Tourist Visa

Tourist Visa

Purpose:
- Tourism
- Holiday
- Short private trip

Description

Usually required:
- Passport
- Application
- Travel history
- Bank statement
- Income/business evidence
- Employment evidence
- Accommodation
- Travel plan
- Invitation, if applicable
- Sponsor documents, if applicable
- Return ties

Key assessment:
The central question is generally:
Will this applicant genuinely visit and leave according to the visa conditions?

Pros:
- Relatively short process
- Lower financial commitment than study
- Useful for genuine travel

Cons:
- No automatic right to work
- No automatic right to study long-term
- Weak financial/social ties create refusal risk
- Previous refusals matter

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