I just called UKVI and I feel so down. At first, I told the lady that I haven’t gotten my passport yet and she said that it takes 15 working days to get my passport back after a decision has been made. My bio was August 4th.
Later, I now said please let me tell her my GWF number to check the exact decision date for me. Immediately she saw my decision date which was around Sept 6th, her voice just changed and she said someone will be in contact with me via email to tell me my decision this week.
I'm so scared that it’s a refusal because see the way she changed from 15 working days to this week.
It's as if they want to send me a refusal email

Honestly, I’ve lost all excitement concerning this uk relocation. The thing feels more like a burden to me than a blessing. I haven’t felt peace since this journey started. It’s been from one hurdle to another. To get admission wahala, to get CAS wahala, to get bio date wahala, to get decision wahala. I did credibility interview and a decision was made 1 week ago, yet I haven’t gotten BRP mail or collection mail. This thing has really affected my mental health. I feel so unlucky.

See what UKVI sent to someone. I honestly don’t know how these people are working. How can they tell her to chase British High Commission for her passport?! Also, don’t they have direct contact with them?! Passport that is such a delicate document is what they are misplacing anyhow! I really hate the way they’re handling our applications and treating us like trash!
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Dear applicant,
 
The visa was issued for your son on 16/08/2022 and it was dispatched on 23/08/2022.
 
The applicant  passports are never with us. We have written to your VAC, as hundreds of applicants like yourself still didn’t get their passports, despite the visas being issued in July/August.
 
The VAC told us that the passports are with the local DMC. We have contacted the DMC multiple times, there is no response.
 
Kindly chase your case with the DMC and the VAC, as we cannot do anything or see any updates once the visa is issued.
 
We have nonetheless been trying to chase the VAC and DMC without any luck and will keep doing so.
 
All the best.
 
Kind regards,
Sheffield Student Team

Decision made since last week Monday yet, no movement of passport to VAC. Please how long is it meant to take? I'm so worried

I originally thought that I would go to Birmingham to see family & friends before going to my school but now, I'm short on time and would be going straight to school instead. Please is it possible to request for my BRP to be moved from Birmingham post office to the post office near my school?

If your school stated IELTS as part of the documents they used to accept you in your CAS, just submit the IELTS to UKVI. I submitted my IELTS & WAEC results. It's better to avoid NSF mail because it can delay your application and in some people's cases, NSF has led to refusal because after sending the documents, UKVI didn't receive them. Add everything and submit with a clear mind.

HenryG:
Hello @ everyone.
Please help me clarify these 2 things.
1. I have been applying to schools that require no IELTS but I want to know if the IELTS will be needed for visa application.
2. I have been seeing Biomedical science as the course I am most qualified for in my MSc application, I hope the course is a good one to secure NHS job after school.

Thanks in advance everyone.

Wow congrats

emandman:

I got this today too . Aug 9th biometric day.
But the movement is still at dmc.
Make I shaa take BRP letter hold body first , at least they mentioned that the application is successful.

Some people that didn't get automated reply later got refusal mail because UKVI didn't receive it. Also check to make sure you are sending to the right email.

Adebeewhy:
A quick one pls,
For those given NSF, After replying an NSF to d given email address, do you receive an AUTOMATED REPLY or not?

Seems like UKVI is now sending BRP letters before collection mail even drops.

Someone on telegram uk visa group just said that he used a Microfinance bank investment certificate as his POF. All he had to do was attach a letter from the bank stating that the money was readily available to him and that it could be liquidated whenever he wanted. His visa was granted without NSF.

*I'm just putting this out there for people's information*

Please can an escalation on the 15th working day cause someone to get an empty NSF email the next day?

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Please if someone declared 2 Uk visit visa refusals but forgot to declare 1 U.S visa refusal from 6 years ago, how bad could this error affect the student visa outcome? The biometrics was done in early August.

It's not a waste for me o! I've always desired to have a master's degree in my field. I originally planned on doing it in Canada but IRCC decided to waste our time. BTW....Masters in Canada is 2 years while in the UK, it's 1 year. So, as my PR is coming out, I'll be graduating with my masters and going straight into the Canadian workforce instead of doing 2 years of MSc or doing part-time school while I'm working.

aestake:

If you don't have the ITA yet, pause until then. If not you may end up doing medicals twice one in Nigeria another in the UK. What's the craze for this UK that thousands of Nigerians are headed? It looks like waste of fund and time to me esp if you have a clear path to land Canada. You need that money here ooo. Is it sufficient to say it is a way to dodge the deadwood politicians?

IOM or Q-Life

Glodmovick:


Which hospital in Nigeria do you use pls or can one use ? In Lagos

Congratulations ooooo!!!! Did you declare your previous U.S & Canada refusals in your student visa application?

Bekeesoft:
VISA ALERT!!!
He makes all things Beautiful @ his own time.

Dear Nairaland Family,
I want to express my profound gratitude to every contributor on this platform. Lets not forget every question ask and every response is actually assisting someone.

Background;
US student visa refusal X 2(2008/2009)
Canadian visa refusal X 3 (2020 alone)

I almost given up on any thing about yanky runs. Sometimes in March 2022 I spoke with a bosom friend that told me he has 6 offer of admissions from 6 different schools in the UK, I asked how manage? He said he used educational agents to apply and he did not give a dime. I become interested instanta ( because me no dey give shi shi) I requested the contact of the educational agent and I messaged her almost immediately. She request for my Bsc, CV, Transcript, Personal statement and work reference. I supplied everything almost immediately except work reference because i wanted to do everything codedly. For personal statement I modified the SOP for my Canadian visa application.
I got application notification from 3 schools on the 8th of March, Salford, UWE, Bradford. I got rejection mail from Salford and UWE because they have reached capacity. As usual I was not perturbed because I already developed thick skin for rejection. On the 5th of March, Bradford made me an offer Msc FINTECH.

OFFER: 5TH APRIL 2022
TB TEST: 06TH JUNE 2022
PROOF OF FUND & TB TEST SENT: 29TH JUNE 2022
PRE CAS INTERVIEW: 05TH JULY 2022
CAS ISSUED: 06TH JULY 2022
APPLICATION: 10TH JULY 2022
BIOMETRICS ABUJA: 29TH JULY 2022
SENT TO DMC: 29TH JULY 2022
DECISION MADE: 17TH AUG 2022
SENT TO VAC: 22ND AUG 2022
COLLECTION MAIL 22ND AUG 2022
DELIVERED BY DHL: 23RD AUG 2022.

Please, guys, I'll be going to the UK for my masters in September. I'm also in the EE pool with a score of 506. I'm confident I'll get ITA soon, seeing that the last draw was 525, and I'm not far behind. I'm wondering whether I should do my medicals here in Nigeria before going to the UK because over there, the medicals cost about £350 / ₦280k, while in Nigeria, it will cost me about ₦50k. What are your thoughts?

Does UKVI conduct credibility interviews for student visa? I keep seeing it on blogs but i've never heard of anyone who was called in for an interview

1. The letter said that she had no right to appeal the refusal so, there was no way to do an administrative review. It's her mother who wrote the invitation letter. Her mother is settled and even has a nice 3-bed apartment in London. I thought the student visa route is a point-based system. Is it possible to be rejected because the ECO feels like you want to settle in the UK?

2. She explained the oversight in her application form when they asked "why were you refused?". She doesn't feel the need to write the cover letter in order to reduce too much documentation wahala. She feels like the explanation she gave in the application form is sufficient.

3. The deposits were in 2019 and it's usually a common reason for refusal. She doesn't even have access to the investment company's account anymore so there's no need to open old wounds and start deep investigations on her profile.

bigtt76:
it's a dicey one here and i tell you why.

1. The last rejection - family visit visa was refused despite mother and brother being residents, did she get her brother to invite her formally and present all the required evidences to show he was accommodating her? Applying now for student visa this early, may be seen as a ploy to migrate and could lead to another rejection. If she had known, an administrative review at that time could've sorted this out.

2. To remedy the situation if school eventual overlook the above, is to include a cover letter when submitting a new application detailing what happened leading to the last refusal highlighting the fact that the ECO misplaced bank account currency leading to wrong fund valuation.

3. You must also explain the huge deposits made to the account for the last refusal and also avoid making similar mistake in the current process.

That's all I was debited

muaa:
So apparently you were debited $1,335.72 or are there other bank charges? Cos the amount in my acct is exactly $1,336

I just paid for mine some days ago. I was debited $881.72 for IHS fees and $454 for Visa fees. I had loaded my card with about $1,400 so the total was close to that.

Greathand01:
Good morning, please how much is the 1year IHS and visa fee as at now...in pounds/naira/dollars.... Thank you....

Please, guys, my friend has submitted her UK student visa application. She has been denied 3 times in the past for some reasons but nothing insincere. She also stated the refusals in her application form.

First refusal -Sep 2014 - She was an NYSC corper and she wanted to travel for her brother's Masters graduation in the UK. She was refused because the ECO said that corpers are not allowed to travel out of Nigeria during their service year.
2nd refusal -Nov 2019 - She had a well-paying job but was refused due to large deposits in the account (they were actually investments that matured but she didn't write a cover letter to explain).
3rd refusal -Jan 2022 - She wanted to go and visit her mother and brother for Christmas who are residents in the UK. Her application was perfect but she was unjustly refused. She submitted 2 bank accounts. One has over $10k which she used as her POF for the trip. The second one had just ₦300k but she only put it there to prove that she was a salary earner. What is funny is that the ECO quoted her dollar bank account number saying that it is her Naira account then stated that she didn't have enough money for the trip. We had actually seen some people on NL complain about this before and how ECOs completely pretend like they didn't see a second bank account (mostly for visitor's visas) but she never knew it would happen to her too.

She has her CAS from the University of Manchester, she has her English evidence, employment letter, payslips for all the years she has worked, TB certificate and ₦20 million in her account as proof of finances even though she only needed ₦15 million as POF.
Please what are her chances of getting a student visa? will she be denied based on her previous refusals?

Please I'm uploading my documents on the TLS website. Can someone help me categorise all these?

1. University certificate
2. University transcript
3. WAEC result
4. IELTS Result
5. TB Certificate
6. International passport

Still awaiting CAS from my school after meeting all conditions 3 weeks ago! Their response is always "we are processing a high volume of CAS requests". School resumes in September; this is so frustrating!

I tried. They won't even allow you to start the application without providing your CAS number.

Cjaylawson:
Pls a m still expecting my CAS but can I start my visa application now my POF is ready
And also can I use my phone to apply as my laptop is currently unavailable

Now that TEF is no longer available in Nigeria, I strongly recommend that people shift their focus to TCF (unless they want to travel out of the country for TEF). Both exams are in french but the formats are completely different. Just like how you can't use TOEFL study methods for IELTS. Therefore, if you were 100% ready to write TEF before this suspension, you can just spend the next 2 months practising very well to write TCF in Port Harcourt. Last year, I wrote mine there and it went smoothly. Although TCF is the less popular exam, I still think it is a lot easier than the TEF exam.
Nevertheless, I will try to look for some resources that I used to study last year and I'll post the links for those who are interested in writing the exam at the PHC centre.

It's not a rumour. The main TEF body can't just suspend Nigeria based on lies. I am VERY sure that they had investigated the matter and found the exam centres that were guilty of this. What is now important is for people to start focusing on trying to improve their french in order to write TCF in Port Harcourt or go to Benin Republic or Cameroon

Remmrem:
It`s really devastating to hear that Nigeria has been suspended for now. We might not be able to write this exam for a while except we go to a neighboring country like Benin which would be so stressful. We really need to guide our utterances especially on a public forum like this, it`s most likely that the rumour on bribes to passing Tef exams was seen here by appropriate officials. Some of us have paid tutors and are studying genuinely for this exam, is this effort being put to a waste? I went through this thread and its unfortunate that those who started the fire aren't writing the exams or have written it. If we continue spreading such rumours, if we do not suffer from them our loved ones might. Fingers crossed, let`s hope and pray that the portal is opened again. It is well with a country like Nigeria and it`s People.....

*Extra thoughts*
I think the best solution to controlling this bribery for french results issue is for the TEF body to adopt the same biometric registration as IELTS. On the day of the IELTS exam, your fingerprint and photo are taken by a British council officer on that day before you can even enter the examination hall. They will even look at your passport document and your face to verify your identity before entering. The picture they take on that day is what will appear on your exam results. I don't know how anyone can do runs for IELTS. It's almost impossible. If TEF/TCF can adopt this method, there won't be fraudulent issues like this.

I didn't get NOI...my score is 506

GraciousWords:
There were OINP French Speaker's Draws on June 9 and June 21 for CRS 481 and 440 and above respectively so Cutebear, Sweetoma and others should have got NOI from Ontario....if they are still in the Canny run. Congrats!

https://www.ontario.ca/page/oinp-express-entry-notifications-interest

Why not just apply for PR spousal sponsorship? That way, you can spend as much time as you'd like with your family. A visitor's visa application to see your family member when the spousal PR option is available may seem strange to the VO. Unless your wife is pregnant or there is an emergency with your wife or children, it may be hard to get a visitor's visa. You could also engage the services of a solicitor to help with your case.

lizcom25:
THIS IS MY STORY:

I submitted my application since September 17 2021 and did my biometrics Feb 3, 2022. It has been hell waiting for a revert and with several mails and webforms. Today, July 4, i finally got a revert. I failed the eligibility. So i was denied visa. Reasons are

• I am not satisfied that you will leave Canada at the end of your stay as required by
paragraph 179(b) of the IRPR (https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/regulations/SOR-2002-227/
section-179.html). I am refusing your application because you have not established that you will
leave Canada, based on the following factors:
• You do not have significant family ties outside Canada.
• The purpose of your visit to Canada is not consistent with a temporary stay given the
details you have provided in your application.
• You have significant family ties in Canada

The truth is my wife and children are currently on PR in Canada and i just wanted to visit them and come back as i am not ready to join them now. SO WHAT SHOULD I DO?

Hello, my friend has a Schengen visitor's visa. Can she travel to Greece or something and apply from there (biometrics etc) instead of from Nigeria? So that her Canadian visa can be processed within 21 days instead of the estimated 160 days from Nigeria. Or does someone have to prove to be a resident of the country they claim to be applying from?