The Australian colonies were all keen to make a good impression as the Exhibitions were well attended by both potential investors and prospective migrants.

Once this is done it is easier to acquire a tourist visa for Japan, on whose strength the prospective migrant can enter the country and then overstay.

As Australian immigration policy is very complex, featuring 149 distinct visa Subclasses with widely varying requirements, many prospective migrants choose to engage expert advice.

He even wrote a guide-book for prospective migrants: "The prettiest branch of railway for suburban views outside the metropolis".

Publications describing the resources and benefits of moving to the area were mailed to prospective migrants across the South.

At the Migration Department, prospective migrants start lining up well before midnight to beat the crowds scrambling to pay $55 to obtain a passport every morning.

Few prospective migrants were able to pay the cost of their voyage out of their own accumulated savings.

He used false promises of light work, comfortable housing and schools to make work on Gladstone plantations appear attractive to prospective Indian migrants.

These posters, aimed at prospective migrants, highlight in stark terms the dangers of illegal crossings on foot through the desert, despite what smugglers might tell them.

At Japanese embassies, prospective migrants are getting the cold shoulder more and more.