Australia · 3 rules · 3 calculators · 1 answer
How many days can you spend in Australia?
It depends on what you’re counting. If you don’t reside in Australia, being there for more than half the income year — 183 days from 1 July — can make you resident for tax. A permanent resident needs 2 years in Australia in the last 5 for a 5-year Resident Return visa, and citizenship asks for 4 years living in Australia with no more than 12 months away.
Tax residency
Tax residency in Australia: the 183-day test
How many days can you spend in Australia before you’re resident for tax? If you don’t reside there, fewer than 183 in the income year, 1 July to 30 June — and the 183-day test doesn’t apply at all if your usual home is overseas and you don’t intend to live in Australia.
Residence permits
Leaving Australia: the Resident Return visa
With 2 years in Australia in the last 5 as a permanent visa holder or citizen, you get a 5-year travel facility; without them, substantial ties can give up to 12 months.
Citizenship
Australian citizenship: 4 years, 12 months away at most
You need a permanent visa for the last 12 months of the 4 years, and no more than 90 days away in that last year.
Day calculators for Australia
Australia: questions and answers.
How many days can I spend in Australia without becoming tax resident?
If you don’t reside in Australia, more than half the income year — 183 days between 1 July and 30 June — can make you resident, unless your usual home is overseas and you don’t intend to live in Australia. If you do reside there, you’re resident whatever the days.
How long can a permanent resident stay outside Australia?
The Resident Return visa decides it: with 2 years in Australia in the last 5 as a permanent visa holder or citizen, you get a 5-year travel facility; without them, substantial ties can give up to 12 months.
How many days can I spend outside Australia before applying for citizenship?
No more than 12 months in total in the 4 years before you apply, and no more than 90 days in the last 12 months.
How many days can you spend in Australia? FlySee counts them for you.
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- A tax tracker of your own counts the 183-day test: fewer than 183 days in the income year from 1 July, any part of a day
- Shows the date you can stay until, and the days left this income year
- Logs every day you’re in Australia and abroad, automatically, and rebuilds past trips from your photos
- Exports your trips with dates — PDF, Excel or CSV — for your application
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Sources
Australia 183-day test
- Income Tax Assessment Act 1936 — section 6(1), “resident” (Federal Register of Legislation, compilation of 1 October 2026)
- Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 — section 4-10 (income year) and section 6-5 (ordinary income)
- Acts Interpretation Act 1901 — section 2B, “financial year”
- Treasury — Modernising individual tax residency, consultation paper (July 2023)
FlySee counts days; it doesn’t give tax advice. Whether you’re resident is for you and your adviser.
FlySee counts days; it doesn’t give immigration advice. Whether you qualify is for you and your adviser.