segunben:

@erico2k2 i use the appeal to be decide on paper so they will still send me a notification for the hearing date or they will just send me the determination??

erico2k2:

@ctrume
for starters whats ET,plz paddon my ignorance,there is no set specification to howmuch you must have in savings when applying to such catigory (VISITOR) all you had to do is convince the ECO you are going for the reason stated and your intention to come back to Nigeria,Now you have a well paid Job, thats a good start,now for the IV letter from a school address, does this letter contain the school's letter heading? does your friend live in an Hostel within the schools vicinity?

ctrume:

and she stayed off campus truout d duration of her stay in skull, but wat has d residence type got to do with the application?

ummu anas:

hi everyone

please i will like to know, is there any connection between the Irish and the uk embassy. Will i have any problem applying  for Dublin visa, just because i've been deny visa at the Uk embassy.

ummu anas:

hi everyone

please i will like to know, is there any connection between the dutch and the uk embassy. Will i have any problem applying for Dublin visa, just because i've been deny visa at the Uk embassy.

Vicjustice:

Has Dublin got anything to do with Dutch?

chyk91:

pls people, i will like some advice, i applied for a uk visa(tourist visa) and submitted my application on the 7th of september 2010, i got my passport today and i was rejected. the problem is i dont know if i have any right to appeal cos under the right of appeal what they stated goes thus;


your application does not attract a full right of appeal under section82(1) of the nationality, immigration and asylum act 2002. your right to appeal is limited to any or all o the grounds referred to in sectionv84(1) b) and c) of the nationality, immigration and asylum act 2002 namely;

b) the decision is unlawful by virtue of section 19B of the race relations act 1976 (c.74) (discrimination by public authorities)

c) that the decision is unlawful under section 6 of the human rights act 1998( c.42) (public authority not to act contrary to human rights convention) as being incompatible with the appelant's convention rights.







please i need help seriously cos am a medical student and i need to know if appeal or re-application is my best bet, also i intend to travel on the 25th of october 2010, as school is starting december. thanks in aticipation.

ramtee:

please direct me so my application wont be rejected . i have not been to the u.k since the 80s now need to visit what do you suggest i do
ramtee

Demokrazy:

Hi guys,

Apologies in advance for a rather LOOONG first post


After reading a few posts on here,I believe you might be able to offer insight into my current situation (apologies if answers have been provided to this question, I'm just too lazy to go through all of 105 pages)***Just to give a quick background to the situation.
I joined my mother in the UK 11 yrs ago and we both hold settlement visas
I have a younger sister (23yrs old) but my mother was unable to bring her over here when my application was processed as mum is a single parent and couldn't afford to bring both of us at the same time.

In 2006 (I was still a student and was not financially stable) my mother applied for settlement visa for my sister, however this was declined on the basis that they did not believe my mother would be able to financially take care of both of us on her low-income, and also on the basis that they believed that since my nan resides in Nigeria and my sister lives with her hence she has someone to stay with, We did not appeal this as mum was unable to keep paying the solicitor to go through appeal.


Fast forward to 2010, I already finished Uni 2yrs ago and now working full time, we decided to apply for a visiting Visa ,we decided on visiting rather than Settlement Visa again as the process is faster and my sis is also no longer interested in settling in UK as she now has a 2yrs old son and doesn't want to separate her son from his father for a long stretch of time.

My sister is currently a trainee hairdresser, hoping to learn this vocation so she can run her own Beauty Salon, she pays to learn the trade so she is not employed and she is supported financially by mum and me (her partner is a struggling student, thanks to Nigerian Universities' knack of regular strike actions.)

Anyhoo,she applied with her son in Sept for a visiting Visa, and we got the a refusal letter stating:

1.)You state that you have worked as a trainee hairdresser since 2009 but you failed to declare your income.
I am not satisfied that you have provided adequate evidence to substantiate this claim. You have provided no evidence of income or employment in Nigeria in support of your application. I am not satisfied that your circumstance are as claimed.

2.) You have provided little in the way of documentary evidence of your personal and financial circumstances in Nigeria. Full knowledge of your circumstances is an important consideration when assessing your application for a visit visa. In the absence of such evidence you have not satisfied me on the balance of probability, that your circumstance are as claimed , that you are genuinely seeking entry as a visitor for a limited period as stated by you, or that you intend to leave the UK at the end of the period stated by you.

3.) You are a single mother with no evidence of income or employment in Nigeria. You have no evidence of savings in support of your application. I note that you intend to visit your mother and other immediate family in the UK and that you have previously been refused a settlement Visa to join them. Given your current circumstances in Nigeria I am not satisfied that you genuinely intend to visit the UK for the purpose and period stated on this occasion.You appear to have little in the way of personal income or assets in your own country.
In light of all the above I consider that you have failed to show sufficiently strong family,social or economic ties to satisfy me, on balance of probabilities that you intend to leave the United Kingdom on completion of a short visit.


So people, my case is this:

On the application we did state that she is a trainee who does not receive income and is wholly supported financially by us.
We also obtained letter from the establishment where she is a trainee to attest to this fact, the woman even stated in the letter we got from her stating exactly how much she charged that she can provide copy of the receipt issued when my sister enrolled, In the letter she also expressly granted her leave for the visit as well as indicating the end date for my sister's training which is next year.

However,looking at the letter of refusal, it seems the ECO is simply referring to the same issue in all 3 bullet points and not taking any of the evidence provided into consideration.

I do not understand what asset a 23yrs old can be expected to hold in Nigeria!!We also provided documentary evidence of monthly money transfers to her account for her upkeep, as well as proofs of our bank statements, wage slips, settlement visa etc.

We have the right to appeal, however I just do not understand how else to explain to these people that YES she is a single mother, who is an apprentice and is financially dependent on her mother and sister, Please any helpful and constructive help will be appreciated, God bless

osasoj:

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UKman37:

I have just read a few post from this person called uktrader and I can confirm that he/she is not British but actually Nigerian. If you read through his/her responses more carefully you will see a few mistakes in the English that no English person would make. So dream on uktrader, you wish to to be Brit sh but actually a Nigerian (probably an illegal immigrant or a Visa over stayer)

uktrader:

Born and bred an English man. I wish all legal and illegal Nigerians should go back to their Third World country. How you can #GBAGAUN determine a person nationality by their writing on forums is so absurd. The majority of Brits do not want or need you in our country. Do you get the message?

Bye bye