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How long to apply for visa The embassies and consulates stationed abroad of each country are authorized to issue visas to foreign nationals, who want to travel or immigrate to its country. Different countries have different jurisdictions, procedures for handling the visa, so the time for the applicant to obtain the visa after he officially submits his application are quite different. Some may take as long as 3 to 5 months, even one year or longer are not uncommon, but others will issue the visa immediately after the applicant’s application. It does not depend on the working efficiency, but the different complexity of jurisdiction and bureaucratic procedures.

Is it difficult to get the visa? Whether visa is easy to get or not varies from one country to another. The main difficulties and differences are explained by the reasons below:
1. Easier in immigrant countries (US, Canada, Australia…) than non-immigrant countries (Japan...)
2. If you have some relatives in your target country, it will be easier for you to get the visa.
3. Applicant being educated to a high level will get the visa much easier.
4. Easier to get in developing countries than in the developed countries.
5. Easier to get in countries of small population than the countries of large population.
6. More difficult to get if the applicant is considered as a stayer or to have the immigrant suspicion.
7. Easier to get if your target country has the foreign relations with the country of your own.
8. Easier to get if the economic guarantor of the applicant is more superior in riches.
9. Easier to get when there are seldom applicants to apply for.
10. Easier when the applicant is in a tourist group.

Distinguishing Genuine from Fake Nowadays, there are more and more agencies which are providing the services of visa handling for their customers. If you get the visa by consigning these visa agencies, in this way, the first important thing that you should do is ensure it is genuine and not a forged visa. The following methods are offered for your reference:
1. Go the visa issuing organizations and ask the authorized official to distinguish;
2. Make comparison with others who have applied for the same visa as yours;
3. Carefully inspect the content of the visa word by word.