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Chrizizon: Thanks a lot @Justwise . My letter to VO and list of docs to submit below, kindly check and see if i am towing the right line. Thanks again Bro



Reference Letter for Visa officer:
Please Note I am a business man and sole proprietor of (name and address of my company). I am applying for a visiting visa to enter the UK for the first time so i can be able to visit my sister who is inviting me and attend sister's son university graduation ceremony which comes up on the 25/11/2014 at (name of school).

I intend to stay in the UK for a period of 2 weeks (15/11/2014 to 30/11/2014). However i will be staying in my sister's house in London (sisters house address in UK) throughout my visit as she would be responsible for my feeding and accommodation. Please refer to invitation letter.
While in London, I also plan to see places like Buckingham palace, London eye, National gallery London, London underground and do some shopping at Oxford street in London. My sister and nephew have promised to take me around to see above mentioned places in London. This trip means a lot for me as my mother and some other family members too will be attending the University graduation ceremony for my nephew .

Nature of my business: Import goods and sell in Nigeria, goods are mainly clothing items, computer wares and other goods usually brought in from India, also I export Nigerian food stuffs to India on a medium scale.
Please note that my savings account is also used for my business transactions, mostly for funds transfer purposes since i have debit MasterCard that allows me to withdraw money abroad for transaction purposes. Usually funds are paid into my saving account by clients or handed to me by hand; you could refer to my bank statement for funds paid in lump sums at various dates.
My personal income yearly is between N700,000 to N1,100,000 as annual profits from trading activities. I will be paying for my trip (Flight tickets, small shopping) for which I have budgeted N250,000 and finally I plan to return back to India for a period of time for some businesses after UK trip.



Items submitted alongside my visa application form.

1. Travel documents (1 international passport)
2. Letter of invitation from my elder sister (Inviter).
3. Pictures of me and Sister and My nephew (sister’s son) to show relationship claim.
4. Utility bills from Inviter.
5. Copies of my sister's identification documents, passport data page, UK naturalization documents.
6. Originals and copies of receipts for shipment of goods from India to Nigeria from India postal service (post office) as trade proof.
7. Registration of business name document (CAC certificate and other registration documents).
8. Past messages sent and also received through emails to sister and my nephew (Document to support relationship claims)
9. Print out for Individual taxpayer registration details from FIRS Garki tax office, Abuja. (Evidence of Current Tax status)
10. Bank statement covering a period of 6months. (01/02/2014 to 31/07/2014): Evidence of Financial Ability to Fund my trip
11. A reference letter from my bank manager to the British Embassy

charzyh2: @Justwise, I am 21 years. I met an American woman on facebook. She and her husband introduced me to a network marketing business. I got interested in the business. So, they sponsored my registration financially. The husband has been chatting with me by email.
Now, they want me to come over there (US) for seminars in either December or January.
They are ready to stand as my sponsor and they are willing to provide any supporting documents for the invitation and sponsorship.
My questions are:

1. Is this a business visa or tourist visa?
2. What documents are required of them being my sponsor in this kind of situation?
3. What documents required are required of me?
4. And what are my my chances of being approved of this type of visa in this situation?

VisaOfficer: Greetings! We're experiencing technical difficulties, and printing for most people has been delayed. We're trying very hard to get back online. As soon as we are, I'll post a message here letting people know their visas will be ready for pick-up soon.

Chrizizon: I must thank u guys for your great work here, unlike b4 i now have enough knowledge for Uk visa application, i will be dropping my application soon.

@Justwise i need your help, could you send me ur email, i want to forward a message to you regarding list of documents i have prepared to submit along my application and also a reference letter backing my application, just for your advice if there is anything more i could add to boost things up for my visitor visa application. Thanks

charzyh2: @Justwise
Please, I have some question. Am I free to ask?

Chrizizon: @Justwise..U are correct, no one can really tell with confidence whether those unpredictable Ecos would give visa or not, as they seem not to make their decisions based on documents submitted

Chrizizon: @Justwise..answer Not so encouraging here, like this uk visa thing has become like a Kalokalo (gamble).Based on what i explained b4, I want to know whether my situation falls into d category of getting a visa at all.Thanks for the good work again and swift RP

Chrizizon: Thanks for your good work here @Justwise and co. I want to apply for a visiting visa to the UK to visit my elder sister (inviter) and also to attend my nephew(Elder sister's son) uni graduation ceremony which comes up in a few months. The thing is that i am a business man registered as a sole proprietor with CAC. I have no business account as i use my savings account for business, mainly to accept payment from clients and funds transfer purposes. Nature of my Business: import goods from Asia(India precisely) and sell in Nigeria. My business was registered 5 months ago with CAC though i have started business much earlier, also i have also registered with tax office Abuja and given a tax identification number but no tax clearance certificate yet. I have various records of transactions and have been in Asia once b4 for business purpose and also have a valid Mexican visa. I want to know if i am qualified for the UK visitor visa application as i don't want to waste my time applying and then getting a refusal, u know naira is hard to get nowadays . Any useful assistance and information will be welcome. Thanks

joxiri: @ justwise
Have they stopped appeal process for family visitor visa application
Wow I didn't know this
When did it come into effect please

thisismystique: I had 3 large deposits in my account which were questioned. However, because of my job in my place of employment as the Legal & Regulatory Consultant, the company pays money through my account whenever they need to be paid to persons for regulatory related purposes. In fact, my statement of account showed that these moneys were being paid by the same company I showed proof I was working for, the remarks told the purpose of the money and there was proof that the money left my account shortly afterwards.

Also, my sister who I was going to visit, they said they couldn't reach. Whereas, they called her mobile during working hours. And of course, she missed the call. They called her husband too and he told them she was at work and if they could call back, he would give them her office numbers but they never did.

If I don't have full right of appeal, does that mean I have some right of appeal?

thisismystique: Hello guys,

I honestly wish I had come to this feed before I submitted my visa application to the UK. Unfortunately, I was given a Refusal. My sister is of the view that I appeal as I applied for a Family Visit visa.

However, on the bottom of my application, it reads: 'Your right of appeal is limited to the grounds referred to in section 84(1)(c) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002.' Please what does this mean? Can I not appeal?

Thank you.

Cavenchy: I guess nl decided to get me a psw pass, if i'm lucky could get a nl ilr too.lol. Did some posting on other threads before the nl meltdown wiped them off. So i have been on for a bit, though i must confess not too frequent. Finished with d course i was doing already, so a bit of travelling here n there kept me off par. Its a nice thing u're doing here, I'm sure alot of pple r encouraged by it.

Cavenchy: Hey been a while, glad to see the thread's still active. Justwise remind me to nominate you for travel section Nairaland awards if/whenever they decide to have one. Can see a lot of positive people helping out with advice. Thought i'd chip in a few.


For those who're still trying to find schools in the uk and need to get an idea of what the students from there think of their unis, visit whatuni.com, you get individual rating polls from lecture quality/course ratings to eye candy, its also cool for accomodation advice too, especially when it comes to areas that boost student experience and creepy landlords to avoid.

Ps: u might not get a professional list of best schools or jobs after grad there, but for social life and school comparison from actual student ratings, it would really help u be on track.

Slimdel: Then maybe u didn't read all that was debated cause both of those u mentioned were talked on.
Then why would u choose something if not for the value of it? I actually joined your two paragraphs in a question cause ironically that's ONE of the lesson in this debate but maybe u didn't read it from that angle innit?

Vicjustice: I sent an email as suggested, there was no response and yet I continue to receive cascade of this junk reports.
I might be compelled to blacklist and place nairaland in blocked list.

ferdimako: That is what I'm saying...it is none of ur business.... did I ask u how u got to d UK? Do I care what u did to stay? Leave vulnerable Nigerians alone, guy. U harass only who u see here.

Slimdel: No I'm not I know exactly what I'm saying which is some people have MSC cert and didn't make anything out of it while some have diploma and doing something with it, maybe u didn't get the proverb there. That's all

ferdimako: Yeah...d highest thing u and Solo can do is telling folks not to share it publicly. Indians and Chinese pple forge even work experiences. CIC knows and that is why they review periodically.

Some pple can't even live on their own and run to marry able spouses and CIC doesn't chase them. I watched a documentary on a Chinese immigrant in Canada with a master's degree but can't get a decent engineering job and lacks in English. He said if not for his two kids...he wld consider heading home. Many pple unable to adjust and live do that.

Nobody needs Solomonwis to know what d consequences are now or then...he doesn't train anyone here. Adults bear their own crosses!

If fresh graduates with terrible language skills can stay on and eke out a living...mehn...what are we talking about?

ferdimako: Criminals know what they r doing. Many students swore at embassies to come back and they perfect d lies here. So? I don't tell pple to lie but Nigerian situations made it so.

Slimdel: Let's leave canny or naija aside, anywhere you find yourself in life, your qualifications are just an additional bonus, what one can make out of it is what matters, some build mansions with just a coin and some can't even build a bungalow with millions. Your environment only comes in to determine whether you will shine through easy or hard way. If you have the potentials inside and can't find it no college, MSC, PGD, masters, PhD whatever can find it. Know what works for u and develop in it.

Happy Sunday

ferdimako: These are adults that are accountable to what they do. They borrow to pursue their courses and it is ur headaches. Na waoh.

MRbrownJAY: ^^^^your prayers were answered, lol!!!! look at how the Mercs are struggling under these conditions.

ChriGo: ....Justwise....are you talking based on UK educational system?.....here in Canada we have professors(I mean real professors) in Colleges.....professors full Lambton wella and they hate to be called teachers else dem go gang up stone you to death .....

DFodio: Sorry, What is FE & HE

dammycrane000: I disagree

Jijola: Yea. But not as bad as here because most of the areas they work are different.

Jijola: My bro, the difference between University and College abroad is not the same in Nigeria.A monotechnique or Polytechnic is the equivalent of a college in Nigeria. And the discrimination between the two as we have in Nigeria does not exist in the Western World. Choosing between one of them in the West is a matter of interest and career goals.

lovelydamsel: Nobody is pointing fingers.I knew canadian forum was peaceful.people want to ask questions,people are new there but your gurus won't let it be.imagine people calling me loveyruky because we share the same username that's disrespectful.you cover up for those so called gurus when they insult people.I see it.the other day someone called a new member a "physco" and you kept quiet.the other someone just called me rude for no reason because I share same username.and funny thing is I don't know this NL guy never talked with him before.when I wanted to insult him everyone wanted to remind me about the commandments.

Anybody can help somebody on that forum.I joined nairaland in Dec 2011 and it was peaceful,people could speak.if you want to strict about your forum.then everyone should following the rules and be treated the same way. That was how you ban someone after a foraged email went round your forum.you decided to favor some moniker that you are used to.anyway,God is watching you

lovelydamsel: Justwise I hope you are viewing your canadian student forum.canadian forum used to be better than this.that forum has turned to something else.old users insulting new users and you keep quiet.God is really watching you.if its a new user makes a mistake of insulting users that's when you comment.if you don't treat this right and bring back the old canadian student forum.people will stop making comments.
Everyone has a right.new users come everyday and they may ask questions even if its sensible or not they should not be laughed or a "Gang" of nairaland old members will start insulting and makiing its not right.

Sometimes 'm even scared to make a comment on your forum because some so-called group of nairalanders will insult me and you won't read your commandments.There should be respect and understanding among nairalanders.