This page will help you understand the risks and take appropriate precautions before you head out on the water.

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.

We deliver a range of consular services for Australians overseas. These include travel advice, notarial services, passports, consular support and crisis response.

The Australian Government delivers passport services for Australians through the Australian Passport Office. Read more about passports in Australia and overseas.

Before you go on a cruise, make sure you take steps to be prepared, and reduce your risks of things going wrong.

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.

Foreign authorities may request a document to be issued with an Apostille or an Authentication certificate before they will accept it. This is called ‘legalisation’.