Electronic Visa?

Anyone ever used ont of the online electronic visitor visa from the US
to Oz? Have any trouble with it? Somehow I feel better having it put
in my passport before I leave home!

Thoughts?


John

In article ,
(jb) wrote:

Anyone ever used ont of the online electronic visitor visa from the US
to Oz? Have any trouble with it? Somehow I feel better having it put
in my passport before I leave home!

there;'s no paper option

in article , Not the Karl
Orff at wrote on 3/18/04 12:24 PM:

In article ,
(jb) wrote:

Anyone ever used ont of the online electronic visitor visa from the US
to Oz? Have any trouble with it? Somehow I feel better having it put
in my passport before I leave home!

there;'s no paper option

That was my reaction first time I saw the ETA too; still, it works (rather
well).

Well, actually there IS a paper option. One can go to an Australian
Embassy and get the visa the old fashioned way!


J


On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 16:24:04 GMT, Not the Karl Orff
wrote:

In article ,
(jb) wrote:

Anyone ever used ont of the online electronic visitor visa from the US
to Oz? Have any trouble with it? Somehow I feel better having it put
in my passport before I leave home!

there;'s no paper option

Thanks for your comments.



J



On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 16:47:04 GMT, Raffi Balmanoukian
a wrote:
That was my reaction first time I saw the ETA too; still, it works (rather
well).

In article ,
(jb) wrote:

Well, actually there IS a paper option. One can go to an Australian
Embassy and get the visa the old fashioned way!

i asked when ETA's inception first came around (1996?) No paper option.

jb wrote:
Anyone ever used ont of the online electronic visitor visa from the US
to Oz? Have any trouble with it? Somehow I feel better having it put
in my passport before I leave home!

Thoughts?

Not from the US, but from Europe. No problem whatsoever. To be on the
safe side, I noted down the information from the website
(http://www.eta.immi.gov.au/. Not that it is any kind of 'proof', but
anyway. You can also *check* your ETA on the website.

As far as a paper option: I think an embassy etc. will just do the
same. They might give you a printout, but that will be equally useless
(as the information/printouts from the website). I don't think they
make/put a note/sticker in your passport like they used to do.

If you haven't already done so, also see the FAQs on the site. Perhaps
this one puts your mind at ease (i.e. the airline won't let you fly
unless *they* are satisfied):

6. How does the airline know I have a visa to travel to Australia?

Airlines have access to the ETA database through their reservation
systems. They will make an enquiry to determine your visa status when
you check in for your flight.

Well let us nit pick shall we? There IS a paper option for an
Australian visitor visa-----which is what I referred to.

Obviously there is no peper option for an ETA.

Geezzz



J


On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 17:04:03 GMT, Not the Karl Orff
wrote:

In article ,
(jb) wrote:

Well, actually there IS a paper option. One can go to an Australian
Embassy and get the visa the old fashioned way!

i asked when ETA's inception first came around (1996?) No paper option.

Thank you sir.




J


On 18 Mar 2004 19:00:26 GMT, Frank Slootweg
wrote:

jb wrote:
Anyone ever used ont of the online electronic visitor visa from the US
to Oz? Have any trouble with it? Somehow I feel better having it put
in my passport before I leave home!

Thoughts?

Not from the US, but from Europe. No problem whatsoever. To be on the
safe side, I noted down the information from the website
(http://www.eta.immi.gov.au/. Not that it is any kind of 'proof', but
anyway. You can also *check* your ETA on the website.

As far as a paper option: I think an embassy etc. will just do the
same. They might give you a printout, but that will be equally useless
(as the information/printouts from the website). I don't think they
make/put a note/sticker in your passport like they used to do.

If you haven't already done so, also see the FAQs on the site. Perhaps
this one puts your mind at ease (i.e. the airline won't let you fly
unless *they* are satisfied):

6. How does the airline know I have a visa to travel to Australia?

Airlines have access to the ETA database through their reservation
systems. They will make an enquiry to determine your visa status when
you check in for your flight.

In article ,
(jb) wrote:

Well let us nit pick shall we? There IS a paper option for an
Australian visitor visa-----which is what I referred to.

Obviously there is no peper option for an ETA.

I asked, to get a new paper visa (I had one from prior to ETA
inception). If paper visas were available, the local consulate wasn't
issuing them.