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For spouse route, it can be immediately after

fatima04:
Congratulations, now the race is over. Let's celebrate. Meanwhile I thought one needs to have ILR for 12monhs before you can apply for citizenship

H2B started in 2013. One thing the govt is extremely good at is the regular update of the gov guidance

kode12:
This site was made in 2014, and hasn't been updated since then from what I can see. What's been listed also doesn't seem like an exhaustive list, more so, they further made the distinction "Public funds do not include benefits that are based on National Insurance contributions".
The best course of action would be to get the DWP or HMRC to confirm I guess.

If not on this list, then it's not termed as Public funds

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-funds--2/public-funds

kode12:
You know I was having this same conversation with someone the other day. This is a possible trap that will get people in real problems down the line. The same feeling I have towards LISA's as well. The government adding 1K to your funds if you max the LISA is essentially public funds.
I'm still researching the guidance on this, but for anyone without ILR all these schemes with the government offering support could end up being a greek gift

The H2B Scheme is not categorised as Public funds.

Ralphlauren:
They've casually mentioned that they used the government's help to buy scheme which means all they had to do was drop 5% deposit.

I hope they are aware that such schemes are tagged as public funds. Good luck to them if they are not indefinite leave to remain holders as at the time they made the application . . . . Only an idiot with an eye on UK citizenship will claim public funds and think they can get away with it . . . .

You just saw 'Frozen' and assumed it's suspended without reading the content

It's frozen with no further increase for the next 2 years. Dem no dey free things like that o

Domistic:
TV license suspended. Good news!

Studying on a Tier 2 is allowed as long as it's approved by your employer and doesn't interfere with your job.

ModelLook:
I have a question. If an employer decides to sponsor you to the UK by giving u a COS and Tier 2 Visa.

What now happens when u decide to maybe study a course in the University in UK after some months.

Will you have to switch back to Students Visa where u only work 20hrs per week while u study or u just continue on the Tier 2 Visa where u can work unlimited?

Thank you.

"The health secretary confirms to MPs that the 11 African countries placed on the travel red list will be removed from 04:00 GMT tomorrow.

But he says the temporary testing requirements for foreign travellers will remain in place."

Will they refund £4k now LOL

He simply switches visa to dependant visa since wife is sponsored

hustla:
Hello

I have always had one funny scenario in my head

Lets assume that someone (M) comes into the UK on a 2 yr student visa and then luckily gets Sponsorship immediately after school

He then brings his wife into the UK who studies maybe nursing / MPH when she enters. His wife also finishes after 1 yr and gets her own sponsorship

If the husband, due to some issues later loses his job with the sponsorship, is there any way his wife can help?

Guy... . I'm so sorry happy for you mate. I've dealt with similar scenarios like yours so thought I share my opinion. Glad it worked out . Make we top am off @ Enish

TheGreatGod:
@Bourne007, THANK YOU IN FORUM, YOU ARE A SOURCE OF BLESSINGS TO US, I AM REALLY GRATEFUL TO YOU SIR/MA.

PRAISE GOD HALLELUJAH!!! GOD ALMIGHTY HAS DONE WHAT PEOPLE HAVE SAID IT IS IMPOSSIBLE!!!

If anyone doesn’t remember me, I will introduce myself briefly and will encourage some1 to click on my profile name to read a lot about me.

But he said Page one .. .

Rollitout:
So you expect him to read all pages that is more than 200 before he could get answers to his question. If you can help to provide a valid answer, Y don't you do it to save his time.

No mind am.

It's no issue. Your brother will confirm the same.

dollyparton:
Haaaa. I'm getting confused o. Cos my brother plans on paying for me as he's currently residing in the UK and won't be having issues with exchange rate. Don't know what I should go with now.

I tire ọ. Thing wey dem dey do for donkey years

Exoticmm:
This is false. Provided your student ID and full name are stated as the payment ref, I don’t see how there’d be a problem.

Aunty.. Show us

Applicants can pay using ppl in the UK with no issues whatsoever whether by card or bank transfer. Waec is not the same thing with funds

LegalTc1:
Madam, what I said is very correct. Many schools have different policies on acceptance of WAEC, payment method, payment by use of proxy etc and he should contact his school to confirm what is applicable to his school.

If tomorrow, he has issues in getting acknowledgement of tuition fee deposit, will u resolve it for him
will the school accept his excuse that someone on Nairaland adviced him to pay through a proxy

Don't push someone to make a mistake that u will be no where to resolve.

This is so incorrect oga. Anyone can pay regardless of who the person is

LegalTc1:
On issue 3. It is better u pay with your own account or confirm from your school that u are allowed to pay through a proxy(your brother).
Many schools are strict on this and will never record a payment for you if it was made through someone else. Goodluck.

You don't have to worry. Leave them to carry on with their checks

whyteLayorn1:
HELLO WISE ONE’s IN THE HOUSE I HAVE A LITTLE ISSUE I AND MY WIFE GOT OUR VISAS SINCE ON THE 4th of this month and travelled on the 12th which was Tuesday so on arrival nAh we encountered little issues at the port of entry at Heathrow terminal 3, I was asked where I was gonna isolate I stated it then I was asked my school I stated University of Greenwich so the office asked for my Bsc Certificates (ps: I finished from Benin Republic) I gave him immediately he saw it he called his colleagues and handed my documents to him took it to another room and then delayed I and my wife for 3hrs plus they then came out and said we might have to come back for interview before I can get my documents back which includes myself and wife passport, our marriage certificate, my bsc certificate with transcript
So fast forward to today nah after my 10days isolation they gave us appointment today by 10am we got there early and waited and waited only for them to tell me that they are not done with their verifications … please wise ones in the house I’d like to know what verifications they might be doing all
This while cos my documents are Legit and genuine
If there was a problem I wouldn’t have gotten the visa in the first place so I’m a bit confused
Please has anyone experienced such before
My school contacted me that They called my school in Benin and made some verifications and the school told them everything they asked so I don’t know whats causing more delay cos I need my documents for face to face registration to get my gateway card at the university here in London
So they gave me another appointment for interview on the 29th
I tire

Really don't know much about mass comm related courses. It's about interest these days though

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WAEC results no dey expire na .. If you submit applications, I'm sure dem go accept

angelss813:
Good evening my family
Please my son's
** WAEC Results is 2008 please which Universities accept more than 10yrs for English.
** He wrote IELTS overall 6.5.
Please advice me

No they wouldn't if labelled COVID kit

Igbamatigbi:
Please o, i need help!!! I want to send my Radox health covid test kit but there drop off is far, can i use post office to send it? will they accept t sent the kit to them?

See monitoring spirit

You can't just jump to conclusion without knowing the facts. As of 2013, I am pretty sure most on this thread would have advised the same. PSW (if you know what the meant) closed to all applicants on 6 April 2012. After studies and no sponsorship or other means, it's as good as leaving the country. His comment said at the moment , current hostile immigration climate so I don't know what you are all about.

Now that there is PSW, lots of students are trooping in and the immigration rules are relaxed and friendlier esp due to brexit.

As for the NO part which is even completely not related, Can you yourself work 20 hrs per week in naija, (still pay rent and bills) and pay off a debt of N2M not to talk to £10k

Uzomarrr123:
Look at your post in 2013 discouraging peeps from settling in UK

But 8 years on …you still there
I fear Nigerians in UK advising peeps in Nigeria not to come over

Those set of people are more evil than buhari

Look at his post 2013 …
2021 …you keep telling them “NO”

@bolded The answer you seek is on the very first page.

Whether you use same or different POF, meeting the requirements is the koko

adeyusuf2000:
Please for family of three how much is required and is it a must to use the POF i sent to school for Visa application

The incompetent caseworker just listed the normal immigration rules with no specific reason as to why she's refused. If you have time and can wait up to 28 working days (sometimes longer), go for admin review. It's a straightforward win

If you have the funds and no time, you can reapply

obaxlove:
Hi All,

Please what can someone do in this case that first daughter is refused child dependant visa based on the reasons stated on the decision letter but the wife and second daughter visa application was granted on the same application and documents. Birth certificate, consent letter, marriage certificate and family pictures were added to the application. Please kindly advise if we should do administrative review or reapply immediately? Anybody with this similar experience before, what happened at the end?

You should have seen it through while you were working on a backup application. Like I said, I don't know if section 3C will apply or be extended after winning JR. This might easily come with a ban so don't get your hopes high. Maybe worth requesting his full immigration history ukvi holds about him.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/requests-for-personal-data-uk-visas-and-immigration/request-personal-information-held-by-uk-visas-and-immigration. Once he gets the details, he can then address them

Ideally he should have filled IS101 form so it's on record and they would have responded with a letter. Hopefully the return tickets will be enough proof.

TheGreatGod:
Thank you @ Bourne007,

I am glad you said my friend have a realistic chance of success.

Yes the application he made when he has section 3c doesn’t help his case, that is why he withdrew the section 3c. Besides at that time a lot of rules where changed, where the courts were not allowed to look into my friend article 8 case if he hadn’t place this article 8 before the Home Office for consideration. That’s why he have to withdraw the 3c application and put a fresh human right claim.

All the same, during the process of Judicial Review after it was successful and a new decision was made by the Home Office, a removal direction was set against my friend, though not served on him, it was when he challenged the new decision, was when he realized that a removal direction was set against him BUT THE REMOVAL DIRECTION WAS DEFERRED BY THE HOME OFFICE themselves, when they realized he was challenging the new decision and it was never issued to him till he left the UK voluntarily. The deferred removal direction was sent to his legal representative, which forwarded it to him. He has the copy to present.

Thirdly, when he was going out of UK, he was never given a voluntarily departure letter. In fact at the airport they just check his passport by the immigration officer and allow him to go freely. No document was given to my friend and no stamp given on the passport but there a an electronic record with them in which the immigration officer used to allow my friend to go.

In addition, my friend have his return ticket to proof his case that he returned and a stamp on the Nigerian passport he used to return back to Nigeria, which was stamped by the Nigeria Immigration Services.

All the same thank you for this. Really grateful.

@Bolded If he hadn't withdrawn his application, I would have said he stood a good chance. On the same day he withdrew his appeal to make a fresh application, he didn't have no section 3C leave. As of 2014, one had 28 days to make another application despite it's an out of time application.

Even though he won JR (quashing a decision), I don't know if section 3C will apply/be extended. This you will have to double check. You can also read it up
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/953205/3C-3D-leave-v10.0ext.pdf

Voluntarily leaving the country within 2 weeks (max is 28 days) according to the immigration rules may help his case. Just make sure his attaches his IS.101 form, Voluntary departure letter, the appeal numbers etc.

Also, explain this in details with a cover letter in next application as some CWs don't look up ones immigration history.

All the best to your friend

TheGreatGod:
Good day All and @justwise,

Please I am asking this information on behalf of my friend.

My friend enters the UK in 2009 and stay there legally till 2014 (4 years legal stay). On the 17th January 2014, he withdrawn his appeal to the First-tier tribunal in UK and put a first application for leave to remain on the same day-17th January 2014.

The application made on the 17/01/2014 on human right grounds FLR (FP) end him with no leave to remain and he challenged this by a way of Judicial Review to the UK court of appeal.

The UK court of appeal orders my friend to submit a new application to enable the home office to consider his case properly. The second FLR(FP) application was made in February 2016, this was still when my friend have no leave and as ordered by the Court of Appeal.

The second application made in February 2016 FLR(FP)-human right application was refused again and certified as unfounded. This 2nd application was challenged again by my friend by a way of Judicial Review to the Upper Tribunal and won. The Home Office agreed to the withdraw the decision and pay the applicant cost of Judicial Review, which was sealed by the Upper Tribunal.

The Home Office reconsider the decision against and issued a new refusal with certification of the human right claim, which again my friend challenged by a way of Judicial Review to the upper tribunal but this time finally lost the JR.

Note: All these JR till the last one lasted my friend 4 years without leave to remain in the UK. It was when the final JR was refused by the Upper Tribunal after reconsideration was when my friend left the UK VOLUNTARILY ON HIS OWN EXPENSES AND RETURN BACK TO NIGERIA. This was 2 week after the last JR.

Now, my friend is in Nigeria and living in Nigeria for more than 3 years now and he is about to apply for a Skilled Worker Visa.

Please what are his chance of success based on his immigration history coupled with the fact that he overstay when he have no leave, undergoing Judicial Review and in the process a decision was withdrawn and later new decision was removed. My friend is thinking of explaining all his situation in a cover letter before he applied but he is seeking the audience input on his situation before he applied.

Thank you all and @justwise and your input will be highly appreciated. Please assist a friend.

Just print out statement of 28 days or more as long as it doesn't fall below the required funds.

Success2011:
Please someone should respond.

You should be able to by going through CBN site https://www.cbn.gov.ng/supervision/Inst-MF.asp

Valentinoreal9:
Ok, some MFBs can be used. However the ones that are supervised by CBN. I work in one and we used to handle for our clients and they all travelled with no issues. However I will suggest you use a commercial bank. You can’t confirm if the MFB you are using is regulated also, most people use MFBs cos of their cheaper rate. But again high risk. Pls use commercial bank.

You are welcome sha

Yemi2017:
Thank you sha �

Any person with a valid driving licence issued in their country of origin is permitted to drive in the United Kingdom for at least 12 months.

You actually don't need to process International driver's licence to drive in the UK. Just the Naija driving licence is enough.

ijeshaprincess:
You will not be allowed to drive in the UK with your Nigerian Driver's License at all. Hence the need for the International Driver's License. The International Driver's License allows you to drive in the UK for one year but at a higher Insurance rate(e.g if normal rate is 40 pounds, you will pay around 100 pounds).
You will need 2 passport photograph, your personal details, name of country where its to be used and 17k Naira. It may not cost that much in Lagos as I was given this information at the Licensing office of where I am domiciled and was informed that it will be sent to Lagos. And will be ready for collection in 1 week.

You are being 'specific' on University for May intake yet you can't just 'research' by going straight to https://www.hull.ac.uk/

Yemi2017:
Pls someone reply me oo, does university of hull has May intake? Thank you as you answer me �

Yes. You just need to apply for MN1 Naturalisation for your child

mukatic:
Good morning, all.

Please I need some insight on British Citizenship.

Can a child born in the UK while his/her parents have Tier2 visa (before receiving ILR), claim/become a UK citizen after the parents have stayed for five years and received the ILR?

For instance, the parents had just spent one year in the UK after coming in with a three-year Teir 2 visa and gave birth in the second year of the visa. Can they apply and get citizenship for the child after five years of stay and receiving the ILR?

Thanks.

You need minimum 6 months validity left to make an application

Valentinoreal9:
Hi guys, urgent question.

My International passport will expire October 2022.

The course I’m going for will end June 2023.

Will this affect my visa application pls?

Thank you.

Yes as long as it's financially regulated by CBN. Hope ukvi can reach them by email or phone if they have to

mykohayz:
Hi guys, I just need clarification if micro finance bank accounts are acceptable by the embassy for POF.

Bourne007 justwise kindly help out.
Thanks.

Mostly by letter and hardly by email

Tessyope:
Please guys this is the second time I am asking this question and no response yet, do people get refusal emails if there visa was rejected or by letter?