₦airaland Forum

MaBuk:
@ekpotek, @justwise, does it make sense to present a salary account with 300k and savings account with 800k .

Is the total money small for a trip of 500k.

Note that salary is 200k per month.

mzjennypher:
@smithbidy follow this thread for assistance

https://www.nairaland.com/4116999/usa-visit-visa-part-3

fabyom:
That TWood guy is a big fool.

Obinoscopy:
We are good at criticising this country in the public without proffering solutions. We take up the holier than thou attitude while condemning the rest. That's wrong and won't solve anything. We are very good at talking about the tiny specks in other people's eye without talking about the big log of wood in ours.

I believe so much in this country. And I believe we are the ones who can solve our issues and not the international community. Fine, we can discuss our issues and criticise constructively but exposing our flaws to the international community will only make them laugh at us.

There are other nlers on this thread who criticise constructively and don't do it condescendingly while doing so. He should do same.

ladylco:
No one is saying truth is not right but the way it's being communicated matters. TWOODS as far as am concerned is just too rude and insultive, there are lot of people here who are advocate of doing the right thing particularly on immigration matters and such were passed with absolute sanity. if you read his post 99% is rude even on matters that is on neutral grounds he is still insultive.

You know what, when people display such bragado and holier than thou attitude, my dear check well they are simply trying to cover what they accuse others of.

Even the Americans who get land will politely refuse u visa or entry which one is hisown?
He should come back home and change things why did he remain in another man's land was he born there, didn't he also emigrated there? Oshisko plc.

His brother that abused his class of visa did he cut his neck? Did he or has he ever used him as reference point when he is castigating others, that is a very big hypocritic criticism. First remove the dust in your eyes before you try to remove that of another person. Mtchew!

TWoods come and tell us how you got to USA and how did you treat your brother's case then all man will take whatever you say.

Joko84:
justwise
Please I need you guide on my next application for UKVI Visa. I have applied twice now and got refused for avoidable mistakes.

Please can I have your email address ?

Obinoscopy:
TWoods, this is a public forum that's read by people from different nationalities.

If you are a Nigerian and want things to turn around, then criticise constructively and not destructively. Your comments is doing the same harm as the harm caused by those desperate NIgerians who want to leave the country.

ladylco:
"Talk" not insult or be abusive. No one is a child here even a child deseves to be accorded some form of respect.

@TWOODS or gini bu afa gi? If I were you I will just keep quite, some people here know your history don't allow them display it on 3D. Just jejely follow Babaramota's advice.

Sho mo age wa ni!

Lucciann:
Ok,thanks soo much,my flight ticket is about N272,331.4(turkish air from Nigeria and easy Jet from London to paris),Accomodation 30k+(i booked a hostel)
Is it ok to budget 500k for those 5days?

Lucciann:
Good day all..Thanks to everyone who takes their time to help others with their visa concerns.

I want to apply for a uk tourist visa,i am self employed with a registered business and 2years tax clearance certificates for it.My question is,My profits on this certificates shows as NIL,would the Eco think my business doesnt make enough profit to bring me back home?
2.Also for a while now,my savings account has mostly been used for business daily and my company account onot regularly atall and has less than N100k balance,personal account has over 2.5million balance plus two savings dormicilary accouts of $700 and over £300,can i just submit only the savings accounts and leave the company account out because of the less transactions and balance?I also have travel experience since 2015 till date,i have been to UAE,France twice and Istanbul and have a new 3rd visa from france still valid that i havent used atall because i intend visiting Paris from London..Pls your advice will be deeply appreciated as i intend submitting this week.Also i will be staying 5days,and my budget is about 500k,i dont have an exact monthly income as a business person but i make above 350k monthly

Arbitrix:
Hi Guys

I am a little worried and I need some advise.

I applied for my UK visa last week Thursday and I think I might have left out a crucial document. Let me explain.

I want to spend my annual leave in the UK this year. I went to school in Scotland and my 2 year family visit visa expired last year. I also have a US visa which expires next year. Other countries I have visited are India, Qatar, Uae and Ghana.

I have a brother who is a permanent resident in the UK. He sent me an invitation letter, mortgage payment, 3 months bank statement, 6 months payslips, and his resident permit card. I did not submit his data page and that has me worried. I am hoping that will not be a reason for a refusal.

Another problem is that I paid a cheque of N781,000 into my savings account on 26 April. Now this account has never gone below 1.4 million. It was repayment of a loan to me which I explained in a brief cover letter. I submitted my application with 2.5m in one of my savings accounts, 815k in the other (this account I never withdraw from because of the interest payments which i highlighted with a pen) and finally my salary account which had a balance of about 50k. I transfer money from my salary account to my savings account immediately I am paid every month. My salary account has my Lawfirm's name on my statement and when I make my monthly transfers I use the description ("January savings" etc. I highlighted all these payments with a pen.

I also submitted my Pension statement which is currently worth 2.2m and my cscs share statement with shares worth 1.3m. I earn N337,044.53 monthly, after deductions.

So I guess what I want to know is
1. Will the fact that I did not submit my brother's data page affect my application and
2. The deposit of N781,000 paid into my account on 26 April.

What do you guys think?

@Justwise and co please help!

Lucciann:
pls @justwise and co,I really need your advice here..Thanks in anticipation �

Lordcrixus:
Thanks for the web link, though they may employ it in some circumstances, but I still have my reservations as this indicates for offenders and criminals(people who have committed crime in their own country or while in a foreign country).

Amolad111:
Dear Justwise, Ekpotek and others,

We submitted our application and did biometrics on the 2nd of May; till now, the TLS website is showing decision not made. However, I called UKVI and was told decisions have been made and I should liaise with VAC in Nigeria.

I am planning to go to VAC Ikeja to lodge a complaint as it's over a month now.

Kindly advise.

Becca01:
Update:

Got to Canada- Toronto yesterday. I was pregnant when I applied and I stated visiting in my application.

POE

Asides my ticket, I did a reservation for 2 weeks Incase I was asked as I intended to declare I was traveling for only 2 weeks. I used makeup and dressed smartly (I don’t know if the POE officer knew I was pregnant or not) I was asked the following questions:

Where will I be staying? For how long? If this was my first time? And then I declared some food stuffs I brought as well. That was all.

Hotstepper:
Very uncalled for.

emeldamicheals:
Thnx justwise. I stated 2 weeks in my application. I am self employed and i own my own coy. I already hv my ticket for one month.

That will depend on what you stated on your visa application form and what you do in Nigeria.

Lordcrixus:
Bro,
Do your work with immigration department of both countries?
For Schengen, we know it is a centralized process. Uk may share with Schengen because of the European Union ties with some schengen countries if not all.
To outrightly say they do i don’t believe and it’s just speculation.
If you say US shares with Canada then I might believe you.

This guidance tells criminal casework (CC) staff about the agreement reached through the Five Country Conference Protocol to share biometric data in the form of fingerprints.
The Five Country Conference Protocol is
between:

the UK

Australia

Canada

United States of America and

New Zealand.
Checks for up to 3000 individuals for each country each year can be carried out

BRITAIN and America significantly boosted security cooperation today as the two countries agreed to share data about people applying for visas from other countries.

adelejane:
Hi Gurus ,

i intend visiting UK with my kids for my brothers PHD graduation. what type of visa options should i select...

Family or Tourism?

we intend applying for two years visit visa. i have been to the UK before, did my MSC in the uk and also visited once in 2015 with my daughter. my son hasn't been before cos he wasn't born then. does he qualify for a 2 years visit visa too?

another question is that my parents are also attending the graduation and they have booked a big family accommodation for all of us and they will be paying . it means our accommodation is sorted.

will this be an issue? I'm married and i have my own company and can afford the entire trip but once my parents have booked a family accommodation i see no reason to book another. how do i proof this in my application that they are sponsoring accommodation and what supporting document do i need to show . im the one paying for the flight and living expense in the uk.

Lordcrixus:
You don’t need to cancel the appointment, the ukvi do not share info with the US. My first ever visa application was US and I was refused, after which I have had a German visa and three uk visas without mentioning my US refusal in all the applications.
Work on other aspects of the application. Good luck

emeldamicheals:
Thanks for ur response. I will try not to exceed one month. Since, i hv a valid US visa. Can i stay a month in UK. Travel to US. Stay maybe one week and come back to UK and stay another one month b4 returning home. Is this viable?

Obviously be ready to expect issues in your next application if you stayed beyond at most 3 weeks. If you really want to stay beyond 2 weeks, declare it in on landing card and defend it at POE.

Brandagencies:
Hello everyone, I am in Chicago now and I MUST give back. It was a horrible experience but I got in.
I took the BA flight and arrived Chicago for 11;30.
CBP- good morning how are u and why are u here?
Me: good morning , vacation and to birth my baby.
CBP: Stands up to meet another officer, comes aback and says this way ma( secondary things☹️)
After sitting a while a middle aged woman calls me
CBP 2: madam, can I have confirmation that the hospital has accepted to treat u?
Me: stroger doesn’t give correspondence but here is the medical number opened for me it has my dates and my first appointment
CBP: that is not my job. What u have her is crap.
Me: Crap ke? Call first na!!( this point, I was already tired from the long journey)
CBP2: how much do u have
Me: 6900 in cash and 7000 In my wells card
CBP2: Go sit down, I’ll call u later.
Approximately 15mins after, she calls me in with a superior.
CBP: madam, these information u provided are not valid , we are sending u home.
Me: Home? Why? I can pay for these things( I begin analyse bla bla)
CBP: let me have ur phone and it’s password, please sit down.
Another 30mins after
CBP: you read nairaland?
Me: Yes
CBP: that nairaland devices u all, u should ask the us govt ur questions not a bunch of guessers
Me: I did contact the govt on a change of intent.
CBP: well, ure only allowed to birth here if Baby is high risk and ur doctor in Nigeria confirms it and u have an acceptance from a doctor here. You Nigerians just disgust me, coming here to quote what laws u don’t make. You are a burden to our govt. you just want to show off that ur baby has a passport:
Me: trying to defend myself
CBP: shut Up.
At this time, they had gone through all my phone emails and WhatsApp messages. Nothing to mail me with.
She comes back to ask for my contacts number and proceeds to call her. Requesting that my host sends me back because 6400 is not a reasonable fee to pay and I cannot afford it. My host insists that was the self pay package and she would use her insurance to cover if there are emergencies.
Me: very worried, already seeing them process travel docs for other pregnant women who have been turned back,some since yesterday. I had already started crying.
CBP : so madam, u will be going back home let me get approval from my superior.
10 mins later, please go get ur bags we need to check.
Me: with my big belle I run go carry luggage( I had just a cabin size box and a well wrapped ghana must go
CBP: all these clothes are too much ( biko which clothes)
Senior CBP patapata: madam, when was ur visa issued
Me: 2016
SCBP: it wasn’t given to birth
Me: yes, it was for a conference which I attended and I was not pregnant and then.
SCBP: ok ma, I will allow u into the USA but please show receipts on ur way out( she had a passport to junior CBP
Junior CBP: collects my passport and arrogantly stamps me in for 10weeks. Saying if I present a receipt less than 20k dollars on my way out, no visa will be resissued
Me: thank u ma.
CBP: Now very Angry, don’t thank me, looking at u disgusts me, just leave my sight before I puke.
Me: quickly carries my bag.
Moral :
1. It is now illegal to birth in USA if the birth can be handled in Nigeria( they showed me proof of that o)
2. Abort mission if ure using H Stroger.
3. Make sure u tell everyone u chat with that ure coming back
4. Hold cash of all the money u need.
5. Stay far from Ohare.

This is where I drop my pen.

swanky6968:
Na wa oo. Are u sure this people don't come to read our comments here and then get ready for us. How did they know about Nairaland forum.
So for people like us that have our visa dates ahead, do we still have hope??

adesokany:
@justwise...please I have ond in accounting from a Nigeria polytechnic, and I want to apply for a UK college or uni..whichever is sure..is it possible I apply next month? That is July 2018...what the requirements...please give me full details on what to do ASAP

Elfmannisback:
I only quote that when I get pm on the email I created the moniker with but I don't want folks contacting me there and I don't want to unmask the pmer. Nothing fishy, I would rather prefer they pm you sef.

Elfmannisback:
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