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DebsMed:
Okay. Thanks sir. Will enquire at LHR. This is the stuff that I stumbled upon that aroused my inquistion

https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa/y/nigeria/transit/somewhere_else/yes

You would be allowed without a transit visa into the UK as long as you can show at the border your valid flight itinerary/ticket to US. From your itinerary you must satisfy border control that you would leave the UK same day or before midnight the next day and you must stick to this. Also be ready to give a justifiable reason as to your intentions in the UK. Be confident and you would be fine. It would be worth the while to plan your travel such that you arrive London early enough in the day. Consider travel time from the airport into London city.

Iolo:
Thank you sir. Yes we got an email confirming payment from UK VI and the TLS after paying for group appointment and SMS a receipt came via email but nothing else.

I will go ahead to update our appointment date and time to reflect same as you've advised.

It appears earliest date available is from the week of 18th sept.

Is a bank statement printed on the 31st of August still ok to be presented or we get a more recent one?

Thanks.

Contrary to my generic advice, the group appointment should have had a date for both of you. Group appointments override individual appointments.

Yes, bank statement of 31st August is perfect for any appointment in September and you don't need any other. Ideally you should be looking at having bank statements not older than a month.

Moreover are you saying your email and SMS confirmation of group booking did not come with a date info? While you were requesting for the group booking, were you ever prompted to choose a date and time?

Iolo:
Experienced guys in the house please help.

I have paid for a group appointment on TLS and linked our (wife and I) applications together.

The issue now is that my date of appointment on UKVI is different from what she chose...I did mine earlier and the same day as me was asking her to pay primetime so we just decided to choose the upper week for her as that didn't require payment.

Question: When is the actual appointment date and time? I can't seem to find any helpful information on TLS.

Hello Sir, did u receive an email acknowledgement after you paid for your visa application? After payment you received an email confirming it, same with your wife. Check your wife's and confirm the date and time. Then locate yours and confirm the date and time. Then sign into your account and change your appointment date. Simples!!! You can't change application details but you can certainly change appointment date 24 hours before your original appointment/biometrics day. Make sure you change your appointment date and time to match your wife's since you are on a group appointment. This is not to get supporting documents messy. See an excerpt below...

Nonetheless did you receive any emails after paying for group appointment like you said you did? I can see your case is somewhat different as you paid for a group appointment service in which case my info aforementioned may not serve you. From my knowledge a group appointment service paid for has an agreed appointment day. This you would have to chase them to find that out.

Baba1010:
Hello Everyone,

I'm trying to invite my dad over to the UK for 2 months, I'll be sponsoring his trip as he's retired. He has previously visited the UK but was denied US visit visa a couple of years ago. Can you guys help clarify the points below?

- I have £2k in a savings acct and will send my savings bank statement to him, unable to send my current acct as I don't leave money there. Is it advisable to state I'll be supporting his trip in the range of £1500-£2000 as this means I'm ready to use all the money in the savings acct, do you reckon the eco won't find an issue with this?
- is £2k enough for 2 months?
- I transferred about 200k into his savings late June, thinking of printing his statement after that transaction so we don't have to explain source or do I need to add a note that I transferred this to him?
- I'll state in the invitation letter that he currently lives with my Mum and 2 of my siblings with their Children lives in the same city with him and they are planning his 69th birthday upon his return. home country ties?

- Documents from me
- Bank Statement
- SU07 sponsorship declaration if required, can someone confirm if this is required?
- BRP & Data Page
- Invitation letter confirming sponsorship, accommodation. This will also indicate he's been in UK previously and he didn't break any immigration laws
- 3 months payslip

- Documents from Dad
- Pension docs, retirement letter
- 6 months Bank statement where pension is paid into monthly (no money in this acct)
- 2/3 months - Savings bank statement with about 200k in it.

Do I need to add anything to the above docs?

Many thanks!!!!!

You can't send only Savings Account if you want to provide full sponsorship. You need your current account (or any other acct your salary is paid into) as there is where your salary goes into, I suppose. Your need statements from an account your salary goes into to tally with your supplied payslips. They need to see there is a regular inflow of your salary. Also include your savings account and explain your situation in your sponsorship/invite letter. You can't use up all your savings in sponsoring when you said your current account is nil, if you try it VISA WILL BE REFUSED. ECO will consider your own financial circumstances and outgoings and see if your finances will allow taking care of any other person without recourse to public funds.

You need to provide evidence of your relationship with your dad. Include your birth certificate where your dad's name is clearly written. Also include communication evidence to clear doubts. This could be call logs. You must establish this relationship if you are the one hosting your dad. SU07, a lot of people might think it's not necessary; but I will advise you to include it.

How does your sponsorship letter confirm your dad didn't break any immigration laws? Are you banking on what you write in the letter? Passports are electronic now and they can remotely know if any laws were broken. What documents do you have for accommodation, sponsorship letter? No way. You need tangible evidence, rental agreement or whatever...

Consider using 6 months payslips from you as against 3.

narcdramaqueen:
Hello thread, I have a quick question.

I am planning to travel to the U.K on holiday on September 27th. I have a long term visitors visa so that's fine. However, I had long since planned to do a course at the end of October (Oct 30) after my holiday, that lasts 20 days however I recently found out that I have to get a short-term study visa.

However, when you look at the UK.Gov website, it says that you can study for up to 30 days on standard visitors visa. I've included a screenshot of the relevant section.

According to that I can't just go there with the purpose of doing the course. Well I'm going on a two week cruise, then visiting friends for two weeks before the course, and it made sense to tag the course on this trip to avoid buying flight tickets twice.

So what should I do? Assuming I have to get a visa, does anyone know if you can do priority with short term study visas in Lagos?

If your visa would still be valid and in date until after the course, you do not need any other visa. I don't know who gave you the conflicting info. However do not mention the course at POE. That screenshot is to make new applicants aware of the immigration rule whilst considering the relevant visa for them.

Sholeola23:
Congratulations. Wow. Am still here since 9th of June. Waiting for my Spouce visa. Hopefully someone can help helping to chase it up. Wife is 5 months pregnant she rest need me to be there for her. I feel really useless as a husband. Am dying inside. It's great killing me. Please i need advice please.

Hello, let me just give you some info you might frown at. There are delays everywhere on whatever kind of visa applied for. It can be fast, it can be slow; it can be very slow even. A friend of mine whose wife applied for spouse visa waited for over two months AND THEY PAID FOR PRIORITY. YES, THEY DID. The biometrics was on May 2 and visa was granted in July ending. It was for his wife and their months old baby, paid priority for £500+ for each of them on top of the visa fees....

kayzuz:
Hello House,


This is a note of appreciation to everyone on this platform who at one time or the other gave their advise or words of encouragement. Submitted at VAC on the 27th of July with mum and sister; who got their visa 3 wks after application.
At 5:20pm yesterday received the mail that my passport was ready.
I jet to Ikeja at 10am, with palpitations. I could not open the package till I got back to work. At work, I entered the toilet and locked myself inside, where I struggled to throw open the bag. After so much hassle, the bag was open, I saw my passport, checked into the bag for any other thing, I didnt see any thing. I opened my passport, flip through the pages, and saw nothing, I started sweating. Meanwhile my sister told me if they refuse me that I will get a white paper letter. I CHECKED THE FLOOR TO SEE IF THE PAPER PERHAPS DROPPED WHILE i WAS TEARING THE BAG, NOTHING O. Ha, My hands were already shaking, I then shook my passport, flipped the pages again, one small paper just dropped from it. I was like ha, after everything, refusal noni, I hissed, braced myself up to read the reason for refusal. But to my surprse, the paper read IMPORTANT NOTICE! PLEASE READ CAREFULLY THE INFORMATION ON YOUR VISA BEFORE....... Na so I jump o, I THEN calmly opened my passport and saw, the stamp o, with my pix taken at the VAC. 180 DAYS, C-VISIT, MULTI..BLABLA...

My people, I thank urna wellwell. You guys actually help me thru the ordeal. I lamented a lot during the wait cos I am not a patient person, and I read where some are still waiting 3 months for their visa. I cant imagine waiting that long, I might just faint.
But this UKVI people are good people ooo, their head is correct, I look forward to do more biz with them in the future (Did I just change my mouth..lol)

In between, guys how do I get a really cheap airline, for less than 250k to London.

For your budget, your best bet is Med-View airlines if you want a direct flight.

Onibudos:
Please, how much is UK visas fees and processing fee at Ikeja submission center? Please I need your response.

For visa fees, it depends on what type of visa you seek. See below the cost of a 6 months visa for a standard visa service, priority or super priority. There is no processing fee at Ikeja submission centre, there is at VI however...

Iolo:
Hello All,

Please I need help.

I have filled an application on the website: https://visas-immigration.service.gov.uk

I intend travelling with my wife.

Do we apply seperately? or is there a way to add her to my application?

I selected the option that says if I'm travelling with anyone and provided her passport number. However, the visa amount of $121 I believe is just for a single 6-month visa.

You apply separately but have group biometrics appointment at TLS...

justwise:
What is PCC?

Police Clearance Certificate...

Yommieyomi:
Hello house...please i need link to Italy visit visa platform on this site.

Try this one, though seems there might not be much activity there...

https://www.nairaland.com/3159272/italy-visit-visa-delay/3#59885779

castiello:
Hello I want to ask I have a tranning to attend in the uk for November and I intended applying before September 10th can this application be ready before the training date for November 5th

No one can truly answer that question... some applicants get decision under 3 weeks, some do under 6 weeks. Some wait for months. If you can spare some extra bucks, you can pay for priority or super priority...

Chibabe4Christ:
Good day House!
Please I have a concern? my questions are 1. My first cousin is inviting me to London, is it OK to refer me as her cousin in her invitation letter without adding first?
Secondly what type of visa am I applying for, should I apply for family visa or tourist visa?
Thirdly she didn't include her house rent receipt to the documents she sent to me, will they (visa officer) count it against me?
Fourthly, I have applied to UK last year November and I was denied. when I applied I presented my GTB account which has up to 3M and FBN Acct and now that I want to re apply I intend to present only my first bank account in which I have 2.1M because I pulled out I.4M from my GTB for a business. Do I present the remaining balance in my GTB which is like 1.6M together with my FBN or should I present only FBN but my fear is that since I have presented GTB in my last Application, I do not know if they can use it against me if I didn't include it to the recent application. PLEASE ADVICE!!!!
Fifthly I intend to travel December and I have not submitted my application, from UK website I learnt the earliest to apply is 3months. should I go ahead with the application or what do you think?
6) Is short visit to a cousin and her children December period a strong reason for tourist or family visa
7) How do I get my itinerary
What is the better service to use when applying for UK visa? Is it AccessUK Service or Visa4UK

I think I understand your question 1 and your concerns with 'cousin' and 'first cousin'. By first cousin, you mean your direct cousin. From my understanding your cousin referred to you in their invitation letter as their 'cousin' and you think it should have been 'first cousin' given your immediate family relationship. However it does not matter. It's not worth asking your cousin to rewrite the invite. Be smart enough to use the same language as your cousin in your application form and any associated supporting letters.

kayzuz:
Hi all;
After I called ukvi , I saw their mail now. What does this mean tho

It means your application for a visa has been decided. If it is approved then a visa would have been stamped on your passport. You do not know the outcome yet, so you can only be hopeful.

You should expect a decision mail from TLS in a few days and a collection email to follow...

Tbosss:
Hello guys please i need help!
my aunty invited me 4years ago but i was denied due to little money in the bank account she sent to me which i sensed was intentional cos it was highlighted as overdrawn. Now i want to reapply for tourism on my own without her input, as i will be my own sponsor.
since they already know i have someone there:
1. is it ok for me to book a hotel despite i have my aunty there?
2. won't they expect me to get invitation from who i know?
3. is flight reservation needed for application?

i would really appreciate your response.
thanks

1. It is okay to book a hotel, no harm in that. A lot of sites, e.g. www.booking.com, offer hotel options with free cancellations. You don't have to stay with family in the UK. Sometimes their place might not be conducive.
2. You don't necessarily need an invitation. You only need one if your Uk family were to host you. Remember when asked if you have family in the Uk, you need to mention your aunt as you mentioned her previously. There needs to be consistency in your records. You can throw more light why you would prefer to take care of yourself instead as against being hosted.
3. Flight reservation is not needed, only hotel reservation...

Since you want to apply as a full tourist, you would need to include an extensive list of documents including places of interests and all...

ancestorial:
please house, kindly examine this application. She applied to attend a meeting in UK, the organizers sent an invitation letter with other correspondences to her email. She submitted only the letter of invitation during her application and this what she got when she picked her passport. She later called the organizers and they denied the fact that they were not contacted by the home office for verification or whatever.

Kindly advise accordingly because she wants to reapply immediately and counter their claim with further correspondence sent by the organizers to prove her innocence so that the automatic refusal will be corrected because she tendered genuine documents, or what do you people think?

If she reapplies with the same documents, she risks being banned, not just a refusal. How does the applicant know the letter in question and other documents from the organisers are genuine? In fact it looks like the applicant has a 10 year ban knocking on the door.

ekpotek:
They certainly would have called his phone number in day time, but for one reason or another, he did not know or answer! That is another ground for refusal.

Most likely... Even while a sponsor, I had to practically keep my phone with me all through cos I was expecting the ECO's call; even in the places you wouldn't imagine...

amehrada:
My bro said he was not contacted.

Your bro was not contacted, really

Are you sure your bro did not get any missed call from them. They usually call with 'No Caller ID', unless an application is already deemed to be refused. Apparently your refusal letter suggests either your sponsor was contacted or at least an attempt was made...

lmay18:
I need help urgently!

I just noticed I completed my application with wrong passport No. (previous PP No.)

Please kindly advise. Application was completed earlier today.

Have you paid for the application and have you had biometrics?

amehrada:
Docs I submitted from my bro's side are;
1. Invitation letter
2. His passport bio data page
3. Confirmation of student status
4. Tenancy agreement
5. Drivers license
6. Resident permit
7. Award ceremonies confirmation
8. Marriage cert
9. His kids passport bio data page

Docs from my pops I submitted;
1. Sponsorship letter
2. Letter of employment
3. Testimonial on retirement from work
4. Letter on increment of pension
5. Evidence of Landed property
6. Bank account statement

Docs I submitted as a student;
1. Admission letter
2. Letter of introduction
3. School fee payment slips
4. Results
5. School ID

You did not provide sufficient proof of your relationship to those sponsoring/hosting u for your proposed trip. Inasmuch as people talk about family pictures, pictures are not to be regarded as so much of a big deal for a visit visa. You take pictures with mates, friends n all; are you related to all of them? NO. You could have included pictures quite alright, but you could have gone ahead to provide more concrete evidence.

You did not even submit ordinary birth certifdate of yours. Your birth certificate would have had your father's name on it. For your brother, you might have still included his own birth certificate as the same father's name would be on your brother's birth certificate and yours too. You could have included means you communicate with these family members, for eg whatsapp chats, call logs or even emails.

Coming to your education, you did not submit evidence of how you maintain yourself and if you financially depend on anyone. This would have been on your bank statements. The ECO did not know how you maintain yourself and to him, chances are that you would abscond in the Uk.

May I remind you that whilst you provide sufficient evidence of your sponsor's ability to sponsor or host you, the ECO is more interested in your circumstances in your home country.

amehrada:
Picked up my passport from dhl today (did biometrics June 12) and I was refused. My refusal to the best of my knowledge was based on me not been able to prove my relationship with my dad, stepmother and brother. Well, I intend to apply again next year, so please people I need your help in treating the reason for this refusal

We are not quite clear on what you submitted, so it would be hard getting a constructive advice.

oloolo:
Pls could you take us through your documentation maybe there are things we could learn from it.....I know all situations are different but we could learn.

How old was she.
Did she a good bank statement or was she working.

Age is 64. Bank statement had a closing balance of roughly 150k naira. She has never been in employment as she's supported by family. No pension or anything like that. I explained everything that defines her circumstances. If you have more specific questions I am always here.

AbdulKola:
Monthly salary of 100k and want to visit wife and kid in the uk as kid Nigerian passport (with British passport though) is being delayed for how how many months now. I can transfer upto 500k in my account from a business though buh the biz not in my name. Wife not yet working but living on child benefit and others.. what is my chances of getting a uk visit visa if I apply. I will have all necessary letter from work to back it up that am on leave and my recent promotion letter to manager with more increment soon even. Please advise,,, thanks

Moving funds into your account from some business not in your name is risky as you can't give a befitting explanation for this.
If you are planning to stay with your wife in the UK, then it is an automatic refusal as your wife is relying on public funds. I don't think this is the right time to apply...

MOTHER INLAW VISA APPL TIMELINE

07.08.17... Biometrics
08.08.17... UKVI received Appl docs
19.08.17... Sheffield confirmed Appl was being prepared for consideration by an ECO
21.08.17... Call from ECO assistant (I am the UK sponsor)
23.08.17... DECIDED on UKVI
28.08.17... Decision mail from TLS @9:32am
28.08.17... Collection mail from TLS @4:20pm
29.08.17... Passport collected with 6 months visit visa.

Note:
First time 'standard' application for Mother Inlaw with full sponsorship; application form stated two months visit.

Special thanks to Sir Ekpotek, Sir Justwise + every other person that contributed and still contributes to this forum...

eyilore2014:
I am the sole signatory to all the coy account. I am the sole owner of the coy. I just include two other people as the share holder in the memo to meet up the CAC requirement during coy registration.

Sir, the fact that you have included two more signatories to the company account gives them part ownership of the company on face value. I do not know how you can convince the ECO that you are the sole owner of the account.

fakmurphy:
[Yes decided same date as the kidsquote author=Brightingsus post=59932184]

Check the UKVI website if your wife's application is showing 'decided' or 'not recognised'

It can take up to a week or so for TLS to send you a decision mail, which is shortly followed by a collection email... I may not know your situation...

fakmurphy:
Please what should I do?, my wife and 2 kids applied 2nd august got decided on 22nd August on UKVI my kids got theirs back on 25th but till now no mail from tls for my wife and it's still showing not decided yet on tls website. I need advice.

Check the UKVI website if your wife's application is showing 'decided' or 'not recognised'

oloolo:
He was not mentioned, I stated that I dI'd not know anybody then, its been long I saw him and I was not to sure about him and his address at that time..

Using your cousin might be dangerous... it is risky... you did not mention him as family in your previous application, and now your cousin has surfaced all of a sudden. If you mention a host, you will include their passport number. With that they can tell your cousin has been in the UK since even before you applied first time. Now if you want to explain that you did not have your cousin's contact around the time you applied previously, anyone has a right to disbelieve you. How are you sure your explanation would make sense to the ECO?

chubbyid:
Hello my people, I have been a silent follower of this thread and I understand the General Delay.. My first ever application was in 2013 for a wedding with my mum and it was denied on the basis that the shares certificate tendered by my mum is not genuine. The decision was appealed as First Bank registrars wrote to the consular confirming that the certificate was original. I got a letter starting that we are free to submit new application and I guess this was because the wedding was over at the time they concluded the appeal.

Ever since I never travelled or apply for UK visa since I had no course to there but recently I applied on the 5th of July and yet to get a response on the decision. I applied to go for a visit cos I was on leave and I got a letter from my cousin whom I planned to stay with. She is a citizen and also provided a letter from her office showing her salary . She included her tenancy agreement to prove that I would also be staying with her. I attached a statement of my account showing the amount in my account over a million, pay slip for 6 months, letter from my employer, and also the letter issued when I was cleared by the ECO in Abuja.


Please I would like to know if the visa can still be issued considering that the travel date chosen already elapsed.

Proposed travel date having elapsed does not warrant a refusal. Your application would be considered based on your documents. You then have to constructively defend yourself at the POE should you be granted the visa

Mexes4453:
Hello Guys!

Please i would like to know if photocopies of documents are required during submission.
if so, how many copies is needed per document.

Please its urgent and i appreciate a quick response.
Thanks Guys

If it's for a visit visa, you only make copies of documents that are not on standard A4 and that would be a copy each. For eg, if you have a birth certificate that is either shorter or longer than an A4, then you must photocopy it...

KemBee86:
Oh, am using the new system. Can I cancel that and start with the old one? Cos I don't want to lie and shoot myself in d leg

Brother, there is nothing to cancel as long as you have not paid for your application. It has not been submitted yet, so they do not have the application. Since @Ekpotek says there is provision to declare loss of passport in the old system and you are comfortable to use the old system, just get on it and start the application afresh.

KemBee86:
Thank you always for ur help, v sent u emails but not going through. I am at a cross road, my MIL lost her passport 7 years ago and it contains lots of vital travel history including her denial to uk. The problem is we don't v a copy of d passport so we can't get details like date of issue etc. so am thinking should I click on NO when I was asked if she has previous passport and explain in a cover note that she has but we can't find it because it's lost. Am getting tired

I saw your email and replied you. Check your inbox with which you registered for Nairaland.

To answer you, DO NOT ANSWER 'NO'. Application will be refused and it could lead to a ban. But how come you are only getting to know the passport was lost SEVEN YEARS AGO... I always make copies of all my documents and those of my family. To get best answers for you, I need other people here to respond to your query...