passport of Australia

Australia Passport

Passport rankings out of 198 countries

Freedom of travel1

Asset protection3

Quality of life4

"Plan B"1

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Afghanistan

Visa is required

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Albania

Visa-free for 90 days

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Algeria

Visa is required

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Andorra

Visa-free for 90 days

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Angola

Visa-free for 30 days

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Antigua & Barbuda

Visa-free for 180 days

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Argentina

Visa-free for 90 days

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Armenia

Visa-free for 180 days

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Australia

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Austria

Visa-free for 90 days

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Azerbaijan

eTA

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Bahamas

Visa-free for 90 days

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Bahrain

Visa upon arrival

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Bangladesh

Visa upon arrival

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Barbados

Visa-free for 180 days

by-flag

Belarus

Visa-free for 30 days

be-flag

Belgium

Visa-free for 90 days

bz-flag

Belize

Visa-free

bj-flag

Benin

eTA

bt-flag

Bhutan

eTA

bo-flag

Bolivia

Visa-free for 90 days

ba-flag

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Visa-free for 90 days

bw-flag

Botswana

Visa-free for 90 days

br-flag

Brazil

Visa-free for 90 days

bn-flag

Brunei

Visa upon arrival

bg-flag

Bulgaria

Visa-free for 90 days

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Burkina Faso

Visa upon arrival

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Burundi

Visa upon arrival

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Cambodia

Visa upon arrival

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Cameroon

eTA

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Canada

eTA

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Cape Verde

Visa upon arrival

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Central African Republic

Visa is required

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Chad

Visa is required

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Chile

eTA

cn-flag

China

Visa-free for 30 days

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Colombia

Visa-free for 90 days

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Comoros

Visa upon arrival

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Congo - Brazzaville

Visa is required

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Congo - Kinshasa

eTA

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Costa Rica

Visa-free for 180 days

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Croatia

Visa-free for 90 days

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Cuba

eTA

cy-flag

Cyprus

Visa-free for 90 days

cz-flag

Czechia

Visa-free for 90 days

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Côte d’Ivoire

eTA

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Denmark

Visa-free for 90 days

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Djibouti

Visa upon arrival

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Dominica

Visa-free for 180 days

do-flag

Dominican Republic

Visa-free

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Ecuador

Visa-free for 90 days

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Egypt

Visa upon arrival

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El Salvador

Visa-free for 180 days

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Equatorial Guinea

eTA

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Eritrea

Visa is required

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Estonia

Visa-free for 90 days

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Eswatini

Visa-free for 30 days

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Ethiopia

Visa upon arrival

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Fiji

Visa-free for 120 days

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Finland

Visa-free for 90 days

fr-flag

France

Visa-free for 90 days

ga-flag

Gabon

eTA

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Gambia

Visa-free for 90 days

ge-flag

Georgia

Visa-free for 360 days

de-flag

Germany

Visa-free for 90 days

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Ghana

Visa upon arrival

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Greece

Visa-free for 90 days

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Grenada

Visa-free for 90 days

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Guatemala

Visa-free for 90 days

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Guinea

eTA

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Guinea-Bissau

Visa upon arrival

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Guyana

Visa-free for 90 days

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Haiti

Visa-free for 90 days

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Honduras

Visa-free for 90 days

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Hong Kong SAR China

Visa-free for 90 days

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Hungary

Visa-free for 90 days

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Iceland

Visa-free for 90 days

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India

eTA

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Indonesia

Visa upon arrival

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Iran

Visa upon arrival

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Iraq

Visa upon arrival

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Ireland

Visa-free for 90 days

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Israel

Visa-free for 90 days

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Italy

Visa-free for 90 days

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Jamaica

Visa-free

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Japan

Visa-free for 90 days

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Jordan

Visa upon arrival

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Kazakhstan

Visa-free for 30 days

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Kenya

eTA

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Kiribati

Visa-free for 90 days

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Kuwait

Visa upon arrival

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Kyrgyzstan

Visa-free for 60 days

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Laos

Visa upon arrival

lv-flag

Latvia

Visa-free for 90 days

lb-flag

Lebanon

Visa upon arrival

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Lesotho

Visa-free

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Liberia

Visa is required

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Libya

eTA

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Liechtenstein

Visa-free for 90 days

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Lithuania

Visa-free for 90 days

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Luxembourg

Visa-free for 90 days

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Macao SAR China

Visa-free for 30 days

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Madagascar

Visa upon arrival

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Malawi

Visa-free for 30 days

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Malaysia

Visa-free

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Maldives

Visa upon arrival

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Mali

Visa is required

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Malta

Visa-free for 90 days

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Marshall Islands

Visa upon arrival

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Mauritania

Visa upon arrival

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Mauritius

Visa-free for 90 days

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Mexico

Visa-free for 180 days

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Micronesia

Visa-free for 30 days

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Moldova

Visa-free for 90 days

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Monaco

Visa-free for 90 days

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Mongolia

Visa-free for 30 days

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Montenegro

Visa-free for 90 days

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Morocco

Visa-free for 90 days

mz-flag

Mozambique

Visa upon arrival

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Myanmar (Burma)

eTA

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Namibia

Visa-free for 90 days

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Nauru

Visa is required

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Nepal

Visa upon arrival

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Netherlands

Visa-free for 90 days

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New Zealand

Visa-free

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Nicaragua

Visa-free for 90 days

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Niger

Visa is required

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Nigeria

eTA

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North Korea

Visa is required

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North Macedonia

Visa-free for 90 days

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Norway

Visa-free for 90 days

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Oman

Visa upon arrival

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Pakistan

eTA

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Palau

Visa upon arrival

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Palestinian Territories

Visa-free

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Panama

Visa-free for 90 days

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Papua New Guinea

eTA

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Paraguay

Visa-free for 90 days

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Peru

Visa-free for 180 days

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Philippines

Visa-free for 30 days

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Poland

Visa-free for 90 days

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Portugal

Visa-free for 90 days

qa-flag

Qatar

Visa upon arrival

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Romania

Visa-free for 90 days

ru-flag

Russia

Visa is required

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Rwanda

Visa-free for 30 days

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Samoa

Visa upon arrival

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San Marino

Visa-free for 90 days

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Saudi Arabia

Visa upon arrival

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Senegal

Visa upon arrival

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Serbia

Visa-free for 90 days

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Seychelles

Visa-free for 90 days

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Sierra Leone

Visa upon arrival

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Singapore

Visa-free

sk-flag

Slovakia

Visa-free for 90 days

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Slovenia

Visa-free for 90 days

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Solomon Islands

Visa upon arrival

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Somalia

eTA

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South Africa

Visa-free for 90 days

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South Korea

Visa-free for 90 days

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South Sudan

eTA

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Spain

Visa-free for 90 days

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Sri Lanka

Visa upon arrival

kn-flag

St Kitts & Nevis

Visa-free for 90 days

lc-flag

St Lucia

Visa-free for 42 days

vc-flag

St. Vincent & Grenadines

Visa-free for 90 days

sd-flag

Sudan

Visa is required

sr-flag

Suriname

Visa is required

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Sweden

Visa-free for 90 days

ch-flag

Switzerland

Visa-free for 90 days

sy-flag

Syria

eTA

st-flag

São Tomé & Príncipe

eTA

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Taiwan

Visa-free for 90 days

tj-flag

Tajikistan

Visa-free for 30 days

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Tanzania

Visa upon arrival

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Thailand

Visa-free for 60 days

tl-flag

Timor-Leste

Visa upon arrival

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Togo

eTA

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Tonga

Visa upon arrival

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Trinidad & Tobago

Visa upon arrival

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Tunisia

Visa-free for 90 days

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Turkey

Visa upon arrival

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Turkmenistan

Visa is required

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Tuvalu

Visa upon arrival

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UAE

Visa-free for 30 days

ug-flag

Uganda

eTA

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Ukraine

Visa-free for 90 days

gb-flag

United Kingdom

eTA

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United States

eTA

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Uruguay

Visa-free for 90 days

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Uzbekistan

Visa-free for 30 days

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Vanuatu

Visa-free for 120 days

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Vatican City

Visa-free for 90 days

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Venezuela

Visa-free for 90 days

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Vietnam

eTA

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Yemen

Visa is required

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Zambia

Visa-free for 90 days

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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