Australia is opening borders! Who is eligible to enter from 1 December?

From 1 December 2021, fully vaccinated eligible visa holders can come to Australia without needing to apply for a travel exemption. Eligible visa holders include skilled and student cohorts, as well as humanitarian, working holiday maker and provisional family visa holders.

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REQUIREMENTS

Under these arrangements, travellers must:

• Be fully vaccinated with a completed dosage of a vaccine approved or recognised by Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA). More information about vaccine you will find on my website in Blog section
• Hold a valid visa for one of the eligible visa subclasses. More information about visas you will find on my website in Blog section as well
• Provide proof of their vaccination status
• Present a negative COVID-19 Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test taken within three days of departure.
• Travellers to Australia must comply with the quarantine requirements in the state or territory of their arrival, and any other state or territory to which they plan to travel. More information about quarantine rules you will find on my website in Blog section

FULLY VACCINATED

Australia considers you to be fully vaccinated if you have completed a course of a Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) approved or recognised vaccine. This includes mixed doses. Current vaccines and dosages accepted for the purposes of travel are:

• Two doses at least 14 days apart of:
  • AstraZeneca Vaxzevria
  • AstraZeneca Covishield
  • Pfizer/Biontech Comirnaty
  • Moderna Spikevax
  • Sinovac Coronavac
  • Bharat Biotech Covaxin
  • Sinopharm BBIBP-CorV (for 18-60 year olds).
• Or one dose of:
  • Johnson & Johnson/ Janssen-Cilag COVID Vaccine.

QUARANTINE

You need to comply with the quarantine requirements in the state or territory of your arrival, and any other state or territories that you plan to travel to. Restrictions may change at short notice.

Travellers returning to Australia may only enter and travel between NSW, Victoria and the ACT without quarantining.

To check quarantine arrangements, please use links below 

• NSW
• VIC
• ACT
• QLD
• SA
• WA
• TAS
• NT
  
  

ELIGIBLE VISAS

New eligible visas to enter to Australia from 1 December 2021

Note: Additional visa subclasses may be added over time.