Visa Refusal? What does it mean?

[kkhcivil]

Hi dear members,
Could anyone please interpret "
Has the applicant ever had a visa for Australia or any other country refused or cancelled?
" which is in any Visa application form.
What are the differences between "Visa cancellation" and "Visa refusal"? If an off-shore person's visa application was refused, does he need to answer "YES" to the above mentioned question? Thanks

[Guest]

Refused means the visa was never issued.  Cancelled means after the visa was issued it was later withdrawn.   If a visa has been refused, yes you would have to answer "YES".

[Steve Elliott]

A visa refusal is where the application for a visa is unsuccessful and thus, the visa was not granted/issued. A cancellation is where the initial visa application was successful, but the visa was subsequently cancelled. In the scenario you describe, the applicant must answer YES. If the response provided is false, every likelihood is that the false answer will be detected and this could cause further consequences  down the track. 

[TravelingJason]

The answer is Yes if you've ever been denied a visa.

[kkhcivil]

Thanks for the reply.