Studying abroad in Sydney, Australia is a good choice. So what do you need to know about studying abroad in Sydney? This is a question that many students are interested in. Let’s take a look together! Below is the relevant information I compiled, welcome to read.

Detailed explanation of the immigration process in Sydney, Australia

1. Fill in the arrival card

Before the plane arrives in Australia, the flight attendant will issue you an arrival card. If you don't have one, you can get it from the desk in the arrival hall. Although the card has a Chinese version, it must be written in English!

Immigration card:

Back of the immigration card:

Tips for filling in the immigration card

1. The signature on the immigration card must be consistent with the signature on the passport.

2. When filling in your residence in Australia, if you are staying in a hotel, just fill in the hotel in the city of entry. If you are staying at the home of a relative or friend, fill in the address of the relative or friend.

3. If you carry more than 10,000 Australian dollars in cash, or any equivalent foreign currency, 50,000 yuan in RMB, you must declare it!

4. It is prohibited to bring fresh items into Australia. If you bring it, you must fill it out clearly and undergo inspection.

2. Quarantine

Quarantine is for diseases such as Ebola.

Tourists arriving from mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, etc. can pass directly because these diseases have not been found in these areas.

However, quarantine is required when entering Australia from Africa and America.

3. Immigration Inspection

You will soon be face to face with the immigration officials. When queuing up for entry, there will be two teams, one for those holding Australian passports and the other for others. If you have a national passport, let me teach you a simple method, just follow most of the Chinese people! Get in line for those with non-Australian passports. Just have your passport, visa and the immigration card you just filled out ready.

While checking at the customs counter, the immigration officer will also ask a few simple questions, such as: What are you doing in Australia? How long do you plan to stay? Just tell the truth!

4. Collect your checked baggage

It takes a few minutes from the place where you check in to get your luggage. Don’t be anxious, just follow the signs for Luggage Claim. After arriving, there may be several aisles for luggage. Look at the prompt screen, which will display the carousel number for each flight's luggage. If your luggage is damaged or cannot be found, don’t worry. You can contact the baggage office at the airport directly for help.

5. Luggage Inspection

Finally, we have reached the last step of entry, and we can rush out of the airport immediately! After getting the luggage, Australian Customs will make a verbal declaration. Do you have any items that need to be declared? At this time, it is recommended that everyone tell the truth. Otherwise, if found out, the consequences will be quite serious. If there are items that need to be declared, go out of customs through the exit with a red sign; if not, go through the exit with a green sign (nothing to declare). At this time, I would like to congratulate you for successfully entering Australia and coming to Sydney!

Warm reminder

Australia has two types of special entry items: those that must be declared and those that are prohibited from being carried.

Items that must be declared include:

1. Seeds and nuts (excluding raw ones). This refers to commercially packaged seeds, seed decorations and necklaces, food, and dried fruits.

2. Plant products. Including vegetables, herbs and spices, biscuits, cakes and candies, pasta and rice, tea, coffee and milk drinks, bamboo, rattan and wooden products, as well as dried flowers, fresh flowers, pine cones, etc.

3. Animal products. Including taxidermy animals, unprocessed wool and animal hair, bee products, shells and corals, feathers, bones, horn products and wolf teeth, etc.

4. Supplies. Sports and camping equipment (such as tents, footwear, golf equipment and bicycles).

Prohibited items include:

1. Milk, egg products, seeds and nuts. The seed nuts here include raw and unroasted ones as well as handicrafts and souvenirs containing or made from seeds.

2. Fresh fruits.

3. Live plants: living plants (including cuttings, roots, bulbs, stems, etc.).

4. Animals: live animals, meat and meat products (including all non-canned or fresh, dried, refrigerated, smoked or bacon meat), vaccines, etc.

In addition, if you bring medicines, you must attach an English prescription or a doctor’s certificate! Duty-free shop shoppers should be careful! Except for tobacco and alcohol, the limit of duty-free goods generally does not exceed 1,000. Australian dollars, otherwise you will have to pay taxes at the customs, which is not worth the loss!