how long to clear immigration on arrival?
Jun 27th 2007, 10:21 am
#16
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Re: how long to clear immigration on arrival?
Just do in as normal. They stamp your passport and that has the date. Your passport details get scanned into the system same as a holiday visa.
Jun 27th 2007, 10:21 am
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Re: how long to clear immigration on arrival?
ok, presuming the plane arrives on time and that the kids haven't tried to smuggle in anything illegal like the odd apple....
Realistically how long does it take to collect baggage/ get through immigration and get your tootsies on real australian soil?
Our flight alledgedly arrives at 1435 and I need to book a vehicle for collection.... how many hours does this final bit take?
I'm sorry about the muppet posts but obviously have reached the stage where the devil is in the detail.... and its this that is worrying me... another few weeks and it will all be over and the muppet questions will have stopped and you will just be getting muppet first/seciond/third week in Oz reports
Realistically how long does it take to collect baggage/ get through immigration and get your tootsies on real australian soil?
Our flight alledgedly arrives at 1435 and I need to book a vehicle for collection.... how many hours does this final bit take?
I'm sorry about the muppet posts but obviously have reached the stage where the devil is in the detail.... and its this that is worrying me... another few weeks and it will all be over and the muppet questions will have stopped and you will just be getting muppet first/seciond/third week in Oz reports
Having gone through immigration at Perth a number of times, all I can say, is get off that plane FAST!!! No hanging about, and be the first in the queue at passport control. Perth is a strange airport, sometimes it can be hours before a flight lands, then all of a sudden 2 or 3 come in at once. Each flight holds about 250 people so you can imagine how long the queue can be. Passport control is very thorough. None of this flicking through your passport and waving you on. They scrutenise all the passports and will ask you where you are staying. Ensure you have filled in the questionare on the flight and be ready to hand it in with your passports. Good luck
Jun 27th 2007, 10:21 am
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Jun 27th 2007, 10:22 am
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Re: how long to clear immigration on arrival?
Having gone through immigration at Perth a number of times, all I can say, is get off that plane FAST!!! No hanging about, and be the first in the queue at passport control. Perth is a strange airport, sometimes it can be hours before a flight lands, then all of a sudden 2 or 3 come in at once. Each flight holds about 250 people so you can imagine how long the queue can be. Passport control is very thorough. None of this flicking through your passport and waving you on. They scrutenise all the passports and will ask you where you are staying. Ensure you have filled in the questionare on the flight and be ready to hand it in with your passports. Good luck
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Jun 27th 2007, 10:37 am
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Re: how long to clear immigration on arrival?
Having gone through immigration at Perth a number of times, all I can say, is get off that plane FAST!!! No hanging about, and be the first in the queue at passport control. Perth is a strange airport, sometimes it can be hours before a flight lands, then all of a sudden 2 or 3 come in at once. Each flight holds about 250 people so you can imagine how long the queue can be. Passport control is very thorough. None of this flicking through your passport and waving you on. They scrutenise all the passports and will ask you where you are staying. Ensure you have filled in the questionare on the flight and be ready to hand it in with your passports. Good luck
Jun 27th 2007, 10:46 am
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Re: how long to clear immigration on arrival?
no welcoming committee? no brass band? no speeches by men in red coats wearing bling bling?
don't know that I'll bother now...
don't know that I'll bother now...
Jun 27th 2007, 5:45 pm
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Re: how long to clear immigration on arrival?
they'll
let cornish pasties through border control?
let cornish pasties through border control?
Jun 27th 2007, 6:20 pm
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Re: how long to clear immigration on arrival?
have 2 grumpy toddlers get through in minutes....
when we were in perth in april 07 we arrived at 12midnight 4 jumbos arrived at the same time,so immigration was heaving.
immigration officer saw that dd aged 16months was very grumpy told us to follow him and he opened a terminal just for us we cleared imm in about 5 mins
we could feel the daggers been thrown at us but we did not care
lovely man
when we were in perth in april 07 we arrived at 12midnight 4 jumbos arrived at the same time,so immigration was heaving.
immigration officer saw that dd aged 16months was very grumpy told us to follow him and he opened a terminal just for us we cleared imm in about 5 mins
we could feel the daggers been thrown at us but we did not care
lovely man
Jun 27th 2007, 7:26 pm
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Re: how long to clear immigration on arrival?
There is no difference between the two areas and I have seen them us the aussie one when the other queue was long.
You may get sent to the back of the other queue if your not an aussie passport holder and may get refused entry because you can't read (Joking).
I have found that it doesn't matter which queue you are in since your bags come out at the same time (late). Therefore you are either waiting in the immigration queue or in the queue for your bags.
If you want to miss the queues then don't get an early arrival flight. Most flights get in early (in Sydney anyway).
Jun 27th 2007, 8:29 pm
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Re: how long to clear immigration on arrival?
Jun 27th 2007, 11:16 pm
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Re: how long to clear immigration on arrival?
ok, presuming the plane arrives on time and that the kids haven't tried to smuggle in anything illegal like the odd apple....
Realistically how long does it take to collect baggage/ get through immigration and get your tootsies on real australian soil?
Our flight alledgedly arrives at 1435 and I need to book a vehicle for collection.... how many hours does this final bit take?
I'm sorry about the muppet posts but obviously have reached the stage where the devil is in the detail.... and its this that is worrying me... another few weeks and it will all be over and the muppet questions will have stopped and you will just be getting muppet first/seciond/third week in Oz reports
Realistically how long does it take to collect baggage/ get through immigration and get your tootsies on real australian soil?
Our flight alledgedly arrives at 1435 and I need to book a vehicle for collection.... how many hours does this final bit take?
I'm sorry about the muppet posts but obviously have reached the stage where the devil is in the detail.... and its this that is worrying me... another few weeks and it will all be over and the muppet questions will have stopped and you will just be getting muppet first/seciond/third week in Oz reports
Jun 28th 2007, 4:13 am
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Re: how long to clear immigration on arrival?
Actually Brisbane airport was really fast at getting the baggage out problem for us was that the airline lost our buggy so we had to wait quite a while to get that sorted (got it sent 3 days later), we did get told off because we forgot about some lollies (sweets) in one of the bags which the customs fella had to confiscate.
Good luck
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Jun 28th 2007, 10:15 am
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Re: how long to clear immigration on arrival?
ok, presuming the plane arrives on time and that the kids haven't tried to smuggle in anything illegal like the odd apple....
Realistically how long does it take to collect baggage/ get through immigration and get your tootsies on real australian soil?
Our flight alledgedly arrives at 1435 and I need to book a vehicle for collection.... how many hours does this final bit take?
I'm sorry about the muppet posts but obviously have reached the stage where the devil is in the detail.... and its this that is worrying me... another few weeks and it will all be over and the muppet questions will have stopped and you will just be getting muppet first/seciond/third week in Oz reports
Realistically how long does it take to collect baggage/ get through immigration and get your tootsies on real australian soil?
Our flight alledgedly arrives at 1435 and I need to book a vehicle for collection.... how many hours does this final bit take?
I'm sorry about the muppet posts but obviously have reached the stage where the devil is in the detail.... and its this that is worrying me... another few weeks and it will all be over and the muppet questions will have stopped and you will just be getting muppet first/seciond/third week in Oz reports
Not sure if this helps but going to try it next time.
Jun 28th 2007, 10:54 am
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Re: how long to clear immigration on arrival?
Took me about an hour, i even got a " welcome to Australia John " 