Messages Visas can show

That visa application no longer exists.

That traveller no longer exists.

That person is not on this file. Add them to the file before opening a visa for them — a visa for somebody who is not travelling is how the wrong passport ends up in the envelope.

That service is not on this file.

This file is cancelled. No new visa can be opened on it.

There is already a visa in progress for this traveller to {destination}. Settle or withdraw it before opening another — two live applications are two answers to one question.

This application is {status} and cannot be changed. A new attempt is a new application, so the decision that was made keeps its date, its mission and its reference.

A visa cannot go from {from} to {to}. A decision is only recorded against an application that was actually lodged.

A visa is not marked {status} by editing it. Recording what the mission said is a separate action, so that the decision is deliberate and auditable.

{status} is not a visa status.

Nothing was sent to change.

A destination is a two-letter country code.

That date could not be read.

The number of days a passport must stay valid has to be a plain number of days.

A passport rule for {destination} is already recorded. Withdraw it before recording another — two rules for one destination are two answers to how long a passport must be valid.

The passport is {state}, so it cannot be {movement} from here. Record what actually happened to it instead — this record is what answers a client who says they never got it back.