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Australia travel requirements: rules for entry for Indians

By Condé Nast Traveller

Australia opened borders to fully vaccinated tourists on 21 February, along with a flurry of changes to ease travel to the continent. Recent significant changes include mandatory online lodgement for visa applications, a visa application fee waiver for travellers with visas that expired during the pandemic, and no requirement for quarantine on arrival. Among the big-ticket events coming up is the ICC T20 Cricket World Cup from 22 October to 13 November 2022. Here is all you need to know to plan that Australia holiday this year.

Rules for entry to Australia

All travellers above 18 need to be fully vaccinated to enter Australia. Here is the full list of all that is required to be eligible for entry into the country.

• All fully vaccinated visa holders can travel to Australia without a travel exemption. They will need to carry their COVID-19 vaccination certificate. To request an exemption, you will need to show proof of medical contraindication to the COVID-19 vaccine.
• Passengers arriving by air into Australia should complete the Digital Passenger Declaration . You can complete the form seven days before your flight to Australia, but you can only submit it 72 hours prior to departure, as the declaration requires your health information 72 hours before the flight. \
• A negative RT-PCR test or other nucleic acid amplification test result taken within three days of the flight's scheduled departure for Australia, or a medical certificate as evidence of a negative Rapid Antigen Test taken under medical supervision within 24 hours before scheduled flight departure,. for all adults conducted within 72 hours of the travel date. You must complete this before you check into the flight. Parents or guardians should complete a declaration for any child under 16 years of age. \
• Children below the age of 12 can access the same travel arrangements as fully vaccinated people for international travel purposes. Temporary visa holders under the age of 18 at the time of departure for Australia do not require an approved travel exemption when travelling with at least one fully vaccinated adult. \
• All travellers need to undertake a self-monitored, Rapid Antigen Test (RAT), within 24 hours of arrival into Australia. Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) results need to be reported to the respective state authority only if you test positive. Tourists travelling to South Australia will have to undertake a PCR test within 24 hours of arrival and those travelling to Western Australia will have to undergo a Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) within 12 hours of arrival.  \
• Check for updates on the requirements of the state or territory of your arrival, and any others you plan to travel to, especially for vaccination, quarantine and post-arrival testing requirements, as restrictions may change on short notice.

Travel from India to Australia

Qantas introduced a nonstop direct flight from Delhi to Sydney, and a flight from Darwin to Sydney and onwards to Delhi, starting 6 December 2021. Currently, Air India operates nonstop flights from Delhi to Sydney or Melbourne. Connecting flights via other airlines to Australia are available from most major cities in India.

Visas to Australia  

Indian travellers to Australia can apply for an e-visa online here . Processing time is estimated at a week given the submission of all requested information. If a traveller held a Visitor Visa (Subclass 600) to Australia that has either expired or will expire between 20 March 2020 and 30 June 2022, they can indicate eligibility for the Visa Application Charge waiver while applying for a new visa. You need to lodge your application by 31 December 2022 to receive the VAC waiver.

How long is the India flight ban and when will Australians start coming home again?

Australia has paused all direct flights from India as the country grapples with a deadly wave of COVID-19 that is killing thousands every day.

The travel ban also increases the restrictions on people seeking to travel to India.

While the Australian government has set a date to review the paused flights, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has left the door open for the ban to be extended.

How long is the India flight ban?

The India flight travel ban started on April 27 and stops direct passenger flights between India and Australia for more than two weeks.

Considerations for further flights will be made by May 15.

The ban directly impacts two passenger services from India into Sydney and two repatriation flights from India to Darwin.

Foreign Minister Marise Payne said there were also eight repatriation flights planned for May that were now paused.

Flights from India have been banned at major transit hubs Dubai, Doha, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, meaning indirect flights that were due to arrive in Perth and Adelaide have also been cancelled.

Restrictions have also been placed on outward travel exemptions to India, limiting it to strictly essential travel only (national interest, medical exemption and COVID-19 purposes).

What happens when flights resume?

The Australian government says the restrictions on travel to and from India will be under regular review.

When flights resume, all passengers will be required to have   both a negative COVID-19 PCR test result and a negative rapid antigen test result prior to departure.

Mr Morrison said priority would be given to vulnerable Australians, particularly in relation to charter flights that have been put in place by the Australian government.

There are over 9,000 Australians in India registered as wanting to return home, 650 of them registered as vulnerable.

Ms Payne said she expected that number to increase in the coming days and weeks as people's circumstances changed.

Over 19,400 Australians have returned from India since March last year.

Mr Morrison said Australian cricketers who are currently playing in the Indian Premier League will not be given priority.

"They're there under their own resources and they'll be using those resources to, I'm sure, see them return to Australia in accordance with their own arrangements," he said.

Why is there a flight ban for India?

The flight ban from India was triggered by the rise in COVID-19 cases in passengers in hotel quarantine.

Mr Morrison said the total number of weekly COVID-19 cases in hotel quarantine had risen from 90, which was within the expected range, to 143.

"In this past week we saw that rise, and that was particularly in areas such as the Northern Territory and in New South Wales, where we have direct flights coming in (from India) to both of those areas," Mr Morrison said.

"Proportionally, we saw higher numbers in Western Australia and South Australia.

"So it's important to take this pause to enable those quarantine facilities, particularly in the Northern Territory, to be able to work through the system and return to lower levels."

Perth's coronavirus outbreak this month, which triggered a snap three-day lockdown, originated with a man who was in quarantine after travelling to India to get married.

Why is India's COVID-19 outbreak so bad?

India's health system is at breaking point from the country's second COVID-19 outbreak.

It recorded a record-high 352,991 coronavirus cases and 2,812 deaths on April 25.

It is estimated that a person dies of COVID-19 every four minutes in the country's capital, New Delhi.

People are dying while waiting to see a doctor and makeshift facilities have been set up to cope with the surge in bodies that need to be buried or cremated.

Epidemiologists and virologists say more infectious variants of the virus, including an Indian one known as B1617, have fuelled the ferocious surge.

Australia is sending emergency medical supplied to India, including 500 non-invasive ventilators, a million surgical masks, 500,000 P2/N95 masks, 100,000 surgical gowns, 100,000 goggles, 100,000 pairs of gloves and 20,000 face shields.

The Australian government said it had the capacity to deploy up to 3,000 ventilators to India.

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Australian travellers are being urged to exercise a high degree of caution in India over the next few weeks as the mammoth country heads to the polls for the largest democratic election in history.

Smartraveller, the government’s travel advisory body, delivered a new alert for the beguiling South Asian nation on Thursday, warning travellers that “frequent political rallies and possible protests are likely to occur in the lead-up to, during and after the election.”

“You can expect traffic delays and restricted access to locations. Avoid protests and demonstrations and monitor local media for the latest updates,” the note reads.

Polling for India’s general elections kicks of on April 19 and goes through to June 1, with results announced about June 4.

The scale of the vote dwarfs elections in the West.

As of January 2023, there were more than 945 million registered voters in India, according to the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a US think tank.

More than 11 million election workers will traverse the vast nation over the weeks-long voting period to make sure all eligible voters can cast their ballots.

The election will determine who sits in India’s lower house, the country’s most powerful legislative body.

The party that wins the most seats nominates one of its members to be the prime minister.

Along with the new alert, Smartraveller maintains its advice to exercise a “high degree of caution in India overall” due to the treat of terrorism and crime and the risk of civil unrest.

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India Travel Advisory

Travel advisory june 23, 2023, india - level 2: exercise increased caution.

Reissued with updates to health information.

Exercise increased caution in India due to crime and terrorism.

Do not travel to:

• The union territory of Jammu and Kashmir (except the eastern Ladakh region and its capital, Leh) due to terrorism and civil unrest .
• Within 10 km of the India-Pakistan border due to the potential for armed conflict .

Country Summary : Indian authorities report rape is one of the fastest growing crimes in India. Violent crime, such as sexual assault, has occurred at tourist sites and in other locations.

Terrorists may attack with little or no warning, targeting tourist locations, transportation hubs, markets/shopping malls, and government facilities.

The U.S. government has limited ability to provide emergency services to U.S. citizens in rural areas from eastern Maharashtra and northern Telangana through western West Bengal as U.S. government employees must obtain special authorization to travel to these areas.

Read the country information page for additional information on travel to India.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has determined India has a moderate level of COVID-19.  Visit the CDC page for the latest Travel Health Information related to your travel.

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Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir – Level 4: Do Not Travel

Terrorist attacks and violent civil unrest are possible in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Avoid all travel to this state (with the exception of visits to the eastern Ladakh region and its capital, Leh). Sporadic violence occurs particularly along the Line of Control (LOC) separating India and Pakistan, and in tourist destinations in the Kashmir Valley: Srinagar, Gulmarg, and Pahalgam. The Indian government prohibits foreign tourists from visiting certain areas along the LOC.

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India and Pakistan maintain a strong military presence on both sides of the border. The only official India-Pakistan border crossing point for persons who are not citizens of India or Pakistan is in the state of Punjab between Attari, India, and Wagah, Pakistan. The border crossing is usually open but confirm the current status of the border crossing prior to commencing travel. A Pakistani visa is required to enter Pakistan. Only U.S. citizens residing in India may apply for a Pakistani visa in India. Otherwise apply for a Pakistani visa in your country of residence before traveling to India.

Northeastern States – Level 4: Do Not Travel

Incidents of violence by ethnic insurgent groups, including bombings of buses, trains, rail lines, and markets, occur occasionally in the northeast.

U.S. government employees at the U.S. Embassy and Consulates in India are prohibited from traveling to the states of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Nagaland, Meghalaya, Tripura, and Manipur without special authorization from the U.S. Consulate General in Kolkata.

Central and East India – Level 4: Do Not Travel

Maoist extremist groups, or “Naxalites,” are active in a large swath of India from eastern Maharashtra and northern Telangana through western West Bengal, particularly in rural parts of Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand and on the borders of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, and Odisha. The Naxalites have conducted frequent terrorist attacks on local police, paramilitary forces, and government officials.

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People travel to Oklahoma for eclipse from as far as Australia and India

IDABEL, Okla. ( KSLA /Gray News) — People from all parts of the globe came to the southeast Oklahoma town of Idabel to experience the Great American Eclipse’s path of totality.

Retired science teacher and eclipse expert Glenn Hughes, of Sydney, Australia, was originally planning to watch from Dallas, but came to Idabel at the last minute due to the fog.

“It’s going to be mind blowing. It’s like someone goes, ‘Bang!’, and the lights turn off. The cars will have to turn their headlights on, streetlights are going to come on, and if it’s cloudy, it’s going to be even darker than usual,” Hughes, who’s seen eight eclipses in his lifetime, said before Monday’s event.

He’s been interested in eclipses since he was 8 years old in Australia.

“You have to wait to see it if you’ve never seen one. It’s just amazing how the lights go out,” Hughes added.

Hughes’ grandsons, Freddy and Zack Beck, also of Sydney, Australia, were with him.

“A long journey. There was quite a bit of panic in the car from Dallas, where we were visiting our grandparents,” Freddy Beck said.

“I’m looking forward to when it’s totality,” Zach Beck said.

One man came to Idabel from India, via San Diego and Dallas.

“I’m from a farmer’s family, and the ranches and the houses are so beautiful here,” he remarked. “My daughter was asking me to purchase something!”

He said he has seen both solar and lunar eclipses throughout his lifetime.

“The total atmosphere is totally enchanted by this eclipse. So many cars, and families and small children. And there are very big binoculars and machinery they’re using to cover the eclipse,” he said. “This is very encouraging to me, also. I have taken a few clips and I’m going to show the eclipse to my friends so that they can also get encouragement.”

Malin, another visitor from India, landed in Dallas on Sunday, but wound up in Idabel. He’s seen many eclipses across the world and gathered information on this one for eight years.

“I am expecting people literally cheering. They go crazy,” Malin said.

“The temperature drops at least 10 to 15 degrees Fahrenheit. I have seen it. It drops. Birds start chirping, going back to the nest, something like that.”

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