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Count days in Australia for visa or citizenship planning
Enter your arrival date and an end date to see how many days you've been in Australia in one unbroken spell. Useful as a rough check against visa conditions, the 183-day tax test or the citizenship residence requirement. It counts a single stretch of dates and does not subtract trips out of Australia: for an official citizenship count use the Department of Home Affairs residence calculator.
Add arrival and optional end date to see total days in Australia.
This calculator is not intended to be relied on for the purposes of making a decision in relation to a financial product. Before you make a financial decision, consider obtaining advice from someone who holds an Australian Financial Services Licence. We do not, and we cannot advise you.
Several visa and citizenship requirements depend on how many days you've spent in Australia. This calculator gives a quick count between two dates.
You must have been living in Australia on a valid visa for 4 years immediately before you apply, holding a permanent visa or a Special Category visa for the last 12 months. The requirement is written as two absence caps rather than a minimum time present: no more than 12 months outside Australia in total across those 4 years, and no more than 90 days outside Australia in the 12 months immediately before you apply. The second cap is the tighter one and is what most applicants trip on.
This counts every day between the two dates, including any you spent overseas in between. It is a single unbroken spell, not a multi-trip total: subtract your time out of Australia yourself, or use the Home Affairs residence calculator, which handles absences and visa types.
You must have been living in Australia on a valid visa for 4 years immediately before you apply, holding a permanent visa or a Special Category visa for the last 12 months. The requirement is written as two absence caps rather than a minimum time present: no more than 12 months outside Australia in total across those 4 years, and no more than 90 days outside Australia in the 12 months immediately before you apply. The second cap is the tighter one and is what most applicants trip on.
No. The general residence requirement does not set a minimum number of months present per year: it caps absences instead, no more than 12 months away in total over the 4 years, and no more than 90 days away in the final 12 months. Separate concessions and exemptions can apply, so check your own case with Home Affairs.
Only as a rough check. It counts one unbroken stretch of dates and cannot subtract time you spent overseas, so it will overstate your presence if you have travelled. Use the official Department of Home Affairs Residence Calculator, which handles absences and visa types.
Generally yes - the day you arrive and the day you leave both count as days in Australia for most calculations.
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This calculator exists to show you the arithmetic. It applies published Australian rates, thresholds and formulas to the numbers you enter and shows the working, so you can check it. That is all it does — it produces a number and describes what the number is. It does not recommend anything and it holds no opinion about any financial product.
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This calculator is not intended to be relied on for the purposes of making a decision in relation to a financial product. Before you make a financial decision, consider obtaining advice from someone who holds an Australian Financial Services Licence. We do not, and we cannot advise you.