Australian Embassy
Portugal
Embassy address: Avenida da Liberdade, 200 - 2nd floor, Lisbon - Telephone: 21 310 1500 - Fax: 21 310 1555 - austemb.lisbon@dfat.gov.au

Travelling to Australia

Immigration and visas

All travellers, except New Zealand citizens, must obtain a visa or travel authority before travelling to Australia.

See also Visas and migration.

Tourism

Plan your trip with australia.com, the official Tourism Australia website, offering a wide range of travel information and planning tools including over 2000 images, a currency converter, daily weather updates, interactive maps, suggested holiday itineraries, holiday deals, specialist travel agents and more. Available in nine languages.

Tourist refund scheme

The Tourist refund scheme enables you to claim a refund, subject to certain conditions, of the goods and services tax (GST) and wine equalisation tax (WET) that you pay on goods you buy in Australia.

New arrivals

A gateway to information ranging from citizenship, health, settlement help for migrants, working conditions to buying a home in Australia.

Customs and quarantine

The Australian Customs Service manages the security and integrity of the Australian border and assists people and cargo to move in and out of the country.

Information for international travellers. Information about what items must be declared for inspection, what happens if you fail to declare or dispose of any quarantine items or make a false declaration, what happens to siezed items and what can't be mailed to Australia.

Foreign Embassies and Consulates in Australia
Jobs in Australia

This Australian Embassy is not able assist people in finding employment in Australia.

See also
Other sites of interest

www.australia.com: Australia’s National Tourist Office. More than 1000 files with information on Australia
www.immi.gov.au: information on visas and forms for visas
www.qttc.com.au: Queensland Tourist Office
www.westernaustralia.net: Western Australia Tourist Office
www.nttc.com.au: Northern Territory Tourist Office
www.discovertasmania.com.au: Tasmania Tourist Office
www.canberratourism.com.au: Canberra Tourist Office
www.tourism.nsw.gov.au: New South Wales Tourist Office
www.visitvictoria.com: Victoria Tourist Office
www.southaustralia.com: South Australia Tourist Office
www.atn.com.au/parks/index.htm: National Parks of Australia
www.acn.net.au: Cultural activities: music, cinema, art, theatre, festivals, history, heritage, etc
www.ozco.gov.au: Australian Council for the Arts
www.bedandbreakfast.com.au: information on bed and breakfast
www.qantas.com.au: Qantas webpage, an Australian airline
www.jetstar.com.au: Jet Star Airways webpage, a domestic flight airline
www.virginblue.com.au: airline for domestic flights
www.singaporeair.com: Singapore Airlines webpage, an airline that flies to Australia
www.thaiair.com: Thai Airways webpage, an airline that flies to Australia
www.flypacificblue.com: airline with fligths to South Pacific islands
• • www.yha.org.au: youth hostel association: information on Australian youth hostels
www.webwombat.com.au: Australian search engine with information on jobs, tourism, academic, legal and governmental institutions
www.aqis.gov.au: indispensable information on Australian quarantine