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yungokus: To add to what u just said .. The embassy for sure doesn't xpect one to leave the money u tendered as balance in the bank statement till one gets the visa! Of course they know one might require cash for daily upkeep while xpecting his/her visa, so one can withdraw funds and do whatsoever the person wants to use it for BUT not withdrawing so much that the account becomes RED i.e Insufficient funds for a like a month or two.. Like we know the embassy is much more interested in the inflow and outflow of cash in the account . And truly I admit the fact that they verify the present balance in the account asides the month u submitted the month end statement of account as at when applying cos I work in a bank too... So whenever and whoever is sponsoring gives u his statement of account please advice the person to please help in reducing the way he or she withdraws funds and not depositing such funds back or better still if the person is someone close to you.. You can always tell the person to pay u a check in your name in huge sum to withdraw money from the account cos obviously the bank would state Mr/Miss A collected cash @ a particular date. So when the embassy are doing the necessary checks on the account they would see on the statement of account that you actually get funds from ur sponsor regularly... Cos a comprehensive bank statement would state who and who has been debitting and crediting such account..

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Pitykitten: Hello everyone,
I am new on Nairaland and I'm not quite sure how this works...I need advice,I'm a 500L medical student and I want to travel to the UK early next year to visit.

I have family there(An Aunt) but I can stay in a hotel if that would be better(I can't be away from school for over 2weeks anyway)

I have applied for visa to France with all necessary documents but was refused on grounds that I don't have strong ties to Nigeria. What can I do to avoid such again?

Please show some love y'all. God bless.

kenny2gbaski: Hello Justwise, Vicjustice & others
Please i need your help/Advice URGENTLY, My Dad just got an invitation to visit the UK for a wedding ceremony of his Niece in few months,all the necessary supporting documents has been sent already to the embassy from UK. he was not the only one that was invited (some couple of other family members' names was sent to the embassy as well). 2 documents (including the invitation letter) has been forwarded to his mail. Now he is getting ready for visa processing, There is is a particular problem, i don't think his personal account statement is good enough to get him the visa, So my question is
Is it possible or allowed if someone else is willing to stand as his sponsor (Like his Pastor or a friend). this sponsor is willing to provide all necessary documents and account statement for him as well as write to the embassy claiming to sponsor his trip?
Is this accepted? Any other suggestions will surely be appreciated. Thank You.

mrduke: no stamp on entry Nigeria, not stamped by immigration at the airport on entry Nigeria

paris10: The white guys are criminals, simple! Can't force you to call your brothers criminals,but let me be clear on one thing: It would be a sad day for you if you dare call any Nigerian criminal or associate them with criminality.

S[b]ango, Amadioha, obatala,Alusi,ogun, ayelala would be involve in your case anytime or day you call any Nigerian a criminal.

paris10: My point exactly. He won't bash his people (UKBA) on this but would rather deviate to something meaningless; talking about double standard and being bias.

Once again, the UKBA is the criminal. They should be put away and made to rot in Nigerian jail.

paris10: Do not justify your bullock write-up based on my assertion that you do condemn Nigerians without giving a second thought. These people are not Nigerians mind you!

And why talking about the woman and Visa when you should be focusing your criticism to the "criminals"? Behind every successful drug dealer or criminal benefit, there's a white man waiting somewhere for his share of the spoil.

Crimes are what they are today, and millions are being put away just to appease the middle-class. The middle-class steals our money (Wall street politics) and a guy in the slum is being blamed for the crime. The poor smoke weed and have possession of them, he gets months behind bar. Middle-class do the same and even go further as to snorting cocaine, he gets nothing.

Crimes are created to the detriment of the poor. Parliament passes new bill into law every now and then without consideration for the poor.

Police concentrates most of their effort in the slum trying to catch the poor and mentally inbalance all in the name of providing crime statistics, and you call that fairness?

I'm not directing this to you in particular, but just educating you of what is going on in the society. Have you thought about social disorganisation and the theories and hypothesis which affirms that crime is an irrational act rather than rational or a free-will?

paris10: Nah, call them criminals and shame them with the words you've used several times on Nigeria. Aren't they criminals? Aren't they fraud? Abeg, do justice like @justwise would normally do.

paris10: The title should be your main concern. Oya, start lambasting your sister and brother now. They are criminals. So, white officials working for UKBA can also be fraud?

I said this because you're always quick to label and happy to criticize any Nigerian caught for immigration offences not giving a damn about their mental state.

You haven't called them criminals yet, I'm waiting!

justwise: [/b]

Yes i agree with you on that, and we should also give credit to the BHC for exposing their own officials.

BUSH MAN: not bad for a nanny in the uk

debosky: That's even reasonable - there are many areas where the cost is close to £300 a week per child, especially for those that open early and close late. In that sense it was a fantastic plot by the officers - save nearly 3/4ths of what you would usually pay for your child. Awon Ole.



That's really not the point JW - the issue here is that an official that bends the rules in this fashion for his/her own benefit is likely not going to be a rational/objective assessor of applications and may treat applicants unfairly. No one is questioning the underlying principles of visa issuing, just the suitability of these individuals for such a task given their own attempts to manipulate the system.

BetaThings: The man is saying that they don't extend the privilege to those who are more deserving, but are rigging it for somebody who is obviously not qualified

BTW - what is wrong with these people? Minimum wage for educated people is N18,000. Somebody is going to make, aside from free food and lodging, N75,000 monthly (how many graduates make that) and they are calling it pittance
They should come back for another nanny. How much are nannies making in Nigeria?

Kgdavid: wrong thinking. yes it is a privilege of sorts to be granted a visa by any country and it is not mandatory to grant you one even after you meet the requirements [b]but because the border officers are human beings and individuals they have been given guidelines in order to prevent abuses of the system such as those which occurred in the story above. so in theory the right to refuse a visa regardless of requirements being met is retained [/b]but in practice there must be justification for refusal of visas and therefore where requirements are met a visa should be granted. the country has the right to refuse you a visa but the individual immigration officer although representative of the country does not quite have the right to do so for no reason otherwise the whole system become arbitrary.

cheleku: Did I just hear you say a privilege? Why set certain requirements then? Nna we are not talking of visa lotteries here!

luvinhubby: And so, what is the crime there, they only want to give Rose a Brighter Rewading Future in U.K (£300 a month wit shelter & food) in exchange for her services, USE WHA U HAVE TO GET WHAT U NEED. Abeg free them joor!!!

Nuezha: Seriously, I'll post their house addresses if I can lay hold on 'em! What a disgrace they are!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

aurenflani: And why not? They are a fraud and fraudsters must be exposed.

mrduke: Hi, Can anyone tell me if British High Comission know when person came back to Nigeria from UK. My sister came to UK to visit me in UK in 2010. She was given 6 mths visa but stated in her application that she wished to stay 4 weeks. She came back to Nigeria after 6 mths just before her visa expired. She would like to apply again this year.I am not sure if she should write in this year application that she stayed longer than stated in her last visit or just say that she came back after 4 weeks. there is no stamp in her passport with the date of return to Nigeria. PLEASE i NEED YOUR HELP!

kevesia: Hello this has been such a helpful fourm. I am in desperate need for answers. When I was 9years old I went to the uk on a invitation visa from jamaica my aunty that I went to visit decided to make me overstay I lived in the uk for 11 years. I am now 20 years old and I got Frustrated with not being able to work due to the fact I didnt have a NI number. I was on filing to come to the usa to live with my grand mother so I took the opportunity and left the uk voluntarily. Problem is im missing my home in england more than anything and I would love to be ably to go back and visit my friends and family. Im thinking about applying for a visit visa do you think I have a chance of being accepted? Or am I banned even though the decision to overstay was not mine because I was 9 years old. I appreciate any help thank you.

ifynne: Justwise,ur doing a great job.please I had my baby in europ but I stay in lagos.I want to apply for uk tourist visa with my 9months baby nd my hubby.what docs shld I use cos am currently not working but my hubby has a good job,I also overstayed cos I have schenghei multiple 2yrs but not to overstay 3mnths in every visit but in my last trip i stayed 6mnths though my visa is still valid till now but am so scared it might spoil my chances of uk visa,lastly,do I need to put in my baby birthcertificate given to us in europe or I shld use d one I got from nigerian hospital where I registered her.Am waiting for ur reply!

dnative: See them now. And how many times have they looked down on many genuine visa applicants and refused giving visas even when duly merited?