bertv66:
hello house

Dear ppl really need your help badly

a friend applied for a uk visa with these dos

offer letter
intro letter
pay slip
bank statement with bal of 39,000GHS
commercial car papers
private car papers
commercial car papers contract with driver
travel itinerary
cover note
flight reservation
hotel booking
tour reservation


after all these docs he was refused

the reason: " you propose a 13-day visit for the purpose of tourism.


you have stated on you application that you are single and are employed as a marketing manager and earn 3,324ghs = 583.24 gbp per month

* you havestated that you spend 200gbp per month on living expenses , leaving you with a disposable income of 383.24gbp. you state that the cost of you personally is 1800gbp. this amount is 4x your monthly income once living costs have been deducted and i am not satisfied this is credible considering your personal and financial circumstances


* in light of the above ************** "



aside from his monthly salary his driver deposits an amount of 2880ghs into his account every month 3324+2880 = 6204ghs = 1088gbp


pls advise on what we should do as he wants to re -apply asap

askari01:



Upon receipt of your documents, The Embassy sends ur bank statements to the Fraud department at the BDHC for verification Scanned copy of the first and last page of ur statement of account you submitted will be sent via email to your bank head office in Lagos to confirm the authenticity, The head office will now forward the scanned copies to their branch office to confirm if they actually issued the statement of account. The funny thing is just that most applications doesn't even get to that stage of verification before they reach their conclusion.
To ur question about banks disclosing ur balance to third party, The embassy is no more a third party, If you don't want ur balance disclosed, why did you submit your statement of account to them Lol

pimpos:
Frontpagelawyer,Lady G,Justwise and others kindly help out.
I'm thinking of travelling to the UK next month and I want to find out somethings about that "form A"
a) can I transfer money to a UK personal account(not for school fees or medical fees) using Form A and have the person withdraw when I get there?
b) is it going to be at the official bank rate?
c) do all banks offer that service(form A) and can it be done anytime?

Please kindly help me with answers,merci!

fanedrive:
please is standard visitor visa same as tourist visa

boseko:
Hi,

What's the processing time at Ikeja UKVI?

Thanks.

Starsparklel:
Pls house.. I've been refused visa twice as I earlier stated, my question is, if am applying for another visa be it in a years time,do I still need to bring up the reasons for the past refusal in a separate letter there by providing evidence to substantiate my claim Thank u.. @Vjustices @worry365 and at all the honorable members I look forward to hearing from you all.thank u.

Simplesoul05:
Sirs and ma'am was tryin to make payment and the server messed up. Restarted the system and here is the message I got. What could be wrong?

browncube:
Good morning gurus in the house I have found these forum educative.Quick one
my sister is sending me an invitation letter to UK but will Carter for my accommodation and feeding. and just paying for flight and transportation I earn 90k as salary I want to ask what is chances in getting visa

RetroBoy:

Thanks.
I work for the Ondo State Government, and payment of salaries have been irregular(owed 3 months now) , with the result that my present balance cannot possibly fund the trip.
I have gotten some money now for the trip which I have lodged into my account. ..I must say booking for the exam in the UK is something I didn't really envisage, as the March slots in Nigeria were filled up.
Anyway, my questions are:
1. Will the lump transfer of money raise a red flag?
2. My cousin is helping me out with some of the money. Do I need to mention and/or get proof of that?
3. Do I need yo explain why my account hasn't had enough money (the whole 'oewd salaries' thing)?
Thanks again

nwank85:
Thanks for your unending contribution. I must commend you all, you are doing a great job here. Please I need answers to these questions

My husband is on scholarship with all expense and upkeep paid. he stays in a duplex that is occupied by 4 persons(mostly students like him) in the house including the landlady. He is inviting me but then the last occupant of the room he took, registered the phone line in his name, and the other utility bills are registered in the name of the land lady

1. How can we proof that he is one of the occupants of the house?

Then, I just finished my masters (will convocate in April) and just resumed work in January(in a school) with not too much account balance though my husband intend to sponsor me with 400k from his salary account here in Nigeria for a-2wk school vacation. My husband is a lecturer in one of the Federal University in Nigeria and has signed bond with the university and the scholarship board to return immediately after his studies in September.

2. Is this financial obligation and my tie (job and convocation) to my country solid enough to convince the consular officer?

Then where I work, my employer does'nt give confirmation letters to staff, when u are in then u are in.

3. Is it still neccesary to support my documents with the letter?

4. Do I need to submit my results and confirmation for my just concluded masters study just to justify my recent employment status?

Please, I need you all to analyse my questions. Thanks in anticipation.

Simplesoul05:

*Place of issue (I renew at abk)
*Issuing authority
*Pls enter d details of wat permission you av to stay in this country(in my counttry)
* do u av a dependent children? (im travelin alone, wat shoukd I put here? Yes or no)
*

Simplesoul05:
Not clear on this page under d spouse section.
Are they requestin for wiffy passport number or mine?
The father and mother sescion, who are they refering too? My wife parent? My own parent? Or we both as d parent of our child.

On the dependant option too which one should I mark as I intend travelin alone.

sinead15:
Hi All, Please i want to apply for non immigrant visa for me and my 1 year old daughter which of the forms do i fill, although i have filled 2 seperate forms for each of us but at the end i say a link to fill for family so i am confused also am i going to pay for her own form visa fee as well and finally since i filled seperate forms does it mean we would have different interview dates

abnot:
Will like to clarify the bank statement requirements for UKBA tourist visa applicants. The customer care officer at GTBAnk told me they only stamp/sign on the first page and last page of the bank statement. I was of the opinion that all the pages of the bank statement will be stamped/signed. Any idea on how it's done?

shugaboy6102:
If this op really has a valid point then he can really challenge this man in court.God help this our society and this poster needs to be careful b4 he too joins them in the land of his ancestors.

viktoh12:
Please i have a problem too i made a mistake in the total amount you have for this trip i wrote 2000.26gbp instead of 2000gbp even though my account will show that i have more than that amount am worried about what to do. i already paid the visa fees and my appointment is coming up soon. please advice.

APFM:


I want to thank @justwise @frontpagelawyer about the explanation pon this thread...submitted for my short course in UK on the 15th of January and picked up my passport with visa stamped on it on the 29th January.

I actually submitted the following alongside the forms to help entrepreneur like myself;

CAC
Birth certificate of my children
Marriage cert
Company bank statement with over 4mill
Personal bank statement with balance of 420k
Tax card
Evidence of my tax receipt
Company ID
Additional Information stating that i don't pay myself salary but only take allowance from company money to feed my family
Payee receipts of my staff
Motivation letter why i want to study that particular course
Company Introduction letter on my letterhead
Bank introduction letter

All documents submitted are original and also photocopies.

Also to put to your notice that i have been to UK with my family twice and never overstayed.

Simplesoul05:




Doc to be submitted
Old and new passport
Marriage cert
Birth cert
Child birth cert
6month pay slip
Introduction letter from place of work
Employment letter
Statement of acct (550,000) 
Tax cert
ID card(photocopy)
Visa fee
Hotel reservation from booking.com
Annual leave letter
Required Passport photograph size....4 to 6 copies
Visa fee

Been to ghana via togo boarder(2013) so I have togo and ghana stamp also to south africa(dec 2015) spent only seven days

My questions below.‎
1. What is the chance that ‎I will be given a tourist visa
2. I booked for my hotel reservation via booking.com for 10 nights and its free booking till 2days before my arrival date.‎ Can I present this confirmation that was given to me via bookin.com(remember I haven't been charged from my credit card yet but cost me 41 thousand naira for the ten night)
3. Can I start the registration online  pending the time my new passport will be available (I intend doing that on monday)
4. Can the available balance help me out.

Am I good to go or is there any other thin you will advice me to add?


Justwise
FrontPageLawyer
worry359

madridguy:
If I may ask you, who appointed Mahmud Mohammed GCON (Chief Justice of Nigeria) ?

maydogg:
Hello Justwise, Please I have visited the UK twice which was in 2011 while studying in Malaysia. Been fully back to Nigeria since 2013 but want to visit the UK now. I dont know if it is advisable to apply for a 2 years visa or just another 6 months. I had a 6 months visa then.
Thank you

Adedayo007:
Hello House, I will be writing a professional exam in UK very early in June, when do you advise to start my visitor visa application?
Thanks in advance.

mojisolani:
thank you so much for the reply, but pls let me ask this question? Is it because I didn't have Company account I can't be given visa?Even when my invitee state it that he is sponsoring me over and he would also take care of trip,ticket, accommodation, transport, shopping and in even send (£500) for me to take with me in case of any emergency which is not likely because he would pick me at the airport. on my part i have a shop that am selling printing materials and a have letter if allocation including tax card and also I have a personal account covering 6 mount with bal of 400k, i also have various receipt I received from buying materials and also a land. so pls let me ask can they refused me because I didn't have company account? or CAC?pls I need an urgent answer. thanks

mojisolani:
thank you so much for the replied but pls let me state it here that I just got my CAC last week and the (£500) was deposited by my invitee and he stated it in the letter that he had deposit it into my account with his name stating it as money for uk trip. and I don't have company account yet but I have allocation letter from my local government council which means I have been paying taxes to local government for almost 2years now and I also have property like land and my personal account with 400k as balance. what are my chances pls

abnot:
Good morning all, Please regarding the "Do you have friends or relatives in the uk" question. I have three cousins in the uk on temporary study/work visas. In addition i have a lot of friends having lived in the UK for the duration of my pre-qualifying year, Bachelors and masters years. Do i have to list information regarding all these friends or relatives? I plan to visit a small town up north in the uk and stay at a hotel with no plans of staying with any of my friend although i plan to hang out with them at least for a club night...

mojisolani:
I have a question pls,I applied for a family visit 2014,as at that time my balance was 174,190.73{£632) and I stated that I have (£545) available for my trip, which is for my ticket because my brother stated that he would be taken care of my stay and feeding and I was denied due to insufficient fund,and as at that time my salary was 100k but now I want to reapply again but this time a family friend would be inviting me with this document listed
copy of his passport
copy if his resident permit
his tenancy agreement
pay slips
bank statement
and he also deposited (£500) to my account and uk trip
and stated in his letter that he is sponsoring my trip to the uk
on my part I run my own business
statement account covering above 6month with balance of 400k
CAC
tax clearance
allocation letter
ID card
pls what are my chances?

seyewest:
Na wa oooo This place is quiet today oooo... Hope all is well my country people?

Bummi101:
Hello,

I have a couple of clarification I need . I am trying to fill my visa form online .

I applied for a uk tourist visa in 2008 , I was refused ,at the time I did that application I was a student in uni . Now I want to apply for a tourist visa for 7days , when filling the form online , there was a question they asked , have you ever been refused a uk visa . I clicked YES. Now

Please enter details of the type of refusal and reason for refusal?

I can't remember what the reason was 'whether it was insufficient funds from sponsor or not . To be honest I can't remember .the only thing I have is the refusal stamp with a number .

Write. "Do not know" you won't be penalised for this. It is an integrity test designed to assess an applicant's tendency to be honest, trustworthy, and dependable.

Kindly advise the best way to answer that question

2)what is the cost of you personally for this trip ?( does it mean total money ?

If you don't have a partial sponsor, then input your total budget for the trip.

3) total amount I have for this trip ?does it mean all the money in my budget for the trip?

Same with number 2. Flight, accommodation, feeding, transportation, shopping, miscellaneous.

4) the cost of your living expenses ( is it the other cost in my budget[local transportation , feeding , tourist attraction ,shopping ] I.e money set aside apart from the flight and accomdation because there is already a place in the form gnat they ask for cost of your flight and accomdation

This is the money you're spending in the UK which does not include flight. I:e accommodation, feeding, transportation, sightseeing, shopping and what have you.

5) what does type of work undertaken mean ? I am a banker

You're a banker and if there's a column to describe your duties, then do that.

boseko:
Gurus in the house, how soon can one reapply for a visa provided that the reason for the refusal can be countered with evidence.

AZUH:
@frontpagelawyer , justwise n gurus in the house , last year june my visa application was rejected after that a friend i meet at the embassy asked me to register my business of which i did , i got my certificate last three weeks and my business is now limited liability company with 1m shares . i have started working on the name since when its approved at cac , i have my invoice and receipts , please what is the next step ? should i transfer money monthly in my saves account ? i am really confuse on what to do next please help me out i want to re-apply again by september . thanks

idoo4love:
In light of these, am into this similar page.... what are the documents to provide from my end... thanks and hope to hear from you soon

lasisi69:
totally not... Gathering informations.... I would want France but, I needed to know more

Bostin:
Please ppl I will like to ask this doubting question. An Uncle who is a British citizen is sending me an invitation letter without any supporting documents, he claimed he will include his contact in the letter for ECO to contact him if need arise. Pls is this possible with just the letter alone ?