Let's Boycott The UK Visa For One Month

The sad irony of life is that while most of you have the privilege of getting an entry visa to the UK and hence an opportunity to experiencing another dimension of life outside the box and vicious cycle called Nigeria, the British High Commission in Nigeria has turned the visa application process to One Big Money Spinner; no thanks to our ignorance and perception of a made up paradise without effort.

However, the sad reality is that these guys that sit in one room; faceless and cannot be questioned already have a pre-conceived notion that Nigerians should not visit the UK; either for genuine purposes or not and when you really deserve it, why don't you pay Charles Mum twice in the process.

If you have ever been burnt by the UK visa refusal that is purely a foolhardy or malicious in nature, please JOIN me in calling on all Nigerians to BOYCOTT the UK Visa for one month starting from January 20, 2009 and lets see if they will not have a major loss,

You can scan the refusal reason page (no personal details please!!! and its usually the 2nd page) and post here for the world to see the subtle greediness of the cheesy Briton.

Personally I would request that you rephrase the above highlighted before I decide whether to join in or not

na wa for this guy?why the goat insult now?and who told you that everybody in the UK is suffering?and does everybody that applies for a uk visa intend to live there?

you again?

oya, start running your mouth anyhow on this thread.

"Your all" is how much exactly? fifty pounds? If you had more than that you wouldnt be so bitter and frustrated.

@poster,

answer this question and it will provide insight if your idea will work or not:

why are BRITS not coming to Nigeria in droves??

 

Are you African at all? _{I doubt you're Nigerian.} 


helloo- are you familiar with the history of the continent?

Tpia, relax! I suspect Brother Landis is winding you up. 

Thank you all for your posts.
My post is a call to people that see the UKVisa business beyond the reason of ethical practice in content delivery and not for those that are in their comfort zone because getting into the UK has not pose any problem to them till now, it might just happen to anyone soon enough.
From entry clearance refusal to entry refusal at LHR to cancelled entry and deportation, the UK authorities sure know how to run a diplomatic money spinners on the wheels of our ignorance.

@ A K O: Bros, how is UK life these days? I am thinking about the amount of money the Britons will lose, the amount of change it will effect in the visa processing transparency and the degree of change that the sacrifice from Nigerians will effect, afterall UK is not the only Study Abroad destination available.
It might look like a failure now, but soon you will see,

@ Pennywise: Wise choice of words for your advise. Advice under consideration,

@ Bronx Dog: This Dog again,  I am sure you have a mental limitation to express yourself with words that are either insulting or denigrating. Anyway, what is to be expected from a Dog, bark. A meaningless effort of frustration at vituperations.

@ Damiso: Abeg leave the Dog alone jare. All critters see everyone else at their own level of perception. Maybe, if he is on 2 legs, he will see, act and speak differently.

@AngieFan: Thank you. I will let you know when proper modalities are in place but I am not against Nigerians going to the UK but rather the illegality of the so called visa processing whereby a numb skull might just be the ECO looking at your application. Lets have some transparency and reduce the visa fees being collected by reason of subtlety through visa denials.

@Treetop20: I have nothing to lose my brother. Traveling to UK did not develop me to my present state of consciousness,it only made me pity the "I want to travel to UK" die hards and  their ignorance is the poorest state of mind.

@Chyk91: Do not doubt, anything can work, all it takes is desire to see the reality.

@Igbogolo: Man, you don come again with your subjective assessment of the situation.I wonder when we will all learn to use the proper choice of words to reply issues and present ourselves as reasonable.

For UKVisas, lets wait and see what 2009 will give us, Happy New Year to you All.

Oh this one made me laugh.

go to http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/en/statistics/ - they say the income from visa applications worldwide (of which Nigeria is only a small part) was 190 milion (pounds) for the year.

Now, the UK budget (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_budget) is 519229 million pounds. The visa application income is only 0.00036 of this. And that's the income from all the world, before expenses - they pay from it for the people who process the applications, the buildings and all. If Nigeria boycotts UK visa - UK will go bankrupt indeed!

They won't even notice. It looks like big money to you, but it is insignificant for them.

Also, it's not that bad - http://www.ukvisas.gov.uk/resources/en/docs/2958881/stats2006-07 here on page 7 you can see that about every second application gets accepted in Lagos. In stats further down you can find countries with a 100% refusal rate!

What, you suggest they pay with their own money for people who would read the applications? That's hard work. What sane person would pay from their own pocket for supplying a service the "customers" are willing to pay for? You'd pay somebody you don't know for the privilege of preparing a meal for him? If you have something people are willing to pay for, you don't give it away for free to strangers. That's how the market works, everywhere.

what will happen after the one month, re-apply?

One month is too short, make it One Year 

A boycott is a boycott. Even if they invite me to come and kiss the Queen.

There is still more to import into Nigeria, lets continue to lobby and go there. Do you get it, even if am silent?

In a way, I also doubt if this call will work.
Just visit the VACs to see the number of
Visa Applicants. Many have no business
applying in the first instance but they just must
leave the Country.

Before this call works, may be we should look at
the negative factors responsible for making
UKVisa Applicants in this country
want to travel to the UK at all cost- A reduction
in these factors could help tone down the
number of Applications and I dare say refusals too.

I work with UKVisa Applicants
on their application and documentations.
Sometimes I am amazed at some of the applications -
You would find that these Fellows have set themselves up for
a refusal on first attempt - Big Time!

Their applications show that they have no business
applying for a UKVisa!

And the annoying part is that they can't see this and
they expect you to work out some miracle to help
them get past the ECO's refusal stamp with such applications- How?!