A visa on arrival

I understand the concept of the visa, especially a working visa, the incumbent is checked by the immigration department against a set criteria - all good. Less so a holiday visa, beforehand a holiday had to once send their passport to an embassy or consul for checks. The fees were paid, background checks completed and either a large stamp or decal wasted a whole page of your passport.

These days, a visa is done online, the traveler is registered, a series of questions asked requiring detailed answers, sometimes no fee is due and you have an electronic visa lodged in the system ready for arrival. No doubt, database are accessed with a computer program running a series of automated checks against known offenders, people of interest and no doubt cancelled passports and fake identities.

But a visa on arrival, you pay the fee, receive your change and then walk to the immigration officer for the usual entry checks, they attach the decal to your passport, stamp you in and that's it. No real checks against national and international database, you know you are just being charged a pretty expensive entry fee - it's a rort.