"if u r a genuine visitor then u have nothing to fear.. because u will have the right answers to my questions and the papers that i want to see.. "

a friendly aunty angmoh lady immigration told me when i was abit nervous + tired after overnite flight into Melbourne during my first trip 25 years ago..

since then i have travelled there almost annually.. for work + family.. no issue with immigration. a few even welcomed me back.. (of course cause i freaking pay taxes there too)

unless u super unlucky.. u will get be welcomed into Aus.. maybe will take extra effort la..

Don't you all use the e-Gate when you clear immigration in Australia? I don't know whether it's because we are PRs or not, but my wife (she carries a Singaporean passport) is eligible for e-Gate use (no counters), and I use my Malaysian passport via the e-Gate (SmartGate), no worries. Don't even have to see the immigration officer's black face.

Don't you all use the e-Gate when you clear immigration in Australia? I don't know whether it's because we are PRs or not, but my wife (she carries a Singaporean passport) is eligible for e-Gate use (no counters), and I use my Malaysian passport via the e-Gate (SmartGate), no worries. Don't even have to see the immigration officer's black face.

Primary check
So if you are flagged as high risk, the smart gate will prompt error and ask u to go to manual counter.

Secondary check
is those immigration officer that holding tablets after the smart gate that will intercept you after you pass the e-gates if they see you as suspicious

Quite sad to think that the 2nd most powerful passport in ASEAN is treated like this ....

My ETA got approved in less than 30 minutes lol. hopefull won't kena stopped.

Shit. I can't believe that I've been travelling back and forth Singapore and Sydney (I'm still Malaysian, holding the 2nd most powerful passport in ASEAN) every other month, and I've been totally blind to all this! I just walk through the e-Gate and collect the bags at the belt. Half the time, we get waved through customs check as well, because we always make sure we pack our food stuff in a separate bag, ready for inspection.

I'm going to look out for these guys this coming visit .... just for fun

At immigrations there are those checks, quite fun to look around and observe.

Now i have been keeping an eye on customs. Because they seem to be quite random.. sometimes im not even carrying any checked-in luggage also kena stop. Sometimes with 2 huge checked-in luggage never kena stop for scanning.

Feels as if its totally based on how your face looks or how the officers mood

Which part of Australia you are going? Flight tickets return ok?

Melbourne, Gold Coast, Brisbane. I didn't even put a specific address

Flight tickets were ok but I didn't submit to them during the application.

Congrats! Hopefully this will be the start of a new trend where Australia won't be so anal about ETA applications from Malaysia anymore!

Melbourne, Gold Coast, Brisbane. I didn't even put a specific address

Flight tickets were ok but I didn't submit to them during the application.

No direct flight from Brisbane to KL right? Need to transit transit

Haha. Some may say that's racial profiling!

Just done re-submitted my ETA, this time i attached more then 10 attachment including my company SSM, my letter of verification and EPF statement as well. hopefully it grand me within these day, just wanna settle my airticket asap.

My ETA got rejected due to attachment insufficient, this round i attached more then 15 doc for them prove that i had a company here is under my name , SSM, form 49,my EFP saving, 3month paying slips and all and a letter from my company as employee verification.

i just put everything in as much as possible finger cross, will get it by next week.

My friend submitted the same attachment with me get Granted, but mine rejected. weird lol