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Hello @the bolded

Financial requirements is 10points

ECOs will definitely use the correct dates to check on Oanda


Cheers [quote author=Fraih post=124070670]So you applied the day oanda rate started increasing and from your previous post, you were already short of like 300k. [b]So means the ECO didn't use the rate of the day you applied 😎
Congratulations 🎉[/quot[/b]e]

Hello

Congratulations

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Episte:
Yes, as ur previous advice with you and duchess90, that I should top up my tuition fee. So I paid 650pounds that particular day. I mailed CAS admission officed about the top up fee paid, and immediately they updated my CAS. So that's the reason I met the financial requirements. Thank you guys, you are really amazing 👏....

Hello

It isn't wrong to state your current living situation

The NSF just indicates more time is needed to assess your application.

Until you get a mail requesting for more information about your application,you shouldn't be too worried


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Serendipity01:
Good evening, please I know we're busy but please can someone reply me, another person might learn from this too. Is it wrong to state that your kids don't stay with you? And is it also wrong to state that you're staying with your partner as a single mum while filling your visa application. Thank you

Hello

Once the HO enforces restrictions in bringing your dependants under a study visa it will apply to Universities in Scotland also

So in summary, you can't bring dependant if you are studying in Scotland from Jan 2024


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Welcomme:
duchess90, how true is this pls, that Scotland will still be taking dependants by January.

Hello

Yes you can

Be prepared to explain using a cover letter why you couldn't travel before the expiration of your vignette

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Adave97:
@Duchess and other gurus on this forum .....

Considering the ban on dependants commencing January 2024, can a dependent's visa be renewed after the vignette had expired after 90 days of issuance by next year ? If the dependant isn't able to travel to the UK before the 90 days elapses ...

I want to know the application of the attached screenshot below as regards this .

Hello

Your reference letter will be okay

Submitting your CV is optional

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LarbieNesky:
Hello everyone. I have a study gap of 10years. For my visa application, is it advisable I submit my CV? Then I also intend submitting only reference letter from my current workplace. Is that okay or is it compulsory/necessary to still submit my employment letter?

Hello

Yes you can, the new policy will only affect intakes from January 2024. You are part of September 2023 intake,so you should be okay


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Josmila:
Hello yomifola duchess90,

Thanks for all you do here.

Is it possible for the MA to go ahead and process his visa this September due to pausity of funds, and then bring in dependants in say March 2024? Will the new policy affect dependants please?

Looking forward to your feedback.

Hello

If there are discrepancies please update your Uni so the information you provide during your visa application matches what you submitted during your admission application

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Godsgift60:
Hi everyone, I have 6 years study gap and want to ask if the same information I used in my UCAS application must be the same I use for my visa application. Is there any repercussion for discrepancies?

Hello

Your evidence of maintenance can be in your account and same for your children


Please note that your maintenance funds should be for your use in the UK


Any other arrangements is deceit and will attract a 10year ban when caught


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Fadd2:
Goodmorning to all the gurus in the house.
Please is it okay for me to use my account as the dependent to run POF for me and the children. The initial plan was to use MA's account for all of us but due to the sharp increase of oanda rate we plan to start running another POF in my account. I hope this is safe?

@Duchess@Mimilyrics kindly advise.

Thanks in anticipation

Hello

Reasons I am avoiding questions that talk about running

Tbh, we still don't learn on this platform at all

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headofschool:
everything is sha running 🤣🏃🏃

Hello

We don't encourage agents on this platform


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Hello

No you can't use an investment certificate

This is because the investor is not allowed to use the principal amount during the life of the investment or whatever product was offered.

The funds are not accessible to you and can't be used for your maintenance in the UK

Unless your bank clarifies otherwise

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Boscojugunu:
duchess chief chief I hail ooo
Can I use investment certificate for POF.

Already ran a pof for a month but this increase in dollar has made it insufficient.

Please enlighten me

Hello

It should be fine

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Sumboobisesan:
Dear Admin, I want to print my statement of account from May 27 2023 to June 25 2023

This is 30 days based on my calculation. I hope this is correct and I can proceed with the printing.

Thanks in anticipation

Hello

Same for any age

£845 per month if you are studying within London

£680 per month if you are studying outside London

You are expected to have your child's maintenance funds to cover for 9months in the UK

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westbuoi:
Hi guys great job up here!

Please how much is maintenance fee for a child dependant of 5yesrs ?

Kindly assist very urgent!!

Thanks

Hello

You haven't painted a true picture of your financial status for people to assist you

You will need to go to the general UK visa thread and get more assistance from there

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gr8femfred:
And again my DEBIT TURN OVER IS OVER 30M WITH 4M BALANCE HOPE AM OK OR I SHOULD WORK ON MY BALANCE

Hello

You are required to pay visa fees for your visit visa application

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gr8femfred:
Good morning great people.
Please u was applying for UK VISITING VISA which is my 1st time and surprisingly I was told to pay VISA FEE before uploading my documents home that is the normal process or have done something wrong

Thanks

Hello

You can print on the 27th, print your statement till date

2. It's fine if there was no transaction


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Anuyimika:
Hello
I’m new here please.

I need an urgent advice concerning my application and Pof, my biometrics is on 28th of june

I did my UKvi application on 23rd of June
My plan is to print Pof for 26th May -23rd June which is the maturity date but I couldn’t print it, so I plan printing it tomorrow before my biometric.

Can I print it on 27th of June and still date it for 26th May-23rd of June? Pls note that the statement will come with a printed date of 27th

Also, no transaction was made from fourteenth of June till date. Meaning no transaction on 23rd of june which is the maturity and application date.

Kindly advice.
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Hello

@Justwise please help ban

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Somamzy:
If you need

Hello


If you change the bank statement you used to get your CAS, you will need to update your Uni and send same statement to them.


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headofschool:
Can I use parent's bank statement for getting CAS while I use my bank statement for visa application. (Reason being that, parents statement is ready but for visa application I would prefer they send to my account to balance up for me and dependant). will the POF I submitted for school reflect on my CAS

Hello

That should be fine then


Ensure you include enough evidence to show your marriage is substantial

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Kollyside01:
Applied in April, Visa came out in May.

No, I am not marry at that time as my partner is still doing NYSC, just want to marry this July.

Hello

1. Individual application dates will be used

2. You could also cancel your dependant's application and proceed with yours

3. You will have to book a new biometric appointment


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2rucool:
Good day my people in the house, please I need your guidance on my UK student visa application,
I submitted my application and Paid for Visa and IHS fee at about 10pm but when filling my spouse application, I found out that oanda rate has increased by the time I paid her Visa and IHS fee because her application was completed about 1:30am the next day.
I have booked biometric for Tuesday but I'm not comfortable because of the increase in oanda rate.
If my submission date is used for our application our POF should be fine but if the submission time for each application is considered then my wife's submission time would affect our POF negatively.

My question is should I cancel our application and wait for a refund
or
Write a cover letter to include a second statement of account that meets UKVI requirements to complement the increased in POF
And
finally,if I cancel my application and submit another one today,will I still be able to use the already booked biometric appointment for Tuesday

Hello


Contact TLS

https://help.visas-uk.tlscontact.com/abv_en/

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fafaminji:
Please I need help guys I want to cancel my visa application for myself and my dependants because I made an error while filling out the form, I have figured out how to cancel it online but my issue is the refund for TLS flexible appointment fee as I have already paid for this for each applicant. Can anyone advise how to go about this?

Hello

Thanks for adding your experience

This is a public forum, people are free to choose whatever suits them

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Keemy88:
@duchess90.
You are correct and everyone should take this advice.

It is the naira balance on your POF that is converted to Pounds on oanda converter to determine if you meet or exceed the pounds equivalent.

I was not given CAS because the naira balance on my bank statement fell short and when I looked at the conversion report submitted to me, it was NGN to GBP that was converted.

Apparently, the naira has gained against the pounds in today's rate which is good for us all.

Cheers.

Hello

I have addressed this in detail in previous pages if you check

In summary

1. Yes, the dependant should include in the consent letter what she is sponsoring towards for instance the MA is paying his fees whilst the dependant is sponsoring his maintainance etc

2. You might need to address why, or be prepared to address it should the ECO enquire

At the end of the day it is the ECO's decision

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atesun:
Please help out with insight.

Main Applicant POF will not be enough to apply for visa but Dependant started new PoF to use which is in excess. Can Main Applicant combine her POF with dependant POF to successfully get Visa.

Does dependant need to write a consent letter?

Hello

When did you apply?

Where you married at that time?

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Kollyside01:
Hallo everyone, please can I bring my wife to the UK as a dependent if I applied as a single (I selected single when applying for visa) on a student visa

@duchess90

Hello

I will assume that your company isn't taking care of your maintenance so will include yours

Your maintenance= minimum £1270
Your Partner= £285
Your child=£315

Total =£1870

That should be the minimum, always go above the minimum requirements.

Same should be in your account for at least 28days and should be available for your use in the UK

2. This is your account please have your normal transactions

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Ifedayofemi:
Hello everyone and @duchess,please I need everyone's help here,pls I want to know how much should be ok for a family of 3 for 1 month POF,it's work visa (COS)and also how is the funding of the account like,can I make any amount of transactions on it or I should have limits on thr transactions I make in the account i.e can I use big or small money to run the account after the fixed money for the POF...thank you all

Hello

No it isn't

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Francejaik:
Someone has been telling me to upload the Oanda Rate of the day I paid my Visa fee.

Please, is it necessary to do it?

Hello

Again @thebolded is not true

I know you might be hurting due to your recent refusal,it doesn't mean you should water down that office.

Were you given admin rights? Use it

Do you have evidence of professional misconduct? Raise a complaint


Please don't water down that office .

There are ECOs that put blood and sweat at their job.

That's all..I'll stop now

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Atinukemi23:
Contacting the home office in the past used to be FREE.
Now you have to pay ?
Why is that ?
They basically DO NOT WANT YOU to contact them no matter what.
Contacting them means you are telling them to HURRY, if you want to have your decision made faster then PAY for it.
So with my above statement, is better you wait and let them decide in their own time or you keep calling to have it escalated, they record the number of times you call or send an email and that MAY or MAY NOT have your application decided quickly.
In some exceptional circumstances when you have waited for months let say beyond the standard 8weeks - 12weeks and your category shouldn’t be beyond that then you can call and ask for the progress but not when you are still within a reasonable 15 - 20 working days.
They are humans like us they do have bad days and happy days too.
It may not always be the case!
Take it Easy.

Hello

I didn't say ECOs don't make mistakes they do

I spoke specifically on the scenarios you have painted and stand by my statement


Speaking from a place of knowledge, No ECO will look at any application in those scenarios you have mentioned

That's all

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Atinukemi23:
If you have read so many refusal letters you will understand that some of them are very very lazy.
Hence why lawyers go to court to challenge them and they WIN as some Rule of law was not applied correctly whilst making the decision.

Check previous post a family standard visitor (joint application ) the ECO said the wife has applied for a different category and which was not true as they all applied in the same category is the ECO blind ? Can another category fee be the same as standard visitor ?

Haven’t you seen instances where they grant one spouse and refuse another ?
I know a lot of people glorify the ECOs as always very right but I am telling you majority are just recently trained and they make a big error they are classified as ECO but recently they employed a lot of glorified customer service workers who do the basic but when you all see the email you think it is the almighty ECO it is when they commit a big blunder the application is then passed to a more experienced ECO and they look into it.
If you go to Croydon for biometrics and where a lot of illegal immigrants go to sign in then you will understand better.

Views expressed is mine.
Thank you.

Hello

It depends

If you select a self service appointment you will have to upload the documents yourself

If it is an assisted appointment then you go with the hard copy of your documents and TLS will scan and upload them for you

The question is what type of appointment did you choose??

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joliva:
Hello, house, please, what happens at the biometric level? Will I be required to come along with any documents?

Hello @Cashmadam

It's the opposite

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Cashmadam:
I don't claim to be an expert. Over the years, I have read a lot of UK visa rejection letters and the visa officers always quote:
1 Pound = whatever Naira eqivalent. So, I believe the correct way to calculate POF is GBP = NGN. That is what I've always done for my children -without any issues. I hope this helps.

Hello

Forex exchange principles for trading is different from meeting financial requirements for visa application

For visa application the statement in other currencies will be converted to GPB using the Oanda exchange rate on the date of application.


Simply put ECOs will use the NGN to GBP conversation.

See link below and check section on money in other currencies

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/financial-evidence-for-student-and-child-student-route-applicants#how-your-finance-requirement-is-worked-out

I am unable to respond to other post on this, I hope this settles the argument

Use the NGN to GBP conversion

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biosamak:
@Giselle and duchess and other gurus in the house pls help us see to this matter which one is correct cos I myself am confused.Thanks anticipation