Thanks for all your replies.
The reason I would like an exit stamp is to prove my stay in Australia to foreign governments, for example, when I apply for a visa for another country (such as a Schengen visa). I doubt they would be able to see my history of travel to Australia.
cheers,
Ansh
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Big brother is not just a TV show ansh and it is for sure that even Vladimir will know when you are travelling to Europe, they likely to have noticed how easily you sauntered into Australia unnoticed so do not be too surprised if you find a nice looking blonde who strikes up a conversation with you which gets around to how beautiful St. Petersburg is.
mmm dont see how its relevant eg going to Schengen area they wouldnt care if you have been somewhere else in the world. I think you are worrying over nothing - dont stress just enjoy your travel :-)
gcn, unlike ainsh, we do not live on the planet where there might be closer scrutiny of where people might be travelling to, ie. it is only this month that Indians can apply for a visitor visa to here online ( possibly just due to to the huge increase in numbers applying and substantial time frames - maybe it'll be OK but then if overstays suddenly rise, something else could be happening other than a lot of Indians thinking the Chinese are about to invade ) , so ainsh's thinking is " see Euro border force, the Aussies let me in and I'm a good guy " , something us Aussies never really have to think about even if we have had some rowdy riff raff being poor ambasadors for us.
My most memorable stamps are my Thailand overstay ones. And they mean squiddly to anyone else.
My most memorable was a SH stamp from Malaysia in my first passport - SH stood for Suspected Hippie
Thanks for all the replies - travoyageur basically sums it up - travelling to first-world countries looks good for visas to other first-world countries.
#16, what a load of rubbish.Being granted a visa from one country is no guarantee you will get one for another.
Just as with MMR, looking good is quite different to a guarantee but it doesn't have too bad side effects.
The reason I would like an exit stamp is to prove my stay in Australia to foreign governments, for example, when I apply for a visa for another country (such as a Schengen visa). I doubt they would be able to see my history of travel to Australia.
If you have an e-passport (and probably even if not), basically Immigration Officer in most parts of the world can see you travel history - it is all stored electronically - and i provided by Immigration in other countries, or airlines, or cruise ships.
While it i true that having certain stamps in your passport can result in a very negative experience (on terrorism, health, or political grounds), having certain "respectable" countries in your passport will never amount to much in a positive way.
As noted above - Immigration official have the rules they go by - they are not going to be impressed by a stamp from Australia, or any other high-wealth Western country.