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Tolvin:
Visa Alert!!!

 

God has said that the rest of the year is the best of the year for me! It has been a tumultuous journey but I dare say that God has been ever faithful. I bless Him for giving me the strength and the will to hold on, take crazy steps of faith, and now and I’m here. Phil. 1:6 & Eph. 3:20 & daily thanksgiving has been my routine since Oct 1st.

 

Submitted new POF to the University in order to meet a Visa Compliance Check condition due to the visa refusal received in Aug – Oct 27th

POF Accepted by the University – Oct 29th

CAS issued – Nov 2nd

Visa Application – Nov 5th

Biometrics – Nov 9th

NSF Mail – Nov 12th

CAS Used Update – Nov 17th

Paid Email – Nov 19th

Application moved to VAC – Nov 22nd

Collection Mail – Nov 22nd

Passport received with Vignette – Nov 23rd

 

I will never forget when I received the last refusal on the 10th of August. I was devastated, depressed, and pressed down. It seemed over for me at the time but God said He was just getting started with me. A number of friends I’d made during my biometrics in July at the time traveled to the UK and this made me sadder because I felt left behind. Few of them stood with me and kept monitoring my progress, just to ensure that I didn’t give up and I am glad I didn’t. I dare say that GOD CAME THROUGH FOR ME!

 

University of Strathclyde, Glasgow here I come in Jesus name (Amen)!!!

Ademidun1:
Update- Passport delivered and visa granted. I returned all glory to the almighty God, and many thanks to @Justwise and other people who advised when I was so confused.
@dramadiddy, hope you also hear good news from them soon.

ojiforeal:
VISA ALERT

Alhamdulilah !!!

VISA application: October 29th
Biometrics: November 2nd Ikeja (Priority)
Non straight forward mail: November 5th

Paid mail (First): November 9th (I asked about the status of my application & Requested for a link to pay for IHS. My IHS was showing £0 due to error in the date inputted)
Response: Application currently awaiting decision. IHS Top up link was sent the next day

Paid mail (Second): November 12th
Response: Application still awaiting decision

Paid mail (Third): November 15th
Response: A decision has been made on your application.

TLS collection mail : November 18th

Pick up: November 19th

Thanks to all the contributors. You all are the real MVP.

UWE Bristol January 2022

N.B: I have a study gap of 10 years, so I submitted a detailed CV and my personal company registration certificate.

I had a visa refusal in 2008. The reason was that one of the doc the agent used for me was fake. which ultimately carries a 10 year ban. I wasn't sure if I was effectively on a ten year ban or not but had to wait for more than 10 years b4 applying to UK again.

Doc Submitted:
Academic: (O'level Cert., BSc Cert., Transcript, UWE CAS)
Family: (Marriage Cert., Children Birth Cert. & Family Pictures).
POF: ( 2 Banks savings account & 1 MFB certificate of Investment).
OThers : (TB test Result, Previous visas, CV, CAC).

Still looking forward to my dependants pick up mails. They submitted a week after me due to non availability of appointment date. I wish everyone best of luck...

tunsjimmy:
VISA ALERT!!!
Family of 5
Priority for Father and Mother, Children standard

Biometrics on 5th November, walk in for 4 while the main applicant has an appointment.
Request for additional document(evidence of any further work history or study undertaken in the last 3 years) on November 10th and the document was sent on 11th November.
Application transferred to VAC on 18th November and passport picked up by applicant on 19th all approved and granted.
University of Westminster here I come ,January 2022 resumption.

Guys, don't be discouraged ,package your application with genuine documents. If you can fill online do it otherwise engage an agent to do for you but make sure you consult widely. Wishing everyone looking forward to their approval success.

Alonso207:
Visa Alert ������������������

CAS - 2nd November 2021

Visa Application - 4th November 2021

Biometrics- 5th November 2021 (priority)

NSF mail - 10th November 2021

Collection Mail - 17th November 2021

No interviews and no calls
Visa Granted and Collected �����18th November 2021

comfort1870:
Visa Alert! Visa Alert!! Visa Alert!!!

My wife visa is approved

We applied on November 3rd ( Main applicant Wife Priority Visa)
Daughter and I (Standard )
Biometrics done on 3rd Nov.
Non - straightforward mail for me, wife and daughter - 8th Nov.
Send a paid mail for my wife alone since she is the main applicant - 12th Nov.
Passport Collection mail - 17th Nov.
Visa pickup today

we give God all the glory.

Thanks Justwise and everyone

Zangovinchy:
Thank God. Visa dropped for family of 5. Standard. 12 and 13 working days.
It can only be God

fenoll05:
Visa Alert! Visa Alert!! Visa Alert!!!

I applied on 27th October ( Priority Visa)
Biometrics for myself and dependents done on 2nd Nov.
Non - straightforward mail for me, my hubby and my son - 4th Nov. ( My daughter did not get the NSM)
Non-straightforward mail followed by mail requesting evidence of my work history or study in the last 3 years, same day.
Decision Mail - 15th Nov.
Passport Collection mail - 15th Nov.
Passport collected for all of us 16th Nov.

I give God all the glory.

Tundeyolar:
Please is there any January 2022 intake here that has gotten cas from university of greenwich recently? Mine is stuck at 61% since last week.

samint1:
VISA ALERT

Today is finally my day to celebrate!!!
Family of 4
VISA application: October 19 -20
Biometrics: Abuja TLS October 26 (standard) (walk in for the 2 children. We couldn't get the same date for them)
Non straight forward mail: November 1st (4 of us)
Request mail for more documents: November 1st (main applicant only)
Requested documents submitted: November 4th (main applicant)
We waited for one week and nothing happened we had to send paid mail asking for progress of application.
Paid mail: November 11th
Decision mail : November 12th (about 20 hours after sending paid mail)
Dispatched from TLS on Friday 12th (same day as decision mail)
We waited anxiously for DHL to deliver but they didn't because of weekend.
We got our visas yesterday evening finally.

It wasn't an easy wait o. If you have money, pls pay for priority because High BP is real o. We endured a lot during the 3 weeks wait.
This journey started early 2020 and I have been reading this thread everyday religiously.
I must thank everyone on this forum for all the helpful contributions. I gained a lot.
My advice is for everyone to try and read far and wide, use Google a lot and ukvi sit (gov.uk) has almost all the information you require as well as your school website and course page. Don't also shy away from asking when you hit a brick wall too.

You can do everything all by yourself and it is far better because you are sure of what you submitted.

Aston University January 2022

Another piece of advice: if you come across any information you feel might be relevant to you during the process of application, screenshot and keep it in your picture gallery. It is better that way because sometimes this information may be difficult to search for when you need them most.
Over this 2 years I have over a thousand screenshots from nairaland alone.

adex05:
Experience peps in the house please kindly assist to confirm if 20m is enough for POF I have three dependants.
I did calculation from info gathered in page one and got 17m.
I just need to know if I'm correct and on the right track as I want to start POF tomorrow.

Thanks.(my self and 3 dependants total 4)

iVentHub:
Visa Alert!!!
Application Submitted 6th Nov 21
Biometric 8th Nov 21
Application received at DMC 9th Nov 21
Application received by VAC 12th Nov 21
Pick-up mail 12th Nov 21

No interview
No Non Straightforward Mail

Priority Visa TLS Ikeja.
Edinburgh Napier University ✈ Here I Come
Thank You JESUS!

For every visa expectant soul, God will grant your heart desires.

Tiffany123:
Visa alert!!! Visa alert

God did it
I know it could only be God
I am that person that uploaded my degree cert instead of waec cert, as I didn’t realize on time that my CAS stated waec not degree certificate.
Despite this, God still showed up for me and my family.

Submitted VAF for me and my family on 4/11/21 (priority visa)
Did biometrics on 5/11/21
Got non straight forward mail for my dependents (husband and 2kids) on 9/11/21
Didn’t get any for myself
Got collection mail for all of us on 12/11/21
Visa granted
It can only be God

I and my husband did the application ourselves. We also opted for self upload. All the information we got was from this platform. And we r so grateful for all the valuable insight & info this platform provides. Thanks to everyone. I pray you trusting God for yours, shall share ur success story soon��

RGU here we come

Jenireva1:
Visa alert! Visa alert!! Visa alert!!!

Application- 27th October
Biometrics- 28th October
Paid email- 8th November
Collection mail- 11th November
DHL delivery- 12th November
PRIORITY

All thanks to God. I pray the almighty God grant everyone success.

jfrazzy:
They just sent my cousin refusal mail
The bank statement from bank was fake that the only fake document ,but she was sent a link for administrative review can she still try the administrative link or wait for 10 years, she already paid for University and accommodation.

EBUNME:
Visa Alert

Hallelujah.
For those that received a mail requesting for additional documents -Proof of education and employment.
No need to be worried.
My visa was approved the following day I sent the documents.
Thanks to everyone who provided information.

temmyg:
Visa Alert!

Application: . 30th October
Priority: TLS VI.
Biometrics: 1st November.
Collection Mail: 9th November.
Collection. 9th November.
No Non straightforward Mail

P.s I have a study gap of 13years,so I submitted some additional certificates with my application.Like online courses I have taken over the years,If you have study gap you can submit a detailed CV to show what you have been doing over the years. @fificole experience gave me this head up! Thanks to everyone on this platform that has been of help.

I wish everyone all the best!

LegalTc1:
Visa alert!!!

Visa application 28-10-21
Biometrics 29-10-21
Received at DMC 29-10-21
Collection mail 8-11-21
Passport pickup- yesterday

Special thanks to justwise, all contributors on this platform and in particular to Gigli, who I met on this platform too. Very experienced and articulate.


I wish everyone success and God's grace in their application.

Adeash94:
VISA ALERT

BIOMETRICS - 1st of November 2021
COLLECTION MAIL - 9th November 2021

Ikeja Priority
January 2022 Admissions

Please guys can I travel with Air France or Turkish Airline please. Thank you. Someone pls assist. I’m about to buy a ticket.

Thanks for all the help guys.

morenikeome:
VISA ALERT!!!

GLORY TO GOD!

Biometrics date for me and my spouse: October 5th 2021

After that we didn't hear anything, no decision mail nothing. Once 15 days had passed we escalated via calls and paid mails. We kept calling almost every 2 days. Eventually, Sheffield Escalations responded that the case had been escalated and we should get collection email soon. This was on November 3rd.

Transferred to VAC: 10:30am November 8th
Collection email: 1:15pm November 8th

God is wonderful. The waiting was not easy especially when it passed 15 working days. I'm convinced the Escalation worked. God be praised!

Off we go ✈

mystikal:
VISA ALERT

Application Type: Student Visa PhD

Applied on the 16th of October

Rescheduled Biometric earlier set for 20th October to 21st October (next day)

I did Biometrics on the 21st of October in Abuja (Priority)

Received a Non straight forward mail on the 25th of October

Sent a paid email to UKVI on the 30th of October

Received an email about decision on 2nd November

Collected my visa via courier 5th November

Student visa valid till Jan 1st, 2026

It is instructive to note that I had an immigration problem with regards "overstaying" in the UK ten years ago, which ultimately carries a 10 year ban. I wasn't sure if I was effectively on a ten year ban or not but had to wait for 10 years to apply to enter the UK again. At some point I wasn't sure what to expect of the outcome, thats why this outcome is a super relief for me and a shot at second chance.

I am grateful to everyone here whose inputs I learnt from and believe more testimonies will come out from here.

Off to Glasgow in a couple of weeks.

Mikool101:
January intake.
3 weeks.
What if I don't get their response on time, January is around the corner. Moreover I have to make the said deposit before Dec 3.
Please are you also going to huddersfield?

Mikool101:
@justwise @gigli and any other gurus in the house Please I applied to university of huddersfield for Msc International Business which was accredited by CMI chartered management institute. I found out later it has been removed. Even though I have accepted the offer and have met some of the conditions except payment deposit. I decided to email them about why the accreditation was removed or whether it was website error. I asked them if they can change the course to other related course like msc management or msc management with intl business.
They have not responded to my mail.
Please is it possible to be rectify and should I go on to pay my deposit to conclude their conditon for the intl business.

AOI2016:
Kindly go to the marriage registry you did the wedding and complain to them.

AOI2016:
You should be able to correct the DOB on your marriage certificate.

em7even:
I don't think it will work. They don't like discrepancies in dates of birth there.

olizzz:
VISA ALERT!!!

To God be all the Glory

Dependent visa (I and child). Main applicant already in the UK.

TLS ABUJA

Biometrics(Standard): 19th oct 2021
Received at DMC:19th oct 2021
Collection mail for child: 27th oct 2021
Delivered: Today
Collection mail for me: Today
Delivery: on transit.

Tls Abuja is �.

To all gurus in the house, thanks and God bless.

AOI2016:
All you need is an affidavit to support the waec certificate.

vickyuche:
Dependant Visa ALERT!!

What God cannot do does not exist.

Visa application - 5th Oct (Priority for Spouse only )
Biometrics - 8th Oct(Premium Lounge)
NSF mail(for spouse) - 12th Oct
NSF (for my 1st daughter) - 13th Oct
NSF (for my son and last baby) - 15th Oct 2021.
Paid Mail sent - 19th Oct
2nd Paid Mail - 22nd Oct
BRP mail received - 25th Oct
Collection Mail received - 26th Oct
Passport collection - 27th Oct

I became worried, cos for some reasons, I didn't want the delay NSF will cause. But I refused to panic cos I knew I did everything right. There was no previous visa denial. I felt it was the bank. So on 16th Oct, I called the bank. They confirm that enquiry was made by UKVI on the account on the 13th and they replied them same day. I sent a paid mail to UKVI on the 19th and they confirmed decision has been made on the applications. I waited until 22nd Oct yet applications were still @DMC, so I emailed them again. On the 25th Oct, I received their BRP letters in an email. Next day I received their collection mail. Thank you Jesus.

I will keep giving all glory to God, cos It has all been by his grace.

To all who are awaiting for their Visas. Do not panic as long as you did everything right. Trust God. It will end in praise.

To God be the glory

Gann:
hi i have a question please.
if i already received a CAS from school and then i lost my passport before i could submit at the consulate, will submitting my visa application with a new passport (which will obviously have a new passport number) cause problems?
this recently happened tom my sis.

Godspal:
@Justwise
@Bababay and all gurus in the house,

I got an offer from Ulster, paid deposit and awaiting CAS interview. I did the application myself but was assigned an agent for the rest of the process.

The agent said the university may refund my deposit because I had two previous UK visitors visa refusals.

I don't want someone who is not an ECO to determine my fate.

I have offers from two other universities. What is the implication if I make another deposit is any of those schools instead of waiting for Ulster to return my deposit when it would have been too late to apply through other unis this January?

Your professional advise will be treasured.