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Walexz02: I tire 4 ds our 9ja leaders oO!
Last week lagos state announced that it has destroyed over 3000+ bikes popularly called okada belonging to some innocent pple. This week we have more than six large trucks filled with bikes coming into saki from lagos state. This bikes were sold at very low price to pple here in saki,and I am very sure that the bikes are those collected from pple.
Please what do you think lagos state is doing?

What's your evidence sir? You will need to substantiate your claim

ayobj: congratulations,you were damn lucky.
six questions at the port of entry is a lot.
you sure dispel her fears with you candor,carriage and answers.
have a lovely trip and bring something for the boys.
cheerio!!!!!!!!!

Well I didn't spend more than two minutes with her. All the same I had and still have a valid visa. What' I believe is that they already have all these info about you before you got there. They will just ask questions you must have filled in the form but its essential to be truthful in which case you're not likely to contradict yourself. She also didn't ask if I had money though I had £1,000 cash in my wallet but really in these days of electronic cash cards, it really shouldn't matter as I've done some payments here with my card already in some shops.

ayobj: Try and understand what people are telling you here.
The fact that you have a visa is not an absolute right to enter the UK.
I have seen supposed visa free countries citizens being repatriated at the port of entry-this include americans,australians,south africans etc.
You can get this by viewing Uk border force on you tube.
You will get the message.
www.youtube.com and search: UK border force at heathrow

Well I arrived the UK yesterday and I'm currently at my cousin's with my son. The UK border force didn't really stress me. Less than six questions. No mention was made of why I didn't use the visa all these while. She just asked what I do, when last I saw my cousin (asked me twice at separate intervals), what my cousin does in the UK, how long I'll be staying and then she took our thumb and index fingerprints and let us through.

justwise: [/b]

The answer is no but you seems to misunderstand my point about you traveling just few days before the expiration.



If you are stopped at the POE the immigration 'may' want to know why you left it this long, what was the reason and date you stated in your application form when you were applying for the visa in April and does that still valid?

Your answers to those to questions (if asked) will determine whether you will be allowed in or not.

Thanks for your time justwise, the.n I stated that I wanted to visit my cousin. As a matter if fact, when I applied, I stated that I will be traveling in a week to visit my much older cousin and more so it was to coincide with his birthday. However, the visa was granted like two weeks after I applied but then the pressures of work and a professional exam I had to take took much of my time

justwise: How will that work? No immigration checks in those airports? How will he land at Newcastle or Glasgow without touching down at Heathrow airport first?

Thanks justwise, I just stumbled on some information on the ukba website:

Checking your visa

Your visa contains the following information:

1. 'Valid from' date. You cannot enter the UK before this date.

2. 'Valid until' date. You must leave the UK by this date, unless you have successfully applied for permission to extend your stay. In some immigration categories, you cannot apply to extend your stay. We suggest that you apply for permission to extend your stay (if you are allowed to do so) at least 4 weeks before your visa's 'valid until' date.

You can arrive in the UK at any time up until the 'valid until' date, but remember that this is also the last day that you are permitted to stay in the UK.

3. Length of stay. This is the maximum length of your stay in the UK. If you have a multiple-entry visit visa, it will be the maximum length of your stay in the UK on any 1 occasion.

4. Entry terms. If your visa says 01, you may use it to enter the UK only once. If your visa says 02, you may use it to enter the UK twice while the visa is valid. If your visa says "MULT" (multiple), you can enter the UK a number of times while the visa is valid.

UK visas are normally valid for multiple entries to the UK, until the 'valid until' date.

5. Visa category. This is your immigration category while you are in the UK. You must meet the requirements of this category while you are in the UK.

6. Conditions. Any specific conditions attached to your visa are listed here. For example, if your visa does not allow you to work, it will say so here. If your visa says 'No recourse to public funds', you cannot claim most benefits, tax credits and housing assistance that are paid by the UK government. If you are in the UK as a visitor, you cannot use the National Health Service except in an emergency.

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/visas-immigration/general-info/visa-holders/

Does the bolder text exclude Nigerians?

justwise: Is the N300,000 including the flight ticket?

It's excluding flight ticket and I also have a place I'll be staying

ayobj: Wow.this is a tough one!!!!!
I have done a lot of budget travels but this is so difficult.
If it were you alone,I will know how to arrange it?
Sorry,but you need more funds.Maybe another 300K.
Even at that ,do you have any host you will be staying with?
The 300k will not buy the return ticket for you and the child.
The entry officer may also raise a red flag about travelling few days to the expiration of your visa.
This will trigger questions which will be made worse if there are no funds.
All the best.

Thanks Ayo but I already have my ticket so the 300k is excluding my travel costs and accommodation as I have someone I'll be staying with

CHESSBOARD: Any person thats a Nigeria because , LAGOS IS NO MAN'S LAND

Okay Imo , Ananmbra, Enugu, Abia and Ebonyi are also NO MAN''s LANDS