visas & immigration

Hi all, Please ease my fears. I am some what confident in my decision but everyone I have mentioned it to thinks I am nuts! I booked a relatively last minute trip to the USA, when going to apply for my ESTA I realised I just hit under 6mths left. Now I am enough of a world traveller to know...

I have two immigration fast track invitations for LHR Terminal 3 if someone would like one or both. Happy to give these to any AFFer who has at least 25 posts.

From Smartraveller update:

A question for those who travel on an NZ passport. My understanding is that if this is the case the normal 3 month required validity of passports doesn't hold between OZ and NZ and you can travel back and forth up until the last day before expiry but information on this seems varied. Can...

Lost Australian Passport

Hi guys, I am looking to get some guidance with my plans to go for an interview to get a Visa to the US. I've gone through many threads on this forum and it seems my situation may be a little different than most people. I'll try to keep this short. Early last year I applied for an ESTA to...

Is the British passport now the world's most expensive? It's not even close

Hello AFF community, I will be going to Europe for the first time in June this year (UK, Netherlands, Croatia, Sweden and Norway) I would like to know if travelling within the Schengen area is still free of passport control ? Or there are passport checks now, due to terrorism concerns ? Thank...

I think I am quite literate and my comprehension is fine. But the renewal of my passport and the wording on the Passport website is very ordinary. The issue. I have a passport that requires renewal. It is issued in my married name as have the last 3 passports been issued in my married name...

When renewing, does the pp office add the months remaining on the older pp? I'm guessing not.

Visas : Vietnam portal on Immigration - National portal on Immigration You can now dodge the visa sponsorship pre-approval letter sites for < 30 day stays .Hopefully 90min-2 hour visa delays at the airport will come down. To enter Vietnam, you must have a valid and appropriate visa, a visa...

Hi AFFers, Lady_Lenny and I are heading to Europe over New Year, now whilst we have travelled through Europe extensively in the past I have a question re Immigration/Passport control in Munich. I hold a UK passport in addition to my Aussie one so am an EU citizen (for now at least!!) whereas...

So heading over to NYC for a wedding late next month, flying via Korea on Asiana. Earlier this year when SWMBO and I flew into LAX, she had some passport issues. They started by saying that she didn't have a valid ESTA (which she did) and that she wouldn't be granted entry (which she was). They...

Your passport's on us I Qantas US We'll take $135 off your ticket Right now, when you book your flights to Australia with Qantas, we'll cover the cost of your new passport.* That's $135 off your booking, per person, on all eligible flights. Why? Because we heard quite a few people don’t have...

In fairly general terms, does anyone know from when you had to have a passport (or similar Travel ID document) to either leave Australia, and/or enter the UK – by ship or plane? We are doing some family history research and are trying to track down what happened to our mum’s mum – who was from...

Hi all, I was wondering can anybody advise if they have visited the USA having visited Iran before? I understand that in this scenario I would no longer be eligible for an ESTA and will need to arrange a formal visa prior. I am most interested in discovering if anybody has any experiences in...

Hi all I have an upcoming flight with QF MLB --> SYD --> SCL and I'm wondering about immigration etc. The flight is booked as one ticket, leaving T1 in Melbourne, arriving T3 Sydney and transiting to T1 Sydney for departure to SCL. I'm not 100% sure about the process so thought I'd ask here...

I am just writing this here to see if anybody has heard of this happening before. My partner and I are currently traveling around the USA and Canada. My partner is a dutch national on an Australian partner visa. When we entered Canada everything was fine but later on in the trip when we went...

'Human error' blamed after Flight Centre mistakenly releases passport details Does this really surprise anyone?

As another birthday approaches, I was reflecting on how some anniversaries and birthdays serve as special milestones that are otherwise unremarkable. As I was waking up this morning I was reflecting on how the AFF community had changed my attitude to travel and how to access benefits once...