The Applicant wished to apply for a subclass 600 Visitor Visa, Family Sponsored Stream. He sought to visit Australia to attend a family event and to visit a close relative. The Applicant requested assistance from Immigration Solutions Lawyers (‘ISL’) due to his two previous applications for visitor visas being refused.

The first tourist visa was refused for a number of reasons; the Applicant had limited immediate family remaining in his home country, he had no travel history overseas and there was a high non-return rate for visitors from the Applicant’s home country which was in the Middle East. The second tourist visa was refused due to a complication with his relative’s Australian visa and the imposition of a condition preventing Family Sponsored Tourist visas.

ISL prepared the application for the third tourist visa. ISL provided evidence addressing the points of concern raised in the previous visa refusals. First, ISL submitted that the Applicant had more immediate family members in his home country than in Australia. Second, ISL submitted that the Applicant’s lack of travel history was due to his youth. Third, ISL acknowledged the high non-return rates for visitors from the Applicant’s home country but provided evidence of the structured life the Applicant had in his home country. ISL requested that those factors also be taken into account. In regards to the second tourist visa refusal, ISL submitted that the reasons preventing the visa grant no longer existed.

ISL provided a detailed submission to outline the Applicant’s intention to comply with the visa conditions if granted, and to demonstrate the Applicant’s strong incentive to leave Australia before the expiry date of the tourist visa.

ISL was successful in securing the grant of a subclass 600 visitor visa for the Applicant.