APEC Business Travel Card gains popularity
More than 15,500 Australian business people presently hold APEC Business Travel Cards, according to recent statistics from the Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship. Australians hold 36 per cent of all APEC Business Travel Cards in circulation.
The APEC Business Travel Card gives frequent business travellers from participating APEC members streamlined entry into other parts of APEC. It began in 1997 as a pilot program to promote business mobility and has grown to encompass 19 of APEC’s 21 members*, including the United States, Japan and China.
Key features of the APEC Business Travel Cards are:
- Enables business people, through a single application form, to obtain multiple short-term entry permits; and
- Fast tracks the entry and exit of cardholders through special APEC lanes at major international airports in APEC member economies;
More information about eligibility for the APEC Business Travel Card.
* Participating APEC members are: Australia, Brunei Darussulam, Chile, China, Hong Kong China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Singapore, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, United States and Vietnam.