No entry stamp in Sydney?

The plural of anecdote however is not data.

" This is clearly a case of shutting the door after the horse has bolted. "

Seems as though I kind of missed the afternoon Calgary Stampede, lots of stamping there possible too.

Like a few double Wows and even more wows!

My grandfather was a Stamp. Came from Gympie.

Gympie is the redneck, flat-earther capital of the country. This explains rather a lot.

Aha, so you're a stampergrandie eh!, kind of got stamped from woods to the west?

Aha, so you're a stampergrandie eh!, kind of got stamped from woods to the west?

I think I give up.

Yup - should have asked for it on entry - I didn't expect not to be stamped and was caught off-guard when the immigration officer just quickly looked at her screen and my passport front cover and handed it back almost immediately. I will try to have a greater presence of mind on departure...

Anyways just to be clearer - I study in the U.S. and when applying for a Schengen visa for example from there, the consulates care nearly as much as the U.S. government that I am a law-abiding student there. So if they see from my passport that I didn't return for a semester, and cannot see from my passport that I actually spent that semester in Australia, I would have some explaining to do.

If indeed they share some sort of information, that's great. If not, well, I am not doing anything illegal and happy to explain if asked but would like to avoid that situation.

You may think I'm being paranoid. That's fair. But I try to avoid visa rejections to keep my slate clean. When I applied for a Schengen visa from the U.S. last year, I carried 4 folders stuffed with documents. If that's the price of peace of mind, so be it.

#34, my maidn name was just plain Wes. But I'll tell you something not quite strange. My sisters married name is the same as the last bit of mine. Mine just has three more letters. She wasc married more than 15 years before me.

#36,just reread what you originally wrote. You said you asked and were told " no need for stamp". No one here works for Immigration and can tell you different.

#16, what a load of rubbish.Being granted a visa from one country is no guarantee you will get one for another.

Stick to your knitting, @westwood. A number of Balkan countries, especially those that have recent EU status but are not yet part of the Schengen scheme, have made a point of accepting a current Schengen visa in lieu of a specific country visa. In other situations, visa applicants from countries regarded as 'high risk' can bolster their likelihood of success if they can demontrate travel and return according to the terms specified in visas already held.

If indeed they share some sort of information, that's great. If not, well, I am not doing anything illegal and happy to explain if asked but would like to avoid that situation.

Apart from Schengen countries, which of necessity use a common tracking system, the immigration authorities across other countries do not routinely share information about entries and exits. Why would they?

In this thread there is a lot of nonsensical speculation asserted as fact. Most posters in this branch do not have knowledge of the visa and immigration processes beyond the narrow and predictable range of destinations they favour.

@ansh_jain_97 -- given your ambition for global conquest you were correct to be concerned about the lack of a stamp upon arrival. Certainly ask for one when you exit, but be ready to explain why. If you want something more substantial you can ask for a copy of your movement records, but this will take some time. Finding someone qualified to certify copies of documents can also be a chore.

• https://www.border.gov.au/Forms/Documents/1359.pdf