Work and travel visa only for students...,must be certified by your university.....and only 100 slots a year....

I never have hotel booking in Australia.....never kena

The story doesn't add up..... obviously one sided....

The money is just a red herring....they profile from behaviour, not cash.....I usually just have AUD50 for emergency.....lol

The USA has been profiling travellers and checking at boarding for years.....

Don't know Australia to do that.....but with the current statistics of plane jumpers from msia, I am not surprised.....

They have lately started to reject ETA applications, something unheard before.....and they do regularly profile people on arrival and turn back some.....but doing so before boarding is new.....

There is also a possibility they may remove msia from the ETA program.....too many abuses....and put msia with most of Asia requiring a formal application for visa.....which is a bummer as I travel there 2-3 times a year....

This post has been edited by limeuu: Aug 6 2019, 11:58 PM

Nope....if you want to enter kafir country.....in fact you will be shortlisted for extra treatment.....lol

Obviously profiled to be suspicious....

But it's new.....I have visited Australia more than 30 times over the last 30 years never encounter this....

In a group, collaboration of story is important....

Anyone watch border patrol?....

Eh.....young Chinese is the top plane jumpers lah....lol

Go watch border security, the Australian reality TV series.....

This post has been edited by limeuu: Aug 7 2019, 12:17 AM

Actually, hirano's experience is interesting....they obviously realised many try to escape scrutiny by travelling through 3rd country.....spore being an obvious transit point.....and actually checking people travelling to Singapore.....

Read what I wrote carefully again.....

And I transit through Changi half my trips using sq or QF.....I know there is no check Changi.....

But then I never notice any checks in KLIA either.....

It's not new/empty passport that's the problem....it's 1st trip to Oz.....

They have records of all your past visits.....even if you have new passport, they know how many times before with previous passports....unless you change name.....but with biometrics, they can still match up with previous identities....

How is that racist?.....statistics shows msians make up the most plane jumpers....the law allows then to refuse entry to anyone they consider a risk to country. ..democracy does not apply to foreigners....you cannot vote.....

It's the same in all countries....msia do the same to other nationals eg Bangla indons.....

Nothing to do with racism....

Got people go Japan and Egypt jump plane pick fruits?....

It's not the language, but how to profile people who jump plane....language is one of the criteria.....but the overall behaviour lah.....

Go watch border security and see what's occuring in real life ...

This is also an increasing trend....record shows more than 10k msians almost all Malays are applying for asylum status.....

Not to mention that phone scamming case recently....

So young msian Chinese profiled for fruit picking.....young Malays for seeking asylum.....Indians how?

That's what I am afraid they will do....there is just too much abuses ongoing with the ETA.... Makes things difficult for everyone else....

That's why I support these security measures, and no sympathy for those profiled and rejected....you can see in reality TV border security, how some arrivals behave.....if I am the officer, i will also reject.....

This post has been edited by limeuu: Aug 7 2019, 08:20 AM

That's why I said we don't have the full picture and obviously something triggered the profiling.....

I am also surprised they screen at boarding now....never noted this before....

But already 3 years ago, Oz immigration already said they are reviewing ETA for msia due to abuses.....so this may be a temporary measure until they remove msia from the ETA program....

Then you apply for visa like most of Asia.....like applying for us visa....show proof of real visit and why you are likely to leave after....and in some cases, medical examination....the usual visa allows only one visit.....

The ETA is electronic, no questions asked right to initiate travel, valid for 1 year, multiple entries up to 3 months stay each....open to select asian countries like Japan, Singapore, HK, SK, Brunei.....and Msia.....(also of course open to the developed western world of Europe and North America)....

Then they will not even be allowed to check in....the ETA is linked to airlines reservation system....and the list of passengers is already transmitted to Oz before you even board.....no ETA, the system rejects check in.....

The main problem with the msian passport is we don't have surnames.... The double chevron is missing (indicating surname).....so if your booking name is slightly different from the passport name (different order), you can get rejected.....that is why I cannot check in online with sq to Oz.... strangely no problem with MH and QF.....

Ah.....that explains why my wife can never pass face recognition....also 2 letter surname.....lol

If cheap no refund ticket, burnt lah ...if flex ticket, can refund but still needs to pay some fees....