What is the difference between a business visa and a tourist visa?

Tourist visa is a kind of visa, which is generally a quick visa application method for the convenience of tourists and the development of tourism resources. Correspondingly, it is also greatly restricted. Generally speaking, the validity period and stay period are relatively short and can only be used for tourism-related activities.

With the development of world globalization and the continuous progress of transportation technology, the world tourism market continues to grow. It can be predicted that tourist visas will become more common and convenient, and become another major visa form. Many countries issue tourist visas specifically for visiting tourists to promote local tourism.

The characteristics of tourist visa are: the purpose of the visit is tourism, and the validity period and stay period of the visa are relatively short. (Most of them are valid for 90 days and stay for 30 days. Individual embassies will grant fixed-term tourist visas according to the specific date of stay of applicants, such as Germany and Australia.

Tourist visa holders are not allowed to engage in work, business and other activities unrelated to tourism in the destination country, and are not allowed to engage in illegal activities.

Business visa mainly refers to the on-the-spot investigation or negotiation of relevant personnel who go to the destination country for investment, trade, conferences, exhibitions and labor services for official or personal reasons. Such people need a business visit visa when they enter the destination country.

Business visitors to the destination country can only stay in the country for a short time after applying for a business visa, and visitors should leave the country within a fixed period of time. In addition, the immigration authorities of some countries require that visitors to the country must be in good health, have no criminal record and will not pose a threat to the national security of the country. When applying for a business visa, the applicant needs to have sufficient business reasons to prove that his visit to a certain country is true and has no bad intentions. Visa officers generally need applicants for such visas to provide sufficient evidence to prove that they really need to travel to a certain country. Therefore, the invitation letter from a certain country is the most basic document.

Usually, the validity period of a business visa is that it must be used within 90 days from the date of issuance, otherwise it will expire; Within three years, business visa holders can travel home and abroad for multiple times, but each time they can stay for up to 90 days, and they can stay for up to 180 days every year from the date of issuance. Compared with tourist visas, business visas have a longer validity period.