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> 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
by 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.