AustralianETA

Department of Home Affairs

About this app

An Australian Government mobile application that you can use to lodge an Australian Electronic Travel Authority (ETA) application. The ETA allows eligible passport holders to travel to Australia for short-term stays for tourism or business visitor purposes. See the Electronic Travel Authority website to find out more and check your eligibility to apply:

https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/getting-a-visa/visa-listing/electronic-travel-authority-601

Support videos to assist with using the Australian ETA app are available as follows:

Scanning your passport: https://bordertv.au.vbrickrev.com/sharevideo/2d607dd8-829b-408c-8eb5-4005b7e5ef60

Reading the eChip (USA passports): https://bordertv.au.vbrickrev.com/sharevideo/08294c2c-91a6-4d09-a696-bd41a76866d0

Reading the eChip (Non-USA passports): https://bordertv.au.vbrickrev.com/sharevideo/3f24932c-d86b-4367-bd66-99d9225203ce

Taking a photo of yourself: https://bordertv.au.vbrickrev.com/sharevideo/03cc38fc-d065-4507-92c3-01d45f76e6e1


Please note that use of the Australian ETA App incurs a non-refundable service fee of $20.

Ratings and reviews

I have tried taking the required photo at least a hundred times. The app always says it's in compliance and then won't accept the photo. I have watched the how to videos, researched the problem online, changed the lighting, background and everything else I could. This app is awful, terribly unfriendly to users.

The picture-taking process is maddening. Though initially green-lighting the photo(s) the app would, shortly thereafter, reject the photo then start the entire application process over again. Attempted on 2 different phones (one less than a year old and another about 2 years old) with both front and back cameras, many, many times each to no avail. I researched the issue and realized it's fairly persistent among many users. Maybe it's time to fix it?

This app is very sensitive and may require multiple attempts to scan the passport chip and after nearly 100 attempts, we have not been able to get the app to accept the photo. Tried the app on two different Samsung phones at full resolution, tried adjusting lighting, even changed clothes to a drab gray shirt. Nothing. And we have no other options without this app. Always same "failed" message. Shameful.

What's new

This latest version contains a number of improvements and bug fixes.