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Honestly most countries are like this if you have to speak with customs. The US has been my worst experience and I use to cross into it frequently. At least w
by sanswork 10y ago
Honestly most countries are like this if you have to speak with customs. The US has been my worst experience and I use to cross into it frequently. At least with epassports these days I generally don't even have to talk to anyone when I arrive in Sydney except the guy that checks if you need to have the dogs sniff your bags.
- pandler 10y ago> I generally don't even have to talk to anyone when I arrive in Sydney I always have to speak to a customs agent when traveling to Australia. My passport and all alternate photo ids are pre-big-bushy-beard, which throws the facial recognition kiosks for a loop. I made the mistake of trying to joke about it to the customs agent one time, and I remember her raising her eyebrows at me and calling over a supervisor. The grandparent's comment is pretty descriptive of my experience at the Australian border. > At the airport we treat all arriving passengers as criminals
- sanswork 10y agoHow many borders is that not descriptive of though? The US border even fingerprints people now. The closest I've come to not being treated like a criminal are borders in SEA where the agents only spoke a few words of English so they may have looked at me like I was a criminal but couldn't really say it in a way I would understand.