Just a reminder you can get an Australian tourist visa now, and it's good for 12 months.
Here's an article about ID you may need to travel internally in the USA. Papers please! boingboing.net/2025/04/02/u-s-…
RE: pinksheep.org/objects/99076902…
New REAL ID law will affect domestic air travel for millions of Americans - Boing Boing
Planning to fly domestically after May 2025? Find out why you need a REAL ID, what documents to gather, and how to prepare for the new requirements.Ellsworth Toohey (Happy Mutants, LLC.)
Please share for visibility.Hey USA LGBTQI+ people,
In the event that you need to leave the country to seek asylum you might want to start planning now.
If you want to apply for refugee status in Australia you will need a few things.
1. A passport (and as much ID as you can bring)
2. A visa to get into the country - you can come as a tourist and apply for refugee status on arrival. A tourist visa costs AUD$20. The visa is automatic for USA and lasts 12 months.
3. A ticket to get to Australia.Explore visa options here: immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/…
#USPOL #LGTQI #Refugee #Auspol
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Please share for visibility.
Hey USA LGBTQI+ people,
In the event that you need to leave the country to seek asylum you might want to start planning now.
If you want to apply for refugee status in Australia you will need a few things.
1. A passport (and as much ID as you can bring)
2. A visa to get into the country - you can come as a tourist and apply for refugee status on arrival. A tourist visa costs AUD$20. The visa is automatic for USA and lasts 12 months.
3. A ticket to get to Australia.
Explore visa options here: immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/visas/…
#USPOL #LGTQI #Refugee #Auspol
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Joseph
in reply to Joseph • • •Refugee status requires you to prove the following things:
1. A well founded fear of persecution. Considering that people are already being disappeared it might be sooner than later. Any documentation that you’ve been targeted for a disappearance or people in your community are being picked off will probably be enough, but keep documentation! A collection of threats sent to you will help make your case.
2. Membership of a particular social group. LGBTQI+ meets the threshold.
3. Persecution involves serious harm. Threat to your liberty, physical harm or forced detransition would meet the standard.
4. Real chance of persecution. This includes the likelihood of something happening in the immediate future.
5. You can’t have citizenship to another country where you could seek refuge.
#USPOL #LGTQI #Refugee #Auspol
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Joseph
in reply to Joseph • • •You can read more here : immi.homeaffairs.gov.au/what-w…
While seeking refugee status you cannot be employed in Australia, but if you come in on a valid visa and apply for refugee status you can live in the community. This means Australian LGBTQI+ people need to get that spare bedroom ready!
If anyone has experience organising this sort of thing or would like to help, please reach out to me so we can keep our queer siblings safe.
#USPOL #LGTQI #Refugee #Auspol
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