Visas
Re-applying is a new case, not an appeal.
The second application is not a chance to explain the first. It is a new case, read by someone who already knows how the last one looked.
· 4 min read · Visatory
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Four countries, four different processes.
Student visa milestones by country: the I-20 and SEVIS sequence, the UK CAS and maintenance rules, Canada's attestation letter, and Australia's CoE.
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Visas
A refusal letter says more than no.
Most offices read the first line and file the rest. The rest is the only account you will ever get of how the case was seen.
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Visas
The CoE is the gate on the Australian route.
Australia front-loads the commitment: the deposit and the health cover come before the visa application, not after it.
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Photograph by Zoshua Colah on Unsplash.
Visas
The I-20 and SEVIS fee have a fixed order.
The US student visa process is unforgiving about order. Each step consumes an identifier the previous step created.
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Visas
The CAS and the 28-day rule are one problem.
Most refused UK applications in an agency's file are not refused on substance. They are refused on the order two clocks were started in.
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Visas
Canada's attestation letter changed the sequence.
A study permit application that used to start with a letter of acceptance now starts earlier, in a provincial allocation you do not control.
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