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“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

Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/traveller/topic/border-security-5v4