That's not the point. Obviously a heated argument with a custom officer won't yield a good result. My point is that as a long term visa holder, there are very limited reasons why you should be refused an entry, and these are reasons are generally related to previous visa (or any other serious) offences. That applies to any democratic and liberal country.
These are tourists, not long term visa holders. There are very limited reasons to refuse entry for LONG TERM visa holders who have set up their lives in the respective countries.
how on earth does a visa not guarantee entry to the country? That's the whole point of the visa... unless there's some issue with the previous visits - ie overstaying a visa or any other offences that the officer can see on the screen.
You pay immediately at the point of application, there's no option to pay later.
It's a bit painful but there are applications that allow you to put multiple jpg-s to one page. For additional document submission, there were new upload fields added to the system - email they sent me referred to those fields. I guess these are customised as per each application (if / when additional paper is needed).
Tbh the instructions were extremely clear. I spent the most time on getting multiple jpg-s to one file. Ended up using Canva.
