thediva:


This is exactly what I did just now and got an appointment for Feb 24. Thank you.

I read in the newspaper that applicant using the IW option must be willing to have their passport withheld by US embassy for up two months.

How to apply for US ‘no-interview’ visa renewals in Nigeria. on Punch News.

https://punchng.com/how-to-apply-for-us-no-interview-visa-renewals-in-nigeria

I have an oversea trip in March 2022 and cannot afford for my passport remain with embassy for 2 months. I will rather wait until after my oversea trip to cancel my appointment of July 2022 and do IW. Than you.

nikkygal:


Thanks! I've got family members that qualify for IW and their appointments are later in the year, so I'll let them know about this.

Do you have an idea if this applies to Abuja appointments as well? Or is it only for Lagos?

Only FI/F2 visa holders are eligible for Abuja Interview waiver. This move will ease and free appointment date and time. My interview is in July 2022. Will cancel and reschedule a drop box instead in due time.

Na wa oh! No interview appointment till July 2022 for B1/B2 visa

Like Circa said, it all depends on the individual motives and intentions. I have friends who got US visitors visa, sold their properties in Nigeria and Jappa in US. There is a statistics out there that out of 10 Nigerians entering US with visit visa, 8 do not return. The US immigration knows that their laws have lope holes that enable many visitors to change their status and settled with time. The best they can do under the circumstances is to restrict the number of visitor visa they issue to Nigerian from Nigeria. However the Nija spirit and motivation to emigrate to greener pastures, will force many to also adopt other ways to beat the system. I know of a man and his wife, who went to the US on visit visa, enroll in a school and change status to student visa. On every occasion that I have visited the US, I have been begged to stay back by friends and family with promise of assistance to legalize my stay. The only reason why I have not jappa too is that I am too old to live illegally in another country. Or maybe the Orisha in Nigeria have always pull me back to Nigeria. Note I have renewed my US visa 4 times since 2008 and the current one will expire in November 2020.

This may be of use to Nigerian students studing in the UK or planing to study there.

Immigration status: Ministers reverse May-era student visa rules https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-49655719

cuttiee:
The cover letter I drafted is about 3pages. This is required to explain some incentives and Bonuses paid by my employer at some certain time.

My question is, is 3pages too much as a cover letter?

Thanks

@justwise and other gurus in the house

No.

Faculty14:


I intend applying for a 6month visitor's visa

Should I tell the ECO that I'll be back after the assessment even if I pass, and then go back when I'm called for training

Do you think that'll work?

Experience from someone that pass the British Army assessment in the UK, was that he was told not to return back to Nigeria. So that plead willl not work. You can get the visa. Just package your application properly and hope for the best.

Mikespecialone:
I was born in 1989 , my mom wasn't a citizen till she left for Nigeria and my dad I don't off then .. most of my friends who knows my real nationality should say ,ogbeni go straight to the embassy they would give you ur visa at once but i know it's never that easy

If you were born in 1989. Either one of your parent must be British Citizen at that time of your birth to be entitled to British Citizenship. Since your mum wasn’t, then you need to find out from your father if he was a British Citizen at the time of your birth. Your mum can provide this information. You can also find out from your mum which passport did you use to return to Nigeria. I hope this help.

Bolzy42:
good day, I just got my collection mail from TLS and there was no time allocated for me to come for it. Pls can I go Collect it anytime

There is no time allotted for collecting passport. Just go there on time.

Justblow:
Please house, I need your help on this letter, just received this from the home office and I need how to go about this, anyone with experience on this.

Can I just take my passport to VAC, or do I have to wait for a mail from tls.
Please advise, anyone that have gone through this process... Pls help.. Urgent pls.

I will share my experience about this process soon. To the glory of God, i did not pay anyone or any lawyer to over turn the decision, I only sent a complaint to the home office complaint department pointing out the ECO Factual error.

Many thanks

Yes take your passport to the VAC with the email. They will collect it and send it to UKVI for the visa stamp, if that email is real and genuine. Congratulations!!

ralphelo:
I never knew trend like this do exist on nsiraland. Kudos to the moderators and the participants.
This is my case:
I was previously denied visa bunch UK in 2006 and 2009 and by the US in 2017.
My current company a british/dutch oil Giant recently nominated me to travel to the UK to attend 1 week factory acceptance test for some equipment.
They gave me sponsorship letter and gave booked all my flight tickets with KLM.
I got a wrong advise from a friend not to declare my us visa refusal.
I did declared the two UK refusals.
But said no on the US refusal.
But on the day of my submission, I changed my mind and wrote a cover letter to the ECO disclosing this refusal of us visa and also attached the rejection letter along with my invitation letter to the US with my application.
Yesterday I received a mail from the UK visa processing. Center that my application have been concluded. And will soon be dispatched.
Do I stand any chance of getting the visa
I'm so scared reading the trends here.
Someone with experience should help me....

Only the ECO can determine that. If you’re refused certainly it will not be based on your US refusal as you have disclosed it in your cover letter.

flamesoffire:
Hello all gurus in the house, i would reeeaaallly appreciate if I could get some advice here. I am a Uk citizen who lives in Nigeria with my husband two small kids and a teenager who i have legal guardianship of.

My husband is not a British citizen, 2 small kids are British citizens, teenager is not a British citizen.

I am planning to move over to the UK and settle there. my problem is how to get the teenager over with me and my two kids, hubby is planning to join us later.

i have legal guardianship of her done in the Nigerian court since 2016.
Do I have to get parental adoption of her??
What type of visa would I apply for her??
Would she be granted when i do not have a job in the UK??
Or do I have to travel and get a job first before applying for her??

She is 15 years and will turn 16 in June 2020.

Please Please someone should help me out

Best bet is to adopt her officially before she is 18 years. Then you can apply for her British passport from within Nigeria using the adoption papers. She might be refuse a visa now since you do not have a job in the UK to take care of her. This will means a recourse to public fund if visa is approved. Alternatively leave for the UK settled down, get a job are then apply for her to join you later.

babsadeoye:
Please gurus should help me breakdown the reasons why I was refused. Thanks. Please tell me what I need to do in my next application.

The ECO did not believed the income from your business in your bank statement, in which payment was made using a hand written invoice.

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Yes you can re apply and address the ECO concern as stated. Also provide proofs that you send her 100K monthly. In the re application package let your sister include a copy of her passport and visa, that she will be traveling with her. The key thing is to explain every inflow into your mum bank account to demonstrate that you send her money regularly for her upkeep. Good luck.

life4real8691:
Hello everyone,

Please i need the gurus in the house to help with my refusal.
I had a closing balance of 1.9m on the statement of account used which is also my salary account.

Many advising you to reapply failed to caution that Nigerian are classified as coming from migrant high risk country. The ECO is simply saying that he expect you to be financial prudent given your disposable income level.

A reapplication will not help matter. Reducing the number of days does not matter. What matters is that the ECO view this trip has highly unnecessary and not supported by your current financial ties. Note your current financial ties is not your closing bank balance. The only way out is for the applicant to declare other income valuables. Nobody goes on a vacation to the UK on a budget of N500K unless the person is a frequent traveller and not view as an immigration risk to the UK. My take.

Petrolhead77:
Hi beautiful people. Please I need the opinion of people who are experts in UK visa application here.

I submitted my application at TLS Ikeja on the 29th of April and I got back my passport on the 28th of June, I was denied. I submitted along with wife and son.

They returned only my passport which is strange since we submitted together. I need the passports back because we want to visit Dubai before school resumption next month and I'm yet to get my wife and son's passport. Its over 3 months now.

I have sent emails and they replied they would escalate the issue to the appropriate department and they never responded. I called this morning and when it got to the place where I'm supposed to input my card details they said it was rejected and I have funds in my account.

What can I do to get back these passports or know when I can get it back.

PLEASE HELP ME.

If UKVI are yet to make a decision on your wife and son applications and you need their passport back. Write to cancel/withdraw their visa application and their passports will return back sharp sharp.

Monmarri:


1. If you have family members in the UK that need your assistance. My cousin sister had a five years UK visiting visa and her younger sister who is British gave birth to twins Dec 2017, their mother is late, so she decided to use her five years visa and stayed for five months last year 2018, from Jan - May to assist her sister because she delivered 2ru operation. This year March she left again to UK and just returned last month July to Nigeria. She said at the POE when she was asked how long she spent the last time, she said five months, she explained to them the reason and when she tried to show the immigration officer the proof of pictures and details of her sister, the immigration officer just wave it off and asked how long she will be staying and she said five months and she allowed her entry.

2. If ones partner lives in the UK . I had a colleague that went on secondment and the wife visited him and stayed for five months on each visits.

3. Medical Treatment : - Ones medical treatment might extend for six months based on doctors report.

Dude your cousin sister will definitely have al lot of explanation when she attempts to get a new UK visit visa. Despite the fact that she was allowed into the UK, she will need to convince the ECO when she apply again, what she does in Nigeria that permit her to stay away for 150 days.

Yuzee:
Hey guys, please I need help. I have a professional exam I want to take in Uk so I need to apply for a Visa. But the challenge is this, my husband wants to go with me(with our 7months old daughter) and he wants us to apply for a visit visa as a family, so that when we get there I can take the exam and we return in a week or 2(which means I may not have to mention that I need the Visa so I can take an exam). in as much as I would love to go with them, but I'm worried about being denied visa. So please can someone help me with requirements

Your success in getting the visa will depend on a lot of things, if you can convince the ECO that your family will return after the visit. Do you and your husband have travel history to A list countries? Have you travel outside the country together. Who will finance the trip etc. Even applying for a visit visa to go and write an exams is not guaranteed. My take is apply to go and take your exams. If successful you can use that leverage to apply for your baby and then your husband in future.

owo12:
Hi everyone
Please i need your advice and what am going to do to be able to grant another two years uk visa. Have been two years visa which expired April 2019. During my visit I stayed up to five months on each trip to UK which I traveled for three time during my last two years visa. Now am intend to apply for another two years visa but the problem is that i stayed up to 5 months on my each trip. Please what can do or document to prepare for to be able to grant another visa. Have taken two years visa twice. Please kindly help with any usef

Dude this is an abuse of visit visa terms and conditions. The fact that you did not overstay is irrelevant as you had specify in your visa application how long you intended to stay. Staying up to 5 months on each of your visit is not acceptable. It will be difficult for you to get another visit visa, unless you can proof that the reasons for staying that long was medical related. Making a misrepresentation will not help you as your entry and exit from the UK is in UKVI database. If you apply again your application will be flagged and your 15 months stay in the UK will be investigated. My advise is stay away from the UK for at least 2 years, so UKVI does not assume you are living illegally in the UK.

ibrocoast:
Hello gurus.... Pls i want to ask for the minimum BTA..... How much can I take along with me as regards BTA.
Is 1000£ won't raise a eye brow?

The maximum PTA is $4000 or it equivalent in any foreign currency. Wether it will raise any eye brow depend on your conversation with the custom men after passing through security. My advise is carry £500 and put the rest on your ATM card.

ibrocoast:
@mr. ekpotek and Mr justwise et'al..... Pls I'm just curious about this... Im suppose to travel by this Aug but due to flight fee, I'm planning to change it to sept. Though I'm going for vacation. Hope that won't pose any query that will leads to access denied to enter the UK at the POE..
Should I go along with letter from my organization for the change of my leave?
Anyone with such experience should share.
Pls ur response is paramount.

Another question. Is there any thread for UK poe on nairaland?

There is nothing to worry. Just explain at POE and you will be fine. Yes go alone with letter incase they insist on seeing some document.

EasyMoney007:


Boss, could you please respond to a question I posted. Would greatly appreciate.
Thanks

Please repeat the question.

Seeyat:


Thanks for your input, i have every document to back it up. My question is what and what do I need to include as to prove myself right and to convince them that it's legit?

Sorry I have not read your refusal letter. However, the fact that you did not declare certain income or had acquire additional sources of income between applications is not a base for a refusal. If you have sufficient documentation to proof that the said property belong to you. I will encourage you to re apply and address the issues raised by the ECO. However let your reason for re application by time sensitive and not seen as a desperation. My take.

mzzcommy:
Thank You for This....

Please @justwise and other Gurus in the house, please confirm this...

Those emails are generic. So it does not reveal approve or refuse visa decision. The differences in the content is simply due to programming preferences in which UKVI computer simply pick ready decision mail and sent to inputed email address.

olafamzy87:
Good evening everyone,am here to share my goodnews. First of all, i want to appreciate @ekpotek, you're a wonderful man, God bless you for your energy you dissipated on my application, its beyond human reason, youre the best.
My first application
Applied may 31st
Biometrics june 17th
Application was refused because the eco is unclear why i'm doing a low paid job as a degree holder and also i dont have asset(meanwhile my assets was properly documented on the form but the eco overlooked it)
I was down and almost loose hope but with the assurance of @ekpotek, he did a wonderful job that surprises me. He encouraged me to reapply again immediately but now on priority because of my travel date.
Second application
Applied July 16
Biometrics july 24
Decision made august 1
Pick up today with my visa issue.

Thanks to everyone on this thread @justwise and co. God bless you all.
@ekpotek youre the sweetest man have ever met in my life.
You guys may not understand, i know what am saying.
Once again, thank you all

I am happy you got the visa. Have a safe trip.

MamaDe:
Hello everyone. I just want to thank everyone on here giving advises and all free of charge .God bless u all. I am eventually in d UK. Though it took a long time but with perseverance and encouragement from great minds like ekpotek ,I am eventually here. Just want to encourage every one of u on here still looking for a way , please persevere, there is a light at d end of d tunnel.Thanks Mr Ekpo once again!

@MamaDee So happy for you. Your case is worth writing a book. Many here may not know what you went through to get back to the UK. Just to summarize it. MamaDee is a partner to a Nigerian/British Citizen with two kids (British Citizen by birth). She was denied ILR in the UK after the birth of her second son as a single mother. She returned to Nigeria. Applied for a visitor visa twice and was denied. Her partner return to Nigeria and they did Register marriage 2018. I encouraged her to use the EU free movement route back to the UK. She applied for Irish visa as spouse of eu citizen and was denied. Applied for Swedish visa and denied. She appeal the Swedish visa refusal and it failed. As a final attempt I asked her to try Germany, she applied for German visit visa and was given single entry for 10 days. She and her husband with the kids travel in December 2018 and eventually settled in Malta, where she applied and got her 5 year residency permit also known as Article 10 within 3 months. With her Malta residence permit, she then travel to the UK with her kids without a UK visa as spouse of eu Citizen. I was afraid she will be deported back to Malta has she has not spend up to 1 year in Malta. I actually did advise against it. But to the glory of God, she was admitted into the UK without any issue. Her passport was not even stamped meaning she has no restriction to work or remain in the UK. With her Article 10 residency permit she can apply for UK residence card as spouse of eu citizen. MamaDee you’re indeed a strong woman with determination. I wish you the very best as you settled in the UK.

Favourme84:
All glory to God...after waiting for 69 working days,DHL delivered my passport today and I was given 6months Visa.
BIOMETRICS........JANUARY 25,2019
Got mail twice that my application was not straightforward
Despatch mail.....April 26,2019
Got my passport with Visa today.

I was denied March 2018.

Woh 69 days! I did know that it was this long. Congratulations I am truly happy for you. They say the patient dog eat the fattest bone. Your is a testimony enjoy your vacation. Thanks for believing in me.

olamitunposi:
Good morning house, Please I need explanation on what documents I’ll be needing for my UK visitors visa as my brother will be inviting me, he’s a citizen and has his UK passport.

I’ve a refusal history from 3 different countries ( all for Student Visa), can I state them in my application?

I currently work and earn 145k monthly and I plan to apply with maybe 700-800k closing balance. And I’m budgeting 400k-450k (Airfare and shopping) for the trip of 2 weeks. I’ll be staying at my brother’s for my visit.

I’m single and will be 29 in 3 months and I plan to submit my application by then.

I don’t plan to overstay my Visa if granted as I have other plans in place. Also, I’m currently enrolled for my masters here in Nigeria and in second semester.

Furthermore, can I apply for 2 years or 6 months as I’ve previously been to the UK but that was 2013.

I’d appreciate if anyone can explain in details or perhaps refer me to a previous link.

1. Being refused a student visa is not a crime. Therefore you need to disclose all previous visa refusals wether student or not.

2. Your budget is reasonable, but my worries is your monthly salary. How much is your disposable income after subtracting monthly expenses and cash to family member? The rule is not to spend more than twice your disposable income on a holiday. Do you have other sources of income to support your financial ties to Nigeria, like shares, properties? There is no harm with staying with your brother. He will need to send you all the necessary documents (UK passport data page, letter of invitation, copies of utilities bills, evidences to proof relationships if its a family visit visa etc).

3. Your marital status is not relevant. What matters is your ties to Nigeria. Are your ties strong enough to compel you to return back to Nigeria? Is being a Masters student enough to satisfy the ECO that you will leave the UK?

4. You can apply for 2 years, but I would not advise it, since your last UK visa was 6 years ago. Your personal and financial circumstances in Nigeria must have changed significantly. So I would go for 6 months instead. If I may ask what type of UK visa was approved and what was your main reason for the visa in 2013?

shokimon:
Hello all, happy new year.

I'd like to humbly seek for anwers to these please:

1.My UK 2yr visit visa is expiring Mid March,(I used it very well) can I start to renew for 5yrs before expiry date?

2. My passport is expiring 2021, would the 5year visa be stamped on it?

Thanks and beat wishes.

1. Yes
2. Yes

ab4m:
Hello room,

Am sponsoring a wife and kid for visa application. Can I submit two different bank account? as I don't run one of the account well in December which is my main account with great turnover, while the second account run well till now.

Can you please tell me what to include in cover letter as I will be responsible for all expenses.

Thanks

Sure you can submit both accounts.

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Group appointment is done on TLS website. There you will need create an account.

Domistic:
welcome back mate. We have been missing you. Although Justwise has been doing justice to our numerous queries

Thanks.