Hello,
I am trying to help my Chinese girlfriend's cousin get a visitor visa so that she can come and visit us in NZ. She applied for the visitor visa, but it came back declined, despite having sent in the required documentation. She was sponsored by my girlfriend, but she also sent proof of her sufficient travelling funds just in case. She also sent in a letter from her employer stating her job, position, wages and that she has accrued enough leave. The letter came back with these reasons for decline:
1) You have no international travel records.
2) Current evidence on file is not sufficient to show you have strong employment tie in China.
3) You have not provided sufficient evidence to demonstrate your overall circumstance in China is favourable.
She tried ringing the officer in charge of her application, but it turns out the officer declined her visa then immediately took half a month of leave! So I rang immigration to ask about these reasons but they were no help. The lady on the phone basically just repeated that she needs to send in more proof that she will return to China at the end of her holiday. The only helpful thing she said was that she could send in a letter saying that her parents are in China and that she must return to look after them. Immigration refused to provide any other examples, other than things like house ownership which doesn't apply because she's young, or giving exact employer leave dates which she can't get until she has the certainty of the visa.
I can't imagine anything else that would demonstrate her reasons to come back to China? Does anyone have any more examples?
Thanks for any help.