More travellers and overseas visa-holders can soon return to Australia

Prime Minister Scott Morrison during Question Time in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Monday, November 22, 2021. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

Prime Minister Scott Morrison during Question Time in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Monday, November 22, 2021. Source: AAP/Mick Tsikas

The Federal Government's plan to reopen the nation is about to step into another phase. Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced plans to allow more travellers and overseas visa-holders back into the country after an almost two-year hiatus.


For two years, they've been locked out, stranded and unsure of if and when they would be allowed back in but now the Prime Minister has finally set a date for certain visa holders to enter Australia.

From next month, people with skilled worker visas, international students and those seeking humanitarian visas will no longer require a special exemption to enter. 

Instead, Scott Morrison says, they will need to be fully vaccinated and have a negative PCR COVID test result before they come in.


 

 


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