If you're a dual national and have a passport from another country, you may choose to travel on your other passport once outside Australia. See the Department of Home Affairs website for more on citizenship and travel.
Are you a dual national and wondering whether you can leave or return to Australia on your foreign passport instead of your Australian one? In short, the Department of Home Affairs' advice is that Australian citizens, including dual nationals, should leave and enter Australia on their Australian passport.
I have dual nationality, can I travel to Australia on a foreign passport? An Australian Citizen cannot enter Australia on a foreign Passport. (A visa will not be issued to an Australian citizen on their foreign passport).
Entering and leaving Australia
If you have a passport from another country for example; a British passport, you can use this for your return to the United Kingdom, but you will need your Australian passport for travel to Australia when departing the United Kingdom and entering Australia.
All Australian citizens must enter and exit Australia on an Australian passport. Your Australian passport must be valid (not expired) on the day of your arrival in Australia. It does not need to have six months remaining validity to enter Australia unless you are passing through a third country that requires it.
As an Australian permanent resident, you do not have an automatic right to return to Australia from overseas. Your right of re-entry to Australia will depend on the validity of your travel facility on your permanent visa.
Border arrangements
Unvaccinated Australian citizens and permanent residents can leave and enter Australia without an individual travel exemption. Travellers entering or leaving Australia do not require a negative pre-departure test and cruise vessels can enter Australian territory.
Current passport and the passport (or passenger arrival card) you used to enter Australia for the first time. Photo ID issued in Australia. At least 3 documents proving you have been living continuously in Australia since arrival (e.g. utility records, tax bills, employment contracts).
Yes, if you can show us that: visa waiting times would cause significant travel delays if you only had one passport, or. a destination country won't accept a passport showing evidence of travel to a third country, or. you have another good reason to need an additional passport.
Two Passports
As a dual citizen, you are allowed to carry passports from both countries. For example, if you are a U.S. citizen and also a citizen of New Zealand, you can travel more easily between these two countries.
Both Australia and the United Kingdom allow Dual Nationality. This means that a person can hold nationality (and the passport) of both countries.
You must notify the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) if you plan to move overseas for six months (183 days) or more in a twelve-month period. You must do this within 7 days from the date of leaving Australia. Update your contact details via myGov.
Yes, British passport holders must have a valid visa to enter Australia. For short-term visits for tourism or business purposes, UK nationals must have the eVisitor visa. It is quick and easy to obtain an Australian eVisitor visa for British citizens by applying online.
You must have a valid U.S. passport and a visa or an approved Electronic Travel Authority (ETA) to enter Australia. Most U.S. passport holders traveling to Australia for tourism or business purposes for less than 90 days can obtain an ETA.
Australia will accept an Emergency passport as a valid travel document. If you are travelling to a country that requires a visa, you should check with the embassy of that country whether a visa can be issued in an Emergency passport and if there is a minimum validity required for the passport.
While Australia now recognises dual citizenship, there are still many countries that do not allow their citizens to hold an additional foreign citizenship. It is a long-standing principle of citizenship law that the citizenship of a state is bestowed by that state.
Keeping an Indian passport/acquiring an Indian passport/travelling on an Indian passport after acquisition of foreign citizenship constitutes an offence under the Indian Passport Act, 1967, and attracts penalties.
Australian citizens have an automatic right of entry to Australia, and do not require a visa. Australian citizens need only to present the following documents to officers in immigration clearance: a valid Australian passport or other acceptable travel document. a completed and signed Incoming Passenger card.
If you're overseas and have an urgent need to travel, you can apply for an emergency passport at an Australian diplomatic or consular mission . Emergency passports are only valid for up to 12 months and don't have a chip. Because of this, there are restrictions on using them in some countries.
If a valid visa of any kind is linked to an expired passport, it is possible to continue to use the visa until it expires, provided both the old and new passports are carried together when travelling to Australia.
As an Australian tax resident you are required to pay Australian income tax on your worldwide income. This applies whether you are living in Australia or are temporarily moving overseas. Of course, you don't want to pay tax twice on the same income. That is why the government has tax arrangements with most countries.
Use your current passport if you need to travel before the ceremony. Before you leave, get a visa that allows you to re-enter Australia to attend your ceremony. If the travel conditions on your permanent visa have expired or are about to expire, you will need to apply for a Resident Return Visa.
Plan your return journey to Australia
While all fully vaccinated Australians will be able to leave Australia without an exemption, arrangements for returning to Australia will depend on the state or territory to which you are travelling.