Come on, this is very very untrue. She can apply apply with her kids as long as she possesses the requirements to be issued a visa. Her job as a federal employee is a good ties, plus she need to have a reasonable amount of money in her account that is twice or thrice bigger than the total cost of her trip, if she have any property that is also a good tie. Please don’t just come here and give people wrong advice.

Victor4visahelp:
you are a widow with 2kids, if the three of apply together it will show to the ECO you have no family ties in Nigeria. It’s best you apply alone first and use your kids as your family tie to Nigeria and later you can apply for your kids.

Who told you your passport has not been seized? Until you get to immigration office ABJ. It baffles me that you’re on this forum and still allow yourself into such a thing. There’s actually nothing you can do, from your explanation I can see that you committed the offense and I’m really sorry that you have been flagged. You had all the opportunity to contact the good people of this forum for advise prior to your documents submission and biometrics, but you didn’t anyway, so please carry your cross and leave the good people of this forum alone. It is people like you that actually give Nigerians bad name that attracts all the extreme vetting we hear of. Meet your so called agent for solutions not Nairalander’s pls.

Dimmy17:

Let me come out plain, I used an agent, on my first passport Dat has expired, he stamped fake US visa on it but he only submit the photocopy of the fake US visa page. So in the online application form he said have never been denied visa which is also a lie, cos v been denied us visa 3 times. However, th white paper Dat is always put in front of passport during the US visa Interview was peal of but not neatly done. But sincerely I saw all this on the day of submission cos he handed all documents to me on the submission day.
I accept the total blame but please what can I do now. Also I think am lucky my passport was not seized but I don't know if v been banned. Pls what can I do

Well said brother, well said.

NIGHTLIFE100:
To be honest a lot of people in UK don’t even save 3 million naira in a year.... Vacation is for comfortable people so don’t ever put yourself in financial hardship just because of a 2weeks trip. Be financially stable before thinking of vacation and if overstay is your plan... it’s not like the 90s ooo it’s not easy anywhere

My brother I don’t understand what people think about visiting abroad, that money will change their whole story in the next 5 years if they diligently plan a business with it, but they rather want to visit U.K. and come back to the same level they have been in. Exactly why VO’s find it hard to believe that they will ever come back to Nigeria.

NIGHTLIFE100:
3 million on honeymoon or 3 million to kickstart their life, which is more productive

That’s a kind gesture. However, I don’t think they will be approved for visa, for reasons that as a couple that wants to visit the U.K., they are expected to be financially strong enough to undertake the trip without a sponsor. Lodging an amount that is unusual in his account is a red flag, sponsoring a couple who do not have strong ties (i.e, business, properties, reasonable savings in bank) in their home country is also a red flag. As a married couple at the age of 30 and above, the VO expect you to meet certain criteria, which is being independent at all level. It gives the VO’s reasons to believe that their economic circumstances in Nigeria does not meet the requirements for an entry clearance, hence if giving the opportunity to enter the U.K. they will likely not leave at the end of their intended visit. I think sponsorship works better for young people 25 years and below, and old people 55 and above.

frickyjohn:
Hello @justwise steel101 and all the expert in the house.

I have a couple who I am not related to in anyway. They have been nice to me in church and I in turn wants to sponsor their honeymoon in the UK with 3Million naira.

My question is
1. can I just give them the money sent to their account.
2. Give them my 3 or 6 months statement of account and a cover letter stating that I am sponsoring the trip as a gift to them.
3. What are their chances of getting the visa since the husband can only afford about 300k on his own to spend on this trip.
4. Sending the money to the husband account might raise a red flag since he might not have enough convincing proof to defend that huge funds to his account.


I really want to make their martial journey sweet.

Yeah, I know it’s not the thread, was just curious.. So sorry about that..

FYsol:
I sent my passport via Dropbox but was returned without visa asking me to schedule interview. It was during the interview the VO said so. This is not a U.S visa thread though

Bro was it an interview in person or application on the Drox Box ??

FYsol:
@Justwise is right. I applied to visit the U.S for just 2 weeks, I got the visa and spent 1month even though my passport was stamped for 6months at POE. When my visa expired, my renewal was refused and the VO said I requested to spend just 2 weeks but spent a month.

Have you considered your decision to take a loan of 1m to visit the U.K. ? So when you come back from the trip you start paying off the loan every month from your salary?? Do you honestly think this is a wise decision? Or you don’t plan to return to Nigeria??

ola1970:
Please @justwise i am a first time applicant and i am a civil servant but the problem is, I loaned the money to fund my trip which is about,1mil and I intend to travel in October but will attend my interview t next week although the statement will be ready by Friday.I don't know if i should go ahead or not.

She should please verify that visa, you know agents in Nigeria can do anything to make money , plus the fact that they can take advantage of the fact that there is no more seal on it.

Monmarri:

Many thanks. To be honest with you I don't know the time he stated on his application that he will be traveling. I am surprised that the validity started by July. It is an agent that assisted her for the visa process. I just hope the visa is just authentic. Many thanks. I appreciate your response

22/5/2019 to 22/5/2021. So I’m a bit surprised for the dates on her visa.

Monmarri:


Please what date did they put on y visa validity? From what date? My friend submitted on 16 April and he just got his passport today. Thank you

My previous visa issued in Oct 2018 had the seal you’re talking about, but my current visa don’t have it. I submitted my application on 3rd May 2019 and got my passport 31st May and saw that the seal isn’t there. From my investigation, I leant that the seal is no longer on visit visas issued from November 2018.
Regarding this the visa date, you should ask the applicant if he stated on his application that he was to travel in July, but I still don’t think that’s enough for the visa validity to start in July.

Monmarri:
Happy Sunday house. Please dear house for those of you that recently got visa this month. And submitted application around April. I will like to confirm if there is any UK stamp on it? I just saw a friend's visa and it did not look like my previous visa sticker, in all my visa I do av round stamp from the UK home visa but I am not seeing it on this visa. Any body collected his or her own to compare. The person in question submitted application around April 16, how comes is it showing from 18/07/19. We are still in the month of June. How come is home office putting July?. Please I will appreciate recent pictures of UK sticker from those that just got visa. Many Thanks.

Thank you so much.

dcutey:


The cost of priority visa service is GBP 220 per person. The closest available date as of last Monday was 19th June and all time slots were for premium lounge service.

I had just collected my 2 years visa for myself and my wife, and 6 months for our 5 months old daughter on Friday. I submitted at Abuja on the 3rd of May. Now I am saying this base on experience. I choosed a regular appointment with assisted service for every member of the family. Although appointments isn’t as tight In Abj unlike VI and Ikeja.

I opened all 3 application in different browsers the same time, mine was on google chrome, my wife’s own was on Mozilla Firefox and my daughters own was on internet explorer, I choosed the same dates and time swiftly and it was around 11pm.

When we got there the security personnel at the entrance merged us as a family of 3. That’s it.

However, because of the rush and loads of application mostly in VI and Ikeja base on the summer break he will have to choose a much later date to get a regular assisted service because a lot of people are accessing the site at this time.

dcutey:


I remember you had stated that flexi isn't compulsory for a family appointment in your response to my earlier question but it wasn't stated as a suggestion on their website. The website states that you must book a flexi appointment if you're a family and you want your application to be merged; if you're right then their statement is misleading.

Also, I never was able to choose the same time for a family of three; I never saw the same time slot again after choosing it for one member of the family.

Please share your experience when you eventually book your appointment.

Sorry 28 business days.

Cancelling for refund will take 38 business days for the funds to be returned back to the same account you paid it from. Now regarding the flexi thing, it’s not compulsory that you must choose flexi, it’s only a suggestion on the site. You can choose a normal date and time for each members of the family, note it must be the same date and time for all of you, when you get there you will be merged as a family. So please save yourself 84GBP from each member of your family.

nonoski:
Good day house,
Please i am a little confused about the TLS website.
I choose VI Centre
for my Biometerics was charged 55GBP each
for return courier was charged 14GBP each
for Flexi was charged 84GBP each (coz they insist applying as family must pay for flexi)
Total about 170 GBP per person (N400,000)
I am applying for 5 family members do i need to pay all these fees just for a visa?
Isn't this extortion?

This excludes 4,400GPB already paid for visa fees.
I am already thinking of cancelling the application what is the refund procedure

Good afternoon house. Please what is the cost of priority visa application for a first timer? And is there anyone currently searching for an appointment date at TLS Ikeja? If yes please what are the nearest available dates ??

Thanks in advance

It can be used.

Belovedolu:
Please can a bank statement printed a week ago still be used or one needs to print a new one?

Yes, adding you as a director increases your chances.

Nativeborn:
Hello everyone! Thanks for all the information shared in this thread. I have been learning from this thread and this is my first time of posting. I intend to visit the UK on visitor's visa in two months time. I need advice on the best process to follow. My English friend and I runs an online creative agency in the UK. He has the business registration and had wanted to add me as a Director. Does adding me as a director to the company give me better chances to apply for a UK visiting visa from Nigeria or a red flag? I haven't been to the UK before but I've been to India, Kenya and Rwanda. I will appreciate your advice and suggestions.

Peace and blessings!

OmoBendel, I haileth thee.. The thing is, if she state that she has other income it has to reflect in her account statement which I believe isn’t the case at this point, and as you know the VO wants to see proof of any financial position you claim to be in., so if she doesn’t have any other regular deposits that’s comes in like an extra income she can’t use that option. And as for the 350k she’s budgeting, that na straight denial, I wouldn’t let her use that micro funds for a trip like that, hence the reason I ask her to use 450k or 500k.

OmoBendel24:


That will be her 3months+ salary, by the time her living cost is removed from that her salary she will be budgeting over her 4months+ disposable income. That’s some bone!

I wonder what people do with that section that talks of “other incomes”. Make do of it! Is it only salary we receive? Don’t we receive even “dash” money and other several incomes (from friends, family, acquaintances, etc), especially the women folks? Abi no be naija we dey talk of again? We get other legit incomes monthly wella to the best of my knowledge, there may be exceptions, but scarcely. Deals and all dey too oh....

It’s not a must that it must be an amount not more than your two months salary, that’s not compulsory. What matters is that you have income that comes in every month and that you have more than enough to cover the trip and still have money in your account to live on when you return home. In my opinion I would advise that you go with 450k or 500k, which is at least 1k pounds.

ebose09:


Thanks once again... I have more than enough to cover the trip with a meaningful balance in my account that can cover the trip without affecting anything. The only issue is this thing about no quoting more than you 2month salary. If not I have no shaking I can quote 450k and it still won't affect my savings.

All said,pls should I go ahead with the 350k budget.

The issue here is whether you have enough that will cover you on the trip. As for the pay you should put 150k there since that’s what comes in from your employer. Now you’re going with this person and declaring same which is fine. However it would be nice if you have more than the said amount that you intend spend on this trip, that is to say, make the VO see that you still have money to live on when you get back from the trip.

ebose09:

Good morning,Thanks a lot for your swift response I really appreciate it.
It 150k that appears on my account every month.this the issue,I work in a sch and my child attends the same sch so to easy the issue of sch fees 15k is deducted from my salary every month so am been paid 150k.this is clearly state in my payslips.
Concerning the second issue, am to travel with a friend who already has his visa(2years) but I was advice by @justwise to sponsor my trip myself(but in the real sense of it he is the one paying for all expenses). In other to cut my expenses to fit into my 2month salary. I summarized my 7days trip expenses as
1)tickets 226,500 (I have the reservation printed out)
2)tourism. 90,000 (sightseeing and entertainment)
3) others. 35,000(feeding and other. Misc).
4)hotel accommodation to be paid by him(to back this up I will be including the hotel reservation for 2guest with his name,i have his passport bio date page and visa page,I have his work I.d card) since am the one sponsoring my trip am not adding his statements of accounts.
Pls your opinions will be highly appreciated.

It doesn’t have to be a flexi appointment, they should book the earliest regular appointment for same time and date for each of the family members which I believe have available slots earlier than June 19th, they will be merged as a family of 3 when they arrive at the first check section by the security in charge. Secondly the flexi fee is charged per head, so if they’re going for that they will pay the flexi fee x 3. And finally they should use priority service. I assure you if they go with this advise everything will be ready ahead of their planned departure date.

dcutey:
Hello house, please I need your expert opinion on an urgent matter.

A family of three with Irish visit visas plans to travel to Ireland in the third week of July and would like to use the opportunity to visit the UK. They have just completed their UK visit visa applications and discovered that the earliest available date for a flexi application where a family can consolidate their applications into one for a decision is June 19th. The purpose for their trip to Ireland is so crucial that they have to be there else a major event will be in shambles. Please I would like your opinion and suggestion concerning the option I think are available to them.

1) Book a priority visa appointment for June 19th and get a decision within five days. My question concerning this is would the priority visa fee of £220 be paid only once by the applicant consolidating all the applications or would each applicant pay the priority visa fee? Also, how does one consolidate the applications on the TLS website?

2) Go for the keep my Passport option where they get to keep their passports while waiting for a decision. The question here is how long would it take the passports to be returned them after submitting them when granted the visa?

What do you advise?

You should put 165k since that’s what comes in from your employer monthly., as for question 2, I don’t think 350k will fly, although you didn’t state whether someone invited you and accommodation and feeding is taken care of by them, you need to tell the house what expenditure the 350k is going for, if it’s for ticket alone or everything on the trip.

ebose09:
@justwise,@omobendel and all the gurus in the house...pls your attention is needed.
I want to apply for my UK visiting visa.my salary is 165 take home I have a standing order of 15k deduction monthly which make my take home 150.
My question.
1.if filling my income will it be 150 or 165
2.will a budget of 350k be OK

Hmmm! Rolake1, I’ve read all of your posts and I cannot understand your kind of desperation, it is so obvious that you ignore advise from people that knows everything about UK visa. You’re never coming back to Nigeria if you’re ever issued a visa.
Be warned!! That agent is going to get you in a lot of problems with the British Embassy and you will be banned for 10 years. Why not plan uoureadlf with the money you intend paying the agent and apply yourself. What were the reasons for your previous denials?? You could address the issues from those denial letters and get a visa yourself.

Rolake1:
Hello everyone, Please there is this stamp in u.k visas that they wrote British embassy some of them are not so clear in visas but you will see it's there if you look it well. Want to ask if it as to be in all visas or it's not a must for it to be there or it doesn't mean if its not there. Please I would like those that gave been given visas to put me through. Thanks

If you didn’t list on your application form that you will be staying at your uncle’s place, please you shouldn’t cancel until you’ve passed immigration.

chukyrooy:
Pls guys just a quick one, I booked a hostel but u have an uncle that stays in the UK. I've always stayed at his place. I hope canceling the hotel Booking wouldn't cause an issue at the point of entry.

Pls what's your opinion guys

Lipsyred. I have to call you out on this for certain reasons, for the most part is that you are educated and works with Zenith bank and should have known better. You are one of Nigerians that actually deserve this visa, giving your personal circumstances but you messed this up, mostly with your spouse misrepresentation and I’m scared that this application might rob your subsequent applications if not properly planned with due deligence and honest representation with clear evidence. No, you didn’t do things rightly at all, and I’m sorry if my words are coming too harsh. Firstly, your husband claimed he is self employed and earns 30m annually, which stands at 2.5m monthly.,

Question is, does his personal account show a monthly income of 2.5m from his business account for the past 6 months

Did he submit CAC documents listing him as the director of the company as he claimed

Did he submit a company account that showed maximum trading to the tune of him earning 2.5m monthly

He claimed he earns 2.5m monthly and has a balance of 2.5m, so he literally spends the 2.5m he earns every month in the past 6 months

This is a whole lot of dishonest representation from him being the lead applicant.

And on your part,

Why would you be the sole sponsor of your trip with 900k when your husband is rich and earns 2.5m monthly

Why would you intend to spend 900k for a 5 days trip, an amount above your 3 months salary

Why is your money not in zenith bank where you work which genuinely shows that the money is yours and readily available for use at anytime

Why a large sum deposit in your IBTC account ?

These are mistakes you made that you will have to carefully work on if you intend to apply again.

My advice for you is that you should build your salary account for the next 6 months, don’t transfer money from it to save elsewhere, save it there and spend from there, and use same for your next application. If you have free 1m now put it in there this month and forget it, then by end of November you can apply again, print out 6 months statement, this 1m deposit from this month will not show on the statement because it’s from June to November. The VO are very suspicious of huge deposit, they now know that a lot of ppl are staging this huge deposit to further boost their accounts and that means they are not honest with their true circumstances. And on your next application don’t put 5 days, 2 weeks is okay. How can you spend 900k of your money for only 5 days when you earn 288k monthly?? It makes no sense at all. Again, the first reason why you were denied is because of the false representation that your husband claimed without proof. And like I said on your next application use only your salary account, and make sure it has reasonable balance, if you have to wait until 2020 to get a reasonable balance it’s fine, just make sure no huge deposit that isn’t your monthly salary is shown there. Again I am sorry for the denial, I know how you feel, because you really deserve this visa, I have frnds from zenith bank with same pay as you, they have visas and some are renewing for 5 and 10 years respectively.

Lipsyred:
Good evening All.@ justwise I need you kindly analize this visa denial reason given I am still in shock that we were denied,I gave all documents to verify our intention for 5days visit for our anniversary n I believe the statements were not duly analized.i gave my bank salary accounts 3 of them n movement from my salary account to my other bank account was presented and treasury cert of the other bank as well with a balance of 1m+ left as balance for d trip in d other bank and the vo just concluded my balance in my bank salary account cannot cover d trip,so funny.Treasury have been on d other account for years which after d tenor rolls over and d conclusion was unusual lodgement wen my statement is clear dat deposit in and out is base on treasury which passes through.Does that mean d vo doesn't understand statement or wat?must we explain every bit of it in covering letter.my husband doesn't use his company account so he uses his personal account and run his car bizness which have a turn over of abt 50m in d statement period n lodgement have inflow written as payment of various car types so crystal clear but he have his personal income tax n make withdrawal on it,though his balance was abt 2.5m at d time of print out.please advise me where we got it wrong cos I thot we did all correctly .see attached d denial note n advise.Though d period for d anniversary is close so will travel elsewhere but can we appeal? or how soon can we reapply? I will like to reapply alone just to visit no family there just as tourist visit short trip or will it be seen as wrong applying alone sometime September?thanks and sorry to trouble u.God bless ur good work

My brother submitted his on that same date 3rd May 2019, at Abuja and no news from UKVI yet. Giving the current data of applications from April until now I think your cousin submitted his too late giving that he planned attending a wedding 31st this month. He should have gone for the priority service instead. However there’s the possibility that his passport will be ready before then.

ibraheemolasupo:
Hi guys, please quick question my cousin submitted his visit visa application in Abuja on May 3rd to attend our other cousin’s wedding in the UK. Which is taking place on the 31st of May but we haven’t heard from the Embassy yet.
It’s a family thing but I’m still kind of curious as myself and all our other family members will be going from the US too.
What’s your advice guys?
Thanks and God bless!

Check TLSContact site online and all the addresses are located in there, Abuja, VI, Ikeja. Wish you all the best on your upcoming application.

ezybaba:
Good afternoon sir Mr justwise I want to know d real venue for appointment centre in vi I saw this First Floor, Churchgate
buiding, Tower 2, Churchgate Street, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria
IMPORTANT:
Please note that from 18th of March 2019, you will have to attend your appointment at
our new Visa Application Centre located at Ground Floor, Ivie House, 4/6 Ajose
Adeogun Street, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria

[quote author=olabisitaiye post=78594113][/quote]

I will advice that you reapply and address the issue stated on the refusal letter, stating that you are actually going to write an exam there will make it clear that you weren’t honest with your intentions about the trip on your first application, giving the VO a clear reason to note that their decision was the right one and that’s an automatic denial on your next application.

This is serious, have you contacted gov.uk to make complaint about this ?? This is way more than the stipulated 15 business days. I wonder what could be wrong.

Tawakalituolas:
the passport might not ready cos that's what I'm experiencing now. I got a mail from UK that my application has been dispatched on 25th of March, up to this moment i haven't gotten my passport and i have been to TLS thrice and i was told that it wasn't ready. Seriously, i don't really know what's going on.

Ucdavid111:


Will it be acceptable if i ask bank to skip the two dates while printing the complete statement

That’s a fraudulent act, please don’t even try soliciting the banks help on that, they never won’t and it will make you look fraudulent. Write a letter on the said deposit, explain how and why that money was deposited. You can as well tell them you sold a property of yours or someone paid you what they owed you, it all depends on the kind of circumstance you are claiming to be in.

[quote author=Cynthia1722 post=78557257]Hi Justwise,

Thanks for all your help especially on my previous applications which has all been successful. Am in a fixed situation now and need urgent advice. So i applied to join my husband as his dependent (spouse) last year (June 2018) and got the visa, i also did my masters in the UK(2016-2017), however my husbands tier 1 visa was expiring this year so instead of the usual 2 years i was granted visa till the expiration of his which was April 2019 and he has already applied for his Indefinite leave to remain (ILR) since 1st February, i have also applied to renew my spousal visa and we are both waiting for a decision on that, now am 7 months pregnant and was looking at applying for a visit visa from my mum (2 months visit), obviously with my husband as the sponsor, she has been to the UK once in 2005 for my step sisters wedding whom i don't really communicate with, do i also have to mention her in the application cos i was in secondary school when my parents came for her wedding and i didnt know much plus we don't talk now. My mum has'nt travelled out since then but my parents are doing very well in Naija and relocation is definitely the last thing on their mind. i am very confused can we make this application with our pending visa decision, can i use my sister inlaw who is British as the major applicant? my mum works with a federal ministry and runs her own business, plus my dad and kid brother (12 years) are still in Nigeria too is this ties strong enough? the solicitor we just spoke to said recently 9/10 UK visas are denied don't know how true this is and am due to give birth ending of JULY. All and any advice given will be appreciated.

The notion that they are denying 9/10 is not true.. It all depends whether the applicant meet the requirements or not. I will advise that your mom apply with her husband and they both be their own sponsor since you said they are doing very well in nigeria. If that is not the case, your sister inlaw can invite your mom, but your mom should be the sponsor of the trip. You should’ involve you and your spouse in this given that your both application is pending waiting for decision.

wintabotom:
thank you very much.. it pains me that they didnt even read the cover letter.. I would apply for a reconsideration at least to show them they skipped some important documents. Just to show we dont agree with them I pray it turns positive

Yeah, when you don’t agree with them on something and you can prove it beyond reasonable doubt they give it a pass mark. So I want you to make sure you make everything clear and understanble on your part. Tell them why she liquidated the investment in Nov, and also let them know the interest comes in every 3 6 or 12 months depending on how her investment tenure is. Then inform them in a letter that your access bank has your savings and that you can fund part of her expenses on this trip. And finally, there is a box on the application form that’s says do you have any additional information as part of your application? Please on that box fill in all the documents you adding as support document to her application. One more thing, is she going on tour or visiting family ?