Australian laws apply to acts of female genital mutilation overseas as well as domestically.

Information and general advice on travelling with children, children travelling without both parents, child custody and international child abduction.

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.

All travellers face risks overseas. Risks can be higher for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people in some destinations.

Understand the local laws of the country you're visiting and the Australians laws that still apply to you when overseas

The Australian Government can provide some notarial services. The services we provide depends if requested in Australia or overseas. We charge fees for our service.