Apply In-Person:

1. To Obtain an Incoming Passenger Card, the applicant has to approach the border. Contact details are mentioned in “Office Locations & Contacts” of this page. Or use the following given Contact Link
2. The applicant has to get incoming passenger card application in the border.
3. The applicant has to fill-in all the details in the form.
4. Applicant should make sure to attach all the documents that are mentioned under the “Required Documents” section of this page (Both photocopies and originals).
5. Submit the application with the required document to appropriate office.
6. Submitting address is mentioned in “Office Locations & Contacts” of this page.
7. Fee of this procedure has to be paid as per authority.
8. Australian Border Force will issue the certificate and notice the applicant via mail.
9. Please contact Australian Border Force for further details.

• Valid Passport or Travel document Link.
• Smart gate (if eligible).
• B263 Goods exported in passenger baggage form (if necessary).

Main Office:
Cairns International Airport
Airport Ave

Cairns Qld 4870
Regional Office:
​​Level 1
MBF Building
25 Argyle Street
Hobart Tas 7001
Contact Link

• When entering or leaving Australian airports, applicants who possess a valid ePassport and are 16 years of age or older are permitted to use Smart Gate.

• Fee of this procedure has to be paid as per authority’s request.

Explain the time until which the certificate/document is valid.
e.g. Birth Certificate Valid Forever

• B263 Goods exported in passenger baggage form Link

Link

Please explain processing time taken in obtaining the document/certificate.

Videos explaining the procedure or to fill the applications.
Attach videos using the following tag <&video type='website'>video ID|width|height<&/video&> from external websites.
Please remove the '&' inside the emptags during implementation.
Website = allocine, blip, dailymotion, facebook, gametrailers, googlevideo, html5, metacafe, myspace, revver,
sevenload, viddler, vimeo, youku, youtube
width = 560, height = 340, Video ID = Can be obtained from the URL of webpage where the video is displayed.
e.g In the following url 'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0US7oR_t3M' Video ID is 'Y0US7oR_t3M'.

• Instructions for the procedure Link

The information needed to be filled in the application form are listed below:

• Family/surname
• Given names
• Passport number
• Flight number or name of ship
• Intended address in Australia
• Do you intend to live in Australia for the next 12 months?
• Not an Australian citizen details
• Things bringing into Australia
• Declaration
• Contact Details In Australia
• Emergency contact details
• In which country did the applicant board this flight or ship
• Usual occupation
• Nationality
• Migrating permanently to Australia
• Visitor or temporary entrant
• Resident returning to Australia

• According to Australian legislation, arriving travellers must complete a passenger card to identify themselves and submit specific information.

• For more information Link

Please explain what are other uses of obtaining this document/certificate.
e.g. Birth Certificate can be used as proof of identity.

Place some external links which might help.

More information which might help people.