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Kazakhstan is NOT visa free for Australian Passport holders

I was in Kazakhstan two weeks ago (May 2013) on an Australian passport and I had to get a Kazakh visa in advance before entering. The cited reference to an online article that states that Kazakhstan will be visa free comes from the year 2011. This relaxed visa policy never happened. You must obtain a Kazakh visa before entering Kazakhstan. Someone please edit the article and map to reflect that Kazakhstan is not visa free for Australian passport holders. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mazaik (talk • contribs) 13:51, 25 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Cuba

No visa required to enter Cuba. I'd put it straight in, but then the image will be off. Any thoughts? Anyone? Jaydec (talk) 08:17, 11 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Unrecognized states and BAD EDITING

Australia does not recognize self-declared independent states such as South Ossetia, Abzhakia and Somilaland. They do not have diplomatic relations, and these unrecognized states do not have a network of embassies or consulates. To enter these states, one will have to enter via Russia and get a visa before doing so. Somilaland is a region that is controlled by rebels and pirates. Chaos reigns supreme here and with such, no one issues visas at all as they have no government and are NOT RECOGNIZED.

Greenland is in North America
Ceuta and Melilla are part of Spain. They are incorporated territories and do not have an independent immigration agency.
Azores and Madeira are part if Portugal. Same thing here goes as it does in Ceuta and Melilla.
Unless they are unincorporated, insular territories do not add them to the list. Unincorporated territories include Bermuda, Isle of Man, Puerto Rico. Incorporated territories such as Melilla, Ceuta, Azores should not be added as they are integral parts of their respective countries and do not have immigration autonomy.

To enter Russia a 30-day visa must be prearranged.

On other lists for visa requirements such as the U.S., U.K., and Canada these unrecognized states and incorporated territories are not added to those lists. The same should apply to this list. Stop confusing readers with nonsense and stop adding these rogue, unrecognized states!--XLR8TION (talk) 14:21, 27 September 2012 (UTC) To enter Russia a 30-day visa must be prearranged. You do need a visa to travel to all of those countries, and all of which have governments. For example, Somaliland has a government, here is the website: http://somalilandgov.com/ Here is evidence of visa's from Somaliland: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pp3Mn9lPYb4/TpXeXVGvzWI/AAAAAAAAAwA/SU7nadmP318/s1600/IMG_5541.jpg and http://www.albytravel.com/visa/visa_somaliland.jpg — Preceding unsigned comment added by Otkdna (talk • contribs) 13:17, 21 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Those states are pariah ROGUE states. Australia Ministry of Foreign Affairs does not recognize them as much of the modern world doesn't. Check Visa requirement articles for other modern nations such as the UK, U.S., Canada, New Zealand and NONE have these pariah states listed. Only recognized states and territories will be added to list.--XLR8TION (talk) 22:48, 21 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

If an entity controls territory and wishes to impose a visa requirement on Australian nationals it will do so. In that context, Australia's political stance towards that entity is immaterial. Readers will come to this page to find out if they need a visa to enter a particular place and should be able to access that information. If there is some law that forbids Australians from going to a particular place or interacting with particular entities then this should also be included.

If it doesn't already exist, a separate, perhaps linked, page on states recognised and not recognised by the Australian Government would not be inappropriate. RedDubh (talk) 06:19, 24 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Schengen Area

Access to countries signed to the Schengen Treaty is 90 days in 180 days, not a half year. Additionally, it is 90 in 180 collectively. The way the information is structured at the moment a reader could reasonably interpret it as saying they could, for instance, spend 90 days in France and then 90 days in Germany and so on. This would expose them to fines, expulsion and a refusal to re-enter for up to five years.

Consider replacing the access information with a note that the country is a part of the Schengen area and include a seperate entry on the Schengen area.

Note also that the 180 days is a rolling window. That is, the entitlement is 90 days in the last 180 days. Also part days are whole days so if you enter at 1 minute to midnight it is considered 1 day. RedDubh (talk) 06:37, 24 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Map Accuracy

The map is grossly inaccurate at the moment. Even just going by the information provided in the table below. For one, Russia, China and Mongolia all require visas prior to entry for Australians. Moreover they have never NOT required Visas so I don't understand what the original creator was thinking. I don't have time to go through the whole map but I am sure there are other inaccuracies. Jetjackson (talk) 10:00, 9 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

IRAN IS NOT VISA FREE

YOU CANNOT GET A VISA ON ARRIVAL AT ANY IRAN AIRPORT. AUSTRALIAN PASSPORT HOLDERS MUST HAVE A VALID IRAN VISA BEFORE ENTERING ANY AIRPORT OR LAND CROSSING IN THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF IRAN — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.107.74.33 (talk) 06:05, 21 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

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Philipines was 21 day visa on arrivel, now 30 days 222.84.204.64 (talk) 20:49, 14 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Rivertorch (talk) 06:53, 17 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Hainan is in China

It looks like the map marks the Chinese province of Hainan (the little island near Vietnam) as being a visa-free destination for Australians. That's not accurate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.162.91.215 (talk) 11:27, 2 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

It is accurate.--Twofortnights (talk) 12:47, 2 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please change the india visa requirement. it Not requied nowdays I heard from sources? Please update it! http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/India-extends-visa-on-arrival-facility-to-180-countries/articleshow/29919007.cms

I tried to chnge it' but cannot do it properly in html. sorry — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:388:608C:4C40:E957:83EB:32C:26D5 (talk) 09:55, 18 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Please read the article, it's still a plan.--Twofortnights (talk) 11:37, 18 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Simplifying categories?

Other countries' visa requirements pages do not have lists by continent/region (US, Japan and others) - as far as I can see, this page is the only one. This makes it much easier to compare countries side-by-side. How about harmonising the page with other pages in this topic? Ganseki (talk) 02:05, 10 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It was like that before but then someone proposed it this way. If no one is objecting then I can edit it back to a full list.--Twofortnights (talk) 13:31, 10 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

It seems no one is objecting so I will go ahead and implement the changes.--Twofortnights (talk) 19:57, 28 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Sources

Myanmar Visas: http://evisa.moip.gov.mm/newapplication.aspx http://mecanberra.com.au/visa-on-arrival http://www.mip.gov.mm/portfolio/the-required-terms-and-conditions-for-visa-on-arrival/

Singapore visit pass for Australian passport : Look at below on the page: http://singapore.embassy.gov.au/sing/home.html

Myo007 (talk) 13:52, 30 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]