# Applications for Electronic Travel Authority visas

> reg-2.07AB — as in force on 2026-06-01 — F2026C00497 · Compilation No. 287 — https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2026C00497/latest/text

2.07AB Applications for Electronic Travel Authority visas
      (1AA) For the purposes of subsection 46(2) of the Act:
             (a) the Electronic Travel Authority (Class UD) visa class is prescribed; and







                 (b) an application for a visa of that class is taken to have been validly made in
                     the circumstances set out in subregulation (1) or (2) of this regulation
                     (despite anything in regulation 2.07 or 2.10).
               Note 1:   An application made in accordance with subregulation (1) or (2) does not need to be
                         made:
                         (a) in the approved form mentioned in subitem 1208A(1) of Schedule 1; or
                         (b) in the manner or at the place mentioned in paragraph 1208A(3)(a) of Schedule 1.
               Note 2:   The visa application charge for an application for an Electronic Travel Authority (Class
                         UD) visa is nil: see subitem 1208A(2) of Schedule 1.

          (1) An application for an Electronic Travel Authority (Class UD) visa that is made
              by the applicant while outside Australia is taken to have been validly made if the
              applicant, when seeking the grant of the visa, whether:
                (a) in person; or
               (b) by telephone; or
                (c) by written communication (including facsimile message or email); or
               (d) by electronic transmission using a computer; or
                (e) in any other manner approved in writing by the Minister;
              provides details of an ETA-eligible passport held by the applicant to:
                (f) a diplomatic, consular or migration office maintained by or on behalf of the
                    Commonwealth outside Australia; or
               (g) an office (whether in or outside Australia) of an agent who is approved in
                    writing by the Minister as an agent with whom an application for an
                    Electronic Travel Authority (Class UD) visa may be made.
          (2) An application for an Electronic Travel Authority (Class UD) visa that is made
              by the applicant, in person, while in immigration clearance, is taken to have been
              validly made if:
               (a) the applicant presents to an officer an ETA-eligible passport held by the
                    applicant; and
               (c) after reasonable enquiries, the officer does not find that the applicant is the
                    holder of a visa that is in effect; and
               (d) the applicant asks an officer for an Electronic Travel Authority (Class UD)
                    visa.