For questions specifically about people travelling with Australian passports.
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Questions tagged [australian-citizens]
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Will my passport number change when I renew it?
I'm travelling soon but need to renew my passport.
Given that I have to provide my passport number to the airline to book a flight, I was wondering if my passport number would change if I renew it.
Or would the number stay the same and the expiry…
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Is it legal to peel off a visa from your Australian passport?
A friend commented on my Facebook that the Cambodian visa isn't stuck permanently into the passport and suggests I could go there then peel off the visa so the blank page can be used for another visa.
But isn't this illegal? I know I'm not supposed…
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Does tourist visa (90 days) apply after a long-term visa ends in Schengen countries?
I am an Australian currently on a Netherlands working holiday visa that ends in May next year. I would like to know if when my visa ends I then get another 90 days just as a regular tourist visa as I would like to do some more travel within Europe…
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Dual Citizenship but I only have one passport — how to use ESTA website?
I have dual citizenship (one by Birth) and the other is Australian.
I have lived in Australia for the majority of my life and I only have 1 passport.
On the ESTA website there is a question for dual citizenship. If I choose yes you must enter the…
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Emergency UK visa for an Australian to visit a critically ill parent
My wife has just been informed that her mother is in critical condition while on a tour of England. She has been diagnosed with a brain tumour and looks like she will not make it. I am wondering if my wife would be able to get an emergency visa or…
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I'm an Australian and have previously travelled to Iran; can I go to Guam without a visa?
I'm on an Australian passport, and I want to go to Guam for an event for about a week (pleasure, not business). Ordinarily, I could go to Guam without a visa, but this might be complicated because:
Having travelled to Iran for research, I'm not…
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Whilst on ESTA I was stamped a 6 month B2 visa, would this be considered overstaying?
I flew to Houston early last year on an ESTA waiver, and upon arrival the officer stamped me in writing B2 on my stamp with 6 months'of validity.
I stayed for one month and then travelled overland to Canada. I border hoped 2 weeks later to get a…
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Dual nationality, EU and Australian. Does it matter which passport is "travelled on"
I plan to visit Australia from the UK, I am an Australian national with dual nationality - I also hold a Greek passport. I have all the correct documentation and everything is fine.
However, if I leave the UK and present my Australian passport to…
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17 year old trying to get back to US, with dual citizenship in Australia
I am a 17 year old in Australia trying to go back to the US. If I have citizenship for both Australia and the US am I allowed to travel back alone without my parents’ permission? Is there any way I can be excused if not
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What personally identifiable information should I delete from my smartphone and email before travelling to a high-risk country?
I'll be travelling to Mongolia, and I've heard there's a non-trivial chance of theft. I'll be taking two Apple iPhones with me, and I'm not too concerned about the theft of the devices themselves, as that's a bounded cost.
Do I need to take…
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From whom can I buy travel insurance if I don't "live" anywhere?
I am an Australian citizen, currently living in Singapore and I want to travel through Europe and the USA over the next six months. I will be leaving Singapore permanently and my intent is to ultimately land back in Australia, at least for a while,…
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This article in a major Australian newspaper says Aussies just gained visa-free access to Japan. Didn't we already have it?
I've been visiting Japan for something like twenty years with Australian passports and never needed to obtain a visa in advance. I've always been granted 90-day stays. I was there a few months before the pandemic and a few months after it.
But just…
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Is there really no way for Australian citizens to return home from India right now legally?
I just read that Australia has passed a law that makes it illegal for citizens to return home from India.
Is there absolutely no way to do it? Can't the embassy in New Delhi assist in some way? I assumed the government would arrange some kind of…
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I’m 16, I’m stuck outside of Australia with an expired Australian passport and my mother is refusing to give me my valid one. What can I do?
My parents are divorced and still in a custody battle over my sister and me so we need signatures from both of them for me to get a passport. We got a passport earlier this year but because my dad isn’t in Australia they couldn’t give it to him so…
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UK tourist visa refused 3 times. Need to get there for flight home
Around 3 years ago I applied for a temporary working visa for the UK, but it got rejected because I lied to the police once and had some old DUI charges. So I never went to the UK.
I recently arrived in Gatwick on a flight from Amsterdam while on my…
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