Australia visa for French citizens
eTA (travel authorization)
🇫🇷 French 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 →
Beyond Australia: the France passport
The 🇫🇷 France passport ranks #4 of 199 worldwide, entering 165 destinations without a visa arranged in advance (see the world ranking).
Also visa-free on the France passport: 🇫🇯 Fiji (120 days), 🇻🇺 Vanuatu (120 days), 🇫🇲 Micronesia (90 days) — all 165 open destinations.
Going the other way? Australian citizens visiting France need no visa — visa-free for up to 90 days.
Never get caught out
Visa rules change with little notice. Get one email when Australia changes its entry rules for French passports.
Capital Canberra · Currency Australian dollar ($) · Dialling +61
Before you travel
Sorting your Australia trip on the France passport:
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