Poland to Australia visa requirements

Polish citizens need a visa before traveling to Australia, but it is free and granted online: the eVisitor (subclass 651). As an EU passport holder, you are not eligible for the Australian ETA (subclass 601) — that channel is for a different list of countries — but you qualify for the eVisitor, which permits tourism and business visits. A Poland ordinary passport holder cannot enter Australia visa-free. The correct and recommended channel for short tourism or business visits is the eVisitor (subclass 651), a free, electronically-granted visa available exclusively to passport holders of eligible European countries — Poland is on that list. It is applied for online through ImmiAccount, is normally granted within minutes to a few days, costs nothing (AUD 0, no visa application charge), and lets you stay up to 3 months per visit, with unlimited entries, throughout a 12-month validity period from grant. Poland is NOT eligible for the Australian ETA (subclass 601), which covers a separate group of nations; Polish travelers should use the eVisitor instead. Australia is not part of the Schengen area, so the Schengen 90/180-day rule and ETIAS are irrelevant to this route. You must hold the actual passport of an eligible country (permanent residency does not qualify), and you must be outside Australia when you apply and when the visa is granted. Always confirm details on the official Department of Home Affairs website before travel, as visa policy can change.