Entering and leaving Australia

Travellers should familiarise themselves with Australia’s border and entry requirements. For further information, see ‘Entering and leaving Australia’ at: https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/covid19/entering-and-leaving-australia

Biometrics

Visa applicants outside of Australia will need to provide biometrics when they apply for a visa that is part of the Australian biometrics program, or where they are from a country, or located in a country at the time of application that is part of the Australian biometrics program.

For information regarding Australia’s biometric program including visas and countries that are part of the program, please see: https://immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/help-support/meeting-our-requirements/biometrics

Letter of Support

As WCDP2023 hosts, Royal Life Saving Society – Australia and Surf Life Saving Australia can issue a visa support letter as required, for registered and paid attendees who are presenters with accepted papers, posters, or members of the conference and ILS committees.

For visa support letters, refer all requests to WCDP2023@rlssa.org.au.  Please allow up to 10 business days to receive a letter. All requests are handled in the order they are received. The information below should be included with the request:

• Title:
• First Name as it appears on your passport:
• Middle Name as it appears on your passport:
• Last Name as it appears on your passport:
• Date of Birth:
• Passport Number:
• Passport Country of Issue:
• Current address:
• WCDP2023 Invoice Number:
• Date of arrival into Australia:
• Date of departure out of Australia:
• If you have any abstracts/papers accepted for the conference, please provide the title and indicate whether you are the “sole author” or a “co-author”. Authors may indicate their paper title. If no paper, speakers can provide the title of their presentation.