Protocol Guidelines
14.1 Who is eligible?
The following persons are eligible for airport facilitation:
- head of state and accompanying spouse and children (see chapter 15)
- head of national government and accompanying spouse and children (see chapter 15)
- foreign minister and accompanying spouse and children (see chapter 15)
- guest of the Australian Government (see chapter 15)
Senior Foreign Visitors
- deputy head of state
- deputy head of national government
- parliamentary presiding officers – Speaker or President of a House of Parliament or equivalent (official visit)
- former head of state
- former head of national government
- minister of national government (official visit)
- state or province governor or premier (official visit)
- chief justice of highest national court (official visit)
- central bank governor (official visit)
- head of UN agency or equivalent (official visit)
- guest of the Australian Parliament (email request to Parliamentary Relations Office of the Parliament of Australia at ipro@aph.gov.au)
- head of Canberra-based diplomatic mission on first arrival and final departure (official visit)
- non-resident head of diplomatic mission on arrival and departure for credentials presentation (official visit).
Last Updated: 13 February 2019