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Share ko lang din itong mga facts na nasa immi.gov.au website:
<b>Do I need a visa label in my passport?</b>
No. Australian visas are recorded electronically. You <i>do not need</i> a visa label in your passport to travel to, enter or stay in Australia.
<b>How will my visa be checked at the airport without a visa label?</b>
When you check-in to fly to Australia, airline staff will electronically confirm that you have a valid visa to travel to Australia before you board the plane.
This happens <i>even if you have a visa label</i> in your passport.
Speaking po from experience, sa Centrelink, sa Medicare, sa National Australia Bank at sa Vicroads nung hiningi ang visa evidence ko, isang bond paper lang ang katapat. Isang bond paper kung saan naka-print ang visa grant notice. Wala na silang tanong once makita nila. Never ako nagka-problema.
At 70AUD per person for the visa label, mabigat sa bulsa lalo na kung family kayo. At saka may additional risk yung pagpapa-visa label dahil ibibigay mo ang passport mo sa VIA tapos ang delivery ay through courier. Di natin masasabi, paano po kung maiwala nila ang passport?
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Ang palagay ko, It all boils down to one person's preference or kung sa slang word eh "trip" lang, kung saan sya masaya. To each its own kumbaga. Some doesn't mind the extra cost as for them it symbolize like a trophy or medal. A piece of sticker in their passport showing the fruit of their labor of getting that hard earned visa. Also, less hassle of bringing that visa grant letter (am i correct? as the sticker already shows your visa grant number, etc). Its only once in a lifetime so why not get it if you have a chance. Do what makes you happy. You deserves it.
I'm also inclined to get that sticker, but i have no budget as of now. I also don't know whether i will get it once may pera na kasi baka nagbago na isip ko that time. But its not something that i will get to post into my instagram/ facebook/ twitter/ or some other social media to impress other people, to gather likes, or to make others envy. Majority of those who got it have their own personal reasons and knew beforehand na parang symbolic nalang sya and hindi naman talaga kailangan.