shakol91: who told you I haven't done that before posting it here,moreover it was urgent and I've read people discussing something similar to that here. I've not derailed this thread in anyway because I've seen people having car discussion, asking for assistance and lot more so why is my own different. Infact justwise you're partial. You can still give another ban if you like that won't stop me from expressing my mind.
You did not start any thread in any of those sections asking for investment ideas, that is what you should do if there is no existing thread.
Visit business or investment section for investment ideas or start a thread in any of those sections. Posting it here is derailing as it got nothing to do with travel or visa.
ekpotek: If you have Nigerian passport with good travel history and good financial income in Nigeria, you can apply for visit visa. Just dont disclose your British Nationality in the application. Just apply as a Nigerian born in the UK. My wife was in your shoes as she was born British by birth, but grew up in Nigeria. She got a UK visitor visa by applying as a Nigeria in 2013. However, her two subsequent application in 2014 was denied because she had a pending British passport application she submitted upon arrival in the UK in 2013. Thank God she go her British Passport issued eventually in 2015 in Nigeria. If you want to fight for your British passport contact an immigration lawyer.
I don't always disagree with you but in this case i have to, he applied for British passport before and was refused for some unclear reasons and now you want him to apply for visiting visa without mentioning his British citizenship status, have you forgotten that they have his record already and the reason for the previous application? You can only do that if you have never applied for British passport before and they have no record of you as British citizen.
I want to know if applying for a UK visa would be okay as I intend travelling to appeal my UK passport denial. (I am a UK citizen by birth but have lived in Nigeria and never had a British passport).
Passport application was refused in last stage due to Nigerian countersignatory (a pastor) referring to me as his brother back in 2000 or so. My wife travelled to London early 2017 and we plan going together by March/April.
Thank you
P.S. Someone told me of a lady who got a temporary travel document to UK from Accra (she never had a UK passport before). Would this approach work in my circumstance?
Thanks again for your prompt response.
It will be refused because you are a British citizen. Fight the reason for the passport refusal and not applying for visa
alexistaiwo: Now this is what you call a president. He knows what he wants and goes about it not caring whose ox is gored. Not some brain dead fellow who can't even put his immediate family in order talk less of the entire nation
The decision to move the embassy got nothing to do with Obama administration, Trump lied as usual.
samuelkingz: I just dedicated today to reading about teaching English in China and believe me its worth a try...imagine making $3k on a normal...then if you re a real hustler,more could be made..cost of living is cheap there also...you could save up and buy hood which you can send back home...brothers...I think we should give this China a try....the work Visa may be hard but its worth a try...let's research more and put our heads together by sharing info and resource to aid us all ..
I will not discourage but don't bank on this because your chances of getting a visa to travel to China to teach is very slim. Chinese recruit mainly English speaking Europeans and Americans for this job.
While you search though keep your eyes open for scammers because there are a lot of them in this sector selling fake recruitment letters and IV letter from Chinese companies.
MamaGiovanni: Pls Sir, my husband is Not the sponsor. I'm sponsoring myself....with savings from my salary. I'll definitely submit my own bank account.
I stayed in my application that my husband is the main bread winner of the family and caters for the family, which is why is spend little of my own salary and save a lot. To prove this, can I submit only the payslips and letter from work or must I submit his own bank statement cos he's not sponsoring my trip. Thanks Sir.
Ok sorry i got that wrong but you still have to submit his bank statement if you are getting him involved in your application, payslip alone is not good enough as it does not show the availability of cash.
JFJDecorative: Good evening Justwise and anyone that can help!
Ive followed your threads on this forum for some years and believe you to be an expert in all things visa � I would really like your urgent advice for my husband.
So I’m a UK citizen living in Nigeria. I met my husband here in 2013 and got married in 2014. We have a daughter who also has UK citizenship (Dual like me). My husband has travelled out like 3 times through his office; he has been granted a Schengen visa every time. He now wants to travel to the UK, early february for a few days. The issue now is his passport. It has had the wrong date of birth for years. All the times he has travelled with it to Germany, it had the wrong date of birth. Now he wants to go to the UK for a few days, he will have to submit our marriage certficate (which has the correct DOB). All his other documents have his correct DOB apart from his passport. What are the chances of him being granted the visa? Is it worth the risk? Could he be banned if/when they see the disparity? What is the solution? If he quickly gets the DOB changed, wont the UK embassy query it and deny and also sanction? Some people have told him that he cant even get the DOB changed right now as the embassy is ‘preoccupied’ with a few things for now.
What do you think?
My first Nigerian passport had a wrong DOB but i did not notice it until it was pointed out to me at heathrow airport and i explained to them that it was a mistake from the immigration that i will correct it when renewing that passport, that was exactly what i did. All my other documents have the correct DOB.
Your hubby can apply with it but to have rest of mind he can make a note of that for ECO and also state that it will be corrected when getting the passport renewed. The good thing is that he has traveled with it to other countries and other documents have the correct DOB
buddiemm: Good morning Justwise and other gurus in the house. I once applied for Tier 5 visa but was refused. I want to reapply again and am to go for biometrics on January 22, 2018. My Tuberculosis test certificate will expire on January 27, 2018. Please can I still use it or I must do another tuberculosis test? Thanks
I'm really not sure that will be accepted because it will expire by the time they started processing your application.
EZAKY: Thank justwise, apparently my mum's passport has been out and visa granted since 10th Dec. But we did not recieve email or text message.. a frd of mind who also applied for same 5 days expedited visa told me he appiled this jan and got it 6days lrt.. i told my sister and she was furious and went to the office that she was going to complain about our mum's own, only for her to get there they said the passport has been out since dec so here is the timeline.
Biometrics Dec 6th Got a call from ECO 8th Dec Visa issued 10th.
Am so excited will see my mum soon.
Congrat!!
This is why sometimes people visit the visa centre to check even without receiving text message
MamaGiovanni: Good afternoon Just wise, I don't know if you remember my previous threads.
I'm applying for standard visa to write an exam.
I'm sponsoring myself with money I saved over time from my salary.
I plan to state in my application that my husband is the main bread winner and caters for most of the family upkeep.
My question:
Is it compulsory that I submit my husband's bank account statement to prove that he earns a salary?
There are some money lodgements there that may be too tedious to explain.
Also in about 2 months, he spent more than his salary as we had projects to pay for during that period. He also has months were he spends far less than his salary. His account has never gone below N300k in all this.
Can I submit only his payslips from the last 6 months and letter from his workplace?
Yes its compulsory to submit your husband's bank statement and payslips to support your application since he is the sponsor.
You can't submit just the payslip and letter from his workplace.
Vicjustice: You still haven't refuted what i said that is wrong about Turkish women to make you think that i never stayed in Turkey. And apart from having lived in Turkey in the past, if you are willing to know when was the last time that i stayed in Turkey, here is a video of it.
knc: Thanks boss. I will make enquiry about the invitation levels
An IV from anybody in the U.K will not help you if that person is not related to you and if you don't have an evidence to support how you made that 3m.
Do you work or run your own business? Can you submit paper evidence to support source of that 3m?
Adumii: My sister has invited me to the UK to visit her.
I want to lodge my application in few months but need to be sure I have all the required docs.
I intend to sponsor myself. But I really know nothing about visa application. Need you help please.
So I own a school . School is all properly registered . I have a bank account under the schools name. I pay staff fees and all expenses from there. I don’t pay myself any salary. As it’s my business, I just take money off the account when needed.
I don’t know how to approach some of the questions on the forms. Ie ; my income.
Also please what documents do I need to submit. Please ask any questions if required. Many thanks to you all.
If the school is your only source of income then declare the money from the school as your income.
Read this thread regarding the list of documents to submit because such question has been answered countless time here.
EZAKY: Hi justwise and all the Guru's in the house i need advise .. my journey here started in 2016 when i applied for settlement visa to join my hubby.. took about 6 months but visa was finally granted... anyways i have another issue now.. i applied for my mum to come over ( visitors visa) we paid for priority 5 days, Biometrics was done on the 6th of Dec i got a call on the 8th from home office (interview ) or ECO which ended with her saying ok thanks so much for your time hopefully your mum will see you soon.. i was happy bcause that sounded reassuring.. but till now her passort is not out its been way over 20 working days, i called them and they said its still under processing..
We applied that my husband and I are the sponsor, i work in a bank here annual pay is around £18k and hubby is self employed with turnover of over £40k we added our bank statements, we also included our nigeria coy with regular activity and balance of just above N10m , my mum is retired and also provided landed properties docs and bank statment showing her pension and also monthly up keep from her kids which comes to average of N120k. Monthly ... i dont understand what might be causing the delay and now am getting worried.. my mum is looking forward to the trip it would be disheartening if the visa is denied....
This is not uncommon as many have gone through this experience before here, you just have to wait until they get back to you.
Tiw78: Like how many weeks do you think I will still have to wait for....cos am getting impatient. Really if I had known it will take this long, I wouldn't have gone ahead with administrative review.... thanks
AuthorX: I am single and in my late 30s and I applied for and received a UK visitor visa in 2015 to attend a conference in the UK. My Salary at the time was 400k monthly and I had been working with the company for 3 months by the time I applied. The company was sponsoring my trip and supported my application with a letter stating the same and also with the company bank statement. I travelled for the conference and stayed 2 weeks. I also went in December of the same year on my own and stayed for almost a month.
I have been with another company for 4/5 months now and monthly salary is 500k Naira monthly, I usually have say between 250k and 500k left in the account before new salary comes in at the end of the month (it’s been closer to 500k within the last 2/3 months). I have been told that I would stand a better chance if I had been applying with the same company I was with when I was last granted a visa in 2015. Also, what are my chances if I apply on my own (sponsor myself)? Does the company I now work with have to support me this time around again for me to stand a good chance of obtaining a UK visitor visa?
Your salary level is good you don't need any financial help from your current company and they shouldn't fund your personal leisure trip.
Apply after 6months with the current company and submit your salary account and payslips supported with employment letter.
Tiw78: Hi Justwise,welldone...pls I need help. I applied for tier 2 visa Bt was refused because of a document a personnel at VAC, Ikeja forgot to scan. I applied for administrative review and got a mail that it was successful and they are ready to issue me a visa. I sent my passport the next day through the VAC, and my passport is yet to be returned.... it's 8 weeks already and am freaking out. I have called several times and sent mails... they confirmed they are with my passport Bt still have to hold on to it. I wanna confirm if it always take this long for visa stamping after successful administrative review .Thank you
It does and its frustrating, many have gone through this experience.
hoctre20: he called my dad and told him dat does he have any available person for househelp work, den my dad talked me and i accepted, bt he is paying all bills, asking maybe i use immigrant visa, or other type
Dude this is fraudulent because he will not be able to take you to the UK, God knows where you will end up but not the UK because your chances of getting a visa is almost zero. Hopefully you will not end up as a drug mule
heaven4me: You guys should stop crucifying this cutieme of a guy.Even if he has been asking questions about various destinations so to say,he isn't doing wrong.He is asking to gain knowledge and probably pick a place and move.He could also be doing it for others to learn a thing or two about these places,so y'all should allow the guy to exercise his freedom!It's a free world.You either provide answers or ignore ,justwise take note also.As a mod you are suppose to be an advocate of peace in all ramifications not otherwise!
I have a strong feeling that you are the same person judging by your previous posts which is ironically similar to cutieme.
Travel › Re: Pls Can Anybody Advise On My Visa Palaver by justwise(mod): 4:43pm On Jan 18, 2018
