hi all,

just wanted to know if anyone (USC) has ever experienced any trouble entering Australia, ie trouble of the sort that has sometimes been experienced by non-USCs entering the States...? my fiancé will be arriving in a week and I want him to be prepared

(background: he's staying for two weeks, before we fly back to the US together; I am in receipt of my K-1 and we're within all deadlines... we'll have a party, but not even a ceremony, while he's here, so no worries about the wedding taking place in the wrong country or anything like that
oh, and I'm assuming that he still needs an ETA? I haven't seen anything saying not, but I just don't know how up to date all the sites are )


thanks in advance for any helpful replies!

We just applied online for an ETA for my husband (they charge au $20) and it was immediate, on the site it said to book it 2 weeks before but there shouldnt be a problem. You have to be outside Oz to do that, so he will have to do the online application. We did the same thing last year. Here is the site  <www.eta.immi.gov.au/>

On arrival we didnt have any problems, and I cant imagine he will, after all he has his return ticket and the K1 pretty much ensures you wont marry

Good luck, have a fantastic time, take pics with your family for AOS, it all helps.

I have entered Oz three times on visitor visas and never had a problem. He will be right!!!

My love was working in Queensland for some time and I took the kids down to spend a couple months with him using VWP.. had no trouble at all!

Congratulations!!! What an exciting time for you!

I never had a single hassle entering Australia on a visitor's Visa. I think the most taxing thing was standing in line.