All travellers coming to South Australia must complete the Cross Border Travel Registration at least 7 days prior to travel, irrespective of whether they are from a low community transmission zone or a prescribed location.
Travellers must complete a separate Cross Border Travel Registration for each person in your travelling party including all children. You will experience delays on arrival if you have not completed an application for each person.
Anyone with an Approved Essential Traveller Application that is due to expire on any date in February 2021 have automatically had their approval extended for a period of 6 months. There is no requirement to make a new application. Anyone who has an application that expired prior to January 2021 are required to reapply using the current process.
In effect from 12:01am 18 February 2021:
Travel from Greater Melbourne (including Shire of Mitchell) is still prohibited.
People are permitted to travel from Victoria including regional (other than Greater Melbourne, including Shire of Mitchell) to South Australia providing they have not been in Greater Melbourne (including Shire of Mitchell) on or after 12.01 am on 4 February 2021.
Transiting through Melbourne Airport is now permitted providing the person has been in a Low Community Transmission Zone for the previous 14 days, are only in the airport for two hours or less and are wearing a mask the entire time they are in transit.
Transiting through Greater Melbourne (including Shire of Mitchell) is permitted providing the person has been in a Low Community Transmission Zone for the past 14 days, travels via the most direct route, wears a mask when coming into contact with members of the public and stops only for emergencies or essentials including fuel and respite.
People who have entered South Australia having been in Greater Melbourne (including Shire of Mitchell), Melbourne Airport or Terminal 4 of Melbourne Airport who entered under a previous Direction must continue to adhere to the COVID-19 testing and self-quarantine requirements as directed.
Exemptions
People relocating to South Australia, South Australia residents returning and people escaping Domestic Violence are permitted to enter from Victoria however, they must self-quarantine for 14 days, receive COVID-19 tests on days 1, 5 and 12 and wear a mask when they have contact with the members of the public.
Additional Victorian traveller requirements table
People currently undertaking 14 days of quarantine from the Greater Brisbane Area prior to 12:01am on 17 January 2021 are not able to leave quarantine prior to the 14 days unless they have the approval of SA Health Exemptions Team.
People passing through South Australia must take the most direct and practical route and means, and:
If you are planning travel to SA, aim to complete the cross border travel registration form at least 7 days before you leave, regardless of where your travel begins. If you are applying for essential traveller categories, please attach relevant documents to assist with assessment and determination.
Some Essential Travellers seeking to enter SA from Prohibited Locations will require written approval from SA Health before submitting a Cross Border Travel Registration to SA Police. An Exemptions Panel led by the Chief Public Health Officer and authorised officers, meets regularly to consider the exemption requests. Your Cross Border Travel application cannot proceed for these categories until you have written approval from SA Health. Attach approvals prior to applying.
People will require written approval from SA Health if they are travelling to South Australia from New South Wales and you are seeking essential traveller status or exemption for:
All applications for Essential Traveller status from SA Health must be submitted using the online SA Health Essential Traveller Application form.
Travellers will be required to wear a surgical face mask in SA when in contact with the public. All overseas travellers are required to have the mandatory COVID-19 testing on day 1, day 5, and day 12 of entry into SA.
The Health Exemption request application, with supporting evidence to support your request, should be submitted to the Exemptions Team as soon as possible and before you apply for a Cross Border Travel Registration from SA Police.
People are now permitted to travel from New Zealand to South Australia providing they adhere to the following restrictions.
Any person travelling from the New Zealand must receive a COVID-19 test within 24 hours from arrival in South Australia and self-quarantine until they receive a negative test result. They must get tested again on day 5 and day 12. A person does not need to remain in self-quarantine after receiving the first negative COVID-19 test unless they have COVID-19 symptoms.
People who are currently in self-quarantine having travelled from New Zealand under a previous Direction are no longer required to complete the remainder of their 14 days, providing they have received at least one negative COVID-19 test. Travellers will need to get the remaining of their COVID-19 test on days 5 and 12.
If you are travelling to SA having been in an overseas jurisdiction in the last 14 days (excluding New Zealand), you will be directed to quarantine at a place determined by an authorised officer for a 14 day period commencing on the date of arrival in Australia.
At the airport checkpoint you will need photo id and:
If not done prior to arrival, complete the online registration form at the checkpoint.
All traveller arrivals will be registered on police systems to allow compliance checking of self-quarantine requirements if required.
If you need to speak to someone about your travel phone the SA Information Line on 1800 253 787.
A person who is in quarantine and refuses a COVID-19 test must remain in quarantine for an additional 10 day period and includes other persons quarantining with that person.
A person under the age of 16 years who is required to remain quarantined at a place determined by an authorised officer (international arrival) is required to submit a COVID-19 test on Day 1, Day 5 and 12. If the child refuses or fails to submit to a test, the child must remain in quarantine for an additional 10 days (including carer).
A person must not make a statement on an application or upon arrival that is false or misleading, or refuse or fail to answer questions asked by an authorised officer or a person responsible for assisting in the administration of cross border travel.
For families, each individual must complete a separate cross border travel registration form.