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alert20:
Hi, try send a paid mail as advice earlier, decision might be overturned though...

Also when was your biometric??

This is the reply from the paid mail I did.
Biometrics 21 June

Otitodilijesu:
Good evening guyz, please has priority visa services been restored for UK visit visa?

please I received this email. I’m confused , does it look good or it’s a generic message.

[quote author=peace2peace post=114982523]Yes, a decision has been made since but I have no clue why my documents have not been sent. I'm not a first time applicant.[/quote
June 3rd still waiting ?

Rogundipe2000:
Mine is June 8th. We will definitely get a positive mail this week or next…

3rd June here. Nothing still

Confidantfunds:
Nothing yet... This 7th week

It is well

askari01:
How far with your application

June 3rd any update ?

oak202:
yes

Still waiting June 3rd. The wait is endless .

oak202:
Collection mail has dropped this evening for the 3 of us. Good news IJN

Congrats .
Was it visitor visa ?

HelenABUO:
Mine is since 17th May hopefully this week sha

Fingers crossed

HelenABUO:
Nooo I’m still waiting… when was your bio?

3rd June.

Any visa alert today ….

Any visa alert for 3rd June.

ozymes:
Yes. But you would still need to submit statements to prove your financial position

Okay. What if I do not have much in my account ?

babyfaiz:
Congrats. Renewal or fresh applicant?

Please can I apply for a visa and fully sponsored by my spouse ?

My friend is inviting his parents for his graduation. We need advise and Input please . His mum has been refused visa before because she wrote unemployed in the letter and was sponsored without adding her statement.
This time around her husband is going with her , they both have a company account . The husband works also.
In this case what’s the best way to tackle the applications.
Should he ignore using his company account or just get letter of introduction from his employed company .
Then can he sponsor his wife and she adds her statement of account and also the company account details ?

My brother-in-law is inviting his mother for his graduation, the mother doesn’t work, but the funds for the trip is available in her account . She is been supported by her children in Nigeria .
Please I need advise on what documents she will need to provide.
The available fund was sent by her son a month ago.
Please advise on supporting document will be appreciated .
And also can she just print a month statement ?
Advise needed please . …. @giselle help ejoor

Teslas:
Good suggestions,

In addition, the UK accepts a 6 months statement of account, and if her husband wants to put money it is fine. But let the money have a purpose that will be tied to you. Both or another third party can do the transfer and tie it as you are sending her to buy land or something important. If she is not buying anything, let the money has purpose and remain in her account for one month before applying and the money should be there for the entire application. Ikeja is fine and wait, is she traveling with the kids?.

Thank you . She is travelling alone . Her kids are in a nigeria .

cutebear:
Childhood pictures taken together even up to adulthood.
Also, it might be advisable for your sister to visit other countries before reapplying to the uk.

Can she use a fixed deposit account ?

leef2022:
Sorry to learn that after such a long wait the desired mail is not what you or your sister received.

Answering to your questions
Ideally applicants are required to submit 3-6 months bank statements.
If her husband is to put money into her account he could/may want to write a letter of sponsorship with that, stating he has made available such funds for the sole purpose of her intended trip.

My input on how your sister could delineate her reason(s) for being unemployed are written here after, however the applicant's circumstances is/are best known to her and as such, she must present her situation as present, thus disregarding this or any op's idea if it isn't the case.

Her Husband would/may need to write a letter of sponsorship that as a couple, they reached an informal or formal agreement that she be a housewife, to look after the kids and household whilst the husband remains the sole bread winner of the family, hence reason for the monthly upkeep to her and why she is not working. In doing this and if applicable and dependent on whatever amount(s) the husband/family remits to her, he/they may wish to indicate in specifics amount allocated to her(the applicant just denied) for personal upkeep and amounts allocated for their dependents(kids) and household(Note, this may include her husband submitting his personal bank statements/pay-slip as well and some details of job as to how he is able to singularly hand his role). This is to avert, the ECO for future application to doubt if the funds made available to her is indeed hers or for her and the upkeep of their dependent kids, and as such, why would the applicant want to spend the part or most of the funds for her personal traveling.

Also, while providing evidence of kids, and their present circumstances as students or as applicable, it will do good if the applicant is able to provide that while she would be away for a visit to the UK, her husband or other family relative like mother, mother in-law or whoever, will stand in, to see to, the day to day well-being of the kids, again this could be some explanation the applicant's husband does in his letter of sponsorship to show his support, not just financially but on other grounds, suchlike; could help answer, that whilst she would be away, she has careful thoughts about her family and not deserting the welfare of her family, i.e if she is not traveling with the family.

The applicants would do no wrong in including this details in her application in the further detail section or on a cover letter in compliment with a note from the applicant's husband, this should bolster some form of togetherness of the family.

Pls put into thoughts these, and few more as earlier advised by others on here and as you would be advised by some more in the future, and guide your sister for a successful application next time.

All the best.
Regards.

Pictures were added, she also stated about her children and husband and she doesn’t need to leave them etc. The only thing is her account statement wasn’t used . But sincerely receives monthly income from her hubby . And also her husband didn’t write a letter .

giselle237:
she even has kids and husband. Well they feel since she is unemployed she can find a job over there and decide not to come back now. Also you didnt submit any proofs that she is really your sister. It just looked like someone decided to provide her with documents to aid her travel.
If u try the husband giving her allowances every month u can do that for say 6 to 7 months. Let it be a substantial amount and there has to be proof of origin of funds as to where the husbnad is gettin money from.
She needs to also put her husband and kids infront of d situation, tht she cnt abandon her kids nor marriage to go and become illegal on d uk. Present birth certificates of all kids and their school documents - report slips etc till now and presne t her marriage certificate and picture etc.
Then u and her being sisters, she needs to also present pictures and proof of actual relationship between urslvs.
Also expressly state why u are sponsoring her visa to come visit. Eg you have not seen ur sister in a long while due to covid and need to see her. U ppl are like best friends. Show evidence of how u ppl talk everyday. Screenshots of video calls between yourselves bla bla. Make a project of why your sister has to come visit. Divert all d attention from unemploymnet status and concentrate on why she is goin back to Nigeria.
Also change the narrative that she is a home maker who delights in training up her children. So she just does petty businesses here and there as well as is taken care of by her husband. This is allowed. In the UK not all families have both spouses working.
Also consider how u yourself got into the UK. As long as it was legal, then u re good to go. good luck

Thank you

TheExalted:
Your sister needs to show strong tie to Nigeria. Having landed property is one of it. Showing family ties, like having children is school will help. She should get evidences that her kids are schooling here in Nigeria.

She needs to provide evidence of her relationship with the sponsor. If the sponsor is a sibling, birth certificates of her and her siblings will help. If a spouse, marriage certificate, children birth certificate and joint ownership of property will help.

She must provide her bank statement in addition to that of her sponsor.

In short, she must convince ECO that she will return to Nigeria.

When and where did she submit the application?

Thank you for this I will inform her. Her bank statement, how many months is ideal if she wants to reapply . And the source of funds too won’t it raise. Red flag . Her husband intend to put money in her account this time .
Is that okay? She submitted at ikeja around September and was just sent the mail . She has 3kids in Nigeria .

cutebear:
Childhood pictures taken together even up to adulthood.
Also, it might be advisable for your sister to visit other countries before reapplying to the uk.

Thank you

Nchabuomo:
Let her establish that her sister is her sister and that she has a life in Nigeria. You can use birth certificates or WhatsApp communications etc. Unemployment is a red flag but it can be explained away if she can show that she has a life in Nigeria and that the stipend she receives here from family gives her some sort of financial stability.

Apart from birth certificate and WhatsApp conversation, what else do you suggest ?

Debbieeeeeee:
In my opinion, I’ll say unemployment is not the issue here because I filled my application as unemployed I resigned from my job with the federal government in March 2021 because I became very busy doing other things that’ll boost my career.
Is your sister married? What documents did she submit from your sister who is sponsoring?
In my case, I put my husband as the sponsor and put all my academic certificates from LL.B to date. I did an explanation in that box provided as to the reason I am not working now and I provided evidence of what I have been doing and progress thus far. I put my account statement reflecting my savings and inflow and outflow of over 80m( I printed a one-year statement for everything so they can see) I added my USD statement because I have the bulk of my savings in USD.
I added my husband's salary account, 2 savings account.
I also just returned from the USA a few days before submission.
I have been visiting the Uk since I was a kid but I knew I had a lot more to prove due to my present Unemployed status.
I have a registered business I didn’t declare because I have not even had time to run the business since I put my hand into whatever I am doing presently.
If you’re unemployed or in a certain position that casts an aspersion on your immigration intent you have to prove a whole lot more with genuine things.

bank statement , utility bills , Accomodation contract . Every document sponsor submitted .

My sister was denied visa today .
Any advise on what’s best for her to reapply .
Note : she is unemployed, but receives monthly allowance.
She was truthful about her status.

knighteengale:
Applied for 2yrs visit Visa Nov. 29
Did biometric Dec. 13
Got my Visa today via DHL.

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Can you please list the documents you provided to apply for the visa .