Pinkjasmine152:
Happy New year my people. I’ve been following this thread since 2018 (Read from part 2-4) and I have really gained a lot on here and my visa was successfully granted.
Thank you guys for your selflessness.

Application Timeline:
Submission Date; December 5, 2019
Pick up Date; January 2, 2020
Visa type; 2-years visiting visa
Standard Processing
Victoria Island.

Background
I applied for a 6months Uk visa in 2014 while I was still in University with my Dad as the sole sponsor and I was granted. I traveled twice that year.

Income and Expenditure For Recent Application
Monthly salary; N221,000
ME; N54,000
DI; N334,000
Total Savings; 4,551 GBP
Personal Contribution to the trip; N330,000
I also stated in my application that my dad is a co-sponsor, and he transferred the sum of 200k as a gift to support my ticket fees. Which brought the total amount for the trip to N530,000 (1,125GBP)

Employment Document Submitted
• Employment Letter/Offer Letter
• Confirmation Letter
• Letter from Hr
• Staff Id
• Leave approval letter
• Copy of email from Hr on salary upgrade
• Copy of email from MD on end of year bonus payment (as proof of lump sum)
• Two bank statements; one with a balance of 95k and another with a balance of about 2m

Dad’s Document
• Consent Letter (which also stated that he transferred 200k to my account as a gift)
• Data Page of Nigerian Passport
• Transfer Receipt of 200k (I did not submit his bank statement)
• My mother’s death certificate

Cousin’s Document
• Data page of British Passport
• Invitation letter stating that he will cover my accommodation/feeding for 2weeks
• 3-months payslip

Other Document
One page Cover letter explaining my salary payment structure (which is paid twice in a month into different accounts). I did this in a tabular form; Transaction date, Amount, Narration, Source.
I also explained other non-salary payment such as leave bonus, year-end bonus and gift form my dad.

Budget for the Trip1,125 GBP
Air ticket; 665GBP
Shopping & Sight Seeing 400GBP
Transportation/Oyster Top up 60GBP

I broke one or two rules which i'll rather not mention so i don't mislead people but thank God everything worked out fine.
I wish all prospective applicants success in their application. May we all have a reason to smile this 2020

Seeyat:


You write "Reconsideration review request" and highlight where you think ECO has made a mistake on the refusal letter and address it. Don't forget to include your application number.

Email: complaints@homeoffice.gov.uk

You can try this as well: VisaSheffield@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk

Good luck.

Seeyat:
I specially want to thank @ekpotek and @justwise and every other people that contributed their opinion. My visa application was refused in September due to Eco not checking all documents i submitted, i was adviced by these two wise men to contact them and complain which i did. 21 days later i received an email saying they're conducting an Independent review of my complaint.

5 days ago i received another email stating "Please note your visa decision has been overturned" I have submitted my passport with a copy of the email received from them.


I appreciate every advice given and God bless you guys

steel101:
I am sorry to say that I will not be able to disclose my income here. However, the amount I stated as budget for the trip was not more than twice my disposable income.

Congratulations! Sorry to ask this... Pls what is your income and your disposable income? How much did your stated you are going to spend on your trip?

steel101:
I applied for 2 years visit visa with self service option and it came out successfully. The visa was granted. See timeline below;

1. Biometrics - 7th November
2. Application forwarded to DMC - 7th November
3. Application received by DMC - 7th November
4. Mail from UKHUB about visa under processing - 14th November
5. Mail from TLS about collection of document - 22nd November
6. Mail from TLS about document sent via Courier- 22nd November
7. DHL attempted delivery - 25th November (Not around)
8. Picked up document today 27th November with 2 years visa stamp.

Like I said concerning my 6 months visa, no agent was used.

Ukpebor278:
Please those anyone know about UK NARIC, it's urgent I want to know if anyone here has used it before and if HND In Nigeria is equivalent to degree in UK from the UK NARIC evaluation, please it's urgent

demmysoft:
[Base on my friend application experience, his first application was granted with hotel reservation claimed he doesn't have anybody in UK, He later apply his second application with invitation letter from his brother and he was banned for 5yrs, despite he stated that he just got his brother contact recently. I guess it help.

quote author=Horlaidey007 post=84209911]Please, I need your advice I got my 6-month visa this year expire next year Jan with me saying I do not have any family member in the Uk and i spent Just 10day as indicated when making the application. my question now is I want to process for 2 years and my inlaw want to invite myself and hubby will this be an issue for me since my first application was not with the invitation letter

Skrskr:
Hello guys. In October, was refused a visit visa. But I was not satisfied by the decision as I felt I had a strong application and that the officer did not coheck all 50 documents I provided. I planned to reapply this month.

Although I had no rights of appeal, i did send them a complaint detailing how I believe my application was not properly checked.
At first, they replied to me that they were not the correct channel for complaints.
I didn't have their time since and about 15 days later, which is today, I mailed them again demanding for an explanation / review of the presiding officer's judgement on my visa.

7 hours later, they mailed me that ''my visa decision has been overturned and that I should submit my passport for the new decision ''Please note that your visa decision has been overturned.

Please submit your passport to the Visa Application Centre with a copy of this e-mail.

Once we have confirmation that the passports have been received, we will send out a new decision to be endorsed on your passport.''

Has anyone ever experienced an overturn of refusal decision? Does that mean my visa will now be granted?

I am going to submit my passport tomorrow to them.
Thanks

Janechinem:


She doesn't need to keep any money for feeding and accommodation. Her friend will accommodate and feed her. I think she only need estimate for flight and she will stay for 10 days.

tshoboy:


Means disposable income is 174k and 2x of it is 348k (£757 at rate of 460). If she can plan a budget around that for flight, feeding and others, then it should fly but it could be hard because flight could be around £600. Depending on the number of days, there is still feeding, transportation and sight seeing.

tshoboy:

This means her disposable income is 224k. Twice of it is 448k. Since her friend will provide letter and other documents to shoe he will provide accommodation. She can plan her budget for flight, feeding and sightseeing around 400k.
You should also read across the thread for other key things.

giselle237:
200k is not her disposable income. She must subtract the amount she wants to state as her expenses monthly from this salary and then the amount she gets she cnt spend more than 2 times it on the trip.
It is advisable tht this amount is substantial if not she will be denied and she shud not try exceeding 2 times d disposable income , nor having so little money left in her account afterwards.

giselle237:
If ur sister cant afford a holiday she should not go to the embassy... be wary of all these sponsorships. If she is working and earns she shud give herself a holiday fully only if she is financially capable... if she cnt then she should not apply as she will be denied..
the embassy is ever ready to deny u if u do not have the financial capacity to a holiday in the uk...
they dont need anyone coming to overstay or trying to access the funds of their country.. they wont allow u smell their borders...

giselle237:
If ur sister cant afford a holiday she should not go to the embassy... be wary of all these sponsorships. If she is working and earns she shud give herself a holiday fully only if she is financially capable... if she cnt then she should not apply as she will be denied..
the embassy is ever ready to deny u if u do not have the financial capacity to a holiday in the uk...
they dont need anyone coming to overstay or trying to access the funds of their country.. they wont allow u smell their borders...

Okay, thank you. She can afford the trip with her salary. Please how much can she state she want to spend for 6 or 10 days trip with her 200k salary? Her friend will accommodate and feed her. She also have her own house here in Nigeria. Please we need your input. Thank you.

Seeyat:
Good day everyone,

I have successfully submitted a Letter for Visa administrative review pointing out where the ECO made a mistake without paying kobo to anybody. Thanks to @Justwise and @Ekpotek for your advice.

I'm patiently waiting to hear from them later them.

PS: If anyone is going through the similar thing and would like to know how to go about it, do feel free to message me on the timeline.


God bless us all.

folbimmartins:
I got my visa approved, on a virgin passport. Here is my timeline
Biometric............ 23rd of August
Decision was made on .......... 17th of sept
Passport returned................. 20th of sept
Passport collected .............. 23rd of sept

giselle237:
You people should try the paid service.
I received a reply from this sometime ago
ukvisupport@mailgb.custhelp.com

But pls try the paid service pls

Seeyat:


This is the email i sent it to: ukhubvisainfo@fco.gov.uk
I hope it is correct

Seeyat:


Thank you

justwise:


No template, just write it like an essay with each paragraph addressing separate issue.

Seeyat:


Lmao, thanks brother

justwise:
@All

I'm just going to say this for the sake of the gullible members here..

If you are refused a visa and you strongly felt that the ECO made a mistake then simply write a letter of complain pointing out those areas the ECO got it wrong and your application will be revisited again.

Do not pay anybody for such letter, don't be deceived by some people asking you to contact them so as to get you a letter for a fee.

Letter of complain does not have any format and does not have to be written by an immigration lawyer or solicitor, anybody can write one.

If somebody can't help you openly here and requested for private discussion then there is something fishy going on

giselle237:
Read up this part 4... something like this was treated

Justblow:




There are three different types of employment letter.

1. The letter of employment offer, the one saying you have been given the job.

2. Contract of employment, the one stating the conditions and terms of your employment and all your packages..... This letter carries the biggest weight, because some of info on your payslip is generated from this doc.

3. Letter of introduction from the company, introducing you to the ECO.

4. Leave letter, stating you have been granted a specific period to travel.

5. Salary increase letter, according to the ECO, you claim to have started work since 2017, I bet the company didn't start you up straight with 250k, you would have gotten a salary increase within the space of two years.

6. If they check, and your company is not registered or its license with the cac has expired, then another issue.

It is not about just complaining, you need to make sure that all your side is tight, or else, once they see u not tight enough, they will ignore

Regards

Janechinem:


Thanks for your response sir.
1) My salary is always transferred from the company account into my account.
2) I submitted 6 months statement of account
3) I Submitted my letter of employment.
4) I don't understand what you mean

dilodavid:
@Justblow just went through the process and he was successful. He should be able to guide you accordingly.