Moriyadisa:
Thanks Boss, he has gotten a transaction receipts from the account that shows the originating account of his salaries and destination account which is his salary account to be stamp by the bank as original and the company is also talking to the auditor on why the Annual return has not been filled. Meanwhile I don't think his budget is high sir if you consider the high price of tickets now. Remain blessed Boss �

Am not referring to your budget per se, but the duration. Ask yourself, where and where or what will you do as tourist in 6 days in UK?
Day1 Arrival in UK
Day 2 Visit to bla bla
Day 3 visit to bla bla
Day 4 visit to bla bla
Day 5 visit to blabla
Day 6 depart from UK
Note moving around in the Uk consume time. Extend you stay to 10 days within the same budget.

Melz1994:


How do I do it please?

Priority and super priority have been suspended for student visa. But visit TLS and talk to guys there, they can work out some thing for you.

mamawa123:


Thank you but don’t you think they will complain about the validity or expiration date of the passport

No. You only need a blank page for the visa sticker. Validity is only come to play when you want to travel. Mostly you must have 6 month validity or get a new passport. You can travel with a valid visa on a old passport together with a new passport.

mamawa123:
My woman’s passport will expire in about 1 and half years. Please I want to know if she can use that same passport to apply for 5-year UK visa.

Yes

nnewsnjobs:


Can I fill a new DS-160 form and still used the interview date that was assigned to me with the old form?

You mean 2023 is already fully book, what are Nigerians rushing to US for.
If not for a specific reason, I would have changed my seminar destination to another country, which kind thing is this.

Yes. Just update your profile with new DS-160 number after submission.

nnewsnjobs:
Hello Nairalanders,
Can someone help me out with this question?

I am planning to attend a seminar in US, end of the year or early next year.

But due to the scarcity of interview date, am kind of afraid to pay for the seminar and start the process.

If I pay for the seminar and visa fee and fill my DS-160 form to summit in other to get interview date, in event the interview date happened to be after the seminar, which is the problem and I am able to sure another new date for seminar schedule ahead of the interview date.

The question is,

Will it be possible for me to edit the already summited DS-160 form to include my new seminar date, new flight itinerary new hotel reservation.

If not possible, what is the best way as the seminar date and calender is done yearly, and base on what am hearing, it seem that the interview date are almost fully booked for almost one year from now.

You can edit or fill a new DS-160 form if there is a change in your travel plan. I would suggest to pay and book a date fast as possible, as likely available date is now in 2024 for visit visa.

Lucreza:
I no dey fear o! just wondering whether dem don lose my passport. I need the passport urgently to apply for schengen visa.

Since you did not choose keep my passport. You have no other choice than to wait. If you urgently need your passport, then withdraw your application and the passport will be return to you sharp sharp.

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

Previous UK travel history- (Student visa, 6 months Visitor, 6months Visitor, 2yrs Visitor)
Travel History - USA, Schengen states, South Africa, East Africa (Rwanda,Ethiopia, Seychelles), UAE, Turkey
Biometrics date - May 18th 2022
Transfer to DMC - May 19th 2022
Received by DMC - May 20th 2022
Collection Mail - Twice on 13th & 14th July 2022
Collected - Yesterday, 15th July 2022

To be Honest my application I will term it as so so simple application, at some point I felt I may not be given Visa cos I didn't include so many things I have now learnt never to ignore on this thread, cos I found this thread after I submitted and the long delay was happening and my travel date was approaching. If am to apply again I will definitely do it differently, thanks to everyone for all the knowledge shared here, I can now advise people better.

I only submitted Employment Letter, Employer introduction letter, payslips, recent salary review letter (cos they were going to see it in my salary account statement), salary account statement, savings account, my BOA account statement (I still maintain this as my dollar account), one family picture, proof of tenancy, marriage cert that was all.

No promotion letter, No cover letter and my savings account statement was a total mess with lots of cash inflow and outflow I didn't explain anywhere but I have had a good balance all along.

I won't be making the trip anymore cos what I needed it for has passed, however if anyone sees ticket to UK for nothing above 200k please holla me, make I enter plane go Primark

You’re definitely not an immigration risk to the UK with your profile. Congrats. If you follow see less than 200K ticket let me know.

pufframmy:
congrat

Picked up my pali on Wednesday at DHL VI. There was no crowd at all I noticed a lot unclaimed passport.

Enjoymentman:
Shout out to everyone doing helpful contributions here ��

Please I hope someone can give me meaningful advise too

I am going for an US appointment next week and I am getting about some things . I lost my my mother few months ago and the burial was scheduled to take place last Friday in California but we tried hard to get emergency appointment which was denied 2 times but was later approved after I paid the 3rd visa fee and also changed my location to abuja .

The interview date me and my siblings got was a date after the burial so I don’t know if the letter from the funeral home inviting us for the burial of our mother can still count . I plan to tell them that I want to go and visit my mothers grave in order to have a closure and also attend the celebration of life which is scheduled to take place in September. I don’t know if they can still issue the visa since the burial has been done . My mother was only in US for visit and lockdown happened and few months later we found she had cancer so she couldn’t travel again till she died there .

I don’t even have plans of staying back in the US, what documents do I need to show them and what kind of questions should I be expecting from them.

I wondering if I should fill a new DS160 form and update it since the dates have changed or should I stick the the old form which had July 1st as expected time to travel ?

This was not a group application but in the form they asked if there are people I am traveling with and I wrote my siblings name , I wondering if this will affect my application negatively so they don’t think we won’t come back. One of my siblings is working in a government firm and will sponsor himself while my sister just finished Waec and my friend will act as her sponsor. I don’t know if that will make sense

I reserved a hotel through a 3rd party called booking.com , I don’t know if it is fine to use reservation from such site for US visas , for my sister we got a letter from a friend in US as a where she will be staying, we don’t know if we should reserve a hotel room for her too than saying that she will stay with someone ?

Please I need possible answers and advises ��

Since this is an emergency appointment. You’re good to go visit your mother grave. Just be honest and by truthful. The VO will ask for any documents. Update your DS-160 form with new travel date to reflect your wish to attend your mother celebration of life. Plan to stay with relatives, and confirm that your mother did not use public fund for her treatment, as you may be ask by the VO. Since you did not do a group appointment, I can not evaluate the chances of your siblings as they may be interviewed by a different VO.

CarrilT:
Good day guys...
I need advise on how I will get to Wilbraham Rd, Fallowfield, Manchester.
from Manchester airport.
Bus, train or taxi.
People say taxi is expensive.
Also do they accept cash...
I need general advise sha....
Kindly redirect if there is another specific thread for this.

Use Google maps and you will see the best route to take.

Melz1994:
Hello Guys, please I need assistance and I know am late due to my CAS issuance was delayed, I just paid my visa fees and biometrics fee yesterday night, but unfortunately I am not able to see any date to give in for my biometrics, my school start on the 19th of September, I am in need of date atleast this month end or 1st of August to 5th, I don't really know what to do,please guys any hp or advise will be much appreciated.

Thanks

Go for priority or super priority and you get a date since it is student visa.

Moriyadisa:
Good morning Gurus in the house,
A cousin of my just got a refusal letter yesterday. Please kindly advise on what to do next do to covid19 pandemic staff salaries is been paid from the office through mobile app or online payment but the description is been
cut or shortten by the banking system sometime it shows his name and Month of payment while sometimes it shows the month of payment and salary. He's planning to reapply next week and is it okay if he extend the travel dates or to just leave it the way it is.?

Get your company accountant to provide details of your paid month by month and if their any issues, why it was so. Get your company to update their CAC records or at least provide you with written explanation why the company status is inactive. By the way no tourist will spend that much for just a 6 days trip.

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

Congratulations!!! Your story is a testimony. Make sure that you use the visa well well oh which is roughly equivalent to 10 times that of 6 months application fees. 10 years is not application fee is not cheap!

I did 5 years after weighing that my visits to the UK has reduced drastically coupled with covid, no free accommodation and may not visit more than once in a year. Had visa UK issued in March 2022, yet to use it. Anyway enjoy your trip.

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.

Make a photocopy of the US visa and include it as part of your documentation. However, there is no guarantee the ECO will consider it, since it does not demonstrate a travel history.

sammiy:


Alright, thanks.

But the dorm account balance is savings from my salary, should i have declared it as additional income?

You have a bright chance to get the visa, if you reapply immediately. Yes state you savings as additional income and tick savings. If the source of fund in your dorm account comes from your salary, you will have to itemize these transactions by highlighting it in your salary bank statement and dorm account. I can assist you to write a cover letter if you want.

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

Sorry for the refusal. The ECO is justified as you did not enough disposal income for the trip. If you did not tick additional income options in the application form, the ECO is right not to consider the $5K in your dorm account. However, this can be rectified if you reapply and provide documents to back up funds in your dorm account as legitimate. Most importantly let the ECO knows you have additional income sources in a cover letter. Itemise each $ deposit and explain the sources. In my last application I also submitted my dorm account statement and back it up with documents on how the funds were earn.

pufframmy:
pls i have a question to ask i want to refill my DS160 FORM
cause the last one i filled was over 6 month. do i need to wait till 3 month before my interview?
pls guru i need a response

I did my 4 weeks to my interview.

Vuitton007:
RENEWAL VISA ALERT!
10yrs
Biometrics 6th May
Trf to UKVI 6th May
Rcvd at DMC 11th May

Nothing ever happened again until a collection mail from TLS 5th July…
Passport picked 6th July and visa till 2032.

Profile:
Working Class, employment letter, promotion(s) letters, work introduction letter, Work ID, payslips, bank statement. Host is a family friend who sent in British passport data page, Work ID, utility/council tax bill to confirm address.

NB: my work profile has remained same for over 15yrs, except for promotions/position/salary review, while my host changes occasionally.

Congratulations!!! It not cheap to pay UK visa fee for 10years. For UKVI to investigate your profile for a month means a lot.

Tripletmom:


Thanks for your reply
My DS- 160, passport and payment receipt All match (e.g Adams) but when I downloaded my appointment confirmation I noticed my maiden name on the appointment made by (e.g Hassan) which is my maiden name but the applicant name still matches with Adams.
I hope you understand my scenario now.

Just update your profile in the appointment system. If not possible, send them a email via feedback. In any case what is require for the interview appointment is
1 DS-160 confirmation page,
2. international passport
3. 2 colour photos

Tripletmom:
Good morning people
Please I have a name mismatch
Upon downloading my appointment page , I noticed the surname on my applicant name and appointment made by are different.
The former is my marital surname while the later showed my maiden name.
Please how do I go about this?
I don’t even know how I didn’t notice it while filling the form.
Although I have been using the same email address for my applications and these will be my 4th.

If your the name on your DS-160 form does not match the name on your passport or payment receipt from GTB. You will have to send a feedback mail, within the appointment system to US embassy for correction. You may need to upload documents so support the name change.

influential01:
i have been on this site day and night no interview dates comes up.

You need to keep checking. Without booking an interview no visa.

pufframmy:
lol devil is a liar

Yes oh! Just got an email that my passport is ready for pick up. Will visit DHL office on Monday.

crusader6:



Please did you use emergency appointment route?

No. Interview was booked in 2021. Almost one year ago.

pufframmy:
congrat

Thanks bro. My interview appointment was booked in 2021 and I did not want cancel it to do IW. Embassy was asking for passport photo, which was not part of the requirement. I noticed people taking passport photo. I refused as I had with me passport photos just in case. The photo was not even right size. Sha they accepted it as I told them in was not part of requirements to bring along and that they should have specified it. They kuku scan the photo and approved me for finger print.

influential01:

Please I want to know if the interview form is on the same site on ds-160 or just like formal website?

Go to this website to open an account and book interview. https://cgifederal.secure.force.com/?language=English&country=Nigeria

This is different from DS-160 form website

So my US visit visa interview was today tuesday 5/07/2022 for 10.00am

VO: Good day Sir
Me: Good day too
VO: What are you going to the US for
Me: To attend the 71st Annual Meeting of American Society for Tropical Medicine & Hygiene
VO: A conference, where?
Me: Seattle, Washington
VO: How long will stay
Me: 5 days from 29th Oct to 4 November 2022
VO: How is paying for your trip
Me: The organizer in the US as I am one of their travel grant awardee.
VO: Where do you work?
Me: I work with xxxxx and I am XXXXXX post since 2013
VO: So you are XXXXXX
Me: Yes
VO: Are you married
Me: Yes
VO: Is your wife here in Nigeria
Me: Yes
VO: Children?
Me: One, a son
VO: Is son here in Nigeria
Me: Yes
VO: I have approved you visa, pick it up between 5 to 7 days at this location. VO handed me the white paper

Praise the Lord

Note as many were refused, others were approved. A naval officer in uniform was refused with his wife and kid
A business man was refused with his wife and 3 kids
Others approved included a old lady, a mother with 3 children, a husband and wife. Only 3 booths were used for the interviews. My message is just be confident and be familiar with DS 160 form. Be prepared to answer any questions convincingly. Noted they hardly check documents except where necessary. Good luck to the applicants in the house.

whiteMandingo:


LOG INTO YOUR GT BAnk app and reprint the receipt.


the bank could help u also..but depending on the person u meet, cud blow u off

Thank you. I got a another print out from GTB today.

Are we require to bring evidence of GTB receipt payment for interview? I paid in 2021 and cannot find the document. Interview is next week. Thanks.

Is the US embassy still charging reciprocity fees for B1/B2 visa issuance in Nigeria? If so how much?

How do you update your appointment booking have the old DS-160 number with new one after completing a new DS-160 form? Thanks

Hi good people. My interview appointment is on 5th July 2022. This was booked way back in 2021. I have updated my DS-160 form and printed out the confirmation with new DS-160 number.

My question is does my appointment confirmation with old DS-160 number still valid? If not, how do I update and print out another appointment confirmation with the new DS-160 number. Thank you.