An ETA is an Electronic Travel Authority to travel to Australia and is accessible by Australian border agencies, airlines and travel agencies. The ETA is valid for short term stays for tourism or business activities (attending a conference, making business enquiries, contractual negotiations among others). An ETA is not a work visa.

The main benefit about ETA is that is an online process, which allows to visit Australia without the need to apply through a departmental office for the traditional paper visa. All non-citizens require a Visa or an Electronic Travel Authority to enter Australia.

You can enter Australia as many times as you want for a period of 12 months from the date your ETA is granted, or until the expiry date of your passport, whichever is earlier. You can stay in Australia for a maximum of 3 months, 90 days, in each visit.

You can apply for an ETA Australian electronic visa online, if:

• ELIGIBLE COUNTRY: You are from an ETA eligible country.
• OUTSIDE AUSTRALIA: You are outside Australia at the time of applying.
• PASSPORT VALIDITY: Your passport must be valid for a minimum of 6 months from the day you enter Australia.
• BUSINESS OR TOURISM: Your visit to Australia is either for tourism, visiting relatives or friends, or short-term business purposes. Business Activities such as: Attending conferences or seminars, as long as you are not being paid by the organisers for your participation; Making general business enquiries or Contractual negotiations.
• PERIOD OF STAY: You can stay in Australia for a maximum of 3 months (90 days) in each visit.
• NO CRIMINAL CONVICTIONS: You must not have criminal convictions, in which you have been sentenced for a total combined period of 12 months or more in jail.
• NO TUBERCULOSIS: You must be free from tuberculosis while traveling to, and within, Australia.
• NO WORK: You must not work while in Australia.
• STUDY: You must not study for more than 3 months.

Only citizens from the following countries are eligible to apply for an online ETA.

If you do not hold a passport from one of the eligible countries, you have to contact the Australian Mission related to the Visa department and apply for a Visitor Visa (subclass 600).

In order to complete your online application for an ETA, you must hold your passport, have an email address and a credit/debit card.

The information you provide in your online ETA application needs to be exactly the same than in your passport and you must use the same passport that is linked to your online ETA application when you travel.

To apply for ETA you must fill the ETA Application form, Apply for ETA