RubyPearl

Hi,

I know that there was a thread on this subject some time ago but I - honestly - cannot find it. Can anyone help?

I'm on a spouse visa.....wife is Aussie and kids have Oz Passports through descent.

We're due to go towards the end of June.....which will be my validation. Will the Aus Passport guys get arsey if I go through the aussie passport desk with my wife and kids (or vice versa)......

I know it's not a big deal, but with the 2 kids (under 5) and hand-luggage it'd be easy to go through together.

Not a big deal, but I know that one of you (at least) will have dealt with this in the past.

Cheers

Centurion

Having never done this I cannot comment with experience, however logic seems to dictate that this would be an unnecessarily confrontational way when dealing with immigration officials if you went through the channel designated for Australian passport holders.

I suppose you could always ask the random person who is airside and helps filter people into queues and things. You never know, they might be having a good day and just let you, but I should imagine that if its anything like immigration in any other country (UK) included, that the Australian desks are not properly equiped to deal with that.

Just my thoughts.

Wendy

I remembe reading a thread (or three ) saying that spouses get to go through the Australian Passport holders queue

NickyC

I think the notice says 'Australian Passport holders and their families'. Doesn't matter which passport the family has - as long as one in the group has an Australian passport you can all go together.

Same in the UK - as long as one of the party has a UK passport you can all go with them.

moneypenny20

You're fine. They expect the spouse to go through with the Aussie family. Upset my hubby because he tried telling me I had to go through the other nationals bit and a customs bloke looked at him and said don't be so daft

googy

Don't worry - i am sure it is fine..

I am an Aussie passport holder and all the time I go through the Overseas one - it is quicker... All the computers are the same - they only have seperate lines for management of the line sizes etc.

I have found a number of times that many people in the Aussie line aren't aussies or NZ. I seen ALOT of red passports. The trouble is that they have "Aussie and NZ Passport" ONLY in English , so when many tourist come in they line up in any line.... So when I get there (normally last off the plane) the Immigration official has said twice just to go in the foreign lane...