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Visa Alert

Just thought i should share my experience here since i have also learnt a lot here.

I applied for a 6 months visiting visa for my sister who is a first timer. she is a teacher in Government school and earn less than 90k.
Submission date: Sept 19,2023
Document received at DMC: September 20,2023
Document sent to VAC: September 27,2023
Collection email: September 28, 2023

Documents submitted:
1. Personal Mutual Fund Statement- 410k
2. Personal Bank Statement-280k
3. Sponsors Bank statement
4. Employment letter
5. Letter from my employer - Lagos State Government
6. Family photos
7. Birth Certificates for her and her sister who is inviting her
8. Invitation letter, pay slips and resident permit from her sister and her husband
9. her Pay slips
10. Photographs
11. Sponsor letters
12. Our dad`s death certificate- she mentioned that her fathers rent was the lump sum in her bank account
13. Our Dad`s property document
14. Lawyers agreement to manage our dad`s property
15. detailed cover letter explaining her reasons for travelling, her travel Itinery and finances( copied that from this platform)
16. Her personal property contract of sale and allocation of plot

P.S. she applied along side myself and my husband as we have visited the UK many times
she got a sponsor letter from my mum who wrote a letter to give her 400 pounds, myself 250 pounds and my husband to buy her ticket.
she had 3 sponsors .

habeeb246:
is this really possible? Because I got a mail that my application already received by DMC ( croydon Dmc ) and do you think my passport is still with TLC ? Thanks

Passport does not leave Nigeria o. Only your application is transferred for analysis.

AmeliaT:
Sorry about this. Keep hitting them with emails. Hope and pray!

My mum submitted her application on the 25th of October at Ikeja office. I sent paid email four times. in the last email( January 16th), i wrote that the applicant being an elderly person was worried about the delay in her request.

i observed that their response to me did not come within few hours like they used to, instead they responded after 24 hours that a decision has been made.
Two days after, January 18th, got an email from TLS that travel document is ready for collection.

Dinoforyou00:
God is so so so wonderful guys!!
Infact I’m very speechless. I was here on Thursday asking questions on how to cancel application. It was after 48WD that I canceled my application on the website and also send a mail to them to cancel my application. But to my greatest surprise, I got a collection mail yesterday, I thought it was just my passport. DHL brought it right now and lo and behold I was saw the visa vignette on my passport.


Biometric done November 3,2021
Collection mail January 17
Dhl delivered just now


I’m so excited guys. Please don’t let us loose hope in God

Congratulations Dinoforyou00, we pray that those expecting their collection mail would receive positive response.

switch900:
I am so elated today. After the long wait (49 working days), finally picked up my passport. May God be praised.

Sent a paid mail to UKVI on 6th Jan asking for application update I was told it was still awaiting decision. Sent another on 12th Jan and was told a decision has been made that i should wait for 10 working days to be contacted.

Biometric- 2nd Nov
Centre- Abuja
Transferred to VAC/Received by VAC- 14th Jan at 10am and 1pm respectively
Collection mail- 14 Jan at 12:30pm
Collected- today, 17th Jan
Visa stamped- 12 Jan
2 years visa granted

This thread was indeed helpful before after application. Thank you Debbie, Brenda, and everyone always here to help and to boost morale.

To everyone still waiting, hang in there a little more as you’re next!

Congratulations �

congratulations

Sus4:
Am so downcast, I just got a refusal mail

Dear Sis, so sorry to hear this. please address the concerns raised and re apply.

Gentlesoul3268:
Don't think negatively sus4,God is under control is not only you counting days ok relax and chill

Yes o, lets be positive, my mum did her biometrics on the 25th of October at Ikeja and no response yet. sent paid emails, they keep saying awaiting decision.

evetyson:
After DHL and wahala I finally got my passport this morning with my Visa. Thanks everyone for your love and support. Signed Evelyn

Congrats Eve!

i pray those of us expecting our collection mails would get it very soon.

Prophetess debbieeee please seal up our prayers with a prophesy

Debbieeeeeee:
Collection mail dropped. Thank you, guys!
Signed - Prophetess

Congratulations Debieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

now i believe there are issues with October applications, we have to flood their mail box with complaints.

Debbieeeeeee:
Yes, no worries between this week and next week we should by faith have our passports back.

Same number of days with my mum. Sent paid emails like 4 times. Sending another one again today. I think there is a General problem with October applications

Btw is there any September applicant here?

Gadguy125:
Hello "house," please would TLS attend to couples together (as a single entity) if they got the same biometric time/slot?

Yes, they will.

[quote author=Debbieeeeeee post=108963684]I know someone who did two years straight but this was a “long time ago”. She was a first-timer and elderly as was going to attend her son's graduation [/quo

Brenda37:
You are right. 300k is a very good salary in Nigeria.
I agree with all you said, makes alot of sense. As long as 1 does not muddle with their finances like you said, then they shld be fine.

My first application to the UK, my salary was 119k and I got my visa. Though I added my mutual funds investment statement that shows that I was investing like 10k monthly with a total balance of 450k and my bank account I had 170k. That was all.
300k is a very fantastic salary for visa applications. Just keep your account clean, ensure there are no unexplainable regular or irregular income.

Marytee2:
I don’t know what time they start but the latest you can collect your passport is 3pm

Thank you so much

Please sir/ma, what time does collection of passports starts and what time do they close?

hadigun:
What Visa type?

Standard or priority ?

Visit
Standard

Gentlesoul3268:
Congratulations.....

Please is this your first time application ?

Standard or priority?

Where do you applied ikeja or Abuja?

Not the first time.
Standard application
Applied at Ikeja

My husband and I applied same day and we were contacted same time.however my mum that submitted hers since 25th of October is yet to contacted. I hope we get a collection mail for her this week.

Biometrics: 12 Nov 2021
Sent to UKVI:12 Nov 2021
Received at UKhub: 20 Nov 2021.
Collection email: just now

UK Goverment dealing with us, I hope that they work faster now that ban has been lifted and give us our passports after 37working days....

Honestly I dont understand why we can not continue the conversation here .....information are better managed here

oyefunmi:
Why are we moving our update discussion as per this recruitment exercise to watapp group. Pls let us stay together on nairaland plz

I agree ....please let's put updates here

crownoflove:
Good afternoon.

Is the exam still going to continue tomorrow?

I didn't receive any text, are there those who didn't receive text too?

Yes,some of the people that went for the I interview did not receive text .Just make sure u did the online test.

Not sure it is continuing tomorrow

It's for those that had written the online test

Please update us ...

Please help us ooo...we are still on our way

I think the people that could not write exam today should just go there tomorrow...I think you should all gather yourselves and go and meet with them .

Thank you for the information

For those at the Subeb office ...how is it going....are they writing in batches

My portal is still reading congratulations -online test

Does anyone have an idea what the written interview is all about? For those that have done it before....just give us an idea

The message on the test site says last batch. They sent to some people this morning