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Migration Act 1958 - Determination of Eligible Passports - IMMI 13/158

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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

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What this does:

This legislative instrument specifies which countries’ electronic passports (ePassports) count as "eligible passports" under the Migration Act. If you hold one of these passports, you can use Australia’s automated border processing system (SmartGate) at airports—meaning you can scan your passport at an electronic gate instead of waiting in line to see a border officer.

Who it affects:

Travelers entering Australia who hold ePassports from these six countries:

Australia
New Zealand
Singapore
Switzerland
United Kingdom
United States of America

Key details:

This document replaces an earlier list from November 2013 (IMMI 13/139) and took effect on 24 February 2014. An ePassport is simply a passport with an electronic chip containing your biometric information (usually facial recognition data).

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Commonwealth of Australia

Migration Act 1958

ELIGIBLE PASSPORTS

(SECTION 175A)

I, ELIZABETH COSSON, Acting Secretary of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection, acting under section 175A of the Migration Act 1958 (the ‘Act’):

REVOKE Instrument number IMMI 13/139 signed on 6 November 2013 determining eligible passports for the purposes of section 175A; AND
DETERMINE that for the purposes of section 165 of the Act, the following kinds of passports are ‘eligible passports’:

(a) Australian ePassports; and

(b) New Zealand ePassports; and

(d) Swiss ePassports; and

(e) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ePassports; and

(f) United States of America ePassports

This Instrument, IMMI 13/158, commences on 24 February 2014.

Dated 7 February 2014

ELIZABETH COSSON

Acting Secretary of the Department of Immigration and Border Protection

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