A large share of refusals start with the wrong category: short-term paid work filed as tourism, or a long course filed as a visit. This page separates outbound visas into the eight real purposes, with the extra documents each one needs and the points officers examine most closely.
Leisure travel and sightseeing with no income earned in the destination country.
See detailsVisiting family, a partner or friends who live abroad.
See detailsMeetings, trade negotiations, exhibitions and internal training, with no salary paid locally.
See detailsLanguage courses, degrees, exchanges and vocational programmes abroad.
See detailsTaking up paid employment with an employer in the destination country.
See detailsSettling with a spouse or fiancé who is a citizen or permanent resident abroad.
See detailsTravelling for specialist treatment, or accompanying a patient as a carer.
See detailsChanging planes in a third country en route to your final destination.
See detailsSend us your travel plan, occupation and previous visa history. We will tell you plainly which category to file, what extra evidence you need, and whether your profile is better off waiting or being strengthened first.
NYC is a private document-preparation and filing service, not a government agency. We cannot approve visas, we do not guarantee outcomes and we have no shortcuts or queue-jumping. Decisions rest solely with the destination country's embassy or immigration authority. Always check the latest embassy notice before filing.
One document set often moves through several stages — translation, notarial certification, legalization and finally a visa filing. The links below follow that real sequence.
Authority requirements change. Verify with the receiving authority before filing, or ask our team by phone, LINE or email.