Australia visa for British citizens
eTA (travel authorization)
🇬🇧 British passport → 🇦🇺 Australia: no visa, but an eta (online authorisation) is required.
How it works
Register online before you fly (minutes, small fee). It links to your passport electronically — airlines check it at check-in, so don't leave it to the airport.
Heads-up: Australia commonly asks for proof of onward travel (visa/eTA stage and airline check-in).
Before the airport: run the "Will I board?" checklist for this route →
Capital Canberra · Currency Australian dollar ($) · Dialling +61
Safety advisory: Low · official advisory ↗
Before you travel
Sorting your Australia trip on the United Kingdom passport:
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Every destination for the United Kingdom passport, and everyone who can enter Australia.
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