# Australia passport to New Caledonia: Visa-free

Current access classification: **Visa-free** — No visa required before travel.

Access data checked August 24, 2026. Evidence status: **official evidence collected**.

This page concerns ordinary short visits unless an official source states otherwise. Authorities apply the current rule, and individual circumstances can change the applicable treatment.

## Evidence timeline

- **Current official route — Named ordinary passports: visitor visa-free treatment with work exception** (Visa-free)
  The current schedules expressly waive visas for ordinary visitor travel by these nationalities, with a narrow listed exception for certain paid activities lacking the required work authorisation.
  - Short tourism or other non-remunerated visitor entry up to three months per six-month period.
  - Excludes the schedule's paid-activity/work-authorisation exception, residence, transit, diplomatic, service and special-document routes.
  - The U.S. extension for American Samoa and Guam applies only when the traveler holds a U.S. passport; it is not mapped to AS or GU catalog codes.
  Official sources:
  - [Légifrance, French Government legal publication service: Order of 29 December 2011: entry documents and visas for French Polynesia](https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/loda/id/JORFTEXT000025092900/)
  - [Légifrance, French Government legal publication service: Order of 22 July 2011: entry documents and visas for New Caledonia](https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/loda/id/JORFTEXT000024389411/)

## Useful links

- [HTML evidence page](https://multipassrank.com/australia-new-caledonia-visa-free)
- [Australia passport access](https://multipassrank.com/passport/australia)
- [All passport requirements for New Caledonia](https://multipassrank.com/destination/new-caledonia)
- [Dataset license](https://multipassrank.com/data-license)