB, MasterCard, or Visa).
 Electronic Travel Authority (ETA)
Individual applicant Individuals can apply online for:
  • ETA (subclass 601).
The ETA does not attract a visa application charge. However, there is an AUD20 service fee for each ETA applicant.
Note: Your travel agent or airline can also book your ETA.		 Electronic Travel Authority (ETA)
Family members

All family members travelling to Australia with the ETA holder must have a visa or ETA.

A separate ETA application must be lodged for each family member, even where children are travelling on the same passport as a parent.

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Help

If you are experiencing difficulty within the application, most fields have help information that can be accessed by clicking on the Help Icon symbol.

If the help within the application does not meet your needs contact the department.
See: Electronic Travel Authority Contact Information