What are the tips for getting a tourist visa abroad for the first time?

Summer vacation is here, and everyone wants to take advantage of the holiday to travel.

Are there many people in your circle of friends who are traveling abroad?

Recently, Bike has also helped many people travel to the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Caucasus, and all of them successfully issued visas!

The most troublesome visa issue when traveling did not stop them from traveling.

This time, Bike will share with you some practical visa skills~

I hope it can also help you to apply for a visa smoothly and enjoy a pleasant vacation.

In the eyes of all visa officers, when you submit an application to travel to another country, the most fearful thing is that you will "never come back." Therefore, how to prove that he does not have such thoughts and that he will return within the prescribed time limit has become a top priority.

The most powerful evidence for applying for a tourist visa is a house, followed by a car, then proof of stable income and a good credit record. A monthly salary statement is more convincing than proof of employment.

After all, fixed assets and a stable job are the last things that most people will give up easily. With them, the visa officer will be more likely to believe that you will come back.

Also, don’t easily tell stories about elderly people at home who need to be taken care of. Dramatic reasons are also more risky.

Just like when a couple quarrels, the woman is always right, when applying for a visa, the visa officer is always right.

People often complain that their materials fully meet the standards but are still inexplicably rejected. In this situation, you can only file an appeal and ask for a different visa officer to submit the application again, but no one will admit to you that the visa officer was "wrong" and then directly change the result.

The visa officer's duties give him the right of "discretion", which means that a person holding a public office can make decisions based on his own judgment when exercising his powers. What he does not follow is a completely objective standard.

As for "whether it is an abuse of discretion", it is really difficult to judge. Therefore, those who unfortunately have been refused a visa do not need to be too discouraged, as they may have to start over again!

However, if you sign again immediately after being refused, the success rate is always low. If the time between two visas is long enough, the situation will be much better.

The visa officer trusts the judgment of his colleagues. If you have a visa refusal stamp, you have a tendency to immigrate. For those who have a record of visa rejection, even if the submitted materials are perfect and exceed the level of most people, it is still easy to be rejected again.

As for the Schengen visa, the policies and tightness of European countries will not be adjusted so quickly in the short term. Changes are more likely to occur over time.

And your own assets and career status may also have changed, and the materials look better. Immediately handing it over again after rejecting it may make the other party wary, why do you have to come to our country?

Tourism is divided into low and peak seasons. Usually, both air tickets and accommodation are much cheaper in the off-season than in the peak season. We are accustomed to believe that in the off-season, all walks of life will always relax some standards in order to attract customers. However, for embassies and visa officers, the situation may be the opposite.

In the off-season, because there are fewer applicants, the visa officer has enough time and will check more carefully. If you are targeted by the visa officer and your information is not fully prepared, your visa will be easily rejected.

Generally speaking, it is easier to get a visa in December. Firstly, there are so many applicants that you cannot see them carefully. Secondly, it is the holidays, and visa officers will be special when they have holidays. I am happy and prefer to issue visas.

However, it should be noted that as mentioned above, visa officers sometimes make decisions based on subjective reasons, so the visa issuance rate during off-peak seasons is not absolute, and exceptions often occur.

As for the visa on arrival, there are currently two situations. One is that the country has had a note with our country, and the other is that although the visa on arrival is open, it has not been recognized by the Chinese customs.

If the destination is the first case, you can fly directly to the country and apply for a visa when entering, which saves you a lot of trouble.

If the destination is the second situation, if you want to go to the destination where you get a visa on arrival, you still need a visa from a third country before the customs will allow you to leave the country.

For example, if you buy a ticket from Shanghai to Istanbul, Turkey, and then to Beirut, Lebanon, and you only have a Turkish visa in hand, the customs may not let you go. They will require that the travel destination on your ticket must be Turkey, and then you can find a way to go to Lebanon after you arrive in Turkey.

The Schengen visa is a relatively special visa. As long as you obtain a visa from one of the Schengen countries, you can travel freely within the Schengen area within the validity period of the visa.

For example, Belgium has a visa rejection rate of 70%. You can get a visa from another country and travel to Belgium, but it does not want to bear the responsibility of leaving you stranded in Europe after it issues a visa.

When applying for a visa to a European Schengen Agreement country, especially if you plan to travel to multiple countries, it is important to understand the attitude of the country you want to visit towards tourists.

But France welcomes tourists, but if you submit a visa application to France but indicate in your itinerary that you will spend more time in other countries, the visa officer will be unhappy and may refuse the visa.

If your career is not stable enough and you do not have very convincing proof of assets, and you want to travel to developed countries, it is a strategy to choose a group tour first.

Generally speaking, group visas are easier than individual visas because the travel agency guarantees them in advance when applying for group travel visas. Regular travel agencies are registered with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the embassy, ??and deposits are placed with the embassy.

Since tourists will be stranded abroad and do not return, travel agencies will face severe penalties, so travel agencies strictly control the situation. The observation method is actually similar to that of the embassy. At the same time, they generally conduct inspections on provinces and small towns closer to the border. Cities and urban residents are subject to stricter inspections.

After you have obtained a visa from one or two developed countries through group travel, even if your assets and career certificates are not that good, it will be much easier to apply for a visa for independent travel.

I believe that if you have these skills and prepare all the necessary information, you can increase your visa success rate!

Of course, if you have any questions or needs about visas or traveling abroad, you can contact me~