Passports

How to get a second Australian passport

Having just one Australian passport is sufficient for most travellers, but regular international ...

Travelling to Turkey? e-Visas on arrival axed

Passengers jetting to Istanbul, Ankara and other destinations in Turkey who need a visa to enter ...

NZ to axe departure cards

New Zealand will follow Australia's lead in scrapping departure cards for outbound travellers. T...

Skip the queues at UK passport control

The United Kingdom’s Registered Traveller program allows regular UK visitors to bypass the ...

Where the elite buy their second passport

Cheaper than a Gulfstream, nimbler than a superyacht, a second passport – or a third, or fo...

Glasses banned from new passport photos

The Australian Passport Office will ban glasses from passport photos from July 1, 2018, citing sp...

Make your passport last longer when getting full

Running out of pages in your passport but still have a while before it expires? It's an issue tha...

Govt to axe 'frequent traveller' passports

The government will phase out the 66-page Frequent Traveller passport from next month, despite i...

Get ready for the smarter SmartGate...

EXCLUSIVE | Passport-scanning SmartGates will be removed from the arrivals area of Australian ai...

NZ plans trial of trusted traveller scheme

Business travellers arriving internationally into New Zealand will soon be able to take advantage...

SmartGates now handle long names

Here's good news if your name contains more than 24 characters: you'll finally be able to use th...

Apply for your passport online?

A new online passport applications system could swap queues for clicks when it launches in the m...

Fast-track passport control at Heathrow

Australian travellers can now skip the passport control queues at the UK's largest airports &ndas...

New Australian passport design

Australian passports are a getting a a high-tech make-over, with new security features partnerin...

Frequent flyers can fast-track HK immigration

Hong Kong is one of our favourite cities. The arrivals queues at Hong Kong International Airport?...

Passports could get voice recognition, eye scans

Passport checkpoints at Australian airports may eventually resemble something from a top-secret b...

DFAT: no delays during passport printing strike

DFAT has confirmed to Australian Business Traveller that its reserves of blank passport...

SmartGate: immigration without border inspectors

If you like the self-service nature of Qantas' Next-Gen Check-in, you'll want to try out the Aus...