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Hi everyone,

Thanks to the excellent work that’s been done here and the valuable support offered by different people on this thread.

I want to seek advice about my uncle’s plan visit the UK with his family this year. He’s self employed and has two businesses generating profit in the country. His first company currently employs about 20 people and operates across West Africa. The second one has about 3 full time employees.

He plans to visit the UK with his wife and two kids later this Christmas period. Wife is employed and kids are enrolled in school here in Naija.

He intend to use me and my family as the family he wants to visit in UK.

I want to ask what type of documents will suffice for him and his family. Can he use evidence of income generated from business account as proof of funds or it will have to be from his personal accounts?

Will I also need to show pictures of us together even though I’m not adding anything to their trip?

He also has properties which can be used as ties to home country.

I’d appreciate responses to this. Thank you so much.

Hello Everyone,

Really appreciate the valuable information and support offered by everyone on this platform. My mum got her visit visa approved (initially refused) after 3-4 months of PAP to the home office.

The date indicated for her travel in the application has already passed and she now has a new validity period. I want to ask if it’s possible to book a return trip for say 4 & half months within the 6 months period so far it’s still within the validity period. This trip is going to be fully sponsored.

I’m only worried of the type of questions they’ll be asking her at the border because it’s her first time. Also, from those with previous experiences, what other documents should she have with her?

Thanks

giselle237:
The worst.
1. You can not hide the bank statement now because it has been the cause or one of the causes of past refusal.
2. She can not be a dependent as you say and then travel with the person she is dependent on.. that means she will never return to Nigeria then
3. You have the whole concept of visit visa wrong. Find your mother’s ties to Nigeria. What would make her return, as now even the spouse she could have claimed would make her return, is who you want to say she would be travelling with
4. Please find time to read this thread, a 5th refusal is awaiting her with this your mindset
5. Irregardless of who is paying for the trips, your mother the applicant must merit the visa on her own standing. No ECO would issue her a visa simply because yourself and your partner are sponsoring

Thank you for your submission. This is well noted.

Good evening everyone,

I really appreciate the responses on the last message I shared here. They were helpful.

I shared that my mum has been refused 4 times all due to financial circumstances issue and I also shared her last refusal mail. I appreciate comments here; most of them noting the need to wait and reapply after at least 6 months.

I am writing this to seek advice further.

Is it advisable to apply for a visit visa for her and my dad after some months with my dad retirement certificate, house paper and car papers as ties home without having to share her statement of account anymore?

In this situation, she will be a dependent travelling with him. Note that the whole trip will be sponsored by myself and my partner.

I’ll appreciate your feedbacks.

Thank you.

Thank you so much for the kind advice. What do you mean by ‘good’ documentation in this context?

Also, I’ve noted the comments her and won’t be making any applications for now. However, my wife’s birthday and graduation is on July 14 and 16. Would that be a good time (3 and half months away) again?

On the account, the plan is to use a fresh one built over the next 3 months for her even tho she’s not spending her own money.

Thanks.

giselle237:
hello, with 3 or more refusals a further half baked application will do you no good. You must add her bank statements.
You showed 1 month… they queried it, now you say 2 months with 130k… so where is the rest of the 1.3million and why is it gone in such a short period?
Hold on until she has at least 6 months worth of ‘good’ documentation before you proceed. They are not stupid and with 3 refusals already she is gunning for a 4th with the way you are reasoning/taking things casually.

Alright. Thank you!

LadyCaplin:
If I understand you correctly, this will be her 4th refusal. Maybe you guys should take a break from reapplying for now, whilst building her travel history. That should count for something.

Thank you for your reply.
We were actually contemplating on not adding it before since we’ve stated she’s unemployed and she won’t be contributing anything significantly to the trip. I didn’t know that would raise concerns about her financial circumstances.

Also, documents like house ownership and consent letter from husband were used as evidence of ties to home.

However, I’ll be glad to hear suggestions on the whether a 2 months statement with just about 130k as closing balance and regular credits from family will be sufficient.

giselle237:
I see you provided 1 month bank statement alone for her? Why was that? Given she has at least previous denials, why the risk? .. then they are seeing 1.3m which they can’t adequately assess. Anhan. That’s what they were trying to explain in the last paragraph of the refusal letter.
If you have previous denials, you already on 50% and should be ready to make your circumstances very plain and easy to change the ECO’s mind from finally stamping a refusal.
Why are you reapplying immediately? Have her circumstances changed significantly?
Given the rush and now this application has been denied, she is certainly not travelling now. So why not take your time and get it right? What’s the urgency?

Thanks for your comment.

The bank statement is not low. In fact, the statement showed that she has 1.3m as closing balance and she had a total of 170k as credit from her sons during the one month period. She only intend to spend 50k

My fear was that the ECO dwelled on the previous refusal despite saying this new one is reviewed based on it own merit.

Now, I am not sure what do. Is it advisable to apply as soon as possible.

Note: she’s had 3 refusal based on different reasons which are corrected in subsequent application.

lionlee216:
Sometimes the ECO just do as they like cos I see nothing wrong here unless your bank statement is too low to sponsor her.. below was the cover letter on behalf of my own mom and she was granted 6 months



My name is xxxxxxx (passport number: A1xxxx). I am a US Citizen and I reside xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. I am self-employed in Logistics (Air Transportation of Cargo).
I am writing this letter on behalf my mom who is applying for a UK visit visa of 6 months to celebrate my
wife's birthday which we have planned to celebrate in UK.
She is a retired civil servant in Nigeria, she lives in her own her own house with her two dogs, she gets
monthly upkeep from me, we have no relatives or any ties to the UK and hence she has no intentions of
overstaying in the UK.
It has always been a dream of hers to visit London, so it would mean a lot to me if I would finally make
that dream come true. During our time in the UK, I have planned to visit as many tourist attractions as
possible, such as the London Eye, the Tower of London, Buckingham Palace, and the National Gallery
among others with her.
While in London, we will stay in a hotel (MOXY London Heathrow Airport) I have already booked for her,
and I will also cover her personal expenses.
As US Citizen, UK is a visa free country for us to travel to, so my wife and I will not be applying for a UK
visa with her.
I have attached proof of my marriage with my wife showing her date of birth, my finances, hotel
bookings, her bank statement, my business registration here in the US, her house documents to prove
home ties to Nigeria and proof of funds to show she will be well taken care of.
As at time of uploading, my mum bank statement could not be obtained due to an email not attached to
online banking platform and she couldn’t walk into a bank by herself due to an injury sustained on her
leg but she has an account balance of N151,390 in her bank account.

Hello everyone,

I recently applied for a visit visa for my mum and I just got this refusal mail. I still don’t understand the reason very well and I will appreciate thoughts and views from here.

Hi all,

Please I need kind advice on the visit visa application my mum. I have filled everything about trip and I have also noted I will sponsor her trip with 2500 GPB.

In the section about her trip, I put 20k NGN as the money she will spend as she’s unemployed. I want to ask if it’s important to submit her statement of account or just leave it out cos she took about 135k out last month and might raise concerns. Note: her previous application was rejected due to the statement issue not having any credit during the period we used.

Thanks.

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