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This is so true. I was at TLS VI on Wednesday and a man came with more than 800 pages of communication evidence for settlement visa. They had to scan after whyning and trying to convince the man to reduce it but he didn't bulge. They even called one white man and asked him to come convince the man, but he still didn't listen to him.

stillwaiting:
UK ADOPTS NEW VISA APPLICATION PROCESS FOR NIGERIANS
December 2, 2016
Press Release


The UK Embassy in Nigeria has adopted a new visa application process, the British High Commission said on Friday in a statement.

The spokesperson of the commission, Joe Abuku, described the new process as a slight change in which “Visa staff now only need electronic versions of support documents.”

The new process, which takes effect from December 5 for customers applying for a UK visa in Lagos, Victoria Island and Ikeja, would bring applicants benefits from digital improvements to the UK visa application process.

“TLSContact (responsible for UK Visa Application Centres in Nigeria) will scan your supporting documents whilst you’re at the visa application centre, and then return your original documents to you,” the statement said.

“They will then send these (electronic) documents to UKVI, with your passport and application form, and visa officers will consider your application in the usual way.

In order to avoid delays in the visa application centre, the Commission requested applicants to ensure they complied with requirement to provide all documents in A4 size, while any other documents smaller or larger than A4 should be photocopied onto A4 sized paper.

While advising all customers to remove any clips or pins from documents before submitting their application, the Commission warned that any torn, crumpled or heavily creased documents, which is difficult to photocopy, should be photocopied onto A4 sized paper before submitted, as they can’t be scanned in this condition.
Source: Premium Times.

Thanks. I'm also inclined to not submit it.

Foreveryours201:
No of course I know. So it's best not to bother submit the P60 to avoid confusion. I feel like they didn't even bother to look at mine.

You are right.

Uchman365:
That's not the case here as the sponsor was on maternity leave last year

Thank you

Uchman365:
Their only requirements are 6 months payslips preceeding the application date and then a letter from your employer (VERY important) confirming how much your yearly wages. P60 is extra.
In our first application, I provided 3 P60 slips but was refused for providing only 4 payslips. My P60 didn't seem to make any difference to them.

Yes. Exactly my fear. However, I think it is necessary to still provide some explanation and perhaps attach it to the p60 along with maternity SMP and other relevant documents to inform them the reason she didnt earn up to the required amount in the last tax year.

I saw somewhere online how someone was refused because his/her earnings wasn't up to the require amount in the previous tax year but the sponsor claimed to have earned the required amount in that tax year. They found out this information from HMRC.

Please what do you think?

Uchman365:
I'll say leave the P60, it's not required. It might give them a reason to start doubting her income.

Thank you for your suggestion. I later found out it is not required as you have stated.

Foreveryours201:
From my understanding, the P60 is not compulsory should you have already provided a letter from the employer dated within 28 days of application, 6 months payslips and bank statements reflecting salary payment and an employment contract. If you do decide to put it amongst the supporting documents, you could state that the amount shown for that tax year included her maternity leave pay.

Hello Everyone,

Just a quick one. I'm now set for biometrics next week Wednesday and our supporting documents look good after months of research on this and many other forums but i have a question regarding sponsor's p60.

My wife's p60 for April 2015 - April 2016 doesnt reflect she earned at least 18,600GBP. The reason for this was that she was on maternity leave for 6 good months (June - November 2015) and this ofcourse affected her gross earnings for the aforementioned tax year. She, however, returned to work in December 2015 and has been been earning atleast 1550GBP monthly gross.

My question is: do we need to include this p60 as part of our supporting documents or we just drop it so as not to confuse the ECO(given that she has already earned at least 1550GBP for the past 11months)?

Thank you.

dday101:
Just forward TB test certificate and English test certificate to your wife immediately, you can submit your Appendix 2 with your application form with your international passport. If you dont do it like that just know is 100% visa denial.
Good luck and GOD bless

Hello Everyone,
Please who has applied recently for settlement visa here? I came across the post below and was wondering if this is TLS' latest modus operand.
I still have my IELTS Life Skills certificate, TB test result and Appendix 2 with me in Nigeria. Other supporting docs have been sent to my wife. In view of AdaNewbie1290' post, i'm wondering if i should post the remaining docs to my wife or go to TLS for my biometrics appointment with it. We are using priority service, so i dont want any delays.

AdaNewbie1290:
I used TLS Abuja for my biometrics. The only documents they took from me where my application form, passport and payment confirmation for priority. Every other thing including financial requirement form, Tb test certificate and the print out of my online payments, they refused to collect and directed me to send to my sponsor. This was ending of August.
Good luck

Hello Everyone,

At last, we have finally put together all the supporting documents we need.

OK. Thanks

Lexusgs430:
It could be both, applicant alone or sponsor alone. But best for applicant and sponsor to get their facts and fiction right..................
NB: Dig through thread to read samples of questions usually asked................ MINI EXPO

Who gets interviewed for a spouse visa? Both applicant and sponsor? Or only sponsor?

Congrats. May God protect and watch over him. He is going to be fine.

Portsmouth86:
Hi everyone

So I have some news to share,

as I recently advised that my Son was due to be born on 23rd December, well he decided to come early, and was born on 1st September at 5.10am, weighing just 1lb 4oz, he is in NICU and in the best hospital in the UK, doing very well.

I am still in shock and was in hospital for 3 nights, I had a natural labor,with no pain relief, no complications and i have named our son Jamal Abolore, since my MIL traveled to Mecca, Saudi Arabia on the day I went into labor so the name is perfect for him

May God bless us on this long and rocky road, until my son can come home Amen x

Thanks.

Lexusgs430:
Property inspection not required. The rent agreement and letter from landlord is good enough to proof accommodation status (so long as all other prerequisites are meet).

Hi Everyone,

I don come back again o. Abeg.

A quick one. Is it possible to use a newly rented apartment for the accommodation requirement? No bills yet. Just the tenancy agreement and letter from landlord granting spouse permission to live in the house. The reason for this is time. We are really pressed for time and planning to even do priority.

Another one. Is it necessary to have property inspection for a 2-bedroom house solely occupied by wife and daughter?

Ok. Point taken.Thanks.

Is there anything unnecessary in my list?

worry359:
The danger if you bombard them with too much
is they will only scan through it and may miss something important!

Hello Justwise, Vicjustice and everyone else,

I plan to apply for Family Visit Visa in September. Duration of visit is 18days.

Please, is there anything possibly left out in this list of supporting documents for a Family Visit Visa:

1. Company Introduction Letter
2. Offer of employment letter
3. Promotion letter
4. Cover letter addressing refusal points for same category of visa in April
Refusal reasons:
1. Lack of supporting documents to prove marriage is genuine and subsisting. I submitted a photocopy (i don't know what i was thinking)
2. Lack of supporting document to prove relationship with daughter. (I didnt submit marriage and birth certificates for wife and daughter)
3. Lack of home tie because salaries were not paid regularly at the time. (We all dey 9ja, so you should know better)

5. Marriage certificate (both religious and registry). Is it allowed to submit only religious? Just asking.
6. Daughter's birth certificate. Long and short form issued in the UK.
3. Salary account with 6 month's bank statement. Closing balance say 940k. Salaries have since been paid regularly.
7. Tenancy agreement for accommodation belonging to Father-in-law.
8. Consent/permission letter to stay in the accommodation above for the duration of my visit.
9. Passport data bio-page of Father-in-law.
10. Passport data bio-page of Wife.
11. Passport data bio-page of Daughter.
12. Wife's invitation letter.
13. Wedding pictures and some pictures we took while dating in Uni and after getting married. All were not dated though.
14. Print out of flight reservations for my wife's last two visits.
15. Skype call logs and some facebooks chats.
16. Printouts of items i bought her on amazon.co.uk

I really want to inundate them with supporting documents this time around. Thank you.

You are right. Thanks for your time.

LagosismyHome:
Gotya.... so the best for home ties will really to show you have a stable job with regular salary .

She is on ILR. We actually wanted to do spouse before but we have decided to put it on hold for now. I have a major project I'm currently working on and we are having a slight problem with the acoomodation requirement for spouse. So I just want to visit for now.

LagosismyHome:
What visa status is your wife on. ? ..... why dont you apply as spouse visa instead of visiting visa

You are right. I didn't submit any evidence to prove relationship. I dont know what I was thinking.

I will now, however, be adding every form of evidence to prove relationship with wife and daughter.

Like I said earlier, it was because I stated that salary was being paid at 50% at intervals earlier this year that ECO couldn't accept my job as home tie. But this is no longer the case. No more 50% salary for the past 4 months now.

Vicjustice:
I suspect you did not present your marriage certificate as well as your kids birth certificates to substantiate your relationships.
Land properties that do not require your managerial attention would not be considered a satisfactory home ties.
Your best ties are supposed to be your job and occupations: and a workplace to pays you N227k should have represented your tie to Nigeria: work on your job tie.

Hi Everyone,

I was refused family visit visa early May (my first ever uk visa application) because of the following reasons:

1. The ECO did not believe that my relationship with my wife is genuine and susbsiting. In addition, he said he didn't believe I'm related to my daughter as claimed. They are both in the UK.

2. Earlier this year, due to a drop in company revenue, salary was paid in half and the balance at a later date. So, the ECO captilised on this and said my job didn't qualify as home tie. Although I was the architect of my own downfall. I stated the salary thing in my cover letter! Unbelievable. I thought I was being sincere.

I now want to reapply again to visit my wife and daughter. I earn 227k after tax by the way and I will be having like 900k as closing balance.

I will be addressing the refusal points with:

1. I have asked my wife to send our marriage certificate and our daughters birth certificate. I will also add her flight tickets, pictures and chat messages as proof of relationship. This is visit visa o.
2. Things have since normalised at the office and salary is now paid in full.

Here is my conern. My last application was refused under 4.2(a). I looked it up on the internet and what I found is lack of home ties. I don't have any landed property. I only have dependants, my parents and younger sister. The people that are supposed to be my major home ties are the ones I'm going to visit.

Please, vicjustice, justwise and co, what else can I add to my application to make it more convincing?

Lexusgs430:
Una dey plan to kidnap the old man for Nigeria ? His return ticket stating his departure late in the year, is no provision that he cannot pay the airlines penalty, and change his departure date to a much earlier date.
With regards your wives present housing arrangements, don't try to circumvent the accomodation process, simply pay an inspector to verify the suitability of the accomadation (once bitten twice shy).
As stated, cost of that settlement visa no be joke.................... Money wey pesin fit take buy motor, na hin oyinbo wan take dey drink tea, coffee + puffpuff, and still not issue the visa !!!!!!!

Lol @ "na hin oyinbo wan take dey drink tea, coffee + puffpuff, and still not issue the visa !!!!!!!" Thank you for your perspective. I agree with you. I never thought about it like that.

Meanwhile, lets's put aside my father-in-law's absence. Isn't a 2 bedroom and 1 living room apartment a 3 bedroom? I remember seeing this online sometime ago; i can't remember where right now. For the sake of others in a similar situation, this site: https://lha-direct.voa.gov.uk/bedroomcalculator.aspx states that a 3bedroom is required for 4 people and we are 4 in this case, my father-in-law inclusive.

Do you think it is a good idea to use this apartment to fulfil the accommodation requirement, given the above assertion? This is the only requirement left and I'm too scared for a refusal.

Hello Everyone,

Please i need you guys advice.

A brief context: I was refused visit visa in April. My fault actually. I didn't include our marriage certificate and our daughter's birth certificate.

I will be applying for spouse visa sometime next month. My wife (holds ILR) and our one year old daughter (British Nigerian) are both resident in the UK. We attended the same University here in Nigeria and got married in 2014.

So, we have enough proof of relationship: pictures, chats, Skype call log, wedding certificate. She earns more than 18,600. I have the IELTS Life Skills Certificate. I will be doing the TB test soon.

My headache now is the accommodation requirement. She lives in a 2 bedroom and 1 living room apartment with her dad (British Nigerian). The house is a rented apartment and it is in her dad's name. Meanwhile, i used the house as accommodation in my refused visit visa in April and no mention was made of it in the refusal letter. Green light
My father-in-law landed in Nigeria a few days ago and he is not going back until the end of this year.

We would like to use this apartment to fulfil the accommodation requirement for spouse visa.

We plan to get a written letter from him giving his consent and permission for me to stay in the apartment for a few months after i arrive. In addition, we will attach his return ticket as proof that he wont be returning until later this year.

Please is it wise to use this apartment? The cost of the spouse visa application is not a joke.