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Border security

Border security officers can see far more than your basic details when you are arriving in a country.

More than basic details: What border officials know about you

It’s not so much what immigration officers can see about you, but what they can’t.

  • Michael Gebicki
“Enhanced vetting” is seeing some travellers turned away from the US at the border for unusual reasons.

An Australian was denied US entry for bizarre reasons. He’s not alone

One Australian traveller says he’s now $15,000 out of pocket after being denied entry to the US after “enhanced vetting”. His crime? Choosing a cheap fare.

  • Anthony Dennis
One reader has found the rollout of new SmartGates at Sydney Airport to be a schemozzle.

Passenger anger over new ‘improved’ SmartGates at Australian airports

Border Force claims the new SmartGates have made things quicker, but that’s not my experience or those of our readers. But at least one positive change is coming.

  • Michael Gebicki
Losing your passport overseas is not the disaster you might expect.

I lost my passport overseas. Here’s how I got home without it

I had two options: cancel my passport or continue my holiday and hope that it turned up. It didn’t.

  • Justine Costigan

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