Would a valid German study visa create a travel history?
I have a valid German study visa but I won't travel to Germany with it. I have cancelled my plan. Does only having a visa in my passport create my travel history? Without traveling to Germany, will I have a travel history record just by having a valid visa in my passport?
the reason I am asking this is:
I have got admission in Germany as well as in US. My US admission letter came late. So I started my German visa process and got the visa. Now I have decided to go to US for studies instead of Germany. I have cancelled my German visa and they have put a stamp "cancelled without prejudice" stamp on my German visa. Will that create any negative impact of my US study visa process? Now since I did not travel to Germany, and I don't want the US embassy to know about my cancelled German visa, I thought I should renew my passport and tell the US embassy that I lost my old one. What do you suggest?
Best Answer
- You have been granted a student visa by Germany. Other visa officials will see that as a good thing, a relatively strict country investigated you and gave you a visa.
- You have changed your plans on a significant issue. Other visa officials may see that as a bad thing and consider you unreliable, but they understand that a student's plans can change.
Basically, you had the chance to go to Germany where you could have tried to overstay and work illegally, and you didn't do it. Point in your favor, but it doesn't guarantee future visa.
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