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Thnx justwise. I stated 2 weeks in my application. I am self employed and i own my own coy. I already hv my ticket for one month.

That will depend on what you stated on your visa application form and what you do in Nigeria.[/quote]

Thanks for ur response. I will try not to exceed one month. Since, i hv a valid US visa. Can i stay a month in UK. Travel to US. Stay maybe one week and come back to UK and stay another one month b4 returning home. Is this viable?

Obviously be ready to expect issues in your next application if you stayed beyond at most 3 weeks. If you really want to stay beyond 2 weeks, declare it in on landing card and defend it at POE.[/quote]

I collected my passport this afternoon with my visa in Abuja. My biometrics was 7th of May. My 6 months visa granted. However, this is my 3rd UK visa.
Please house, what is the maximum one can stay in the UK without having issues during the next renewal. I wrote 2 weeks in my application but i intend staying longer this time. Can one stay up to 2 months without having issues.
Pls, someone with 1st hand information.
Thanks

18 workings days? Starting from Biometrics day or ....?

@ekpotek Thanks for the sound advice. My decision made status was ticked yesterday evening marking 18 working days. I got the passport ready for collection notification this morning on my way to work.

Despite all the concerns I had, my application was successful; 2 yrs visit visa. I guess my travel history bailed me out. Thank God I didn't withdraw lol. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on my earlier post.[/quote]

They will collect only your present passport. However, you need to make copies of the the data page, pages with visa's and stamps of all the passports you have held in the past including the present one. Travel histories that are not more than 10 years.
You also need to have all documents whether original or photocopy of original in A4 for scanning. It will be best not to stable to avoid the stress of unstabling them again.


Does this apply to previous passport because I want to use my new passport. The checklists says I should come with previous passport.[/quote]

I am and my mum also did our biometrics in Abuja on the 7th of may too. Rcvd at Shefield on the 10th of may. We are still waiting as well.

Good work my ogas.

I applied for visiting for me and my wife since 7th of May and I am yet to be contacted to pick up my passport. please what should I do?[/quote]

Hello house, please, i have a quick question cos am worried. My younger sister who is inviting myself and my mum for her graduation in July missed a call from UK embassy, shefield. She said True caller showed d no as UK embassy. she also missed a private call no again. She is working and can't pick a call at work. She is not sponsoring us but we are going for her graduation. Am worried they may deny us visa cos of this. Pls, what can we or she do in this kind of situation. Thanks

Thanks justwise. Thats wat i said. Her passport has her real. Her birth certificate also has real age but their was a mistake in the day. So she erased it and used pencil to write the real one. She has been using it but got denied and bannes cos of it. They said she altered which seems like forgery to them.

Yes it was but she reapplied like one or two more times again and got denied which made her realise she was on ban. She has never travelled to the UK. Thnx for your response.

Hello everyone and happy new year.
Please, i would love to ask a question on behalf of my sister.
She was denied visa few years ago. Like in 2014 or so. I can't really remember.
The reason was because in her birth certificate there was a mistake in the day or so. So she cleaned it and used pencil to rewrite it.
She has been using the document and she used it all through her university days.
Until she used it to apply for UK visa and she was denied. Reason: Falsified document and she was given 10 Years Ban.
She always stays behind whenever our family goes on holiday to UK. And our family may plan a trip soon.
Question: is there anyway to write sincerely to UK embassy to lift the ban. After it happened my dad paid a lawyer based in UK and Naija to help with the appeal but all to no avail. That was how we knew she was on ban. Documents to prove her age and to prove my parents gave birth to her were all included.
ARE 10 YEARS BAN EVER LIFTED?

Febuary last year till this august that i applied is a year and 5 months. My last visa, i applied as a housewife and i travelled with my whole family cos i haven't started my business. This time around i applied myself with my docs. I hear people say here that you need a business that is atleast a year old.
Someone please shed some more light.
What if you wait till like November? By then your company will be atleast a year old.


quote author=canalarge post=48961374]CAC docs of my biz name which was incorporated feb last yr

I presumed that your last 6months visa, you did not use this company which was only incorporated in February last year because I hear if your company is very new, they chances of getting a visa is very slim.

My company was incorporated October last year, what are my chances.

Please advise.[/quote]

I didnt pay for expedited service and it took 3 days. I collected it the next day.



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Did you pay for expedited service? How long does it take between when a decision is made and passport ready for collection?[/quote]

Congrats ooo. Houston poe. No be small thing. Will never forget my experience with them. Have a safe delivery my dear.

Colouredgirl:
Hello peepz
Entered yankee thru Houston Poe,got on the queue,got to my turn, handed over my passport
Cbp:what you here for?
Me:to hve my baby
Scans my fingers and asked me to step aside,someone wld attend to me shortly for more questioning...my heart do gbim gbim
A guy came and marched us to to the priority processing office,i sat for 1hr before i was called upon
Suddenly i heard my name,went into the office with my bag pack
Cbp:when is the baby due?
Me:sept...
Cbp:how much do you hve with you?
Me:8000dolls and...he cuts in and asked fr my hosp correspondence
I was asked to step out
Sat down for another 2hrs
He walked up to me and said i will be with you shortly,waited for another 1hr until i was finally called upon
He then said"when next you are comin to the USA, you need to pay your 300 dollar for doctors correspondence. ..luckily for me in my email correspondence i specifically asked if there was no form of prepayments and if thats all i hve to present at the Poe
I then cut him off and told him if he goes thru d email correspondence. .he cuts in again and said"yes,he cn see where i mentioned it
He finally said"am gonna clear you ,make sure you dont take any insurance and when next you comin to the usa,make sure you come with all your reciepts
I dashed out feeling relieved,went to claim my baggage ,agriculture didnt even open my baggage, they let me thru,,took my connecting flight to Chicago...while other preggy moms were bin questioned like they were criminals,i wasnt questioned,i just sat for hours not knowing what my fate was..thats even worse.wld have preferred plenty questioning. ..them deport one lady who looks like shes gonna pop her baby in no time
Thats is my story ooooo
I give God all the glory....

Thnx a million. I appreciate it.

firsttymum:
U present both passports
But u leave the country with d blue passport and enter with the green passport..
But they'll ask for the two...
Buy her ticket with the American passport cos that's what's giving her access to the UK.

Thnx alot my dear. Let the travel plans begin.

happytbaby:
You will need to use the US passport when buying ticket and when travelling out. You will need a Nigerian passport for him/her to travel back to Nigeria except you to plan to get him a visa in the UK.

Hello everyone. Hope everyone is doing good.
Please, i will like to find out something from experienced mama's and papa's in the house.
Please, i will like to visit the UK with my baby who is a dual citizen. US passport and Naija Passport.
I mentioned her during my UK application since i will travel with her.
I have my own UK visa on my naija PP but my baby doesnt have a UK visa since US passport holders doesn't need a Visa to travel to the UK.
She came back to naija with ETC after birthing her early dis year.
QUESTION: Which passport will i use to buy her ticket?
QUESTION 2: Which passports and how do i present them thru immigration both for inbound and outbound from naija to UK.
Thanks as i expect your replies....

Thanks but in the visa where they write issued in or so. It doesnt have sheffo. Its UKVI with a no afterwards. I was thinking it should be abuja or maybe sheffo. Is that the new thingy...

elope:
thanks. visa is now processed in sheffield. thts why u saw sheffield

Hello everyone. I just collected my visa and docs from TLS abuja. I got my 6 months visa. I would hv loved to apply for 2 years but the money is mch ooo.
Pls, can i email uk embassy concerning my refund for the 1st application i cancelled due to mistake in the application.
My timeline:
Applied on Monday 15th Aug
Appointment/Biometrics in Abuja Tues 16th Aug
Tls sent me email that UK visas and immigration has received my package on Wed 17th Aug
TLS sent me message on Mon 22nd dat my application has been accessed and my decision and docs will sent to the VAC.
TLS sent me a message on Tues 23rd that my PP and docs are ready for collection. That was fast oooo.
NB: I did not receive any message from UKVI. Also, no VAF ref in the emails sent from TLS just my name and ref GWF****** neither did anyone get any phone call.
Collected my visa on Tues 23rd sharp sharp with my 6 months visa.
Issue date is Fri 19th and suprisingly it was issued in sheffield. It was written on the package DMC: Abuja, Lagos- Sheffield. My last visa was issued in Abuja. I wonder why dis one was issued in sheffield.
U can make correction on a cover note or add extra information if need be cos it worked for me.
Maybe it was issued in sheffield because i will be travelling with my lil american baby.
Documents submitted:
Application form with a cover note attached to it
2 savings statement of acc from 2 diff banks. One has a turn over of 15M and bal of 1.sth million and is a year plus statemenent
The other has a turn over of 3M with bal of 1.sth and is a 6 months statement. I wrote that i will spend 1 million for the trip. I also wrote my figures in naira not pounds in my application form.
NB: My corperate biz acc was not submitted. Just savings which is where i will spend from.
Monies were paid into the acc days b4 and even prior to printing from businesses i did. So i think it is only an issue when such monies hasn't been entering ur acc and when they are not geniune. Business has to continue even on the verge of application.
Tax clearance with turn over of 1.7M and tax paid is 55k
CAC docs of my biz name which was incorperated feb last yr
Vat Reg Cert
Marriage Cert
2 nigerian and 1 american birth certs of kids
Wedding pic and lovely family pic
Consent letter from DH
Letter of intro/sponsorship from me with my letter headed.
Planned itinerary
Hotel Reservation
Also, funny enough i did not state how much i make on the application. I wrote VARIES which is the truth. I also explained in the space give that my income is not fixed and it varies since i do biz and can differ month by month but i stated in the cover note an average of atleast 300k monthly.
I am a married woman with kids and i have a good travel history UK(once), USA(twice) with a newly renewed US visa again on the PP, Dubai (twice), India and Ukraine. Other countries like schengen are more than 10 yrs.
I THINK SINCERITY AND GENUINE DOCUMENTS IS THE KEY TO SUCCESS AND WILL ALWAYS BE...
I got all docs except few pages of the statements and my american baby's photocopy of data page and birth cert. I wonder why but its all good.
Now my sleepless nites, anxiety and days of adrenaline pumping is over cos of feeling to know the outcome.
IN ALL I GIVE GOD ALL THE PRAISE
I hope this helps someone....

Thanks @ worry. I had to cancel the first application and applied and paid anoda visa fee. So my appointment at TLS is now tomorrow.I was told they refund money.i hope they will refund me my 1st visa application fee. Thanks...

Hello again, i know u guys are sleeping. Please, justwise and any other person awake. I will appreciate your assistance. Thank God i even realised this mistake this morning. My appointment is for 9:30am. Please, what do i do about the mistake. I wrote my monthly income instead of my yearly income in UK online application form.
Expecting replies.
Thanks...

Please, guru's in the house. I am fixed now. I juat realised i made a mistake in my application. I wrote my monthly income from my business instead of my yearly income and my appointment is this morning. What do i do?

Hello everyone,
Abeg, make una no vex
If i want to travel with my baby that has a US passport to the UK. How do i go about it?
Does she need Visa or not?
Which is better to travel with? US passport or naija passport.
Thanks...

Thanks

nairacountry:
Imperialebony has said it all. Submit Wat you have coz u can't submit Wat you don't have.
To butres his points, I also got a 6months multiple entry this year February for my family with my coy of 2years+ without TCC only 1or2 tax receipt of 5% WHT paid on my coy behalf by coy we worked for. Despite I had done d audited account and paid D 1 & 1/2 year tax return but didn't put it in my docs, we were still given.
BottomLINE, be truthful with your application and see what God can do

Thanks

imperialebony:
It's not a problem. Are you self-employed? If your answer is yes, your case is minor. I'm self-employed and my company was incorporated late 2010. In 2011, I got a contract at one of the govt institutions where I wasn't registered as a contractor. When our papers got to payment stage, I was told since we're not registered as a contractor, there's no way we'd get paid because everything is done online with a supplier's code. In short, that's what led me to the FIRS. We got our TIN and TCC which indicated Nil,Nil,Nil from the first to 3rd year as computed by the FIRS. A file was created for us and we got paid. Now, on the embassy issue, I applied in 2011 to 3 different embassies, one after the other. After we got paid by our client early 2011, we simply went to FIRS to collect our Tax Credit because the govt institution we worked for had deducted the 5 per cent withholding tax for the fed govt during payment process. So, I went to the FIRS for the tax credit, included it on my application, added the original copy of the audited account( remember you can't get a TCC, either Nil or not, without an audited account), included the original copy of the TCC and relevant invoices and Purchase Orders/Contract Awards. I got the visa eventually, same with the 2 other embassies. I always like explaining in-depth so that people could learn from and internalise my comment. The VO or ECO understands all these. That's why they always appreciate it when applicants present what they have rather than forge documents. Don't bother about the NIL TCC. It's understandable. You don't present what you don't have. Recently when I was preparing to apply for my UK visa and I was filling the application form. I read on the form about Documents showing where you live...such as property deed/mortgage statements/tenancy agreement/land registration documents...since I didn't have one, I simply ignored it. I only had utility bills, which wasn't mentioned in the space provided so, I didn't bother to include it and I still got my visa. Hope this works for you. All the best.

Hello everyone, first time posting on dis particular forum.
Please, has anyone ever gotten a UK visa with a tax clearance of Nil Nil Nil for the company's first year.
Can you apply with a one year old company documents.
Do u need to give them the company's statement of account or can you just use your personal statement of account?
Thanks....

Thanks y'all.... Bisoye, Enitan, Omodadi, Hardeymijuh, Feddy, Evemama, Happytbaby, Popri, Modata, Damsell.

Hello everyone, congrats on successful poe's, congrats to nairalander new babies, success to yet to travel mums, blessings of the fruit of the womb for our yet to be mums and safe delivery for our expectantant mothers.

Just wanna update the house that I had my successful VBAC baby girl this afternoon Saturday, 19th march.
Mum and baby are doing great.

Will update other necessary info required much later.

U can do dat @ d airport during check in..

evemama:
Thank God for safe journey and stressless POE, God will perfect all he has started.

Pls where do u book for the wheelchair? Am also doing Lufthansa/United thru Frankfurt. Got d ticket at United office Ikeja.

quote author=Mamatukwas post=43280168]Hallo People! Reporting live from Maryland

Journey was quite smooth.... Was able to get only 4K PTA from standard chartered (mums application was not successful) so we are working on using form A to pay hospital bills. Please people that have done this should confirm if someone I.e my husband can process this on my behalf??

Anyhoo... I travelled with Lufthansa/united to Washington Dulles. The Lufthansa leg was esp nice. Fit to fly was asked for at NAA but customs and every1 else was nice. Booked for a wheelchair for my mum and I @ Frankfurt (this was an absolute life saver) As people have said here in the past, the distance btw departure and our gate is quite far oh Do yourself a favor and make sure you book for wheelchair services if you are transiting tru Frankfurt.

The United leg was ok but the plane was old and somehow jor .... Even infant seat belt they did not have My only consolation is the 23kg boxes il have with my infants on the way back.... They better not fall my hand oh!

POE was a breeze... The CBP:Hello. Passports please. What are you here for?
Me: Hello. I'm here for medical purposes. I'm having a baby.
CBP: I'm sure you know what next I'm going to ask you
Me: Smiles and say I can guess but I'm not sure
CBP: you were here in 2014 to have this baby (points at my son), how did you pay?
Me: With cash and cards.
CBP: Do you have receipts to prove this?
Me: yes and bring out my receipts
CBP: starts smiling and says I love this. Did you take any assistance of any kind?
Me: No.
CBP: Just so you know it's not illegal to have your baby in the US, what's illegal is not paying coz then tax payers like me have to bear the bill. Do you know the procedure if you have a complication and have to extend your stay?
Me: No ( I no wan expose us for here )
CBP: it's very easy, even google can explain it. What do you do?
Me: blah blah blah
CBP: I can tell you have a good job, you are very well spoken. (for my mind I'm like you never jam naija folks then)
CBP: For the next few years, please always travel with your receipts so we can make a determination here and not have to send you to sec inspection where they might waste up to an hour of your time. Do you have food?
Me: yes but not the type listed on the form.
CBP: ok put your fingers.... Have a nice day ( I travelled with my mom and toddler)

We were almost home free in less than 10 mins until the devil wanted to try himself in the form of one cute dog that just came and pounced on our carry on luggage. Dats how they flagged us and sent us for agric inspection... Fortunately for us when they started interrogating us on what we had in the bags we remembered that we had apples and that apparently was what triggered the dog. They trashed the apples, asked us if we have yams? No. Cocoyams ? No. Fish? Yes but it's dried. (all this while they were scanning our bags) so my mama no gree lie

That's how they cleared us and said have a nice day too without searching our bags. Whew! Can't tell y'all how much I prayed to not go to sec inspection and to not have our bags searched coz we carried all sorts.... Palmoil, spices, dried vegetables, even ogili/dadawa Godwin oh!!

All in all i bless God. Now chilling and waiting to see the doc next week. Washington Dulles POE is bae in my opinion.

@Dtone and Babymandy I've sent you guys PM's. Respond Biko and holla @ ya girl. I wish everyone else traveling soon, a stress less, favored journey.

We shall all deliver like the Hebrew women IJN, Amen! Cheers.

Not true. Except u are sure u can get PTA same day ticket was issued. If u issue a ticket it takes till 12am of that day to void it. So who will issue a ticket that costs for just 10k.

jacksparow:
i Think you should meet a travel agency. I know some can collect 10k from you and issue you a confirmed ticket even if the bank decides to investigate, your ticket status will show confirmed meaning you have paid. afterwards, they will cancel the ticket.

I don't mean the POE. I mean leaving naija. We are now entitled to 5k per person. Anything above that should be approved via CBN cos you will be asked how you got it. In my case we were 2 adults so I could declare 10k. Though we had a little above 10k but not a significant amount. I really don't know how serious it is. I wasn't searched though but was asked if I was sure I dnt hv over 10k and I declared it with my complementary card. Nnamdi Azikiwe Int'l airport shaa but I got the info from my custom relative in Murtala Muhammed Int'l aitport Lagos.


quote author=damidamsel post=43156439]

Pls so i'm a bit confused wt d above statement....does that mean we can no longer travel wt funds above $5k as opposed to the previous $10k? What happens to those who go through POE where the CBP officers prefer to see more cash at hand? If one travels with more funds but does not declare at Nigerian customs, wont that pose a problem when you then declare total funds at POE?

Pls anyone who understands this process should kindly advise as i need to quickly decide if i need to deposit funds to foreign acct instead of going through Nigerian custom wahala. Tx[/quote]

Thanks everyone. I even 4got to add. They stamped me in for 6 months. Thats till august but am leaving April ending. They stamped me beyond my expiration date because my visa expires April ending so am leaving a week b4 it expires irrespective of how long I was stamped in.

I have my first doctor's appointment tomorrow.

Will keep u guys posted on every progress I make.

Sorry, I meant 2k. Port health charged me 2k only.