Oh, thank you. It’s the marriage allowance she is getting. And it was just a reduction in tax fee.just wanted to be sure. My partner isn’t collecting any allowance.

You are welcome. The marriage allowance is not classed as public funds.

carphy:
Wow, does this mean my next visa could get refused? Cos my partner collected house benefit for 7 months last year cos we had some slight financial issue. Is ds going to be a problem?

So long as your British partner claimed it in their own name, it does not affect you or your visa. The application for the housing benefit only needs to mention you as his spouse and not as a joint claimant. I hope that makes sense.

teejay231:
Hello my people, just curious if anyone has had to replace a lost or stolen BRP card? Any idea on the time frame? Thanks.

It depends on whether you are applying from within or outside the UK. Within the UK takes about 7 days I think.

Aphrodite007:


Is your girlfriend in the uk already? Is she studying working or a citizen? If she is in Nigeria and both of you want to move to the uk to work and then get married, I don’t think this is the right thread for you. If she is studying, you might be able to apply (if it’s a PhD only), if she is working, you might be able to apply but you won’t be able to work for 6 months. If she is a citizen, you will be able to apply but won’t work for 6 months. The visa application you will be applying for is the fiancé visa to allow you get married to her within the 6 months you will be granted entry in the uk. However the chances of a successful fiancé visa is low. I’ll advise you to marry her then apply.

I disagree with some of the points mentioned above. A first degree student is also allowed to bring his/her dependents to the UK if there is proof that their welfare will be taken care of. For instance, a student sponsored by their employer whilst still paying their salaries.

A Fiance visa is pretty much same as the spouse visa. The only difference is that the fiance visa expires after 6 months and then FLR follows. The chances of getting this visa is NOT and has NEVER been low. The odds are the same as spouse visa. Please get your facts right to avoid misleading others.

Aphrodite007:


I swear. I’m very curious about the outcome Cos the explicitly said they don't us touching public funds.

A British spouse is fully eligible to get public funds, regardless of which one it is. The no recourse to public funds is only with regards to the non-British spouse. It doesn't affect your visa renewal in any way.

Some funds too are not classed as public funds like the marriage allowance and student loans (for student loans, you must have lived in the UK for 3 years before the start of your academic year.

I am wondering how mothers cope with childcare and work in the UK. I had my first less than 2weeks after I arrived the UK and the second one will be here in a few weeks. I tried enrolling my first in a nursery and I was billed 956 pounds a month. It means I would have about 150 pounds every month after tax from my income. Imagine if I have to enroll 2kids in a nursery!!!!! I would love to know how other mums manage to earn a living with young children. My FLR (M) is coming up in 11 months and I'm nervous already.

abakilikiboy:

You need let them know what you need for and it is strange to hear that some council.
Text me the council name so that I can find out for you.

My own council for instance refused to write it. These days they choose their words carefully when issuing letters.

Foreveryours201:


With regards to renting Private accommodation I am not entirely sure of the additional supporting documents you can provide, however, you can, in the first instance, provide:

-Tenancy agreement
-Letter from Landlady confirming your tenancy and that it is OK for your spouse to live there and that all bills/rent will remain unchanged.
-Utility Bills (Gas, Electricity, Phone etc)
-Council Tax Statement/Bill

Council rented accommodation:
-Tenancy agreement
-Letter from tenancy manager confirming your tenancy (they might not write that it is OK for your spouse to live there, not that it is not OK, it's just something I have found a lot of them do not do- there is no law stating your spouse cannot come and live with you in your rented council property, this only has an impact if you're in receipt of any housing/council related benefits).
-Rent account statement (if you don't receive this automatically, you can request this from them)
-Council Tax Statement/Bill
-Utility Bills (Gas, Electricity, Phone etc)

There maybe more that I have left off the list, especially regarding the private accommodation but hopefully others here maybe able to assist with that!

The house inspection is only compulsory where you cannot get a letter from your landlord confirming that the house is suitable for the both of you among other things the letter should contain. I recommend you all join the facebook group"I love my foreign Spouse". They are more knowledgeable in all this and helped me. Lot during my application. Some information given on this naira land page are not entirely the way I is or could have been better.

Isommex:


The child was born here and hold a British passport just as me. Am just applying for my spouse which is the dad. The child is here with me but the dad stays in Nigeria which am now putting his application in now. That why am asking that question.

Ok

Foreveryours201:


A dependant child coming from Nigeria who the UK spouse will be a sponsor for too.

Even if the child is coming from Nigeria, if he has a British passport, it's still £18,600. Go to uk.gov website and read up.

Isommex:
Hello good evening
Have been following this naira land for over 3 months now and am planning to put my application in for spouse visa sometime next year but am just trying to clarify something before then. This is about the £18,600 for spouse application and £22,400 when you have a dependant child does this apply to a British dependant as well or just a dependant in Nigeria only. Can someone pls help.

No, it does not apply to a British child

wallg123:


hahahaha u very funny

How?

Foreveryours201:


Oh OK. Was this at first application or you had to reapply/appeal?

First application

Foreveryours201:


Hi There,

Thanks.
1. The property is in my name and has been since 2007.
2. I am unsure why this was stated. I submitted 7 months payslips that was issued, signed and stamped by my employer. My employer also wrote a letter confirming my position, salary, length of service and even listed earnings for the 7 months reflecting the payslip. I also submitted my P60 (which also showed my salary. In addition i submitted my bank statement and highlighted my salary that is paid in.
3. I definitely submitted the bills, so I will go with the fact that they did not see them.
4. The tenancy manager has stated and I called him again today, that he cannot specify that my spouse can come and live with me, he can only state that I am the tenant, how long i have been the tenant and how many rooms there,which is reflected in a tenancy agreement of course.
5. Hubby submitted degree certificate with a letter from his University confirming his degree was taught and examined in English.

I know the appeal process is long. I am just unsure of the actual process. One cannot submit new information? Or I can if it it backs up previously submitted information with the application?

We had the same issue with council about the letter. They ended up giving us a letter containing what you stated above. We then quoted the section of the tenancy agreement that stated he could "take in a lodger" in our sponsorship letter. We got the visa

wallg123:
Good Morning guys,

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Benz101:
@ AdaNewbie1290 congrats e no easy..

I want to enquire if you used the priority service. if yes, have you been denied any visa before? I am hoping to use the priority service but my wife has been a denial customer to UK (4times) and US(3 times) visas. I read on TLS that one can use the priority service if one has not been denied any visa. any advise house?

Yes I used priority and I have never been refused before. It's my first visa application ever. I also read under the rules of priority that you can't use it if you have been refused before.

I started researching the visa application process two years ago and thank God we got it on first attempt. Here is our timeline-
Online application submitted -23rd August
Biometric appointment - 31st August
Supporting Documents received to Sheffield - 7th September
Decision made email -29th September
Documents sent back to sponsor -1st October
Email from TLS to collect passport -4th October
Passport sent back to me via courier 6th October
Arrival to UK- 10th October. I would like to thank everyone on the group for taking time to answer questions and help others. God bless.

deept:


Congratulations in order?

Yes dear, we got the visa and I arrived UK yesterday.

Caribbeanwify28:
Hey guys

What is the average wait to get called for your documents once a decision has been made?

I found out the decision was made on 28th September and my husband hasn't been called to collect his docs yet. I really want to know what the decision is after waiting 120 days

We got the decision made email on the 29th of September, hubby got his documents back on the 1st of October and i received my passport on the 6th of October via courier

deept:


I have used it one before in Lagos and I got my passport back. When the passport was ready, they sent an email and i think it was delivered by courier in ~3 days

Please which courier company did TLS use? Was it DHL?

Mrsbebe:
Hi, thanks for you Feedback, but his current job is the 3rd one and hr has spent only 3months.

Do the previous jobs meet the financial requirement. Does this 3rd job meet the financial requirement on its own.

deept:


I have used it one before in Lagos and I got my passport back. When the passport was ready, they sent an email and i think it was delivered by courier in ~3 days

Thanks a lot. This information helps.

Mrsbebe:
Hi Portsmouth,

Also remember the 28 rule for the final financial documents, I.E. last payslip/bank statement/employment letter to be dated within 28 days of application date.

Kindly explain this last bit as hubby is to provide one year payslip and we r adding september payslips and it is not up to 28 days as we r submitting out documents by next week.

And for our calculations. Hubby we are combining 3 jobs. We are using 7 months of the 1st job which was a monthly pay, 2nd job wich was weekly for 3 months and the 3rd which is month for 3months.

Do we need any further calculations as we just added up everything and it was above £18600.

Please assist
Hope to hear from you soon.

If the job of 7montha does not meet the financial requirement on its own then the jobs that make it up have to be at least 6months old. I could be wrong so please make proper enquiries before you proceed. A job offer of less than 6 months is considered when the previous job before that met the financial requirement and the present job meets it as well.
Please who has used TLS courier delivery service to get their passports back. I paid for courier at TLS Abuja and they have not contacted me for the dispatch. Thanks

Purple1234:
@moAbs.
@justwise

Hello, which documents did you take with you, and submitted at your appointment also, which ones were submitted by your spouse please? I am hoping to send my documents to my spouse through a friend travelling to the UK in two days but I don't want to make a mistake of sending documents I might still need here. I will appreciate a response from anyone please. It's urgent. Thank you all

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

Benz101:
Good morning All,

@ justwise, we accepted to proceed with the disclaimer, and will send the degree certificate when it is ready in a months' time. Secondly the IELTS will be taken as well.
I was thinking if we should get a letter from the university stating that degree certificate has not been issued, then attach the letter to this disclaimer and the statement of result if the HO will accept that.

Book your IELTS life skills A1 and write it asap.

Also, what was the circumstance of their application. I have heard of someone was interviewed, they called the name of the husband's ex wife and she said she does not know the person. That was how they were refused. Do you know if that was their case. Was either of them interviewed?

jude2rome:
Good morning @ Adanewbie1290. Thanks for responding and for the encouragement. I actuallu got an atom of relief from your comment. However, I read the refusal letter from HO quoting a section of a rule. no bi sey they tell me.

Ah....Are you serious When was this? Did this happen recently?

jude2rome:
Good morning @ Adanewbie1290. Thanks for responding and for the encouragement. I actuallu got an atom of relief from your comment. However, I read the refusal letter from HO quoting a section of a rule. no bi sey they tell me.

What is going to be the content of this letter? Are you trying to tell the ECO that you forgot your own marital status? AM not comfortable with the letter but hey, it's your choice. Sometimes it's good not to complicate issues for yourself. Once an ECO begins to have doubts about a particular application, they begin to scrutinize every single thing, even the unnecessary ones. I don't know if people write "divorcee" in their marriage certificate in Nigeria. But then again, what do I know. I may be wrong. All the best.

justwise:


Yes its appropriate and a sensible thing to do. Don't try and make any change to the marriage certificate

What is going to be the content of this letter? Are you trying to tell the ECO that you forgot your own marital status? AM not comfortable with the letter but hey, it's your choice. Sometimes it's good not to complicate issues for yourself. Once an ECO begins to have doubts about a particular application, they begin to scrutinize every single thing, even the unnecessary ones. I don't know if people write "divorcee" in their marraige certificate in Nigeria. But then again, what do I know. I may be wrong. All the best.

justwise:


Yes its appropriate and a sensible thing to do. Don't try and make any change to the marriage certificate

jude2rome:
Hello everyone.
This forum as been very informative for me after reading from the very page 1 to 198. All thanks to the gurus such as justwise, portsmouth86, lexusgs430 and a lot of others (pls don't be offended if your id is not mentioned). It took 6 days of careful eading and jotting of relevant info as if I was sitting for an examination. This really made it very easy for me to gather all documents required to file for my wife's settlement visa. However, I have an issue which to me, on a good day, is not meant to be an issue. The gist is:
I'm divorced, and got married in lagos - court, traditional and church marriages respectively. the issue I am having is that, on our court marriage certificate, my status was put down as Bachelor prior to the court wedding instead of divorcee. I own up to this mistake as I may have indicated Bachelor on the form when I completed it. A friend of a friend's wife settlement visa was denied because of this mistake, and he was informed by HO that his passport will be taken from him as they view his previous marriage as sham. Now, I have informed my wife to correct this mistake with the registry where we wedded. The person that wedded us has requested that my wife should see her. They also asked my in-law (who is helping us with the correction) if the embassy has seen the current marriage certificate, which they were told no. I do know that HO keep record of documents submitted. My wife had previously applied for visit visa three twice with the certificate and was refused visit visa base on other reasons, and not because of my status on the marriage certificate. I have advised my wife to be truthful by telling the registry that the embassy have seen the marriage certificate before. Now, they are making the whole thing to seem complicated as they are saying that if the embassy has seen this certificate, that there is not point of issuing another, instead they will write a letter addressing the mistake. I just want to ask will writing this letter be appropriate? We don't know what the content of the letter will be.In my opinion, it's meant to be correction of details where we apply for the correction of details, and they follow the process of issuing another marriage certificate with a letter advising the reason if need be. What do you think?
I read about some people asking what is been asked if you are to be interviewd. I came across this blog which I believe with help someone.
http://ukvisauk..co.uk/

What you just stated is not an issue once your divorce has been finalised. It's actually funny that you think this is an issue. The person that claimed to be refused based on this must have had other reasons for refusal. Please find out more from the person. Do not change anything on that document if it has ever been submitted before. Why did they not point that out when the certificate was used for previous applications? Relax abeg. You should be shaking if you got married before your divorce was finalised.

Please who knows the postal address to Sheffield for spouse visa application documents? Is it same address for priority and non priority applications

I just came back from my biometrics appointment at TLS Abuja and felt I should tell you guys what's up. I only got to submit my application form, international passport and receipt for the payment of priority. No other document or receipt was collected. i was told to send all to Sheffield. please does anyone know the fastest courier companies that can help me get my documents to UK as soon as possible from Nigeria?

Thanks dear. Did you submit the original or photocopy if the affidavit and newspaper publication? Did you submit it at TLS Nigeria or as it sent to Sheffield.

newbie715:


Submission of evidence of change of name depends on your documentation, do you have some documents in your maiden name and some in your marital name? If yes, then I strongly advice you do. I had all my documents in my maiden name then my passport in my marital name as I renewed my passport just before the application.

Evidence should be some or all of: marriage certificate, affidavit of name change and newspaper publication of name change. I submitted all 3.