The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation consists of 29 Asian and Pacific countries who have established cooperative arrangements to promote trade and business. These include Australia, Brunei, Chile, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Singapore, Taipei, Thailand, Vietnam and Russia. Canada and United States are also members.
If you are the head of a business entity or the owner or director of a registered business or a nominated employee of that business, you may be eligible to apply for an APEC Business Travel Card. If you are a senior government official, you might also be eligible to apply.
This is a card which is the size of a credit card and it identifies your passport details, lists the countries that you can enter and stay in for periods of up to 60 or 90 days and provides access to fast track entry and exit lanes in major airports.
You can apply for an APEC Business Travel Card through the appropriate organisation in your home country. All details are available on the website travel.apec.org. In Australia, you can download the application form at http://www.immi.gov.au/Business/Pages/apec-travel-card.aspx. Complete the form and courier it to APEC Business Travel Card Scheme, Department of Immigration and Boarder Protection, Level 2, 299 Adelaide Street, Brisbane, Qld, 4000.
Andrew and Tony Lovett
18 June 2015
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