On Wed, Mar 07, 2007 at 11:36:39AM +0000, Moray Allan wrote: >On the one hand, the sponsorship letter is not in fact that important a >part of the visa application: the UK immigration authorities are not >really concerned to know why someone wants to come to the UK,
They are also particularly concerned if the person in question has the financial means to support himself/herself during the time in the country. I've been asked that question many times and I know people who have been asked the same question by US and Australian immigration officers. >but to have proof that they want to go away again afterwards. >Including information about a job/family/etc. that requires the >person to go home after DebConf is more important than the contents >of any letter from us. On the other hand, visa paperwork is a >serious matter: if we make a mistake, people will be denied visas, >and not just for DebConf: a UK visa refusal in the past generally >makes it much more difficult to get a UK visa in the future. A visa refusal of _any_ country will make it very difficult to get a US or Australian visa as well. Aníbal Monsalve Salazar -- http://v7w.com/anibal
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