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Wow! This is so helpful.
Thank you so much! Thank you everyone.. Thank you for sharing with me your opinion on my issue. I have been able to pick some vital information here. I'm optimistic that I will share my goodnews soon.

Thegamingorca:
To be frank anything that will cause headache with regards finances or cast aspersions on the credibility of the funds you are putting before them should be properly ironed out.

Especially because this is your first application.

You are an employee making so so so salary and was employed with so so so amount to be received every month. You have so so so money in your account balance which should only be credited by your company's bank

Out of that money you earn every month, you spend so so so monthly leaving you with so so so disposable income monthly.

I have collected casual leave letter from work of 1 week duration and I am expected back on so so so date. I love my work and I was recently promoted to so so so position with a bump in my salary to so so so amount.

I intend to travel but my friend in the UK has decided to cover my accomodation and flight ticket. He is a medical doctor and a citizen of great Britain and Northern Ireland. Here is the breakdown of what I intend to spend during my stay:

like this Sef no still gel

Thank you so much!
I travelled this year for those trip.

Thegamingorca:
Nice African countries. They should count to an extent but only if within the last ten years.

Thank you so much for your feedback!
I am grateful.
Please when you said I should declare my investment do you mean I should attach my investment letter from the investment firm to my application? I have it handy

Again the fund I used for those investments I got it from dash( na give de give me) how do I proof where I got the money from because it was since when I was year 3

SPDAZZY:
My contribution to this is that you should say that you are staying for a week just as you plan as it will even help your chances. Increasing your planned length of stay will only decrease your chances.

As someone earlier pointed out, the minimum validity of your visa is 6months so you don't need to increase your originally planned stay of one week to get that.

Also, it will be nice to declare your investments and savings so it also builds up your personal finances.

All the best!

For my masters I am considering Canada, I don't want UK.
I have travelled to Tanzania and Kenya, I don't know if that is a enough travel history.
My parents have say over my life oh, they are my sponsor and they are strong Christian 😂
So when you said I will marry him from there and never come back, I laughed because my parents will never approve such marriage.

Thegamingorca:
The minimum for visit is sha 6 months. It will be nice if you go now before you do your masters. To help build travel history for subsequent applications.

Then again I hope you are not planning on doing the masters in Nigeria.

But nawa for you oh. Must your parents decide when you ought to marry.

Normally he will pay for my round trip air ticket. By the way he is Nigerian but have dual citizenship. I will stay at the family house. I want to just disclose that I work because I don't want the embassy to discover later that I hide some information about myself. Because the organisation I work with is sponsored by the UK government but the organisation is in Nigeria. I just want to show my statement saying this is my money, why he also attach his bank statement too as my sponsor for the flight.

Thegamingorca:
Visa no be clothe dem dey buy for market. Dem no fit give you only one month visa. 😄

The visas have a validity with the minimum being for 6 months.

If you are successful in your application you will be given a 6months visa. That's the minimum span they can issue..


As for changing job. That's not the problem.

Your biggest enemy is the foreign exchange rate. Cos as long as the naira continues to dwindle no job at your level will be enough. Not unless you plan to start earning around 1million monthly for the next 6months to be between now and when you apply in six months time. So I don't really see how changing a job will help unless maybe your boyfriend comes to your rescue

Thank you so much, this is heartwarming! I will gather courage and apply. I have been shying away since because of fear. Thank you so much

MamaEEE:
Dont you think you are a bit too hard on him or her with the manner at wish you are answering the questions... my first ever trip to the uk was fully sponsored without even submitting my account statement. And I got the visa...
But @poster every man with him head ooo.
Also a friends mum just got 2years fully sponsored also 5days ago, notthing was in her account.
My best bet, apply with what you have but reduce that 1month to 2weeks...Even if u get a refuser u try again and tarkle the lope holes Its not the end of life. Non of us here work for the home office so make we dey take am easy with acting like one...

I have not done my NYSC, I want to start my NYSC next year.
My job is a contract, before it was 3month and then renewed to One year now and the chances of renewing it is high because the work is tedious and more hands are needed for my department.

Thegamingorca:
Your circumstance is what I have a problem with.

Before a visa officer will close eye and give visa they must weigh the fact that what you are leaving behind to go and flex in the UK is significant enough to warrant you to come back.


It has nothing to do with your friend. Whether she can afford your trip is nobody's business.


They want to see if you yourself can afford the trip if you were to go on your own as a man without assistance. And from that 190k Sef minus the deductions I don't see how that will fly.

Whether you have property, children, a wife.



Your red flags

Just finished nysc
Has temporary employment letter
Barely makes enough
Intends to stay with someone who immigration laws does not apply to.
Intends to use said person to foot his trip.
Probably intends to get married to said person and never return on arrival


Do you see where I am going with this?

Because of my job I want to only stay for one week but I want a one month Visa, so within that one month I can choose any of the week to travel.
The job I do as an entry level, I feel the pay is okay for my level.
My friend was in Nigeria in 2022 and I have our pictures. He has been the one saying I should try before I start my M.sc application because my parents are saying I must get an M.SC or MBA before marriage.

MamaEEE:
Dont you think you are a bit too hard on him or her with the manner at wish you are answering the questions... my first ever trip to the uk was fully sponsored without even submitting my account statement. And I got the visa...
But @poster every man with him head ooo.
Also a friends mum just got 2years fully sponsored also 5days ago, notthing was in her account.
My best bet, apply with what you have but reduce that 1month to 2weeks...Even if u get a refuser u try again and tarkle the lope holes Its not the end of life. Non of us here work for the home office so make we dey take am easy with acting like one...

Eweee eh!
We are not getting married yet 😂😂
I want to do my M.Sc first before we start thinking of marriage.

Thegamingorca:
Your circumstance is what I have a problem with.

Before a visa officer will close eye and give visa they must weigh the fact that what you are leaving behind to go and flex in the UK is significant enough to warrant you to come back.


It has nothing to do with your friend. Whether she can afford your trip is nobody's business.


They want to see if you yourself can afford the trip if you were to go on your own as a man without assistance. And from that 190k Sef minus the deductions I don't see how that will fly.

Whether you have property, children, a wife.



Your red flags

Just finished nysc
Has temporary employment letter
Barely makes enough
Intends to stay with someone who immigration laws does not apply to.
Intends to use said person to foot his trip.
Probably intends to get married to said person and never return on arrival


Do you see where I am going with this?

Thank you so much for replying..
I will just leave the trip although my interest was a one month visa..
Also, do you think I need to change a job before I can visit my friend in the UK?

Thegamingorca:
Oh pardon me miss

Thank you so much! I am not a man, I'm a young lady.

Please I look forward to your response please. This will help me know whether not to apply, and just continue my thing here in Nigeria instead of wasting money

Please what do you have problem with it, so I can address it.
I have my salary account and I have not touched a single money inside it because my siblings and others send me money for upkeep.
I have over a million in my account aside other investments in shares and treasury bills. So I want to know please, what you mean that my salary can't afford an airfare

Thegamingorca:
Well, the write up said the friend can do it. But that's not what I have problem with.

Thank you so much for your response,
I am not staying in a hotel. I am staying in their family house.
I also want to state that I have travelled to Tanzania this year.
My job is like a consultancy job.
They keep renewing my contract. It is actually a UK NGO here in Nigeria.
I don't know if this information is enough, because my friend will pay for my flight fees.
[qquote author=Thegamingorca post=127238806]


Your concerns are baseless and misplaced.

1 you do not own the company you work in so you have no business showing tax clearance certificate.

2. You are saying you want to stay only one month "only" in the UK. Why not Google the cheapest hotel in UK and see how much you will spend per day in such a hotel before concluding.

3. You are not even concerned about the fact that your salary can't afford a plane ticket out of Nigeria. Neither are you concerned about the fact that your employment letter has temporary written on it.

Whether your friend can afford it or the fact that he is a citizen does not change the fact that you are a potential stowaway and it is only your circumstance here and only that, that will be used to decide the fate of your application.


It will take a miracle for a visa officer to agree for you[/quote]

Please can someone help me with a response to this.
Thank you so much

Exbb:
Good Evening Everyone,
Please I need help your help. I want to apply for a UK visit visa. My friend that is inviting me is a UK citizen and can afford to sponsor my trip, but my concern here is, I graduated this year, I am yet to serve. I got a job that pays me 190k after removing 10% withholding tax. It is temporary job as my role is stated as temporary.

When applying for my visa to the UK which person account statement should I provide? Do i need a tax clearance certificate because I don't have anything like that even though the organisation is deducting 10% from my salary as withholding tax. Saying that my friend is inviting me and can afford it with his bank statement is it enough proof?. What approach can I take so that I don't get a visa denial. I want to only stay for 1 month in the UK and I am looking forward to doing my NYSC next year too. Lastly do I need a letter from my friend stating his family is inviting me?

Good Evening Everyone,
Please I need help your help. I want to apply for a UK visit visa. My friend that is inviting me is a UK citizen and can afford to sponsor my trip, but my concern here is, I graduated this year, I am yet to serve. I got a job that pays me 190k after removing 10% withholding tax. It is temporary job as my role is stated as temporary.

When applying for my visa to the UK which person account statement should I provide? Do i need a tax clearance certificate because I don't have anything like that even though the organisation is deducting 10% from my salary as withholding tax. Saying that my friend is inviting me and can afford it with his bank statement is it enough proof?. What approach can I take so that I don't get a visa denial. I want to only stay for 1 month in the UK and I am looking forward to doing my NYSC next year too. Lastly do I need a letter from my friend stating his family is inviting me?

I'm a lady not bro.

I tried joining the zoom meeting even before 8:30am and it is saying it has reached a maximum of 100 people. Were you able to Join?

Are you guys for real, so we didn't pass�

So no one have any information concerning if they have started shortlisting?

Hmm

Zayd007:
We dey

Ok

Who is here??

Yusufengr:
This is what it displays whenever i try to log in.

Use Chrome browser, that's not chrome

Okay oo

nwaezeemmanuel:
One week from yesterday (23rd November) is 30th November.

So that means you have until 30th to take the test. I don't think waiting it out will make much difference.

But make sure you're confident whenever you decide to take the test. Don't wait till the last day in my opinion.

That's not true, you have till 28th oo

nwaezeemmanuel:
I think the password may be case sensitive. Try again.

I think this is what he is talking about

nwaezeemmanuel:
I think the password may be case sensitive. Try again.

So are you trying to tell me that the information they sent you, you didn't use them??

nwaezeemmanuel:
To sign in, you need your email and password i think

I don't understand what you mean to sign in I need my email and password, what about the code that was sent, are they not useful

nwaezeemmanuel:
I doubt. With how reshuffled mine were, i think they designed each person to have very different questions.

Same pattern, but not word for word.

I don't think so, this is a probability game they're playing, someone will definitely have same question as you!

nwaezeemmanuel:
I would say the past questions that have been shared are more than enough to guide you.

Even on the same day, different questions are shuffled.

Yes but someone might be lucky to have the exact type of your questions

nwaezeemmanuel:
if i hear.

the questions i got have not even been shared here

Like which kind of topics did you see