Visitor visa refusals
Visa & Citizenship Lawyers were contacted by City Hub to comment on a person’s visitor visa refusal.
Many visitor visa applications are refused because of what’s known as Genuine Temporary Entrant (GTE) criteria, as was the case for this person.
GTE criteria is exactly what it sounds like, criteria to satisfy the Department of Home Affairs that you genuinely intend on entering Australia for temporary purposes.
GTE criteria applies to a number of temporary visa subclasses.
If you have had a visitor visa application refused for not meeting GTE criteria, an option for you is to re-apply for a new visitor visa application addressing the GTE criteria carefully and thoroughly.
This will involve submitting a strong visitor visa application along with suggested evidence such as:
- well-structured GTE statement or Statutory Declaration (as applicable) addressing the GTE criteria;
- appropriate documentary evidence to support your visitor visa application(s), which may include:
- employment letters;
- itemised bank statements for the last three months;
- pay slips of salary payments;
- term deposits or credit card statements;
- evidence of good credit history;
- business registration, record of business and personal tax returns;
- property ownership (house, car etc);
- evidence of strong family connections in your country of origin;
- evidence of school or college enrolment in your country of origin;
- any other supporting evidence as determined by the assessment of your circumstances;
- letter(s) of support from family and friends in Australia;
- submissions from an immigration lawyer setting out how you meet the GTE criteria.
Contact our team if you would like assistance with your next visitor visa application.
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