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Monday smile: The strangest visa applications

18 Nov 2013 - by Tammy Sutherns
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The following is a list of unusual visa applications made in the last year, compiled by GlobalVisas.com:
1. A South African man applied for a European visa to go to Romania to hunt vampires for a living.
2. A Brazilian man applied for a UK visa to bring flamenco to the streets of Norwich, claiming to be a teacher of the dance.
3. A Russian lady looked for a European visa to work her trade in The Netherlands, her trade being prostitution.
4. An embalmer wanted to move his skills from Mexico to Spain. After it emerged that he had an extensive criminal record the visa was refused.
5. An applicant from Mali who said he was a dab hand with a pirogue wanted to punt the Venetian waterways after seeing it on television.
6. A dog food taster who had allegedly applied for the position and been given the nod based on previous experience, applied for a visa to move to the US from the UK.
7. A man openly claimed during his application that he was evading the local authorities in his native Philippines and wanted to join his family in Australia.
8. A foot model applied for a visa to move from France to the US where their feet were supposedly in high demand.
9. A woman applied for a UK visa after she said she had secured seasonal work as a zombie after going for an interview while on holiday.
10. A Peruvian man applied for a European visa to work as an alpaca shearer during shearing season.
Courtesy of Telegraph.

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