{"id":7601,"date":"2020-05-21T10:32:47","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T00:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coffeeobsession.com.au\/?p=4213"},"modified":"2023-10-20T05:35:02","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T05:35:02","slug":"seeking-permission-to-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/news\/seeking-permission-to-travel","title":{"rendered":"Seeking permission to travel"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Seeking permission to travel<\/h2>\n<h3 id=\"leaving-australia\">Leaving Australia<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Non-citizens<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Due to COVID-19, international visitors are encouraged to return home where possible to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Temporary visa holders should be aware that if they wish to return to Australia while COIVD-19 restrictions are in place they will most likely need a travel exemption to be allowed entry.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Citizens and permanent residents<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Australian citizens and permanent residents cannot leave Australia due to COVID-19 restrictions unless you have an exemption.<\/p>\n<p>Exemptions for citizens and permanent residents to leave will be considered if:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>your travel is as part of the response to the COVID-19 outbreak, including the provision of aid<\/li>\n<li>your travel is essential for the conduct of critical industries and business (including export and import industries)<\/li>\n<li>you are travelling to receive urgent medical treatment that is not available in Australia<\/li>\n<li>you are travelling on urgent and unavoidable personal business<\/li>\n<li>you are travelling on compassionate or humanitarian grounds<\/li>\n<li>your travel is in the national interest<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You must provide evidence to support your claim for exemption to leave and you should apply for an exemption at least 48 hours before but not more than 3 months before your planned travel.<\/p>\n<p>If granted an exemption you must take evidence of that exemption decision to the airport.<\/p>\n<p>You will not need to apply for an exemption if you are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ordinarily resident in a country other than Australia<\/li>\n<li>an airline, maritime crew or associated safety worker<\/li>\n<li>a New Zealand citizen holding a Special Category (subclass 444) visa<\/li>\n<li>engaged in the day-to-day conduct of outbound freight<\/li>\n<li>associated with essential work at offshore facilities<\/li>\n<li>travelling on official government business, including members of the Australian Defence Force<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"coming-to-australia\">Coming to Australia<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Citizens and permanent residents<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You can travel to Australia if you are an Australian citizen, a permanent resident, an immediate family member of an Australian citizen or permanent resident or are a New Zealand citizen usually resident in Australia. If you are an immediate family member holding a temporary visa you will need to provide us with evidence of your relationship.<\/p>\n<p>All travellers arriving in Australia must undertake a mandatory 14-day quarantine at designated facilities in their port of arrival.<\/p>\n<p><strong>New Zealand citizens who usually reside in Australia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>New Zealand citizens with a subclass 44 visa or other permanent or provisional visa can come to Australia. You must carry proof of residency and undertake the 14 day quarantine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Immediate family of an Australian citizen or permanent resident<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You are only considered an immediate family member if you are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a spouse<\/li>\n<li>a de facto partner<\/li>\n<li>a dependent children<\/li>\n<li>a legal guardian<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you are considered to be an immediate family member and can provide proof you will still need a visa to enter Australia and then undertake the mandatory 14 day quarantine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>All others<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Travellers who have compassionate or compelling reason to travel to Australia will need to have an exemption form the Australian Border Force Commissioner.<\/p>\n<p>All travellers arriving in Australia must undertake the mandatory 14 day quarantine.<\/p>\n<p>The Commissioner of the Australian Border Force (ABF) may consider an additional exemption in relation to the travel restrictions currently in place for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>foreign nationals travelling at the invitation of the Australian Commonwealth Government for the purpose of assisting in the COVID-19 response or whose entry would be in the national interest<\/li>\n<li>critical medical services, including air ambulance and delivery of supplies, that regularly arrive into Australia from international ports<\/li>\n<li>people with critical skills (for example, medical specialists, engineers, marine pilots and crews) by exception<\/li>\n<li>diplomats accredited to Australia and currently resident in Australia, and their immediate family<\/li>\n<li>case-by-case exceptions for humanitarian or compassionate reasons<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information about coming to or leaving Australian visit the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/covid19.homeaffairs.gov.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Department of Home Affairs website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Due to COVID-19, international visitors are encouraged to return home where possible to do so.<\/p>\n<p>Temporary visa holders should be aware that if they wish to return to Australia while<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45649,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-7601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australia","tag-partner-visa-australia"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7601"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7601\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/absoluteimmigration.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}