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controlbeck:
Hi guys good morning. I applied for UK work visa through an agent here in Nigeria I have not been booked for an boimatric appointment and below is the email they sent to my agent since last month. I want to know how long it might take for the decision makers to take decision.

Olawale1993:
@Justwise and other gurus in the house....my money has been in my account since 19th of June and i intend printing my POF on Tuesday, making it 37 days that the POF has been held for. My biometrics is on Thursday this week, can I go ahead with the 37 days POF

Lianalexa:
I think what he meant was that he wants to use a 37 day long POF instead of 28, not that the statement is 37 days old.

Olawale1993:
@Justwise and other gurus in the house....my money has been in my account since 19th of June and i intend printing my POF on Tuesday, making it 37 days that the POF has been held for. My biometrics is on Thursday this week, can I go ahead with the 37 days POF

Tokenotp:
Thank you Bro. Justwise. God bless you. I was planning on getting a court affidavit/age declaration attached to my birth certificate.

Chpelu:
Pls the gurus in the house should help me.
I want to apply with my husband and my baby as dependant. We were previously refused for UK visit visa in April dis year. My husband was refused for not being in receipt of income from his employment and business. I was refused because my husband was refused and my baby was refused because her parents where refused.
Someone advice I applied alone. Then my family can join me later. i have enough pof to cover for me and my dependant. my baby is still an infant, I can't travel without her and I need my husband to go with me to so he can help me with the baby. Wat do you advice I do. Will applying together be an issue. Am confused

Tokenotp:
Bro @Justwise and other gurus, please what do I do?

In 2006, as a minor, 16yrs old, my mother had applied for a UK visit visa for myself and two of my siblings to go on a Christmas holiday, we were refused due to insufficient fund. Now, I wanna study for MA, reapplying after 15years. The issue is, there was an error on my then int'l passport, my year of birth was wrongly written, also my first name was written as second name. Although, after then, I've had two other passports with my correct year of birth/names, which also reflects on my Original Birth Certificate. Please what do I do when applying for a study visa, looking this might pop up? Even though I was a minor in 2006 and I have no access to the passport, my parents misplaced it.

Thank you.

Goingupper:
Lolz, you can get it ,if you arrange yourself well . Agent for where .I dey arrange my stuffs myself ... If you have all necessary documents you don't need agent broda

Goingupper:
Am agroprenuer . Have set up my business to a level which my ROI/ month is #680,000 after monthly repayment of bank loan ( #240,000) .

Am having a sleepless nights whether I should relocate to Canada to gain more international experience that is going to help me in the nearest future.. Right now ,I got an offer letter to work in Canada with approved LMIA with the employment letter. These are the breakdown of the offer

1. 18$ ( Canadian dollars )
2. 45 hours / week

18$ × 45 = $810
$810 × 4weeks = $3,240

$38,880/annual

Note : tax , accommodation and food not yet exclude

Exchange rate as at today
Canadian dollars : #326/$

$38880 × 326 = #12,674,880/annual


My present income ,after bank loan ,staff salary and miscellaneous

#680,000

#680,000 × 12 = #8,160,000/ annual

Is it advisable to relocate ? If Yes kindly state reasons and also if No kindly state out your reasons.... Have been into this ( life time decision ) over one months.

Thanks

K4daniel:
Student visa is point base system and if you follow the rule your pass refusal will not affect you.

Ribabu:
Good evening, please justwise your advice is needed. In 2012 I was refused a visiting Visa because I had my 2 kids in the uk with a visit visa instead of medical visa, of which I submitted my hospital bills for both and a letter saying am not owing. So in 2018 I reapply for a visit visa and was refused again, reason was that they are not sure if I planned coming back. Also reapply 2019 and was refused again, reason been that I used my company acc and am not the only shareholder so that the money wont be available for me. Now that I want to apply for a student visa, will I be refused? And should I attach my hospital bill when am submitting my visa. Please your advice is needed

Khemmie01:
Congratulations
Visa Alerts
Thanks be to God
Family of 5
Application date: June 28
Biometric : July 5
Collection mail only for dependants: July 21st

Haven't received any mail as regards the primary applicant. Seems worried.
Please Oga Justwise hope all is well
Thank you for all you do

TosinKate:
My brother, God bless you and your next generations.

upsky:
Please I will need your advice guys, I have IJMB O Level English in replace for Waec O level English deficiency which I used to gain admission for my University. Am planning a master degree program in Canada I will like to know if it will be possible to get admission with the O level combinations for my Masters program or if there is any program to take at first in Canada. I mean like a pre degree that will help in replace for the O level. Lastly if there is, which schools are opened for this.

I will need your sincere advice as have reached out to some agent some said it’s possible while some also said not possible

Tokenotp:
*PSA Everyone!!!*

I love everyone on this thread. The love is real. The information that y'all give are what people pay hundreds of thousands to get from many clueless agents but, y'all be giving it freely just so everyone is void of errors and are happy. Thank you so much for the heart of gold that y'all have.

Especially at bro @Justwise. I recently discovered that Justwise has been answering questions on here since 2012, y'all!!! 2012! Maybe longer but, I saw a thread from 2012! Baba, you suppose don be ECO for UK embassy o, you will not be tired in Jesus' name. Thank you so much for all you do. And to other gurus in the house, y'all are the real MVP and God bless y'all.

fificole:
This thread is incredible, contributors nothing short of amazing!

Note I read from page 1 of this thread (Part 5). Recent and helpful. Interestingly, I had already made our visa application in June before discovering this thread but not without several research on how to proceed.

Nothing rivals this though. It is one-stop-shop.

Back to my application. So, I am reading through the 200+ page on July 2 only to realize I did not fully grasp the 28day requirement. I mistook application date for biometrics submission date. PANIC!! My 28th day was 4 days short.

Luckily, biometrics was scheduled for the 9th of July, so I had a leeway for a refund from TLS (5 working days before appointment). Had TB test done on the 7th.

Cancelled application and appointment. Made a new application selecting July 13th as new date for biometrics.

Family of 5 visa issued.

MY TWO CENTS:
1. Read, research. It will help with your future study too. This thread would probably be 200 pages if we are calm and read through. Yes, it can be nerve wrecking, but believe in your ability to do it.
2. You do not need an agent, especially paid ones. A good number get you into trouble. A colleague used one that did not declare past visa refusals and visit to Kuwait. She was found out and denied (A visitor visa)
3. Do not rush your application. Check and re-check. Well, this may be easier said because I still forgot to declare my US visitor refusal for the year 2000. Guessing they let it slide because I had declared in previous applications, it was more than 10 years and I had a number of US renewals after that.
4. UK is expensive with everchanging rules. If you do not have the funds to cover your 1-year tuition at least, please defer. Relaying solely on ‘hustle’ for both tuition and maintenance may not work as envisaged. Friends will shock you. You fail on payments; the school will report you because they value their license more. This was a 2-year journey for me.
5. Our circumstances differ. As much as there is a general point-based rule, you may need to provide additional (useful) support for your application. That is why the section for additional information was not taken out and the upload site has a category termed ‘others’.
- I am 43. Last degree 21 years ago (B.Sc. Psychology). 21 years in banking (E-business). Applied for a 2-year program unrelated to
Banking or Business with 16 and 15-year-old sons (dependents) in tow.
- Australian cultural visa refusal in 2019
- I explained my gap years. Explained plans for my 2 children’s university education. I also got letters from the organizations I had
worked with to explain my program choice. No, I was not called for credibility interview.
- Please do not mention or upload what is not useful. Stay within your CAS requirements, POF and SELT (if required)

6. Proof of funds statement
a. A lien shows a variance between total funds and available funds. Do not print
b. PND shows no variance. However, the Home office can provide your consent forms to request if there is any form of restriction on the account. Some banks oblige that information. Have it in mind that see adverts on POF.
c. I used an account where I did not transact at all and it did not count against me. A joint account with my spouse we have run since 2008.
Just thought to share and hope it helps someone else here in a similar bucket.

I kept seeing references to JUSTWISE and had to do a search.
- Immigration topics in service to others as far back as 2007 or so
- Various topics and countries. Wow! Just wow!

What got me rolling was the snippy signature:
Signature: Don't underestimate the power of stupid people in a large group

Thanks a lot, justwise, thank you to everyone that painstakingly help address questions/issues even after receiving their visas

Thanks for reading.

Samiiiiiiiiiiii:
Thank you very much for the help so far as regards my question on dependants.
Please now I want to confirm, [b]I heard that the deadline for my dependant to come into the UK(so as to be qualified for PSW) is September 27, [/b]does anybody have any information/confirmation as regards this please?
@justwise @justwise @justwise

Please your inputs will be appreciated as this will change my plans totally.

baykeylala1008:
Hello guys please I need a very big help and advice on my application.
I submitted a traveling documents around Nov 2020, through an agent (in UK) to UK embassy at etibet house. I've no access to d document (phone number and email) but at the end of the application my passport was returned without refusal letter and d agent said he didn't receive any email from UKVI, that he has sent them a mail and that they didn't reply he till now, and I'm about to process another application tru my brother which they will ask me to fill d reason for my refusal. My application is that I'm dependant on my wife student admission.......Please gurus what can I do before it's too late cus the new application is like 30% done just that I've not put forward the application at d embassy.....plz plz and plz help me.....

Yemolu:
Hello my people, pls i need to know if it's possible to switch course within the same higher education provider that issued me CAS.
I applied for MSc cyber security (a course I reallyyyy wanted to pursue) and got a conditional offer but the fear of raising any inquisition about academic/work progression in my visa application made me refrain from pursuing it (also cause it was highlighted on my GCMS note as reason for my canada study refusal so I didn't want to risk it or make the same mistake with UKVI). I settled for Msc Forensic Accounting cause my undergraduate and Professional degree is in Accounting.
Now that I have my Visa, is there any chance of me switching to this course without any consequence. Or I should just jejely face front with my Msc Forensic Accounting??.��
cc@justwise your input would be highly appreciated too pls.

Sisipainter:
Please I need a clarification. I heard some banks in Nigeria are not on UKVI’s List for proof of funds, I don’t know how true is this. @justwise and other Gurus

Timotte:
Sometimes, I believe that we as Nigerians fail to effectively comprehend. There's something called a "disclaimer" or "conflict of interest". Fairheart has stated on numerous occasions that if you reach out to him personally, he charges a fee, but if you state your issue(s) on the forum, he can help to the best of his ability. If you don't want to be charged a fee, then post your issues on the forum and let everyone try and help. You can only label him dubious if he swindled folks, especially under false pretext. But I haven't seen or heard of any of such to think that.

Prexy1999:
Read his chats back he even mentioned it that he charge people and he didn’t hide it. There are evidence and screenshots to that as he can’t deny that facts! I just pity those defending him as they belonged to the same categories .
I can share the number of that person he charged (50,000 naira for mock interviews and editing transcript) to you if you can chat with the person privately and ask yourself and if not TRUE you can suspend and banned my account. Fairheart has been charging people for long under the false pretenses of helping them which is bad as that’s the notion I have raised against him him that is ALL.

Prexy1999:


An agent that charges 50,000 naira for holding mock and editing prospective clients transcript.

elleven45:
I collected it myself and opened the seal myself. Should I write UKVI to complain about it?

elleven45:
I did the application myself with the help of a friend who’s an agent

elleven45:
Please @justwise I noticed on the accompanied letter with passport they omitted “UK” on every part “Uk” appeared on the letter.

Please will this be a problem since I need to present the letter at UK immigration or what should I do please thanks?

Leleky:
Good day all. I have been desirous of being in UK, and I need your contributions towards my goal.
I have a BSc, MSc in Economics with good grades. In addition, I studied Law and have been practising Law anytime I'm in Nigeria.
I'm married with 3 sons. I have been in South korea for 18 months and Philippines for a vacation from South korea.
I have been planning to visit UK via tourism since I have a registered business and have been paying myself monthly salary without touching the money in order to build up a 6 months statement of account.
I'm looking for a sure means of being in UK and will appreciate your contributions.

mike56:
Financial asset and personal assets not convinced I'll leave. I declared the refusals with reasons being "not proven enough hometimes".

mike56:
Also justwise

Can a canadian refusal in june last month affect uk visa application of july?