- Tony Burke MP, Minister for Home Affairs
Australia will join the United States' Global Entry program from 2025, making travel easier for the hundreds of thousands of Australians who visit the US every year.
Eligible Australians who sign up to the Global Entry program will benefit from streamlined and expediated immigration and customs clearance channels on arrival into the United States.
The program will initially be available from January 2025 to a limited number of Australians that travel most frequently to the US, with work underway to open up the program to all eligible Australians who wish to apply later in 2025.
They will automatically be eligible to participate in the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Pre-Check program, allowing for expedited screening processes for US domestic flights.
By signing a new information sharing arrangement today, Australia is taking a significant step towards implementation of the Global Entry program.
Quotes attributable to Minister for Foreign Affairs, Senator Penny Wong:
"Joining the Global Entry program is a mark of the closeness and the strength of the relationship between our two countries.
"The foundation of the friendship between Australia and United States is the friendship between our people. This program will deepen these links and make it easier to foster greater commercial ties."
Quotes attributable to Minister for Home Affairs, Tony Burke MP:
"The Albanese Government is delivering on Australia's participation in the Global Entry program for the thousands of travellers who visit the United States frequently.
"Today's signing is an important step and we're working hard to ensure that from January 2025, the first group of eligible Australians will experience expedited immigration and customs clearance channels when they arrive in the US."
