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Old Oct 10, 2019 | 9:45 pm
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Originally Posted by cafeconleche
The eVisitor 'visa' for Australia is free, so even if NZ needed to cover their levy with an ETA, they could have made it free. But, they didn't...

I haven't been interested in visiting Australia and New Zealand for a very long time, but my partner wants to go there (and Oz, where I have to pay a $20 service charge for the ETA, as I'm not eligible for the eVisitor thing (partner and kids can get the eVisitor) - no idea why one has a service charge and the other doesn't...).
I speculate that it's some sort of reciprocity thing, the EU may have told Australia to make it free or else they will start charging Australians. This was 20 years ago. Since the EU plans to start charging Australians for Schengen entry in 2021 they may not say anything if Australia decides to make the evisitor chargeable too.

EU citizens now need to pay a hefty fee to visit New Zealand while NZ citizens can still stay in the Schengen area without a visa or entry fee for up to 3 years, provided that they do their research and plan their itinerary carefully.
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