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integrity9:
Suspicious to consular officer or who? How will they know she won't travel immediately? Just wondering that if chances are beter applying as a couple, why not. My concern is when I'm back & she'll be ready by next year, will it count against her that she didn't use the first visa & is applying for a new one?

At the point of entry, you are likely to be questioned by the immigration, why applying as a couple if only one of you will be using the visa?

ezybaba:
what can I do

Wait until you can afford a holiday to the UK

ezybaba:
yes

Then it will be difficult for you to get a visa, the ability to sponsor your own trip increases your chances of getting a visa even if someone else will be contributing.

ezybaba:
am working but my salary is been paid by cash but I hav 2million in my account source of the fund is my sponsor and my mum

You mean the £2M are from your mum and your sponsor?

prettysussie:
Hello my people,

I will be submitting my documents next week. I would like you to help me review especially the funds side since it is one of the common reason for refusal. I was refused last December.

I had stated in the application that I intend to spend N700k for 5 days including flight and accommodation. My bank balance is N1.2m with monthly pay of N1.1m. Hope this is okay.

Another challenge is that I saved an amount in my daughter's account (she's 2 years old) and that's the only savings I have. I intend to obtain a letter from the Asset management company to state that I am the one maintaining the account. Kindly advise if this is okay or I just remove it out totally since the bank balance covers the cost of the trip.

Thanks in advance

Your proposed trip cost is reasonable considering your monthly income and yes you can add the letter from the asset management company

ezybaba:
I intend to travel to d UK my cousin are ready to sponsor me. She have already send me invitation letter, utility bill, payslip but she said she can not send me her statement of account no fund in the account expect she send me her joint account with her husband as evidence

Do you work and run your own business in Nigeria? If yes..what is your monthly income/salary?

JejeNaija:
I know that bro but I said I wasn't drunk in the first place. I had alcohol but I wasn't drunk so how they did their so called breathalyzer test that it came out saying I was so over the limit is just something else. Because it was night and I was coming out of a clue they just assumed I must have drank alot. I didn't have any argument and I followed every instruction as they told me. I left my car were it was parked along the road till the next morning because they had me sleep in a cell till the next morning I was taken to court. Even in the cell the police lady who got me food and hot chocolate had a good conversion with me she even got cigarettes for me and took me to a smoking area were we discussed for a while. She said I wasn't like someone who is drunk and I told her the breathalyzer showed otherwise and she just told me to relax myself and I will be out in the morning. 4am I was released and given papers to appear in a court on a certain day and I did that which was were they just banned me from driving for a year and six months.
Haba just like that? It wasn't right naaaaa. Trust me in as much as I didn't want to mention this the truth is that there was a bit of a racial play in all what happened and that was really what pissed me off the most.

You are obviously minimising this offence, consider yourself lucky if this offence goes unnoticed during your visa application.

Post this in birthing in US thread

JejeNaija:
Yeah, you can imagine that kind of physiological punishment. What the hell is Think First just because of drunk driving. And the bad part is that I was drunk to stupor, I had just approximately one bottle of champagne to myself still very okay seeing very well but they said I failed the breathalyzer test. Just that ooo they gave me one year six months. Anyhow sha I love the encouragement so far and I will apply and tell the truth. Why I was scared is because sometimes I type my name on google and I will see the old news they had posted on their court case publication that year with all the people that were also given different punishments. But the fact that they didn't even find any fault in me while leaving was what surprised me and I was stamped out in peace.

Any idea how many people that have died because of drink driving? That is so irresponsible thing to say.

They are only trying to save your life and that of other road users.

ObodoNaija:
Good morning all, please gurus in the house Can need help on this. l got admission in Nottingham Trent university and my school fees is 10,500 GBP, was given a 3000 GBP waiver which reduces the school fees to 7,500 GBP. I am required to pay 3000 GBP before a CAS number will be sent to me. My plans is to take a loan and pay the 3000 GBP for the CAS. And my question is will it be possible for me to hustle there n pay for the loan, remaining school fees which is 4,500 GBP and my living expenses.

That can only be possible if..

1. Your school allows you to pay the remaining £4,500 within 6months, some schools will require you to pay the whole fees during your registration else the £3000 waiver will be withdrawn.

2. You are able to get a job that pays at least £9 per hour within a month you get to the UK.

Personally I will suggest that you think twice about coming to the UK with this plan.

Sulaimonsheu:
Good evening everybody in the house I really appreciate your kindness most especially just wise, I av not receive any mail yet frm ukv or tls yet and today is the 34th working days pls help me out am confused and I can't think straight. Thanx as I wait for ur positive feedback.

You have to contact them

Shalolo:
You need to be paying yourself substantial amount on a monthly basis from your business income for 6months. E.g transferring to your personal account. Money in your company's account is considered as business fund.
Also spending more than your 2months salary for vacation is a red flag. Your £6,000 budget for the trip is quite much. My advice is based on my personal experience and current visa renewal. Regards

Why?

prettysussie:
Hello my people,

I will be submitting my documents next week. I would like you to help me review especially the funds side since it is one of the common reason for refusal. I was refused last December.

I had stated in the application that I intend to spend N700k for 5 days including flight and accommodation. My bank balance is N1.2m with monthly pay of N1.1m. Hope this is okay.

Another challenge is that I saved an amount in my daughter's account (she's 2 years old) and that's the only savings I have. I intend to obtain a letter from the Asset management company to state that I am the one maintaining the account. Kindly advise if this is okay or I just remove it out totally since the bank balance covers the cost of the trip.

Thanks in advance

Is the monthly pay your salary?

Tawakalituolas:
I just received this mail from TLS after I sent message to them on Tuesday concerning my application. Is it possible that my application still with UKVI after receiving despatched mail? I'm so confused

That makes no sense, why are they not addressing you by name?

Reply back to tell them that you have received email previously which contradicts this current email.

Ribabu:
Good morning everyone. I just got my passport this morning and was denied visa again. I don’t know where am going wrong, please I need advise on how to go about it because I want to reapply next month. Attached is my refusal letter

Are you the sole owner of the company? If no then what is the arrangement?

Canadian tourist visa thread..please post there

Favo8te:
Thanks but suppose they both applied & are given but she didn't travel, when she'll be ready to go next year, wouldn't it affect her chances?

Try as much as possible to avoid that, it will raise suspicions about the whole intention of the trip.

integrity9:
@justwise,
You're the most consistent & valuable contributor on this thread. I appreciate you & DmainMan who has gone under for a while now. I need your counsel.
I'm 56 years & hold a Master's degree in English & Literary Studies & currently work as a part-time parish pastor of a prominent Pentecostal church. I worked over 20 years across Security, Sales & Marketing sub-sectors before God called. My wife works with FGN on a salary of about #100,000 per month. My income come mainly from honorariums & goodwill from my public speaking as my pastoral services are voluntary & without pecuniary remuneration. This could average over #3m per annum. I have a landed property in my country home with 4 kids – 3 in the university & 1 currently writing SSCE. I have another half brother responsibility in the university as well.
I can’t remember the exact details now but in 2002 I was refused a visa for false entry in my document (Refusal attached herwith).
My wife’s childhood friend lives in London. They lost contact until a couple of years ago that they reunited. Since then we’ve become very close family friends. She’s been offering to sponsor & host us for a week or two in the U.K, but we didn’t really want to be involved in the visa palaver again. However, this year we agreed to take her up on the offer this summer, August to be exact. Because of a project my wife is handling officially & also reduce cost we agreed I could travel alone this time & the next year she could go
Now I’d love to know the challenges we are likely to face and if prospect is low so I don’t waste time & energy

Since the last refusal was more than 10yrs ago you don't need to worry about that but if you are asked about your previous refusal you have to admit it.

Traveling alone will reduce your chances of getting a visa, the person inviting is not your relative or a friend, just your wife's friend so traveling together with your wife will increase the chances of getting a visa but it's 50/50.

khar:
Hi Justwise
Please I need your advice on this:
My niece is about applying for a visit visa and has been invited by her mum who lives in the UK with a residence permit since 2008. Her mum just had an eye surgery and can barely see with both eyes. The doctor has written a letter to back the invitation letter written by her mum before the surgery, that they want her to be around to help her mum around during the recovery period of about a month. Even d MP representing her district wrote a letter as well.
Now, the issue is, she’s a student and just finished her exams to get into her final year. She doesn’t have any savings, but her mum is taking care of the whole trip, air ticket & taxi from the airport inclusive. As a matter of fact, we wanna do the super priority service (24 hours) & walk in submission.
Please, I need your candid advice on how to go about this. It’s so much money involved, so it’s only right to get it right.

Thank you.

Who is sponsoring her education?

She needs to present her school papers..student card, admission letter, last results and a letter from her school allowing her to take the trip if it's outside holiday period.

RalphJean:
Wife: £1,015 x 9 = £9,135
Child 1: £1,015 x9 = £9,135
Child 2: £1, 015 x9 = £9,135
Husband: £1,015x9 = £9,135

Total: £36,540 = NGN17,023,910.00 Only
(According to www.abokiforex.com)


The Total should be kept on your account for at least 28 days.

Then you can apply for the visa for everyone.

It's £680 X 9 each outside London for the wife and any child

Kylekent59:
Let's imagine the Malaysia's president on this thread,seeing all these comments by Nigerians. What do you think he would do as from tomorrow??


Sometimes, we are the ones giving ourselves a very bad name.

Must every comments be evil?

Can't good things come out from our reasoning?


Comments I was expecting to see are:

1. Seeking for a greener pasture

2. Schooling

3. Business

4. Masters

and so on, not all those useless and illogical comments above and on first page.


Nigerians sabotaging the image of their own country.

It's not all about coming to social media to make mockery or joke out of a serious topic that needs good heads and reasoning, but think of some good innocent people in this country.


Please and please, any foreigner reading this, believe me, Nigerians are good people, all those comments you had been reading ain't true.

We are good people but with lots of bad leaders, which is why there is chaos in the country and hatred among tribes.

All we want are good leaders.

Many of those foreigners know us more than you do and many are also victims.

Let's stop pretending as if some comments here are lies, some Nigerians in Malaysia are into fraudulent activities.

Hadampson:
You are the moderator. So it's up to you sir to ensure the thread is not hijacked the second time.


Philfit, please lets just manage the thread

..and its up to you people to post and answer questions responsibly, if I delete and ban every derailer the thread will be empty

Eldeee:
I understand your points Sir, but a good number of issues here are centered around German study issues and not off the grid. But I want to believe with a very tight measures such as banning defaulters with a two months ban for instance, a good number of newbies will be careful not to derail the thread.

Please we need it as the old one is not that effective and not even visibly active for people to contribute. Na beg we dey beg oga

Thread becomes active and visible to front page of this section when you post on it.

Hadampson:
Can you close that one so that we can open a fresh one please??

The old thread has been hijacked by admission seekers

Sorry but I will not, let's keep existing one active and stop derailing it by posting and answering unnecessary questions

Yakeeboy:
have you gone through the thread? It says nothing about life in Germany. It just a duplicate of this thread in disguise. I will implore you to let us open another one with strict rules. Please heed to our demands sir.

Eldeee:
Please our able moderator (justwise and disguy) kindly help us by opening the thread as requested but with strict and tight measures. Please kindly delete the old one as its obviously not effective.

Yes I have gone through it and it says things about Germany, I'm sorry but your demand will not be carried out this time around because:

The solution is not about creating another thread or make rules, the problem is you guys who contribute and answer some unnecessary questions, new thread or rules will not stop anyone from derailing the thread because we have an existing rule ( number 1 rule ) and people still ask questions unrelated to the thread and many of you here attend to it.

Hadampson:
justwise and DisGuy got it covered. They will take care of that.


Please sir, create one

The moderators has been informed now. Anybody that derail the thread would be banned for some days.

One exists already so no need for duplicate

Hadampson:
Boss, abeg create a thread about students living in Germany so we can learn about many things from you guys

I have been thinking about this for some days now. Why don't we have [b]students living in Germany thread just like UK and Canada?

[/b]

https://www.nairaland.com/1349729/nigerian-students-germany..how-survive

profjustine458:
please hurry to investigate that scammer called sloy5 in turkey visa section. He scammed my hard earned money when I was in Nigeria and ended up sending fake Turkish invitation to me.I'll be posting all the details later

Do that in that thread though he was banned weeks ago

mrprolifik:
USING ITALY FOR EXAMPLE AND SAME GOES FOR MOST OF THE COUNTRIES IN THE EU. A PERMANENT RESIDENCE PERMIT IS THE EQUIVALENT OF WHAT IS KNOWN AS GREEN CARD IN THE USA . IN MOST EU COUNTRY IT'S CALLED THE E.U PERMIT FOR LONG PERIOD AND IN ITALY IT'S CALLED CARTA SORGIONO PER LUNGO PERIODO . OTHER PERMITS IN THE FORM OF 6MONTHS, 1 YEAR , 2 YEARS OR 3 YEARS ARE NOT PERMANENT HENCE IT NEEDS TO BE RENEWED UPON EXPIRY IF CERTAIN CONDITIONS ARE MET. PLEASE NOTE THAT PERMANENT RESIDENCE PERMIT IN ITALY DOESN'T NEED RENEWAL.
IN ITALY IF YOU HAVE A PERMANENT RESIDENT PERMIT YOU CAN STAY OUTSIDE THE E.U FOR A MAXIMUM OF 1YEAR AND STILL BE ALLOWED ENTRY TO ITALY, OR STAY OUTSIDE ITALY FOR 6 YEARS BUT REMAIN WITHIN THE E.U DURING THIS 6 YEARS OR ELSE YOU WILL LOOSE IT. BUT WITH OTHER PERMIT YOU CAN'T DO THIS.
I HOPE YOU NOW KNOW THE DIFFERENCE.

mrprolifik:
FOLMUS I THINK YOU ARE RIGHT IN YOUR OPINION REGARDING THE RESIDENCE CARD.
BUT FROM MY OWN UNDERSTANDING, THE POSTER WAS REFERING TO RESIDENCE PERMIT AND NOT RESIDENCE CARD. FROM WHAT I KNOW A RESIDENCE PERMIT AND A RESIDENCE CARD COULD MEAN 2 DIFFERENT THINGS. BUT JUST AS U RIGHTLY SAID SINCE WE DON'T KNOW HIS COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE ONE CAN'T BE TOO SURE. THANKS

mrprolifik:
FOLMUS DON'T MISUNDERSTAND ME. I DIDN'T SAY HE OR SHE CAN'T APPLY FROM WHEREVER HE OR SHE IS LIVING AT THE MOMENT EITHER TEMPORARILY OR PERMANENTLY . I WAS ONLY TRYING TO PASS A MESSAGE TO THE ORIGINAL POSTER BECAUSE HE ASKED ABOUT RESIDENCE PERMIT AND WANTED TO KNOW IF TO SELECT PERMANENT RESIDENT BASED ON HIS OR HER QUESTION. .
HERE IS A LINK FROM WIKIPEDIA THAT TALKS ABOUT THIS MORE. WE ARE ALL HERE TO HELP EACH OTHER OUT. I AM JUST GIVING THE ORIGINAL POSTER AN ANSWER BASED ON MY OWN UNDERSTANDING OF HIS OR HER QUESTION.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Residence_permit
https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-a-UK-residence-permit-and-an-indefinite-card

Rule number 11

@Investmentfreak


You are throwing red meat to scammers and fraudulent visa agents in this thread and other threads in this section, your desperation is inviting unwanted characters here and I encourage you to stop this else I will help you stop it.

mrprolifik:
USING ITALY FOR EXAMPLE AND SAME GOES FOR MOST OF THE COUNTRIES IN THE EU. A PERMANENT RESIDENCE PERMIT IS THE EQUIVALENT OF WHAT IS KNOWN AS GREEN CARD IN THE USA . IN MOST EU COUNTRY IT'S CALLED THE E.U PERMIT FOR LONG PERIOD AND IN ITALY IT'S CALLED CARTA SORGIONO PER LUNGO PERIODO . OTHER PERMITS IN THE FORM OF 6MONTHS, 1 YEAR , 2 YEARS OR 3 YEARS ARE NOT PERMANENT HENCE IT NEEDS TO BE RENEWED UPON EXPIRY IF CERTAIN CONDITIONS ARE MET. PLEASE NOTE THAT PERMANENT RESIDENCE PERMIT IN ITALY DOESN'T NEED RENEWAL.
IN ITALY IF YOU HAVE A PERMANENT RESIDENT PERMIT YOU CAN STAY OUTSIDE THE E.U FOR A MAXIMUM OF 1YEAR AND STILL BE ALLOWED ENTRY TO ITALY, OR STAY OUTSIDE ITALY FOR 6 YEARS BUT REMAIN WITHIN THE E.U DURING THIS 6 YEARS OR ELSE YOU WILL LOOSE IT. BUT WITH OTHER PERMIT YOU CAN'T DO THIS.
I HOPE YOU NOW KNOW THE DIFFERENCE.

No I don't.

saintobi009:
Guys please when filling the DS-160 they asked if I am a permanent residence of any country , What is I have a residence permit but not permanent residence, what do I fill ? the permit is for 3 years , Please is it the same or I fill No.

What is the difference?