mr swagger:

Hello justwise and everyone in the house, pls I need advice on what to do next. I'm about applying for admission into a uk university but there is an error in my name in my waec result. My surname is correctly spelt, my first name was also correctly spelt, But my middle name was spelt wrongly with just a letter error. My correct middle name is osayemen but it was wrongly written on my waec result as Osayemeh.
[b] I would like to know if an affidavit is going to settle everything. Should I go on to apply for admission and get a sworn affidavit to cover everything? [/b]Hope it won't affect my chances of getting a visa at the embassy.? Becos I don't want complications in my visa applications. Justwise nd everyone your advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. Hope to hear from you soon.

mr swagger:

Justwise, Thank you for your advise I appreciate dis a lot!! I would move straight to the waec office to get the original copy. But justwise I hope I won't have problem with getting a visa because of the sworn affidavit. Or do you know of anyone who has gotten a student visa with sworn affidavit where a mistake of name has been made, 

Vicjustice:

  Mr. Swagger, observing the nature of the error, and expecting that every other document that you are presenting to support your application bears the correct version of your middle name, and considering that it is just the last letter of the name that has this issue, you should have not much of a problem to worry about. However, if you are concerned that the spelling might raised an issue, then, (like Justwise had recommended,) i'll suggest you go for affidavit. But if i were you, i won't be bothered by that, i'd go to the part of the application form that says: "Do you have any other information to give to support your application" and tick "YES" and then fill this note in:
"Though, i have requested the WAEC authority to correct the error, but i wish to declare that the H that is misplaced for the N in my middle-name was an error on the side of the WAEC officials: the correct spelling is OSAYAMEN as my other documents suggest; therefore, i expect the letter error would be overlooked".

  If the ECO deems that you merit an Entry Clearance, s/he is not going to refuse you the visa for reason of that single letter error, but if s/he has other reasons to refuse you the visa, then that's when other unnecessary reasons (like a coma instead of a full-stop) would be mentioned.

Ms BS:

I would just pretend you didn't even notice, after all the mistake is so small that it is very likely that you may overlook it. Only thing is Nigerians are seen as fraudsters so that isn't a good look.

mr swagger:

Thank you Justwise, Vicjustice and everyone for your advise. I appreciate dis a lot!!!! I always know I would always count on u guys. God bless u. I will do as u said, I will get an affidavit to correct the error. @vicjustice regarding what you stated I shud include in the form for the correction of name. Does it still imply for correction of date of birth also. Because I have two waec results. But an error was made in the date of birth in my second waec result. my correct date of birth is 23/05/1991 but it was wrongly written as 23/01/1991. Justwise and vicjustice should I also use an affidavit to correct the error as well too as u stated ealier on.
        Thanks for all your support. Hope to hear from you soon.

mr swagger:

Thank you vicjustice for your urgent response. I appreciate dis a lot!!! Believe me vicjustice I'm not trying to do fraud. It was just an error by the man who registered me for the waec exam. He mistakenly made the error. Maybe my handwriting was too tiny so he couldn't see it clearly then he wrote something else when filling my waec registration form for the exam.
    Actually, my Birth certificate was issued by the federal republic of Nigeria national population commission. It has the stamp and signature on it by the issuer of the birth certificate.
       The Date of birth on my passport corresponds and matches with the date of birth on my international passport. All my documents bear the same date of birth of my international passport and my birth certificate. They bear 23 of may 1991. Which is correct.
     My Transcripts of result bears the same date of birth correctly with my international passport and birth certificate, my school leaving certificate testimonial also corresponds correctly too. But it is only the waec result which I told you about bears it wrongly with all my documents. My waec result is stating it wrongly as 23 of january 1991 which is wrong.
    All other documents corresponds and matches it well with my international passport and birth certificate.
    @vicjustice, thanks for your support hope to hear from you soon.may 1991. Which is correct.
     My Transcripts of result bears the same date of birth correctly with my international passport and birth certificate, my school leaving certificate testimonial also corresponds correctly too. But it is only the waec result which I told you about bears it wrongly with all my documents. My waec result is stating it wrongly as 23 of january 1991 which is wrong.
    All other documents corresponds and matches it well with my international passport and birth certificate.
    @vicjustice, thanks for your support hope to hear from you soon.

mr swagger:

@Vicjustice thank you once again for your support. I am heading to the waec office tomorrow to make the complain. First of, you know I told you ealier on here on my post that I have two waec results. The first waec result is having an error with just a letter word with my middle name and the second result is having the date of birth error. So I am heading to the waec office tomorrow to get the certificate of the first waec result, the one wth the name error, then I will also complain to them about the second waec result wth the date of birth error. The greatest fear I'm having now is dt I don't know how long it would take the waec officials to rectify the error on the result because some people say it takes 3-6 months to amend the error.

mr swagger:

@vicjustice, Thank you for your reply. May the almighty Lord bless you and your family. I never knew there would be kind human beings like you in this world. Offering advices to peeps for free. You won't lack anything in your life. Amen. I will do as you said and I will also be watchful of fraudulent documents. I won't allow dem issue me a fake document.
Thank you once again. Many regards to u. Cheers!!!! One love!!!!.

violent:

I had a problem of this sort a while back. My middle name had been incorrectly spelt with a letter missing, I simply ignored it and pretended i hadn't noticed it myself and everything was just fine.

As long as all other documents and information they contain are accurate, i wouldn't worry about genuine omissions, there's really no need to draw so much attention to things that would be ignored normally.

justwise:

Not everybody get away with it like you did, when its picked up by an immigration officer then you have some questions to answer, you called it genuine mistake but others may not see it that way.

violent:

Well, you may be right. But it will take an immigration officer who's being unnecessary a[i]n[/i]al to pick up on a missing character in your middle name as a reason to deny your application when ALL other documents check out to be completely genuine and contain your names accurately spelt out.

justwise:

A single letter makes a massive difference in a name, violen[b]t[/b] is not the same as violen yes even with all your genuine documents, that single letter missing could lead to refusal.

violent:

True, but then again,applications are screened by humans not computers. Humans who are reasonable enough to spot and separate what one may call genuine human error from fraudulent documents.

If i had submitted up to 20 verifiable genuine solid documents, references and Ids with my full names well spelt out as VANDAME VIOLENT JUSTWISE, and if for some reason one of those document had the name field filled out as VANDAME VIOLEN JUSTWISE, it will be completely unreasonable to expect that an immigration officer could deny an application for this singular reason. . . . even after considering that the same document had been used to procure you tier 4 letter from the school.

violent:

True, but then again,applications are screened by humans not computers. Humans who are reasonable enough to spot and separate what one may call genuine human error from fraudulent documents.

If i had submitted up to 20 verifiable genuine solid documents, references and Ids with my full names well spelt out as VANDAME VIOLENT JUSTWISE, and if for some reason one of those document had the name field filled out as VANDAME VIOLEN JUSTWISE, it will be completely unreasonable to expect that an immigration officer could deny an application for this singular reason. . . . even after considering that the same document had been used to procure you tier 4 letter from the school.

paris10:

You are right on the point. Your first name and last would be concentrated on but your middle name would not even if there's an omission or error with it. Some people are just making it difficult for others.

There would be no discretion on the part of the ECO either to issue or not to issue a visa based on the character "H and N" the poster mentioned earlier. Any attempt from the ECO to deny the applicant a visa based on that would be termed malicious, unreasonable, unprofessional, biased and if any, prejudice.

The applicant would win the case easily even if first denied and the ECO might regret his/her action. I would dare any ECO to do this to any of my family or friends, dem do see pepper.

Sapele_Don:

I dont know if mine is relevant as it was a case of wrong spelling of my name on  my NYSC Discharge certificate where one letter was replaced with another(never bothered correcting it till date)but when i applied for my Masters in the UK 11 years ago i was given the visa with all my attached documents which included the NYSC Certificate.

I was not refused but it could also be that i got the visa for this reasons (A)i had been travelling to the UK before and matter of fact just got another 2 yr visting renewal then applied for a student visa weeks later which would have made them not really look at my documents(B)things might have changed differently from then with the way student visa's are handled now as regards vetting.

If it was me and i speak from a personal point of view i will submit my applications without any document refering to the error in the spelling,but of course that is me.

justwise:

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Hot air as usual. Giving you a visa is a privilege, even if they refused you visa with no reason there is nothing you will do, you will still pay again to reapply or appeal your case, so quit all these noise about your imaginary right.

paris10:

Now to you Mr know nothing. You know I don't need visa in the UK and neither do I need one in the States, even if you don't know, now you know. I have won countless of cases and would continue to win more for my clients by HIS grace.

What you don't know, it's better you ask or allow those that know or those with experience to tell or teach you. Don't always come here with your pessimistic views on immigration issues 'cause you don't know any.

Don't know if you're being paid to do this, but we are here to always correct the wrong notion you always put up. And one more thing, is it just me that your write-ups and the way say these things looks "white"? In everything we do in life, wisdom is applicable. That's where the Indians have the upper hand when it comes to minority in any country.

paris10:

Now to you Mr know nothing. You know I don't need visa in the UK and neither do I need one in the States, even if you don't know, now you know. I have won countless of cases and would continue to win more for my clients by HIS grace.

What you don't know, it's better you ask or allow those that know or those with experience to tell or teach you. Don't always come here with your pessimistic views on immigration issues 'cause you don't know any.

Don't know if you're being paid to do this, but we are here to always correct the wrong notion you always put up. And one more thing, is it just me that your write-ups and the way say these things looks "white"? In everything we do in life, wisdom is applicable. That's where the Indians have the upper hand when it comes to minority in any country.

justwise:



Calamity! that supposed to be your middle name, i mean. . . to think that somebody like you got anything to do with anybody's immigration issue is worrying.

Sometime when i read your post i got angry with people who abolished slave trade, you should have been useful in banana plantation.

Somebody with zero knowledge of immigration is issues is apparently claiming to be some sort of visa or immigration expert? Keep hanging around in Travel Section, i'm keeping eyes on you.

justwise:

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Calamity! that supposed to be your middle name, i mean. . . to think that somebody like you got anything to do with anybody's immigration issue is worrying.

Sometime when i read your post i got angry with people who abolished slave trade, you should have been useful in banana plantation.

Somebody with zero knowledge of immigration is issues is apparently claiming to be some sort of visa or immigration expert?  Keep hanging around in Travel Section, i'm keeping eyes on you.