Hello Justwise , please I would love to seek an advice from you, I finished my masters from the UK and returned in September 2017, my tier 4 visa was valid till October 3 so no overstay, I was in the UK for 20months, I have a valid US visa (though not used yet) and I also visited 3 shenghen countries (Amsterdam,Paris & Milan) during my time of study in the UK. But my problem now is my wedding is in June 2018 and I want to travel to the UK for just one month, initial plan was to apply for a visitors visa and just go and do my prewedding shoot / get some wedding things and after marriage my fiancé applies for me as his dependant but we just found out that I cannot be in the UK while he is applying. So we decided to do a registry marriage when I go over, so when I leave in March he would apply for me and we go back together after wedding. After searching online I found out I can’t do a registry marriage with a standard visitors visa but rather a marriage/civil partnership visa, please I would love to get advice on the possibility of getting that visa also I would like to state that I am applying in February, my fiancé put in some money in my account putting in 700k into my account I also had 300k before then, though I am not working for now but I run an online hair business on Instagram and they have been an in and out flow of money from my account since August and after my return. I would also be submitting an invitation letter and statement of account from my fiancé as my sponsor together with my own statement of account for the application. Also my fiancé came visiting in November 2017. I would really appreciate any idea or contribution to avoid any mistake or refusal of my application. Thanks in advance.

Please any advice from anyone about my previous post would be greatly appreciated, justwise and all gurus in the house I really need urgent help!!! Thanks.

Cynthia1722:
Hello Justwise , please I would love to seek an advice from you, I finished my masters from the UK and returned in September 2017, my tier 4 visa was valid till October 3 so no overstay, I was in the UK for 20months, I have a valid US visa (though not used yet) and I also visited 3 shenghen countries (Amsterdam,Paris & Milan) during my time of study in the UK. But my problem now is my wedding is in June 2018 and I want to travel to the UK for just one month, initial plan was to apply for a visitors visa and just go and do my prewedding shoot / get some wedding things and after marriage my fiancé applies for me as his dependant but we just found out that I cannot be in the UK while he is applying. So we decided to do a registry marriage when I go over, so when I leave in March he would apply for me and we go back together after wedding. After searching online I found out I can’t do a registry marriage with a standard visitors visa but rather a marriage/civil partnership visa, please I would love to get advice on the possibility of getting that visa also I would like to state that I am applying in February, my fiancé put in some money in my account putting in 700k into my account I also had 300k before then, though I am not working for now but I run an online hair business on Instagram and they have been an in and out flow of money from my account since August and after my return. I would also be submitting an invitation letter and statement of account from my fiancé as my sponsor together with my own statement of account for the application. Also my fiancé came visiting in November 2017. I would really appreciate any idea or contribution to avoid any mistake or refusal of my application. Thanks in advance.

What is your fiance's status in the UK?

Yababoy:
I appreciate the great job being done on this thread by the likes of Justwise who has been of immense help to me since 2011.
I just completed a Masters from the UK in September 2017 and I left the UK almost immediately to discuss some employment offers in Nigeria, one of which I eventually took. At that time I wasn't particularly interested in looking for a company to Sponsor my Tier 2 applications as I considered it too be a long process. However, I have recently heard that the Post Study Tier 2 visa route will be re-opened from the 11th of January.
I will like to know if it will still be possible for me to apply for the Tier 2 Post Study Visa from Nigeria given that my Tier 4 actually expires this month.

Can anyone please help with this? Thanks

He is a resident on an entrepreneurial visa and would be applying for his permanent residence by April 2019. He said the application needs to be made at least one year before his own application which is ending of March this year.

justwise:


What is your fiance's status in the UK?

Hello Justwise, thanks for responding
He is a resident on an entrepreneurial visa and would be applying for his permanent residence by April 2019. He said the application needs to be made at least one year before his own application which is ending of March this year.

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Cynthia1722:
He is a resident on an entrepreneurial visa and would be applying for his permanent residence by April 2019. He said the application needs to be made at least one year before his own application which is ending of March this year.

Please go through this link it has all the info you need https://www.gov.uk/marriages-civil-partnerships/foreign-national

If you have more question feel free to ask

Yababoy:
I appreciate the great job being done on this thread by the likes of Justwise who has been of immense help to me since 2011.
I just completed a Masters from the UK in September 2017 and I left the UK almost immediately to discuss some employment offers in Nigeria, one of which I eventually took. At that time I wasn't particularly interested in looking for a company to Sponsor my Tier 2 applications as I considered it too be a long process. However, I have recently heard that the Post Study Tier 2 visa route will be re-opened from the 11th of January.
I will like to know if it will still be possible for me to apply for the Tier 2 Post Study Visa from Nigeria given that my Tier 4 actually expires this month.

Never heard of that before, though you can apply for Tier 2 general visa from Nigeria if you get a job in the UK and the company is willing to sponsor you.

Olowogbogboro17:
Just collected my passport with the refusal note below.

Document submitted:
Land Documents
Uncles letter of invitation
British Passport
Workplace ID card
GTBank SOA closing bal. 1.3M
Standard Charttered SOA closinf bal. 2.4M ( 1.5M matured at 7.10 am on the application day from a 180days Fixed Deposit)
Fixed Deposit Cert/Doc
Treasury Bill Cert (1M)
Payslip of 6Months
LIRS e-Tax Clearance ID Card
work ID Card
Driver Licence
Car Documents showing my name
Employment Letter
Confirmation of Appointment Letter
Salary increase letter
Leave confirmation
Covering Letter explaining the source of the Tbills and Fixed Deposit which was invested 6months to the application.
Jerusalem Pilgrimage Certificate
Proposed date of travel: 10 March 2018 ( 2 weeks)
.................................................
Am single
Age: 28
Travel History:
Isreal:
Reason: Pilgrimage

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Application was submitted in Abuja
Date 15 December 2017 - Collected my passport this evening from DHL
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Thank God i got my passport today.
i will be traveling to Dubai for a business trip on Monday 15th.

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Brighter advise would be appreciated
I am not desperate neither am i hopeless.
Should i re-apply or let it slide.

Thank you.
Pray to see more grant here.

1. I saw British passport in your list there..who is British?

2. Did you pay some money into your account before the application?

justwise:


Please go through this link it has all the info you need https://www.gov.uk/marriages-civil-partnerships/foreign-national

If you have more question feel free to ask

Thank you for the response, I had already gone through the pages of their sight before now, my actual question is do you think with my story I have the chance of getting the marriage/ civil partnership visa since I have lived in the UK before? Have you seen anybody in this situation and finally with the way I put cash in my account would it be considered as money lodgement. Thanks once again.

justwise:



1. I saw British passport in your list there..who is British?

2. Did you pay some money into your account before the application?

My uncle's passport.

Yes, i did, Paid in 500k (cost of my trip) from my Standard Chatered account and this was explained in the cover letter

Goodmorning. Pls help look into this bugdet/breakdown.. pls criticise and contribute.
So my friend earns 230k/month. (468£) She lives with her parent. Doesn't really spend her salàry except on fuel on weekends. She goes with staff bus. So she hardly touches salary. She had a small hair unregistered business (another bank account) but not regular income. Closing balance in salary account at this morning is 1,130m.(2,304£) She wants to spend 5nights in London.
proposed bugdet is as follows:
1. Hotel (kessington&Chelsea)...105£(domitory of 8beds)
2. Flight .................................541£ ethiopian
3. Transportation ................. 20£ oyster card
4. Sightseeing .................. 70£ (some r free)
5. Breakfast/dinner. ........ (hotel comes with free breakfast n dinner
6. Lunch..........................20£
6. Shopping ..................... 100£
Total. ........................................856£

Itininery proposed after research I came up with:
Aŕrives London on the 21st @6.35am
Settles in and rest till 2pm
3pm .......walks round the neighbourhood to earls court station that's close to hotel to the city to get oriented with the environ.(day 1)
Day 2.....go to see London eye + river cruise +madam toussand.....we got this combo @31£
Day 3.....visit to trafalgar square and all the free attraction sites close around, lounge around n take tons of pics. Go clubbing after
Day 4.....(sat) spend the day to see house of parliament, Westminster Abbey and Hyde park., takes london bus to see London at night
Day 5.....(sun) church service @Westminster Abbey, light shopping....goes back early so she can park for departure
Day 6.....(mon)...leaves early to burkingham palace to go see changing of the guard....(hotel check out time is 3.30pm)
We hope she gets back to the hotel by 2pm so she can check out and heads to airport. Flight is 9pm.

Pls who is familiar with this oyster card. Is 20£ reasonable for 5days t get her to the stated attractions?
Is 20£ for lunch reasonable?

Pls help us scrutinize this if there is anything I missed out. Thanks in advance.

Cynthia1722:


Thank you for the response, I had already gone through the pages of their sight before now, my actual question is do you think with my story I have the chance of getting the marriage/ civil partnership visa since I have lived in the UK before? Have you seen anybody in this situation and finally with the way I put cash in my account would it be considered as money lodgement. Thanks once again.

Your lawful stay in the UK is an advantage if you submit a watertight application, the financial requirement is not on you, its on your fiance to meet but if you are submitting any bank statement make sure you explain the source of money on it with evidence.

Since the 700K was given to you by your fiance you need to present evidence of the transfer else it will be considered as money lodgment

Olowogbogboro17:


My uncle's passport.

Yes, i did, Paid in 500k (cost of my trip) from my Standard Chatered account and this was explained in the cover letter

The refusal letter made it pretty clear why you were refused, you paid money into your salary account which is not your salary and did not submit evidence to backup the 1Million naira you inherited from your late father.

If you want to reapply you have to address those issues.

iyaaliyah:
Goodmorning. Pls help look into this bugdet/breakdown.. pls criticise and contribute.
So my friend earns 230k/month. (468£) She lives with her parent. Doesn't really spend her salàry except on fuel on weekends. She goes with staff bus. So she hardly touches salary. She had a small hair unregistered business (another bank account) but not regular income. Closing balance in salary account at this morning is 1,130m.(2,304£) She wants to spend 5nights in London.
proposed bugdet is as follows:
1. Hotel (kessington&Chelsea)...105£(domitory of 8beds)
2. Flight .................................541£ ethiopian
3. Transportation ................. 20£ oyster card
4. Sightseeing .................. 70£ (some r free)
5. Breakfast/dinner. ........ (hotel comes with free breakfast n dinner
6. Lunch..........................20£
6. Shopping ..................... 100£
Total. ........................................856£

Itininery proposed after research I came up with:
Aŕrives London on the 21st @6.35am
Settles in and rest till 2pm
3pm .......walks round the neighbourhood to earls court station that's close to hotel to the city to get oriented with the environ.(day 1)
Day 2.....go to see London eye + river cruise +madam toussand.....we got this combo @31£
Day 3.....visit to trafalgar square and all the free attraction sites close around, lounge around n take tons of pics. Go clubbing after
Day 4.....(sat) spend the day to see house of parliament, Westminster Abbey and Hyde park., takes london bus to see London at night
Day 5.....(sun) church service @Westminster Abbey, light shopping....goes back early so she can park for departure
Day 6.....(mon)...leaves early to burkingham palace to go see changing of the guard....(hotel check out time is 3.30pm)
We hope she gets back to the hotel by 2pm so she can check out and heads to airport. Flight is 9pm.

Pls who is familiar with this oyster card. Is 20£ reasonable for 5days t get her to the stated attractions?
Is 20£ for lunch reasonable?

Pls help us scrutinize this if there is anything I missed out. Thanks in advance.

Surely your friend has to register to ask this question herself , you have asked several questions previously on her behalf so its important that she register to help herself

Hello house, am a 1st time Visa applicant, I want to use an agent for my visa processing, he told me it's about #1M to the UK, pls how reliable is using agents for visa processing, as I don't want my visa application turned down and also being duped.
Pls am a novice to traveling oversees as I haven't left the shore's of this country, I intend looking for a greener pasture in the UK.
I would appreciate your individual inputs to guide me in my pursuits so as not to fall into the wrong arms. Tnx FAM.
@justwise I need your professional inputs on this.

Flee from that agent if u don't ve anything else to do with the #1,000,000, spend it on[b] fresh girls[/b]

emerich:
Hello house, am a 1st time Visa applicant, I want to use an agent for my visa processing, he told me it's about #1M to the UK, pls how reliable is using agents for visa processing, as I don't want my visa application turned down and also being duped.
Pls am a novice to traveling oversees as I haven't left the shore's of this country, I intend looking for a greener pasture in the UK.
I would appreciate your individual inputs to guide me in my pursuits so as not to fall into the wrong arms. Tnx FAM.

emerich:
Hello house, am a 1st time Visa applicant, I want to use an agent for my visa processing, he told me it's about #1M to the UK, pls how reliable is using agents for visa processing, as I don't want my visa application turned down and also being duped.
Pls am a novice to traveling oversees as I haven't left the shore's of this country, I intend looking for a greener pasture in the UK.
I would appreciate your individual inputs to guide me in my pursuits so as not to fall into the wrong arms. Tnx FAM.
@justwise I need your professional inputs on this.

You can waste your money if you are too rich and got nothing useful to do with it

justwise:


You can waste your money if you are too rich and got nothing useful to do with it

Thank you bro, painful reality, tnx for your response, quite relieved now.
I should get something meaningful doing here in Nigeria then.

emerich:

Thank you bro, painful reality, tnx for your response, quite relieved now.
I should get something meaningful doing here in Nigeria then.

What do you do for a living?

Haba!!! Firstly, it's still same question not several. I only edited out the breakdown after I was told to reduce the bugdet. Secondly, she has used all the emails she has and she keeps getting 'the username already exist with d email bla bla.
Since I have an account, I said why can't I just use mine. Thats all. And I could have said I was the applicant but I have been on here a longtime to know there isn't point lying. Besides, we go tru the email together.
If that will help us, I will tell her to get new email.

justwise:


Surely your friend has to register to ask this question herself , you have asked several questions previously on her behalf so its important that she register to help herself

justwise:


What do you do for a living?

Am a Medical Laboratory Scientist.

FLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE from agents. do yourself the greatest favor by reading from the very first page here. you will eventually tutor the supposed agent. cos agents have not even submitted applications for themselves before, let alone been to the embassy.

emerich:
Hello house, am a 1st time Visa applicant, I want to use an agent for my visa processing, he told me it's about #1M to the UK, pls how reliable is using agents for visa processing, as I don't want my visa application turned down and also being duped.
Pls am a novice to traveling oversees as I haven't left the shore's of this country, I intend looking for a greener pasture in the UK.
I would appreciate your individual inputs to guide me in my pursuits so as not to fall into the wrong arms. Tnx FAM.
@justwise I need your professional inputs on this.

Ijeshalomo:
FLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE from agents. do yourself the greatest favor by reading from the very first page here. you will eventually tutor the supposed agent. cos agents have not even submitted applications for themselves before, let alone been to the embassy.

God bless U guys, so glad I came across this post, have saved myself some headache, the SMS I even got from the supposed agent was filled with so many errors, from reading previous post, I knew I don't stand a chance in securing a UK visa...

emerich:

Am a Medical Laboratory Scientist.

Look for job in the UK and try your luck, don't give away your money to any crook.

Check this link for occupational short list in the UK https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-k-shortage-occupation-list

That list get updated so keep an eye on it

justwise:


Look for job in the UK and try your luck, don't give away your money to any crook.

Check this link for occupational short list in the UK https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-k-shortage-occupation-list

That list get updated so keep an eye on it

Tnx bro, really appreciate.

Pls UK denied me visa from 2009 till either 2011. About 4 times. Then Irelanf has denied me also about 2-3 Times. Last time Dublin denied me was around 2013-2014.,Last year UK issued me 6 months visa and i went and returned yhen renewed the visa last yr November to Two Years UK. So currently now i have UK two years visa. Now i want to apply again for Ireland. What are my chances anf how do i go about conviencing them? Do i use same documents as i used in UK? Please i need an urgent advice and directives. Thank