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Ebalafaa:
Take it from me first hand as I went through this experience recently. YOU CANNOT TRAVEL WITH CHILDREN ON A STUDENT VISA IF THE OTHER PARENT IS NOT COMING EXCEPT THE OTHER PARENT IS DEAD, THE STUDENT SHOWS PROOF (court evidence) THAT SHE HAS SOLE CUSTODY FOR THE CHILDREN OR THE ECO IS CONVINCED THAT IT IS IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE CHILDREN TO TRAVEL WITH YOU (This particular test is very subjective and open to different interpretation).

I emphasise here a consent letter will not suffice. I submitted 2 different consent letters (one signed by my daughter's father solely and the second signed by both parents) and I still received a NSF mail. In conclusion I had to involve a UK immigration lawyer to sort out the application before things were messed up and here we are now in the UK.

Its not only couples that come to the UK to study, single mothers also do, the only difference is how you present your case

A mother can travel with kids without their daddy IF and IF you put in place a plan for those kids, consent letter alone is not enough.

The biggest question you need to answer is...who will look after those kids while you are at the university?

Did you make childcare/school arrangement for them? Have the money? Have evidence of all that?

NemB:
I won't advice that o. They check about 20% of their travellers.
What if they call on day 3 and he's not there

You are not following the chat

MDDarah84:
Please @justwise and the gurus

Can my wife(a dependant now) apply for her study visa while with me in the UK? If yes,when and how please?

Yes she can.

She need to follow the same student visa application process but she will use the guideline for those applying within the UK.

Fourcade:
This is confusing. My flight stops at London. Then I plan getting a train to another town where I will isolate. That's the address I plan using on my passenger locator form.

What should I do?

You have no prob, stick with your plan.

CapitalCee:
Please how do i pay for[b] priorty[/b] i cant see it in the online portal.

Cc. Justwise

I'm not sure that service is still available

Fourcade:
Can't a non fully vaccinated person take a train from London to another city for isolation?

@justwise

You can do that IF you used London address in your locator form

BrunoMads:
Someone here said I can't use public transport

Of course you can after your isolation

kennykale:
Do not try this oo.

Why not if he is fully vaccinated?

BrunoMads:
Yes I am

Then that changes everything.

Is either you amend your flight from Nigeria and land in London or you isolate in a hotel in Birmingham then move to London after that.

James4presh:
Well u can take taxi or uber, it around 2hrs 40 minutes and it cost 221 pounds with uber

Waste of money taking uber from Birmingham to London. Coach or train will cost a fraction of that.

Aprokodaughter:
What about if they come and look for him? I heard they do come and check.

Is he isolating?

BrunoMads:
No

You can book a day hotel and use the hotel address for your locator form then stay there for a day before moving to London

BrunoMads:
Can I change it to London at Instanbul? Do you know how much it could cost? And if I have landed in Birmingham, how do I go to London if I can't use a public bus? And what about Immigration? Won't they ask me why my address in the locator form is London and I'm landing in Birmingham?

Have you booked a hotel yet?

BrunoMads:
Hi guys, I have a little misunderstanding, I booked my flight to Birmingham, now my uncle that lives in London is asking me to come over to his place to quarantine in London, since I don't have any place Birmingham yet, I initially planned I was going to stay in a hotel for fifteen days to quarantine and try get a place to live before he came into the picture. So he has sent my his address in London for locator form. Now my my problem is my flight is heading to Birmingham not London, I have a layover of seven hours in Instanbul, can I reroute from Birmingham to London at Instanbul? And at what cost if it is possible?
Or , if I can get to Birmingham and head to London by Bus will the immigration disturb me about the address I filled in my locator form being in London at Birmingham airport ? Will it raise any eyebrows?

You can take a bus or train to London from Birmingham, you can't reroute your flight as it will cost you more than train or bus from Birmingham to London

@All

Apologies to those who got banned, the ant-spambot has gone crazy today banning people randomly

elenengine:
@justwise and all other gurus here.
Good morning,
on my previous visiting visa application, I claimed I have two family members in the UK when filling my form back then in 2018, both of them are cousins to me, I made an application to visit one of them then, which she is a student schooling the UK, EVEN till now (undergraduate) but unfortunately I was refused based on the fact that I don't have enough fund in my account to spend in the UK.
but the second one is a British citizen, BUT DIFFERENT SURNAME. I was refused 2014 BASED ON: I don't present enough proof of our relationship.
my QUESTION NOW, now am applying as a dependant to my wife. IF a question is asked; do you have relatives in the UK, what should I put?

Yes you have a family member living in the UK. For the fact that you were denied a visa does not mean that you don't have anybody in the UK anymore.

@Pastyk

Please blank your name and visa number before uploading your visa here . I have to remove the one you uploaded as it shows your personal details

ahmadinho2010:
Please justwise , I was trying to apply for myself cause I already applied for my woman yesterday , now this is asking when her visa will expire and she never do biometric

Your course end date will do

fatima04:
The husband is not under any obligation to send money but if he can afford it then he should and depending on their family dynamics.

Once they both got married their families were joined together. The fairness statement was referring to if the wife isn't working and the husband completely ignores her family side just because he isn't obligated to.

Also, there are things spouses for the husband/in-law family as well asides money which needs to be reciprocated.

..yeah joined together financially, don't forget that the husband has mum&dad and other siblings too who are also joined together with him financially .

Helping inlaws should be voluntary and not obligatory

dupyshoo:
My obligation is both to my parents and my spouse parents. We give them money as a family. They don't know who is giving them the money. So, if the wife is at home taking care of the kids and not earning money, her parents should not be taken care of. Let's be fair!!

However, currently they are not in the position to be giving parents money. They should sort themselves out first.

The husband is not under any obligation to do that.

Talking about fairness.. is she sending money to her mother or father Inlaw?

babajeje123:
I have told her I can't be giving her mom money monthly. It is not sustainable. My mom will understand if at any point I don't give her a penny for months, hers might not and I don't want to start what I can't finish. I told her I don't have any plan for her mom but she should let me know her own plans for her mom and I will support.

Bros your immediate responsibilities are your kids and your wife, anything outside that is just secondary,
I don’t know how to put this clearer to you … bro you need all the money you can get to survive here with your family. Ultimately it falls on your shoulders to provide for your family.
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You on student visa takes home more than people with a stay because you are not taxed or pay council tax. When you are out of that visa category your take home will feel the heat and council tax comes in.

Olomojola:
Dear all
Please let's say by my CAS ,I'm required to have N10.2M and I submitted a statement amounting to 11M.can I draw from the account?in a nutshell is Ukvisa POF confirmation on printed statement or required POF?
Please pardon my ignorance

They will confirm the required POF from your bank to make sure that the bank statement you submitted tally with what is in your bank account

Justjoined206:
Good morning House

@justwise

I sent a paid mail this morning to comfirm my visa status and I was told decision has been made already, please can I touch the POF?

Biometric 14th VI

Avoid doing that.

deept:
My brother!!!!! They want to kill the gentleman. On student visa, 20hrs work week, school fees, rent, bills, wife and two kids.

Its pure madness! The op and his family need a truck load of money to move from one visa category to another. Every visa extension will cost them thousands till they are all British citizens, so where will the money come from if you put your mother inlaw on payroll while holding visa?

babajeje123:
Thank you all for you suggestions. Apparently, she wants me to be sending her mom money every month, that is what she meant when she asked for the plan I have for her mom. Women and their wahala! You will be striving on how to make life easier for them and they will be adding to your burden. It is well!

On student visa? With family?

Well ... let her get a job first and start making that money

babajeje123:
I can't really say

That is exactly the prob. You can't bring your mum here if your wife and your mum don't see eye to eye.

You will have even much bigger prob.

@babajeje123

Does your wife and your mum get a long. i mean are they close?

Maturedhustler:
My people,

I have been a silent follower of this thread and UK student thread for months. I have read and keep reading to learn and channel my course from many experiences in this forum. Thanks to great contributors like Justwise, chreze, Fatimo04, Lexusgs430,Scoobydo, Lagosishome, HRguy, Dupshe and many others too numerous to mention (apology if I wrongly spelt ur ID)

Following my learnings from here, I have successfully entered UK (Glasgow to be precise) with my family via student (UWS, Lanarkshire) route. Currently in BnB as advised for next 2 weeks while searching for permanent residence. I am searching on openrent, Gumtree, Zoopla etc

My campus is in Lanarkshire, Scotland but my priority is best school for my kids (16,15,13 &10). [/b]In my search, Refrenshire has best schools but we like to have local/close to ground information that can guide me in areas to focus on while searching for accommodation.

My 1st intention for relocation is to get my teenager children into UK university without paying international fees as UK resident (getting best education at reasonable cost) and I guess to achieve that, I have to start looking beyond my 1-yr master program. I need a lot of guidance on this. I am open to work/setting up business (good in pastry, restaurant and supermarket)

[b]I got a hint that as a student even if am a resident, my dependent going to university/college will still pay international fees. Pls I need confirmation on this for my guidance. My first child (will be 17 by Apr) is to enter final class in High school and should be going to higher institution later this year.

My husband is willing to support via his work back in Naija and be visiting for now. He’s open to changes as event unfolds.

Thanks in advance as I look forward to your sincere advice.

bro you try oo, 4kids on student visa route is not beans, well-done!!

Regarding your question about your kids paying home student's fees..i pretty much doubt that.

dustydee:
First, one minute silence for your money.
Now, what is "dependant package"? Do you have a spouse or parent in the UK?
If yes, why are you using an agent and not your sponsor?
If not, then do not give them your passport or 10 year ban is loading.

meeday07:
Srzly ?.. Ok closing balance is the the amount u have in your account on the day u av decided to be the last day of your transaction and not necessarily the day u print. For instance, if u print a statement from 1s Dec to 28th Dec and u did the printing on the 30th of Dec, your closing balance will only show the amount u av in your account as at 28th and not the 30th u printed

I don't know what you are on about. Your 28days counting starts from the day you have the complete money in your account.

meeday07:
No. They count from the day of the closing balance.

What is closing balance?

Iferewaju:
Your POF starts counting from the last day of transaction on it (this in most cases is the day it’s printed or downloaded from online).
For example, if u printed ur POF on December 10 and did biometrics on December 20, The ECO will reckon with the December 10 which is still valid because it’s not up to 31days.
Let’s assume u did biometrics on Jan 11 and u have printed since Dec 10, POF is no longer valid

Your POF start counting from the day you have complete money in that account