SAVE THIS for your trip to Australia!! 🇦🇺✈️ If you collect passport stamps like me, you may be disappointed when you arrive in Australia and realize you don’t automatically get one anymore. 🥲 Australia uses SmartGates to electronically process eligible travelers entering and leaving the country, so passports generally aren’t stamped as part of the normal process. BUT that doesn’t necessarily mean you have to leave Australia without one! 👀 Australian Border Force says travelers can ask an officer for a passport stamp if they require evidence of travel. For the second time, I was able to get an Australia exit stamp at Melbourne Airport! 🇦🇺 After going through the departure SmartGate, I went to the nearby Australian Border Force desk and politely asked if they could stamp my passport. A few seconds later, another Australia stamp for the collection! 🥹 I’ve also seen travelers successfully request entry stamps after going through immigration at Melbourne, although I’d always treat stamps as a request rather than a guarantee depending on the circumstances and officer. Recent traveler reports describe getting both entry and departure stamps at Melbourne after using the eGates. So if you’re visiting Australia and love collecting passport stamps, SAVE THIS so you remember to ask! 🇦🇺📕✈️ Are you team passport stamp too?! 😂🌎 #visitaustralia #passportstamps #travelhack #traveltip #melbourne - @jakerosmarin