how long does it takes to clear immigration and customs in sydney international airport

macaraeg_mj · March 2012

ask ko lang, will be landing in sydney airport terminal 1 and then may connecting flight from sydney to brisbane. first time namin ito. 1 and half hour in between our arrival in sydney and departure to brisbane. kaya ba to?

macaraeg_mj · March 2012

ako na rin po sasagot. less than 5 minutes sa immigration officer check lang passport and visa no questions ask. sa customs and quarantine naman less than 15 minutes siguro. declared some item pero di na pinabuksan scan na lang saka tinanong kung yung dinidinclare mo ba e yung medicine. tapos sinabi ko rin na may used shoes sa bagahe pero nilinis naman. just have to be honest at kung hindi ka sure kung kelangan mo declare sabihin mo sa kanila di ka sure.

RClem · March 2012

Thanks for the info @macaraeg_jg. I wanted to help but I haven't stepped in OZ soil...yet

JClem · March 2012

Bawal po ba magdala ng old pairs of shoes? I mean kelangan din talaga i-declare?

ako na rin po sasagot. less than 5 minutes sa immigration officer check lang passport and visa no questions ask. sa customs and quarantine naman less than 15 minutes siguro. declared some item pero di na pinabuksan scan na lang saka tinanong kung yung dinidinclare mo ba e yung medicine. tapos sinabi ko rin na may used shoes sa bagahe pero nilinis naman. just have to be honest at kung hindi ka sure kung kelangan mo declare sabihin mo sa kanila di ka sure.

Bryann · March 2012

I think okay lang naman po, huwag lang siguro "deadly" yun amoy.

macaraeg_mj · April 2012

di naman bawal. kaya lang sabi kasi sa pdos na bawal yung mga na soiled like golf equipments. kaya inassume na baka bawal pag may soil or madumi yung sapatos.

aldousnow · April 2012

yup. pati shoes kasama.. kaya kelangan mga bago laba shoes. or punasan maigi.

peach17 · June 2013

buti nabasa ko to... @staycool, @abc27 and friends, bwal pala maduming sapatos.. need ideclare hehehe FYI to all

abc27 · June 2013

@peach17 noted sis, hehe. thanks!

JCsantos · June 2013

took us an hour or two because we declared our food ... kaya kung gusto nyo ng hassle free dont bring any food or anything prohibited

RodGanteJr · June 2013

yup. pati shoes kasama.. kaya kelangan mga bago laba shoes. or punasan maigi.

Wow! Di ko expect po na kasama pala shoes sa checking. Thanks sa information po.

nfronda · June 2013

yup. pati shoes kasama.. kaya kelangan mga bago laba shoes. or punasan maigi.
Wow! Di ko expect po na kasama pala shoes sa checking. Thanks sa information po.

hahahaha..ako din, ngaun q lg nalaman.. Nkailang balik na aq d2 at ung shoes q minsan nsa pocket pa ng luggage q ksi pa palit palit aq mnsan ng shoes pag nagbabyahe ehh.. Mabuti pla hndi aq nasita.. Kasi pag nasita, naku patay kang bata ka, I'm working with customs pa namn..

li_i_ren · June 2013

Depende on how long the lines can be.. Naka try kami 1 hour just to pass immigration. Grabeh ang daming tao!!! Yung bags namin wala na sa carousel kasi ang tagal namin naka labas. Just ask one if those airport personnel quote ur flight number kasi na tabi na ung bags namin.

Another time may pinoy na hold ng immigration kasi, habla no inglish!! He asked for help we tried talaga to help him just to translate anung question ng immigration officer pero kasi d kami mag-kasama sabi ng immigration officer na they will get a translator for him but these were some of the early questions sa kanya

1. How long ung stay
2. Where is he staying ... He does not know his address in au.
3. What visa is he on... Etc. ... D nya alam anung number ng visa nya kasi g.f. Daw nya nag process.

But kasi si kuya d makasagot tapos d pa naka roaming ung phone nya para matawagan may susundo daw sa kanya.

Dont know what happened to him afterwards but hopefully ok naman yun. So know the details of ur visa, address and etc.

peach17 · July 2013

hi sis, need pa pala ipa roaming yung phone? ibig sabihin pwede pa natin magamit yung Smart or Globe Simcard natin sa AU? tama ba sis?

nfronda · July 2013

@peach17..pag nka roaming on na ang smart or globe simcard m, ang gamit nya d2 sa OZ ay pang reciv lg ng txt sa mga frnds and relatives m from pinas.. Pwde m rin xa magamit 4 txtng kaso sobrang mhal namn, ung 300 m ilang txt lg yan.. Pag col namn, doble ang charge ksi the one hu recv ur call my charge din..merun tlgang OZ sim at pwde din un mgamt pangtwag international.

staycool · July 2013

natawa ako dun sa part na idi-declare ang shoes...noted mga sis!! haha...
may katagalan po pala ang pila sa immi.??

JCsantos · July 2013

this is the form of the actual embarkation card http://www.evisastoaustralia.com/section06/customs.pdf

the things you need to declare and not declare

RodGanteJr · July 2013

yup. pati shoes kasama.. kaya kelangan mga bago laba shoes. or punasan maigi.
Wow! Di ko expect po na kasama pala shoes sa checking. Thanks sa information po.
hahahaha..ako din, ngaun q lg nalaman.. Nkailang balik na aq d2 at ung shoes q minsan nsa pocket pa ng luggage q ksi pa palit palit aq mnsan ng shoes pag nagbabyahe ehh.. Mabuti pla hndi aq nasita.. Kasi pag nasita, naku patay kang bata ka, I'm working with customs pa namn..

Bagong laba po ba talaga o pwede lang kahit may konting dust po yong shoes? "Soil" kasi nakasulat sa Incoming Passenger Card so I presume po na okay lang na merong parang alikabok lang.

rara_avis · March 2014

May arrival stamp pa ba for immigrants? We arrived here in sydney earlier today and chineck ko yung passport ko walang stamp saka yung sa anak ko but yung husband ko meron, weird. Sa singapore kasi if you you are a resident when you go in and out of the country wala ng stamp. I was wondering kung ganito din sa oz.

clickbuddy2009 · March 2014

Hi @rara_avis, meron po sakin stamp nung dumating ako dito sa Perth. Nakalagay "Arrived"

peach17 · March 2014

May arrival stamp pa ba for immigrants? We arrived here in sydney earlier today and chineck ko yung passport ko walang stamp saka yung sa anak ko but yung husband ko meron, weird. Sa singapore kasi if you you are a resident when you go in and out of the country wala ng stamp. I was wondering kung ganito din sa oz.

parang sa amin, may stamp din.

rara_avis · April 2014

oops, my bad. meron palang stamp yung passport namin ni baby. nandun lang sa bandang dulong page kaya di ko nakita agad.

wednesday · June 2014

Question po sa mga old timers: may nakapag dala na ba ng guitar or any wooden musical instrument? tsaka wooden toys? I will bring sana my guitar tsaka yung train set ng anak ko (favorite pa naman nya yun) kaya lang baka ma hassle sa quarantine..

muffles127 · June 2014

@wednesday nadala namin yung wooden toy ng anak ko. Basta dun sa declaration form ideclare mo siya. Itatanong sayo kung ano yun. I remember tinanong lang yun samin and sinagot namin wooden toy for the baby. Ayun hindi na kami hineld sa quarantine, ni hindi nga nila chineck yung toy. Ang key lang naman ata is to declare yung mga need ideclare sa form

wednesday · June 2014

That's good to know..Thank you @muffles127!

TasBurrfoot · June 2014

May arrival stamp pa ba for immigrants? We arrived here in sydney earlier today and chineck ko yung passport ko walang stamp saka yung sa anak ko but yung husband ko meron, weird. Sa singapore kasi if you you are a resident when you go in and out of the country wala ng stamp. I was wondering kung ganito din sa oz.
parang sa amin, may stamp din.

Meron stamp when we first arrived a yr ago and when we came home 2 wks back...

What was weird though was that walang stamp palabas when we left Melbourne a month ago.