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Gbengaeman:
Good evening my boss, please I was given cos on December 3rd and I did biometric on January 8, the Visa was issued on 25th February and I told my employer that I will resume on the 26 this month in which I have already booked my flight. A friend just told me now that cos use to expire if not used within 3 months of issue. Please will this affect me because my cos is more than 3 months now.

Read the dates written on your visa vignette and stop listening to your friend. Usually, you’ll have three months from the date of visa issue to travel to the UK. The three months does not count from when the COS was issued — it’s from when the visa was granted.

BerbatovDrogba:
Good day everyone
I’m a Doctor in Nigeria planning to travel to the UK to write an exam in a couple of months.
The exam is divided into 2 parts . I already wrote the first part in Abuja but the second part can only be written abroad .

I have spent about 3.5 million naira for both exams already. To put into perspective, that’s about my total earning in a year.
As such, I do not have enough/extra funds to build an account but a friend from medical school who is already a resident in the UK has volunteered to provide supporting documents as my sponsor.

I currently work in one of the federal hospitals in the northern part of the country .
I also have a visa support letter from the college organizing this exam in UK and I’m also married with children in Nigeria .

Although, a couple of my colleagues have used my method of intended application in the past with success but I’m still worried since I won’t be providing my own statement of account to support my trip .
I’m afraid my lack of personal funds might affect my application.

I intend to use just 5 days in the UK . My aim is to write my exams and return home to my family and continue my job at my current workplace .

Also, I’m a prospective first time traveler.

I need advices from experienced folks here on how I can maximize my application for a desirable outcome .
Thank you and God bless

Cc : Davodyguy
Cashmadam
Ogbenioptimal
Giselle237
Crackcrack

Having a sponsor can work, but you must accurately demonstrate your own circumstances here in Nigeria. Here are my suggestions:

1. Submit your employment letter, pay slips, and leave letter from the Hospital granting you time off to write the exams.

2. Let your bank account statement be clean. It doesn’t matter how much you have, just ensure that your declared income and expenses on the visa application form matches what’s on your bank statement. You can use a three-month statement. No other credits into the account except your declared salary from the Hospital.

3. Explain your relationship with the sponsor. Provide documents that show you actually know this person and a relationship subsists between the two of you. The sponsor should provide their own bank statements. It should be clean. Also, add the sponsor’s proof of UK residency.

4. You can add evidence of the money you’ve already paid towards the exam. Also add evidence that you’ve written the first part in Abuja.

5. Add your marriage certificate and birth certificates of your children.

Your account balance has no bearing on the length of visa you can apply for. If your balance is sufficient to get you a six-month visa, it is also sufficient to get you even a 10-year visa.

Your visa validity period is not related to the amount of money you have. What is necessary is meeting the general requirements for getting a UK visit visa, and then demonstrating why you need a long-term visa and paying the extra costs associated with it.

If your visa is going to be refused due to insufficient funds or irregular credits or debits, the visa length you apply for doesn’t matter; six months, two years, 10 years — it will still be refused.

Ensure your account statement is clean and that you can actually afford the trip. Then apply for whatever length of visa you want.

mamanicole:
Thanks for your reply,I'm wondering if there's another genuine intent I can give other than vacation?I think I will go for 6 months visa renewal since my account balance is quite low and can I submit a 3/4 salary account cause I just checked my soa n some certain amounts were paid into it towards my fathers burial in December.
Can I pm you @giselle237

b31164707:
Hi, for authenticity, it's usually advisable to go to your bank and kindly request for a stamped and signed bank statement to be generated for the past 3-6 months. You can also attach a bank reference letter with the bank statement

You’ve been repeatedly told that this is NOT true. Bank statements printed off the internet or the bank’s app are perfectly fine.

It’s not about “feeling too important when flying our own.” The fact is Airpeace is a truly terrible airline, and no amount of patriotism, whether fake or genuine, should make anybody buy their services. We hear horror stories upon horror stories about how they conduct themselves and their business. It’s beyond despicable, and we should not give them even a modicum of grace. They need to do better.

Same thing with GIGL. I mean, it’s good that some people are now saying they are receiving their passports within 24 hours, but this is not the testimony of most people. This has been the biggest downgrade since switching from TLS to VFS. How can you pay much more money for even worse service? Terrible!

Local businesses should earn the trust and patronage of customers by providing quality services that at the very least rival foreign competitors, if not better. They cannot charge exorbitant prices, provide horrible services, and expect us to close our eyes and give them our money simply because they are Nigerians. That’s not patriotism. It’s insanity.

Lontorlooka:
Good points. Bad examples.

Those other airlines are backed by good money. Airpeace is trying to gain more markets and improve. We are the ones that feel too important when flying our own. Which is also good.

For fuel, whose fuel is cheaper now? It's Dangote.
You can't say his fuel is not among the best. Everyone knows imported fuels are mostly substandard.

Very bad example to prove your point. But I get them.

Both firms must get more feedback so they can improve. They need our patronage. That's the least we can do.

afehin71:
Hello everyone,

Is Schengen transit visa required for Nigerians, Lagos to Manchester for the following airline: Air France, KLM, Lufthansa and Swiss

Yes, you’ll need a Schengen visa if you’re traveling with any of those airlines, except you have a valid USA or Canadian visa in your passport.

afehin71:
Hello,

During first application I stated my mom is coming for omugo for 1month, would it be an issue on second application renewal if she stays up to 5months within her first 6months duration?

Technically, she is allowed to stay up to 180 days for each visit. But you should think it through. The caseworker guidance clearly states that the ECO should consider any discrepancies between how long you said you were going to spend in your application and how long you actually spent during the visit. It’s not an automatic reason for refusal, but your subsequent applications might be treated with more scrutiny.

Your mom can spend more than one month, but five months might be too much. And as giselle237 said above, if she ends up choosing to spend five months, make sure a lot of time passes before she attempts to go back to the UK. Otherwise, she might be refused entry at the border.

justwise:
All you said here will lead to her next visa refusal. I'm sorry but you are helping her situation

I stand to be corrected. Please give suggestions on the corrections/adjustments she can make.

@ Estherrachy

Your plan for the next three months with respect to your bank statement will work perfectly fine.

From the refusal letter you posted, it seems the 5 million was claimed as additional income from family and friends. You can leave it out in your next application. When it asks if you have any additional income or savings, just select NO. Only tender your salary account statement that accurately reflects what you’ve outlined in your plan for the next three months.

Again, make sure the sponsor’s account is clean, so they don’t shift from complaining about yours to complaining about the sponsor.

In your next application, you should address the refusal reasons. Just say you made mistakes when filling the application, leading you to erroneously input money received from family as additional income. I believe you should be fine.

sanyalai:
Can someone kindly help with this.

Your husband should not put the money in your account. Mention that you have a sponsor and fill in his details. Don’t forget to also add your own bank statement and employment situation, as it is your own circumstances the ECO will use to determine if you qualify for the visa.

It might help if you share the refusal letter so people can give better-tailored suggestions. However, from what you’ve written, these are my opinions:

1. Forget that agent completely. As you have now learned, most of them are completely useless. They might not only lead to your visa being denied, but they might also do things that could get you banned for 10 years.

2. Since you are going for an exam, being unable to afford the trip (and therefore having a sponsor) is fine. Still, you must paint a picture of your own circumstances here in Nigeria. Since you are working, add a letter from your employer granting you leave to write the exams. Attach your employment letter and salary slips for at least three months.

3. Use your salary account alone. Let the only credits be your salary, and the debits should correspond to whatever answer you give for the “how much do you spend each month” question.

4. Add your sponsor’s account statement. Add proof of your relationship with them and why they are interested in you writing these exams. Add what they do for a living and how much they earn. Note that your sponsor’s account statement would be subject to the same scrutiny; there should be no unexplained large deposits beyond their normal income.

5. Ditch the micro finance account. This part might be tricky because I don’t know exactly what you claimed in your application. How did you explain coming across this money? Still, I think you can ignore it, and you’ll probably be fine.

estherrachy:
My visa was refused! Actually, my undoing was listening to an agent that claimed i needed to have enough money in my bank account that will be enough for the journey to and fro despite having a sponsor that has committed 7k to her savings account towards the duration of my stay. And so, he cajoled me into getting a POF of 5m that was lodged into a microfinance bank he created for me. My intention is to go write the OSCE for nurses. Thank God i found this thread and it's been an eye opener so far.

These are my worries right now...

1) Can i totally ditch the POF account the agent created for me and focus solely on my salary account for the next three months?. This is so that i'd have explainable salary credits and lesser expenses. I earn about 180k.

2) What's the best way to receive additional money for support from my husband and other people(family and friends)? in which account would the send the money to? salary account or the POF account the agent created?. I don't know how the agent did it but there were transactions in the account covering a period of 6 months. Meaning, when i contacted in June, they created a bank account with POF of 5m and transactions starting from January.

My affinity with the POF account is that, it is now automatically in their database and if i now present only my salary account this second time, won't it raise any inconsistency issues?

I'd appreciate any response that can aid my not being refused a second time. I really don't want my IELTS to expire

KristyTO:
I have sent an email as advised and I also drafted a letter and sent it via DHL, although it is still in transit to the home office UK.
But I got a decision email notification from VFS today, should I wait to get feedback from my Complaints before picking up my passport?

You should retrieve your passport. You don’t know how long it would take the Home Office to get back to you, so don’t let your passport unnecessarily sit with them.

In the event that UKVI changes course and decides to grant your visa, they will ask you to resubmit your passport to VFS for stamping.

KristyTO:
Thank you for your response, I have sent a mail to complaints@homeoffice.co.uk highlighting each month salary payments on my bank statements for a review, do I need to do anything else?

I don’t think there’s anything else for you to do other than wait. They will definitely get back to you.

PS: their email address is complaints@homeoffice.gov.uk. In your reply above, you said you emailed complaints@homeoffice.co.uk. Check that you sent your email to the right address.

Let me give a suggestion to the house, if I may.

The era of just accepting whatever these ECOs say — hook, line, and sinker — should be in the past. If they have clearly made a mistake in your application, I encourage you to complain first before reapplying. These people are humans; they are not infallible. And because we are paying for the visa, we should not accept punishment (and loss of money, as well as a refusal on our record) just because somebody has not done their job well.

Recently, we’ve seen bans lifted and refusals changed to approvals. This shows that complaining can work in the right circumstances.

But I implore us to only pursue the complaint process if the fault was truly from the ECO. If you are not sure, post the refusal letter and people can advise if the mistake(s) was from your end. If you submitted a problematic application, you should learn from your mistakes and present a stronger one next time. We shouldn’t abuse the process.

Sorry about the refusal. Is it clear from your bank statement that your salary was paid each month? If so, this is a mistake from UKVI, and you must make a complaint to them.

Send an email to complaints@homeoffice.gov.uk. Tell them that your application was clearly not well considered, considering the fact that you provided something which they are saying was not provided. Ask them to take a second look at the application. They will do that and get back to you.

I cannot guarantee that they will grant the visa. They might come back and deny for a different reason. But their current reasoning of not providing evidence of salary payment is false, so you must complain.

Let us know how it goes, if you feel so inclined.

KristyTO:
Please I need an advise on my Visa application refusal, it stated the reason was that my personal bank statement shows no salary credit but I have evidence of salary credited each month on my bank statement and I also included my payslips for the last 6 months. I’m think the UKVI omitted checking all my statements attached. How can I go about resolving this issue please.

Nysckits:
VISIT VISA ALERT!!!

Thank God, we did it in the end! I truly appreciate Providus Bank for standing by me during this challenging time and thanks to you all.

Yes, I initially received a 10-year ban due to a mistake by the embassy, where they wrongly flagged my document as false. However, Providus Bank stepped in, verified my details, and confirmed that I am their customer with a legitimate bank statement. Their intervention helped set things right.

My Visa Journey:
• Biometric Submission: 10th December 2024
• Further Document Verification Request: 10th January 2025
• Rejection & 10-Year Ban Notification: 29th January 2025
• Passport Collection Notification: 5th February 2025

Upon receiving my passport, I noticed two visas one was canceled with a red pen (likely when the ban was issued), and after my bank intervened, a new visa was granted.

All thanks to God and a big thank you to Providus Bank for their support!

Congratulations! I told you the ban will definitely be overturned. Even better is the fact that the visa was granted. I don’t know you, but I’m truly happy for you.

It is good you have confirmed what happened from the bank. Now that it appears to be a problem from UKVI, you can calm down and be certain the ban will be lifted.

Send an email to UKVI explaining what you have just told us. Tell them that the statement they sent to the bank for verification was disjointed. Provide the statements you submitted to them versus the statement they sent to the bank. Highlight the discrepancy.

Email them at complaints@homeoffice.gov.uk.

Keep us posted on the outcome.

Nysckits:
Dear All, please everyone, all of you with a proposed solution.

I am completely at a loss and don’t know what to do anymore.

After thorough investigation, I have discovered that the error was from the UK embassy. I was shown the exact statement sent to Providus Bank for verification, and here is what happened:

I submitted two business accounts (both with Providus Bank) and clearly explained the details of both in my Letter of Explanation (LOE). My main account has over 1,500 pages, while the sub-account has about 38 pages. Due to the large volume of pages, the UK embassy extracted only the first two pages of my main account statement (which included the correct heading, date range, available balance, and all relevant details). However, they mistakenly combined it with the last two pages of my sub-account, which has a significantly lower balance.

The embassy then sent this mismatched document to Providus Bank for verification along with other inquiries. Providus Bank responded accurately based on the information they received. However, the last two pages (from the sub-account) did not contain an account number or balance at the top—it was simply merged with the first two pages from the main account.

One of the key questions from the UK embassy was for Providus Bank to confirm the opening and closing balance of my account. Providus confirmed the opening balance but couldn’t verify the closing balance since it wasn’t from the same account, and they responded accordingly.

I HAVE ALL MY EVIDENCE, INCLUDING THE BANK STATEMENT THE UK EMBASSY SENT TO PROVIDUS BANK FOR CONFIRMATION. I am now stuck in a devastating situation due to an error I did not commit, and the worst part is that I have no way to reach out to the UK embassy for further clarification.

P.S.: I have reconfirmed the exact document I uploaded on the VFS portal, and I am 100% certain about its accuracy.

Please, I need urgent help.

Sorry about this. I understand how frustrated you must be.

I don’t think this will be too difficult to overcome. This is my suggestion: Go to Providus Bank’s head office. Take the account statement you submitted to the embassy along. Have them confirm that the statement is genuine. Once they do that, raise holy hell with them.

You must threaten to sue them and you must be very, very angry. Ask to see the most senior person at the Head Office. If possible, go with a lawyer. You must display madness!

Provided the statement you submitted was indeed genuine and printed off their internet banking platform, they will apologize. Have them write a letter to UKVI addressing their mistake. They should send the letter to UKVI via email. You can find the necessary UKVI emails on their website. Tell the bank to give you a copy of the letter. You should also send an email to UKVI and attach the letter.

I strongly believe this ban will be overturned. But whether you will be granted the visa is a different matter entirely.

Please keep the forum posted.

Nysckits:
I need urgent advice on what to do at this point.

I am a business owner doing well in Nigeria, but I have never traveled out of the country before.

I submitted my bank statement and other supporting documents to the UK embassy for a visit visa. It seems they contacted my bank (Providus) to verify my statement.

The statement was generated directly from my internet banking platform—it’s a heavy statement with a clear financial track record. Shortly after, my account officer reached out to ask if I had submitted my statement to the embassy, which I confirmed (as seen in the images below).

Despite this, I just received an email from the UK embassy informing me that I submitted a false document and have been banned for 10 years. I am completely in shock because my business account details are 100% accurate, and I have never falsified any document.

Providus Bank never reached out to me for clarification before responding to the UK embassy. My account officer is fully aware of my business, the legitimacy of my transactions, and my financial standing. However, she is extremely slow and does not act promptly.

I have never traveled outside Nigeria before, and I wasn’t even planning to stay long in the UK. My goal was simply to use my passport for the first time and keep my travel history open, knowing that I am financially capable of travelin.

@Jolene, @Davodyguy, and everyone in the house, what can I do to appeal or defend this 10-year ban?

I have already sent a strongly worded email to Providus Bank calling out their unprofessionalism, but I urgently need a solution to this problem. Any advice would be deeply appreciated.

Sorry about the refusal.

From this response, I think I can see some of the issues with your application. You quoted a monthly income of ₦1,350,000, but you submitted a bank statement with only ₦6,000,000 in it. Even with your declared investment (₦1,800,000) and savings (£563, which is approximately ₦1,200,000), this brings the total amount of money you have available to approximately ₦9,000,000. But your budget for the trip is 4 million naira, which is almost half of your entire life savings and investment. This can be a big red flag to some ECOs.

I believe the main issue with your application is your current finances do not seem commensurate with the level of income you declared. Earning ₦1,350,000 monthly but having only ₦9,000,000 available implies that you already have a high level of expenditure, which is what I think the ECO was getting at.

With all that said, I believe you can work to reduce the amount you intend to spend on the trip. Since you have accommodation sorted, try to limit your total spend to 3 million, at the maximum. Flight alone will be half of that, but if you are only going for a week, the balance should be enough for feeding, transportation, etc.

Better still, you could wait till you have more money saved up. At your income level, it shouldn't take too long to have something like 12 million plus in the bank. That, alongside a clean account and a reduced budget, will give you a much better chance at getting the visa.

Obidikejr:
2. Yes I am not married. But I send upkeep money for my baby daughter, averagely 150k every month.

3. This I understand. I still have money hanging somewhere else that didn't come before I made my application. My savings should have been 2x that.

4. My both parents are still alive and kicking, not sure what you meant by cared for. But I send my dad money every month from Same acct. My brother does same for my mom. I'm just a church goer, Not deeper than that. This part of ties is confusing. Should I register for a church group ? I just bought a plot of land and intend to buy more. Would that help, I've overheard it before.

5. I've done the maths ooo. That's why I put 4m. As earlier mentioned, I was thinking they'd take my balance into consideration rather than strictly "what I earn monthly". My Total balance was 6m. Maybe on reapplication id shorten the length of my stay to 1 week. So the cost reduces.



In summary, what I can deduce from your response Best I can do about the financial part is; I'm going to totally stop any inconsistency with my account (due to side hustles) and solely focus on work income and strict withdrawals that reflect declared expenses in that account. While doing other expenses on my other bank accts.

Perhaps I'd declare monthly expenses of 200k next time and monthly earning of +1.5m and total expense for the trip as 3m for a 1 week stay. This should be better?

But this would generally mean me waiting to reapply months down the line right?

Would 3-4 months statement of account suffice for reapplication or I have to provide 6 months ?

Many thanks. Really appreciated

crackcrack:
Good morning, guys. I am having a dilemma, and I need URGENT advice, please.

My trip is in a few days, and I have already booked a hotel room for my entire stay. I haven't paid yet; I will be paying at the property. I informed my friend that I will be visiting, and he suggested I come stay at his place, which is a few hours away from London. The plan is for me to spend just a few nights in my London hotel and spend the rest of my trip at his house.

My issue is I did not mention this friend on my application because I was not planning on staying with him. I fully intended to stay in the hotel, but his offer came up, and I thought it might be nice to spend some time with him.

I am thinking of changing my hotel booking to just the first few days, but I am worried that if I show up at Heathrow will a hotel reservation that doesn't cover the whole trip, it might pose an issue with Border officials.

The most important thing to me is to not get harassed or bothered at the point of entry. But I also don't want to have to pay for a hotel when I have an offer to stay with somebody for free.

How can I navigate this? Please advise. Thanks.

UPDATE

So I got really great advice from people when I tabled this issue a few days ago. I passed through Border Force yesterday and thought to share my experience with the thread, in case anyone might be in the same situation in the future.

This is the transcript between me and the Border Force Officer at Heathrow. He was a middle-aged British-Indian man.

Me: Good evening. (Handed him my passport).
BFO: Good evening, sir.

He takes my fingerprints.

BFO: Where are you coming from?
Me: Nigeria.
BFO: What are you in the UK for?
Me: A short holiday.
BFO: How long will you be here?
Me: Just a week.
BFO: What's your profession back in Nigeria?

I told him my job title and the kind of company I work for.

BFO: Do you own the company?
Me: No. I'm just an employee.
BFO: What's the name of the company?

I told him.

BFO: Will you be going back to resume work for the company?
Me: Yes, I will.
BFO: Where will you be staying? Did you book a hotel?
Me: Yes, I booked a hotel.

Because he specifically asked if I booked a hotel, I thought he was going to ask to see the reservation. So I immediately told him I would be staying in the hotel for a few days and then visiting with a friend. He didn't ask anything about my friend or ask to see the reservation.

BFO: Do you have a return ticket?
Me: Yes, I do.
BFO: Can I see it?

I give him the return ticket printout.

BFO: What date are you going back to Nigeria?

I thought this was a trick question because he was literally holding my ticket and could see the date. Anyways, I tell him the return date.

He then hands me back my ticket and stamps my passport.

BFO: Enjoy your time in the UK.
Me: Thank you.

Overall, it was a very pleasant experience. The whole thing felt like a brief chat with a friend. Like many people said on the thread, Border Force knows that plans can and do change. So even if you have to tweak things a bit from your visa application, it should be fine, as long as you are genuinely a tourist and you have no intention of overstaying.

Thanks to everyone that gives advice on this thread.

giselle237:
yes don’t make it seem like you are doing something out of the ordinary as plans change all the time. And don’t go and give unnecessary context to questions if not asked.
Q- How long are you in the UK for?
A- answer straight. 1 week or whatever
Only answer hotel question if you are asked.
And answer only what asked
Eg. I would be staying at the garden hotel… don’t start answering for few days or few months except if you are asked to show the reservation or how long or to explain.
Then be bold and say I have paid for a few days to try out their services etc as I explained and take it from there. Especially you who got your visa sometime in April or so and we are almost in June… so they know all the time plans change!!!!
Who is to say you did not read a bad review online about the hotel etc and are now wary of them bla bla bla … just have confidence

Great advice. Thank you so much.

giselle237:
Have money at hand in cash, card or cheques and you can pay for the few days hotel you want. If you get to the border control and are asked you can say you want to try out the services of the hotel and so you have paid for a few days. If all is well then you would renew for your remaining days, otherwise you would move to another hotel as you want to have a very relaxing holiday. … + you have enough money in cash and your cards. Just be liquid enough if you don’t want to mention your friend all of a sudden. They can check your account if they want to.. or ask to see the cash.

Thank you so much, giselle. This makes a lot of sense.

Good morning, guys. I am having a dilemma, and I need URGENT advice, please.

My trip is in a few days, and I have already booked a hotel room for my entire stay. I haven't paid yet; I will be paying at the property. I informed my friend that I will be visiting, and he suggested I come stay at his place, which is a few hours away from London. The plan is for me to spend just a few nights in my London hotel and spend the rest of my trip at his house.

My issue is I did not mention this friend on my application because I was not planning on staying with him. I fully intended to stay in the hotel, but his offer came up, and I thought it might be nice to spend some time with him.

I am thinking of changing my hotel booking to just the first few days, but I am worried that if I show up at Heathrow will a hotel reservation that doesn't cover the whole trip, it might pose an issue with Border officials.

The most important thing to me is to not get harassed or bothered at the point of entry. But I also don't want to have to pay for a hotel when I have an offer to stay with somebody for free.

How can I navigate this? Please advise. Thanks.

GraceofGod100:
With due respect, you sound too judgemental.... Btw you really think we be so stupid to deliberately use falsification COS...

If you read my comment and the first thing that jumped at you was that I am judgmental, then I'm afraid you are not ready for the journey you and your husband are planning to embark on. You have to put emotions aside and look at things critically. I already told you that whether it was intentional or not does not matter, and that is a fact.

Another fact is you have a 10-year ban. That's not going to change. What may change, though, is your husband's situation. I have given my opinion on how to go about it. Maybe others can chime in as well.

AchosDaboss:
Good day everyone. I'm planning to apply for a visiting Visa to the UK.

I'm a salary earner of #120k monthly and my brother who resides in the UK wants me to come visit. He'll sponsor my trip.

He's proposing on funding my account with all the money needed for everything.

Please is this a good idea?
Wont it raise suspicion?

What is the best way to go about this without getting a visa refusal

No, your brother should not send money to your account. It will be seen as money lodgment, meant to inflate your account balance and make it seem like you have money that you actually don't have. This is the number one red flag in any visa application.

Your brother should send you his bank statement, and you should upload that with your application. He should also send you documents that prove his legal stay in the UK and also the nature of his source(s) of income. You should also attach your own bank statement, along with your employment letters, pay slips, leave letter, et al.

You should note, however, that it is your own circumstances that the visa officer will use to decide whether to grant a visa or not. Having a sponsor is all well and good, but if the visa officer is not convinced that you can afford the trip by yourself, they will probably deny the visa.

GraceofGod100:
Good morning my oga's at the top , please my family applied for skills health work visa unfortunately the COS given to us was fake because i got 10 years banned for summiting fake certificate of sponsorship COS while my dependants husband,kids got refusal letters with present condition of Nigeria we can't just stay one place for the sake of our kids so we have decided that my husband go for MSc or even through skills work if he can get valid COS, my question is will my banned as the main applicant affect my "dependants" ,husband and kids future applications if they decide to reapply.
below is my banned letter and my dependant husband refusal letter..
Please will my dependants also get the 10 years or it's just A NORMAL REFUSAL they get?... should my husband go ahead with MSc or get a valid COS to reapply please for the sake of our kids....
P.s
I also attached what SW 29.1(a)and(b) on my
husband's refusal letter means ...
Cc
Justwise
Lexusgs430
Babajeje123
Zahra29
giselle237
Dustydee
Lavida001
Cashmadam

This is something that can only be confirmed by your husband applying. No one here can tell you matter-of-factly.

One thing to note is that while filling the application for any UK Visa, your husband will be asked if he has ever been denied a visa, and why. He will have to declare this refusal and explain that it was because his wife used a fake COS. This will most likely set off alarm bells in the head of any visa officer.

You have established yourself as a deceiver. Whether it was intentional or not does not matter. And your husband, by association, cannot escape that stigma. Even if he was not given a 10-year ban, any subsequent applications will be looked at with a fine-tooth comb. I reckon a visit visa will be the most difficult to get. A study or work visa, which is what you say he's thinking of, might be easier, but he will still be thoroughly screened. That is if he has not been given that 10-year ban, in which case the denial will be automatic.

If you guys are willing to take the financial (and emotional) risk of finding out if that ban is in effect, then you can apply. The way I see it, you don't exactly have much to lose, except adding another refusal to your record. Or another ban, if you choose to deceive again.

Naijagram:
I wanna ask...I have applied for UK visit visa. Still awaiting decision. I want to use part of the POF for something urgent. Will this raise an eyebrow in my application

Please I need response...

I’m not 100% sure, but I believe embassy officials can only verify if the statement you submitted was a real document. By law, your bank cannot disclose your account balance to anyone, except for things like court warrants, EFCC investigations and the likes.

I believe you can remove the money without any issues, but to be on a safer side, I’d advise you to just wait until a decision is made. It shouldn’t take more than two weeks. But if it’s truly an emergency and you don’t have any other options, you should be fine if you remove the money.

trollx:
Why can't you just let them be and stop being nosy. The fact that you are doing well in Nigeria, doesn't mean others are too. I have said it before, that route is not for those who are doing well in Nigeria, because you might be feeling some kind of regrets on why you embark on such a journey. It's for those who doesn't have anything doing in Nigeria, so they are better-off in Canada as an asylum seekers than be a deadbeat in Nigeria.

You stay in your Nigeria and let others be, everyone has different destiny. Don't use yours to judge others. A" made it Big in Nigeria, doesn't mean B" will find such favor. Some of you in here will not even want to say the truth on how you cut corners to make it in Nigeria, rather you guys will be here discouraging others who doesn't have such opportunity and insulting them on why they left Nigeria with a VV" or whatsoever, who una epp self? If if if I slap una ehn...

N:B. Asylum nor be Ajobo route, all the Ajebos in the house should desist from it, and let the Kpakos and deadbeats make use of it while it last. Even if they are facing deportation, leave them and let them be, e nor concern una. #Antagonist

Actually, it concerns every one of us when Nigerians run away on visit visas. Countries have made it very difficult for Nigerians to get simple visas because abusers who promised to come back home after their visit turned around and claimed asylum. Even worse is the fact that nearly all of those asylum claims are bogus, and most of them end up being denied and deported.

I actually don't care what anyone does with their life. Go and get stuck in Canada. Freeze to death in the colds of Toronto. Line up in a queue of 1,000+ people to get a simple job as a sales attendant. None of it is my business. What I care about is to not be harassed by immigration officials because of the bad reputation of my countrymen. I don't want to be faced with unnecessary scrutiny just because I am a Nigerian. I don't want a situation where they are deciding the visa application of other people within two weeks, but mine will take two years simply because I'm Nigerian.

It's funny how when there is news of some country banning Nigerian travelers, people like you will be the first to call for the government's head. But here you are vehemently defending those who ruin our collective reputation and make us unwelcome in many countries.

I have never understood how many Nigerians think. You are planning to do something you don't know much about, and people with first-hand experience are telling you all the ways it could go wrong. Instead of listening and perhaps making tweaks to your plans, you declare the advisers to be 'bad belle' and hurl insults at them. Even with ample data and evidence that you're on a path with very limited chances of success, you take a deep dive — hook, line, and sinker — and hope for the best.

The average Nigerian always thinks his case will be different. I'm sure our overly-religious nature contributes to this way of thinking. "Me, I will find mercy." "God will work a miracle for me." "Where many have failed, I shall succeed." LOL.

I don't think there's any point in arguing with people who want to embark on a journey that will most likely lead to catastrophe. We are all adults, and people should be free to lay their beds however they want to — as long as they lie on it without complaining.

Osivao:
Gurus in the house. Greetings to you all.
Please my sons visa was initially refused on the ground of sole custody which was initially included in the application.
Few months later the other party died.
So I want to re-apply again using the death certificate and the sole custody.it this advisable to use both.

While this sounds fishy, I’m giving you the benefit of the doubt. If the father passed away, and you have the death certificate, attach it to the application. Given that this seems rather convenient for you, I would advise you add other things to prove the father has actually died.

Try to add obituaries, tributes, photocopy of the funeral program, and photos from the funeral. All of this should be in addition to the death certificate.

The goal is to avoid making it look like you’ve declared a hale and hearty man dead just to further your cause.

Visa Alert!

Six Months Standard Visa

Timeline:

Online Application: April 1
Biometrics: April 3
Collection Email: April 9

Received my passport today.

The entire process was so quick. It literally took only four working days after biometrics to receive a collection email from TLS. Would have gotten my passport since Tuesday if not for the holidays.

Thank you to all who took time to answer my questions, especially Cashmadam, TheGamingorca and giselle237.

Nnekkyneks:
My husband who is the sponsor is not traveling with us even though he has a 2 years Visa. So he is just submitting his bank statement as sponsor, however I will ask him to put in more than the amount he is stating as cost for sponsporing.
I have revised the budget. Pls is this OK
From the 3.7m the cost to me is 1m( part of my saving)
My husband will provide the balance with is savings account.

Budget
Mother; Flight £1000 Transport- £200 Entertainment/Shopping- £500, Feeding £300 Accommodation£1000 for the
Total Spend- £ 3,000.

Kid 1: Flight- £1,000 Food- £300 Transport- £200 Entertainment/Shopping- £300
Total Spend- £ 1800

Kid 2- Flight- £1,000 Food- £200 Transport- £50 Shopping/Entertainment £300
Total Spend- £ 1,550

Kid 3- Flight- £1,000 .Food- £200 Transport- £50 Entertainment/Shopping- £300
Total Spend- £ 1,550

Total Spend £7900@1,580=N12.4m
The problem b say we too plenty but if the guru advise me to reduce I will obey o. Thanks for the guidance

Working on reducing your budget is all well and good, but if the total cost of the trip to you and your husband is still a significant portion of both your savings, your visa will most likely be denied. My initial statement above stands; it will not make sense to any ECO for you to spend a major part of your savings on a vacation.

This is my advice:

1. Determine the total amount you and your husband have combined. This is the closing balance in your statement plus his own.

2. Make sure your budget for the trip is not more than 50% of that combined amount. From what you've written above, you intend to spend 1m, while your husband will provide the rest. That means he has to provide 11.4m. Your husband's closing balance should therefore be at least 21m.

3. If you guys' finances is not up to par, I would suggest you travel alone and use the kids as home ties. And if the kids must holiday with you, then perhaps go to a different country — one that is cheaper and with less stringent visa processes.