I completely agree with you.

I'm also in the same boat.

How did you go about requesting a refund?

Visa alert for my relative. Timeline below:

TLS Ikeja
Priority
Biometrics- 28th November
6 months visa
Previous refusal 3 years ago
Visa issued since the 13th of December and collection email dropped 2 days ago

I'm going to request for a refund of the priority fees.

To add: 6 months bank statement requirement is just hearsay and nonsense. There's nothing in the immigration rules to back up this requirement.

Relative submitted 3 months bank statement with about 300k bank balance and documents confirming ownership of different property across Nigeria. UK sponsor myself submitted 3 months payslip with 2 months bank statement showing balance of around £15,000.

ijebubabe:
Family member is yet to get a collection email despite paying for priority visa and getting a paid email response few days to Christmas letting her know her application has been decided.

Biometrics was done 30/11/2021 and priority application was paid for. Till date, collection email has not been received.

Please can I request for a refund of the priority fees? If yes, when can I request it? Before passport collection or after?

Her application was before the red list ban which must have contributed to the backlog/delays and I believe their is sufficient grounds to request for a refund

Please can anyone address my query on the refund ? Thanks

adexxxx:
Hello House,

I believe that I am in the right place. I am currently working on stage 2 of my Global Talent Visa application and I have got a few questions that I need the house to kindly help provide answers to.

My most recent trip to the UK was in 2020 on a tourist visa, and my departure was a connecting flight.: Lagos - Amsterdam - London.
Q: In my current application, I was asked if I had visited a country in the European Economic Area (EEA), which includes "The Netherlands." Do I choose "Yes" and explain that I was in transit, i.e. travelling across the country?

My most recent application was initially refused, but the decision was later OVERTURNED owing to a mistake on the part of the Visa Officer/ECO.
Q: I was asked if I had ever been denied a visa in my current application. Should I choose "Yes" or "No"?

Looking forward to your awesome responses.

Answer YES to the refusal question. It will populate a box where you can briefly explain you were refused but the decision was overturned following an administrative review and the visa was granted.

Family member is yet to get a collection email despite paying for priority visa and getting a paid email response few days to Christmas letting her know her application has been decided.

Biometrics was done 30/11/2021 and priority application was paid for. Till date, collection email has not been received.

Please can I request for a refund of the priority fees? If yes, when can I request it? Before passport collection or after?

Her application was before the red list ban which must have contributed to the backlog/delays and I believe their is sufficient grounds to request for a refund

You dodged a bullet

mamawa123:


Ask her to login to her account to see if the passport is at VAC yet.

Its not at VAC.

Its showing its still at DMC

A family member did her biometrics on 30/11/2021 and paid for priority service. Till date, she is yet to receive a collection email.

A paid email was sent to UKVI and this was the response she received earlier this week:

Thank you for contacting UK Visas and Immigration International Contact Centre.

With regards to your enquiry about the status of your application, I can confirm that we have made a decision on your application. We cannot discuss the outcome of your application on-line or by telephone. However the visa application centre will be in contact with you in regards to collection or delivery of your passport.

We strongly recommend that you do not buy a non-refundable, non-flexible ticket to the UK, until your visa application has been approved and you have received your documents.

Any idea on what this means and what we can do to get her passport/the outcome of her application? Thanks

bukimireal:
I have just been refused. What should I do. This is my third refusal

Sorry about your refusal. Did you get the refusal via email or was it when you collected your passport?

hello everyone

i want to invite a family member to visit me in the UK and she will be applying using my UK bank statements.

do i have to have these statements stamped and signed by the likes of Barclays bank, etc or can I use bank statements downloaded from my online bank account? thanks

My passport with the visa arrived in the post some days ago.

I applied with a virgin passport (my previous passport had expired and i didn't attach it to the new one) which I guess contributed to the delays as I was been treated like an applicant with zero travel history.

I was advised by a friend to send an email to them attaching all the various work and tourist visas I have received from top countries in the last 10 years as well as various entry and exit stamps. I also attached my confirmed business flight ticket.

I did so and guess what? My passport was out in 2 days.

bigtt76:
They need to clarify from your business contact in India and Al's to confirm if it's a genuine business entity inviting you hence the need to check with their ministry in India. Did you submit your passport?

My sponsor both here in the UK and India is one of the world's largest companies (head office is in UK, subsidiary is in India) and all it takes is a phone call or email to confirm the invitation letters. Does it take 2 months to reach out to them? I don't think so.

Yes, my passport is with their UK high Commission.

Have you applied for an Indian business Visa before ?

whiterat:



Yes he applied for business Visa. as for the clearance, I don't know anything about it but maybe the country wants to review their immigration policy.

Hmmm. Ok

Nigerian passport/nationality is now a curse.

It's a shame that many people fail to realise this.

whiterat:


A friend of mind that also applied for India Visa from Nigeria early this month said them told him to wait till middle February 2020 (either for approval or refusal ) and that is the reason I suggest you wait till that middle Feb. 2020 too. However, you can go back to the India embassy there in Uk to ask for an update.

Okay. Did he apply for a business Visa?

Do you know anything about this "clearance" they need from India?

Thanks

whiterat:



Wait till middle of February if no reply from the embassy then, apply again

Apply again ke?

And what happens to the existing application and my Visa fees?

What's the guarantee I won't be made to wait months again for the so called clearance?

Blue3k:


What us the motivation to steal a manhole cover of all things. It's just cheap hunk of metal.

Poverty.

That's the motivation.

Shibaraba:
Rip boy.

But then again if them tell me say tooth ache dey kill I go believe am one time.
One day I chop ijekuje sleep woke up the next day with a dull ache. I chest am like say na nothing. Before afternoon the ache turn throb. Before night I was speaking in tongues. Where una think say shibaraba come from? See me rolling on the floor. The funny part about toothache be say e dey get high and low current. At a time e go relieve then suddenly you go hear gbagaun for there. In fact I suspect say na me invent zanku and gbe bodi e. When the pain come na so I go shout dey gbese. Neighbours turn doctors as pain killers no work again. One call mallam he give me chemical put for there I no know say na fuel for fire. I nearly die Oloun. Another give me plier say make I pull am out. I swear one give me screwdriver and hammer say make I nack am comot. Last last one man for the next house Wey be doctor just give me small things make I drink na so I balance. In two days I Don balance.
Make God no make us see tooth ache.
For when e set na him go make am accept any treatment. The pain too much. That's why Mr runaway doctor use am as guinea pig.
May he RIP

The pain from tooth ache is worse than the pain from child birth.

How do I get clearance from Indian ministry for a business Visa application?

EgunMogaji2:


The Ask: USEL will rightfully refer you to USCIS website.

The unAsk: Leave her in Nigeria. Hustle there, funnel money home to build your homestead, establish a business for her here.

Are you okay? How can you advice a married man to leave his wife in a country far away from him and "establish a business for her"?

Does a business enterprise replace companionship, togetherness, love and the joy of waking next to one's wife every day? Not forgetting their children? Is an absentee father the best for a child?

Obinoscopy:
No response. Well lemme provide the answer, it takes a minimum of 1 month to process all visa types......even Entry Visa. Timeline for Official Visa is less than a week though.

does this apply to business visas? what's the process in obtaining clearance from india before business visa is issued?

whiterat:




When exactly do you applied and do you applied direct to India embassy over there yourself or through an agent?

I applied directly in November

integrity85:


Good morning, Bro.
Please, my wife is a lecturer and she has an international conference to attend in India by next month. All her documents are ready. But she wasn't attended to at the Indian Consulate on two occasions because they are insisting that the conference organisers are meant to get clearance from the government of India.
From our check, Nigeria is not among the countries that would need such clearance. Even when we consulted the conference organisers, they said the same thing. They even sent mails to the Indian Consulate to buttress their stand. The consulate officials wouldn't let her attend the interview still, insisting that Nigerians must provide clearance before they attend conference in India.

Please, do you have any idea on how to go about it as we are already behind schedule?
Thanks

Hello. Please how did this pan out in the end?

In my own case I applied for a business Visa from the UK and I'm being told the consulate is awaiting clearance before they can issue me a visa. Any ideas on what I can do to get the clearance issued? Thanks

jangirova:


Apply through their High Commission(Lagos or Abuja) .Go with your international passport&evidences of your travel to the country (stamped visa), 2 passport photographs. Pay the required fee and wait . An inspection will be carried out at the state level by the police at the address of your stay overthere. After verification, the PCC will be issued from the consulate here in Nigeria. Start early o, he fit be long thing. The rate limiting step is the verification overthere, once this is done, it should be out next day. Hope this helps.

Please do you know much about Indian business Visa? I applied from the UK and I am yet to get the visa. They told me they are awaiting clearance from their ministry. I have never applied to or visited india before? Is there anything I can do to fast track the clearance? Thanks

I applied for an Indian business visa from the UK and I have been waiting for over 2 months to get my visa issued. I was told they are awaiting clearance from their ministry before issuing the visa. Please any suggestions on what I can do or who I can contact to get the clearance issued asap? Thanks

Seun:
Sorry for being insensitive to those without data.

Please what section of the three clips does he sing "then sings my soul"? Thanks

Rapsowdee01:
BUT SERIOUSLY, HOW IS THIS NEWS

WHY DO NIGERIANS ACT LIKE THEY'LL ATTEND THE NAMING CEREMONY OR BEYONCE WILL FOLLOW THEM BACK ON SOCIAL MEDIA..... ORDINARY PROTEST GOT CANCELLED... NO ONE IS SAYING A THING oooo.... IS IT UNTIL WE ALL DIE LIKE USELESS CHICKENS WE'LL SEE HOW OUR LEADERS(BOTH PDP AND APC) ARE JUST USING US TO ENRICH THEMSELVES THEY GO OUT AND COLLECT LOANS IN THE NAME OF PUBLIC DEVELOPMENT AND THEY WON'T SPEND A DIME ON US.... NIGERIANS BE WISE, THE ISSUE OF THIS COUNTRY IS NO LONGER A JOKING MATTER.... THERE IS SUFFERING EVERYWHERE AND OUR "DEAR" PRESIDENT IS NOT EVEN SAYING A WORD, POLITICIANS ARE GETTING BAIL FOR STEALING BILLIONS AND ORDINARY MASSES ARE GETTING LYNCHED FOR STEALING FOOD... MY DEAR BROTHERS AND SISTERS, WHEN WILL WE BE WISE

WISE UP NAIJA, WISE UP !!!!!!!!

Beyhive

teebaxy:
The A role of Oduduwa himself, no wonder Oduduwa gave him the mantle of ile ife despite the fact that he was the last born.

Yes. The gods really chose well.

akanbiaa:
NEXT STOP THE ALAKE OF EGBA LAND, SOUN OF OGBOMOSHO, and TIMI of EDE

Yes ooooooo. I like the fact that he knows the "line of hierarchy" in Yoruba land.

Who is the alake when the Awujale of the wonderful ijebu empire is there?

Who is the olubadan when Aalafin of Oyo is there?

KingTom:
Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona Kabiyesiiiiii ooooooo . Big ups to the Ooni

Yes o. My Oba is aging nicely. Awujale himself!

I'm a fan of this new ooni. The gods chose well