Pre-arrival Reporting

As a general rule, vessels are required to provide pre-arrival passenger and crew reports no later than 96 hours before arriving in Australia. All crew, spouses and dependant children of crew members, and passengers are required to be included on the pre-arrival reports and to be subject to immigration clearance on arrival at the first port of call.
See: Reporting Requirements

For international cruise ships electronic passenger and crew reports are required to be transmitted through the department's Advance Passenger Processing (APP) system.
See: Who Should Use Advance Passenger Processing?