Australia Opens to International Travellers from 1 December 2021
Update at 13 Dec 21: “Bridging B visas” (the bridging visa with international travel rights) are NOT on the list for automatic travel exemption. So if you get a bridging B visa, you need to apply separately for a Travel Exemption as well.
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From 1 December 2021 many visa holders will no longer need a Covid-19 Travel Exemption to enter Australia. Others still will.
(During the height of the Covid-19 Pandemic having a visa was not enough, most people also needed a special Covid-19 Travel Exemption to enter Australia)
Who benefits?
Working Holidays (sub-classes 417, 462)
Students (sub-classes 500, and guardians 580, 590)
Work visas (sub-classes 482, 408, 400, 403, 407, 457)
Graduates (sub-classes 476, 485)
Skilled visas (sub-classes 489, 491, 494)
Sponsored Parents (Subclass 870 – this is the Temporary visa)
Fiancés (sub-class 300 Prospective Marriage visa)
Partners of New Zealanders (sub-class 461)
Partners of Australians do not need a special exemption because immediate family members of an Australians are already exempt.
and various others.
The full list is here: https://covid19.homeaffairs.gov.au/vaccinated-travellers#toc-7
The Australian Government provides this handy “preparing to travel” guide:
https://covid19.homeaffairs.gov.au/preparing-to-travel-to-australia-from-overseas
Quarantine rules differ from state to state, see here: https://www.australia.gov.au/states?fbclid=IwAR1ElJuvB9q2SDVd3XSUMM56StAGBBtsMtwUHwATtzM6FdveqpK-mhPxPH4
