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Managing Australia's Borders

ETAS Operating Manual

The PDF files listed below contain ETAS operating instructions for service providers.

This version is dated October 2008.

Note: We are currently in the process of reviewing the information contained in the ETAS Manual. It currently contains outdated contact details. For updated contact details.
See: Electronic Travel Authority Contact Information

Full version

The manual has been split into two smaller documents to aid users with low-capacity Internet connections. For those with high capacity connections, the complete manual can be viewed below.
See: Australia's ETAS - full version (823KB PDF file)

Contents

  • Australia's ETAS - Part 1 (741KB PDF file)
    Front cover
    Contents
    Introduction
    Overview
    Requests
    V Visitor ETA
    BS Business short validity ETA
    BL Business long validity ETA
  • Australia's ETAS - Part 2 (123KB PDF file)
    Enquiry
    History
    New system responses
    Help
    Attachment A
    Attachment B
    Attachment C
    Attachment D