Embassy of Australia

"I want to learn how to get involved and be invited to events at the Australian embassy. Is there discrimination? On what basis are selections made? Who is responsible to make these decisions? Completely irrelevant non Australian people are invited White citizens are left out. Australian Embassy is a deaf ear unable to respond even to give an explanation. They forget it is the taxpayer money Whopays their salaries"

"I first e-mailed the Australian consulate in New York City, and they responded quite quickly saying they would forward the e-mail to the australian embassy in DC.They responded a few days later saying they would send a small flag, as requested, and earlier today I received the flag, a map of australia and a picture of the Sydney opera house. Overall EXTREMELY appreciated."

"Worst restaurant experience in my life. There wasn't a waiter or even a booth for me to eat from. I tried to order a blooming onion and was given the middle finger. Worst experience ever, I hate Australia."

"Worst experience I ever had in my life. The people here don’t even know how to talk with ladies. I came all the ways from Ohio to DC and the guy wo took pictures treated me as i’m his slave. He really need to learn manners first. I don’t know why Pakistan hire such people who don’t even know how to talk. And now even me he was also misbehaving with others. I saw an old lady and he was talking very rudely with her. I DON’T EVEN WANT TO GIVE ONE STAR"

"for Indians living in USA, the wait for a business visa is 4-6 weeks. there is no way to expedite the application. Citizens of many countries are allowed to submit applications online but not Indians. (Even citizens of countries like Afghanistan and Pakistan are allowed to submit online applications to get their visa quickly.) After receipt of a paper application it takes 3 weeks for them to enter the application in the system. Secondly, the contact number they provide for visa inquiries does not work at times. even when you get connected, it takes about 30 minutes before someone answers your phone. the agents that answer your call don't know what the paper copy form asks for. They said they will contact me when my application is entered in the system. I had to remind them that they have not captured my email address on the forms to communicate with me. and guess what they told me - I have to send another paper application to tell them what my email address is. For Indians living in India, the embassy charges a hefty $1000 to expedite. This option is not even available to those living outside India. All in all, a very bad experience with the Australia Visa application. I had to cancel my air tickets."