ZaraOli: Alhamdulillahi. I got an email that my visa has been processed and approved. I did my biometrics at Ikeja on 18/8/14. That was pretty fast. Thanks guys.

Please where did you submit at?

worry359:

First you must be patient!
It is very unlikely that you will sit in Nigeria and find accomodation that you like in Birmingham!
The city is too big and complicated.
Second the religion issue is to inform you of the difficulty of trying to find somewhere so far away.

I have told you that people do not live in the city centre! you will need to travel at lease some distance on public transport.
You should book a hotel to come to and then look round as your requirements are not simple.

If you are too scared or proud to use busses then stay back at home!

na wa o,why did you use the word proud? you need to take easy on people here because am just here asking for opinion about the closest place to city center where someone can get better accommodation

Chaze85:

Everything will turn out fine,just have faith

thats what am doing here but i just have a little problem with my present job as am just being confirmed as a full staff and my salary has been doubled so am very worried now as i will need to give them 1 month notice before i leave and my school is resuming on the 15th on sept

Chaze85:

Amen Ooo,God is with us

This waiting things is a different ball game entirely, am so so so so so so worried

worry359: A VERY important thing for people to think about when renting a room or property from afar is Religion!
In the U.K. many areas in big towns like Birmingham and Manchester have large populations of people with different beliefs.
For example it might be difficult for a staunch Christian person to find that they are living in a Muslim house.
Or a Muslim might find problems in a Hindu house. (These are just examples!)
This is just one reason why it is best to inspect the property in person.

am beginning to get worried bout this Birmingham thing because all these religious issue and again pls kindly advise me on where to get a studio flat that will be a walking distance to my school

Chaze85: After 6 working days got an approval that my visa has been approve @justwise and @spikeC thanks for your help in answering my question more power!!

Congrat, the waiting no easy and may GOD help us all that are still waiting

worry359:
Your school is just outsite the main city centre (10 minutes walk)
Below are some bus maps to help you see where you can look for accomodation.
Aston area is good for students but many are at another university.
Lots of cheaper housing on bus routes but most will only advertise locally.
You may need to book hotel while you look for somwhere suitable.
Many, many shops selling african and indian supplies nearby.

http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/bustravel

http://www.networkwestmidlands.com/nmsruntime/saveasdialog.aspx?lID=1734&sID=97
On this one your school in in square D7, you need to be looking at places outside the centre for accomodation.

BOsses all am looking for is a studio flat because my wife will be coming to join me there in October,

justwise:

http://student.spareroom.co.uk/accommodation/milton_keynes/10/2389004/


http://student.spareroom.co.uk/flatshare/flatshare_detail.pl?featured=1&search_id=&search_results=%2Faccommodation%2Fmilton_keynes%2F10&flatshare_id=111738

http://student.spareroom.co.uk/accommodation/milton_keynes/10/2897986/
http://student.spareroom.co.uk/accommodation/milton_keynes/10/2988174/

There are more links in that site

Please i need advise on Birmingham city centre because my school is Birmingham city uni

worry359:
British people tend NOT to live in the city centre.
Also Birmingham is huge.

The GOOD NEWS is that there is a very good bus service along all of the main roads.
(Not Ocadas! ) Proper busses tht have fixed routs!
Some areas are white folk, many are Indian, Pakistan (as black you should avoid these)
Some Muslim areas. Some afro-caribean areas (lots of drugs and naughty ladies!)

Tell us which University and college (part of uni.) then we might advise.

Am going to Birmingham city university and my campus is at curzon street at city centre with post code B4

HudsonBanks:

Yea I figured. Even Gumtree isn't favourable for my uni town

Please my oga's here any idea about how much i can get studio flat in Birmingham city centre because privacy na the koko oh

akmoses:

Submitted mine @ Abuja same 11th and got the approval email today.

Oh ok thought you submitted on the 14th

akmoses:


Tanx bro for the prayer and surprisingly i just got an approval email, omg u mus b a prophet.

thanks to all you guys, got my approval email today, so will hopefully leave for abuja on sunday for pick up against monday morning. the Lord has done it for me, he will definitely see u guys thru. Manchester awaits!!!!!

Lol. congrats cant wait to get my own because i really wanna share my own testimony on this forum GOD pls make a way

HudsonBanks:

Okay cool. Thanks for the heads up on the process. I'll be heading to Abuja first week of September to do mine. Your approval mail should reach you by next Friday by His grace.

AMENNNNNNN

akmoses:

Be rest assured, He'll see u thru

@ akmoses Something is telling me that you will get an approval email before monday pls be on the look out

HudsonBanks:

Fantastic! Just search and book your flight, God has settled your matter

@ HudsonBanks thanks broda i got there around 9 05am, finished submitting my document and get bio metrics done within 20min but had to wait for interview because there were people from yesterday that there interview was scheduled for this morning and i left there around 11 30am.
Hoping for the best

akmoses:

Be rest assured, He'll see u thru

Thanks broda, Cant wait to join people like@ spikesC @Emmagency at the other forum life in uk

I just finish submitting my application in abuja oh,my people pls i need your prayers this time around because all i want from GOD is my visa on it

gmolen:
Ok, I get it now, thanks. Upon deletion, hope I can use same information without the system telling me the info already exist? Thanks again.

Yes you can because you have deleted the first one

gmolen:
Thanks, but i still cant get it. Under which of these sections pls: passport and travel information, personal details and travel history, family detail, medical treatment, tier 4 student, additional information?. Many thanks.

you will need to delete the one you created and start a new one and you will see where it will ask you which region do you want from the start before putting your name and all

mun0513:

True, I missed out that part.



@Bambamzzz, You are good to go. Don't worry. Just follow the advice spikesC has told you now regarding writing letter and submit it along with application.

Thanks my people, i will do that

mun0513:

Brother, heartly congrats for your visa.

Please note in his post, he has mentioned that he has already submitted visa application and later realized it. Regards

I have not submit my application yet, i have only confirmed online and booked appointment

gmolen:
Please where exactly at the beginning? I went through my application, I could not locate it. I want to be certain I selected Abuja. I will be confirming my application soon since my 28 days is due. Thanks

Where it will ask you about your region

mun0513:

I believe there wont be any problem because CAS is a virtual document between UKVI and your college/university. If you have notified your school about spelling mistake and they have corrected it then UKVI will just use CAS Number to access your information online and match it with your paper application that you have submitted. Unless you have done same spelling mistake on your visa application and it mismatch your passport there might be an issue.

Just a brotherly advice, be careful with your information and double check when you are ready to submit to avoid future hassle.

@spikeC, correct me if i am wrong regarding CAS information. Regards

@spikeC i did not make any mistake on my application and everything is intact,the only mistake they made is the s after my name n the CAS and if you take a look at the CAS,there is a place where they left for sponsor note so the school typed it there that the student first name is david not davids

spikesC:
hahaha, abeg don't kill me with laugh

Ok, i don't know much places in Lagos but when i came, i used google map to find my way around. Also, ikoyi was very close to VI so it was easy for me.

Yes, they would allow you in.
I would advise you come as early as possible to enable you finish your biometrics and submission of documents before the oyinbo interview starts at that your appointment time.

Please help me, i just checked my CAS that was reissue and they made a mistake on my name by writing davids instead of david, i noticed this after application has been submitted and appointment booked for Wednesday in abuja.
I called the school to notify them about this and they have sent me another CAS with same CAS number noted on it that the student first name is david not davids but am very worried that the ECO might not check sponsor note because all this ECO dont always have patient when checking stuffs like that and there is no way to include this in additional info because i have already submitted before seeing it

Please advise me on what i can do to make sure the ECO notice it

HudsonBanks:

I can't remember that part of it asking for preferred location at the beginning but I must have chosen Lagos, I started filling the online application since two weeks ago but only confirmed it yesterday to check date availability.

Yes its from the beggining

HudsonBanks:

The Abuja option isn't available on my application profile and I don't know why.

where did you choose at the beginning of your application? because there is a place it will ask you about where you want

HudsonBanks:

I just checked available dates for Ikeja again just now and surprisingly 19th of August onwards became available, no restriction. I advise you book your appointment immediately before it changes again!

@ HudsonBanks so you cant book abuja for yourself again?

paradisewoods:

OBO - Omo Baba Olowo

lol thats funy oh because nothing like OBO here oh just trying to look for a faster way to get response because of my resumption date

With what am reading here,its seems like abuja is the best option for now for we that our school is resuming on sept 15th and i checked flight to abuja for aero and its 20k return

spikesC:

Because of teleperformance

Oh ok i was scared before oh but i hope they answer me within a week because am going to abuja with GOD on wednesday
congrat once again

spikesC:

No, it is not. Goodluck on it

Thanks @spikesC why did your application took that long? is it because you have been refused before or is it teleperfomance error? please respond

spikesC: So, after 27 working days (exclusive of 2 public holidays), my visa is out.

Got no single mail from UKVI, only got this mail from teleperformance:

Dear Valued Customer,
We are contacting you to notify you that your visa application request has been received at the application center and is ready for pickup.

Tracking also changed to Ready for collection

@ spikesC congrats, My CAS has been reissued and sent to me today and i want to apply over the weekend for abuja and see if i can submit on Wednesday but my question is that my school is resuming on sept 15th and i hope is not too late for me if i apply on the 20th which is next week wedneday at abuja plss help me out here