{"question":{"passport":"FSM","destination":"NFK","entryDate":"2026-09-12"},"dateBasis":"reference-date","status":"conditional","headline":"e-Visa, stay set by the visa","requirement":{"kind":"evisa","message":"Before you travel: you need an e-visa."},"stay":{"kind":"SET_BY_VISA","phrasing":"How long you may stay is set by your visa."},"conditions":[{"kind":"OTHER","text":"The note following section 42(1) records that a maritime crew visa is generally permission to travel to Australia only by sea (see section 38B); it concerns maritime crew visas and does not qualify the visa requirement for ordinary visitors."}],"caveat":null,"source":{"documentId":"migration-act-text","url":"https://www.legislation.gov.au/C1958A00062/2026-06-04/2026-06-04/text/original/epub/OEBPS/document_1/document_1.html","passage":"Subject to subsections (2), (2A) and (3), a non‑citizen must not travel to Australia without a visa that is in effect. … if the travel is by a New Zealand citizen who holds and produces a New Zealand passport that is in force","explanation":"The cited provision, s.42(1) of the Migration Act, does not enumerate issuers: it imposes the visa requirement on the whole class of 'a non-citizen' collectively, exactly the collective coverage the gate describes. Because these 160 issuers are not New Zealand citizens and appear on neither the ETA nor the eVisitor specification (see residualSweep), the requirement applies to them and a visa must be arranged before travel.","publisher":"Migration Act 1958 … Compilation No. 171 Compilation date: 4 June 2026"},"checkedAt":"2026-08-30","snapshotAsOf":"2026-09-10","dataVersion":"4f66864a7d4f8a08b6c8c7e446d7f16addcd9303","upcomingChange":null,"alternatives":[],"scope":{"covers":["recorded entry requirement","recorded stay allowance"],"notEstablished":["personal admission decision","work permission","residence rights","tax position","individual eligibility for every condition"],"passportType":"ordinary"}}