abstract:SmartGate is an automated border processing system being introduced by the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service and New Zealand Customs Service. It is a secure and simple system that performs the customs and immigration checks normally made by a Customs Officer when a traveller arrives in either Australia or New Zealand.
Australia is now allowing U.S. trusted travelers to access their newly implemented SmartGate program on a trial basis without any additional registration requirements so long as participants meet the criteria I have listed below.