My recent experience was it refused to let me load my medical details . The design and information about is a disgrace to the Department & Accenture .Poorly explained, appalling designed , definitely not user friendly . It is an embarrassmentto Australia . Yet it does not cover the "yellow card. I think accenture should be directed to make a clear ,simple form that is intelligble
DPD replaces the ATD, of course! The Digital Passenger Declaration is "supposed" to replace ye olde paper-based Australian Travel Declaration, AKA incoming passenger card.
As for the 75 million-dollar question, see: Federal Government.
Yes, Google is wonderful. But a little more clarity instead of an acronym would have been nice and time-saving........
In the poster's defence, "Australia DPD" is the actual name of the app. One of the failures of the app is that you can't even find it on the App Store unless you use the acronym.
Agreed with poor state of DPD. I only found this specific requirement when I double checked the Australian arrival requirements a few days before my return. No warning from the airline (QF) staff when checking in luggage for my outgoing flight and no specific mention in the itinerary (just the usual warnings on COVID travel requirements etc)
The airlines responsible for your incoming flights require you to complete the DPD and show evidence before letting you drop off your checked luggage, but on arrival the immigration officers and customs staff still deal only with paper and worse the DPD does not appear to deal with declarations of food/other item related to bio security control anyway so you end up filling in those yellow/orange forms even if you printed out the DPD so don't waste your time or money to print out the DPD in hotels overseas (the airlines just want to sight the DPD and accepts them on your personal devices like phones or tablet)
johnflynne
johnflynne
Etihad - Etihad Guest
Member since 30 Jan 2019
Total posts 12
My recent experience was it refused to let me load my medical details . The design and information about is a disgrace to the Department & Accenture .Poorly explained, appalling designed , definitely not user friendly . It is an embarrassmentto Australia . Yet it does not cover the "yellow card. I think accenture should be directed to make a clear ,simple form that is intelligble
Grannular
Grannular
Member since 31 Mar 2014
Total posts 272
What's DPD and how did it cost $75m?
RB001
RB001
Member since 22 Jul 2020
Total posts 14
DPD replaces the ATD, of course! The Digital Passenger Declaration is "supposed" to replace ye olde paper-based Australian Travel Declaration, AKA incoming passenger card.
As for the 75 million-dollar question, see: Federal Government.
sunnybrae
sunnybrae
Etihad - Etihad Guest
Member since 21 Jul 2019
Total posts 80
Yes, Google is wonderful. But a little more clarity instead of an acronym would have been nice and time-saving........
Sibelius
Sibelius
Virgin Australia - Velocity Rewards
Member since 06 Aug 2017
Total posts 181
Originally Posted by sunnybrae
Yes, Google is wonderful. But a little more clarity instead of an acronym would have been nice and time-saving........
XWu
XWu
Member since 09 May 2020
Total posts 197
Agreed with poor state of DPD. I only found this specific requirement when I double checked the Australian arrival requirements a few days before my return. No warning from the airline (QF) staff when checking in luggage for my outgoing flight and no specific mention in the itinerary (just the usual warnings on COVID travel requirements etc)
The airlines responsible for your incoming flights require you to complete the DPD and show evidence before letting you drop off your checked luggage, but on arrival the immigration officers and customs staff still deal only with paper and worse the DPD does not appear to deal with declarations of food/other item related to bio security control anyway so you end up filling in those yellow/orange forms even if you printed out the DPD so don't waste your time or money to print out the DPD in hotels overseas (the airlines just want to sight the DPD and accepts them on your personal devices like phones or tablet)