Leading the charge is Australia, which introduced the SmartGate ... you simply have to ask a border services officer to stamp your passport should you need one for any reason.

Stamps a great memento but e-gates cut queues Australia stopped issuing passport stamps in 2012. It issues electronic visas and electronically records passenger movements in and out of the country ...

Australian passport holders can travel to 185 countries ... These are electronically stored equivalents to visas, but no stamp or label is placed in your passport and they are granted within ...

Australian travel blogger Jarryd Salem said he would be sad to see passports phased out. "Even though social media and blogs create long-lasting memories, we still consider passport stamps to ...

Australian passport holders can travel to 185 countries ... These are electronically stored equivalents to visas, but no stamp or label is placed in your passport and they are granted within ...

And to counter fraudulent activity, authorities introduced an official stamp. But the evolution ... a book about the history of the Australian passport. "World War I was really a pivotal period ...

Australian passport holders can enter 49 of the 50 European ... a few minutes and won’t be accompanied by a passport label or stamp. Meanwhile, most countries in Africa ask that Australians ...