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Hello house,
I remember asking for advice regarding my mum’s statement of account in Jan and got valuable advice here, we later went with 5months of statement as we wanted to keep it clean.
Here’s their timeline
Online application: 17th Jan 2022
Biometrics: 27th Jan 2022
Collection email: 18th February 2022
Passport collected : 21st February 2022
2yrs visa awarded to my mum and baby sister

That queue at the Ikeja tls na die sha, took them almost 3hrs to get passports.

cutebear:
There's nothing wrong with having an opening balance higher than your salary. Who is financing her trip? Are you the one or is she the one? Hope there is adequate proof of financial solvency.

@cutebear, thanks she is sponsoring herself from her savings, she saves with a cooperative in her workplace and it shows in her payslips. We have also gotten letters from them as well.

luiginho2xl:
about the opening balance thing, I assumed the account wasn't recently opened? If it wasn't, that means she has been receiving salary with it for some time, which means it is not abnormal to have money saved inside from accumulation of previous funds paid into it.
However, it is always good to make sure you keep your account as clean as possible when applying.

Yeah it’s an old account, she’s been working there since 1999, I guess she will just submit it as it is and keep our fingers crossed, thanks

Hi everyone been ff for a while and the advice here is priceless .
So sorry this might be a bit long
I am a bit confused about something and need a bit of advice pls, My mum is applying for a 2yr visa and has her biometrics 2mao ,she currently earns about 350k per month , after printing her statement starting august , opening balance was about 800k which is obviously above her salary (a combination of some money left from July and a gift ) the statement doesn’t show the deposit as it was done in July but it shows that most of the money was spent and regular sal paid in as usual afterwards, I am concerned they might question why she had an opening balance higher than her sal. Do you advice we keep it as it is or submit a 5months statement to keep it clean.

PS: her trip is not being funded from her sal, it will be funded from her savings paid into the account which has documents to back it up.

ukay2:
Am seeing some labs in uk (Nationwide -England) price for days 2 and 8 covid test are as low as £169, can one use that instead of paying the £210 ?

I used nationwide for my mum and sis though it was £175 when I got mine, but they are on list of approved providers and even sent the test kits to my address the day after payment, just go ahead and choose any provider on the list but don’t forget to check the location as well .

Thank you so much guys! thought as much because before Brexit you could travel without the transit visa on klm and airfrance but now I guess the transit visa is needed for EU countries, will definately look into Turkish airline as it might be the best option ... thanks guys @giselle237 @fisherlala

Good morning gurus, please been trying to book an airline ticket for my mum and sis to the uk but I am so confused about the whole transit visa thingy due to Brexit. Has anyone travelled with airfrance, klm or Turkish airlines to the uk recently without any issues Or do they need the transit visas. BA is ridiculously expensive due to the timeframe. Anyone please??

Hi everyone,
New to the forum but please I need help with the tls uk scanning hub account no for payment... my biometrics is tomorrow and I was told you must come with the receipt of payment or you will be turned back. Searched endlessly for it so I can make the 90pounds transfer.
Please is there anyone that has made the payment for scanning of documents☹️