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Browse destinationsAustralia has reciprocal health care agreements with 11 countries. These countries provide some emergency care to Australians.
We deliver a range of consular services for Australians overseas. These include travel advice, notarial services, passports, consular support and crisis response.
Foreign governments often require you to get a visa before they let you enter. This page provides general advice and information about visas overseas.
This page explains our travel advisories for destinations, how we develop and update our travel advisories and what each advice level means in travel advisories.
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