How to ensure an Australian visa refusal!
Want to ensure an awful result that will leave you disappointed when your visa application
is refused?
Looking forward to seeing your dreams shattered?
Let me tell you how!
Yes, I'm trying to inject a bit of humour here to capture the attention of video and
BLOG viewers, so I can make some important points.
Obviously nobody goes out of their way to see their applications
refused, but honestly some of the decisions we see people make and you can certainly wonder!
Careless actions and decisions made for the wrong reasons
can and will lead to visa applications being refused.
Please read on, and learn how to avoid a horrible outcome.
What are the main causes of view refusal?
We at Down Under Visa see a lot of clients.
We see a lot of scenarios, and we hear a lot of stories.
We would assess at least a dozen new cases every
day via our free online visa assessment form.
Not all become clients, obviously.
Some are simply not qualified!
Many could, and I would guess that many decide to do it themselves to save some money....which
is the first area where clients often make mistakes.
Saving money on visa applications Yes, the desire to save money and to assume
that getting a professional is a bit of a luxury.
Australians are accustomed to doing things themselves.
We tile our bathrooms ourselves.
We paint our own houses.
Many do their own tax returns.
And the Department website makes it look like a great ol' do-it-yourself
weekend project.
Visas, Bunnings style!
Maybe you can get a barbequed sausage sanga at the same
time?
The point is we get people all the time getting back to us saying:
(a) We did your website assessment form before (b) We thought it was easy, so we did it ourselves
(c) And now we have a refusal You might well do fine, just as you might
well be able to tile your own bathroom.
But there's a good chance you will stuff it all up, and wish
you had simply engaged a professional like you had meant to in
the first place.
At worst you may just waste a few months of time, and especially with partner visas you
may waste a whole lot of money.
But if you're not careful and you put the wrong information .....or if
you omit important information, even due to misunderstanding a question on a form.....you
could face a three year ban too.
Question to ask yourself of course is how important is the outcome of the visa application
to you both?
Not wanting to follow advice We lodge hundreds of visa applications every
year, and we have a great track record of success.
If your application is genuine and if you follow our
advice, the risk of refusal is minimal.
And it's our job to present your case in the clearest way we can
so that the case officer's at the Australian Embassy or the
Department offices in Australia can see the real people behind the pile of paper they
receive.
The Embassy and Departmental staff are not bad guys.
They don't go to work every day saying to themselves "Can't wait to knock someone back
today!"
But they have a job to do, and that is to make
sure that only those applicants who meet the criteria for a visa grant set out in the Migration
Regulations actually get visa grants.
They need to see that your relationship is genuine, and that you
meet all the other criteria set out in the Regulations.
It's our job to extract that information and those
documents from the visa applicant and the sponsor so that they can see this.
And let me tell you, it's really frustrating when applicants fight with us over this, or
act mortified and insulted when we ask for more information
or more documents.
This is our job in the first place.
No "Yes Men" at Down Under Visa.
We will tell it to you straight, and it's only to your benefit to follow our
advice.
This is what we do, and we are very good at it.
I just heard from a previous client yesterday (no names mentioned, obviously) who had a
partner visa refused.
They didn't like the standards that we set, and found another Migration Agent who was
a bit more "relaxed" about standards.
So they put together a much simpler application, no doubt thinking we
were excessive in what we asked of them.
Result?
Partner visa application refused!
Why?
Because the application was not put together well enough
to convince the Case Officer that they had a genuine
relationship and therefore deserved an Australia visa!
Now, this was a married couple with a child between them.
From our experience with them, we believed they had a genuine relationship.
They were a bit unenthusiastic when it came to collecting
paperwork, and had some legal corrections of legal documents to make, but in our view
they definitely met the Regulations for a partner visa and
should have one right now!
And if they had continued with us and if they had followed instructions, yes
they would be together in Brisbane right now living a life
together as a family should.
But they are now stuck apart, because they wouldn't follow advice and
thought it was easier than we said it was.
Tragic!
So do yourselves a favour, and realise that the cost of a professional managing your application
is money well spent.
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