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Mrs F: @justwise that was sorted! Cos it wasn't mentioned in the 2nd refusal.

Ok cool, that sounds good, i doubt if you will be refused this time around.

Mrs F: @just wise just found this link as regards NHS payment
http://www.ilpa.org.uk/data/resources/14137/12.01-General-Grounds-for-Refusal-NHS-Charges.pdf

Thanks for this link. Very very useful.

jenni1108: Please justwise and others I think I’m just recovering from a heart attack right now – just called the tribunal who gave me a worse case situation of next summer for a hearing date if the UKBA do not overturn their decision – please what can I do to find out what is going on – my husband’s appeal bundle is in Sheffield (that’s what they just told me). I don’t think my sanity and mental health can take anymore of this – sorry if I sound dramatic but it has reached that point. I now don’t even have leave left due to taking time off to go to nigeria due to visiting lawyers, MP office prepare appeal pack and other issues this year.

If anyone can help then it would be appreciated as I am trying hard not to cry while typing this in an open plan office

Please calm down, i can understand how frustrating this is but you need to pull yourself together for your sake and that of people around you. If money is not the issue i would have advised you to reapply since you can do both at the same time.

You have read testimonies of many people here, your case could be over-turned before it goes to the tribunal.

What did your MP say?

edjee: the time frame is too short.any alternative?

Submit and make note of that in your application form.

Kiran14: Hai I am Kiran from India .I submitted my application on August 6 and its still on processing.i been previously in uk as a student but my college licence lost.so I back to my country 3 months before my visa expired .so is there any problem for my new application .this time I applied in university of South Wales .

Indians and Nigerians suffer the same problem, application take a bit longer than other countries because of our previous immigration offenses, as long as you met the requirements then you need to relax and wait for the outcome.

[quote author=boma@felix]From the above post, do you think someone stand a chance to be granted a Visa if during his interview he told them that he does not know were he will be staying in the school with reasons that the Federal Government is the Sponsor and they contracted an Agency incharge of the Application processes on behalf of the applicant........... Someone pls respond because i am worried! Justwise, please respond.....[/quote]You have nothing to worry about.

edjee: i have transcripts and statement of result but my original certificate is misspelt with one wrong letter 't' instead of 'g',certificate is required for registration. what i do? pls advice ,justwise and d house.tnx.

Can't you get it re-issued from the awarding body?

Mrs F: @ johnwise
@ johnwray you guys r doing a fab job!!
Hi guys I'm new to this forum and I just decided to share my horrible experience so far. I initially applied for a spousal visa in february 2013 and got refused in may 2013. My hubby is self employed, I was refused based on the fact that my hubby's pay slips dint tally with his bank statements and the letter of employment from his employer dint say whether his employment was continuous and finally we don't submit my hubby's TT600. Based on several lawyers advised we reapplied. Now I know we should hv appealed. I reapplied again on the 30/05/2013 and was refused on 19/08/2013. This time the reason was that when I went to have my baby in the Uk in October 2012 i have not paid my NHS bill. This was surprising becos after my discharge I chased the NHS for my bill but wee were told that they wud send it via post after several calls and no bill I lft the UK in December and put in the first application in February. I was so shocked cos the first refusal dint mention the outstanding debt. The ECO even stated the exact amount. This was the first time we were made aware of it. Immediately we called the NHS and we were stil told that the cant even find my name or that of my son in their computer, my hubby went down there and meant their financial manager who he showed the refusal noticed she then told him she would contact him in a few days. We were called and the bill was paid. NHS then issued us an apology letter, but my hubby insisted that they should send a copy to Sheffield themselves and also email them sending them a copy of the refusal notice, the receipt and the the apology letter. Our lawyer advised us that without a letter from the NHS our appeal will fail and she even said NHS would never accept blame for such a thing( she was so shocked when we emailed her a copy ) but my hubby dint gve them the chance to refuse. We just sent in
The appeal wt the letters and the receipt. The lawyer also advised us to reapply again. This would be the 3rd time this year I really dunno what they will come up with again?
@halle26 you are truly blessed. My question now is do I have a chance at the appeal or I shud just reapply??.?.

@ Halle26 you are truly blessed

Did you people sort out the payslip and employment issue?

halle26: I would like to share our story.

I want to thank God first for what he has done, this year I would say has been the most stressful and depressing year of my Life so far but I thank God all that has changed. Before I tell you my story I also want to thank Justwise and everyone that has contributed to this forum one way or the other, this was what kept me going at some point. I would confess that sometimes I read this forum more than my Bible (I WAS DEPRESSED). I have been a silent follower of this forum since April this year.
This is my story………… I dated my husband for almost 7 years before we decided to get married earlier this year……. And I have never had any problems with travelling in my life so I really did not know much about visas because I never applied for one in my life.

My husband overstayed on his UK visiting visa and we knew the only way for him to settle in the UK is for us to go back to Nigeria to get married which we did earlier this year after dating for almost 7 years. We applied for settlement visa mid April this year after 2 months wait he was refused on the grounds that I(the sponsor) did not demonstrate how I hold a British passport since I was not born in the UK and secondly he was denied on the basis that I did not provide a letter from my Landlord stating that it was okay for him to live with me in the property.

My mum was born in the UK and holds a British passport which under the law is transferable to me, I wasn’t aware that I needed to proof anything as such, since they issued the British passport to me before I was 16 I believe they should have those documentations on file. As per the letter from the landlord I told my lawyer I wanted it included but he insisted it wasn’t necessary and that it was not one of the requirements. (I wish I listened to my guts and included it)

I was so angry and frustrated at that point I just started crying, I was stressed and depressed. I did not know what to do or where to start from and so I joined the forum in June and sent a message to Justwise to get his opinion on how to appeal and what I could do and within minutes he replied me (even though he did not know me he still gave me audience, you hardly find people like that, I also sent a message to some else on this forum name withheld but up to date the person has not responded) thank you Justwise.

After my husband’s visa was denied I went to see another immigration lawyer who told me it will cost me money but I did not allow her represent us because she was not optimist that the decision could be overturned. Anyway I went back to my initial lawyer who apologized but insisted that my case was not hard and that he will appeal it, he also assured me that 99% of his cases get overturned and never goes to court, for some reason I believed him and told him to represent us (he’s been an immigration lawyer for more than 22 years). So I went to see him and gave the documents he needed to tackle the ECO’s denial. Middle of July the lawyer sent the appeal by post to the Tribunal and also a copy to the home office for reconsideration (I DID NOT KNOW WE COULD DO THAT). Hold and behold 8 working days after he sent our appeal bundle, this is not a cliche, my husband was on his way back from church that afternoon when an email dropped in stating his appeal was received in Sheffield and the decision has been made to overturned the ECO’s initial decision, it was unbelievable I had to check the email about 20 times to make sure no one was messing about with us, it was a miracle, it was like magic as in I have not even paid the 140 pounds for the appeal, I was waiting for AIT to send me a link on how to make the payment. My husband was told to use an international courier to send his passport to Sheffield for his visa to be issued. That day I cried like a baby because that was the only emotion I could express at that moment in time and everything changed for us. My husband has since collected his passport back.

I want to wish everyone waiting for their appeal to be strong and prayerful. The Almighty that did ours will do yours IJN (Amen).

Justwise you are doing a great job here, may God bless you abundantly Amen

I came across a link I would like to share, I hope it helps. The timeline for us was 4 months altogether including reconsideration/appeal.

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/sitecontent/documents/policyandlaw/modernised/cross-cut/reconsiderations/reconsiderations?view=Binary

Thank God we can finally go for our honeymoon.

Stay Blessed everyone.

I'm really really happy for you, happy to read this piece from you, it will really help many people here.

Congratulations again.

Dis Guy: was also surprised he used that language even and still considers it a good place to visit

many things i dont understand about our people--you go through so much hassle to visit a place then come back and mouth off- "ahh what is in that place sef, they just want out money"

stay principled people! if you dont like a country why worry so much about what they do there are many other options

1000....Likes

shalon: shalon: Hello guys,I want to share my experience .i was refused renewal based on the following refusal note given to me
You wish to visit for 10days and I am aware that you were previously granted a visit visa.With that application you stated that you intend to spend 7 days and provided hotel reservation but end up spending 1 month.You provided no evidence or any details as to why you stayed longer or how you maintained your self during the extended visit. Furthermore checks by our office revealed that you made hotel reservation using false credit card details(which was a pure lie cos I used my Gtb bank card to reserve it and I subsequently cancelled the reservation cos I could nt travel at the stated period.

In view of the above,I am not satisfied that you are genuinely seeking entry as a visitor.I therefore refused your application .Your right of appeal is limited to the ground blab blab .
I have to say that I am a widely travelled individual with good business here.Been to us,canada,schegen many times,even have a valid 1 year schegen and us visa..

It all happened in late December and I never bothered to write or reapply cos I see them as being unnecessarily racist and just want to be exploiting money from applicants though I didn't apply for two years cos I don't see the justification for paying 73 k as visa fee while us is just 26k and Germany is 12800 for a year visa.
Please I want to know if my case over the false credit card attract 10 years ban because I never used a false credit card cos all I did was to reserve room not to make payment.please advise.

Why did you not challenge such serious allegation then?

Racist and exploitation? The same people that issued you visa before?

histamine: Hi Justwise,

I recently got a Job in the UK and will be coming home to apply for a tier 2 visa as i am on a visit visa. I have all the required documentation, only thing that concerns me is claiming points for English language. I do already have IELTS, problem is its expired (was taken for medical licensing exams). I was wondering if i can claim points with my University degree or O level English language results.

Is it better i retake the IELTS?

Thanks.

That should be good enough but to have peace of mind i suggest you take IELTS again if you don't want to leave any stone unturned.

VisaOfficer: FYI, Wikipedia is wrong about this. I'm a Consular officer and I can attest that the threshold of 50,000 visas in five years has NOT been met in Nigeria. If there is a 2015 Diversity Visa program, under current rules, Nigeria will be eligible.

Thanks for clearing this up

lamie505: I need help cos am dying of hypertention since I applied for my tier 4 uk visa on 19th August...
My questions goes thus
(1). My statement of result is laminated but my transcript isn't.
(2). My mom is my sponsor so she gave me a statement to the tune of 20,106 usd.. I attached a oanda covertion print out to my application. But I didn't add tax clearance cos she is a nurse.
(3) My english was assessed with a letter I got from my HOD in school this I also attached to my visa application
Pls am scared I don't know why..

There is no need for tax clearance.

Did the school asked you to write any English test? What was written in your CAS regarding your English?

joel911: @Justwise, please I want to ask the following questions;

1. I opened a fresh account with Heritage Bank with the intention of making a Tier Visa application. The funds are well in excess of the required funds needed for tuition and maintenance. The funds completes 28 days on 3rd September. Since I paid in the money, I have not done any transcation. Do I need to do a transaction before obtaining a bank statement?

2. Since I opened a fresh account with the sole intention of making a visa application, will it in any way affect the outcome of my application.

@Justwise kindly advise me.

if your bank statement does not show the opening and closing balance date then make little payment then print it out the same day you are submitting. that payment you made will act as the closing date of that account.

henrimoto: oh, oh! bros, these words are too harsh. (deep words). no b so! justwise, u no fit work as customer-care 4 bank wey wan increase their customer base. haaa, nooo! as i dey see u so, u go get set of canes wey u go take dey flog people wey do or talk any how in front of ur desk.. see temper.!

if you walked into a bank to make an inquiry about your account..you wait for reply before insulting them else you will be asked to take your leave.

roli21: i hv a pm 4 d ist time n i sti cnt read it..whew....i hv sercht 4 wer 2 click on d red alert icon bt its only dismis button der..pls help...sombdy sed i shud use my email..i dnt jus understand..oga justwise n odas abeg help o..im new 2 nl

check the email you used when you registered here.

masperano: got my visa on tuesday. justwise thanx man.

congratulations! enjoy your studies.

goodtalk: @justwise! Can u adduce reasons for hidding 2 of my posts when the 0ps posts akeen to insults are still left hanging?

Nairaland / General / Re: Has Manmustwac Been Sacked? by Seun(m): 12:43pm On Aug 09

vedaxcool: WHO hide my post? This is purely being biased.

Your post was in violation of rule 2.


Even seun the owner of Nairaland can explain why he hide vedaxcools post!

Jesol and manmustwac had taught they were eternally invisible but we know better today!

They were sacked! Period!!

its pointless explaining to you why your post was hidden since you have decided to go ahead talking nonsense.

you can get lost.

De Tus: @Justwise, I saw that now. Please forgive him. He's still very young to insult the elders. I can now see that he was banned not because of me, but due to his crazy use of English. Please do not recapitulate this matter anymore. I feel so upset and disappointed too. And I will definitely let him apologize to you. Justwise, we all love you here! @Adaobi, the message does not have any sense of humor, so it's not funny. Maybe because you're an Ada and you just wanted to laugh. I can understand!

Please don't bother, i need no apology from that individual.

De Tus: @Justwise, how do you do? I am passionately appealing to you for Amefrica. Please pardon him for not strictly keeping to the rules and regulations. Obviously, I would say he got banned because of me. Do forgive him! He's very intelligent and hard-working.

Those are emails from him.

De Tus: @Justwise, how do you do? I am passionately appealing to you for Amefrica. Please pardon him for not strictly keeping to the rules and regulations. Obviously, I would say he got banned because of me. Do forgive him! He's very intelligent and hard-working.

i'm not sure about that, he is rude and ignorant brat, he sent me two abusive emails and i will paste them here tonight when i'm free.

blesseddude: Hello all I have bn following the trend after i applied, I submitted on the 31st July at Lekki centre and no reply till today. I was asked to submit my WAEC and i included my statement of result ...let me know if the public holiday counts and how many working days .Thank you @justwise

Its minimum of 15 working days, public holidays does not count.

fredtee: I greet all members of this noble palace.The Igwe and the chiefs, i greet. i have been following this thread for years now. I want to really say that the work you guys are doing only eternity will be able to say the extent it has helped so many folks. I have been a victim of Qatar visa scam too so i understand how it goes.Anyhow i will soon post some pics of the guy who spearheaded my own scam. His name is Oguntowo Abayomi Adeleke. i have all evidence of payment to this guy and i have his picture and that of his wife. i have also told him that he can not run far unless he pays back every dime he collected from me. What damage spurious agents do as far as visa to the gulf nations is concerned is not a small thing; and i am so happy that this thread can be online for people to learn the right way to go about it. Thanks all.

If the wife is not involved in the scam please don't post her picture here.

Expose only the scammer.

Thanks

[quote author=Ik.kao]Hello All,

I'm in desperate need of urgent advice.

I am very new to this forum so forgive me if my questions have been previously answered a thousand times before...

My partner and I are coming home to get married this year, after dating for almost 2 and half years...

We've gone through the UKBA website and are comfortable in the areas of accommodation and finance

He has his own 3 bed house on a mortgage and lives there on his own.... And he's got a good job earning well over the £18,600.. Threshold...(- he is also British.)

The only problems we have are, I am overstayer on a visitors visa(, and i have overstayed for almost a lifetime)...and I took up employment in my name...

Also last year, I had an op for which I wasn't billed ( well, not yet) as I have an NHS number..

We have been asvised by a lawyer that it is better to disclose the work in a cover letter he writes in support of my application, to the BHC, and he also advised us to call the NHS to pick up the bill first before applying as I could be refused on this basis.

Do you think it's better to call NHS and ask them for a bill or wait until it is raised as an issue at BHC in Naija.

Would you also think it wise to include the work part in the cover letter or not.

Is it better to keep mum on this and If I am called for the interview, and it is asked, them I would open up about it?

Not sure if it helps, I've never made any application in the home office, neither have I come under the arrest or attention of police or immigration in the UK...

Thank you very much....[/quote]The result of your first application could go either way, it may end up in appeal court which you stand a good chance of winning however!, you really really need to come out clean in everything that has gone wrong with your immigration history. Do what your lawyer told you about paying NHS bill,(that alone will earn you a refusal) you need to make it easier for yourself so that even if you were refused for some reasons you will then have something to fight for in appeal tribunal, holding back any info about your immigration history with UKBA will only harm your application.

Prepare to present all the documents that will prove that your marriage is genuine, call history, email exchanges, gift, pictures taken together etc

wakanowstaff: Unfortunately, I don't know how to blank the sender's name but that mail is authentic. If you know anyone that works here, ask the person. The staff sent it to all of us.

Use paint or snipping tool

omobee23: Justwise, I am new on this forum. I am really trying to catch up with how to communicate well here.Seem not difficult at all. I have been given a UK Family Vist Visa after a year of appeal procedure. Finally BHC has withdrawn their initial decision and I have received my visa. In my last application that resulted into the refusal, I wanted to spend two weeks with my brother. Given the Visa, I want to spend three weeks vacation in the Uk with my brother's family this time. I hope there won't be any discrepancy at the aiport-that my last application says 2 weeks and ticket three weeks. i need to know befor e i buy my ticket.

Not at all, considering the fact that the visa was delayed due to appeal, the reason for the initial travel is more or less irrelevant. If stopped at the POE explain the situation to them.

Its hard to verify whether this is from Wakanow ex.staff or not, do you mind attaching the email here? Blank the sender and recipient email addresses and attach the original email.

Make a screenshot of it or use snipping tools.

Thanks.

jamiu4real: Am so sorry for this all am trying to do is to render help to some people that might need the material for study purpose, I really understand the internet public issue with pasting email address on the public forum so that was why I do not include my email in the message when I posted it, so from this medium I want you guy to understand that posting your email on here can be very bad when it come to your own privacy as well .. so help us keep nairaland clean oo , am going to send the TOEFL Guide to some of you you that I already have your email now .. if anyone is in need of it again you should send me direct email through the nairaland system.

Its safer that way and give dubious characters here no excuse to start dropping contact details for some dodgy deals

Thanks for your understanding though