Some countries such as New Zealand (and IIRC China or Macau) request any countries you have been visiting within the last 30 days as part of your immigration form.
Australia and most other countries don't. They appear to take on face value whatever you write down as the country which you've spent the most time in (plus the country you've just arrived from).
Surely this has implications - eg a tourist who travels <insert bad country> - SIN - SYD isn't really assessed as coming from <bad country>, but rather SIN.
Is this by design? Do other countries report back to immigration about your entries and exits so that data is on file for cross checking? Or are the passport stamps the only evidence you've been somewhere?
(BTW, I have no evil intentions, just curious about what communication between countries exist!)
Australia and most other countries don't. They appear to take on face value whatever you write down as the country which you've spent the most time in (plus the country you've just arrived from).
Surely this has implications - eg a tourist who travels <insert bad country> - SIN - SYD isn't really assessed as coming from <bad country>, but rather SIN.
Is this by design? Do other countries report back to immigration about your entries and exits so that data is on file for cross checking? Or are the passport stamps the only evidence you've been somewhere?
(BTW, I have no evil intentions, just curious about what communication between countries exist!)