Australian Tourist Visa - How Much To Tell ?

[peter991]

In April 2007, my BF obtained a Tourist Visa to visit Australia. He came to Australia and returned to Thailand. We broke up just after he returned home.

Now - a Thai friend I have known for 3 years also wants to come to Australia. He is a university educated 30yo, works in a government department in Bangkok - and his Chief has granted him 2 weeks holidays, from 20 October to 04 November this year. He has a Thai passport, but has never left the country.

Question: In the Letter of Invitation I write to him - which he will present to Australian Visa Services - which will be passed on to the Australian Embassy in Bangkok, should I mention that I have previously invited another Thai male to Australia for a Tourist Visa?

I am wondering whether this would be seen as a plus (the fact a Thai came to Australia on a Tourist Visa, did the right thing and returned on time) or a negative or even no problems - as they will cross reference his Tourist Visa application against my name.

I have holidays during the same period - so if his visa application is rejected, we can spend time together in Thailand - but like PeaceBlondie stated in another thread ... 'I am getting tired of travelling.'

Peter

[Krub]

In April 2007, my BF obtained a Tourist Visa to visit Australia. He came to Australia and returned to Thailand. We broke up just after he returned home.

Now - a Thai friend I have known for 3 years also wants to come to Australia. He is a university educated 30yo, works in a government department in Bangkok - and his Chief has granted him 2 weeks holidays, from 20 October to 04 November this year. He has a Thai passport, but has never left the country.

Question: In the Letter of Invitation I write to him - which he will present to Australian Visa Services - which will be passed on to the Australian Embassy in Bangkok, should I mention that I have previously invited another Thai male to Australia for a Tourist Visa?

I am wondering whether this would be seen as a plus (the fact a Thai came to Australia on a Tourist Visa, did the right thing and returned on time) or a negative or even no problems - as they will cross reference his Tourist Visa application against my name.

I have holidays during the same period - so if his visa application is rejected, we can spend time together in Thailand - but like PeaceBlondie stated in another thread ... 'I am getting tired of travelling.'

Peter

When I did a similar thing (2 tourist visas for 2 different persons 1 year apart) I did not mention it as they were not related.

it was with the Belgium Embassy for a Shengen visa.

I do not think that the Embassy would cross check on you (keep track on the sponsors) unless one of your sponsorship went wrong< they obviously keep track of the applicants.

I would think that he has a very good chance to get the visa without much problem 30+ gov office, holiday paper granted, sponsor.

Good luck

[Mahout Angrit]

I see no reason why you should mention that you have sponsored somebody else as it is your previous visitor who has gained his spurs, not you, by him returning to Thailand as promised and I think you can be confident that they have a record of you as a sponsor at the embassy should they feel a need to cross reference it.

[gburns57au]

You will be on record as sponsoring your ex, that can be accepted as fact....when your sponsorship for the other guy hits the system, they will know that you recently sponsored another person. This will raise an alert on the system. This may cause a problem considering the length of time between the applications. Certainly it would raise suspicions within the department.

I think you need to tread a bit carefully here,

[Mighty Mouse]

Now - a Thai friend I have known for 3 years also wants to come to Australia. He is a university educated 30yo, works in a government department in Bangkok - and his Chief has granted him 2 weeks holidays, from 20 October to 04 November this year. He has a Thai passport, but has never left the country.

If your friend is able to show that he has sufficient finances to fund his own trip to Australia, why do you need to sponsor him at all?

He would only need a letter from his employer stating that he has a full time job and is required to return to work on such and such a date. This would satisfy the requirement of providing a compelling reason to return to LOS at the completion of his tourist visa.

He could then make his application for the visa at the VFS office without any paperwork from you.

If he does require you to support his application as his sponsor, you can supply a sponsor form but don't mention anything about a serious relationship.

If however, it is your plan to later apply for a Interdependent Partner Visa, you may then have a problem convincing the Embassy that this new relationship is genuine. (Particularly if you claimed a serious relationship when you sponsored your former partner to Australia.)

I suggest that you don't let your past sponsorship stop you from applying again. I'm sure the Embassy has had this happen on many occasions, and as long as all the visa conditions were met by your former partner, I can't see you having too much of a problem this time.