Limits on outbound international travel and cruise ship arrivals will continue until 17 September 2021.
The biosecurity emergency period, due to expire on 17 June 2021, has been extended for another 3 months.
This travel ban has been on force since 18 March 2020.
Media Release
www.health.gov.au
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Australian Travel Exemption Ban Statistics to March 2021.
Between 13 September 2020 and 24 March 2021, there were 139,368 individuals who sought a travel exemption to come to Australia.
23,068 inward travel ban exemptions were approved during that period.
Those figures show that one in every … Read the rest
Overseas travel from Australia.
There is a ban on Australian citizens and Permanent Residents leaving Australia, unless they are granted an exemption to travel, or if travelling to a destination that’s exempt from the ban.
Foreign citizens however, are able to depart Australia at any time.… Read the rest
Some reports are saying that some passengers on repatriation flights from India were presenting fake COVID test results to be permitted to board flights back to Australia.
This, if correct, might be the reason that the very high number of arrivals from India, in Australian quarantine, tested positive.
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Australians, and Australian Permanent residents, who are desperate to go to India are being blocked by the COVID-19 travel ban.
The most common effect of the recent travel ban, specifically the rules concerning India, is that no one could travel from India to Australia for a two week period.
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Repatriation Flights from India to Resume on Saturday 15th May 2021.
The Australian government has just announced that the Howard Springs quarantine facility is almost ready to resume accepting the return of Australians stranded in India.
They have stated that Repatriation Flights from India, for those Australians in India that … Read the rest
Anyone breaking the current ban on travel from India to Australia faces possible penalties of up to five years’ imprisonment, and/or up to $66,000 fine.
This temporary ban took effect on Monday 3 May 2021 and applies to any travellers who have visited India within 14 days of their intended … Read the rest
Some people apply for an inward Travel ban Exemption, but do not actually need to apply.
You are automatically exempt from the travel restrictions and can enter Australia (without obtaining an individual exemption) if you are:
Australian Citizens and Permanent Residents are currently not allowed to leave Australian without a Travel Ban Exemption.
Not everyone that requests this is granted the exemption.
Those who provide compelling reasons to leave, and who confirmed that they will not return within 3 months are granted.
Outward travel
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After the direct flights from India to Australia were suspended, the indirect flights have also now been suspended.
A Qatar Airways spokesperson has confirmed that they are not currently selling tickets from India to Australia via Qatar and are not carrying passengers on this route.
The change came into effect … Read the rest
