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TochiPhotos:
For some strange reason, the Nairaland autobot keeps hiding my thread about the World Cup package. I had no idea creating such threads were prohibited. I'm trying to figure out which of the rules I broke that keeps triggering the bot.

That is regarded as an ad here and this is not what the thread is about.

Please stick to your diary and not advertising any package.

cutieme:
you may do well to tell us about Qatar visa acquisition and job prospects for those intending to go there,thanks.

What exactly is wrong with you? For many years now you have being asking this sort of question in every dam thread in this section.

hoctre20:
please i need advice, what type of visa do i apply for, dis uncle taking me away to u.k for greener pastures, please i need reply swiftly... Thanks in advance

Your uncle is the right person to ask this question.

@eemmy

Next time you post a fraudulent question here you will receive a lengthy ban

emerich:
Am a Medical Laboratory Scientist.

Look for job in the UK and try your luck, don't give away your money to any crook.

Check this link for occupational short list in the UK https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-k-shortage-occupation-list

That list get updated so keep an eye on it

emerich:
Thank you bro, painful reality, tnx for your response, quite relieved now.
I should get something meaningful doing here in Nigeria then.

What do you do for a living?

emerich:
Hello house, am a 1st time Visa applicant, I want to use an agent for my visa processing, he told me it's about #1M to the UK, pls how reliable is using agents for visa processing, as I don't want my visa application turned down and also being duped.
Pls am a novice to traveling oversees as I haven't left the shore's of this country, I intend looking for a greener pasture in the UK.
I would appreciate your individual inputs to guide me in my pursuits so as not to fall into the wrong arms. Tnx FAM.
@justwise I need your professional inputs on this.

You can waste your money if you are too rich and got nothing useful to do with it

iyaaliyah:
Goodmorning. Pls help look into this bugdet/breakdown.. pls criticise and contribute.
So my friend earns 230k/month. (468£) She lives with her parent. Doesn't really spend her salàry except on fuel on weekends. She goes with staff bus. So she hardly touches salary. She had a small hair unregistered business (another bank account) but not regular income. Closing balance in salary account at this morning is 1,130m.(2,304£) She wants to spend 5nights in London.
proposed bugdet is as follows:
1. Hotel (kessington&Chelsea)...105£(domitory of 8beds)
2. Flight .................................541£ ethiopian
3. Transportation ................. 20£ oyster card
4. Sightseeing .................. 70£ (some r free)
5. Breakfast/dinner. ........ (hotel comes with free breakfast n dinner
6. Lunch..........................20£
6. Shopping ..................... 100£
Total. ........................................856£

Itininery proposed after research I came up with:
Aŕrives London on the 21st @6.35am
Settles in and rest till 2pm
3pm .......walks round the neighbourhood to earls court station that's close to hotel to the city to get oriented with the environ.(day 1)
Day 2.....go to see London eye + river cruise +madam toussand.....we got this combo @31£
Day 3.....visit to trafalgar square and all the free attraction sites close around, lounge around n take tons of pics. Go clubbing after
Day 4.....(sat) spend the day to see house of parliament, Westminster Abbey and Hyde park., takes london bus to see London at night
Day 5.....(sun) church service @Westminster Abbey, light shopping....goes back early so she can park for departure
Day 6.....(mon)...leaves early to burkingham palace to go see changing of the guard....(hotel check out time is 3.30pm)
We hope she gets back to the hotel by 2pm so she can check out and heads to airport. Flight is 9pm.

Pls who is familiar with this oyster card. Is 20£ reasonable for 5days t get her to the stated attractions?
Is 20£ for lunch reasonable?

Pls help us scrutinize this if there is anything I missed out. Thanks in advance.

Surely your friend has to register to ask this question herself , you have asked several questions previously on her behalf so its important that she register to help herself

Olowogbogboro17:
My uncle's passport.

Yes, i did, Paid in 500k (cost of my trip) from my Standard Chatered account and this was explained in the cover letter

The refusal letter made it pretty clear why you were refused, you paid money into your salary account which is not your salary and did not submit evidence to backup the 1Million naira you inherited from your late father.

If you want to reapply you have to address those issues.

Cynthia1722:
Thank you for the response, I had already gone through the pages of their sight before now, my actual question is do you think with my story I have the chance of getting the marriage/ civil partnership visa since I have lived in the UK before? Have you seen anybody in this situation and finally with the way I put cash in my account would it be considered as money lodgement. Thanks once again.

Your lawful stay in the UK is an advantage if you submit a watertight application, the financial requirement is not on you, its on your fiance to meet but if you are submitting any bank statement make sure you explain the source of money on it with evidence.

Since the 700K was given to you by your fiance you need to present evidence of the transfer else it will be considered as money lodgment

Olowogbogboro17:
Just collected my passport with the refusal note below.

Document submitted:
Land Documents
Uncles letter of invitation
British Passport
Workplace ID card
GTBank SOA closing bal. 1.3M
Standard Charttered SOA closinf bal. 2.4M ( 1.5M matured at 7.10 am on the application day from a 180days Fixed Deposit)
Fixed Deposit Cert/Doc
Treasury Bill Cert (1M)
Payslip of 6Months
LIRS e-Tax Clearance ID Card
work ID Card
Driver Licence
Car Documents showing my name
Employment Letter
Confirmation of Appointment Letter
Salary increase letter
Leave confirmation
Covering Letter explaining the source of the Tbills and Fixed Deposit which was invested 6months to the application.
Jerusalem Pilgrimage Certificate
Proposed date of travel: 10 March 2018 ( 2 weeks)
.................................................
Am single
Age: 28
Travel History:
Isreal:
Reason: Pilgrimage

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Application was submitted in Abuja
Date 15 December 2017 - Collected my passport this evening from DHL
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Thank God i got my passport today.
i will be traveling to Dubai for a business trip on Monday 15th.

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Brighter advise would be appreciated
I am not desperate neither am i hopeless.
Should i re-apply or let it slide.

Thank you.
Pray to see more grant here.

1. I saw British passport in your list there..who is British?

2. Did you pay some money into your account before the application?

Yababoy:
I appreciate the great job being done on this thread by the likes of Justwise who has been of immense help to me since 2011.
I just completed a Masters from the UK in September 2017 and I left the UK almost immediately to discuss some employment offers in Nigeria, one of which I eventually took. At that time I wasn't particularly interested in looking for a company to Sponsor my Tier 2 applications as I considered it too be a long process. However, I have recently heard that the Post Study Tier 2 visa route will be re-opened from the 11th of January.
I will like to know if it will still be possible for me to apply for the Tier 2 Post Study Visa from Nigeria given that my Tier 4 actually expires this month.

Never heard of that before, though you can apply for Tier 2 general visa from Nigeria if you get a job in the UK and the company is willing to sponsor you.

Cynthia1722:
He is a resident on an entrepreneurial visa and would be applying for his permanent residence by April 2019. He said the application needs to be made at least one year before his own application which is ending of March this year.

Please go through this link it has all the info you need https://www.gov.uk/marriages-civil-partnerships/foreign-national

If you have more question feel free to ask

There is US student visa thread here please post this there

Cynthia1722:
Hello Justwise , please I would love to seek an advice from you, I finished my masters from the UK and returned in September 2017, my tier 4 visa was valid till October 3 so no overstay, I was in the UK for 20months, I have a valid US visa (though not used yet) and I also visited 3 shenghen countries (Amsterdam,Paris & Milan) during my time of study in the UK. But my problem now is my wedding is in June 2018 and I want to travel to the UK for just one month, initial plan was to apply for a visitors visa and just go and do my prewedding shoot / get some wedding things and after marriage my fiancé applies for me as his dependant but we just found out that I cannot be in the UK while he is applying. So we decided to do a registry marriage when I go over, so when I leave in March he would apply for me and we go back together after wedding. After searching online I found out I can’t do a registry marriage with a standard visitors visa but rather a marriage/civil partnership visa, please I would love to get advice on the possibility of getting that visa also I would like to state that I am applying in February, my fiancé put in some money in my account putting in 700k into my account I also had 300k before then, though I am not working for now but I run an online hair business on Instagram and they have been an in and out flow of money from my account since August and after my return. I would also be submitting an invitation letter and statement of account from my fiancé as my sponsor together with my own statement of account for the application. Also my fiancé came visiting in November 2017. I would really appreciate any idea or contribution to avoid any mistake or refusal of my application. Thanks in advance.

What is your fiance's status in the UK?

johnwisdom10:
Good evening to all nairalander! I'm directing this question to my oga Mr @justwise and others who can help. I attach me and wife pictures on one of her visit to Nigeria. The question is that I want to apply for settlement in the U.K. And she's the sponsor and she will be printing her pay slip as a proof that she can take care of us without public funds! Now the problem is do I need to summit my payslip too? Cos one I'm a self employed doing business in Nigeria and I don't have salary since I'm a businessman. Please can she take care of the sponsorship?

No you don't need to do that.

bambash:
Good morning Justwise,

I might as well give it another try before I write to the MP as Ekpotek suggested. For your information the last child is also British, and it is stated that they will be travelling together to visit. I hope they wont believe she wants to take him to stay too?
Also, what do you think about her applying for 2 yrs and not 6 months? I read somewhere that if you have a genuine reason for entering the UK often that you can do so. What can be more genuine than what we have at hand? Your thoughts please.

Thanks

Yes if you have genuine reason for applying for two years visa you can do that but personally i will go for 6months if this is her first application else go for 2yrs.

If they can get a letter from the MP quicker it will be an added advantage.

ekpotek:
According this document see section 7

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/636618/Appendix_FM_1_7_Financial_Requirement_Final.pdf

The cash saving y requirement is
(X-£1600) /2.5 = y
So to meet the £18,600 (y) financial income amount by cash saving only you would need a cash saving (x) of minimum of £62500.

That is
(£62500 - £16000) /2.5 = £18600

So when home office say above £16000. It is actually deceptive and does not mean that you have met the financial requirement if you have a cash saving of £16100, unless you are combining cash saving with other sources of income. I stand to be corrected.

Nah! who in his right mind expect somebody to have £62500 saved up for spouse visa application? That was an example and they gave other examples regarding using cash savings see my attachment

If you are earning £18,600 gross salary you have met financial requirement when no child is involved, even the £18600 was challenged in court though the govt won but an adjustment was made meaning that a 3rd party can no contribute to help an applicant meet financial requirement.

ekpotek:
Home office have one goal: To reduce net immigration into the UK. You could relocate to the UK but you will need to apply for a spouse visa for your wife and meet the financial income requirement of £18,600 per annum or £62,000 cash in savings. This stuffs are not easy for spouse living and working outside the UK. Unless your wife circumstances changes she will always be refused. That is the home office rule irrespective of your nationality.

Not that much, it's £16,000 if no child is involved, if the children are British then there is no additional financial requirement.

blank:
There used to be a way to link it. When you open the online portal, after applying for yourself, there was a place to apply for someone else. Then, the applications will be linked.

Cc cindylee

That was my understanding too before people started complaining that they can't link application again when the new form was introduced last year

iyaaliyah:
Goodmorning. Pls is it advisable to book an hostel or shared bathroom for 5day visit? Won't this make a negative impression on the VO?

2. Does US share data with UK. The question in the form where it's asked if you have been denied visa to any country. My friend feels it's not necessary to say she hasn't been denied. I feel it's right to say the truth that she has been denied.
3. The question: do you have another income or any saving, my friend has another small business apart ftom her constant salary. its not registered and money isn't constant and the closing balance can't even be up to 100k. Can she answer this as savings or other income?
Pls help. @justwise

1. Doesn't matter

2. Your friend will learn from experience when she earns herself 10yrs ban.

3. Declare all other source of income.

bambash:
Good morning Justwise,

Please find below the list of documents submitted

1. Our bank statements
2. Kids school documents
3. Printed whatsapp chats between wifey and the kids
4. Kids birth certificates
5. My brothers wife's Resident Permit
6 Data page of our British Passports (mine, my brothers and the kids)
7. My payslip
8. Letter of Introduction from my place of work
9. My land documents
10. Letter of invitation
11. Bills and letters written to my brother as proof of address

The list you submitted is good I guess you did not add additional document explaining your wife's situation properly.

Her chances of getting a visa is high if you reapplied and explain things better. Your wife will not leave a young kid back in Nigeria to run off to live in the UK. She is a homemaker and not expected to have a lot of money running in her account.

Take your time and explain things in a separate paper in support of her application.

Andy2274:
I applied for a trainee job in UK recently and I was sent an email to come for an ACADEMIC TEST. Please I need advice on how to apply for visa, what kind of Visa and whether to request for invitation from the company. Thanks

1.I seriously doubt that you are dealing with airbus company directly

2. Companies hardly sponsor foreigners for a trainee or apprenticeship program because those programs are for British citizens or those with residency papers.

Please look for appropriate thread here and post this

There is a thread here look for it and post this

bambash:
Yes I am and the kids are with my sibling and his wife, both British.

Ok, can you list those documents she submitted for the application?