No entry stamp in Sydney?

Last month when I left the UK for Oz, no-one wanted to see my passport. Neither at check-in or anywhere else...........

Weird....

Working bacwards they took your card and allowed you to exit without checking so no issues - when you entered they recorded this on computer system no need for stamp - this will not effect any future visits - when you leave this too will be recorded electronically. --- this is more and more the way of travel world wide

Notwithstanding all the clever e-wizardry, I still wish every Immigration officer in the world still had a little Mickey-Mouse stamp, saying :Landed in Ulaanbaatar, or whatever. And I also wish they were a bit more pleasant.

When are you going back to fess up to all that hashish you brought through?

Thanks for all your replies.

Is it possible though to request an exit stamp at Sydney airport while not using the egates?

Thanks.

If you don't ask, you won't know what they will do. You can request a record of your movements into and out of Australia. No guarantees this will be correct. One of my children had multiple entries into Australia but nothing leaving in between. And another had something similar but in reverse.

there seems to be some hidden agenda here - why are you obsessed with stamps in your passport? It is not the usual to have stamps anymore - the computer entries tracks your movements.

Some people just like to see all those stamps to remind them of where they have been, especially if they have a poor memory, a bit like collecting mail stamps and postcards which are becoming more and more a rarity.

Call it part of the romance of travelling if you like.

when I was clearing customs and was directed by the customs agent to a certain counter, I thought I was following the path to the counter but happened to just exit the customs zone to the outside.

This happens when you have indicated nothing on your landing card to warrant an inspection -- no foodstuffs, no plant material, no visits to yellow fever territories, no freshwater fishing/diving/skiing. The customs officials will direct you to the most efficient exit.

As the others have said, immigration stamps (and paper visas) are of little and declining importance at Australia borders and elsewhere. Computer records are easily checked and are less subject to tampering. A lack of entry or exit stamps will not affect your future travel.