Really? I didn’t know that. Well, they have the entry requirements down good. We in the states can learn from them in that regard. The brief time I spent in Australia while in the Navy was a pleasant experience. Extraordinarily vast and hot, even in the morning. I was in Perth, February. temp about 77 degrees at 10AM.
End of the Australian Summer.
Australia is pretty easy to get to from the United States.
Very hard to get residency or a permanent visa, unless one is a Muslim "refugee", it appears.
The current regime has tightened that up a bit.
My parents and Mom’s parents went to Australia for a month when I was in High School. Mom’s Mother had a brother in the Navy who married an Aussie Lass, and then stayed in Australia, so I have a whole branch of the family that lives there. :)
Dad went back again a decade later. He was seriously considering moving there, and that’s when he looked into all that he’d need to do to become a citizen, PLUS giving up being an American; no dual citizenship, I guess.
He’s been to New Zealand twice now, too.
Did you know that February in Australia is one of a SUMMER months?!?!