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  • Leapin' Louie
    New Member
    • May 2007
    • 3
    #1

    kicked out of Australia

    Yes buskers and buskerettes, I was kicked out of Australia on the way to the Coffs Harbour Festival this year.

    In addition to a tour of the back part of the Sydney airport that you never want to see, (Vomit stained carpets! No doorknobs!) and a quick flight back to the USA, I received a three year ban from lovely Australia. There is a procedure for applying for a waiver to this ban when one applies for a work visa.

    Does anyone have experience with getting back into Australia after getting banned? Has anybody done this waiver and gotten a work visa?

    Please do not write just to tell me how stupid I was to go without a work visa. I already know that part.

    Thanks,
    Leapin' Louie Lichtenstein
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    • Juggalicious
      Senior Member
      • Apr 2003
      • 340
      #2
      working visas.... hahahaha - I was thinking about going there to perform - didn't know anything about having to get a working visa.... can anyone share with their experiences about us citizens working in other countries.... I work in canada every summer and that alone makes me nervous. I don't want to fly to the other side of the world just to get thrown out right away.

      Alex

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        • gav
          Senior Member
          • Apr 2003
          • 916
          #3
          Hey, you're David Lichtenstein yeah ?
          You were one of the very first street performers I saw and inspired me to become one myself.
          1988 at the world expo in Brisbane. Bet you had a working visa then.
          Australia is pretty tough on folks who don't abide by the book these days.
          Any reason why coffs didn't help you arrange a work visa like Adelaide fringe does ?

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            • Peter Voice
              Moderator
              • Dec 2000
              • 1065
              #4
              Seems to be a serious problem here. I'll email privately.

              Are you really telling us that your tourist visa was revoked and that you were deported????
              Every-one should watch their drawers!
              http://www.chalkcircle.com.au/

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                • Leapin' Louie
                  New Member
                  • May 2007
                  • 3
                  #5
                  Yes, my visitor's visa was revoked and I was flown back on the next flight to the US.

                  There is a procedure for applying for a waiver of the three year ban that I can do next time I apply for a temporary work visa there, hopefully soon.

                  Does anybody have experience or know of somebody's experience of trying to get that waiver?

                  Leapin' Louie
                  aka David Lichtenswine
                  david@comedytricks.com
                  Leapin' Louie Comedy Shows : Leapin' Louie - Western Comedy Show
                  https://www.comedytricks.com

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