Travelling to Australia
Entry requirements by nationality
- Argentina: visa required
- Brazil: visa required
- Canada: electronic travel authorisation (ETA) required — up to 90 days per visit
- Chile: visa required
- China: visa required
- France: electronic travel authorisation (ETA) required — up to 90 days per visit
- Germany: electronic travel authorisation (ETA) required — up to 90 days per visit
- India: visa required
- Israel: visa required
- Italy: electronic travel authorisation (ETA) required — up to 90 days per visit
- Japan: electronic travel authorisation (ETA) required — up to 90 days per visit
- Malaysia: electronic travel authorisation (ETA) required — up to 90 days per visit
- Mexico: visa required
- Netherlands: electronic travel authorisation (ETA) required — up to 90 days per visit
- New Zealand: visa on arrival
- Singapore: electronic travel authorisation (ETA) required — up to 90 days per visit
- South Korea: electronic travel authorisation (ETA) required — up to 90 days per visit
- Spain: electronic travel authorisation (ETA) required — up to 90 days per visit
- Ukraine: visa required
- United Kingdom: electronic travel authorisation (ETA) required — up to 90 days per visit
- United States: electronic travel authorisation (ETA) required — up to 90 days per visit
What you can bring
- Alcohol: allowed, within limits — 2.25 litres of alcoholic beverages duty-free per traveller aged 18 or over, regardless of where or how purchased; no concession for travellers under 18Detailscompare everywhere →
- Cannabis: depends on specificsDetailscompare everywhere →
- Cash: allowed, must be declared — Must declare if carrying AUD 10,000 or more (or foreign-currency equivalent), combined across cash and non-cash monetary instruments (bearer negotiable instruments), when entering or leaving Australia. No limit on the amount that may be carried — only a duty to declare at or above the threshold.Detailscompare everywhere →
- Controlled medication: allowed, within limits — Australia's traveller's exemption lets you bring up to 3 months' supply of your prescription medicine, and the Office of Drug Control confirms this covers Schedule 8-type medicines too: 'Prescription medicines such as morphine, oxycodone, methadone, methylphenidate, Adderall, and benzodiazepines are all covered by the traveller exemption.' Codeine-containing medication is also covered but 'requires a prescription from your medical doctor.' You need a valid prescription or a doctor's letter stating the medicine name and dosage, and the medicine should stay in its original packaging with the dispensing label intact; declare everything to the Australian Border Force on arrival.Detailscompare everywhere →
- Drones: allowed, within limits — No registration, licence or accreditation is required for recreational drone flying in Australia at any weight, but standard operating conditions apply: fly no higher than 120m, stay at least 30m from other people, and drones 250g or heavier can't be flown within 5.5km of a controlled airport.Detailscompare everywhere →
- E-cigarettes: allowed, within limits — Traveller's exemption for vapes entering by ship or aircraft, for the traveller's own use (or someone they're caring for who is travelling with them): maximum 2 vapes, 20 vape accessories (cartridges/capsules/pods), and 200 mL of vape substance in liquid formDetailscompare everywhere →
- Fresh produce: prohibitedDetailscompare everywhere →
- Injectable medication: allowed, within limits — Insulin and other injectable medicines fall under the same traveller's exemption as other prescription medicines: bring up to 3 months' supply, carry your prescription or a doctor's letter naming the medicine and dose, keep it in original packaging, and declare it to the Australian Border Force. TGA's own traveller guidance uses an insulin worked example: a diabetic traveller kept insulin in its original packaging with a prescription and doctor's letter, and used a small cooler bag on board to keep it cold during a long-haul flight.Detailscompare everywhere →
- Meat & dairy: depends on specificsDetailscompare everywhere →
- Medication: allowed, within limits — Traveller's exemption: up to a 3-month supply of most personal medicines (including some controlled substances) for the traveller or an immediate family member travelling with them, without needing special permissionDetailscompare everywhere →
- Tobacco: allowed, within limits — 25 cigarettes or 25 grams of tobacco in any form duty-free per traveller aged 18 or over; no concession for travellers under 18. Most tobacco products (cigarettes, molasses tobacco, heat-not-burn, loose-leaf) are otherwise classed as prohibited imports beyond the personal concession.Detailscompare everywhere →
- Weapons: depends on specificsDetailscompare everywhere →
From the blog
Checked against official sources on 2026-08-12. Official source