Does having visited top countries increases the value of least useful passport?
I am a Sri Lankan, and obviously I have a Sri Lankan passport which is sadly ranked as one of the least useful passports in the world. So my question is, I have travelled to countries like Australia, etc and there are those visas on my passport.
One of my friends told me that :
Having an Australian visa on your passport makes your passport more useful because then the next time I apply to another country for visa, they have records of the countries that I have visited and so when they know that Australia has granted me a visa that increases the chance of them not rejecting my visa application.
Is this true? Not just for Australia (You can answer generally)
Best Answer
Most top countries are considering two things when you apply for a visa:
- Are you going to overstay the visa and work illegally there?
- Are you considered someone dangerous? and by that I mean, are you a threat to that country by any means? a potential terrorist for example?
The first point is the reason for most visa rejections, but at the same time is easy to overcome. Holding a job with a decent salary and/or a decent bank account will clear it.
For the second part, countries like USA and the UK hold a large database and use a very complicated process to give an initial approval, but at the end all will depend on the interviewer in the embassy/consulate who will have to use common sense and in many cases improvise just to decide. I guess being someone who have travelled to many countries can be at your side, but at the same time visiting the wrong countries can be against you, but that's not what you are asking about here.
Bottom line, it might be useful to help the interviewer to take a positive image, but also might be totally overlooked, the best thing you can do to get a visa is to fulfill the visa requirements for that country, that's the only thing you can be sure it will help you.
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