November 11, 2020
Travel out of Australia
If you are an Australian citizen or a permanent resident, you cannot leave Australia due to COVID-19 restrictions unless you have an exemption. You can apply online but you must meet at least one of the following:
- your travel is as part of the response to the COVID-19 outbreak, including the provision of aid
- your travel is for your business/employer
- you are travelling to receive urgent medical treatment that is not available in Australia
- you are travelling outside Australia for three months or longer
- you are travelling on compassionate or humanitarian grounds
- your travel is in the national interest.
You must provide evidence to support your claims. Requests may be finalised without further consideration if insufficient evidence is provided. All evidence supporting a travel exemption claim needs to be officially translated into English.
To see further information, click here
To apply for an exemption, click here
Information taken from the Department of Home Affairs website
Travel into Australia
Coronavirus (COVID-19) advice for international travellers Australia’s borders are closed. The only people who can travel to Australia are:
- Australian citizens
- residents
- immediate family members
- travellers who have been in New Zealand for the previous 14 days.
The cruise ship ban is in place until 17 December 2020, but this does not mean the ban will be lifted at that time. The Australian Health Principal Protection Committee reviews the ban regularly. People arriving in Australia may be quarantined for 14 days and might have to comply with other state and territory travel restrictions.
For more information, click here
Information taken from the Department of Health’s website
September 16, 2020
