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The long journey of an ETA
Let’s say a Spanish passport holder wants to travel to Australia on an Electronic Travel Authority e601. This traveller thinks he will find accurate information in the Home Affairs website but when he tries to lodge an online application, he will soon discover that his passport is not one of the eight eligible to apply online. The ETA e601 is available for thirty-three nationalities, however, an online application is only possible for eight of them. Then, what is the avenue to do a valid application for the other twenty-five nationalities?
Item 1208A(1) submits that an application must be made in a way set out in regulation 2.07AB. Then, Reg. 2.07AB(3) states if a person makes an application for an ETA to a diplomatic or consular office, or an office of an agent approved in writing by the Minister, by telephone, in writing, by electronic transmission, the person is taken to have made the application at that office.
In this direction, item 1208A(3)(d) affirms that an application made in Australia must be made at a diplomatic, consular office, or an office of an agent approved in writing by the Minister.
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