miqos02:
Please can a good Samaritan share a cover letter format?

If I am doing biometric in Lagos, do I address the letter to Lagos or Abuja?

seyisanya:
Good day all. Awesome breakdown. For those who have been following this thread from part 1 or a bit later, has anyone been issued visa without including a cover later and a breakdown of their budget? Thanks a great deal for your time.

Monmarri:


As regard your refusal there are some unexplainable money that comes to your account which is not relating to your salary. U did not explain the money to them that was why u were denied. Next application u will have to explain to the ECO all the credits u did not declare with proof. Check the statement of account and sort out all the big money and know how it came in and explain.

badboy92:


Hi Sir,
Thanks for this advice,
I have canceled my hotel booking which was far from London and opted to use Airbnb to a more central location, this has greatly reduced my accommodation and travel budget, my new budget has now reduced to 550K, and my monthly expenses are on an average 70k Per month.

femi4wonders:
Hello house,

I intend visiting the UK soon but I will need guidance from everybody here so as to get it right the first time.
I'm not into any paid employment because I am a PHD student in Nigeria.

List of documents I intend submitting

1.introduction letter from my university and tuition fees receipt, admission letter.

2. Marriage cert.

3. Baby's birth cert.(A year and 6 months old baby)

4. 3 property documents(a receipt of land purchase from state govt, a deed of aassignment signed by members of the family, contract of sale for a landed property purchase by me and my wife)

5. Property document of my residence and utility bill (fathers property)

6. An invitation letter, utility bill from my host in the UK and a cover letter stating that they will be responsible for my accommodation, feeding and transportation in the UK.

7. Statement of account and cover letter from my dad stating that he will be responsible for my flight and also stipend for miscellaneous and transferring the fund to my personal account.

8. My statement of acct will also show monthly stipend I collect from my dad (40k).

Please I need advice on what to include to the list of doc.

@ justwise

Nielbaba:
thank you , can you help me with details of where and who to address my cover letter to?

Seynex01:

Good Day all the awesome people on this thread

Is 350k good enough as opening balance?

I will like to know what an ideal opening balance should be.
Thanks

Cc: giselle237, justwise and other gurus

labiowo:


There is no money bigger than my monthly salary in my bank statement and I explained the sources in the cover letter with payslip

Seynex01:

Good Day all the awesome people on this thread

Is 350k good enough as opening balance?

I will like to know what an ideal opening balance should be.
Thanks

Cc: giselle237, justwise and other gurus

labiowo:


There is no money bigger than my monthly salary in my bank statement and I explained the sources in the cover letter with payslip

justwise:


What is your closing balance?

Seynex01:
I have1.2m as my closing balance

Hacuttie:
Experts in the house, today makes it 60 days after biometrics. No decision mail from UKVI and no update from TLS. Response to mail confirmed the application is with them. Has this happened to anyone before

Seynex01:
I have1.2m as my closing balance

Hacuttie:
Experts in the house, today makes it 60 days after biometrics. No decision mail from UKVI and no update from TLS. Response to mail confirmed the application is with them. Has this happened to anyone before

Hacuttie:
Experts in the house, today makes it 60 days after biometrics. No decision mail from UKVI and no update from TLS. Response to mail confirmed the application is with them. Has this happened to anyone before

Monmarri:


Hmmm! Something is then wrong some where. Just check again the statement of account you submitted. The ECO might have seen something in it that he is not satisfied with your personal and financial circumstances

Innopre983:
Good morning house. Please my brother has just been refused a visitor visa to UK. He provided the Access Bank code for the application so the ECO can see the statement of account. Does it mean they don't see the statement of account with the code given to him from Access bank or what?

giselle237:
I don’t think ECO didn’t see bank statement..I think he/she saw it..... according to the refusal letter ECO said the deposits in his account doesn’t match as they were numerous ie. alleged money lodgement and that there is no proof of the origin of the funds....
also ECO said he didn’t see proof of 250k montly salary

Did he submit more than 1 bank statement?

justwise:


Most important thing is the closing balance and to support the source of that money

Innopre983:


Thanks for your response. The account statement shows monthly deposit of 250k from the company every month. The only other money paid into his account was 2.1m which is the rent collected by his estate agent on his behalf and he provided paper evidence for it and the money was transferred from his estate agent company account. No other money comes in apart from salaries and that rent he collected. Please what can he do?

giselle237:
I don’t think ECO didn’t see bank statement..I think he/she saw it..... according to the refusal letter ECO said the deposits in his account doesn’t match as they were numerous ie. alleged money lodgement and that there is no proof of the origin of the funds....
also ECO said he didn’t see proof of 250k montly salary

Did he submit more than 1 bank statement?

MadameW:
Hi everyone, I picked up my passport this morning with my 6 months visa and thought to share my timeline.
Biometrics:31st May 2019
Application sent to DMC: same day

I didn’t get a dispatch mail from UKVI but tracked my application yesterday and saw that my passport had been returned to VAC

Collection mail from TLS: 24th June 2019
Pick up: Today

Siberry:
I picked up my passport today after three weeks of biometric.

I was almost sure I wasn't gonna get my visa, because I made an unpardonable mistake on my application.

I even wrote to them my cancel my application and was atold a decision had been reached already.

Was shocked to see visa approved.

THANK GOD! Lessons learnt.

Siberry:
I picked up my passport today after three weeks of biometric.

I was almost sure I wasn't gonna get my visa, because I made an unpardonable mistake on my application.

I even wrote to them my cancel my application and was atold a decision had been reached already.

Was shocked to see visa approved.

THANK GOD! Lessons learnt.

Monmarri:


For next application tell your brother[b] to print out all statements of account and scan please[/b]. And the statement of account must be signed by the bank. Was the statement submitted as pdf with the code? Was the statement of account stamped and signed? U need to check pls.