mojolajesu:
ANybody here to help?

fkj950ax:


The flight cost hasn’t changed much from the good old days, even if you factor in inflation.
It’s our economy, currency and FX policy that has gone to the toilet.

bobobri:

Yes please

Enyinne:
She got the visa ooo

Preshyi:
Please I need clarification on the bolded. For instance, If you have a property where you collect rent and have savings from it but the rent inflow reflects at the same period cos rent is paid annually in Nigeria. This is also close to the application time. Eg Rent paid in July and application is in August. What's the best way to explain and prove it in your application?

Anyone can respond please.

Preshyi:
Please if you earn about 1.3m salary a year but have a personal saving of over 5m from other hustles. Will that raise eyebrows in your Visitor visa application?

Manydethink:
Please my huby got this refusal mail this week. Please I will really appreciate if the gurus in the house can advice us on subsequent actions to remedy it when applying next time. Find attached the refusal mail

Bosslady25:
Hello everyone, I posted my visit visa refusal letter on this page some months back. I also asked advice concerning the student route.
I plan to apply in few weeks time for the dependent visa alongside my husband(MA) (by this, I understand he is going for a Master's in Arts program)


The issues;
1. Do I need to write an introductory letter to address the recent refusal or just let go?

( If certain issues were raised during the last refusal and those issues are still pertinent in this upcoming application, then u will need to address it. Also if it's the same visa class)


2. I mentioned my 3 kids in the last application, now we are applying with just two kids . Should, I still mention my first , though he isn’t traveling with us? Also, is my hubby supposed to mention him as his step-child in his own application?

Honesty is the best policy. Just still list the 3 kids but explain the circumstances and why he is not going with u guys and how he is to be taken care of


3. My ex submitted a settlement/dependent application for my first child, we are waiting for his passport to come out... hope it won’t be a problem to this application?

Wait till the passport comes out to know your next action(s)


4. Lastly, I’m still a stay at home mom... I hope this won’t affect my application negatively.
Please,advise accordingly.Thank you.

(U will be applying with Ur husband who I guess fends for the family, so I guess this shouldn't be a problem as long as Ur husband can support u guys well enough and prove it. It's not an offence to be a stay at home mum.)

verminnel:
Good day house pls I need some clarification.im about applying for a b2 visa ,I want to know if in the course of filling my ds160 I will be asked to provide proof of funds ,and also at the embassy for interview will I be asked to show proof of funds or ties such as documents to landed properties etc?..

Sheezybobby:
Hello Guys, please I will love to ask a question.

My Interview date is getting closer!

My question::

Is it possible for me to tell the VO that my POD(Point of Departure) from Nigeria is next year February when she ask me. I hope there is no red-mark in it.

I don't wish to Travel to US this year, I applied for B1/B2 Visa since last year June.

Kindly help me out

sharrp:
I have my visa interview on September 1st at Abuja , I’m going for B1 visa . What documents should I got with

ty01:
Visa Alert!!!
10 years Standard Visitor visa
TLS Ikeja

Previous UK travel history (6 months)
Application and payment date - 31st May 2022
Biometrics date - 9th June 2022
Transfer to DMC - 9th June 2022
Received by DMC - 14 June 2022
Transferred to VAC - no mail, no information as per tracking
Received by VAC - no mail, no information as per tracking
Collection Mail - Twice on 13th & 14th July 2022
Collected - Today, 15th July 2022

Interestingly the Visa was issued 5th of July (a day before the proposed travel date of 6th of July). So they tried for me to make my trip but perhaps the TLS logistics failed them. Painfully I forgot to cancel my hotel booking and was debited

I was honestly worried I might not be given 10 years especially because I went straight from 6 months, but I was just tired of what I went through while renewing my passport and the chaos I witnessed when driving pass the TLS Ikeja earlier this year; it was pure madness. So decided to be out of the mess for 10 years; and boom it paid off.

Key points:
I was very open and truthful; I was once denied a Canada visa and I was open about it. I stated I do not understand why the visa was denied but I believed the visa officer must have made an error in denying me the Canada visa.
I explained every transaction not supported by my payslip; including ATM reversals of 10k - i was that detailed.
I had a good bank balance and was ready for them.
I believe I have a good job as well - this is relative though.

This experience has proven that you can go straight for 10 years from 6 months; but I will still not advice anybody to do it as the visa officer has the right to reduce the length of visa granted. I would say I was lucky with my gamble.

Please if you want to pickup your passports, please go early ooo, I was there for over 3 hours. the queue was out of this world.

Thanks and have a good evening. See you in 10 years

Africankel:
Dear friends,

Recall that on June 7, 2022, I was refused a visit visa and subsequently requested for reconsideration. On July 7, 2022, I received an email that my application was being reconsidered. Today, July 15, 2022, I received a decision on the reconsideration - another laughable refusal.

The decision

I have refused your application for a visit visa because I am not satisfied that you meet the requirements of paragraph(s) 4.2 of Appendix V.

You applied for a six months visit visa on 12 April 2022 to visit the UK for tourism and your application was refused on 31 May 2022.

You submitted a formal complaint to contest the grounds of your refusal. I acknowledge that the previous refusal contained factual errors, I have therefore reconsidered your application. This reconsideration is based on the information you provided when first submitting your application. I have also taken in to consideration your objections and our previous decision.

You state that you intend to visit the UK for 10 days for tourism. You state that you are a self-employed director and earn 6,000,000.00 NGN a year (£12,117.72 @ exchange rate £1 = 495.14 NGN). I acknowledge that you have provided business registration documents and bank letters from Guaranty Trust Bank, Globus Bank and Stanbic Bank to demonstrate your business. I also acknowledge the covering letter you have submitted. Whilst I acknowledge that the bank letters state that you have business accounts with them, there are no corroborating bank statements from these banks to demonstrate any transactions or that show any business activity. You have provided a Providus bank statement which has a closing balance of 1,801,366.00 NGN (£3,639.83) and covers a four month period, with a limited transaction history, from January 2022 to April 2022 and contains salary credits of 500,000.00 NGN (£1,017.39). However, I am not satisfied that these salary credits in isolation demonstrate that your business is active or trading or that it is generating the income you have described. I am not satisfied that your application demonstrates your employment or financial circumstances as stated and this leads me to doubt your intentions for visiting.

In addition to this I am not satisfied that your application demonstrates family ties or that you have any dependents who are reliant on you. I acknowledge you have provided a document of a property purchase made in 2014, however, I am not satisfied that this property is being utilised by you in any way or that it is generating an income for you. I am not satisfied that your application demonstrates that you have strong personal ties or have assets of a nature that would satisfy me that you would leave after your visit.

Based on the above I am not satisfied on the balance of probabilities that you are a genuine visitor and intend to leave the UK at the end of your proposed stay or that you are visiting for the reasons stated.

Your application is therefore refused under paragraph V 4.2 (a) and (c) of the Immigration Rules.

Cutiella:
Hello @Giselle237, trust you are well.. pls advise.

I would like to invite my brother (who is a business man) for my graduation. I will be sponsoring all expense.

given the above, does he need to attach his bank statement when applying?

toemie:
Hi guys,

Please i had a US visa (two years) which expired in July 2020 but i did not use it (i.e., didn't travel) due to change of plans coupled with COVID issues. How do i incorporate this fact in my travel history? Other countries i have visited include UAE, Egypt and South Africa but i believe if i had gone to US it would have further boosted my travel history, however i couldn't go. How can i capture this fact in my application? Thanks.

Shaleewa:
Hi everyone

I was denied uk visa Feb 2, what time or period can I reapply?

Secondly, it was stated that I can't not use the my business statement of account, that I need to provide my own statement.

Can someone pls list the necessary documents for uk tourist visa

giselle237:
The truth is a great number of people that want to apply for UK visas, if you let them know that they need a few months to arrange their bank statements, and/or reduce their monthly expenses they get angry and feel you are saying nonsense. They rush there, get a refusal and come back to complain.
Also what people refuse to understand is that there are certain salary amounts that wont cut it anymore. In the past yes 170k to 200k..
by the time you bring in monthly expenses of say 50k you are left with a disposable income of 120-170k(what do you want to sponsor with this?)
Also in the past yes showing acct balance of 600k yess… but things have changed… exchange rate has skyrocketed and this profile has a lot of disadvantages. If you talk again, they will say noo.it’s not possible. .. they can apply.
ECO knows if you come here and see a better paying job, in the blink of an eye you will abandon that your 170k job which is the fact… so why give you the visa?
Again this period, I dont know if it’s attributable to the deplorable state of what’s goin on in Nigeria but it’s obvious applicants for UK have increased and whether anyone likes it or not, things have changed.
So many.. in fact the way the ECOs are going… you should not just wake up today and say tomorrow you are going to apply for UK visa if you have not done your homework.
Virgin passports will get the visa but believe it or not travel history(significant country) does count.
Infact these days, ECO is wondering why you will just wake up and decide it’s UK you want to go to when you have never visited anywhere else
There are so many many things tht work for A that won't work for B. Do your homework first before embarking on this journey. I personally have had a time where I had to sit down and analyze my financial situation/home ties and use months to upto a year to correct any confusions. .. but this is because I knew I had a profile that could be tweaked a little.
Some do not have and do not want to accept the truth. … herein lies the problem
There are also those with millions … but whose millions have been obtained in a confusing manner who need to sit down as well and do some arranging… if you say wait a little… problem
This is only part 1, which covers half of the financial ties… if we decide to go into why uk visas are refused we will sleep here and derail this thread.

sammiy:
Did biometric on 18th May in Ikeja, Got refusal on 7th July, so confirming that post on if you did biometric earlier with no response yet then most likely you have good news coming.

Professionals please what is your counsel on this refusal, provided dorm account statement with about $5k and stated in cover letter that the dorm account is my savings. Access statement & payslips showed other allowance i get aside salary but it appears the ECO didnt take time to assess application

giselle237:

I am not a professional.. simply my opinion
did you provide proof of how the money in the dorm account came about and how the funds are accessible to you?
Eco quoted a savings / ?account with 6k pounds… is this same account been referred to?

Kel235:
Good day Everyone,

My Uk Tourism Visa was refused, do find the refusal attached and please advised on how to fix this.

My brother in the UK was supposed to Sponsor this refused application but we had some Family misunderstanding during the period I was applying and so I decide to Sponsor myself.

We have now sort out our Family misunderstanding and he will be Sponsoring me on my new application. I am planning to Spend 10days during my tourism trip, 2 Days in Manchester to see my brother and stays at his place and 8 Days in London for Tourism and staying in an hotel.

My brother is willing to Sponsor me with £1550. I would also like to include an amount to the expense from my part.

Please guys my question is how much can I add from my side due to my Financial situation stated in the refusal attached?

Any other advice to fix this refusal, will be appreciated, thanks.

venabili:
I am planning on visiting the dubai/UK with my wife, a sister and my kid. We plan on visiting dubai for a week(staying in hotel), then moving to UK for another week where we will be staying with a friend before returning back home.

How easy will it be to get required visas(my wife retained her dad's name though we have a registry issued marriage cert) and i work with an IOC. I have bank statements, statement for shares, payslips, employment letters etc. Our host in UK is also willing to share neccesary docs to proof his adress.

Which of the Visa should we apply for first?
My fear is for my wife and sister who i will be paying for as they do not have their own income stream.

Secondly how much is this likely to cost(first time traveller)

Phummy2984:
I had a son who is British citizen for a British partner but the father is not responsible for him. He only got him a British passport. I left the uk when he was 6months back to Nigeria. I applied to go to uk a year after but was refused a uk visa on d ground that I did not pay NHS bill when I had my baby. I contacted NHS and they set up a payment plan for me and I have not defaulted in payment. I pay every month. I applied for a uk visa this year and was still refused and my son is 8 years he wishes to return back to uk. Does it mean that my chances of ever goin to d uk is over what can I do. I even got NHS to write me a letter to the embassy still they refused me . Am thinking of reapplying

livewithpurpose:
Hello House, please I have a question.

I have good travel history, I schooled in Asia and Europe and I've been to the UK twice before on a 6-month visa.

The last time I visited the UK was in 2012 and I just reapplied for a UK visa from Nigeria because I now work and live here. However, I applied for a 6-month visa and I'm thinking if I should have just applied for a 2-year visa instead. Would this have reduced my chance of getting it again? Or should I just wait and visit the UK again that's if I get this 6 months visa and then reapply for a 2-year visa once it expires?

babyfaiz:

I don’t think so. I think they’re treated by the same Eco except they went for biometrics on different days. I used to think they’re being treated by different eco’s but I have first hand experiences of 3 cases. I applied with my family (5 of us). I’m the principal applicant. We did biometrics together & our checklist and passport copies were binded together. After few weeks, I started sending paid emails. The day I got decision has been made for one person was the day I got decision made for everyone. Unfortunately I got collection mail for 3 & the 2 others are yet to get theirs. What might have happened? My take here would be from dhl and vac. These passports are returned individually & there are specific days VAC’s mail out collection letters to avoid overcrowding or due to shortage of staffs. Passports are returned individually but does not necessarily mean, applications are treated the same (there is a chance though) but from my experience, my brothers & another family that I know of… I think it’s usually treated by the same Eco

JaySterling:
I’m posting this for my uncle who plans on traveling to UK next month

He has a personal savings bank account with about 150M balance

He is a business man and doesn’t receive salary, his money comes into the account everyday

Can he use the account to apply for a UK visa ? Or he has to start paying himself salary for 6 months ? Please respond

giselle237:
1. UKVI uses Oanda rates. It is well stated on refusal letters, no need for any over projections. Over projection is not a prerequisite
2. Shopping is not mandatory. We have seen this time and time over again. Many also on this thread have applied for visas without shopping element and were granted. It is not mandatory.
3. Assess your financial situation.. staying within less than 3 times your disposable income has worked for a great number of people.
xo

TruthCorp:



Thank you very much for the feed back

Yes I’m traveling alone

So the £1100 is inclusive of a return ticket valued at £700 with a daily average spend on accommodation, feeding etc of £100 X 6 which sums up to £1,300 (made a typo with the 1,100)

I have been using the exchange on O&a currency converter as a guide on how the embassy would convert my Naira deposits (I hope that’s okay?) and going by this £1,300 amounts to N654,692 which is about 33% of the 2m balance.

Looking to make it as simple as possible that’s why I initially opted for my salary account alone where I very much intend to explain every inflow and outflow.

Thanks again

askari01:
2m is a huge sum of money...if you are being invited to the UK , £1k will be fine

My brother/sister, it's better to err on the side of caution. The poster has said he will be accomodation of £1100 already, so ur statement above is misdirected. Me and you are not aware of the poster's real financial status as many things might before he applies for the visa.

If using hotel or hostel for 6days ,£1300 is ok. all should be calculated using oanda rate and not black market pls.

Here, ur saying he should use official rate and not black market rate. This is fine by me to use to calculate the lower limit of his spending. U didn't put the current exchange of naira to pounds and ur assuming everyone is as proficient as you are. The differential in exchange rate between official and black market will give him the higher limit of his spend and also put him in a good stead in his financial explanations. It's better to for him to have some surplus than trying to wring his head around whether naira gained marginally in the pound market. But if his financials are stiff and his on a budget, he is welcome to empty ur explanation into his application.

Also remember, he's most likely going to get black market when he's ready to travel as banks are starved of forex right now and there's a growing queue



Flight- 650
accomodation- 300
pocket money- 350
If u like do shopping, e no concern embassy so therefore dont attach too much importance to shopping money.

As again, shopping money is also part of pocket money. Ur statement here is watery as pocket money is money used to buy stuff or buy services.

[b]From ur calculation, he will be spending 1.3M out of the 2M which will leave him with 700K. Now remember we don't what other information he will be filling in his form like his work or business so doing this now opens it to different interpretation to any VO. How much comes in a month for him? How much goes out? When we are filling this forms, we are justing using our head and calculator to do so, the VO and their platform (since we now fill online) uses power algorithms to process the information in this section of the application (the section that deals with finances) This section is very important and delicate and the questions are tricky so u need to have ur onions cut out before attempting them. They refuse most people citing this section. The VOs look at the information the algorithms present to them based on ur inputs and bank statements (why do u think the statements are scanned). We use head and calculator, they use algorithms, so tell me who would better insights to ur financial situation?
[/b]


Ensure no lodgement or boosting of accounts like Nigerians call it.Dont sell ur property and ask the buyer to send into ur salary account few weeks to your application or get back a soft loan from a friend ,keep ur account clean n straightforward... they know all those tactics.

The above statement is well said. Pls poster check this very well in ur account statement


Ensure not spending more than 2.5-3times ur disposable income

Also well said

Pls poster if ur constrained financially and feel u can go it for it pls do, if not, pls go thru the whole hog

TruthCorp:
Good evening house,

Is an Account balance of 2m sufficient for proof of funds for a 6 months Visit visa Application?

Looking to spend 6-days with a budget of 1100 GBP

emcaris:
Please can anyone advise on how to get the flight ticket needed to apply for visa to show my itinerary. do i just book any ticket online? or is it a ticket that can be confirmed for authenticity.
please very urgent

Dansakimotors:
Hello House: Advise needed !!
My 1st Visit to US was in 2014 (after 4 denials), i visited and spent 4 weeks,
My second visit after renewing my Visa was in 2017, i spent 7 weeks during my visit. Unfortunately my Visa expired in 2018 and i have not made any attempt since then, spoiling my chance of doing a drop box.
Right now i really want to travel but then the fear of the consulate is the beginning of wisdom .
My Questions:

1) What are my chances of getting my Visa renewed
2) How can i get appointment for the interview.
3) What are my chances when i go with my family (Wife and Children) as my 2 visit so far, i went alone

Looking forward to hearing from the house. Thanks in anticipation