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Goddey1975:
@iblaw as at 2day d appointment date at lagos post is 29th sep while Abuja is mid Oct. 2,its ok 2 apply 4 us visa from now 4 December trip,finaly dis is wat u wil do fill ur ds160 and book ur appointment date 2 wen u wil return,so dat u can meet ur dec trip,cos d appointment date in lagos an abuja were faster dan plane.peace

Thank you

Vicjustice:
The answer to #7 should be RELIGION ASSOCIATION/FELLOWSHIP.
You have not logically provided an answer to question #9 which is the most important of all: That is the key question of the application, and the answer that you provide to the question will determine the outcome of the application, it should have to satisfy the Visa Officer.
Please, don't ask me what to answer to that question as that is a question that she and the Church should know the answer to.

Yes you have to give a proper answer to Q9 eg. Your aunt is a trustee/going to minister in the church/related to the founder of the church etc. You need good reasons for this Q9 and it will be good if you can support reasons with documents.

Someone please help me with the question below:

1. I have a valid 2 years UK visa and intend to travel to UK September ending, i am thinking of applying for a US visa with my family before i travel, how soon is it possible to get appointment/interview date.

2. Is it too early to apply for US visa in September for a December trip?

Goovo:
I wan learn too

I asked the same question since yesterday, seems no one here has time for JJC like us.

BABAOYIN:
Hmmmm, My first E-mail below :

Dear XXXXXXXX XXXXX XXXXXXXX,

Your UK visa application has now been sent to UK Visas & Immigration for processing.

Processing time guidelines are available on www.gov.uk, however do note that each application is assessed on

its individual merit and in certain circumstances processing times may differ.

You can check the status of your application in three ways:

TLScontact Website: login to your UK Visa Application Centre account

UK Visas & Immigration International Enquiry Service: local telephone numbers are available at https://ukvi-international.faq-help.com/. Note this is a premium rate service run by HGS and is not a service provided by TLScontact

UK Visas & Immigration International FAQ and Email Service: visit the UK Visas & Immigration FAQ and Email service at https://ukvi-international.faq-help.com/ for further details. This service is run by HGS and is not a service provided by TLScontact

You will receive additional emails from TLScontact as your application passes through the process.

Kind regards,

TLScontact
UK VIsas & Immigration

Yes, very soon you will get another mail that a decision has been made on your application.

nunaija:
Good day Justwise and others! Thank you for the good job you are doing here. I posted on this thread previously about my refusal early this year. I was guided and reapplied and Voila! I was refused again.

I was refused the first time because I did not include my salary account and I got the "How much do you have for this trip question" wrong.
This time I attached my salary account that shows my 300k monthly salary with pay slip for 6 months. I wrote a cover note to explain why I was refused at first and that I have attached the documents as requested

My purpose of traveling is for a 1 week training.

My second refusal:
The ECO said my previous training does not have anything to do with the training I'm going for. I bet they are related and its also job related.

Second reason is that I said the cost of travel and accommodation is 646 GBP. The ECO responded that The amount is unreasonable for airfare, accomodation, course fee and maintenance. I have paid for the course fee and Don't understand why he/she is referring to course fee. finally, the fund you have shown are not sufficient to cover all the expenses for the trip.

The balance on the account is roughly 1M

Good people please advise me on what to do next.

Thank you in anticipation

So sad you got refused twice. Many always get their visa after correcting errors of first application but you committed more errors in your second application.

I want to believe you have not been on this forum before you submitted your second application because quoting 646 GBP as cost for flight and accommodation is a big blunder, that's equivalent to flight alone also you should have maintain the training you applied for in your first application.

Hope others will contribute but i suggest you wait for sometime before submitting another application.

BABAOYIN:
This is my payment page below on Friday, before i submitted today, does it mean i have pay for fast process which is $94.40 (User Pay Fee) ?

You paid $518 as visa fee? i paid $505 on 29th June 2015. Everything going up in this country

I guess the User Pay fee is for express service, didn't you ask.

Please house, can i buy PTA from a bank where i dont have a bank account? As it seems some bank rates are lower.

BABAOYIN:
Did you mean i will receive email twice.....

First for decision then second for collection ?

I submitted at Ikeja

Yes but the second mail for collection might not come in weeks.

You will receive an email to say a decision has been made on your application then you should receive another email asking you to come for pick up but the mail asking you to come for pick up might not come in weeks so after a week( since you submitted in Ikeja) from the mail that says a decision has been made on your application just go and check and it might be ready for collection.

Wish you success, i just got my 2 years 2 weeks ago.

BABAOYIN:
I finally submitted my application for 2 years today, please how long would it take to get result ?

You will get an email when a decision has been made on your application then about a week later depending on where you submitted, your passport will be ready for collection.

Best of Luck

haywire1:
Message me ur date of birth, will arrange for u

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haywire1:
Play ur date of birth. Many years back I won my first lotto game with my date of birth on my first day of staking on lotto. It was a perfect welcome to lotto celebration

Kindly message me ur date of birth.

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How do i play my date of birth?

What is Direct/Permutation etc

Please can i buy PTA from a bank where i dont have a bank account? As it seems some bank rates are lower.

I be complete JJC here, please how do i start to play?

askari01:
Thank you iblaw... the church already stated in the IV that the will be responsible for her welfare in the UK, I am sure the welfare comprises of transportation, feeding and accommodation. I am submitting mine too once my salary enters my account on the 24th, then I go submit on the 26th. Thanks once again,

2.if u advise me to write N/A, what answer should I give the next question that says- is Any one paying for part of your trip and how much? What should be written there? Waiting...

Is anyone paying for part of your trip and How Much?

You should indicate YES and states the cost of accommodation and other expenses to be incurred by the church for this trip

askari01:
Kudos to you all @justwise, iblaw,ogreen, ralplauren, and the rest of us....

Kindly advise on this issue pls. My aunt application is almost ready for submission and we have planned to go submit together next week, but I want you to advise on these following questions.

My Aunt is going for a church anniversary and the church already gave her IV, SOA and Hotel reservation. How do I answer these question....

What is the Cost to you personally in £? I wrote 800
What is the total amount you have for the trip in £? I wrote 820
How much is the cost of aeroplane in £? I wrote 570.... (basically turkish or iberia airline)

WHAT IS THE COST OF ACCOMODATION? Should I write N/A Becos the church has made hotel reservation for her or I should write the price on the reservation sent to her Pls ur advise will be much appreciated. Justwise don't ignore my question ooo.

All figures look ok but dont write the cost of hotel cos you are not the one bearing the cost, leave it as NA and use the Extra Info page to indicate church is paying for accommodation, i hope that has been indicated in your IV.

Best of Luck

justwise:
As long as those budgets especially flight and accommodation figures are realistic then you will be find

Supported!!!

As long as your flight and accommodation figures are realistic you will be fine, in fact the lower your budget the better for you.

Best of Luck

askari01:
So ur application took how many weeks at VI Submission center.

I paid and submitted online form Monday 29th June and the only available date for submission at VI Centre was Friday 10th July. Submitted Friday 10th July and by Saturday 18th July i got a mail from Sheffield that a decision has been made on my application, Friday 24th July VI Centre sent a mail that i will be informed in few days to come for pick up, Friday 31st July no mail from VI Cenre but i went there and my package was waiting for me.

I have never used Ikeja but @OGreene has given enough info about Ikeja.

If you have plenty of time especially your purposed travel date, use VI and save yourself N18,000 otherwise pay N18,000 and use Ikeja.

Best of Luck

FrontPageLawyer:
Thanks Ogreene

Because of the N18,000 its a bit hard to get available date in VI centre, available dates might be two weeks from the date of submitting online form. I had to wait two weeks from 29th June to 10th July 2015

OGreene:
Thanks.

Nah, I hvnt booked flight yet. I want to confirm dt d next Muslim holiday is 23 and 24th Sept, so I can leave 23rd night. Rescheduling fee for Air France is $160.

I most likely will book by first week September for 3rd or last week of September

OGreene:
Good evening great people, how una dey? I have this issue we (I & my friend) hv been trying to tackle. I am putting it here to get more info or if anyone has had similar experience. Below is d scenario:

She is married, mid 20s, works, and earns well. Her hubby wanted to do a transaction one day and asked to use her personal savings acct. He mistakenly transferred the money (12M) into her SALARY ACCT, wch she transferred out. Of course she wasn't happy abt it cos she is abt applying for a UK visa. Hubby has apologised but d deed has been done.

Then her coy is owing dem 4 months salary.

She has good savings, 2M + in her Savings acct, and some properties (lands). No travel history.

She wants to explain d huge inflow (cos she will be submitting her salary acct), but how can she convince dem coz d inflow is on d high side. And what abt d second issue (salary owed), will it all put her application in a bad light??

Justwise, pls read and comment. All comments re most welcome.

@OGreene
Chaiiii. That N12m transfer into her account is very bad . If i was in her shoes, i will wait till when that transaction will not reflect in the 6 months statement before applying for visa and for her owed salary tell her to ask her Account/Finance dept if they can write her a letter confirming salary is owed and will be paid soon but 4 months is a long time to owe salary o cos the ECO will be wondering coy owing 4 months salary that maybe the coy is closing down.

bims87:
Thanks justwise, OGreene,Iblaw and all. My mum n sis got dre visas. Thanks to this forum,we didn't need an agent. God bless you all

Congrats!!!

Pass the good news to your friends and family...no need for visa agent

OGreene:
Have you booked flight yet? Or you re waiting for it to drop more?

@OGreene

Yet to book but not because of price. My brother is coming with his family from Canada also in September for the first time so we want to agree on dates so we don't miss each other.

Have you booked? If yes, what airline and price for what dates.

chukwuseun:
Gurus in the house , i Greet oo .. Please i am in need of your help , myself and my hubby applied for UK 6 months visa since 7th of july 2015 and on 23rd of july i received an email stating " A decision has been made on your UK visa application. Your application will be despatched within 48 hrs. " Since the i have been waiting for either a txt or an email to inform me if it is ready for pick up and i have not heard anything , this is making it 5 weeks now , please i need to know if that emails means it was ready or i need to wait for notification ..I will really appreciate a response from the house .. Thanks

Please go with speed to the center where you submitted and your passport hopefully with visa will be waiting for you.

I got a mail that a decision had been make Saturday 18th July, by Friday 24th July i got another mail from VI center that decision has been made and i will be told soon to come for pick up. After waiting for a week and no mail, on Friday 31st July i went there and picked up my passport and 2 years visa.

zambelambe:
@JUSTWISE @VIC AND ALL NAIRALANDERS


Good Morning Nairalanders

Please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I previously had a 6 months visa which i used just once and ob that trip i stayed for 1 month and 3 days before getting back to work then i applied as it expired and got a 2 years visa too I did not use the visa for about 22 months because I was busy with work at that time 2 months for the visa to expiry I then travelled for 2 months and 1 week which I came back a day before visa expired i replied again May 4th 2015 knowing fully well that I can apply for 5 years visa but I had to go for the 2 years because of the 5 years fee. I got my parcel back 3 weeks after application and got a refusal. Below is their decision
a) That in my previous application for entry visa to the U.K, I did satisfy the ECO and met the requirements of the Immigration Rules as a visitor but that each case must be decided on its individual merits at the time of the application;
b) That I claim to be in full time employment earning N 186,000.00 (609pounds) www.oanda.com as at 27/04/15 per month. That in my previous application to the U.K I planned to stay for 7 days and that I however stayed from 18/11/2011 – 04/01/2012 and that in my subsequent visit I stayed from 09/02/2014 – 26/04/2014. And that the durations of my previous visits were highly unusual considering that I do not have family or friends in the U.K.
c) That although I did not over stay my visa, I did not give satisfactory explanation of – why I stayed longer than I planned to
d) – how I supported myself
e) – and how I met my personal, financial and professional commitments back in Nigeria while I was away
f) And that in view of the above, officer ….. was not satisfied that I am living in settled domestic and economic circumstances in Nigeria and that he is not satisfied that I am genuinely seeking entry as a visitor for a period not exceeding 6 months.
I just recently applied and submitted on Wednesday 12th august 2015 with some explanation making them know that why I was away my salaries were been paid and I was permitted to stay out of work during my last stay, to my greatest surprise I was called the next day which was 13th of august (yesterday) to come for an interview @ the BRITISH HIGH COMMISSION ON Tuesday next week 18/8/2015 my Question to you @JUSTWISE @ VIC and all nairalander what are my likely questions? What am I to expect? What are their procedures for interview? Please i expect someone here would have an answer to my questions.
IS THERE ANY ONE HERE WHO HAS ALSO GONE IN FOR INTERVIEW @ THE EMBASSY?
THANKS


PATIENTLY WAITING FOR YOUR REPLIES....

Your questions will mainly be based on
1. What you were doing in the UK for the period spent
2. How you sustained yourself financially in UK and your financial commitment in Nigeria assuming you are married.
3. Prove that you still have your job in Nigeria
4. Prove that you wont finally go and not return to Nigeria

If you have documents to support the above questions, your interview will be successful. Pray and answer questions with confidence

Best of Luck

OGreene:
The checklist you were given on d date of submission and copy of passport data page.

I think you can collect for dem if you applied together coz on the day I was collected, a lady picked up about 10 passports by herself. Someone whispered that it might be conference thingy. You can contact TLS and find out, via mail or call

I strongly believe if you have the checklist that one gets after submission with you, package will be given to you.

nunaija:
I submitted my application last week Thursday and I just received a notification this morning that a decision has been made. I was refused once because of some documents I failed to include. I included them this time around and I'm scared to death now cos this is too fast...

The process is very fast now so just be hopefully for a favourable decision. I submitted Friday 10th July in VI, by Saturday 18th July i got a mail that decision has been made by the time i picked up passport, visa was issued 16th July.

askari01:
Justwise, iblaw, ogreen, ralph Kindly attend to my question ... Filling my for right now .... waiting ooo

Your car investment and sharing of profit can be regarded as income and its good you have documents to back it up but those this profit reflect in your bank account? in the Additional Info page: Explain and add the documents.

Best of Luck

Lawalahmed:
[size=14pt]Hello good people of this forum,

Please, i want to submit my document on Friday two days time, please how much is Visa fee for 2yrs now ? and is there any extra charges after visa fee ?

Thanks in advance[/size]

June 29th 2015 i paid $505 online for 2 years, my account was debited with N104,000 which means my bank used N206 as exchange rate.

Kuwaitboy:
Hello Just wise, I submitted my documents for tier 4 visa and after just five days they said that it has been assessed, and I will be contacted to collect it in a few days without telling me the decision.Should I be worried. Please, I am agitated.

Calm down. Email will only tell you a decision has been made on your application so till you pick it up before you can know the outcome. In faith start thanking God for a favorable decision

justwise:
As a family with kids spending 1.5M out of 2M in few days in the UK does not add up.

It does not add up at all, the lesser your expense on the trip the better for you because this expense will be compared to your earnings and account balance.

OGreene:
iblaw, have you booked now? Wch airline
I want to book today.

Yet to book. Someone told me to wait till September when rush time is over, i don't know how true it is if i book for September now or wait till September. I will make up my mind next week.

Which airline do you want to book?