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Tax-free shopping (TFS) is the buying of goods in another country or state and obtaining a refund of the sales tax which has been collected by the retailer on those goods. [1] The sales tax may be variously described as a sales tax , goods and services tax (GST), value added tax (VAT), or consumption tax .
Citizens of foreign countries containing Israeli Stamps are also refused entry into specific countries. [2] Iraq: Except Iraqi Kurdistan. [14] Malaysia: Unless a clearance permit is obtained from the Ministry of Home Affairs. Oman: Except for transit. Pakistan: Unless a visa and police registration are obtained. Saudi Arabia
Australia should lift its ban on the arrival of foreign nationals from mainland China, China's ambassador to Australia said on Monday. Australia has since Feb. 1 prevented anyone but citizens and ...
The visa policy of Australia deals with the requirements that a foreign national wishing to enter Australia must meet to obtain a visa, which is a permit to travel, to enter and remain in the country. [1] A visa may also entitle the visa holder to other privileges, such as a right to work, study, etc. and may be subject to conditions.
Brendan O'Regan established the world's first duty-free shop at Shannon Airport in Ireland in 1947; [6] it remains in operation today. Designed to provide a service for trans-Atlantic airline passengers typically travelling between Europe and North America whose flights stopped for refuelling on outbound and inbound legs of their journeys, it was an immediate success and has been copied worldwide.
Convenor of the Australian Sex Party Fiona Patten has described this ban as "unconstitutional". [47] In April 2013, it was revealed that an IP address used by more than 1,200 websites had been censored by certain Internet service providers. It was discovered by the Melbourne Free University which was one of the sites censored. [48]
The United States, for example, offers their Visa Waiver Program to Australian passport-holders, [418] and one of the conditions for joining this scheme is that "Governments provide reciprocal visa-free travel for U.S. citizens for 90 days for tourism or business purposes". [419]
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