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With all due respect.
Agreed.

But if I may ask, is UAE a third world war country compared to Nigeria ?

Leave story there... Nigeria will be great tho but think outside the box... When ?

We live in world where things are done super fast and the world has evolved so fast. I can remember when I was still young... what a computer looks like... what a phone looks like... Now embassy get fingerprint... Limited paper but everything is electronically communicated.

UAE gain independence 1971, Nigeria 1960

I don't know what to think of the elderly ones sef.

What do we have to show for ? Reproduction cos our population is increasing drastically... That's another joke for the decade.

If Nigeria is good, nobody will go overseas. Americans don't travel. Statistically, less than 5% of the population travels. So all of you saying, Nigerians are these and that... the best advice right here is that come home and setup a business here because we have the market already and don't work for the Oyinbos again. If I hear you come home.. All you do is social media gragra... You spoiling our names....story for the forefather who left through the badagry during the slave trade era. And they sold our fathers who might have built Nigeria to be like them

Don't forget the exchange rate oh... I have heard people who works with Oil company japa sef...
His Excellency GCFR M. Buhari goes to UK for medicals... So who are you then ? Let me burst your bubbles again, UK has a better healthcare system than US but because of the dual citizenship, people opted for US and Canada.

I have always said this. Please don't misuse your visa but if you want to do... All the best for you. I'm not in support PLEASE.

My advice, do what's best for you and be good. You will not live forever. Enjoy while it last. I come in peace.

Nigeria will be giant of Africa again... when our brothers and sister in diaspora comes back and denounce the other party

micluv111:
I have been to those places you mentioned too and I know how it is.
Nigeria is a third world country and the country has been messed up right from independence.
I know this country will get it right one day just dont know how soon.

Long time I stopped putting blames on Nigeria, Nigeria is blessed.

Nigerians are the problem both locals and those in diaspora. Our dear nation will even be ashamed of its peoples

I have noticed Omobendel since 2016. He's always on point. I would love to meet you one day. His replies are well articulate and for intelligent humans, you will understand him. I'm proud of you sir. Cheers

OmoBendel24:
Okay sir, copied!

I got into Toronto a few days ago, on holidays, will be in the US for some time too from next week, come and see "saner climes" na. I just picked up my gadget now to update myself about home. I'm phased, annoying news everywhere. Amotekun, what about it? What happened in IMO today please? I just hope I'm able to see my kids through Secondary School before shipping them out of Nigeria to their "homes", I pray. I have put too much in Nigeria, it saddens me today. Government has never put bread directly on my table, an enabling environment created by them in time past deserves my appreciation today when I reason them side by side this current one.

I won't waste energy right now saying much, but I will just say you guys are the biggest problem of Nigeria, Buharists particularly! Yeah, Nigeria is messed up long ago, but Buhari is the greatest disservice done our dear nation. Nigeria's "turn-around-maintenance" after him will take decades. Kill and shelve that nonsense hope of a better Naija, only a miracle will make that happen, please....

Omobendel said something with vital points... Nobody could say anything... Nigeria is a joke even people here... Don't let us start mentioning names.

God no go shame us... I come in peace

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Sorry about that... What I can tell you is that.... call the UKVI and know the status of your application. You can also track it online tho... You can also go to TLS to know if her passport is there already and there's a glitch in network that she didn't receive a pick email.

ebby29:
Hello, Goodmorning everyone. Please I kindly need your help. Im currently in UK for a Wedding and the bride is my very good friend but a bit sad at the moment. Her Dad and Mum both applied for Visa since Nov but her mum's passport has been held for more than 4 weeks with no reason.

Her wedding is next week and it saddens my heart to see her cry because her mum might not be available.

Please this is for those with genuine answers only. Its a serious matter please.

Anyone knows what we can do to fast track this? We have called severally and they kept on saying within 15days for a while now.

Please kindly help if you know anyone at UKVI or how to go about it.

Please are you serious ? February?

That’s crazy if it last till February

electromagnito:
i talked about traveling to paris now is bad due ti workers strike.... it continues till feburary

[quote author=Ikky2020 post=85305474]@justwise. My fiancé is applying for a visiting visa in January to the Uk. He is a contractor and has a closing balance of 7+M in the business Acct, with over 2M in the personal Acct. He is applying for 6 months visiting as we plan to wed in May 2020.


Uploading docs might be a challenge tho. That will cost you 10K at TLS and make sure you don’t choose prime time appointment. 8am -12 am. Any prime time appointment is 40K extra. You can submit from 12:30am

Visa fees is about 46K
Supporting docs uploading is 10K
Sum of 56K

Then make sure you read this thread well to understand how you go about you application.

The major challenge anyone could face is scheduling appointment at TLS. Just take your time to understand it and read through the lines.

Please I’m having issues securing a valid hotel booking. I have always used bookings.com but rn it keeps telling me my card has been declined.

How can I book a valid hotel booking please ?

Good morning house. Please I need to know how to go about this.

I plan on spending 5 days in Paris and 2 days in Amsterdam. Do I need to add the hotel bookings of both or I should just make one booking for my France alone and when my visa is out I can make other reservation.

Also my itinerary, should it include my trip to Amsterdam or I should just make it all France alone and add others when my visa is out.

Thank you.

That’s not true.

What’s structured in Nigeria?
Nothing. The system is not working. Think outside the box. All the Ogas at the top has someone outside to bring in customers to them and they make money off you. That’s how Nigeria is working. *In all sectors*

Nigeria is a country of man knows man. It’s a lawless country because 99.99999 % of its citizens are not law abiding.

The only reason for that is no one holds us accountable for anything we do.

davodyguy:
Thanks so much for this response.

That's why I like this forum. Some really nasty people and some real human beings are here.

Paid ₦300k for 10 nights in Paris via Airbnb
Booked Seine River boat cruise (hoping this has nothing to do with the strike) for 26/12/19
Book Big Bus Tour hop on and hop off Bus(hoping this isn't going to be affected by the strike too) 25/12/19.

From Boxing day we might have to move to Brussels or Brugge or even Amsterdam.

Quite unfortunate.

Just that my wife wouldn't want to go alone. I have a court case that I need to attend to on Monday as defense counsel.

This life

Sorry please. I would love to know did you book and paid for all these when submitting your application or you paid after your visa has been issued ?

Tho I want to apply for a visa next month. I’m making reservations with hotel and tour guide.

What do you suggest ?

kayspark27:
Please I have a question...
Between Heathrow and Gatwick airport..which is better to arrive at?
Because Heathrow now have a strict immigration rule with the IO and one may get deported by any simple mistake.
Does this apply to Gatwick airport too?
Thank you.

I have never been to Gatwick but I have a feeling they have the same memo on how to question tourists. People say Gatwick is not tough but it's far to where I'm headed in the UK so I fly through Heathrow. All I can say rn is that make sure you're yourself and be able to answer all question intelligently and be truthful.

Safe trip.

opomulero:
hello

Presken Hotel and Resort... google them and ask for the one that is close to TLS Ikeja.

giselle237:
Hi.. please if they say the visa is fake, it is fake my dear. They have a database for all the visas they issue out and can crosscheck in a matter of seconds which they always do. They won’t lie on someone... when they can simply not allow you into their country and nothing will happen...

The visa is fake and the said person is on their radar right now and probably have 10years ban. The way developed countries works is so different and they will not say what they don’t know. They have back up at everytime.

Don’t be scared if you’ve not done anything bad.

You must be able to be defend yourself.

£100 - £200 is too small despite you holding your cards. It’s an international trip not local please.

Your contact details saved with funny names means nothing because they can’t tell you what to save contacts with. It’s your personal item but they can check your phones if they want to. If I save a friends name with funny words, border control will tell me to change the name. Lol funny you.

As said, hold enough cash with you cos buying tickets at heathrow is very expensive... I mean coaches ( National Express and MegaBus) £500 is OK

Have your prove of accommodation intact. No stories. Your return ticket too is important as well.

You will be questioned but be truthful. Have a valid reason when answering questions and don’t panic.

Be a good citizen of Nigeria.
All the best.

1blessing:
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Lol... you deleted a lot.

1Blessing I feel your pain and I really do understand you.

My best bet here is sit down and review your application very well before you reapply. If you want to reapply so soon, point out the mistakes in your cover letter. Don’t make it complicated because the ECO will picture it in their head. Go straight to the point and be truthful.

Kodia007:
Good morning house, for how long the non criminal case like visa cancel at port of entry, based on misinformation, that he was found that he has Uncle friend in the country. Whereby stated he did have any relative.

Will be given a form that will state that. If you can share when you got in the form, we can review from there.

Aibisoye0:
Please who has flown Royal Air Maroc to London? Have been reading so many negative review about them but they seem reasonably priced for my planned dates.

NB: I've only flown KLM and Air France to London

Please which one is better between KLM and Air France ?

Flown RAM to Morocco. They just OK as the aircraft from Lagos to Morocco was oldie.

Best advice don't let any agent package rubbish for you. They will spoil your image and immigration history. They are after money alone... If you can't be truthful please don't apply oh... else OYO is your case. There are good and reputable travel companies that can help tho if you can't read on here and do it yourself. Be Truthful to help yourself oh... The world is changing so fast. My 1Kobo... Everything you say will be used against you if false.

KIDfurniture:
Chai.. the agent packaged me as married in 2012 and included marriage certificate and daughters certificate oh.. all of the certificates re gone, Destroyed. That's the only problem. What do I do guys? Now I want to submit my application as a single man that I have always been oh.

This is a really tough one here I must say because I don't know how you want to wash it off. Best advice come out clean and pray you don't get banned. If you never submitted documents to the aforementioned marriage then it would be better for you but rn think outside the box.

KIDfurniture:
Brother I get your drift oh. I will claim I didnt fill the first application. Back it up with a cover letter claiming he fiĺled it and asked me to submit without showing me content

Brother with my little exp... I will advise you to be truthful at every application you make with the embassies now because it might come back to haunt you. You can't tell them you don't know about it... Goan read the rules and regulation... If you claim you don't know... I laugh oh... You might be banned for 10years but if you come out real... they may over turn it. Just select you're single and give a little explanation about the change... Don't give out too much info... But don't forget to stay truthful.

BasDost:
Hi @Justwise & co. I have found myself in an anxious situation & will be pleased with a kind clarification on this issue. Thank you.

The situation is, while on a tier 4 student visa to the UK; I travelled to Italy on a Schengen visa. Unfortunately for me, I got fined by bus inspectors (they are not police officers) for an honest error of not correctly validating my bus ticket in the bus. I later found out this is rampant amongst tourists in Italy due to lack of information/ignorance. Anyways, I paid my fine a day after at the bank. The inspector did record my name, Uk address, and some other relevant details from my BRP on the fine printout. I left the UK immediately after the completion of my programme.

Now I intend to apply for another student visa to further my study, will this affect my UK visa application (apart from this single & minor incident, I have very clean immigration records & excellent academic performances in my earlier programmes) & do I have to mention it in the application (meaning is this a “criminal offence” or just a civil affair?). This is bothering me as I abhor with all my heart bypassing any rules. It was an ignorant & honest mistake I made.

Thank you very much.

From my point of view, this is not a criminal act. You didn’t know and you have paid the fine. I was in Dubai last year and I tapped my card as I enter the bus. When the bus broke down I forgot tap out my card and all my credit zoomed to 0 while I was in another bus.. when I dropped off I then realized that and nothing happened.

You’re good to go. You’re not perfect. We tend to make mistakes and you have corrected yourself.

Enjoy

life4real8691:
[The budget was for 12 days which is approximately 2 weeks and not 1 week. The documents i submitted supported my source of income and the ECO did not raise any concerns about that. The ECO refused on the ground of spending approximately 3 times my disposable income on vacation. I had a balance of 1.9m as at the time of application and spending 500k of my hard earned money on vacation is not too much. I think the ECO refused my application on a subjective decision.

Reapply immediately and explain to the Eco that spending that amount of money has no significant adverse on you as you have worked for your money and you want to enjoy yourself too.

500K is not bad tho but work out your finances well. Don’t leave any loopholes

Good luck.

Who can help me with reviews please.

British Airways or Virgin Altlantic ?

BabaOman:
I asked questions here; nobody answered my questions. Anyway, I picked my passport today with Visa.( 2 months, Mult, 30 days stay)

I submitted letter from my employer, bank statement, insurance, flight reservation, accommodation( I made mistake her, submitted the one I cancelled and was unable to submit the correct one), copies of my visas. No cover letter. Submitted and Biometric July 31st, Picked today because of Eid holiday. Purpose is Tourism.

Good luck to others

Congratulations...

What's the range of your account balance ?

Predstan:
Paris=750 times 12 plus tuition
Other locations =615 times 12 plus tuition.

Thank you very much.

Please I'm asking for visit visa

Good morning everyone. Please I want to know the best minimum balance to apply for a visa

Darvick:
Writing a letter isn’t a problem but what you wanna tell ECO about your 15months stay its what is important, people only give legal advice here. You just have to be smart for yourself.

Well you didn’t breach the immigration law so you should be alright.

TBH I don’t think they do ask how long you stayed in previous travel, think the form only asks you how long you wanna stay for the proposed travel. What matters is you are back and you didn’t overstayed.

Not your first time application, you should know the docs you need to submit. Good luck

The new form is going to ask you how long you stayed. You will be asked date of arrival and date of departure for all your previous visits.

The truth is immigration rules are security is changing so fast. Your 15months is much oh. From my angle, how old are you and what you do for a living with determine.

All the best.

Restricted:
Congrats bro. Did you use Express or normal?

Normal

Good day house...

I just collected my passport with 2 years visa.

Timeline...
Submitted - 10th of June 2019
Transferred - 10th of June 2019
Decision made - 25th of June 2019
Pick up email - 27th of June 2019

Note - My travel date on my application was August so my visa start counting end of July

I picked up today.

Thank you all.