Australia Passport

Passport rankings out of 198 countries

Freedom of travel1

Asset protection3

Quality of life4

"Plan B"1

Afghanistan

Visa is required

Albania

Visa-free for 90 days

Algeria

Visa is required

Andorra

Visa-free for 90 days

Angola

Visa-free for 30 days

Antigua & Barbuda

Visa-free for 180 days

Argentina

Visa-free for 90 days

Armenia

Visa-free for 180 days

Australia

Austria

Visa-free for 90 days

Azerbaijan

eTA

Bahamas

Visa-free for 90 days

Bahrain

Visa upon arrival

Bangladesh

Visa upon arrival

Barbados

Visa-free for 180 days

Belarus

Visa-free for 30 days

Belgium

Visa-free for 90 days

Belize

Visa-free

Benin

eTA

Bhutan

eTA

Bolivia

Visa-free for 90 days

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Visa-free for 90 days

Botswana

Visa-free for 90 days

Brazil

Visa-free for 90 days

Brunei

Visa upon arrival

Bulgaria

Visa-free for 90 days

Burkina Faso

Visa upon arrival

Burundi

Visa upon arrival

Cambodia

Visa upon arrival

Cameroon

eTA

Canada

eTA

Cape Verde

Visa upon arrival

Central African Republic

Visa is required

Chad

Visa is required

Chile

eTA

China

Visa-free for 30 days

Colombia

Visa-free for 90 days

Comoros

Visa upon arrival

Congo - Brazzaville

Visa is required

Congo - Kinshasa

eTA

Costa Rica

Visa-free for 180 days

Croatia

Visa-free for 90 days

Cuba

eTA

Cyprus

Visa-free for 90 days

Czechia

Visa-free for 90 days

Côte d’Ivoire

eTA

Denmark

Visa-free for 90 days

Djibouti

Visa upon arrival

Dominica

Visa-free for 180 days

Dominican Republic

Visa-free

Ecuador

Visa-free for 90 days

Egypt

Visa upon arrival

El Salvador

Visa-free for 180 days

Equatorial Guinea

eTA

Eritrea

Visa is required

Estonia

Visa-free for 90 days

Eswatini

Visa-free for 30 days

Ethiopia

Visa upon arrival

Fiji

Visa-free for 120 days

Finland

Visa-free for 90 days

France

Visa-free for 90 days

Gabon

eTA

Gambia

Visa-free for 90 days

Georgia

Visa-free for 360 days

Germany

Visa-free for 90 days

Ghana

Visa upon arrival

Greece

Visa-free for 90 days

Grenada

Visa-free for 90 days

Guatemala

Visa-free for 90 days

Guinea

eTA

Guinea-Bissau

Visa upon arrival

Guyana

Visa-free for 90 days

Haiti

Visa-free for 90 days

Honduras

Visa-free for 90 days

Hong Kong SAR China

Visa-free for 90 days

Hungary

Visa-free for 90 days

Iceland

Visa-free for 90 days

India

eTA

Indonesia

Visa upon arrival

Iran

Visa upon arrival

Iraq

Visa upon arrival

Ireland

Visa-free for 90 days

Israel

Visa-free for 90 days

Italy

Visa-free for 90 days

Jamaica

Visa-free

Japan

Visa-free for 90 days

Jordan

Visa upon arrival

Kazakhstan

Visa-free for 30 days

Kenya

eTA

Kiribati

Visa-free for 90 days

Kuwait

Visa upon arrival

Kyrgyzstan

Visa-free for 60 days

Laos

Visa upon arrival

Latvia

Visa-free for 90 days

Lebanon

Visa upon arrival

Lesotho

Visa-free

Liberia

Visa is required

Libya

eTA

Liechtenstein

Visa-free for 90 days

Lithuania

Visa-free for 90 days

Luxembourg

Visa-free for 90 days

Macao SAR China

Visa-free for 30 days

Madagascar

Visa upon arrival

Malawi

Visa-free for 30 days

Malaysia

Visa-free

Maldives

Visa upon arrival

Mali

Visa is required

Malta

Visa-free for 90 days

Marshall Islands

Visa upon arrival

Mauritania

Visa upon arrival

Mauritius

Visa-free for 90 days

Mexico

Visa-free for 180 days

Micronesia

Visa-free for 30 days

Moldova

Visa-free for 90 days

Monaco

Visa-free for 90 days

Mongolia

Visa-free for 30 days

Montenegro

Visa-free for 90 days

Morocco

Visa-free for 90 days

Mozambique

Visa upon arrival

Myanmar (Burma)

eTA

Namibia

Visa-free for 90 days

Nauru

Visa is required

Nepal

Visa upon arrival

Netherlands

Visa-free for 90 days

New Zealand

Visa-free

Nicaragua

Visa-free for 90 days

Niger

Visa is required

Nigeria

eTA

North Korea

Visa is required

North Macedonia

Visa-free for 90 days

Norway

Visa-free for 90 days

Oman

Visa upon arrival

Pakistan

eTA

Palau

Visa upon arrival

Palestinian Territories

Visa-free

Panama

Visa-free for 90 days

Papua New Guinea

eTA

Paraguay

Visa-free for 90 days

Peru

Visa-free for 180 days

Philippines

Visa-free for 30 days

Poland

Visa-free for 90 days

Portugal

Visa-free for 90 days

Qatar

Visa upon arrival

Romania

Visa-free for 90 days

Russia

Visa is required

Rwanda

Visa-free for 30 days

Samoa

Visa upon arrival

San Marino

Visa-free for 90 days

Saudi Arabia

Visa upon arrival

Senegal

Visa upon arrival

Serbia

Visa-free for 90 days

Seychelles

Visa-free for 90 days

Sierra Leone

Visa upon arrival

Singapore

Visa-free

Slovakia

Visa-free for 90 days

Slovenia

Visa-free for 90 days

Solomon Islands

Visa upon arrival

Somalia

eTA

South Africa

Visa-free for 90 days

South Korea

Visa-free for 90 days

South Sudan

eTA

Spain

Visa-free for 90 days

Sri Lanka

Visa upon arrival

St Kitts & Nevis

Visa-free for 90 days

St Lucia

Visa-free for 42 days

St. Vincent & Grenadines

Visa-free for 90 days

Sudan

Visa is required

Suriname

Visa is required

Sweden

Visa-free for 90 days

Switzerland

Visa-free for 90 days

Syria

eTA

São Tomé & Príncipe

eTA

Taiwan

Visa-free for 90 days

Tajikistan

Visa-free for 30 days

Tanzania

Visa upon arrival

Thailand

Visa-free for 60 days

Timor-Leste

Visa upon arrival

Togo

eTA

Tonga

Visa upon arrival

Trinidad & Tobago

Visa upon arrival

Tunisia

Visa-free for 90 days

Turkey

Visa upon arrival

Turkmenistan

Visa is required

Tuvalu

Visa upon arrival

UAE

Visa-free for 30 days

Uganda

eTA

Ukraine

Visa-free for 90 days

United Kingdom

eTA

United States

eTA

Uruguay

Visa-free for 90 days

Uzbekistan

Visa-free for 30 days

Vanuatu

Visa-free for 120 days

Vatican City

Visa-free for 90 days

Venezuela

Visa-free for 90 days

Vietnam

eTA

Yemen

Visa is required

Zambia

Visa-free for 90 days

Zimbabwe

Visa upon arrival

About Australia

Australian passport can be obtained by birthright and soil law, naturalization, descent and adoption. Australian citizenship allows you to travel to 185 countries of the world.

The state is located on the mainland of the same name - Australia - and several islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Australia ranks first among the countries that wealthy people choose to live in: for example, in 2019, 12,000 people with a fortune of over $1 million moved there. Cosmopolitans are attracted by good ecology, medicine, education system.

Population

25.7 million

Capital

Canberra

Official language

Australian English

GDP per capita

$56.307

Time zone

UTC+8…+11

Currency

Australian dollar

Australia passport ranking and benefits

  • 1

    Residence in the country

    Australian citizenship allows you to live in the country, study, work, and conduct business, as well as government or ba services. An Australian citizen also has the right to live and work in New Zealand — a residence permit is not required.To obtain an Australian passport, you must have lived in the country legally for at least two years. For a long stay in the country’s territory, foreigners get an Australian visa, for instance, by investment.

  • 2

    Travel to 185 countries worldwide

    An Australian passport provides visa-free access to the Schengen countries, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Singapore, and other countries.

  • 3

    Education and healthcare

    It is easier for a child with an Australian passport to be accepted in a university: citizens can get a student loan. In Australia, there’s a national health insurance program Medicare which is available only to citizens and residents of the country.

  • 4

    Work and international business

    An Australian passport allows registering a company in the country and getting business benefits from the government. You can also get a job in New Zealand without a permit.

Grounds for obtaining an Australia passport

Australia allows dual citizenship

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Birth to citizens of the country

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Marriage to a citizen of the country

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Work for the country's government

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Naturalization

Estimated time: 2 years

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Repatriation

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Adoption

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Parents citizenship

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Special conditions

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Special services to the state

Obtaining an Australia passport by naturalization: requirements for applicants

Knowledge of state language

Assimilation or cultural knowledge

Stable financial status

Good health

No criminal records

Frequently asked questions

  • How do I get an Australian passport?

    Citizenship of Australia can be obtained by the right of birth and the right of soil, as well as by naturalization, descent, or adoption.

    To obtain Australian citizenship by naturalization, you must have lived in the country for at least two years, pass a language and country’s history exam, taken an oath, and have no criminal record.

  • Does Australia recognize second citizenship?

    Yes, Australian citizens can have multiple nationalities, as long as it does not contradict the laws of other states.

  • How to live in Australia with citizenship of another country?

    Citizens of other countries get visas for long-term residency in Australia. There are about 120 visas available for various purposes, such as work or medical treatment.

  • Who can get Australian citizenship by birth?

    Citizenship of Australia can be obtained by right of blood if a child was born to citizens of the country. In this case, the place of birth does not matter.

    A child born on the territory of the country can obtain Australian citizenship by right of land if one of his parents has permanent resident status. A passport can also be issued to people who were born in Australia:

    • between 1949 and 1986;

    • before 1949 and are British citizens;

    • after July 1, 2007, if they hold no citizenship of another country and have no way of obtaining one.

Australia Passport in comparison with other passports