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Travel › Re: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 7 by leef2022: 5:34pm On Feb 17, 2022

kennykale:
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Travel › Re: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 7 by leef2022: 5:33pm On Feb 17, 2022

Tpoju:
Hello everyone!

There's a trend I've noticed about visa applications and I'm a bit confused about. The immigration website says you can apply for student visa at most 6months before your program starts and the whole process takes about 15days. >>>> Why is that people are applying a month before and rushing through the process and some thereby missing the start date for their courses?

I plan to apply for September intake and I'm hoping to start visa application as early as possible (6months before) which is March so that the process will be completed and all I have to do is wait. >>>> Can't this be done? Or is there something else I'm missing as to why people apply for visa closer to start date?

You says you plan right? So start then process then you would understand better, some started the process 2years ago and not even the 6months recommended.

Travel › Re: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 7 by leef2022: 10:30am On Feb 17, 2022

oyin4luv:
Good morning All,
I Need una advise oo,
My husband will be going to the UK to study in Sept with me(wife) and 7year old son. Am planning on getting pregnant this year, even before getting to the UK sef. Is it adviseable , will I be allowed entry with me big Tommy. And pls note am 36years.

What my eyes should not read does not exist on NL.
You've directly and indirectly asked members here to do a family planning for you and your husband... like peeps bringing the other room matter to study Q&A is alright....

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Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by leef2022: 10:29pm On Feb 16, 2022

emeraldoe:
I have some questions to ask. I am presently in the UK and I want my mum to join me this August.
1. How many months visa can she be given? Do I need to state the number of months or years I'm applying for?
2. What documents do I need to upload when applying?
Will appreciate a response soonest. Thanks

Visiting visa durations are as follow;
1.6months, 2years, 5years, 10years. So yes, you must state what duration of the visiting visa you are applying for.
2. If you are not sponsoring any part of her visit you may not need to provide her with any documents. If you are sponsoring any parts of her visit you would provide to her documents as would be applicable.

But wait, you says join, join you as dependent, visit or what?

Travel › Re: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 7 by leef2022: 9:38pm On Feb 16, 2022

ammierie:
Good evening everyone, please an agent said I should not declare my past visa denial to the school I’m applying to. I don’t know how this works, am I supposed to declare or not?
Plus visa refusal was in August 2021

If this agent says put your finger in a fire � with/without knowledge of what the fire may do to your finger, would you go ahead with the agent's advise?

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Travel › Re: Living In The Uk-life Of An Immigrant (part 2) by leef2022: 9:02pm On Feb 16, 2022

ddee20150:
Greetings...

Is REVOLUt a good account?

If yes, how can I find it after opening the account.

Monzo didn't work and no permanent accommodation yet.

Thanks in advance

Find what? Revolut, monzo? These are basically online banks, meaning they don't have branches across cities within the UK, though they may have a singular branch which in most would be located in London. E get why, they are not referred to as high streets banks..

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Travel › Re: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 7 by leef2022: 8:55pm On Feb 16, 2022

Keeunicee:
Hello everyone,

Please I want to know if a student in the UK can apply for a visiting visa or an F2 visa to
the US to meet
her husband

Why not, you have a legal status within the UK.

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Travel › Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 5 by leef2022: 8:48pm On Feb 16, 2022

Jenireva1:
My mum applied for a 2 years tourist visa but was given 6 months instead. Who else has experienced this?

NB- She was previously issued a 6 months tourist visa 4 years ago

Well, that is a very possible scenario, when submitting the application somewhere in it, parts reads; that if an applicant applied for a long term visiting visa and the eco determines that was not necessary, the applicant could be issued a short-term visiting visa and is not entitled to a refund of fees paid for the long-term.

Travel › Re: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 7 by leef2022: 1:05pm On Feb 16, 2022

Resurgent2016:
pls answer answer needed

I think you would need a consent letter from the mother as well or docs to show she's never been involved in the minor's life or as applicable to minor's circumstances and her parents. That's basically measures for checking kidnappers, trackfiking and skull miners...

Travel › Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 5 by leef2022: 12:49pm On Feb 16, 2022

DareFerd:
Greetings everyone; please did anybody get this kind of message? What does it mean? ��

Dear customer

Thank you for your enquiry

Your visa application is still currently being processed and there has been considerable progress with your case. I have escalated this to the appropriate entry clearance officer. This means you will receive your visa decision and passport as soon as possible.

If you require your passport and/or documents back immediately for travel or emergency, you are free to withdraw by making a request via the Visits.UKCustomerEnquiries@fco.gov.uk email. Please note however that this will cancel the application and we will be unable to refund you. If your passport is currently in a red list country, please enquire with your VAC regarding possible temporarily withdrawal of your passport. Please note some red list VACs are currently closed and the passports will not be able to be submitted or retrieved until the ban is lifted.

Kind Regards

UK VISA AND IMMIGRATION (UKVI)

Ding, they must all be in love with that passport of yours... the wait shall not be in vain..

Travel › Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 5 by leef2022: 12:48pm On Feb 16, 2022

graceodini:
Good morning. Please I have a sister coming to the UK next week and she is fully vaccinated in Nigeria. She is coming with Qatar Airways. I read on UK Government website that if you are fully vaccinated you don't need to pre-departure test again when coming to UK and you don't need to book Day 2 test before coming to UK. Please is this information right?

That uk.gov website crashed on the 11.02.2022 at 4am like NIMC(NIN). It is undergoing maintenance. However, Ask you sister to carry along her vaccination card and Passenger locator form. She would be asked those at departing Airport in Nigeria, Qatar and when she arrives UK. When the UK.gov site is done with maintenance there maybe no covid rules at all.

Travel › Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 5 by leef2022: 12:19pm On Feb 15, 2022

nwaogukings03:
I know they have an embassy in Abuja. Their Nigerian embassy website seems redundant.
From all i have heard, getting their visa seems to be daunting task. who sabi road abeg?

If it's a daunting task on their webpage, going through a proxy or an agent would be double daunting brouhaha. BTW, I'm not sure[b][/b] they are open to non-essential travels atm.

Travel › Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 5 by leef2022: 12:05pm On Feb 15, 2022

Sykia:
Hello house,

Please does anyone know where I can get same day result release for COVID testing in Abuja. On NCDC website, there are list of private testing centers but I’m not sure if I can get same day result release. I intend to leave sufficient room for delays and layovers since my travel involve connecting flights.

Lifebridge diagnostic center you do in the morning get your result 7:00pm, Note, that most private labs you see on NCDC website now do same day result and no need to do booking or advanced payment. Cost #39500
Regards

Travel › Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 5 by leef2022: 4:01am On Feb 15, 2022

nwaogukings03:
PLEASE WHO KNOWS HOW GET AN EGYPTIAN VISA?

Their official website, or find their embassy in Nigeria.

Travel › Re: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 7 by leef2022: 3:57am On Feb 15, 2022

africahero1:
Good evening good people. Please my flight is scheduled for Saturday, when do you suggest I go for a covid19 test and which lab centres in lagos can you suggest for those that are not fully vaccinated and have travelled.

Thanks as I await your response.
God bless

UNVACCINATED/NOT FULLY VACCINATED COVID TEST TO BE DONE- Not earlier than 48 hours before/to your JAPA time[b][/b]. you have traveled or not don't detect which test you do as the UK currently have no red list countries.

https://covid19.ncdc.gov.ng/-visit for list of government and private labs approved in lagos and Nigera.

Travel › Re: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 7 by leef2022: 9:13pm On Feb 14, 2022

Feyeemi:
Thanks, Is this the right test to select?

Pls what is your vaccination status, that may help guide you better.

Travel › Re: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 7 by leef2022: 8:54pm On Feb 14, 2022

Feyeemi:
Thanks a lot. Can anyone who did this recently put me through? I need a little guidance

At least visit the links, you won't get lost believe me. pretty straight forward.

Travel › Re: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 7 by leef2022: 8:53pm On Feb 14, 2022

ictmikky:
1. Airline choice is in your hands. However, I can advise you avoid any that requires a transit visa. Your taste and budget can determine your choice too. Who no like to use British Airways or Virgin Atlantic for direct flight but when you see the fares you no go mind stopovers.

2. There are so many approved and recognized labs. The airline might give you a list of recognized labs.[b][/b]

3. You can book that online.
https://www.gov.uk/find-travel-test-provider

*For passenger locator
https://www.gov.uk/provide-journey-contact-details-before-travel-uk

That is provided by the departure and arrival country's center for disease and control in regards to public health(for example CDC-USA, NCDC-nigeria, gov.uk-NHSN etc) Thus, for a recognized lab/test provider, you would have to visit the official website of these bodies.

Travel › Re: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 7 by leef2022: 2:24am On Feb 14, 2022

isialo:
My laptop bag was stolen which contained my children's birth certificates.
1. Can i go for re-issuance at the National population Commission
AND
2. Will the recent dates on the new certificates affect the outcomes of our visa application. Pls advice

get a police report for lost of documents, then go for re-insurance of the birth certs that should suffice for reasons for recent dates on the birth certs (i.e stolen/lost of documents). Recent dates on documents is no crime if genuine. Don't give in to unnecessary fear of the unknown from a shallow op, that asks you to comitt forgery by backdating documents. He won't serve the 10 years ban with you and your family. The courts and appropriate authorities are there to make even future documents (like a WILL legal and binding).
Thanks

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Travel › Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 5 by leef2022: 2:02am On Feb 14, 2022*

AmeliaT:
Hi Fam,

I would like to know, how long this new PTA process takes. Has anyone applied and how long did it take to get the approval email and then collection at the bank? Please let me know.

Most banks advise you put in an application 14 days to your intended date of departure(for a personal travel Allowance)

Once you have successfully filled and submitted an application on the platform you would get a mail that acknowledges your application for PTA and to notify you that your application is on the queue.

Depending on what bank you chose and her branch determines how long the process is to be completed. Also, factors that causes delay are; long queues, some days the platform would be down and as such the banks and her branches would not be able to review PTA applications for that day, no forex funding to commercial banks from cbn which i believe is a deliberate act from the apex bank to kind of frustrate customers as commercial banks get large forex request and cbn maybe not being possible to meet all forex requests.

Now personally,
After I had submitted my application, I chose a branch where my account officer works, I did not wait for mails to drop as would as your application progresses, rather I visited the bank the next day and met with my account officer and explained how urgent and less time I had, he talked to the colleague in charge of forex transaction for the branch who then requested for all documents I submitted during my application which were; Passport, ticket (round trip), valid visa. After running all necessary checks as in line with CBN policies for such transaction, I received a mail on spot, that my application had been approved and is now on queue for disbursement. However, there was no forex funding from cbn for the next 2-3 banking days so I could not complete the transaction that week. Once there was funding, the forex staff called, that I could visit the branch later that day, and asked for my permission to go ahead to debit my account of funds needed for the pta transaction which I gave the green light to. Thus on this occasion I only had to visit with my passport, the PTA had been readied for pickup.

Thus, the process could be completed within 2 banking days and may last beyond.

You may want to fill the form now, tomorrow you follow up with a call/visit to the branch you will chose to know what next to do and what's situation of things like at the branch. Mind you, you may chose any branch whilst filling the form A and complete your transaction within any of the bank branches across a state or Nigeria and visiting a branch or the bank is not something of a must as I learned from some OP on NL

Finally, I do not know if it were just a coincidence or not, but the platform at the banks usually works Tuesdays and Wednesdays, also banks get forex funding on these days, every other days were; no forex funding, platform is down, and such excuses. That may not be the case with your bank or this week, but you may want to target Tuesday and Wednesday and get the whole process done within 48 hours.
Best of luck

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Travel › Re: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 7 by leef2022: 2:32am On Feb 13, 2022*

LuchiBianca:
Yes they can by helping you jump queue. I did mine at Zenith too. Higher ranked Staff members have priority too. I know the lady who approve Form A request at the Zenith branch I used and immediately CBN gave forex I was among the fist to get disbursement.

Thank you.
If is to backdate a document, s/he don't see that as lies.

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Travel › Re: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 7 by leef2022: 2:22am On Feb 13, 2022

dammytyty:
A friend of mine (main applicant) gave birth the day her visa was approved. Her school deadline for entry to UK is 7weeks away.
NIN, Passport and visa processing will take not less than 8weeks. She is considering leaving the baby behind (her hubby will travel with her) and come back for him in May/June but afraid of issues with getting visa for her baby. Her TB certificate states she was pregnant as at the time of testing.

Is there any chance of her baby's visa getting denied because of the age she is leaving him behind?

How old is this baby? from my knowledge breastfeeding a baby for at least 6 months is of economical, health and emotional advantage to the mum and the baby.
As a friend you claim to be, you should have rebuked the parents on the idea of going ahead with the travel.
can the parents not defer the program for september intake? the school would have such offer i believe. I really don't see, how sensible it is to just quote 8 weeks and not being able to meet up with processing of documents as best appropriate and only option to achieve a study goal.
Life comes in preferences.
Like, whatever you and your friends wish, i hope good for you all, and wish the child the best future he could have and deserves.

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Travel › Re: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 7 by leef2022: 11:16pm On Feb 12, 2022*

nice2men:
Lies. Branches have not input whatsoever. Don't let anyone deceive you.
I have done form A using Zenith Bank and UBA. No one can influence your application.

What are lies in my text.... So the Form A you did at Zenith bank and UBA, did you not visit a branch? Did you complete the process in the sky? I am telling you how i went about mine(to my experience it read), i visited branch where i have my account officer, and made him talk with the Forex staff who went ahead to run checks on my documents and in line with CBN policy for such bank operations, and after i had met all requirements the staff went ahead with my customer's request.
Now fill a Form A and not follow up, whilst another person does and do a follow up, lets know who will get PTA first.
The only point the banks or branches have no influence is if the head office receives no forex funding for that day from CBN, then of course no branch would issue you a PTA regardless of whatever branch you visit..

Travel › Re: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 7 by leef2022: 7:34pm On Feb 12, 2022

WetinUGain:
I am waiting for him. Let him come back to repeat his rubbish.

Dont mind him/her, He/she is resting in the name of Jesus Christ. Don't know why some people will come mislead people and then restort to calling God's name in vain and yet go to rest with Christ, whilst the people they may have misled suffer dire consequence(s).

Rubbish netizen

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Travel › Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 5 by leef2022: 7:15pm On Feb 12, 2022

Xavier89:
Hello Guys, need advice regarding travel to the UK.

I know UK has recently updated their travel requirements and no longer require a COVID test for vaccinated travellers. My worry is the Nigeria boarder in Murtala airport Lagos. Has anyone travelled recently or know someone who travelled recently from Lagos to Uk?

Do[b] I need to get a COVID test done even though I’m fully vaccinated? [/b]I really don’t want to waste money for a test that may not be needed or used. I’m travelling with family hence it’s gonna cost a lot for us all to get tested. Please advice. Thanks.

Meanwhile VISA Alert: Picked up my son’s visitors visa on Monday. Had his biometrics done on December 8th 2021. Collection mail arrived Feb 7 2022 after three paid emails.

(Fully vaccinated) NO pre-departure test needed, but you must have your vaccination card and fill the PLF.

Travel › Re: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 7 by leef2022: 7:08pm On Feb 12, 2022

WetinUGain:
I will not argue with you since you said "the process has nothing to do with banks".

Will like to ask you, where is the "Adb reviewer and Adb supervisor", bank or CBN...If your answer is CBN, don't bother to respond, cos I will roast you.

I mean that Tycoon027 of a folk is dishing out rubbish info.
To my best of experience the reviewer and disburse person are within the bank which a customer indicated on the form A whilst registering.
Once a customer had successfully filled the form A, visit any branch of your bank, most preferably visit a branch where you have your account officer or you know a bank staff who could help you talk to the forex staff to review your application, once the staff does so, and the customer had met all requirements, you will receive a mail that your form A, has been approved and that you are on the queue and would be contacted when funds are ready for disbursement. If the bank branch has the funds and continue the process, you will get another mail that your application is ready for disbursement. But, if a customer fills the form A and not make a move to any bank branch, your application will remain at the initial stage it were after you had successfully filled the form A application, until perhaps the forex staff of the branch you chose had finished dealing with people of their interest before it does a review of yours. And pending when the branch has forex would call the customer for disbursement of funds. Thus, the process could indeed be completed within hours if you follow the process with action of visiting your bank and could also take a month if you do nothing.

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Travel › Re: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 7 by leef2022: 4:25pm On Feb 12, 2022

Tycoon027:
I totally disagree Mam/Sir. They typically ask you at the High Court about what date you want to be written on your Document. As opposed to your sense of Morality, It’s not a Forgery. It’s still going to be signed and stamped by a Judge. So REST IN JESUS NAME

So as applicable to the op, you want her/him to go backdate that she has had legal custody/guardian of the child e.g since Oct 1, 1960 when that was not the case. You clearly don't understand what forgery is nor understand the possible implications of what you advising.

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Travel › Re: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 7 by leef2022: 1:44pm On Feb 12, 2022

Tycoon027:
Moral of your Story?

And what is moral of your back dating of documents

If you have no idea about a question move on. There is not fishy about a genuine legal documents with recent date. It is within the legal rights of all parties involved to approach the appropriate court and make things legal and binding. What is actually fishy is you suggesting the op to back dates the documents and thus the op or the minor would become a meat to a 10years ban at the hands of UKVI.

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Travel › Re: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 7 by leef2022: 1:41pm On Feb 12, 2022

adedapodvirus001:
Okay. Thank you very much

Travel › Re: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 7 by leef2022: 12:00pm On Feb 12, 2022

gracedan:
Good day house please is there anyone here that has successfully travelled with a child who you're a guardian to,her parents left her to me since she was born and has asked me to adopt her or be her guardian,I'm not married yet but I want to travel with her as my dependent,need help with this she has an American and Nigerian passport her nigerian passport bears my surname I don't know which would be better for us to use,I cannot travel without her as there's no one to look after her,anyone has an idea on steps to take?I would be grateful

You would need a court or legal documents that prescribes you as the legal guardian of the child, and this must be done by you before the child turns 14 years. So if the child is 14 already then you may want to seek other legal means as would be permissible and applicable to your circumstances.

Travel › Re: Uk Student Visa/tier 4 Pbs - Your Questions Answered Part 7 by leef2022: 7:19pm On Feb 11, 2022

Slaiojel4u:
Good day house,pls rumours about Uk authorities asking you to show Proof of Funds at the airport on your arrival, how true is it for both dependant and main applicant?

Why does that seem rumor(s) to you? Have the immigration staff no right to ask for such? Did you not submit one for your visa application. Prepare for the worst hope for the best. Enjoy your studies.

Travel › Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 5 by leef2022: 11:59pm On Feb 10, 2022

taiwolawal13:
I've been a quiet reader on this page.
Very useful information everywhere.

But I need to add this.
If you need ur [b]visa urgently [/b]don't ever in your life opt in for couriers delivery.
If you have to travel 12hrs back to visa centre to pick up your passport please do it.

TLS (unprofessionally) doesn't handle the delivery themselves. They hand it over to DHL which is notorious for delays. DHL doesn't prioritise TLS packages, they put it with the bunch of items to be delivered all across the country. Your passport and visa is sitting in a sac beside orders from China and intimacy gadgets all on a motorbike. Your future!

Then they take 1 week to deliver just within Lagos. If it's east or north just forget it. No matter how many calls and emails you are doomed
I leaned my lesson the hard way.
[s]I would rather Die than allow TLS to use courier for me[font=Lucida Sans Unicode][/font][/s].

Good day Sir/Madam
To my least understanding, TLS do not issue a visa, i mean they have no influence as to how soon a decision is taken in regards to your visa application, a visa is issued to you by the diplomatic post or consular section of an embassy, as such I am not entirely sure how the term "urgently" in getting your visa is a role of TLS. If you said in getting your traveling documents back when your application has been successful or not, then, that could've passed some test. But again, you should be aware that even this has some chains it goes through after TLS had handled an applicant's traveling documents and when an applicant receives his/her traveling documents( therefore, the terrible experience may not necessarily be TLS's doing).

It would be wise if you did not wish yourself the text in red/crossed out, cause to my best of knowledge as of today, you can not complete a UK visa application in Nigeria without TLS being part of the process and offering applicants courier service(s) at some point. How? You visit TLS for biometrics and submission of supporting documents, do you not know, that after your biometrics, one of their role is offering and executing to you courier service(s), by transferring your supporting document to the DMC. Thus if agreeing to your point that they could do dirty on anyone, it thus mean and would be wise to add that, this would not just be one they do at the end product of a visa application but also at the early stage in which they are the only medium in transferring your supporting documents to DMC, and mind you, this you have absolutely no CHOICE, if you want to use them or not.

They are humans, as such error is inevitable. Thank you

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