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dejavus:
Stand your ground, you cannot reduce the disposable income now you have told them what it is, please see my previous comment, when you re-apply, just stand your ground on why you think they made an erroneous judgement refusing the visa in the first place. You can pm me if you want to help you with the re-application, but you just need to call them out and explain why you think its unfair for them to refuse the application in the first place. I have done it at least twice for previously refused applicant and they have subsequently been issued a visa. I have proofs for these.

Mind you I don't come here regularly so if you message me on time then i might come back to you sooner plus I ll like to see the whole picture before I can give constructive advise.

Lol You live in the UK so it is easy for you to say this. Anyways, I get your point though.

@funbox1100, you can either reduce the monthly expenses and try to ensure your budget is within 2.5x max. of the disposables, or you can go with what dejavus is suggesting.

All the best.

funbox1100:
A REFUSAL LETTER WAS RECEIVED TODAY however, with refusal reason stated as:

•        You intend to visit the UK for 19 days for tourism. You state that you are employed earning 336,800 NGN (£590.63 at exchange rate £1 = 570.23 NGN). You state that you spend 150,000 NGN (£263.04) on the cost of living each month which leaves you with a monthly disposable income of £327.59.  You state that you alone are funding your trip and that you have £1,300 in total for your trip.  This equates to 4 times your monthly disposable income.  From the documents and information provided, I am not satisfied that the proposed trip is proportionate to your finances and is therefore credible. I consider this rather a large outlay on a tourism trip when viewed in light of your salary, which leads me to doubt the credibility of your trip and therefore your intentions for your visit.

PLEASE I NEED ADVICE ON THE WAY FORWARD EVERYONE AND ANYONE WITH AN IDEA OF WHAT'S GOING ON...���

Also, monthly expenses does not total 150,000, basically. Just wrote it in the application like that cos last few months have seen her account depleting in that range for landed property she's building (all proofs were submitted).

No right of appeal.

1. You have a disposable income of £327.59 pcm and plan to spend £1,300 (4 times your disposable income) on your trip! That is the problem. You should plan to spend at most times 2 of your monthly disposable income on any trip if you want a visa.

2. Monthly expenses / Disposable income stated on your application form is as important as the Covid-19 test you will do. Take it serious.

You can re-apply with this in mind.

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Martinyimi007:
Oh okay and the appointment of job ? Is it here in Nigeria or France ?

Nigeria, of course.

Alexie89:
Thank you
Will get right on it

You do know dates are given based on availability, and there is zero assurance you will get a date earlier than the last one you got.

Why not adjust your travel plans instead?

Ticha:
I guess it does take a certain kind of person. To be fair, our very first one was a non simultaneous swap. They were heading to Italy and we went their to place so our own home sat empty for the 10 days. I actually paid for 1 nights accommodation in a hotel cos I wasn't too sure we would find the place to our liking! Got there and were blown away! They left us their car at the airport. Had fresh baked bread and hot piping meat stew waiting, got 2 travel cots (my twins were about 10 months old then) and had lots of baby toys. The neighbour came round to welcome us and ended up enamoured with the kids (she was a grandma living alone) and spending quite a bit of time with us. We still keep in touch with the neighbour!
After that first one, we were hooked. 4 months later, we did a simultaneous swap to Seville and Gibraltar for 2 weeks - 1 week in each place and then spent the rest of the year traversing parts of the UK.

Wow!

Just to ask the question that has been pondering in the minds of the readers...are you a Nigerian? or would the Telegraph call you a British-Nigerian?

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This group and drama.

Oga Justwise, kindly unban Ralphjean. Not sure he warranted that long ban

ELff:
I am a post graduate student. When I came, there was lockdown for a long time so I had to make do with a virtual bank account but I need a real one now as the virtual account restricts me. Also, how do I stop missing my way whenever I go out? And knowing the right bus to enter too. Google map doesn't help sometimes, some other times, when I ask questions, most of the people are just like me trying to find their way too.

Today, I was to enter Bus 21, I did enter 21 but this one wasn't going my way.. Its confusing sometimes.
I don waka lost plenty times...whew.

Haha.

Costly advice: from your current location, plot the address you are going to on Google Map, then "Start the Trip". If the bus you enter is moving in the right direction on the map, it is the right bus. If it is moving in opposite direction, it is the wrong bus, so get down at the next stop.

spyder880:
AND THEY TORE DOWN THE DECKING..........

This story didn't happen in my site, but on a site adjacent to the one we were working on. Its the same type of concrete casting team, as tough and ruthless as they come, hired to cast a decking for an ongoing building near us.

I started hearing shouting matches, threats and accusations both from among them and later, between them and the supervisor of the other site, I knew better than to intervene. The argument was all centred on money and the conditions of the work. Maybe they agreed on something, but they started work very late, and they were delayed by the late arrival of the last trip of sand. What impressed me was the speed of their work that day, they were fast.

So they completed the work around 9pm and demanded for their money, but the owner of the work ( or is he the engineer, I dont know who that man is) has silently driven off from the site, holding their remaining balance. These guys, after completing the work started to demand for their money even before they took their bath. The supervisor was making fruitless calls to the either his Oga engineer, or to the owner of the house, I don't know which.

So they caught the supervisor and beat him up, seized his phone and still not satisfied, they went back inside the house and pulled out about 6 to 8 bamboo supports from under the freshly cast decking in the middle of the main living room, the decking sagged dangerously low, ruined. They quickly jumped the back fence and ran away into the night, only one was caught.

When I came to the site the following morning, police were everywhere searching and looking for whom to arrest. It will cost them money to remove the ruined decking in the affected areas and redo a new cast, with time wasting and the emotional stress.

Site work is war sometimes.

Instead of the engineer to pay them their balance, now extra & unnecessary costs will be borne; Police, New decking and New workers to pay.

Why are human beings so greedy?

Zuar:
Hello House

I hop y’all are doing great

I have a serious question disturbing me.

So I was awarded a scholarship for a Master Program for. The program is for a year(M2)

The scholarship is worth a total of €7000
Academic Scholarship €3500
International Relocation Grant €3500


Ps: My tuition fee is €247

1. I would like to know if this amount will suffice to be granted a Visa.

2. Do I need a health insurance for 3 months from Nigeria here before applying

Assuming all other requirements are satisfied (accommodation, among others), will I be successful


Thanks in anticipation to your responses

Congrats on your scholarship!.

1. Yes, the amount is sufficient to grant you a visa. (The minimum was 615euros x 9months = 5,535e)
2. Yes, you need a health insurance for 3 months, and you will have to register with the French Healthcare "Ameli" when you get there

Folan101:
I JUST APPLY TO ECOLE POLYTHECHNIC AND I NEED TO PAY APPLICATION FEE OF 80 EUROS, I,M ASKING IF THE 2.91 CGPA IS FOR ADMISSION BEFORE PAYING THE MONEY THANKS.

To understand you clearly, you have a 2.91 CGPA (i.e. 2.91/5, yeah?) and you want to apply to Ecole Polytechnique?

My advice: Please don't waste your 80euros. Try another school that is not a Grande Ecole.

Lexusgs430:
As a JJC...... NO.....

Partially true, but there are exceptions.

When i wanted to open a bank account some years back, it was one Indian mama who was the Asst. Branch Head that helped me (maybe she was bored that day). The branch was a tiny Barclays branch with about 5/6 staff. She took her time and we had a long discussion on how she managed one of India's biggest bank branches back at home and when she moved to the UK, she got this which was way below her but she isn't complaining.

There is a way he will package his CV, convert every lead, funds he managed, daily forex transactions, profit he made from his branch to £ (with the Naira equivalent in bracket), and some banks would actually give him a shot, at a lower grade though.

Covid might be a limiting factor as per face-to-face but you never can tell!

As he is sending, he can also be using side eye to check out Amazon and the ever-recruiting care homes too..very important

Cc: oscarwilde

wallg123:
This trend is always exciting as ever.... Laugh want finish me reading through all this una latest war film........ Make I grab popcorn too

*thread*

justwise:
Yes i'm in the UK and yes i'm familiar with the system and i did it under a different visa rules and condition.

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I don't know any school that will give you almost a year to pay up school fees even when you submitted bank statement during your visa application that shows that you have all the money.

Schools are actually evolving now. Glasgow Caledonian Uni now offers 8 months payment plan for International students!! I am sure other schools would soon copy this business model.

Having received multiple requests and to ensure continuous flow of information for posterity sake, the previous thread, although locked, is now accessible and has been linked to this one.

https://www.nairaland.com/5960335/oilandgasjobs-recruitment-2020/221

Abeg, no bring WhatsApp/Telegram group links here. If you do, powers-that-be will close this thread.

Cheers and wishing you all the best!

Continue here:

https://www.nairaland.com/6335294/ncdmb-2020-oil-gas-eh

Leshurr:
White Pentecostal churches: Praise and worship is like a Mumford &Sons concert : bright lights, huge band on stage, loud music where everyone jumps up and down during service. You may come across a few black people here and there but will find that they are often disenfranchised and not properly integrated within the church community. They show acceptance to blacks but it's often shallow (if you know what I mean).

The Mumford & Sons reference!! Quite true! but M & S is my favourite English band though

faceland:
Please, is the embassy in Abuja opened? If yes, what time/days.

I heard that France has dusk to dawn curfew (6pm - 6am indoors).

Can Nigerians travel from Nigeria to France during this pandemic? I heard that UK citizens are banned from entering France (because they have a deadlier strain of COVID-19), and USA citizens are banned from traveling into France due to high death rate and Trump mismanagement/unbelieve of the coronavirus. Due to this, I am not sure of the fate of Nigerian travelers.

The curfew times are correct.

If you live in France as a Nigerian, you can travel unrestricted to France, as long as you obey the Covid-19 protocol in place.

Nicee

Chreze:
What’s up bro. Sure you doing great. I tried withdrawing pound from binance but it didn’t go through, any idea why it’s showing available balance 0? How did you do yours. You just tried it and it went through or you had to change currency or something. I am yet to get my Monzo card as it’s on the way. But I want to have it all sorted. Any advice please. Thanks in advance.

To add my 2cents on the Binance platform, you can also do this (if you are not already aware):

1. On the platform, buy a crypto (USDT / BUSD / BTC / Ethereum etc.) with the Naira
2, Go to Trade, then P2P, change the currency at the top right hand corner from NGN / xx currency to GBP
3. Since you intend to sell the crypto for GBP, switch to Sell at the top left corner; this will bring peers that want to trade with you.
4. Look for a peer with a rate you are comfortable with, and one that has executed trades, then transact.
5. Transactions can be done through Paypal or Bank transfer.

I have done it a few times without issues and i was comfortable with the rate at the end. This is just an advice though

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frenzy416:
Good Evening Everyone,

The Long Stay Study Visa was denied Today, stating two reasons. (No. 2 & 5 on the refusal letter )

First reason, you did not provide evidence that I have sufficient resources to cover for all the expenses during your stay in France or you did not have the means to legally acquire it.

Second reason. The information submitted regarding the justification for the purpose and conditions of the intended stay was not complete and/or reliable.

Right now! I'm confused. I don't know the next step.

How much was in your bank statement?
How long was the funds there before submission?
Have you paid school fees or was the amount included in your bank statement?
Outline the documents you submitted

dominique:
And yet another "I was with him when he had nothing..." Lady has been made, she just doesn't know it yet. This is why it is very dangerous for a lady to support these struggling men. Majority of them eventually disappoint once they start making money.

Your cousin has achieved what he wants to achieve through her and no longer has use for her. For him to be having misgivings about the relationship shows he is losing interest in her.

Lol. Calm down na

Chukwuka16:
.. At least I now know that my business accounts won’t EVER be open with fintech banks in Nigeria – that was a 1 million Naira lesson. If it isn’t main street banks, forget it.

Care to elaborate, boss?

..and thank you for the write-up.

TrumpsWall:
... Nahhh

First word starts with N and second word starts with with F .

Been in a similar situation?

A friend. He cc-ed the end client in every mail and it was resolved after the 3rd mail. It was an overstretch, tbh.