2016年CRI Chinese Students Receive Rejections for Visa Application to Italy

 

Those rejected were applying for student visas through a partnership¹ program between Italy and China, the Marco Polo and Turandot Projects, which focus on the arts, music and design.

In the past, the projects had a very high visa approval rate with simple requirements for applicants².

But Lyu Xun, who applied³ to a music school through the project, was rejected for not having sufficient and consistent financial support from his family.

"I have provided documentation, my parents' salary card, employment certificate letter, a one-year bank statement. They have saved 220-thousand yuan in the bank."

The Italian visa application center in Guangzhou and Shanghai have explained applicants only need to provide about 58-hundred euro as a deposit.

Many other students have received similar rejection⁴ reasons from the Italian Embassy even though their deposit money is much greater than the requirement.

Starting from this year, applicants for the Marco Polo and Turandot Projects are required to provide a six-month bank statement.

Gao Di'an, with the Italian Embassy in China, used one rejected case to illustrate⁵ why the bank statements were needed, to make sure applicants haven't pooled money temporarily in order to obtain a visa.

"Before the application there was 49.7 renminbi, he put away money just for the application. In December was the first application, then immediately they withdrew the money. Failure to prove that he has enough money, because he had just made the deposit the night before the application."

Gao says this year, around 12 percent of applicants have been found to have made such temporary deposits, which many Chinese think is common.

Apart from insufficient⁶ proof of financial support, Gao Di'an says a number of visa rejections⁷ are also due to the increasing number of fake documents being submitted such as fake bank account documents, bank statements and employment certificates.

Gao says once identified as providing fake documents, the applicant's honesty record will be affected⁸ for any kind of visa application in the future.

"When you submit a fake document, you are doing something illegal, you are lying to government. So, obviously, the expectation of getting a visa should be very very low."

Xiong Bingqi with the 21st Century Education Research Institute says honesty is urged not only for students, but also for overseas study agencies, which make a profit out of helping⁹ Chinese students get a visa.

"Applicants will be influenced if they are identified as using fake documents, but the overseas study agencies will not be punished. The fraud practice is an act of illegal operation and their business licenses¹⁰ should be revoked¹¹."

This is not the first time that a large number of Chinese students have received visa rejections.

Last year, the Australian authorities cancelled nearly 1,800 student visas from Chinese people on the grounds that they were not genuine students.

For CRI, this is Wang Mengzhen.

1 partnership   

n.合作关系，伙伴关系

参考例句：

• The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
• Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。

2 applicants   

申请人，求职人( applicant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• There were over 500 applicants for the job. 有500多人申请这份工作。
• He was impressed by the high calibre of applicants for the job. 求职人员出色的能力给他留下了深刻印象。

3 applied   

adj.应用的；v.应用，适用

参考例句：

• She plans to take a course in applied linguistics.她打算学习应用语言学课程。
• This cream is best applied to the face at night.这种乳霜最好晚上擦脸用。

4 rejection   

n.拒绝，被拒，抛弃，被弃

参考例句：

• He decided not to approach her for fear of rejection.他因怕遭拒绝决定不再去找她。
• The rejection plunged her into the dark depths of despair.遭到拒绝使她陷入了绝望的深渊。

5 illustrate   

v.举例说明，阐明；图解，加插图

参考例句：

• The company's bank statements illustrate its success.这家公司的银行报表说明了它的成功。
• This diagram will illustrate what I mean.这个图表可说明我的意思。

6 insufficient   

adj.(for，of)不足的，不够的

参考例句：

• There was insufficient evidence to convict him.没有足够证据给他定罪。
• In their day scientific knowledge was insufficient to settle the matter.在他们的时代，科学知识还不能足以解决这些问题。

7 rejections   

拒绝( rejection的名词复数 )； 摒弃； 剔除物； 排斥

参考例句：

• Most writers endure a number of rejections before being published. 大部分作家经历无数次的退稿才守得云开，作品得到发表。
• Supervise workers and monitors production quality to minimize rejections. 管理工人，监控生产质量，减少退货。

8 affected   

adj.不自然的，假装的

参考例句：

• She showed an affected interest in our subject.她假装对我们的课题感到兴趣。
• His manners are affected.他的态度不自然。

9 helping   

n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的

参考例句：

• The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
• By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。

10 licenses   

n.执照( license的名词复数 )v.批准，许可，颁发执照( license的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Drivers have ten days' grace to renew their licenses. 驾驶员更换执照有10天的宽限期。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• Jewish firms couldn't get import or export licenses or raw materials. 犹太人的企业得不到进出口许可证或原料。 来自辞典例句

11 revoked   

adj.[法]取消的v.撤销，取消，废除( revoke的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• It may be revoked if the check is later dishonoured. 以后如支票被拒绝支付，结算可以撤销。 来自辞典例句
• A will is revoked expressly. 遗嘱可以通过明示推翻。 来自辞典例句