APEC Business Travel Card Eligibility
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Australian citizens
If you are an Australian citizen, your eligibility for an APEC Business Travel Card is assessed by the department prior to the application being passed to all other participating economies for pre-clearance.
You must:
- hold a valid Australian passport
- have a demonstrated need to travel in the APEC region for trade and investment related business purposes. This may include:
- exploring business opportunities
- attending meetings
or - conducting trade and investment activities.
- travel frequently to the economies participating in the APEC Business Travel Card Scheme. Frequent travel is three or more trips between APEC economies per year
- not have ever been convicted of a crime or offence, unless that conviction is considered spent, quashed or pardoned according to Australian law
- provide us with your business card and ABN and/or business website address to enable us to undertake business bona fides checks.
Important: An APEC Business Travel Card is not appropriate for people travelling to engage in paid employment. If you breach any conditions of entry, in any economy, your card may be cancelled.
Non-Australian applicants
If you are a passport holder of a participating economy, you should apply to the agency responsible for the Scheme in your home economy. Current contact details for relevant APEC Business Travel Card agencies are available on the Business Mobility Group website.
See: APEC Business Travel Card > Contact details