Samadhii:
Hello, please how long does it takes to be called for biometrics after visa application?

You are not called for visa application.
You select a date for your biometrics and passport submission on the website of the visa application centre.

lusco:
Please Is it ok to use passport expiring March 2022 to apply for study visa for January 2022?

While the 6 month post-travel validity rule doesn't apply to student visas, if you're being given a 90-day vignette instead of the former 30 days, it might affect you.

Best advice is to eliminate all uncertainty and renew your passport before you apply. In any event the Nigerian High Commission in the UK is a very inefficient place and you might have serious difficulty renewing your passport in the UK, especially if you have to travel to London to do it.

elmay33:
Good Day Dear Fam.

Please I have been following this thread, and it's very informative.I got an unconditional Offer Last Year with Cardiff but due to covid, I didn't proceed, so I deferred my admission. I would like to proceed with my admission this year Sept 2021. But before I make any payments to school for CAS, TB etc. I need some advise please.

1. I got admitted with Neco results and English proficiency from my University, I dont ve WAEC. Would I need to write IELTS for Visa application?

2. I'm particularly scared as I got a student Visa refusal from Ireland and one of the reasons written was I didn't submit an IELTS results even though I presented my Neco and English Language Proficiency from University to the Ireland Embassy. Would this affect UK visa application/ decision ?

Kindly Advise,

@justwise, and all the Guru in house


Thanks

You dont need to take IELTS.
As long as you declare the Irish refusal and any others in the proper place on the visa form and the refusals were not for immigration offences, you will have no problems getting a UK student visa.

twojul:
Hello everyone,

I'm a medical student applying for an elective at a hospital in the uk. i've previously done electives in the uk before covid but now it's difficult to get electives as hospitals aren't taking overseas students due to covid. I was able to find one but one of the things they need is a dbs check. Now i haven't committed any offense in the uk or any other country so i know the dbs check will come back saying i have no offenses but i'm just worried that the police will now have record of my name, passport and other details and dont want to be in under their radar. Also i dont want them thinking i'm coming to the uk to work on a visitors visa cos they might not understand why the hospital is saying i'm their incoming employee so they need my dbs when its just an unpaid medical student elective. What do you guys think or advice? Thank you.

Lol.
My brother, in today's world, the day you applied for that first visa and gave your first set of fingerprints, your information is now stored in the databases of the 9 Eyes countries, and is already accessible to those countries' authorities anyway. Requesting a DBS check doesn't bring you any particular scrutiny, it's routine.

Blackfinegirl:


Lol how am I lying? I don’t understand, even if you call hmrc, do you think hmrc will give me my Ni number over the phone considering I am calling from Africa. I worked 12 years ago and not 10 years ago, I only came back 8 years ago and if you studied accounting you will know most firms don’t keep accounting records for more than 7 years . Don’t call me a liar just because I asked a question on this forum, it’s wrong.

These things are hard to get if you are not in the uk, I am sure if I was in the uk , I would have been able to fill a form and send it to a tax office or walk into job centre to get this information.

Don’t call people liars , it doesn’t speak well of you. After all if you wanted to answer you would have answered me since.
Just because someone asked you a question, you just think you are mr know it all. Wisdom is profitable to direct, use it please.

You're correct.
Nobody will give you that information over the phone, even if you were calling from inside the UK.

Nanorest:


What will then happen

You will become an illegal immigrant liable to removal.

Dprinz45:
What are the types of visa available

I'm joing an investment company in London as intern which will later become full time Job after 10 month internship.

So what kind of visa should I apply for?

I presume your employer knows that you are outside the UK and will need a visa to take up this internship? That being the case, you will be applying for a skilled worker visa.

As someone else said, your company should give you some information about the process. They will also provide you with a CoS listing their details and a reference number for you, etc. You will have to take an English test, or get a degree evaluation and get a tuberculosis screening, so go to the student visa thread and see what the process for booking for that at IOM in Lagos or Abuja is like, from what I've been reading, it's currently booked up because this is the rush period for student visas.

The visa used to be called Tier 2, and things were changed in December 2020, I'm not sure by how much - I have someone who just travelled but she went under the new Health and Care visa, which would have been Tier 2 up to last year, so check here for easily understandable and absorbable info: https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa

Lifeisgoody:
Please House, is it possible to book Virgin/British Airways to UK and another Airline(Egypt/Qatar Airways) back to Nigeria ?

Note that the price of two one-way tickets usually exceeds the price of 1 round-trip ticket, or at least that used to be the case pre-Covid.

rabola1:
Okay, fnx, abeg what does d transit visa entail,

In the time before they phased out transit visas, they were easy to get, sometimes the airlines would take care of that.
Now that everyone has to give biometrics for Schengen visas, you will need to turn up in Lagos or Abuja and do the whole visa application centre process.

Prisscindy:
For bachelor's degree, who knows unis that their tuition cost about £10k after international scholarships please.

I know University of South Wales but a friend of mine wants to withdraw his cas from them because their in country rep wants him to pay more, after he has paid £6400 and has over N8million in his account.

The rep claims he's at the border line, that the rate can go up, neglecting the fact that oanda rate is all that matters. Abeg help a friend in need

Has he received his CAS and if so, what does the country rep have to do with the amount of the deposit paid?

Lazyyouth4u:


Haba how greed and corruption take enter this matter o? Put yourselves in the shoes of Ngozi and co.

You dey your lane for Yankee dey make top dollars with correct job. You have long term mortgage, car notes, loans, school fees, taxes, and other running costs for Yankee wey you dey pay with your USD salary. Presidency call and beg you say make you come back home come work for am. Will you not negotiate USD salary to take care of your expenses from where you dey live your life before?

This is not a new thing na. Happens all the time when ‘expats’ are recruited into government positions.

Very true. Even when you're sent to work abroad by a company, you're usually paid in USD to make the money worthwhile.

giselle237:
it is black market rate and more

Thanks.
I guessed as much.

Jbaby09:
It’s been suspended indefinitely for now . Spoke with them yesterday.

Options :

barter by Flutterwave virtual dollar card

Someone in the abroad paying for you

Have you used this before? Any idea what rate they use?
i.e. is it cheaper than the blackmarket rate?

Jbaby09:
Good evening house ..

Appointment wahala VI branch

No self service and assisted service for next week ..

Please has anyone used the premium lounge? Do I still have to pay the fees for assisted service if I’m already paying for the premium lounge ?

Also has anyone used prime time ? Is it really prime time ? 8am ?? Meaning client gets attended to before the Centre is open fully


Also please is there a hack/best times to search appointments??


Thanks .:

I’ll be reading responses .

Try using a VPN if you have one.

Jbaby09:
Please I’m asking ooo

If I select premium lounge, do I need to still pay for assisted service ?

No.

Tobex4realTobex234:


In my case, I worked with a Kenyan company. Also, a friend of mine was able to open his with a business account.

I'm sure it should be possible for Non-residents to open too, because even me na my Nigerian passport I use as I.D.

No, it's not, you need the KRA pin and you must have established some form of residence either through employment or something like the Alien Card process. You can't enter on a 90-day tourist visa and open a bank account.

Tobex4realTobex234:
Also I recommended Standard Chartered Kenya because with $15 monthly, your account is basically fee free. Wire transfer to any country is free. Everything is free. It's called the One-Fee Tariff account.

My friend that uses UBA dorm is charged over $20 for a single transfer. And now they have to deal with bull shit limits and restrictions by Meffy.

Once again, it may appear as if an off shore account is stress, but by the time you open it you will realize how useless and expensive these traditional Nigerian banks have been.

How do you open a Standard Chartered Kenya account as a non-resident?
You need a KRA pin.

emmanuelewumi:
How many bank accounts, do you have?


Just trying to change the topic of discussion.


I have just 2


A personal accounts and a corporate account

4 accounts in different banks.
2 are purely savings accounts, 1 entirely untouched, fees come out from the other.
2 are for transactions, those are the cards in the wallet swiped in the supermarket or used for online bill payment, those accounts only contain a float topped up as it falls below specific limits.
No cards annexed to the two savings accounts, shared between two banks because I've been a victim of bank failures in Nigeria twice.

skydiver01:
Another Shoprite gives up on Nigeria (Royal Dutch Shell). Interesting term used by the group CEO for a business operating in Nigeria, i.e. "headache"

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-shell-nigeria-idUSKCN2CZ24J

Shell exercising its Plan B.

Gentlesoul3268:


My husband had a travel experience, while I and kids doesn't .. Are you self employed? Because we are self employed and my husband is the MD/CEO while I'm director.

Would I need introduction letter? or what kind of business recommendation that will stated my post and how much I earn ?

We don't know anyone in Uk but we have been searching for a cheap hotel for family of 5 we see hotel for 15 days @ rate of 400k

10 days for quarantine and 5 days for moving around lol

I will try and go through your previous post but how will be much appreciate if you can listed the documents.

The bolded looks unrealistic, how do you justify shipping over a family of 5 and paying for airfare and for 20 Covid tests in total, only to spend 5 days?

Secondly, your hotel bill at N400k for 15 days is also unrealistic, unless you mean you want to rent an apartment. That's still a budget of 40 pounds a day you've worked out there, and I dont think any Airbnb apartment big enough for 5 let alone a hotel room will rent at 40 pounds a day.

Amazoner01:

God bless!!!
Any idea on exchange rate amount to calculate the Naira needed in account... getting lot of rates ranging from 680 to 520.

www.oanda.com, add a buffer to take account of possible fluctuations in exchange rate, scroll up and read the last two pages.

fabulous2019:
Good day everyone, please i need your candid advise very urgent.
i would like to travel to UK with my wife, but i would like her to be schooling while i work unlimited, her first degree was English language b.SC 2.2, Please which course can she study as her first degree was English language, what schools have low tuition fee because i don' t want us to choose town where there are no work or too high accommodation. Also can she get any chance of applying in September, because we want to start the process immediately, what are the chances of embassy giving me visa too.
Please experience gurus to assist us with any information because experience is the best teacher, mostly people that have succeeded and was in my shoe, please help a brother. Thanks

Tuition fees range from roughly £11k for a 1 year MSc for the cheaper universities to £15-18k for the mid-range and £20k pounds and above for those in the upper range. Like everywhere, you tend to get cheaper living costs in smaller cities, which in turn generally tend to have fewer opportunities than bigger cities.

You guys should do your research and decide on what course to apply for based on her work experience if any, intended career path, etc.

It's May so it might be late for many schools for admission for September, so you have to check individually to see which ones are still accepting applications.

Once you fulfil the requirements (mainly finance, budget around £28,000 - 30,000 for everything, tuition, maintenance, visa and related fees for you both), student dependant visas are points-based, so the chances of getting a visa are very good.

emmanuelewumi:



Kindly add Number 8.

Sowing seeds in God's Kingdom


That is the best Investment, I can think of.

This I have to agree with.
It's a rule that works - you give and you get. Even the irreligious who know what's up apply it.
And it cuts across all "religions".
Just define "God's Kingdom" properly. Avoid the pastorpreneurs and their lousy tithing marketing and do your giving to people who really need it. Financially adopt an orphan or something like that, do your giving very quietly and very anonymously and it will indeed work for you.

Adebisi02:
Good evening
Very quick one pls

What are the evidence I will be be needing to apply for a dependant visa for tier 4 to join my unmarried patner( my girlfriend) in the Uk. It’s urgent. Any advice is welcome please. Thank you

You have to show that you have been in a subsisting relationship for at least two years before she left.
Proof of cohabitation, any financial support either of you may have provided the other, the whole call logs and messages thing, etc.

vaticanboy:
Someone help me please. Does WhatsApp call logs could be use in place of phone call logs? Am gathering my documents for my spousal visa. �Pls help a brida.

WhatsApp calls are telephone calls. No difference.

sweetgold5:
I applied for France short stay visit visa last year 2020 before the pandemic and it was granted. I was given a month tourist visa with my child and which they also stated on my passport that on the day I return I should come along with my child to the embassy to see us that we came back together.... But unfortunately we were unable to use the visa because of the pandemic I waited maybe there would be a news regarding those that were issued visa newly but no till the visa expired.

But I still went to the embassy with my child for show up and also explain why we couldn't go for the trip which they asked me to put it in writing and that they are awear of the situation....

But up till now no news regarding France short stay visa is long stay application they are accepting at the moment... I want to ask should I apply for the long stay visa? What are my chances or I should still keep waiting till God knows when....?

And I don't even know what the procedure will be again once they open for short stay application maybe is to reapply from the beginning or they may give is some consideration?

Besides my child status has also changed my child now has a British Passport are we still going to be able to travel together to France?

Am comfused here.... I need ur advice! Pls
Thanks

If your visa has expired you will need to reapply for a new one, unused tourist visas are not re-issued.
You can't apply for a long-stay visa for tourism purposes.
The UK has left the EU, so your child's British passport will allow them entry to France visa free for up to 90 days only .

wizzy2021:
Please, can I apply for Visa with my dependents and then go before them?
How long can they stay in Nigeria with the Issued Visa before they can join me?

1. Yes, you can.
2. As long as their vignettes (the temporary 90 day visa you will be issued in Nigeria) are still valid.

Futureukstudent:
well the number 3, I am very certain they said you can't reg a new dependant when applying for the post graduate visa. The only dependant that qualifies is the one that you applied for during your program

This is correct.
Under the terms of the post-study graduate visa, any dependant you wish to apply for must have already received a student dependant visa beforehand, which means that you cannot apply for a student dependant and hence a post-study dependant after one has graduated.

asskush:
Hello Experts in the house, is it the right time to buy dollar. Please advise.

Buy all the foreign currency you can now and hold it offshore if you can.

GreenAgain:
Please, Justwise and those in house advise me on third party tuition deposit:

My brother (different surname) who is in the UK has offered to pay 50% tuition deposit, a condition for CAS from my prospective school for me.
Is this tenable? Do the embassy require deposit payment receipt/teller as part of Visa application?

Thanks.

Yes at the italicized.
No at the bolded.

Nnefab:
Okay, so like how many hours will this take if the result is to come the same day? I am asking because of work, I don't know if I should take the whole day off or just some hours off. My appointment is for 7.30am

Usually takes a couple of hours, you should be out by noon at worst.

DeraaI:
Hi, thank you all for all the information you post. They’ve been really helpful to me.

Please, does anyone know how I can open a UK bank account even while being in Nigeria? I was considering a Dom account, but with the policies Nigeria comes up with daily, I’d rather not risk it.

You can't until you've arrived in the UK and gotten your residence permit.
There was an extensive discussion of the available ways to send money offshore before getting to the UK in Part 4 of this topic among last year's September entrants, try searching for Transferwise as a keyword.