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Milito:
Visa alert
Processing time quite impressive, less than 2 weeks.
Submitted on the 18th of this month and was transferred to their embassy same day.

Received email for collection today 28th and picked up without much ado.

6months multiple issued.
I earlier had 3 Schengen - 2 weeks, 3 weeks and 1 month.

Applied with the usual documents - 1 year travel insurance from Axa-Mansard, letter from employer, my own letter, personal and employer bank statements as employer will be covering cost, marriage certificate, children birth cert, previous visas.

Congratulations, that was quite fast

Cashmadam:
Congratulations. Thank you so much for sharing in great detail. Enjoy your vacation!

Thank you too.

Let me single you out. Last year 2023, I started reading your posts about tiding the account and some other things. Hence, I followed this religiously. I intend to state a certain monthly expenses. So what I did was that I spend only that amount monthly and when I need to exceed, I switched to another account. I paid myself Salaries and made sure no other money entered the account I was submitting.

As regard fixed deposit, the conversation came up around August here, when someone claimed it was not going to be accepted. You countered and provided a testimony that you once used used for Visa.
Hence, I also used it, fixing amount some months ahead of travel and submitting the deposit certificate.

It is always good to read.

For those who plan to travel in 6 months time (June 2025) read posts and follow suit on account and other things

Thanks once again

onile1975:
@ davodyguy, congrat again

Did u do cost estimation for each person at the last space on the application form,where they as for additional information? e.g. flight cost, feeding cost, transportation cost. e.t.c

I did that in my letter

Stated that ticket was xyz, since we would be staying with my brother, I stated nothing for accommodation and feeding, then added $1500 for entertainment/shopping etc

In that last column in the form, you can do that

VISA ALERT
FAMILY OF 3
STANDARD VISIT VISA

Firstly, the people that set up this thread, God bless and especially those who contribute regular, I dont want to be partial by calling names and leaving others out. But those that are of help, well done and God bless

When you're refused Visa and you post the refusal letter, people contribute to help you on the mistakes, and others that are yet to apply gets opportunity to read from previous errors and correct them, accordingly.

Note, no two cases are same, but there are similarities.

Here's my story.

As a family, we always travelled together and our travel period has always been consistent in December, cos of my wife's birthday.

From 2015 to 2022, I've done 9 countries Japan, South Africa, Australia, UAE, New Zealand, UAE again, Turkey, France, Saudi Arabia and Italy. My family did half of these trips with me, while I did solo on the others.
2024, we opt for UK.

TIME LINE
Submitted application to UKVI online around 31st October
Biometrics done 8th November, 2024
SENT to UKVI same 8th November, 2024
UKVI sent receipt mail on 12th November, 2024
TLS sent collection mail on 27th November, 2024

Documents
Myself,
1. 3 years tax clearance
2. VAT Registration of my company
3. List of Clients my company works for as consultant, that include one very popular and rich Oil and Gas company headquartered in London.
4. Company registration details with active Status on CAC, along with my professional qualifications
5. Self introduction letter
6. Letter of sponsorship by my company. Yes, it's a leisure travel, but my Manager wrote a letter that my own company is sponsoring the trip
7. Submitted 3 company bank statements, one of which is a Dollar account.
8. Company fixed deposit of the total travel fund. In July, we deposited the total travel cost in a fixed deposit account designated travel funds.
9. Personal bank statement for only 3 months, but I carefully pay myself salaries, spending only half of the salary monthly.
10. Letter of invitation from my elder brother, British Citizen.
11. Letter from Uncle (mums younger brother) British Citizen
12. Letters from mum to state my uncle is her younger brother, and that she's the mother of myself and brother, she was in UK in March and attached her entry stamp to UK and exists stamp.
13. Properties title document and a valuation report showing the values of the properties
14. Marriage certificate, all previous visas and all images taken in the 11 countries I've visited, birth certificate

Spouse
1. Letter of employment, promotion letter etc
2. Letter from employer confirming approval to travel
3. Her bank statement was not attached cos the account is not tidy at all, but we submitted statements of savings account from a cooperative society, that shows she saves a certain amount from her salary every month.
4. 6 months payslip, showing tax and other deductions
5. Statement from her PFA, Stanbic
6. Marriage certificate, all previous visas and all images taken in the countries visited, birth certificate of son
7. Self introduction letter
8. Letter from UK sponsors, Nigerians sponsor, bank statements etc

My son
1. Letter of Introduction from School
2. Receipts showing School fees payments
3. Birth certificate to confirm parents details
4. all previous visas and all images taken in the countries visited.
5. Letter from UK sponsors, Nigerians sponsor, bank statements etc

All the documents I submitted in my own application, I uploaded for my spouse and son as well. Reason is that, they sometimes may not give family application to same case officer. They may spread, hence I linked all three together and uploaded the same documents for all applicants. But fortunately for us, I presume it was handled by same case officer as email came in together, same time and hour

As regards how much you're willing to spend personally

Myself, I put ₦300k (saying company will sponsor all other cost)

Spouse, I put £5, saying husband's company will sponsor other cost

Son, I put ₦1 saying father will sponsor other cost

How much is your sponsor paying

Myself, I put the amount
My spouse, I put the same amount
Son, I put the same amount

Then added an addendum that the above sum provided by the sponsor is to be jointly spent by all applicants.

Our travel is for leisure, but I still used Company as sponsor, because we have a policy that allows founder to enjoy vacation. If Donald Trump is going on holiday as President of USA, it is state funds that would be used. As Tinubu is buying jet and travelling everywhere, it's on account of Nigeria. So a founder of a company can choose to use company funds for leisure

As regards employment, I chose self employed as the founder of a company, then showed tax clearance etc


I wish everyone looking forward to this kind of good news well in Jesus name (insha'Allah)

Yosfaolu:
You guy remembered yesterday I said UK embassy contacted my place of work as a physiotherapist, the hospital hr said they have replied them this afternoon

SO, keep praying for good luck job is more than 60% done.

They want to confirm cos you're in the medical line and your service kind may be required.

Their confirmation would boost your chances

Paradoxically:
The wedding is here in Lagos.

Apply after you both a legally married

Sonny Irabor, Joseph Akinyemi Johnson (J.A.J), Boniface Onogwu, Vin-Martin Ilo, Momoh Kubanje, Willy Egbe, Ohi Alegbe, Jones Usen, Ihria Enakhimio, Aloma Nwogbe, Godwin Asuquo, Ndidi Osaka, Femi Sowoolu, Phil Ushie, Jim Lawson Maduike, Ohi Alegbe, Femi Sowoolu, Ihria Enakhimio, Zachary Mohamed (Captain ZM), Manny Onumonu, Evelyn Russell, Veronica Osawere, John Chukwu, Emeka Odikpo, Ernest Okonkwo, etc. spoke to Nigeria.

Most moved to TV from radio broadcasting

Paradoxically:
Hello. Good evening everyone.
I’ll like to apply for a France visa to go join my fiancé (He’s American but works in France). Our wedding is December 27 and I plan to travel December 30. He’s the one sponsoring me and providing accommodation and all.
I need opinions about something

1.Apply for a visit visa now and when I get to France, change it to a spousal/long stay visa (if this is possible without coming back to Nigeria)

2. Wait till after the wedding and I have my wedding certificate, then apply for a spousal visa

Please which of the above will you guys suggest I do?

Note: I’m a fashion designer so I don’t have any form of official employment to any company and I don’t have anything I can use to prove ties to my country.

Thank you.

Where is the wedding location?

https://www.operanewsapp.com/ng/en/share/detail?news_id=84450278502ba1243ccc4c6e6f11beb5&news_entry_id=428555b0241127en_ng&open_type=transcoded&from=mini&request_id=share_request&share_from

“In the year to June 2024, we processed more than 225,000 UK visas for Nigerian nationals across all categories and this new partnership demonstrates our continued commitment to ensuring our visa services are accessible, efficient and meet the needs of all applicants,” he noted.

As of June, 225,000 applied

Choicecarsng:
Nov 11

You should have picked up already?

004gist:
Now u have completed the whole story.

The d opp b a man n call a spade a spade

Na only mumu man, no go chop that fine 😚😘

sonofanarchy:
what's the so important part at the hotel?

Make I share wetin no happen? That will be scripted.

Ogbeni, you chop Onome

004gist:
The story no complete....

U removed the important part.



. What happened in that hotel?

. Onome Onome this n that.. Angel


God sent


Beautiful charming with hips

N u are now telling us a different thing..

Lol

Wetin you dey think, na him happen.

The guy chop 🪓 Onome.

Finally, TLS don send us mail to come collect oo.

Family of 3, but I will go on Friday

Yukay

Today na day 14 oo

When una go reply us?

PapaNnamdi:
I don't believe this story,

Any man that has had a near death experience is not afraid of dying,


Getting to Morocco against all odds should further boost your zeal to cross to Europe, but you saying you returned back to Nigeria by yourself, makes me doubt this story,
It's either it's made up
Or you are not a fighter

We Get what we aim for or we die trying,
There is no grey area once the mind is made up,

Including doing drugs and cocaine?

A travel that involves road or land border, don't try it

IGIG:
Hi gurus, greetings to everyone please I will like to no after biometric my salary account which I summited, I am going to receive a salary on the 29th being Friday on the account hope is not going to be an issue as my balance is going to increase

Not sure they verify after submission, as it's what you already submitted that would be reviewed

Onyiiiiibeke:
Thank you. Yours will be out soon too by God's grace. Cheers

Thanks.

It's ticket cost that keeps going up as travel date comes nearer

Onyiiiiibeke:
Visa alert:
2 years Visit visa granted after an expired 6 months visa used twice
Biometrics: 6/11/24 at TLS PH center
Transfered to DMC same day
Received by DMC 11/11/24
No TLS Email maybe due to transfer to VFS
Received DHL Text message notifying me of receiving docs from TLS on 22/11/24
Received passport with visa on 26/11/24
To God be the glory

Congratulations

Submitted in Lagos TLS since 8th November, today's day 13, still waiting though

Yosfaolu:
Please I need your help am new here,

I applied for a UK tourists visa as a Physiotherepy, this morning the hospital I work contacted me that they receive an email from Uk embassy, please want to know why they contacted my place of work what can be way forward?? Your answers means a lot to me

You should be happy that they did.

They want to be sure you actually work with that organisation and once the Organisation confirms that you're an employee, your visa issuance is sure.

Australia did this on me in 2017 and after verification (not my job, but another organisation I did a partnership with based in sane Australia) I was granted

jjmk:
I applied for my two children as dependents. They did their biometrics on 7th of October, we just got an email yesterday 25th Nov (rather 2 emails but for the same child) to come and pick up the passport. Up till now the email to pick up the passport for the second child has not come.
Finally, we have not received any email from UKVI. That email came from TLS. Is this a good or bad thing?

Positive

But go collect passport oga/madam

sonofanarchy:
I will share a personal experience I had to Burkina Faso, a landlocked country with minimum development but Nigerians are being scammed daily with promises of a dollar paid job.

Not many were lucky with their money intact, but I was lucky I discovered it immediately I got there.

Edit this message and copy everything here as just one single story

This thread needs to get to the homepage. I will message Seun on Twitter

sonofanarchy you need to do something now, your first message on page 1, edit it and copy the full story to page 1

Then cap them in series

Part 1
Part 2
Part 3

etc

Do that now, so you copy everything into 1 message

Guy come finish the story

JustJapan:
Thank you so much bro
I submitted all the above, except landed property. I even included family photograph

France is not this bad unlike before

See above, a first timer was granted just 10 days.

Frequent flyer are enjoying

JustJapan:
First timer, Yes
I have landed property but i did not include it
I work in one of the good federal government agencies with a total of 14 years experience
I have 3 kids
My pension is currently almost 20m

Now, they clearly stated that you'll not come back, so they believe you want to japa

When you apply next do the following

1. Make sure you have healthy balance in your account that will cover ticket, hotel and feeding. Say you need ₦4m have like ₦7m in your account

2. Write a strong personal introduction letter stating who you are children how your this and that and because of your position you'll never run and that your child attends xyz school, your wife is this and that, full details of who you are.

3. Prove home ties with landed properties

4. Letter from your office

5. All letters of employment, transfer, promotion etc

6. Marriage certificate

7. Children birth certificate

Delab:
Please are they the ones to determine what documents get uploaded? Can one not insist on what he wants to submit?

Just asking for guidance please, cos many of us actually chose the assisted service cos of the difficulty in getting self service appointment with TLS earlier.

TLS is not same as VFS

TLS probably knew they're leaving, and decided to do Nigerians dirty by deliberately blocking all free dates, forcing people to device the means of using assisted service to book appointment.

There are so many free dates with VFS that you don't pay a dime to anyone

Ogbeni, I'm interested in how you got back to Nigeria and the fate of Onome

KingCeejay007:
Good evening everyone please i wanted to pay for VFS additional services for courier and assisted uploading of documents, the payment didn't go through it's still showing payment pending not allowing me to try again. Can i pay physically at the VFS center in Ikeja?

I'll always advise that you upload your documents yourself cos at the centre, they'll help you remove some documents that they would say it's not relevant

Chelseaboy101:
So , If I exit from paris airport, they won't stamp me out ?

I thought if I exit from paris , they should give exit stamp..

Then I fly in to another schengen country, they should stamp me in there too.

Wow

If you leave Lagos to Asaba, will you show anything to police to stamp you? It is a zone and almost like same country.

I gave detailed answer, you are still asking same question

Chelseaboy101:
So, I can enter other countries with single entry ? Also , do you think if I enter paris and exit by air to go to other countries , I can rack up the stamps ?

Yes, you can visit multiple Schengen countries with a single-entry visa, as long as you do not leave the Schengen Area during your trip.

Multiple stamps? nope

If you enter Paris, you're stamped in and can enter all 26 Zones and exit from any of them. Entry Stamp from Nigeria, exit stamp back to Nigeria