Asorock 1:

Cheers!!!! Thanks so much SOTAJ, but on a closer look at that budget, if you are the ECO what you gonna think?
Do you think that budget is realistic

Ok now another question, on that part where the form ask how much do you spend on family members and dependant.

ii.) how much do you spend personally on monthly bases.

You can agree with me that this Questions are technical


This is for a friend who also wish to apply for UK visa and he is a bachelor who ends 130k and he doesn't have a fix amount he spend on monthly bases or to the family members.

What's the best figures he can put in there


Give me a more logical and better answer to give on this questions to suite so as not spoil the visa chance.

Thanks and God bless.

Vicjustice: You applied for a UK visa as a dependant of your "uncle"? Well, that's a minus.
Anyway, there's nothing you can do to fast-forward the application, so there's no need to bother yourself with anxiety

senator-romeo:
Here is a question no one has every asked nor answered correctly since I have been following this forum.

If someone who sells Garri or someone who runs a cybercafe or a mechanic or spare-part dealer wants to apply for a Uk tourist Visa, As the business owner, They dont receive salaries nor receive payslips , just a business registration and a bank account on their names. Does that mean because they don't receive monthly salary they cannot apply for UK Visa? Please answer..... Is uk visa only for Salary earners?

spikes C:

I have been looking out for this question too, cos as i am, i am a web developer just receiving payments to my personal account.
Though i don't really need to worry about it cos i am applying for student Tier-4. But in such case, what would the person do? I don't even issue invoices.

My brother was also such, but he issues invoices to his customers, so i think that also helped him, but i can't say for sure

senator-romeo:
Here is a question no one has every asked nor answered correctly since I have been following this forum.

If someone who sells Garri or someone who runs a cybercafe or a mechanic or spare-part dealer wants to apply for a Uk tourist Visa, As the business owner, They dont receive salaries nor receive payslips , just a business registration and a bank account on their names. Does that mean because they don't receive monthly salary they cannot apply for UK Visa? Please answer..... Is uk visa only for Salary earners?

funkybaby:

okay.

all the best. let us know the outcome of the interview

senator-romeo:
Here is a question no one has every asked nor answered correctly since I have been following this forum.

If someone who sells Garri or someone who runs a cybercafe or a mechanic or spare-part dealer wants to apply for a Uk tourist Visa, As the business owner, They dont receive salaries nor receive payslips , just a business registration and a bank account on their names. Does that mean because they don't receive monthly salary they cannot apply for UK Visa? Please answer..... Is uk visa only for Salary earners?

justwise:

Your husband's salary a lone is good enough to meet the financial requirement, you don't need to present your own bank statement, the main issue here is to proof that your marriage is genuine and to do that you need to present a list of documents...for example...email exchanges, phone call list, chat history, gifts, flight ticket used when you visited each other, pictures takes together, marriage certificate..etc the list can not be exhausted, you present as much document as you have to proof that this is not just sham marriage but for real.

Your husband also need to present proof of accommodation..tenancy agreement or mortgage paper and his bank statement showing that he earns up to 18.600 a year.

Dramadiddy: hello guys, i applied for uk settlement visa on the 31st of october, im goin as a dependant cus ma uncle is in the uk.... but since then i havent gotten any text apart from the "your visa application has been received for processing".. was just wondering if anyone could give me an updated time as to which the application process will be completed...waiting for ur responses...thanks

Dramadiddy: can sumone pls give me an ans please?

solomonwis:

UK visa is not just for salary earners but for people who have proper documentation of their personal circumstances. As you are not physically interviewed, your (genuine) documents will speak volume of your personal circumstances and that will help the ECO to arrive at a safe conclusion on the balance of probability whether you merit a visa or not.

Unfortunately,self employed persons in Nigeria tend not to keep adequate record for anybody to assess their personal circumstances hence the difficulty (not impossibility)they face in securing an entry clearance.

Bottom line, if you are self employed try as much as you can to have your personal circumstance documented.

solomonwis:

UK visa is not just for salary earners but for people who have proper documentation of their personal circumstances. As you are not physically interviewed, your (genuine) documents will speak volume of your personal circumstances and that will help the ECO to arrive at a safe conclusion on the balance of probability whether you merit a visa or not.

Unfortunately,self employed persons in Nigeria tend not to keep adequate record for anybody to assess their personal circumstances hence the difficulty (not impossibility)they face in securing an entry clearance.

Bottom line, if you are self employed try as much as you can to have your personal circumstance documented.

Vicjustice: The answer to this is NO, visa applications are not only for salary earners, they are for every individual who meets the requirements among which are; legally documented occupations (whether in employment or self employed); the applicant must be a verifiable documented earner and must have obligation to return to Nigeria for.
Visa applications are not for individuals who work or sell things in undocumented manners and earn wages without clerical accountability

senator-romeo:


Vicjustice, Kindly give me list of documents a self employed successful butcherman and fishmonger should include in a visa application, and how do we explain to the eco that we only save our profit and capital in just one account.

nickson03: Pls can any advice me i am british and my son is british but i want to. Relocate to ireland to reside. I want to register as self employed in ireland and apply for my wife eea family permit. The reason for this is because of the 18600 the anti british introduce. However, my wife has been refuse uk visiting visa on two occassoin. If i should reside in ireland and register as self employed and i apply for my wife eea fimily permit will she get the viisa? Or will she be refuse ireland eea family because she has previous be refuse uk visa on two occasion? Pls advice if i stand a chance of getting ireland eea if i. Should reside there as self employe.

Asorock 1: Hello my people, Vicjustice, justwise , fellow nairlands ok here i am again,I'm almost set for my UK application, please i want to outline the documents i will be submitting, and please my dear brothers and sisters kindly advice on what to add and what to substract.

-Letter of introduction from my employer
- A copy of my passoprt
- confirmed Flight Reservation ( not paid)
- Itinary (showing all the places of interest/events and days i will be visiting in london,UK and means of inward transportation)
- copy of my work ID card
- Land receipt/survey plans and power of attorney.
-Marriage certificate
-bank statement( 6 months from June to November) with balance of 1.1m naira showing regular income of 145k naira.
-Hotel reservation(7 nights)
-letter of consent from my wife that i'm to travel to london for vacation ( although i drafted that and will have my wife to sign it, however i would like see a sample letter of consent that will be more suitable, i want to know if i'm on the right track, please someone if not everyone should help me draft one)
-Personal visa application letter
-pay slips( 6 months , May to October)
-family pictures
-my son's NPC birth certificate

1.) Please what's the best answer to this question: why in particular i have chosen the UK for holiday at this ? I don't seems to find a perfect and well constructive answer to give to this question.

2.) again do i have to start filling the places i will be visiting at the space provided for it or to refer the ECO to my typed ITINARY? if yes how do i state that to refer him/her to it

3.) hope i'm good to go without a Tax clearance card as my pay slip shows tax deductions from my employer.

4.) now what do I feel on the part tha ask what money is your property is ? I mean do i state the value of my lands in naira or to convert it to dollars and state there ?

Hmmmm Vicjustice, justwise , my dear brothers and sisters i don't want to face anymore rejection, mek una tell me now if there is anything that will work against me

i have already told una about my budget of 1382 APP. 1400 pounds for this trip, if you are the ECO how will you see that for a married man with a 1 year old kid.

I'm anticipating for urgent replies and answer to my questions.

God bless you.

-letter of consent from my wife that i'm to travel to london for vacation ( although i drafted that and will have my wife to sign it, however i would like see a sample letter of consent that will be more suitable, i want to know if i'm on the right track, please someone if not everyone should help me draft one)

Dis Guy:

a bit drastic

Vicjustice:
Indeed.

Vicjustice:
1&2) As a tourist, you really don't need to have a special compelling reason to want to visit the UK, but because they systematically use this question to examine an applicant, it is wise to give a satisfying answer.
To give convincing answer for this, it is reasonable to use Google search engine to look up the areas that you wish to visit: also, read their eencyclopedia in same Google... By this, you should be able to satisfyingly convince the ECO of your knowledge about the places that you wish to visit.

3) Normally, you are not required to present your tax papers if it shows in your pay-slip, but because Visa Officers are aware of the wide-spread frauds by means of document alterations, it is difficult for them to trust any document that does not carry security authentication.
You can use your pay-slips as they are, but if you want to avoid the possibility of refusal due to unverifiable tax record, you might want to consider getting tax compliance report.

4) Give the figure in Naira, they will convert it to Pound Sterling (not Dollar)

Asorock 1:

Please I don't understand what you mean drastic. Did I say anything wrong

Asorock 1:

For the bolded part, I don't know what to do , a bit confused, justwise in my previous post stated that tax clearance certificate is not needed by employees but is very important for business owners or self employed.

Is there anyone here who has gotten a UK tourist visa without presenting the tax clearance or with only the pay slip

Vicjustice:
It's indeed drastic that a man needs an approval or a clearance letter from his wife to travel abroad, that shouldn't be in document, it is ridiculous

Asorock 1:

I have read from this forum, of someone saying that his Aunty was refused a UK visa 5 times or there about until she included a consent letter from the husband to travel.

Again why do the ECO's normally states that the have taken into consideration that the applicant wants to travel alone and stay in a hotel, expecially to married applicant

Is it such a bad idea to include a consent letter from my wife that i'm to travel alone, where i will be staying and when i'm to return back to Nigeria.

Asorock 1: the hotel name is W14 hotel, West Kensington.

Actually is a hotel, but offers bed in 4-bedded dormitory in the hotel. Please urgent reply is needed.

worry 359:

AVOID LIKE A HERD OF GALLOPING ZOMBIE WILDEBEESTS. The W14 is an unspeakably foul place: it stinks of sperm and excrement, houses dangling live wires and is fitted with bloodstained mangled carpets. The rooms are sticky, cramped, airless and jaw-droppingly spartan.

http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_Review-g186338-d577546-Reviews-The_W14_Hotel_London_Kensington-London_England.html

I found this with one click on Google!
Some people find it a slum, but you might find it ok, it depends on what you are used to!

FrontPageLawyer: @asorock1 please I beg you to easy on yourself, except you have plans to abscond from the country, i see no reason for the fear. This visa thing is not a do or die affair, same thing you did on the USA thread, at the end it was a refusal. Stop being apprehensive and do the needful as advised by the gurus. I have been refused visa many times and the sky didn't fall on me, I just submitted another application last week and I am very positive. But in case it's a refusal, the sky will still not fall on me, i'm just going to spend my hard earned money in the UK because I own a very good business here which wasn't documented except for the CAC and Bank account, until i learnt from the gurus here that as self employed, your business must be well documented with tax payment which I have perfected. Once again refusal of a visa is not sufficient reason to have a heart attack. No offense please.