Quarantine Free Travel - Australia

From the 1st of November 2021 ‘fully vaccinated’ Australian citizens, permanent residents and their immediate family members can arrive in New South Wales, Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory without being included in international passenger caps which remain in place for other jurisdictions.

Requirements for Travel

You must show evidence that you have been vaccinated, at least 7 days prior to international travel into or out of Australia, with a vaccine approved or recognized by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA).

You must provide evidence of a negative COVID-19 PCR test taken within 3 days of your flight’s scheduled departure to your airline when you check-in for a flight to travel into Australia.

These rules also apply to people who hold a temporary visa and were vaccinated overseas including:

International students
Australian residents

Tourist

For New South Whales requirements see here.

Medical exemption holders

People who can show proof they cannot be vaccinated for medical reasons can also travel without an exemption. Children under 12 years of age can travel overseas without an exemption.

People who do not meet these eligibility requirements must seek an exemption to travel overseas.

They may also be subject to current passenger caps and quarantine arrangements when returning to Australia. Quarantine arrangements are at the discretion of the state or territory of arrival.

Pre-departure testing for travel into Australia

People travelling to Australia need to provide a negative COVID-19 PCR test result.

This includes people travelling on flights from New Zealand.

You must present evidence of a negative COVID-19 PCR test taken within 3 days of your flight’s scheduled departure to your airline when you check-in for your flight.

Approved and recognised vaccines

Australia considers you to be fully vaccinated if you have completed a course, including a mixed dose, of a TGA approved or recognized vaccine. Current accepted vaccines and dosages for the purposes of travel are:

Two doses at least 14 days apart of:

AstraZeneca Vaxzevria
AstraZeneca Covishield
Pfizer/Biontech Comirnaty
Moderna Spikevax
Sinovac Coronavac
Sinopharm BBIBP-CorV (for people aged 18-60)
Bharat Biotech Covaxin.

Or one dose of:

Johnson & Johnson/ Janssen-Cilag COVID Vaccine.

Seven days must have passed since the final dose of vaccine in a course of immunisation for you to be considered fully vaccinated. Mixed doses count towards being fully vaccinated as long as all vaccines are approved or recognised by the TGA.

If you have not been vaccinated with the above doses or schedule, you do not meet Australia's definition of 'fully vaccinated.' This includes instances where the dosing schedule or vaccine eligibility differs in your country of origin.

Proof of vaccination in Australia

Australians departing and returning to Australia must provide an international COVID-19 vaccination certificate (ICVC) as evidence of vaccination.

You must present your IVCV to airline staff at check-in for departure to and from Australia.

Proof of vaccination overseas

Anyone vaccinated overseas who wants to travel into Australia must present a vaccination certificate issued by the country they were vaccinated in.

This includes:

Australian citizens and permanent residents
their immediate family members aged 12 years and over.

Your vaccination certificate must confirm you have been vaccinated with a vaccine approved or recognized by the TGA.

You must also confirm your vaccination status in an Australian Travel Declaration and (from December) Digital Passenger Declaration.