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

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.

Understand how and when the Australian Government can help overseas. Read the Consular Service Charter in Simplified Chinese (领事服务).

The Smartraveller social media accounts include Twitter, Facebook, and social bookmarking and sharing buttons.

We work closely with a range of government and not for profit partners to prepare our advice, and to promote Smartraveller.

There is an ongoing threat of kidnapping in many parts of the world. Explore this page to learn about reducing the risk of kidnapping, before you go.

This page provides general advice about what to do if you find out an Australian friend or family member has been kidnapped overseas.