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hunee:
Sir/Ma, I have been seeing your post. I will reply you now
Invitation as it sounds does not give you the invitee automatic access. It is the same process and interviews . I will strongly advise you to focus on filling your ds form and picking an available date.
In the process, if you are allowed an expedited appointment, Goodluck, but it is on the cgi portal that meetings and events for family and friends should go through normal routes. It is not an automatic approval - Kindly take note and start your application in the earliest.

Okay..Thank you

Good evening everyone,
My best friend who is in the US is getting married and he wants me to be his bestman. He wants to send an invitation but doesn’t know the documents required to send an invitation.
Please what documents do I need too for this to happen?

Jolene474:
UK Immigration do not recognize “Micro Finance” bank statements, it will be considered as not added, it's not a local bank, your sister sponsoring you only carries water when you are a minor, if you are an adult then you have to show to them that you have the resources to and come back without the aid of your sister. Staying in UK for 21 days is quite expensive too.
If you are applying for a UK visit visa just have it in mind as the ECO is going through your documents, the things in his or her mind is
1. Will this applicant current condition warrant him to work in the UK?
2. With this applicant condition, will they return back to Nigeria?
3. What will bring this person back to Nigeria?

So if you use this questions to touch light your information then you would know your answers.

If you like have 100M in your Opay or Kuda, they won’t look at it twice. It’s in their laws to reject such.

Please in a situation where your salary account is a micro finance bank and you’re to attend a conference representing your company, what would you advice?

Good day everyone,
Please who is familiar with DND Finance Limited?

Peachesarewhite:
UPDATE/VISA ALERT:
Got no reversal, so decided to initiate the payment again, this time with another card....it went(unfortunately visa fee was increased just within those few hours, so I paid $145)

Application submitted on the 6th Oct
Biometrics 11th
Application transferred to DMC 11th
Application received by DMC 16th
Collection mail 20th Oct

Collected my passport today and visa is granted

Standard Application

Documents submitted:
1. Letter of introduction from employer
2. Employment letter
3. 5 months Payslips
4. Work ID card, National ID
4. Bank statements showing salary inflow, and personal savings
5. My Cover letter stating reason for trip, itinerary, accommodation, etc
6. Letter of sponsorship
7. Sponsor account statements
8. marriage certificate
9. Birth certificates of myself and invitee
10. Marriage Pictures and pictures with invitee
11. CAC documents of sponsor business
12. Sponsor evidence of tax payment
13. Sponsor dorm account statement
14. Invitee BRP, vignette page, graduation letter from school, invitation letter.
15. Passport page of sponsor with ID card
16. Hotel reservation
17. Evidence of travel experience(visa)

Fund needed for the trip was paid into my account 2 weeks before Application was submitted.

Thank you to all the sabi people here @giselle237 @cashmadam etc and everyone that gives their 2 cents. I learnt a lot from this platform. God bless.

Congratulations 🎉
Were you sponsored by your employer?

giselle237:
You already have a refusal. As your things are not in place, leave it be. The refusal sets you at a 50% chance already. No need for gambling
Use all the advice by newbie written above of documents you can provide.
And if you have a spouse and children and some assets to join it , then reapply. Otherwise ask your company to sponsor you to another country.
It is not only UK offering such conferences.
This method has casted especially for anyone with low socioeconomic circumstances.

If it is a fully funded trip then the company MUST justify why it would be paying millions for a low income earner as definitely they need to show that they are going to be making ROI. Like I said all of this feels unauthentic and that ECO spotted it.

Thank you

giselle237:
The person at your company that authorized your travel for conference should write a statement explaining the following: the reason that particular training/conference was selected out of other available trainings, why you were selected to go instead of other employees, and the reason why they selected a lower paid employee to receive such expensive training and why they chose to invest in training you. It’s an instant red flag to the reviewer because even large, multi-National corporations rarely send lower paid employees to train internationally.
195k salary and your company paying all that? Now 250k. Your salary is still very very low.


U also told them u are planning to personally spend 1000 pounds and no one is contributing towards this. How come so? If your company is sponsoring?
You need to take your time and get everything right before applying for any uk visa. It is not the way you guys think it is .
Select one thing and focus. But me I know a 250k salary in this age and time with little or no other substantial ties is no different from 195k

Okay…. Thank you
But what do you advice?
Apart from my office writing a statement, is there anything else I need to put in place?
Can I also reapply with a 4 months bank statement?

Good morning everyone,
please I need your input on this. I applied for a UK visit visa sometime in May this year to attend a conference in July that my office was going to sponsor but unfortunately, I didn't show proof of my own personal fund but attached every other document needed during my application and I was denied.
I wanted to apply again in December for January 2024, can I use a 4 months bank statement to reapply?
Is there something I should do differently apart from
showing my proof of funds/ salary account?
Also during my first application in May, I was earning about 195k and in July my salary was increased to 250k. Do I need to explain my salary increment on my cover letter??
Below is my refusal letter

Good morning everyone, please I need your input on this. I applied for a UK visit visa sometime in May this year to attend a conference in July that my office was going to sponsor but unfortunately, I didn’t upload proof of my own personal fund but attached every other document needed during my application and I was denied.
I wanted to apply again in December for January 2024. Is there something I should do differently apart from showing my proof of funds/ salary account
Also during my first application in May, I was earning about 195k and in July my salary was increased to 250k. Do I need to explain my salary increment on my cover letter??
Below is my refusal letter

Atinukemi23:
There is no limit to how many times you can reapply or how long you should wait for till you can reapply as every new application submitted is decided based on the information provided at the time and you ensure you work on the reason(s) for your last refusal and you can state that in the visa refusal history/travel and immigration history section and you can also include it in your cover letter or the extra information section provided at the end of the application before your declaration.
Since it’s a conference and not just for visit/ tourism only I do not think re applying now means you are very very very desperate, this is a business trip.
With the current exchange rate you have to be sure you can still afford £2000 personal fund and even after the supposed trip won’t you go broke and be destitute you have to show proof to convince the ECO.
See if you can still meet up for the one in July if not go for the next one and all the best.
Views expressed is mine alone.

Thank you so much! Much appreciated

Thank you! Really want to know what my chances are. I did my biometric in Abuja on the 1st of June

Good morning everyone, Please I applied for a visit visa to the UK to attend a conference scheduled for 25th July which my office was going to sponsor but got denied yesterday. The reason for the denial was because I didn’t show proof of my own personal saving of £2000 which I mentioned I have during my visa process despite showing proof of fund from my office.
So my question is can I reapply for a visa again for this conference and show proof of fund or should I reschedule the conference for a later date and reapply
Please can someone advise further on what to do