In Western cultures, we are raised to believe in the Rule of Law, and that legal and civil decisions should be made on the merits of the case and not because of personal influnce or preference. We have laws against insider trading and racketeering, and we look unkindly at influence peddling. It will hurt your foreign friends, in many areas of the world, to hear that you are unable to help them get a visa. They will take it as "unwilling", not "unable" and will consider you less of a friend.
Some embassies have "back-channel" procedures by which embassy personnel can endorse/recommend the visa applications of people they know, whether to gain favor or to otherwise move toward government objectives. No embassy employee will, in good faith, promote the visa application of someone they don't know well and personally. It's bad for security, which reigns supreme at present. it also doesn't look good when the person they endorse uses the visa for other than its legal purpose.
I am jimmy.i am a chinese.but i am from tuvalu.i am holding the tuvalu passport.but my wife holding a chinese passport.we both went newzealand.
Now we like to apply the australian visa.
we have not friend in australian.what should we going to do ??
Posted by: jimmy | April 26, 2006 9:37 PM | Permalink to Comment