Hello Nairalanders, please give me light.
I applied for UK student visa last November(2008) and was refused on the ground that I have been graduated for 3 years and I have failed to secure any employment and it shows to them that I am not genuinely seeking entry to da UK fr study propose. I understand that there must not be any gap between the period of of applying and last period of education or work. i actually havent been doing anything but recently(AUGUST 2009), I got a NYSC certificate which I hope will help me a lot if I make anoda application by December 2009 since now the gap will only be 4 months btw my last certification instead of the 3 years idleness which caused my last refusal. please let me know your view if I can apply based on the recent certificate obtained without refering to the last and unemployment status.

@Poster

Did you actually serve or you just purchased a Certificate?

@ahonohai , I actually served with original certificate which can be verified at NYSC headuarter if they wish.

hope yau are also looking for a job , just in case the visa thing does not work out , have a plan A , B and C , God will bless one of them , that way you can avoid the gaps . Gaps dont only work against you in a visa application , they can also affect a job search.

good luck in you re-application.