Published: 2013 July 11 10:18:19 (5116 Views)

A visa help website has revealed its strangest applications of the last year - including a self-styled vampire slayer.

Liam Clifford of GlobalVisas.com said: "We do come across some unusual reasons for visa applications.

"The majority of the time they're quite straightforward but now and again we see some applications surface that really take us by surprise.

"We'd advise all visa applicants to look at the laws of the countries they're trying to move to at the very least before applying.

"But for those with unusual, yet legal, reasons we commend them for their ingenious career choices."

The top 10

1)      A South African man applied for a European visa as he stated that he wanted 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 was looking for a European visa to work 'her trade' in the Netherlands. That trade being prostitution.

4)      An embalmer got in touch who wanted to move his skills preparing dead bodies for burial from Mexico to Spain. It later emerged that the applicant had an 'extensive criminal record' so the visa was subsequently refused.

5)      A gondolier in Venice - one applicant reckoned they were a dab hand with a pirogue in their native Mali so wanted to transfer their skills with a punt to the Venetian waterways after 'seeing it on television'.

6)      A dog food taster - somebody had allegedly applied for the position and been given the nod based on 'previous experience' and they were now applying for the relevant visa to move to the US from the UK.

7)      A man openly claimed during his application process 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 apparently in 'high demand'.

9)      A woman applied for a UK visa after apparently securing 'seasonal work as a zombie' after going for an interview whilst on holiday.

10)   A Peruvian man applied for a European visa to work as an 'alpaca shearer' during 'shearing season'.

- Mirror

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