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Hi guys,

My mother recently got her 5 years Visa Approved. She has been to the US about 10 years ago and stayed about 6 weeks. Is there an advisable number of days she can stay for? Currently, booked her flight and she is to stay for about 80 days but hearing rumours that she might have issue with the duration.

Nope, missed by US Application because of this lol

kentdealer:
@ champagne00 Have you collected your passport

There was no bulk deposit, they complained about opening balance which makes no sense.

Jannyfranc:
Did you address this issue of bulk deposit in your acount in a sperate letter for additional information?

VI on April 16th

onile1975:
@Champagnoo sorry for the refusal


Pls where did you applied?

Same issue as me, got decision since May 6th not gotten any response from VFS, went there yesterday but they said my passport has not been dispatched, called the embassy but not a positive response on when I can get my passport. I will go back today because I am to travel tomorrow.

kentdealer:
Sorry house how do I get my passport back after the refusal letter? No update yet from VFS and I need my passport. Should I go to their office please

PAP, a close friend of mine did that although with a lawyer when he was refused, which was then later approved

giselle237:
PAP or complaint?

If Kenya counts, yes, I do and went for work.

I have my US appointment on Monday, hopefully that works out. Many thanks.

Cashmadam:
Sorry about the refusal.

The point on address doesn't make sense to me honestly. The visa officer was just fishing for a reason - any reason.

Same thing for point on opening balance.

Do you have any travel history? If you don't try schengen or US visa. For now, they are not so strict on what goes in and out of your account like the UK. Use them to build your travel history.

As for this refusal, I'm honestly trying to understand the reasons for the refusal. They do not make sense to me.

Thank you so much for the feedback.

Sent out my PAP last night including additional documents like my dads utility bill and drivers license both carrying his address also additional bank statements clearing out any doubt of it's authenticity.

Hopefully, that suffices. Will try to collect my passport today as I need it to travel on saturday.

volticvox:
First of all, sorry about the refusal. It is frustrating to say the least.

In my opinion, these refusal reasons do not hold so much weight and you potentially have a good case to send the Home Office a complaint challenging both reasons.

For reason 1, people change addresses every time and they forget to update their bank accounts to reflect that sometimes. As it is, the ECO did not question or declare your bank statement as fraudulent/fake. They actually acknowledged its authenticity. Now, the burden of proof rests on you to confirm that you are the owner of the account. If you have anything to show when you opened the account or even to prove that the address on the statement is your dad’s address, then I suggest you get these documents together, and send in a complaint challenging the first refusal reason.

For reason 2, if indeed your opening balance is what they question, and not a huge deposit that appears in the first month of your bank statement, I suggest you counter this reason by proving that you have always been in possession of the stated amount. People can build their bank accounts overtime, so I suggest that you furnish your claim with historical bank statements of up to a year to prove that the money is indeed yours and it has naturally accrued. As long as the statements are clean and devoid of any large unexplained sums, attach as evidence in the same complaint email.

This is only a suggestion and you can choose to make an attempt on it, or make a fresh application, but including sufficient evidence addressing all the reasons for the previous rejection.

Just my two cents!

P.s. another thing to think about is whether your application was refused due to your immigration history. That point was highlighted as one of the things considered in your case.

Funny, got a response last night and it's laughable.

The first reason is my dads address and I do not live with him anymore since I opened the account when I got into the university and graduated already, also my dads address was clearly filled in the form for family.

The second reason I do not understand because I have been saving for a long time and when GTBank moved their CBS redeposited my money that's why the opening balance is high, not even for the UK, opening balance is money that you have saved till the point the bank statement started. Plus, I was even transacting on the account and the remaining balance was about 3.5KGBP and I said I had 5K GBP in savings so included my salary account statement which had $6K and clearly shows my salary coming in and transaction made as well.

I even included different pictures of me and my dad, family (even picture with my aunt that invited me we took when she was in nigeria) also me at my work place because I still traveled there this year.

Hi guys.

Recently started following this forum and it's been quite informative (wish I saw it sooner). Big ups to everyone involved.

At the moment, I am in a fix and I'm looking for advice on this.

On April 16th I went for my biometrics at VFS VI in which this is my first attempt at it, and I wasn't having prior knowledge of the process / duration it takes, blindly assuming that whatever the outcome was I would have gotten a response before May 10th as I would be traveling on that day (not to the UK) and will be requiring my passport.

Still no word from my application as at today.

My question, is there any way whatsoever I can get my passport out?

If I can get it on Friday, that's ok as well but really need it by then.

Hello please can anyone help tell me the requirements for passport renewal in nigeria, will I be needing NIN for renewal?