what are the factors that are often checked by embassy staff, to determine whether a visa is going to be approved or not?
How do the embassy workers determine which visa application to approve or decline?
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what are the factors that are often checked by embassy staff, to determine whether a visa is going to be approved or not?
1. Completeness and accuracy of document – there are a lot of cases wherein the candidates fail to bring all documents or fail to answer the questions with clarity. For example, the visa officer asks the candidate for his sponsor or his contracted salary and he cannot answer the question. There are also cases where they just did not bring the right documents or all mandatory document. The documents must have clear information. If it’s a work contract, the contracting party and the salaries should be clear.
2. Financial capacity to support yourself – for tourist visa, you have to prove to the visa officer that you have enough money or support from someone else for your daily expenses. There’s a certain amount that each country has set as their daily expense.
3. Proof of rootedness – particularly in the US tourist visa, proof of rootedness is quite crucial. It’s the proof to show how deep your ties is in your country of residence. If you are a student, are you enrolled for the next school year or still enrolled? If you have already graduated, do you have an income generating job? IF employed, do you have a leave of absence from your employer? If you are a businessman, does your business have enough capitalization for you to return to your business or can you easily fold your company? Where is your immediate family residing? Have you traveled to other countries already? Basically, you have to prove to the visa officer that you have compelling reason to return. As for US visa, this is probably the most subjective factor and relies on the visa officer or consuls training. Thus, different outcomes on different officers. If you can clearly prove that you are returning (for tourist).
They are trained to know the characteristics of good visa applicants for both immigrant and non-immigrant visas. Well-qualified applicants generally sail through the process rather quickly. Very poorly qualified applicants are rejected with similar, if not identical, speed.
For example, a well-qualified immigrant visa applicant will have a clear relationship to the person who petitioned for them, and be eligible for the visa for which they have applied. They will be of good health, and either have a sponsor in the country they’re really relocating to or they, will have the financial resources to establish themselves. Often they will already speak some English, and have a motive for relocating that they can enunciate clearly. If the documents are all in order, it’s a quick ‘yes.’ Similarly, a very poor visa applicant for a non-immigrant visa will have no, or a very poor job, limited family ties in their country of origin, no established social ties at home, poor economic prospects at home, and be unable to enunciate the motive to their trip. They are easy ‘no’ cases.