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premp: Hello, i sent my application for student visa extension Tier 4 on 25th September, 2012. They have taken the money from my bank account, QUESTION: how long will it take for this whole process and ultimately my VISA to arrive? I am also troubled as now i don't have a job from 10th October, and i have no visa because its sent away for extension. Would love to know suggestions about getting part-time job or anything thats possible without VISA at least until it arrives. Thanks.

geeez: Well I arrived the UK yesterday and I'm currently at my cousin's with my son. The UK border force didn't really stress me. Less than six questions. No mention was made of why I didn't use the visa all these while. She just asked what I do, when last I saw my cousin (asked me twice at separate intervals), what my cousin does in the UK, how long I'll be staying and then she took our thumb and index fingerprints and let us through.

rhymz: that story looks like some concocted BS from Hint Magazine and its likes.
Again, I am yet to read any formal report from any reputable news outlet where it is reported that homosexuals were jailed or killed in Nigeria just on the suspicion that they were gay. Reports like this one wreaks of mediocre fairy tale concocted BS.

rhymz: Pile of Crap!
How can they say he will die if he is deported to Nigeria, how na!!
Like seriously, how many Nigerians have been killed or jailed for being gay?
Lets be clear here, nobody gives a 4ck what anyone does in the privacy of their room. Na when you wan begin display such nonsense in public that it becomes a problem with the law. Nigeria or Nigerians do not kill homosexuals, you might be harrased by overzealous homophobes but being killed??!! That's a stretch, [b]I am yet to read any report of a homosexual being killed in any part of Nigeria. [/b]The west should stop this nonsense antics of giving a dog a bad name just to hang it.
His defence attorneys should stop using that miserable line of argument just so he can get off the hook. No such thing happens in Nigeria, Naija may not tolerate homosexual behaviour, we don't kill them either.
And these stupid journalists should stop misquoting the laws, last I checked, Naija still operates the old Sodomy laws set up by the british colonialists not the suggested 14years pending at the National Assembly that is yet to be passed or get any serious attention again since the last time.
If homeboy is not gay but is claiming to be one just to get gay asylum, good luck to his 4cking quest but he and his lawyers should stop peddling lies and outright exaggerations to make it seem like sending him to Naija is synonymous with handing him a death sentence.

uulove: Hello every1,got my entry clearance today.thanks to justwise,donxavier,honey85 and others .goodluck to everyone.

Billyonaire: He generalized it, he didnt say 'a few', didnt say, 'many', his statement sounds, like all of us can. And I totally am upset with such generalists' philosophy, its crazy.

Billyonaire: Thank you. Thank you, And Thank you. but no one should say Nigerians can change sexual orientation to gay to get VISA to UK. Thats some unforgivably shitty talk

ochuko eja: hello house, please i applied with my statement of result and my transcript is not yet ready. i explained to the school and they agreed i come with it for registration. i hope i can still use my statement of result in applying for the visa because even my certificate is not available, jus the statement of result

Niyex1: @Justwise, Nope. Lmao!

Niyex1: Yes O! Lawyers have a way of making their clients look desperate to travel maybe because of Political war or for security reasons. Ask a lawyer, they know how to canvass stories & make their client look like a desperate young man who needed help..

yasuleiman: Goodmorning, its bin 2weeks now i have not gotten a reply from them. What should i do?

Niyex1: Wow, well to my own best of knowledge.. I think what your friend needs to do is to prove beyong reasonable doubt on why he made such errors.. Lying on the application kinda connects to why he changed his date of birth.. That was a delibrate attempt to deceive the ECO & that's terribly wrong.. The best he can do to get out of this situation is to get an expert lawyer who's extremely intelligent to canvas the decision made by the ECO or better still he can get a reduced ban or even get lucky without no ban if he should declare himself as a refugee.

oshiokeh: please justwise i need ur attention.... My friend just send me an invitation letter frm uk. She a british citizen, i want u to tell me hw to go about dis or if u have any agent that can process the visa for me i will be awully gratefull .... Thanks so much justwise.

kunlewoye: I use my GTB Naira Mastercard here and thought they charged fees over the normal 1k from your previous post. Do you know if there's cap on the "cash back" thingy?

olubunmi4u: @ Justwise
The detail of the refusal is as thus:
You ave declared no refusals of a visa to any country, including the UK. However, d records show that in 2007 you made an applicatn for a student visa which was subsequently refused. In that application you submitted a passport with a diff DOB.
You have made false representation and failed to declare fact material to this application. The misrepresentatn and concealment of material facts undermines ur stated intentions to the extent that im not satisfied that u r bein truthful abt the pur pose and duration of ur proposed visitand therfore nt satisfied.
I there4 refuse ur applicatn under para 41 and 320(7a). On what ground can he appeal?

olubunmi4u: He was refuse student visa on the basis of no enough funds.

diamond30: Hello justwise, i was refused visiting visa to UK base on the fact that the ECO said i do not have prove that i have fiance available to me for my trip, on the application i included my salary slip, my business evidence appointment letter etc, they claim that i have more money in my account than what i receive as salary, i told them i do business aside my job, i stay with my family therefor i don't pay for rent. what do i do, i was refuse visa 2month ago, when do u think i can reapply. another problem is my salary is been paid by hand not bank.since then i normally deposit my salary into my account this is the second month and i intend to do it for 3 month, do you think it ok? please advice.secondly since August i started paying my salary into my account minus 10k, will that affect the visa if am to reapply cos it different from what is on my pay slip. i intend doing this for 3month and October will make it 3month.this month i paid the complete month, just that of last month. please advice.

mrkels: CONFIRMED...Just google their names and click on pictures, they are always together every...IN church, in the market, while in the gym ,during events, red carpets etc Uti please come out clean

gokeke: pls where do i get list of approved schools that i can apply to, for an undergraduate course?

olubunmi4u: @ justwise
He was given full right to appealm it was stated at the end of the refusal letter Right to Appeal. He doesn't know how to go about with d appeal, what reasons can he give. Tnx

geeez: Thanks justwise, I just stumbled on some information on the ukba website:

Checking your visa

Your visa contains the following information:

1. 'Valid from' date. You cannot enter the UK before this date.

2. 'Valid until' date. You must leave the UK by this date, unless you have successfully applied for permission to extend your stay. In some immigration categories, you cannot apply to extend your stay. We suggest that you apply for permission to extend your stay (if you are allowed to do so) at least 4 weeks before your visa's 'valid until' date.

You can arrive in the UK at any time up until the 'valid until' date, but remember that this is also the last day that you are permitted to stay in the UK.

3. Length of stay. This is the maximum length of your stay in the UK. If you have a multiple-entry visit visa, it will be the maximum length of your stay in the UK on any 1 occasion.

4. Entry terms. If your visa says 01, you may use it to enter the UK only once. If your visa says 02, you may use it to enter the UK twice while the visa is valid. If your visa says "MULT" (multiple), you can enter the UK a number of times while the visa is valid.

UK visas are normally valid for multiple entries to the UK, until the 'valid until' date.

5. Visa category. This is your immigration category while you are in the UK. You must meet the requirements of this category while you are in the UK.

6. Conditions. Any specific conditions attached to your visa are listed here. For example, if your visa does not allow you to work, it will say so here. If your visa says 'No recourse to public funds', you cannot claim most benefits, tax credits and housing assistance that are paid by the UK government. If you are in the UK as a visitor, you cannot use the National Health Service except in an emergency.

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/visas-immigration/general-info/visa-holders/

Does the bolder text exclude Nigerians?

justwise: Travelling just a week before the expiration of your visa 'might' be a big issue at the POE.

ayobj: If you insist on travelling,options are that you use a busy aircraft eg BA.the UKBA officer may be overwhelmed with the crowd.
Also,you can use an airport outside london; manchester,newcastle,glasgow etc...........you just maybe lucky.

You really don't have a good case.
All the best.it seems no matter what we say here,you will still take the trip.

olubunmi4u: @ justwise,
I ave a colleague that applied for family visit with d wife and was refused while d wife was granted. He was refused on d basic that he did not acknowledge he had applied before in 2007 under a different DOB Treduced age). He was refused under 320(7a) false representation or misrepresentation. He was given right to appeal, what chance does he have not to be banned for 10yrs.

geeez: It's excluding flight ticket and I also have a place I'll be staying

gokeke: i have gone thru d FAQs.i av a Diploma in banking which i wrk wit. i want to go 4 Bus admin or Finance in Uni like Sunderland Uni.can i apply directly 2 d Uni online and wat are d usual requirements 4 such applications?tnx

crisycent: This news is SO OLD!!!!! I wonder why it should be on NL.