Originally Posted by
thadocta
You DID say that Australia works the same way as the US, where you have to proceed through US immigration at the very first airport you land at in the US (even when transitting on the same plane and proceeding to a third country).
In this regard, Australian and US procedures are radically different, and are like comparing apples with oranges.
Dave
Yes, I did say this and yes you are 100% correct that the US is different (actually 99% since there are funny things like CX828). Not sure what difference this makes with regards to the question of the OP so. I just wanted to help the OP understand the logic behind what some countries like the US or Australia do compared to what others like Germany do.
Before 2001 you were able to change planes in the US without going through immigration. And Australia is special because we have domestic international flights which not many other countries have.