Difficulty of tourist visas by country!!

What is a visa? A visa is a PASS, a stepping stone, and a tool at the beginning of your trip. Take it with you and knock on the doors to all parts of the world, and beautiful travel scenery will be presented to you.

Visa difficulty classification

Different countries have different difficulties in applying for visas according to their own policies. According to my experience, departure countries can be divided into four categories according to the difficulty of obtaining a visa.

Extremely easy type: The visa is very easy to pass. For example, countries like Mauritius, Maldives, and Bali implement visa-free or visa-on-arrival policies.

Easy type: Although most countries in Southeast Asia require a visa, it is easy to pass as long as you submit qualified materials. For example, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and other countries. It is also relatively simple for such countries to provide the materials needed to apply for a visa.

Slightly laborious type: The reason is that the materials are cumbersome. Countries represented include India, Kenya, Zimbabwe, etc. If you want to obtain an Indian visa, you need to hold a passport valid for half a year, 3 2-inch color photos, a deposit certificate of 20,000 yuan frozen for 6 months, the original ticket, and an application form. It will be issued 5 working days after the interview is passed. 3 It is valid for one month and the visa fee is 331 yuan.

Strong type: Not only do these countries provide complicated documents, but they also need to pass numerous tests by the visa officer. Representative countries include the United Kingdom, Switzerland, and France, Germany, and Spain that have joined the Schengen Treaty.

In addition, there is a category of countries that do not issue travel visas to individual travelers, but generally travel in groups, such as Argentina and Brazil in South America; Namibia and South Africa in Africa.

Tricks from experts

Two-level jump when leaving the country: If it is your first time to leave the country and the passport you hold is a blank passport, it is more appropriate to go to Asia first and then Europe. Because it is easy to apply for visas in Southeast Asian countries, if you go to Southeast Asia first and then go to Europe, you will not have a blank passport. I would also like to remind you that if you go to Europe for the first time, it is recommended to go in a group tour. This way, the visa approval rate will be high. After obtaining a good visa record, it will be easier to apply for a visa next time.

Be honest: When applying for a visa, for example in European countries, you need to prepare a lot of materials. In addition to your passport, household register, certificate of deposit, certificate of work unit, and sometimes an interview. However, the many materials you prepare must be true, and do not lie during the interview, otherwise, the gain will outweigh the loss. Especially now that visa offices in many European countries have information online, if there are bad records, it will be very difficult to apply for visas to other countries in the future.

Tip: In addition to applying for a visa yourself, you can also find a travel agency to apply for it. The advantage of using a travel agency is that it saves effort and time, but in addition to paying the visa fee, you also need to pay a certain handling fee. If you apply for a visa, you can handle it as appropriate based on your actual situation.

European Visa Application Guide

Since applying for a visa is more complicated when traveling to Europe, we specially invited visa experts to bring you a guide for applying for a European visa.

Expert: Hu Zhenglong from Caesar International Travel

Advanced understanding of Schengen

There are now 15 Schengen countries in continental Europe, including Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg, Italy, Austria, Greece, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland. Holding a Schengen travel visa allows you to travel freely to other Schengen countries. In addition, if you want to travel to non-Schengen countries such as the United Kingdom and Switzerland, you must apply for a separate visa. At present, the issuance time for personal tourist visas is generally about 15 to 30 days. Group visas are issued based on the dates of the itinerary. In 2007, the European visa fee was increased from the previous 35 euros to 70 to 80 euros depending on the country.

Documents required for advanced Schengen countries

1. Basic documents: Private passport valid for more than 6 months; 4 recent front-facing 2-inch color photos with white background and no hat; A copy of the ID card; a copy of all pages of the household registration book; a complete and authentic personal information form, which needs to be signed on the last page of the passport and the information form.

2. Guarantee materials: Current employees need to provide proof of employment from the unit, a copy of the unit’s business license (or organization code certificate), which must be stamped with the company’s official seal; retirees need to provide a copy of their retirement certificate If the applicant brings children under 18 years old, they must provide 5 school leave certificates stamped with the official seal of the child's school (especially the Italian Embassy needs to provide a declaration of consent for minors to go abroad); a notarized certificate of three-party kinship (with the children) If one of the spouses is traveling with their children, the other spouse is required to issue a single-parent authorization to leave the country; the couple is required to provide a copy of the marriage certificate.

3. Property information: Bank deposit certificate, at least 30,000 yuan, preferably 50,000 yuan or more. If you apply for a German visa, you also need to provide proof of property and credit card consumption records for the past three months.

When applying for a visa from a non-Schengen country, the special feature of the UK is that you also need to provide the original household registration book, while Switzerland needs to provide the applicant's business card. The above are all the documents required to apply for a visa with a group. If you apply for it by yourself, you also need to provide overseas hotel reservations and air ticket orders. All the above materials must be copied on A4 paper. All Chinese materials must be translated into English. At the same time, personal information must be translated into English by a translation company.

Advanced 3: Find out the ropes

Currently, France and Germany have the largest number of visa applicants. Usually, the visa approval rates for these two countries are relatively high. France has a high rejection rate for single-parent families with children and young unmarried women. In addition, if you join a group to apply for a visa, there is a 30% chance of requiring an interview. This is random and may be before leaving the country or after returning to the country. Individual visa applications require an interview. When going through the interview, you need to bring all the required materials.