Are these good countries to use for travel history when applying to Australia for a visa?

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There are four other reasons why Australian authorities want to know about a person's travel history: terrorism, crime, drug trafficking and disease control (biosecurity).

A person who's travel history includes countries such as: Nigeria (in particular Borno), Chad, Mali, Syria, Iraq, Pakistan or Afghanistan would raise questions as to why has the applicant recently been to those locations.

Regarding disease control Australia is very serious about keeping all "exotic" diseases out of the country. It's one of the reasons it has very strict regulations regarding quarantine requirements for animals entering the country. In May 2022, an outbreak of foot and mouth disease occurred in Indonesia, much to the concern of the Australian authorities and livestock farmers.

In addition to diseases that could affect livestock and its native animals the authorities would like to know if anyone has been in regions where diseases of significance have occurred, such as: Ebola, tuberculosis, mosquito borne diseases such as zika virus, chikungunya, malaria, dengue and Japanese encephalitis, amongst others.

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Any travel history is good than no travel history.

That being said, for Australia, that doesn't hold much weight. If you have been in Shengen, US, UK or similar, then it would have been much more convincing to the Australian authorities than these countries.

So, you have to make a strong case. You need to prove these:

  1. Strong ties to your home country. This can mean a stable job, owning of properties, family staying back in Nigeria etc.
  2. Economic Sense. You need to show that you have more than enough in your bank and you legitimately obtained those funds. They are not looking for large funds, but a steady income that covers the purpose.
  3. You intent to come back after the visit. Above two can help the case. You need a clear answer on why you want to visit Australia and all.

Important thing is never lie on the application or provide a false document. Fill the application by yourself truthfully and never involve any agencies. If caught lying, you can say good bye to all future applications and will be extremely difficult to get visa to any country that shares immigration data with Australia.

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Travel that is most useful in this context is travel to (much) richer countries than yours (comparable to the target country), which draw people from your country. If you’ve been granted a visa for those countries, visited, and left in time, that is a strong signal that you can be trusted to do the same in the target country.

So for instance if you’ve travelled to France, the UK or the US with no issues, that would be a very positive point.

Still, a pattern of travel even to countries with economic situations close to that of your own country can show that you have the means to travel (at least pay for flights etc.) just for tourism or business. So it’s better than nothing, and it’s a step in the right direction, but by itself it most likely won’t be a game changer. You still need to have a strong application exactly as if you didn’t have that history.

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