{ "$schema": "https://govschema.org/spec/v0.3/govschema.schema.json", "govschemaVersion": "0.3.0", "id": "au/homeaffairs/eta-application-601", "version": "1.0.0", "title": "Australia Electronic Travel Authority (ETA, subclass 601)", "description": "Apply for an Electronic Travel Authority (ETA, subclass 601), Australia's lightweight travel-authorisation counterpart to a visa waiver for passport holders of certain eligible countries and jurisdictions. AUD 20 service fee (no separate Visa Application Charge); valid for travel to Australia for 12 months or until the passport expires (whichever is shorter), granted for multiple entries, up to 3 months stay per entry. Applied for almost exclusively through the free 'AustralianETA' mobile app, which reads the applicant's passport via NFC chip scan and a live facial photo; the ImmiAccount web channel and travel-agent submission were retired in 2022 (GOV-276). This document models an eligible adult applicant applying for themselves for tourism, a family/friend visit, or business-visitor activities. Out of scope: an application made by a travel agent or airline representative on behalf of someone else (the app's separate 'industry user' IATA-verification flow); an applicant under 18 (the 'best interests of the child' criterion is not modelled); an applicant who already holds a criminal conviction, has previously failed the health requirement, or is otherwise ineligible for an ETA and must instead apply for a Visitor (subclass 600) visa; and dual/multiple citizenship beyond a single additional passport. It does not submit the application; the live Department of Home Affairs source is always authoritative (see VERIFICATION.md).", "status": "draft", "jurisdiction": { "country": "AU", "level": "national" }, "authority": { "name": "Department of Home Affairs", "abbreviation": "Home Affairs", "url": "https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/electronic-travel-authority-601" }, "process": { "type": "application", "language": "en-AU" }, "source": { "url": "https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/electronic-travel-authority-601", "retrievedAt": "2026-07-03", "documentRef": "Subclass 601 — Electronic Travel Authority; Australian ETA App — Guidance notes for industry users" }, "verification": { "method": "manual-source-review-v1", "lastVerifiedAt": "2026-07-03", "verifiedBy": "GovSchema Engineering (Standards Engineer)", "nextReviewBy": "2027-01-01", "notes": "Source-derived reference schema opening the AU×Visa gap (Visa is the least-covered of the 6 focus verticals, 3/9 jurisdictions before this document). immi.homeaffairs.gov.au blocks direct WebFetch/curl retrieval with HTTP 403 (consistent with the existing gov-au-wayback-workaround pattern for passports.gov.au/dfat.gov.au); recovered via a 2026-05-15 Wayback Machine capture of the visa-listing page, which embeds the full eligibility criteria, process steps, fee, and validity as structured JSON in the page's own client-side rendering payload (not just prose), giving higher confidence than a prose summary alone. The live AustralianETA app itself was not driven directly — it requires a physical NFC-enabled mobile device to scan a passport chip, which is not available in this environment — so the field model is reconstructed from two official sources: the Wayback-captured eligibility/process page, and the official 'Australian ETA App – Guidance notes for industry users' PDF (fetched directly from immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/supporting/files/, no access block, extracted with pdfjs-dist per the gov-form-pdf-extraction technique), which walks through every app screen in the applicant flow (passport scan, chip read, biographic confirmation, photo, other-passports/visa check, alias/address/phone, email verification, ETA questions, payment) even though it is written for a travel-agent/industry user assisting an applicant rather than for the applicant self-service flow. The three general suitability criteria (genuine-visitor intent, health requirement, debt to the Australian Government) are stated as eligibility criteria on the official page but their exact live in-app question wording was not independently confirmed — modelled as mandatory self-declarations by the same convention already established in this registry's gb/homeoffice/eta-application and ca/ircc/eta-application documents. Status remains 'draft' pending a field-by-field pass against the live app on an NFC-enabled device. See VERIFICATION.md." }, "license": "CC-BY-4.0", "fields": [ { "name": "isGenuineTemporaryVisitor", "label": "Do you intend to stay in Australia only temporarily, for tourism, a family/friend visit, or business-visitor activities, and to obey any conditions attached to the visa?", "type": "boolean", "required": true, "fieldRole": "eligibility", "eligibleValues": [true], "description": "Mandatory eligibility self-declaration ('Be a genuine visitor'). If false, this document does not apply.", "sourceRef": "Eligibility — 'Be a genuine visitor': 'You must only intend to stay temporarily in Australia and obey any condition or stay period attached to your visa.'" }, { "name": "meetsHealthRequirement", "label": "Do you meet Australia's health requirement for this visa?", "type": "boolean", "required": true, "fieldRole": "eligibility", "eligibleValues": [true], "description": "Mandatory eligibility self-declaration. If the applicant has previously failed to meet the health requirement, or will be entering health care or hospital environments, the most appropriate visa is a Visitor (subclass 600) visa instead, not an ETA.", "sourceRef": "Eligibility — 'Meet our health requirement'" }, { "name": "hasCriminalConvictionOrDomesticViolenceHistory", "label": "Do you have any criminal conviction, in any country, or any domestic violence history?", "type": "boolean", "required": true, "fieldRole": "eligibility", "eligibleValues": [false], "description": "Mandatory eligibility self-declaration ('Meet our character requirement'), asked explicitly in the app's 'ETA questions' step. If true, this document does not apply — the applicant should instead apply for a Visitor (subclass 600) visa and provide evidence about the conviction(s); the official sources reviewed state this exclusion without giving a separate in-app field for describing the conviction. The official process page states criminal conviction and domestic violence history together as one declared item; whether the live app splits them into two separate yes/no questions was not independently confirmed (see VERIFICATION.md).", "sourceRef": "Eligibility — 'Meet our character requirement'; Step by step — 'Provide accurate information': 'any criminal conviction or domestic violence history'; App Guidance §12, 'ETA questions'" }, { "name": "hasPaidBackAustralianGovernmentDebt", "label": "If you or any family member owes the Australian Government money, has it been paid back or arranged to be paid back?", "type": "boolean", "required": true, "fieldRole": "eligibility", "eligibleValues": [true], "description": "Mandatory eligibility self-declaration ('Have paid back debt to the Australian Government'). Applies even if the debt belongs to a family member who is not applying for this ETA. If false, this document does not apply.", "sourceRef": "Eligibility — 'Have paid back debt to the Australian Government'" }, { "name": "passportIssuingCountry", "label": "Passport-issuing country or jurisdiction", "type": "enum", "required": true, "description": "Must be one of the ETA-eligible passport countries/jurisdictions. Read automatically from the passport chip during the app's scan step; the applicant cannot apply for an ETA on a non-citizen passport, certificate of identity, or other travel document such as a Titre de Voyage. An ETA-eligible-passport holder who is also an Australian citizen cannot apply — Australian citizens have an automatic right of entry and need no visa.", "sourceRef": "Eligibility — 'Have an eligible passport' (full list of eligible countries/jurisdictions)", "validation": { "enum": [ "andorra", "austria", "belgium", "brunei", "canada", "denmark", "finland", "france", "germany", "greece", "hong_kong_sar_of_china", "iceland", "ireland", "italy", "japan", "liechtenstein", "luxembourg", "malaysia", "malta", "monaco", "norway", "portugal", "san_marino", "singapore", "south_korea", "spain", "sweden", "switzerland", "taiwan_excluding_official_or_diplomatic_passports", "the_netherlands", "united_kingdom_british_citizen", "united_kingdom_british_national_overseas", "united_states_of_america", "vatican_city" ] } }, { "name": "passportNumber", "label": "Passport number", "type": "string", "required": true, "classification": "sensitive-pii", "description": "Personal identifier; handle as sensitive data. Read from the passport's biographic (photo) page/chip during the app's scan step.", "sourceRef": "App Guidance §6-7, 'Scanning the applicant's passport' / 'Reading the ePassport chip'", "validation": { "minLength": 1, "maxLength": 20 } }, { "name": "familyName", "label": "Family name (surname)", "type": "string", "required": true, "classification": "pii", "description": "As it appears on the passport; pre-filled from the chip scan. Where given name(s) appear in the passport's machine-readable zone as part of the family name, or where a name is longer than 24 characters, the app truncates/rearranges it and this is not an error requiring a rescan.", "sourceRef": "App Guidance §8, 'Confirm biographic information'", "validation": { "minLength": 1, "maxLength": 24 } }, { "name": "givenNames", "label": "Given name(s)", "type": "string", "required": true, "classification": "pii", "description": "As it appears on the passport; pre-filled from the chip scan. See familyName's description for the truncation/rearrangement behaviour for long or MRZ-combined names.", "sourceRef": "App Guidance §8, 'Confirm biographic information'", "validation": { "minLength": 1, "maxLength": 24 } }, { "name": "dateOfBirth", "label": "Date of birth", "type": "date", "required": true, "classification": "sensitive-pii", "description": "Full date, YYYY-MM-DD. Pre-filled from the passport chip scan.", "sourceRef": "Step by step — 'scan your passport to pre-fill your name, date of birth, passport number and other details'" }, { "name": "passportIssueDate", "label": "Passport issue date", "type": "date", "required": true, "description": "Full date, YYYY-MM-DD. Pre-filled from the passport chip scan.", "sourceRef": "App Guidance §8, 'Confirm biographic information'" }, { "name": "passportExpiryDate", "label": "Passport expiry date", "type": "date", "required": true, "description": "Full date, YYYY-MM-DD. The ETA is valid for 12 months or until this date, whichever is shorter; if the passport used to apply expires or is replaced, the ETA ceases and a new ETA must be sought.", "sourceRef": "Overview — 'This is a temporary visa...for either 12 months, or for the period your passport is valid, whichever is shorter'; Visa label — 'Your ETA is attached to your current passport'" }, { "name": "nationalIdNumber", "label": "National Identity (ID) number", "type": "string", "required": false, "classification": "sensitive-pii", "description": "Only required when the applicant's country no longer includes a National ID number on its passports, in which case the app prompts for it manually after the chip scan. Left blank when the passport's chip already carries it.", "sourceRef": "App Guidance §8, 'Confirm biographic information': 'the app will prompt you to manually add the applicant's National ID number to the application'", "validation": { "maxLength": 40 } }, { "name": "holdsOtherPassports", "label": "Do you hold a passport in your name from another country?", "type": "boolean", "required": true, "description": "Dual/multiple nationals must declare and add details of every other passport they hold.", "sourceRef": "Eligibility — 'If you hold more than one passport, you must declare this in your ETA application and provide details of your other passports'; App Guidance §10, 'Other passports and existing visas'" }, { "name": "otherPassportCountry", "label": "Other passport — issuing country", "type": "string", "required": false, "requiredWhen": { "field": "holdsOtherPassports", "equals": true }, "description": "Models a single additional passport; the live app's 'Add another passport' link supports declaring more than one, which is a known simplification of this document (see VERIFICATION.md).", "sourceRef": "App Guidance §10, 'Other passports and existing visas'", "validation": { "minLength": 1, "maxLength": 60 } }, { "name": "otherPassportNumber", "label": "Other passport — number", "type": "string", "required": false, "requiredWhen": { "field": "holdsOtherPassports", "equals": true }, "classification": "sensitive-pii", "sourceRef": "App Guidance §10, 'Other passports and existing visas'", "validation": { "minLength": 1, "maxLength": 20 } }, { "name": "hasExistingAustralianVisa", "label": "Do you already hold an existing Australian visa?", "type": "boolean", "required": false, "description": "The app lets the applicant check for an existing visa, which may show that an ETA is unnecessary.", "sourceRef": "App Guidance §10, 'Other passports and existing visas': 'You can check if an applicant has an existing visa. This may assist in determining whether they require an ETA or not.'" }, { "name": "applicantPhoto", "label": "Live photo of the applicant", "type": "file", "required": true, "description": "A good-quality, passport-style live photo taken within the app: applicant facing the camera, plain background, well-lit, avoiding heavy-rimmed glasses. Used to confirm the applicant is the person shown in the passport.", "sourceRef": "App Guidance §9, 'Taking the applicant's photo'" }, { "name": "hasOtherNames", "label": "Are you, or have you ever been, known by any other name?", "type": "boolean", "required": true, "sourceRef": "Step by step — 'Provide accurate information': 'if you have been known by any other name'; App Guidance §11.1, 'Alias and home information'" }, { "name": "otherNameDetails", "label": "Details of other name(s)", "type": "string", "required": false, "requiredWhen": { "field": "hasOtherNames", "equals": true }, "classification": "pii", "sourceRef": "App Guidance §11.1, 'Alias and home information'", "validation": { "maxLength": 300 } }, { "name": "homeAddressLine1", "label": "Home address — line 1", "type": "string", "required": true, "classification": "pii", "sourceRef": "App Guidance §11.1, 'Alias and home information': 'you will also need to add the applicant's address and phone number'", "validation": { "minLength": 1, "maxLength": 120 } }, { "name": "homeAddressLine2", "label": "Home address — line 2", "type": "string", "required": false, "classification": "pii", "sourceRef": "App Guidance §11.1, 'Alias and home information'", "validation": { "maxLength": 120 } }, { "name": "homeAddressCity", "label": "Home address — city/town", "type": "string", "required": true, "classification": "pii", "sourceRef": "App Guidance §11.1, 'Alias and home information'", "validation": { "minLength": 1, "maxLength": 80 } }, { "name": "homeAddressCountry", "label": "Home address — country", "type": "string", "required": true, "classification": "pii", "sourceRef": "App Guidance §11.1, 'Alias and home information'", "validation": { "minLength": 1, "maxLength": 60 } }, { "name": "homeAddressPostalCode", "label": "Home address — postal/ZIP code", "type": "string", "required": false, "classification": "pii", "description": "Optional because not every country/address format the app's address look-up supports uses a postal code.", "sourceRef": "App Guidance §11.1, 'Alias and home information'", "validation": { "maxLength": 20 } }, { "name": "homePhoneNumber", "label": "Home phone number", "type": "string", "required": true, "classification": "pii", "description": "Must be provided in the correct format for the applicant's selected home country.", "sourceRef": "App Guidance §11.1, 'Alias and home information': 'Phone numbers must be provided in the correct format for the selected home country'", "validation": { "minLength": 1, "maxLength": 30 } }, { "name": "emailAddress", "label": "Email address", "type": "string", "required": true, "classification": "pii", "description": "Verified in-app by a one-time code sent to this address (5 minutes to enter it). The ETA outcome notification and service-fee payment receipt are sent here.", "sourceRef": "App Guidance §11.2, 'Email verification'", "validation": { "minLength": 3, "maxLength": 160 } }, { "name": "contactAddressInAustralia", "label": "Intended contact address for your stay in Australia", "type": "string", "required": true, "classification": "pii", "description": "Free-text address/accommodation details for the stay (e.g. hotel, host's address) — the source does not break this into separate structured address lines.", "sourceRef": "Step by step — 'Apply using the Australian ETA app': 'answer some questions, including...contact details in Australia'; App Guidance §12, 'ETA questions': 'enter the applicant's intended contact details for their stay in Australia'", "validation": { "minLength": 1, "maxLength": 300 } } ], "steps": [ { "id": "eligibility_screening", "title": "Eligibility screening", "fields": [ "isGenuineTemporaryVisitor", "meetsHealthRequirement", "hasCriminalConvictionOrDomesticViolenceHistory", "hasPaidBackAustralianGovernmentDebt" ], "transitions": [ { "to": null, "exitReason": "not-eligible-not-genuine-temporary-visitor", "when": { "field": "isGenuineTemporaryVisitor", "equals": false } }, { "to": null, "exitReason": "not-eligible-health-requirement-apply-for-visitor-600", "when": { "field": "meetsHealthRequirement", "equals": false } }, { "to": null, "exitReason": "not-eligible-character-requirement-apply-for-visitor-600", "when": { "field": "hasCriminalConvictionOrDomesticViolenceHistory", "equals": true } }, { "to": null, "exitReason": "not-eligible-outstanding-australian-government-debt", "when": { "field": "hasPaidBackAustralianGovernmentDebt", "equals": false } }, { "to": "passport_and_personal_details" } ] }, { "id": "passport_and_personal_details", "title": "Passport scan and personal details", "fields": [ "passportIssuingCountry", "passportNumber", "familyName", "givenNames", "dateOfBirth", "passportIssueDate", "passportExpiryDate", "nationalIdNumber" ], "next": "other_passports_and_visas" }, { "id": "other_passports_and_visas", "title": "Other passports and existing visas", "fields": [ "holdsOtherPassports", "otherPassportCountry", "otherPassportNumber", "hasExistingAustralianVisa" ], "next": "photo" }, { "id": "photo", "title": "Applicant photo", "fields": ["applicantPhoto"], "next": "personal_information" }, { "id": "personal_information", "title": "Alias, home address, and contact information", "fields": [ "hasOtherNames", "otherNameDetails", "homeAddressLine1", "homeAddressLine2", "homeAddressCity", "homeAddressCountry", "homeAddressPostalCode", "homePhoneNumber", "emailAddress" ], "next": "eta_questions" }, { "id": "eta_questions", "title": "ETA questions — contact details for your stay", "fields": ["contactAddressInAustralia"] } ] }