{"id":68,"date":"2013-11-01T11:41:58","date_gmt":"2013-11-01T11:41:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/settleinanz.com\/?page_id=68"},"modified":"2022-04-30T04:19:48","modified_gmt":"2022-04-30T04:19:48","slug":"common-mistakes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/settleinanz.com\/?page_id=68","title":{"rendered":"Common Mistakes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australian or New Zealand Visa Applications – Most Common Mistakes:<\/p>\n

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  1. Your Visa application does not have a Cover Letter or a Submission: A Cover Letter or a Submission summarises and persuasively presents your case to the Immigration Department (Department of Home Affairs (DHA)). Your Visa Application Forms and the Documents you submit as evidence do not tell a story but a good Cover Letter or a Submission Letter does.<\/li>\n
  2. Check List of ALL documentation and evidence not submitted: This list usually makes it easy for the Immigration Officer who would be reviewing your case \/ file.<\/li>\n
  3. Lack of Project Planning: Applying for a Visa involves extensive planning and utilising an opportunistic time, without which, you are likely to miss out on a good opportunity and raise the likelihood of a refusal.<\/li>\n
  4. \u201cPerfect Timing\u201d is the key: The Points Test allocated the highest score to a person who has the perfect combination of age, experience, educational and professional qualifications, English Language Test Scores, and having an open mind-sent to settle in regional Australia and a few other factors.<\/li>\n
  5. Patience is a virtue: Not submitting ALL evidence (documentation) is a sure-fire recipe for a refusal.<\/li>\n
  6. Taking short-cuts or trying to beat the system: There are many instances where people try taking a shorter route, e.g. a Visitor\u2019s Visa or a short-duration course for a Student\u2019s Visa, thinking they would be able to \u2018beat\u2019 the Skills Visa queue eventually, but have failed miserably.<\/li>\n
  7. With-holding information or telling a \u2018white\u2019 lie: There are too many instances of Visa Refusals and Cancellations just because you \u201cinadvertently\u201d missed out on providing a small piece of information in one of the hundreds of forms.<\/li>\n
  8. Not using the correct Visa Sub Class: This will surely make you lose your Visa Application Charge.<\/li>\n
  9. Employer references: Some applicants\u00a0do not understand the importance of inserting employer references in their Visa Application or Submission. You just jeopardise your Visa Approval by not providing or providing incorrect information.<\/li>\n
  10. Assuming that the Immigration Department will provide you with all the advice and assistance that you need to apply for a visa;<\/li>\n
  11. It is not the job of Immigration Department to check and assist visa applicants\u2019 in their visa application.<\/li>\n
  12. Interview blunders:\n
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    1. Not prepared for interviews;<\/li>\n
    2. Nervousness and poor body language;<\/li>\n
    3. Speaking too much or speaking and blurting out unwanted information which eventually leads to more questioning;<\/li>\n
    4. Arguing with the Visa officer or providing inconsistent information;<\/li>\n
    5. Poor communication or lack of good English speaking skills: You can always ask for an interpreter if your English skills are poor.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      A clever person will:<\/p>\n

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      1. Use the services of a Registered Migration Agent who are especially skilled in spotting the so-called \u201cminor errors\u201d, have excellent knowledge of Australia and New Zealand Visa and Migration Laws, and keep themselves updated on the ever changing legislation.<\/li>\n
      2. Filing a Visa application is just not filling up a few forms and attaching your certified copies of all the certificates; it is a painstakingly laborious process of preparing and building your profile and your case in front of an Immigration Officer, hence, leave it to the experts – a Registered Migration Agent.<\/li>\n
      3. Utilise the services of a Registered Migration Agent to lodge an Expression of Interest much earlier before the age deadline; this leaves sufficient time for the system to extend an invitation to apply for the Visa. Note that there are very strict criteria that apply to, when a visa application was made, and another set of criteria that apply at the time of decision making.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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