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kidman96:
I need to get a shengen visa. But I have no idea how to start. I needed you to guide me or link me up with someone who could assist me with it.... But I would really love ur guidance. Pls.

kidman96:
Good morning bro. Please I need ur help on some info. Please give a missed call or WhatsApp me

modash:
According to their website it says 98% of decisions are made in the 15 days.
My question is when to start counting the days??
Are all decisions made in Sheffield or are some done in nigeria?? Because I did my interview a week ago and have not gotten any emails

SAWA17:
Yes Sir, length of employment and a table showing my income for the 12 months (before and after tax), resulting in showing the gross at the bottom.

HR have been a nightmare. I requested before I flew out, and upon return, nothing! They are telling 10 working days.

MG2801:
Hey everyone, I’m asking for a friend. She had her biometrics on 19/01, standard application but hasn’t had decision made email yet. It’s 62 working days today and she’s going out of her mind. Are Nigerian spouse visa applications experiencing any delays? Can anyone who applied around the same time let me know if they’ve heard back or not?! Thanks

SAWA17:
Thank for your reply! I just got back from Lagos, and was getting ready to submit when I realised that my p60 for the financial year of 17/18 (it shows the required ammount) has not been released. I have now entered panic mode!

I have the 16/17, but it does not reflect the £18,600 needed. I do have my payslips, letters from employer, and bank statements (all 12 months as I am applying under category B because of 2 incomes, one of which is variable) which show £18,600 plus.

My question is do I need to submit a p60, or am I ok with the information that I have already? I am very that we did a priority submission last Monday, and I am worrying that time is running out waiting for the 17/18 p60!


Many thanks!

ekpotek:
@Justwise. My advise is based on personal experiences. I have had situations to spend fund from my submitted bank account while waiting for a visa decision and it did not affect the outcome. The most important thing is have more than enough in your account in case the ECO want confirm with the bank if the supplied statement is genuine or fake. Beside, no bank has the right to reveal your bank balance to a third party without your consent or court order. If the OP need money to attend to pressing needs, then he’s free to access it, considering that some decisions on many visit visa take months.

OmoBendel24:
I don't see the wrong in Ekpotek's take dear Justwise and Chloe, no biggy. I have had to wait over half a year for decision on a Canadian visa application while having an ongoing building project that needed attention too, and it got the attention. Visa decision came in late and was approved despite having had the account drawn to less than 10k and increased sometimes above the balance one applied with on several occasions.

Of course one couldn't have had life on standstill na, couldn't even make the trip out after getting the visa till much more later sef because of the timing. That one spends the money in his account, whether on both tangible and intangible things doesn't mean travel plans have been scuttled or affected, let the visa come out, we will travel and still come back home, we all know our pockets, spending patterns and its workings. Just live your normal life, even if visa is denied and there's need to reapply, everything will still be healthy and okay as long as your presented account statement at the first wasn't unnecessarily stage-managed, particularly with borrowed funds.

I for one have a financial life style that is always healthy bank-statement wise, such that worse case scenario, a deliberate running of account for only one month will just regularise any shortcoming therein if there be any at all. Greetings!

chloe00:
or even one from thy 12th of March till date and add to the previous

Laminat:
pls its been 29 working days since I submitted my application now and up till now, no decision has been made. I submitted my application on the 9th of March and sometimes 2 wks ago, I got a mail from Sheffield that my application was not straight forward. pls I how long will I have to wait and most importantly I need the money in my acct, can I use it??. thank you for ur responses.

ekpotek:
Sure it’s your money and you free to use it. What matter is the balance at the time of submission.

Sholeola23:
Basically i really dont have a chance of coming back to the uk. Am at the mercy of God. I[b] thought my child right will out weight not reporting twice to croydon.[/b] This is just totally unfair. On me and my wife and kid.

Bad advice from lawyer not to attend reporting has cost me my life.

Another bad advice by another lawyer telling me to come back to nigeria destroyed me totally.

obaxlove:
Thank you sir. Please I intend transferring money from my savings account to my salary account which is a current account. How long do you think is ideal to have the money stay in the account before I print out my statement of account and after application submission can transfer the money back to my savings account considering the COT charges.

Thank you.

Aquaman84:
@justwise, please assist with this

I was informed that a person must've worked at least a year in a company before applying for UK visa?? I've been in my previous company 5years plus with crappy pay, got lucky and got a new job through leg of course. I left my old job February 1st week, started my new job second week of February and was given 3months probation which will be completed first week in May, send my application end of May and I'd apply for leave July and travel if all goes well. So this means automatic rejection??

And also, when printing out my bank statement, must I want for the month end before printing it out?/or I can print it out second week of the month or its advisable I wait till month end??

Kaleydd2000:
ok thanks. can i state in my form that i do informal businesses like buying and selling to support inflows into my bank accounts? do u think a sum of 2 Million as bank balances of my wife and i is OK for a family of 3; myself , wife and our 5yr old boy?

giftwalter:
Is there a column for this in the application form ?

buddiemm:
Thank you Justwise. Her previous employer's license was revoked close to the time she supposed to extend her visa. She couldn't get another sponsor to extend her stay so she left the UK before her visa expired. She just got another job now as a pastor and want to apply for entry clearance.

obaxlove:
Hello,

Please I need help on how to make a flight dummy reservation from Nigeria to heathrow for visa application purpose.

Amolad111:
@Justwise, thank you for your response. We have all the information stated above. The sponsors are sending their own documents showing we are related including wedding pictures with my wife as best lady, Nigerian passport with former name etc.

We want to reapply now and wants to know if we need to get another statement of account or resubmit the one earlier because it ended 12th March.

buddiemm:
Good morning Justwise. I didn't ignore your answer to my question please. I read the section 146 in the guidance but it didn't answer my question. Kindly check section 164 of the guidance to understand what am saying please. What happen is that my sister submitted English language proficiency letter from her university and the degree certificate to meet English proficiency in 2012 when she went to UK as minister of religion migrant. She want to reapply afresh for entry clearance from Nigeria and the new law says they should send their certificate to UKNARIC for assessment. But in section 164 of the guidance they stated that points will be awarded automatically for people that had PREVIOUS GRANT OF LEAVE on Tier 2 visa. So I want to know if she wouldn't need to send her certificate to UKNARIC again for assessment once she had once been to the UK as a Tier 2 minister of religion migrant. Thanks

edmasta01:
Thanks very much justwise. I was thinking of putting the rent receipts to show that they have ties at home. I checked online on how to prove ties back to home country and the list includes:

1. Proof of residence
2. Source of income e.g. from business or job
3. Investment e.g. landed property.


My dad has been refused once before and was denied because we couldn't proof "ties" to the home country despite that I provide documents to show that I am funding the entire trip (although i didn't put the monthly stipends i send to them monthly via western union as proof).

Kindly advise further. Thanks

Amolad111:
Thank you for your response.

The budgeted amount is for three people(me, spouse and 1 year old boy) for 12 days.

Do I need our email correspondence or documents showing my wife's previous name and her sister previous name before change of name?(Both surname are the same). They have agreed to send the documents to me showing the wife's previous name before marriage.

Did you include any communication with your inlaw?

Amolad111:
@Epoteck and Justwise,

I just picked up my family passports but we were refused on the ground that my in laws who invited us did not show any documents that we are related.

Also, the ECO stated that the proposed fund for the trip is 1.3m as against 715k stated in the application form.

The total amount in my account is 1.3M.

My in-laws intend to appeal the decision from UK. Will this suffice? And what's the way forward?

edmasta01:
Please kindly help...

I am inviting my mum to visit me in the UK to see our new son. She is in her 50's.and she has visited once before about 7 years ago.

She is a house wife but I send her monthly stipends 50k monthly and my dad is a retired business man (in his early 70's) (who I send monthly stipends to as well with documentation to proof this)

I am sponsoring the entire trip and will provide the following:

1. My mortgage statement,
2. bank account showing enough funds for the trip,
3. Invitation letter
4. payslip from my job
5. Document showing monthly stipend transfer (western union)

There are two issues that I need clarification on:

1. They live in a rented apartment for now which I pay for yearly (I have proof to show transfer of funds to pay rent for last year 2017)

However, the Landlord (who is an auto-mechanic) uses receipts of his autobusiness to write a rent receipt for the past two years for their rent.

Is it suitable for me to include these exact rent receipts (past two years) in their application with a letter from the landlord stating that he use his auto-shop business receipt to show that he collect payments?

I say this as this is not an official rent receipt as he is a private landlord. unfortunately, they are not able to locate the original rent agreement from ages ago.

Previous payment for rent from other years except last two years has been done in cash in hand as the landlord is cordial with my parents.

2. Also, how can I prove that my mum have family ties. is it sufficient for my dad to write a letter giving permission for my mum to travel (with a photocopy of his passport data page) alongside with their bank statements showing funds i send to them monthly?

Note: No, they don't have any pension documents or salary income from other official sources apart from the ones i send to them monthly and they can provide bank statement showing that they receive this stipends from me monthly.

Do kindly advise on this please. thanks.

giftwalter:
hello gurus in the house, we have a little cooperative in our office where staffs save money, my saving for the past 8 months have just been paid into my account, the money doesn't come from my company account, it's from one of our staffs.

How can I legitimately declare this money as mine without the embassy thinking I borrowed it just to prove I have funds?

Travelmonk:
You mean I can reapply from UK here and have biometrics done anywhere I am?(London). Like you did? Are you UK resident, used UK address for your application? Please explain. Thanks for concern.

Travelmonk:
Hi,
Just got a refusal letter

• I am not satisfied that you will leave Canada at the end of your stay as a temporary resident, as stipulated in paragraph 179(b) of the IRPR, based on the limited employment prospects in your country of residence.

• I am not satisfied that you will leave Canada at the end of your stay as a temporary resident, as stipulated in paragraph 179(b) of the IRPR, based on your family ties in Canada and in your country of residence.

• I am not satisfied that you will leave Canada at the end of your stay as a temporary resident, as stipulated in paragraph 179(b) of the IRPR, based on your personal assets and financial status.


You are welcome to reapply if you feel that you can respond to these concerns and can demonstrate that your situation meets the requirements. All new applications must be accompanied by a new processing fee.

I RUN BIG TIME FISH FARMING BUSINESS ON LANDED PROPERTIES

I RUN AN NGO

MARRIED, HAVE KIDS, 3 ARE US CITIZENS(I DIDNT ATTACH DOCUS)

BEEN TO SEYCHELLES, UK 3TIMES, US 3TIMES

N1.4M BALANCE

I have a conference June 6, I'm in UK at the moment, If i have to reapply immediately online, can I do a biometrics here in London? Visa app was actually processed in London office. Please help with advice immediately and please what is GCMS,.thanks

Benuromi:
I think if you go through this spouse visa application thread, ready from beginning to the end. You will get all what you need and question over there will be answer quicker than here. You will gain a lot from there. Hope this help. Good luck

https://www.nairaland.com/823869/uk-spouse-visa-appeal-process-part2

senors:
My little experience with UK visa application is even if its conference being sponsored by the employer, they still check individual financial circumstance to sponsor such trip without 3rd party sponsorship.
Certainly Its expected that other income source be declared with say a backing bank statement. I assume the person must have addressed that in his/her visa app as that monthly pay I guess can't get one a UK visa except some supernatural involvement that influences such ECO decision if such visa is granted.

ladylco:
says who? and the airline will also lift her for free?

i really dont get your logic sir, could you shed more light?

maternal:
This is a very ignorant post.