Ithaca:
I did my biometrics on April 9th, and just got a mail from TLS to come and pick up my travel documents today.
I have not received any other mail from UKVI (apart from the notification that my application has arrived at the decision making center).
Is this an indication that the visa has been approved?

you got it

splendorian:
Hello guys,
UKVI is asking for my wife’s police character certificate.. my wife’s BVN bears her maiden’s name while her passport bears my surname and now that we need to do police check, should she update her BVN to reflect my surname or should she proceed with the one that bears her maiden name?
Thanks guys

what does BVN have to with police certificate? For all things travel and international going forward she needs to use the name on her travel document- that is international passport.

AyodejiGREAT:

Less than 30 minutes wait.
I uploaded the softcopy on TLSconnect and I'll also go with the hardcopy for my biometrics next week

If you upload the documents and are doing self upload you do not need to carry the physical documents to TLS again during biometrics
Cc roak

Naijagram:

He wants to attend his friend’s graduation ceremony in the UK with his wife.
1) His wife is a student and currently not working, but the husband is going to sponsor her trip. Is there any need for her to upload her account statement or probably use the husband’s own?
2) My friend is gainfully employed and he also has a side hustle. He doesn’t spend money from his salary account. He only spends from his side hustle account. So would it be wise for him to use both account statements for salary and side hustle? If yes, should his savings capture total funds?
Lastly, since he’s the one sponsoring the wife, what should he input as what he’s spending on the trip? Should it capture both his and his wife’s expenses?

The reason is not logical and will not be logical to the ECO especially if they have no travel history anywhere. How do you explain husband and wife paying for a trip of at least 3000 pounds simply to go for a friend’s graduation in the UK? abort mission.

Honey9:
I am not the applicant in question, only going to sponsor and there is valid resident permit, just the Nigerian passport that has expired

go ahead

MrSoftlife:

600 million probably its the turnover and possible if he runs a dealership.

A whooping 240million naira was credited in 5 months.These were credits. Does that look like a small company been presented? So why no documents or veriifability presented?

lionlee216:


In the cover letter, he wrote he has an electronic store in Ikeja and he also owns a logistics company explained some lump sum. The ECO won't expect him to start uploading of the receipts of sales from his business OR how do u present documents of payment receipts from pple ordering pickup rides everyday.

When I applied for my mom's UK visa and acted as a sponsor, i.only submitted my business bank statement and didn't even explain anything about the monet in the account..

Moving forward, what can he do differently? Thanks alot

Hey you are in the US.!!! They expect that for your company to generate such amount in the USA, a first world nation maybe it is legit and on a balance of probabilities you are more legit or at least could be credible to some extent and would take a chance on you.
I can assure you this your friend is in Nigeria, a 3rd world nation, making such claims without any proof whatsoever… and to top it all negatively… he might have no travel history or no investments or no assets. Anyone with such a profile owning a 600 million naira profit company , their financial standing would show for it.
It is not about making claims on a paper from Nigeria as you say he wrote a cover letter. Your circumstances and his are not at all same!
I can bet you this person did all this to inflate his circumstances. Do you know what it is to be the owner of a business making profits of 600 million naira annually in Nigeria? Nahh mehn. This person should upload everything even if there are 1 million documents . They want to see it please .
Tax certificates, number of staff, payslips, invoices, MOUs … the money they have claimed is a lot.. how many businesses in Nigeria make such..

lionlee216:
My friend was denied a UK Visa, He submitted both his personal account and business accounts(He has two businesses) and i am suprised the ECO saying his account within 5 months showed 8 times his annual income. Its a business account for God Sake, is he supposed to be running at loss and his bank account remains stagnant?

I tire for this people

Please how are they wrong?
Any business generating 240 million naira in 5 months means ultimately making at least 600 million naira in a year is not a small venture.
A whooping 600 million naira… Documents, internet presence etc will show.. the person could not even provide documentation to back these claims up. What’s not fishy here?

Osivao:
Gurus in the house. Greetings to you all.
Please my sons visa was initially refused on the ground of sole custody which was initially included in the application.
Few months later the other party died.
So I want to re-apply again using the death certificate and the sole custody.it this advisable to use both.

The theatrics of it all …

EmirOfBodija:
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.

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

Osivao:
Please I need advice on how to move on from this point.
My sons uk dependant visa was refused on that the sole responsibility order the court awarded was based on affidavit of fact. Unfortunately the father passed away fee months later. I want to re apply for his visa again introducing a death certificate on a fresh application. How do I go about this.

Kill me but you are funny You are saying introducing the death certificate .. this makes it fishy. I find it hard to believe that the child’s father truly has died and with such a loss … you say it this way… ‘I want to reapply for his visa again ‘introducing a death certificate’

Be very careful…… a word is enough…

IkpemhiTG:


I called customer care immediately I booked just to ensure am in the right website buh they didn't say anything about bassinet even when I told them my baby is below one year now. On their website under the seat arrangements nothing like bassinet shaa. Do all planes have it

log in online and try to select seat yourself. The seats with bassinets are those with a baby like image attached to them when you open the seating chart of that fligbt

olutobi123:
Please, I'm not a scam. I run a legitimate business. If you need more clarity, ask, don't condemn

Legitimate business you refer to is to provide fake and deceptive bank statements to individuals seeking to deceive embassies of financial prudence when they have got none? Scram please
Some of you lie so much that you start believing your lies

WendieT:

Thank you very much for your comment, though I really wish you had proffered a solution rather than focus on what I may have done wrong. They do not ask for proof of funds when concluding an administrative review as it had been summited previously. I have been involved in about 3 administrative review and this is the first time POF is requested for.

U are requesting an admin review to say they have made a mistake in their decision however you just proved by not having the funds that they may not be wrong.
He who must come to equity must come with clean hands.
You have done this 3 times and therefore because you have escaped 3 times according to you so the rules should be negated? I am afraid I do not understand your argument.

WendieT:
Good morning,
Please I need urgent assistance with this.
My daughter's visa was refused, and I applied for administrative review. I just got this mail now, which I am instructed to respond within 10 days. I am surprised that they are requesting for proof of funds again. Please, what are my options? Can I ask for an extension, and start running the proof of funds? I am also hearing about investment certificate. Please I need information, if it can help me in this case, and how I can process one.
Thank you very much.

if this is a dependent visa a POF had already been submitted by you before.. why did you take out the funds seeing that you went again to apply for administrative review again? Why the stress?

olutobi123:
Hi Wendie,

Well, there is one area I can provide help with which is; you can ask for an extension and keep running the proof of funds. If you don't know how to go about it or have limited funds, I know someone reliable that can help with that with an interest rate as low as 3%. Let me know what you think and I wish you success!

this is very wrong information!!! Can you take your scammish self away

roak:
I know this; but which banks dollar card precisely. Some dollar cards have messes people up with failed transaction, after loading so much money the transaction dosent go through. . Do you know anyone who has recently paid and what banks dollar card did they use.

providus bank

@nnekkyneks please shopping money is not needed. If you get visa and want to shop that’s separate. Remove all that from everyone’s expenses pls. Also accommodation can be a family room with 1 double bed and 2 twin beds. This way everyone does not need separate accommodation fee please.

Personally if there are past refusals and you guys don’t have travel history at all at all and you are not sure of getting this visa, then you the adults can apply alone and use the kids as the home tie. Its better than the whole family applying and all chop refusal.
The kids must not apply now!!!

solid3:


Can't do hostel for family of 4.

where did I mention for a family please?

benjijosh:
I want to sponsor a friend to go on vacation with me to the UK. They just graduated and figuring life so no earnings.
What do they need to prove to stand a chance

who is the friend to you and why are you paying for their trip…. These are also real questions on the visa form

solid3:
Can someone help me with budget for like 10 days visit? I want to plan my budget to answer the question "how much are you spending on this trip".
Return ticket = £500
Accommodation = £350
Transportation = £180
Feeding = £250
Gift & Shopping = £400
Total = £1680
Did I miss any thing? Is it reasonable or too much

If I was travelling… For the accommodation.. as long as it’s a hostel then this figure works. I would also rearrange, reduce or tweak the £400 allocated to gift and shopping as this is not a mandatory requirement.

babs4all:
If I have gotten 2 years visa more than 3 times. Can I apply for 10 years visa without applying for 5 years first? I have a well paying job with good financial standing.
Urgent response would be appreciated

yes

Gokoyer1401:
Hello sir,
I am planning to visit UK with my family very soon. When filing the application, is it better to mention my relatives(a sister and a cousin) in the application? Or is it better to visit on our own without mentioning any family members living there?
Btw, we have some properties in Nigeria and good amount of money to cover our expenses.
I am just trying to avoid visa refusal.
Thanks in advance for your reply

You must mention your sister. If you don’t have details of your cousin like international passport details and all and you can’t contact them to get this then it could be said that there’s possibility that you are not in touch with them. But the details where it asks of your sister, you must fill it truthfully

@jolene474 yes you can add as part of reasons to return

Jolene474:


I don’t think the financial means is an issue for me, I think I could cover the trip without resulting to public funds for any reason sir, I take about about 600k every month…. and other little credit I get. Is it wrong for for account to receive other deposits or I should keep it strictly for salary and expenses so I don’t cause more scrutiny?

Even if you take 10 million monthly, ECO is going to go through your documents same way… so it’s always better to think ahead

Jolene474:

Please also except my salary, can other funds come into my account? I saw here they always say your deposited amount was more than your normal salary.

How much is your salary?
If you feel all is not well, then delay the trip and keep a clean financial bank account of strictly your salary and use that.

Jolene474:
I’ve been asking questions here and mostly get ignored, please you guys should help me scrutinize and assist me.
I’ve my salary account which has a sufficient balance of about 9M and I also have another account which is my savings, I have about 6M there and it has been there for many months now. I really do not know how you guys can best explain this to the Visa Officer, I know I have to explain how the funds got there. While I can explain all the money on my salary account, the savings I got was from December contract I did and I left it there..
How can I best explain to the Officer for them to understand clearly, if anyone has submitted a savings statement along side their application. Kindly advise y’all.

The contract you did, surely there are proofs of the contract on paper?
You should provide those alongside adding a paragraph pf this in your cover letter and explain like you are talking to a 5 year old while referencing each document you will be submitting of the contract. If you have also done this kind of contracts in the past, you can choose to make mention of those with proofs as well.

EmirOfBodija:
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.

Whether she is spending her money or not, they want to see her bank statement now and are ready to scrutinise it. You should chill out a bit. 3 and half months again from now when you are not ready to ‘wait’ to address all the pre existing issues that have resulted in refusals 3 times.
You keep saying she is not spending her money, it is immaterial now as she has refusals due to that reason and her financial records must be addressed. The next visa officer would not overlook her 3 refusals. For the 4th person to approve a visa, they would want to make sure she adequately meets the conditions and I’m afraid this brings more scrutiny.
It is same as you, say you work in a a bank and a particular customer’s requests have been refused 3 solid times, even if it were the 1st time you were meeting the application as a bank agent, you would want to make sure all past 3 bank agents are not made to appear stupid and so would go by the books word for word if the application were to be approved. Everyone’s past history counts, stop throwing it under the table. Again if she is denied for your wife’s graduation/birthday which are even excusable to me, won’t everyone still go on about their lives? so why not take your time and get it right?

EmirOfBodija:
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.

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.

EmirOfBodija:
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.

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?

Come again. You have only 2k+ in your account in total?
Is this correct? If yes, this is too small.
I would not sponsor anyone with 2k alone. Its risky.
Also the person you are inviting you say petty trading but has 2.5 million . How was this gotten?
Is there any documentation to show proof? Have these funds been there a long time or just last week was deposited to inflate her accounts?

Then you want to provide 3 months bank statement from yourself, 2 months from your wife and then 1 month for the applicant.
Obviously you have done no homework.
This has red flags all over it and will not work

Suzam:
Trying to invite my mother-in-law to uk for atleast 10days to meet grandchild
She's a trader, own a shop (business not registered) na foodstuff she dry sell and have like 2.5m in her acct.
I'm covering air fare
Got £2k+ in my acct
Will dis fly?

From me
Payslip
3months Statement
Letter from me
Contract from wrk
Brp
Residencial agreement

Wife
Mother and daughter picture
2 months statement (works part time)
Affidavit since no birth cert
Brp

Mother-in-law
1month acct stat
applicant passport, ID
Letter from her
Travel itinerary
More family pics
Pics of her at her shop
Some Receipt of shop rent

The success of visa applications often hinges not just on the documents provided, but on the clarity and persuasiveness with which the case is presented.
Do everything and present every document unique to your case/situation that can assuage the Entry Clearance Officer (ECO) ‘s fears that you are a potential overstayer.
It is also advisable to draft a cover letter, succinctly summarizing the key points of the application, how each requirement is met, and why the visa should be granted. This can help frame the application in a way that is easily digestible for the ECO, ensuring they have all necessary information at their fingertips.