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Cashmadam:
Hmmm. It took me a while to fully understand the situation.

Keep things simple. Use two accounts if that is what you have. Ensure your Mum also has money in her account.

Include a cover letter if that makes you feel better.

Yes, UK accounts can be checked.

Thanks so much

Atinukemi23:
If you are both sponsoring the trip why can’t your wife single handedly do that since she’s paid monthly ? She is her MLW.
And why 2 months statements ? I know they say 2 or 3 months is fine but that is if you are applying from Nigeria but in this case both of you are already in the U.K. so I will say minimum of 4months if not 6months. ( I might be wrong ).

If you write a letter to address it to the British high commission and the heading should state letter of Invitation and whomever is sponsoring will states they are sponsoring the trip from flight tickets to feeding and if she is going to be staying at yours your tenancy agreement and council tax or Thames’s water bill should be included.

You see those funds that came into your account would require some explanation and the question is if you write an epistle explaining that in the cover letter how sure are you the ECO will read it a lot of them are lazy, when some are refused you will see that one or more reasons for the refusal was well detailed and explained by the applicants but they don’t care tbh.

For the correction of names I think an affidavit can resolve that to show she is the bearer of ABC and BCA as long it is Not ADE as D and E is not among ABC.

Hence why your madam should invite her perhaps wait a little longer for few months more to print statements not covering those above stated transactions and jointly invite her.

Lastly they verify bank statements here and abroad.

An Uncle of mine who is one of the branch manager in Fidelity bank, the ECO send over 10 students bank statements to their head office for verification of the funds in those accounts and believe it or not all the accounts were FAKE in-fact one had just 20thousand naira in closing balance but submitted a closed statement of 10m ( isn’t that a miracle ?).
You rather wait and do the right thing and get it right or rush and get spanked.

Views expressed is mine alone, weigh others opinion’s too.
All the best.

Thanks a lot.. I appreciate.

Chudycharles:
Please Cash Madam bro T, and all the gurus in the house can you help a brother. It's Urgent please..

I and my wife are inviting my mum to the UK and we want to sponsor her all a through we are providing 2 months bank statements with corresponding payslips. Myself I work with agencies I get paid weekly while wifey is the sponsored babe she gets paid monthly. My question now is.

1. My weekly payslips are up to 7, I hope it is all good to send it in. And I know Wifey's own is spot on just 2 months 2 payslips.

2. I have some transactions I did where I sold some naira and got pounds up to the tune of £3000+ do I need to provide any explanation for the deposits of 1500, 500, 500 500 139 respectively in my account. This obviously made up my final balance. So how do I address this. What will be the title of the cover letter.

3. What else can we do please... this is not her first application. In her previous one we used her business account and with a flimsy judgement they gave. Where they took her yearly income as monthly income. But the issue with it, was mainly the fact that there was a mistake in her date of birth. It was different from what I filled for my own visa when I applied, with a middle name not included in her passport but was found in mine declared name for her. Example Her Passport A B while mine form when I filled was A C B

I have resolved 3 with a cover letter for the inadvertent mistake by me and a full sponsorship of her trip by us. So what else please....!!!!!..

4. Can I pull out the money and use it with a reduced balance before decision is made. Also do they go to verify UK account balances sef.

Thanks in anticipation.

God bless us all...

Good morning...

Please anyone to help me... Please...

Please Cash Madam bro T, and all the gurus in the house can you help a brother. It's Urgent please..

I and my wife are inviting my mum to the UK and we want to sponsor her all a through we are providing 2 months bank statements with corresponding payslips. Myself I work with agencies I get paid weekly while wifey is the sponsored babe she gets paid monthly. My question now is.

1. My weekly payslips are up to 7, I hope it is all good to send it in. And I know Wifey's own is spot on just 2 months 2 payslips.

2. I have some transactions I did where I sold some naira and got pounds up to the tune of £3000+ do I need to provide any explanation for the deposits of 1500, 500, 500 500 139 respectively in my account. This obviously made up my final balance. So how do I address this. What will be the title of the cover letter.

3. What else can we do please... this is not her first application. In her previous one we used her business account and with a flimsy judgement they gave. Where they took her yearly income as monthly income. But the issue with it, was mainly the fact that there was a mistake in her date of birth. It was different from what I filled for my own visa when I applied, with a middle name not included in her passport but was found in mine declared name for her. Example Her Passport A B while mine form when I filled was A C B

I have resolved 3 with a cover letter for the inadvertent mistake by me and a full sponsorship of her trip by us. So what else please....!!!!!..

4. Can I pull out the money and use it with a reduced balance before decision is made. Also do they go to verify UK account balances sef.

Thanks in anticipation.

God bless us all...

Good morning...

ebezojo:
Good morning to everyone, please

1.What is the IELTS score band for UKVI to apply as an health care assistant.

2.Do I need police clearance and TB test to apply for COS or untill I want to apply for my visa

3.Im in portharcourt, where is the closest location I can do my police report and TB test

Please kindly assist treat this... Thanks.

I am also interested in question 1,... any useful answer will help. Is there any other English test apart from IELTS that is easily accessible and easy to pass and less expensive.?

2. You need those during visa application.

Thanks.

Kmaikel:
A silent reader. I found this thread very useful when I needed info and also decide to give back to this thread.

6 months visit visa approved - first timer
Bio: May 12 Ikeja (standard)
Paid call: May 22 - Decision made and no rejection email received.
Collection mail: May 24.

The visa is for my mother inlaw, less than 50 years, a petty trader with no registered business with CAC.

Application documents
*Her passport
*6 weeks bank statement of about 30 pages (petty trading and church anniversary ankara contribution...lol) with no letter of explanation of transactions and balance of not less than N2M
*2ce traveled to Dubai
*US visit visa refusal declared
*N100K declared as travel expense
*Consent letter from husband (pictures, marriage certificate and 'omo onile' land receipt all attached)
*Consent letter from son (undergraduate in Nigeria with school ID attached)
*Reference letter from Church.

Sponsor documents (Me on student dependant visa)
*Invitation letter from my wife indicating less than 4 weeks visit
*Letter of Support pledging £1.5k from me to cover flight and feeding
*6 months utility bills as she will be staying with us throughout her visit.
*2 months Bank statement (savings) not less than £2K as balance
*1 month bank statement (expense)
*Proof of employment
*Marriage certificate
*Wife's birth certificate
*Our BRP cards including our daughter's (one year + old) plus wife's school ID card
*Family pictures which has my mother inlaw in it (Registry, engagement and naming ceremony of our daughter in Nigeria).

Advice: Keep the application simple and straightforward and don't fabricate any lies and more importantly, pray, as what works for A might not work for B.

I hope the above info helps someone.

Cheers.

Congratulations to you bro and wifey...

Why did you do a paid call,...

Did you receive any customer service mail at all in between.

Thanks.

Ashirioluwa:
Nope, you don’t need one.

Alright thanks

Ashirioluwa:
He will not be allowed to board here in Nigeria without the transit visa.

More importantly, it is boldly written on France and Germany's websites that Nigerian passport holders need a transit visa to change planes in the Schengen zone unless the passenger has a valid Schengen, USA, Canada, or Japan visa.

A plane ticket is damn expensive right now, so let him try to obtain a transit visa to avoid a touching story at the end of the day.

@narpheesarh

What of Royal Air Maroc, does one need a transit visa.

Thank you..

gerrald02:
Your requests depends on what you want to use the Ecctis statement for which is shown below.

https://www.ecctis.com/Qualifications/FindTheServiceForYou.aspx

For my purpose I did the visa & nationality service(English proficiency).

Once the documents were uploaded took 2weeks to get mine.

Alright thanks.. I get it now.

gerrald02:
Yes to whom it may concern is fine.

I just went through the process.

Please did you apply for the statement of comparability along side the main English Proficiency stuff.

Hello everyone....

Can anyone please tell me how this English Naric stuff work do I need a statement of comparability in addition to the Visa/immigration purpose. I want to apply for my sis please. Thanks peeps.

Hello everyone....

Can anyone please tell me how this English Naric stuff work do I need a statement of comparability in addition to the Visa/immigration purpose. I want to apply for my sis please. Thanks peeps.

Milito:
Visa refusal

Biometrics: May 12, 2023
Refusal email: May 16, 2023
Priority application

Reason: deposits that are not salary.

Detailed explanation was provided for the deposits, used for work related operations. These deposits does not even any impact on the closing and opening balance which was meagre; just a little above 300k as the visit was company sponsored. Whereas, monthly salary was above 500k.

It would seem the ECO picked the statement, saw deposits and that was it. Just did copy and paste of his/her large deposit refusal reasons because the reasons were disjointed.

Said the deposits were used to boost the account to self fund the trip.

But the account does not even have sufficient money for the trip. Just like 300k and the cost of the trip was expressly stated to be company-funded at £5,000 with company letter and statement of account of more than 60m naira.

Said salary was not regular. But all the salary inflow for the 6-month statement period were right there on the statement with none missing.

I believe the ECOs are overloaded with work so they just pick a seemingly weak part of any application and just use it to close that application and move on to the next one without doing due diligence.

Moreso since there's no right of appeal/admin review for standard visitor's visas, there's little scrutiny on their quality of work/output.

So guys, cover letter and its attachments may not be looked at depending on the ECO and their mood.

Personal accounts for salary earners must be clean and spotless.

NB
It was contemplated not to drop the salary account statement because of the transfers for operations work but it was also argued that salary inflows was a good way to establish relationship between employer and employee.

So house, for transfer of knowledge, is there any evidence of an adult on fully sponsored visit who scaled through without dropping personal account statement?

Were you sent an email telling you the visa was refused or it was when you got your passport you found out?....
it is well bro....

infosoftlife:
Someone applied for a visa similar scenario, but the business already existed before the company registered it officially with CAC the ECO misinterpreted it as a false claim. Mind you; he was just a staff and not the CEO.

I would always advise against using a new registration for travel purposes, especially now that refusal letters fly left and right.

In the same way, it isn't easy getting a grant with a new registration.

Is your mom married? Do you have other siblings in Nigeria?? I haven't followed up on your case if she is a fresh applicant. There are other ties you can work with since I believe I read somewhere you mentioned she is a retiree. Using that CAC as the only tie-back to Nigeria won't fly at this time.

Alright, she is a first timer. Thanks so much

giselle237:
why is she paying her flight ticket ?? And then it will ofcourse come from this sudden 100k to 1.5million which is not a goodlook because I don’t know how the funds will be accumulated. Is there any reason why she needs to come now? Are you guys pressed for childcare?

Its just to show that she is doing something too that will bring her back you get and we are saying she will stay for a month. Yea childcare sort off. the funds were developed with just one contract of 500k plus and other smaller transactions.

Thanks Boss.

infosoftlife:
The business is newly registered, and I wouldn't advise you to proceed with the application now because of the obvious reasons @bolded.
You just registered a business, and barely 2 months, you have 2m, and you wish to travel to the UK with it for a week.
Well, miracles happen, and you may be lucky, but if it is not an emergency, please don't push the application yet.

PS: Just my cheap 2cent

oh Baba your 2cent is valid nah.... Lol

Yea the business was just registered February but not new really she has been in this business for long as far as I can remember even as a small boy you get?
Its not emergency really because we have started planning for it since January so I will say is not an emergency you get

giselle237:
if she will be fully sponsored and the account will start at 100k and then jump to 1.5million.. then it’s not too good.
What of her other ties? Was she previously in paid employment? married? other children in Nigeria? belongs to any organisations that she is a leader in? any property? any assets? any travel history?
As a sponsor I don’t think it’s wise presenting just one month’s payslip and one month’s bank statement.. most ppl do 6 months so consider 3 to 6 months.
U can do 6 months payslip from the person with stable financials and then 3 to 6 months bank statement.

Oh thanks brotherly for this prompt response God bless you.

First off she will not be fully sponsored, we are taking care of everything but she will only pay her flight ticket for coming that is what we want to write in the letter what do you think boss?...

Her only ties is her business which we opened the account for, and she is not in a paid employment at all, yea every other child apart from me is in Nigeria and no travel history yet this will be her first, property is in my late dad's name will that suffice?.

Oh for the payslips and bank statements thanks I didt know was thinking 1 month is ok,...

Thanks for your appreciated answers boss......

giselle237:
hii… thanks sir.. all queries here pls.. pls drop your queries here for maximum help

Alright Boss,

1. I registered my mum's business with CAC and opened her business account in March, i want to use her April bank statement to apply. Hence an opening balance of say 100k and a closing balance of say 1.5m is it bad?..
2. I want to use my account statement and that of my wife for April too to apply early May. Do I need payslips and I hope using only April account statement is ok?

Thanks Baba..

giselle237:
@hunee if it is a conference.. then that’s not tourism

Hi Giselle, please can you respond to me I sent you a mail or so here. I have a query as regards my mum's visit visa. Thanks sir

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geolan:
June is just around the corner, you can start the application now then you take your time to peruse it. Go through your supporting documents to be sure you have everything ready to avoid mistakes Before submitting maybe May. Better that starting in May and rushing to complete it in May.

Perfect thanks thanks.

Cashmadam:
You can apply in early May - if that is your plan. However, note that the outcome of the application is not predictable. Can take days or weeks. Also, price of tickets are outrageous these days so the earlier you buy, the better. Hope this helps.

Yea.. I get you thanks so much.

My guru's in the house, good evening. Please as regards my mum I mentioned earlier, as I want her to come in visit in June. Applying in May is it late? or when earliest can I apply for her. Thanks in advance.

Ok, anyone more stable can invite right?.... i was thinking as she is my mum is better I invite her.

giselle237:
u can’t bring her… she can visit .. two different scenarios and the more stable person financially should do the invite

Yea she is not British she is on skilled worker tier 2 visa, I think she is more financially stable as she gets paid month. Me l am freelancing.

infosoftlife:
Is your wife British? Is she more financially stable?? You have to drop some hints about your wife's status in the UK.

Good everyone, I have been hearing people sharing how this thread has helped them in getting their visas approved. Please I want to bring my mum to the UK and I am on a skilled worker dependant visa. Now my first question is, will it best for me to invite her myself or my wife. Thanks for your appreciated answer.

Some should please rate Turkish airlines as against others like Qatar and Ethiopian. In terms of cost, service and all..

Thanks ��

giselle237:
wwww.gov.uk is the Bible for travel into the UK amongst other policies.
If you have gone on there you will see irrespective of vaccination status, all can come into the UK with no further requests.. no PLF , no vaccination cards and no tests are required for inward travel to the UK.
What else do you want to hear as I feel the govt’s website is clear enough.
If u decide to transit via Istanbul or Qatar through to the UK, the same applies.
I know I said this before to you. at least govt’s website should serve the purpose at the end of the day. If you decide against travel advisory on www.gov.uk please by all means do pcr test for day 2,8 and 10 and book 14 day quarantine

Or perhaps you are a 1st time traveller, if you know the rules you stick by it. Do not allow immigration to intimidate you

Thanks brotherly.... Appreciated

Viruses:
As at December when I travelled, I wasn't vaccinated at all but negative covid test results that is less than 72hrs old were required at MMIA. Without it you're going no where. You should check if this has changed. It was at transit in Qatar and exit at UK that I wasn't asked about anything covid.

Good evening bro.. December is a long time ago.. if you can help me get someone who travelled down recently I will appreciate it please.. thanks...

Viruses:
As at December when I travelled, I wasn't vaccinated at all but negative covid test results that is less than 72hrs old were required at MMIA. Without it you're going no where. You should check if this has changed. It was at transit in Qatar and exit at UK that I wasn't asked about anything covid.

Thanks.....

Viruses:
I used Qatar Airways, affordable compared to others, no transit visa required, no issue of covid was raised. When we were getting down, we saw people carrying their blanket, we carried ours too and that's what we are still using here. I will fly them again because I need more blankets.

Good evening bro.. Please I am to use Qatar airways next month to travel from Lagos... I have not be vaccinated yet at all.. I want to know if that will be an issue with the immigration officers please...

AlphaUno:
You can check their site to know if there’s been any updated covid protocol but as at April/May, nothing was required other than your nose mask to be worn at all times

Thanks thanks.. let me check right away.. God bless you real good....