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Chelseaboy101:
You are so right! I remember the first time I had my schengen visa from France, I booked with brussels airline and got stamped in Belgium and not France.. But the second time, I used RwandAir to make sure I have France stamp on my passport.

Exactly!

Lekan2348:
Ok so basically what you’re saying is someone who is using Air France to New York will get stamped when they get to CDG? That is definitely not how it works!

READ WHAT I WROTE AGAIN. I intentionally broke it down for easy comprehension so read it again.

Lekan2348:
lol, you’re right, I actually did biometrics. I did forget about that because of the exemption they’re always talking about. I was surprised when they told me I have to do the biometrics. So what else now?

Are you also saying I’m being dishonest that I got 6 months visa?

Do you want me to put the visa picture here? Lol

Also, in all my history of traveling, you don’t get stamped at a stopover unless you intentionally want to leave the airport. And for you to intentionally leave the airport, you need to have a valid visa for that stopover country.

So if you’re using Air France (France) to Switzerland you will have a stopover at France, you will not be stamped in less you opt to leave the airport during your stopover. This is possible because Schenghen visa applies to France and Switzerland.

But if you’re using Air France to New York and you don’t have a Schengen visa, there is no way on this earth you are going to be stamped in at France. Why? Because you can’t leave the airport. You have no business approaching immigration at the airport. You are the airport to meet your connecting flight.

The same applies for the earlier example, only difference is that you have a visa that will allow you get stamped it but it is a choice.

Now correct me if I am still wrong about this

1. I said you were dishonest about not doing biometrics.

2. The fact that you also don’t know that you’re going to get stamped at whatever Schengen state carrier if you’re transiting ( going to another Schengen state) makes me actually doubt your story. You’ve repeatedly stated that it’s the final entry point you’re getting stamped. I gave the example of going to Switzerland and entering Air France and you said I should have gotten stamped in Switzerland.
The minute I landed in Paris , and passed through the gate to the transit area for my trip to Switzerland, Spain or even Italy for example, I am going through the border police and definitely going to get stamped in. It then becomes like a 'local' flight.
So you clearly don’t know what you’re saying.
Even if you have a single entry visa, you can move around Schengen states freely.


3. IT IS NOT A CHOICE, please don’t confuse or mislead people.
Traveling to none Schengen states is a different thing entirely!
I was traveling with my family to the UK and we had a long layover in Paris- we had a valid Schengen visas and decided to leave the airport to town, ofcourse we would get stamped in and get stamped out when it’s time to go back to catch our flight to the uk.
Their are times that I am flying to the uk and I don’t bother myself, I just simply go to my transfer gate to the UK and their are times that i intentionally do long layovers if I am going outside of the Schengen states.
If I had a transit visa then that would have been a different thing.

Also you’d mostly be scanning boarding passes so it’s difficult to end up at the border control area if what you have is just a transit visa.

If one enters other airlines like Air Maroc, Turkish, Emirates and co then you’re getting stamped at the final Schengen state- so If you’re flying to Germany, then you’re getting stamped in at Germany.

Lekan2348:
It’s also good I drop this update on the group.

I applied for French visa in December. Biometrics date was 22nd to be precise. Actually no biometrics because I just gone one a few months before (my first Schengen), so document drop off.

By the 2nd week of January I received my visa, 6 months multiple entry. What I applied for was one year.

So things were quick that period, now I’m hearing France is holding passports for 6 weeks +

You’re actually not being honest or you just don’t know but I’m leaning more on you’re not being honest and you’re misleading people. Or this is a trap set for those who are desperate to get visas.

1. You’d be stamped in at Paris, Frankfurt or Amsterdam depending on which of The Schengen states airline you fly.

2. I have travelled between the uk and Schengen 3 times in the 3 months.

3. For every time you apply, you’d be doing a biometrics regardless of if you applied a month ago and just returned from a trip. Only if it’s a child under 12. Yes there is a rule of if you’ve gotten a visa at certain period but it doesn’t apply. You’d still need to do a biometrics regardless. There isn’t any drop box at TLS- you’d submit and do biometrics

4. Visa duration is at the discretion of the issuing embassy for Schengen- it’s not like the uk where you can pick your visa duration and at an additional cost.

Lekan2348:
This is not how it works. If I’m not mistaken with what you are saying. It doesn’t matter what airline you use, you will only be stamped it at your destination and not the stopover.

For the question that was asked earlier, you should enter France first and spend the most time there during your trip. For the sake of renewal. Because your last trip will be observed when reapplying for another Schengen visa

I am a frequent traveler. Schengen is an open border. Once you get stamped in that’s it. It becomes like a 'local flight'
if you go with airlines like Turkish air, Air maroc and co, then that’s it’s a different case. Youd then have to go to your issuing state.
If you do enter from a Schengen state airline ( KLM, Airfrance, Lufthansa)it’s different. As said if you fly with airfrance then you’re stamped in at CDG and if you decide to fly out with KLM you’re getting stamped out from Amsterdam Schipol.

I’d give an example, I have a Swiss Schengen visa and I enter Airfrance, my first point of entry is Paris( CDG) this is where i am going to get stamped in. Also note that my ticket will show my final destination is say Geneva in Switzerland for example. Once I go through border control and my layover is long in Paris and i decide to come out and play that’s my cup of tea. It’s almost like you’re going from lagos to abuja.

MsAnonymous:
Hello house
Pls I need advice

I got my Schengen visa through France
Must u visit France first?
Planning to visit another Schengen country for few days before going to France
Or must I enter through France

Ideally, you should. What airline are you traveling with? If you’re going with Airfrance then you’d be stamped in at CDG- Paris. If it’s KLM then it’s Schipol- Amsterdam, if it’s Lufthansa then it’s will be Frankfurt and now depends on where you intend going. What was your initial itinerary when you submitted your application. The border police can be unpredictable, you may get to your first point of entry and it’s easy, if you meet someone who decides to give you grief then that’s another thing.

Biya007:
Although the event i was to attend expired some days and even my hotel booking and flight expired before decision was made by the Consulate on my application could this be the reason for my rejection? Above or its something else?

German embassy is one of the toughest Schengen states to apply from if you don’t have a solid travel history and a very good reason to make that trip.
You’ve recently been refused from French embassy , you going to German wouldn’t be a great idea, almost like you’re setting yourself up for another refusal.
If you go through this thread (in the last few months) you’d notice approvals have dipped.
If your purpose of the trip is also no longer valid then that can also affect your application.

Did you apply early enough?
You also don’t need to add NIN slip and building pictures. Your nin number is on your passport.
Do you have any travel history?

Dasolajay:
Thank you, my thoughts exactly!

I think their point is don’t complicate your application. Keep it simple.
French embassy in the last few months have been more strict and refusal rates have since increased.
What’s your travel history too?
Also, you only need 3 months bank statement not 6.
Best thing you can do in my opinion is ask your office to give you a letter and build your itinerary around Netherlands. Schengen is open border so you can easily arrive in Netherlands and find your way to wherever else. Just make sure your itinerary covers the number of days you’d be traveling for.

Restaurant92:
This is concerning. Currently awaiting feedback, biometrics was done on the 31st of October 2025.

Wishing you all the best. It’s now a minimum of 30 working days as at the last I checked. So it’s best to keep checking for update on TLS webpage.

chikajulietleo:
Please do you have the email or address I can send this to?


Thank you so much.

visas.lagos-fslt@diplomatie.gouv.fr

chikajulietleo:
So I added a cover letter and it included my itenary from day one till I leave Paris.

God didn’t just want me to get it because I submitted everything necessary.

Next year will try again or I will even try Germany next time.

If you’re self employed German embassy is long. You’re going to need your tax clearance, BOL if you’re an importer for example.
I think it’s best to let whatever heat from across simmer.

yp1files:
Did you create an itinerary as a separate document ?

It’s not about what he or she didn’t do. Something is definitely happening with French.
They are either refusing people or giving very short period.
Anyone applying right now should be cautious. If it isn’t very important, don’t bother applying right now till whatever dust settles.
Just thought to warn people out there.
My family and I got a month and we’ve had long term visas before the recent renewal.
It also took us about 6 weeks to get our passports back. At the time we submitted they said 15 days but then it changed to 30 days minimum.

jukeman:
Thanks for your suggestion and advice. I don’t know if they did not see all documents I uploaded with this application. Just to add that I submitted the followings with my application:
1. An introduction letter from my company indicating my job title and position with my salary on it
2. Company Introduction letters for my wife and son showing that they are traveling with me
3. Employment letters
4. Company I’d card. My company I’d card only shows the picture of me with a microchip on it for access into offices, in and out the company facility. This is the type of I’d cards that my company currently uses. My company is a well established company in Nigeria and in the USA.
5. I submitted 4 landed documents including the one I currently live on
6. My home address. I have lived there for more than 15yrs, at the time I moved there the street does not have a name and there was no numbering until now that the place is now developed.
6. The home address on the this application form is the same with the one I used in April. But different from the one I used in my application in 2013.
Now in the refusal letter sent to me, they said I can not appeal the decision. i.e no right of appeal or right to administrative review.
I have already gone to my banks for the home address update/ change of address.

Based on the above, if I were you, I’d reapply immediately. Shouldn’t exceed 2 weeks. I think waiting too long is always bad signal, almost like the refusal was valid.

If I were you I’d respond to each reason I and my family were refused, addressing each and tidy up ALL loose ends.

I would submit exact same documents as the last time but just update bank statements from the previous one submitted- for example, if you printed till 25th October, you start printing from 25th till the day before submission and make sure you write with a bold marker stating UPDATED ACCOUNT-
- if you live in an area where you pay estate dues etc, add that.
- if you have bills dating back from then, add that.
- if you have emails from a really long time ago from your employers- add it
- pension statement, tax remittance to support your claim.
- if you get rental income from your properties- use a colored marker on your statement of account to highlight those parts.
- Do a financial schedule to show inflows from other sources , remuneration and highlight it on your statement too.
- Your employer should support by giving evidence of your employment and also provide evidence to show where your payments are made to.

Write a strong response but polite.

ALSO APPENDIX EACH DOCUMENT-
Eg- Bank Statements - Appendix A
Employment letter and support documents from employer- Appendix B
Other income - Appendix C
Cover note - appendix D
Financial schedule- Appendix E
Etc , this makes it easy for them to peel it layer by layer. The ECO looking at it doesn’t become overwhelmed with too many information and can look at each based on the appendix and easy it to miss out critical information

Your letter should also state how you’ve put together the document by appendix eg

I hereby attach the following supporting document;

1- Appendix A : Employment letter
2- Appendix B : Bank statements
3- Appendix C: proof of address
Etc

You get?


Not to flog a dead horse but having the company Id wasn’t necessary in the first place.

jukeman:
Gurus in the house, please I need help.
I just received a visa refusal mail. I applied for myself, my wife and son for a 7 days trip to the UK. My wife and myself got a six month visa in April, which we traveled in April and came back but, it got expired in October this year. We applied for another six months visa with our son to travel for December but just got a refusal mail now. We all have a 5years US visa which we used last year. And also we have all been to Uk thrice before now. I am currently staying in my property, at the time we move to the property the address street was not properly numbered and labeled until now. I have not also updated the address on my bank statement and account. But it was the same bank statement I used in April and the same information.
Please I need help, how I explain these things:
1. How do I correct my address on my bank statements to reapply again?
2. How do I explain to them that payslips doesn’t show bank account money was paid to?
3. My bank account statement reflects the exact amount on the payslip that my company paid
4. My salary differs in each month which is due to different allowances being paid by my employer month which I explained in my cover letter
5. Should I apply immediately to correct this impression or should I still wait?
6. Should I go apply for Schengen visa
7. How do I clean my travel records with this refusal
Note: I have not have any visa refusal in the last 10years. I have been issued Schengen visas twice in the past and been to the USA many times with my family.

Please I really need your help 🙏🙏

Sorry about your refusal. It can be quite upsetting.

To answer your questions;
Question 1- This is for you to contact your bank.
Question 2,3 and 4- You can explain this in a refusal response letter- your employer can also supply a cover note detailing salary etc - did you get an introduction letter from your employer?
Question 5- You’re the one who knows the true picture of your situation- if all facts laid out are correct and I was in your position, I’d address everything stated in the refusal letter and reapply immediately.
Question 6- This I believe should be a decision you should make yourself. You already have a travel history based on what you stated.
Question 7- There is nothing to clean up, don’t beat yourself up about it. You still have a US visa.
I know people who have traveled to so many countries but the US still has refused them every time.


- In the refusal letter it states you claim you’ve lived the address for 15 years but the address in your last application was different. You should be able to provide evidence to this claim in your response to them. I believe the name of the street hasn’t changed. Their may be number changes. Do you still have the form from your previous application in April?

- your office staff ID doesn’t show company details- this doesn’t make it look credible. I have never seen any staff ID without details of company so you can understand why it would cast doubts at their end.

- both bank account statements gtbank and Stanbic are different- you’d be in a better position to explain the reason to them.

- If you’re earning such amount, you have and most pay pension including tax - you can provide your pension statement alongside your personal income tax remittances. This can also help build up your case.

- your employment letter should also help. Offer letter - I am sure most of these things would have also been shared with you via email and the time stamps would be on it. This should also help build your case.

You must understand that these guys don’t trust anyone so you have to make sure you don’t let them cast any doubt on your application. They are aware that people build their accounts for the period of time before putting in application.


JUST TO ADD- stay away from French embassy right now if you do choose to apply for Schengen. They are insane at the moment.
I and other folks I know who have always had long term visa - a year and above all got the exact duration for our next trip upon applying. We all applied at different times and have no ties to each other. Some also got single entry. These are people that have always gone to Schengen states for donkey years.
There is a new sheriff in town and that sheriff is a mad one.
And now processing time is a minimum of 30 days.

Modupe1981:
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Find those ppl with 7 refusals and ask their advice, it would help you.

The people you reply too do not have that experience so

Is not up to that,am just saying there is nothing God can not do with people's in the house guidance

You’re absolutely right, there is nothing that is impossible for God to do. There is also a saying that heaven helps those who help themselves. I was in transit when I came on Nairaland and was curious as to what ogg and cornoak meant- so I did a little digging by checking out some of your previous posts. The following is what i observed:

1- YOU HAVE ALL YOUR PERSONAL DETAILS FULL ON DISPLAY- your full name, bank details, address etc——- a lot of us here I believe are anonymous and go by a nickname and that’s for a very good reason.
2. You’re actively trying to secure a visa to SA, UK, US, etc

Just so you know, the same way a lot of us are here looking for some info, advice, reading through for leisure, looking to also give advice is the same way some of these guys at the embassy have intelligence agencies who are able to find any information.
Imagine one bored visa officer just deciding to look through Nairaland and sees your posts, imagine if it was the UK, then it’s possible you’d be blacklisted without you even being aware.

Word of advice- The Bible you’ve quoted says be as wise as a serpent and as meek as a dove. It doesn’t ask us to act sporadically or foolishly…. Calm down. Visa isn’t something you rush in getting, you have to be prepared, disciplined and not be in a hurry.

Btw, I do really hope it’s that you’d like to just go visiting and not intend to overstay on a visit visa because life isn’t the same as it was 20 years ago. Immigration rules have tightened up and far from favorable for those without paper. Even people with work permit are sweating through their ass ( pardon my language )

If you want to migrate then go through the legitimate channels of procuring a work visa , student visa just as giselle advised

MsAnonymous:
Thanks for this advice. I will incorporate.

You’re most welcome.

MsAnonymous:
This same platform has adviced against applying with Business account. Because business money is not personal money to be used for travel. The advice that has been given here is to pay yourself a salary from your business acct to your personal acct and apply using the personal acct. So why is the goal post always shifting?

I joined this platform in September because I was trying to figure out timelines for uk visa applications due to the fact that every single person that applied same time as myself and family got theirs within 7 days and we hadn’t gotten ours back.
I decided to stick around just to be able to offer my own advise whenever I see anyone that may need it as I know their are many genuine travelers who are looking to just visit and return and not default on immigration rules.

Not once have I read where anyone said for a self employed individual not to use their business account. Which btw this is one of the compulsory documents for Self employed people.
What I have actually read here is :
- you shouldn’t use business account as your primary account for personal transactions.
- you are supposed to put in both business and personal accounts- your business account shows the transactions within the business and also acts as a link to your personal account where you are likely to pay your salaries into.

Their are basic rules but not all will apply for the other. Some rules change based on individual circumstances.

For example, I am a frequent traveler( traveled 7 times within the last year and 90% of the visit was to Europe) and not my first Uk visa, self employed. I put in my business accounts and multiple personal accounts.

- I sometimes make personal payments from my business accounts such as payment for foods, snacks, travel expenses, restaurants , veterinary care for the animals at home, clothing outlets etc

- I pay myself from the business account.

So you see in my case that it was fine as well as because I put in a financial schedule explaining personal expenses from the business account and further highlighting payments from my business accounts to my personal accounts. I submitted 2 personal account statements.

I also put in my teenage children‘s bank account that showed their own expenses and moneys received from my personal accounts.

Even though you seek for advise here, it is important to understand each person’s circumstance and also tweak to suit your own personal situation.

Trendie247:
Hello house,
I’m planning to apply next week for a UK visiting visa to attend my OSCE exams. I’m based in Port Harcourt, and I was told that applicants here pay an extra £150 as visa processing fee at the VFS centre.

I’m considering travelling to Lagos to process my application instead, but I’m not sure if the same extra charge applies there too.

Please, does anyone know if the Lagos visa centre also collects an additional processing fee? And if yes, how much exactly?

I’ll really appreciate feedback from anyone who has recently applied from Lagos or Port Harcourt.

Thanks in advance. 🙏

I read this earlier and only responding based on the other replies you got. Put this into consideration which makes PH a better and more practical option.

- Comfort and convenience of you paying and doing it in PH where you reside which makes more practical sense.

- Cost of logistics if you’re coming to lagos - transport, hotel, feeding etc

- if you do it in Lagos you’d definitely have to pay for courier services to get your passport back to PH.

At the end of the day it’s your choice.

typingmaster:
Thanks for your input.

But you misunderstood my question.

I am asking how to split the expenses on the trip. The total cost is 1,950 pounds.

How much money will the sponsor be paying towards the visit?

How much money is the applicant planning to spend on the visit?


These are questions on the application form.

Apologies, then I am not sure I still understand your question. If you can elaborate.
As I previously stated, if it’s not a business/work trip, it doesn’t make sense that another adult is sponsoring another working adult significantly.

There is no clear cut answer, sponsorship is dependent on circumstances- is it an elderly person who is now a pensioner being sponsored by their child(ren)

The bit that says how much is also relative- are they accommodating you?
There is a part that follows stating what are they helping pay for. Then if it’s accommodation , applicant can then input that so that’s like a zero cost to the sponsor.

So I am sorry, I don’t understand.

DarkShades:
Also, please who are the Introduction and Explanation Letters addressed to? High Commissioner or Consular/Visa Officer?

The Entry Clearance Officer,
British High Commission,
11 Walter Carrington Crescent,
Victoria Island,
Lagos, Nigeria.

typingmaster:
Thank you.

One more thing.

Applicant has 2,817,000 naira in the account. Salary is 337,974 naira monthly and monthly expenses is 212,000 naira.

There's a sponsor that has 7,000 dollars in his account.

Cost of trip is 1,950 pounds.

What's the maximum can the applicant personally spend for this trip?

There is a general rule of thumb guide, budget 100-150pounds daily for trip.
- So for example, If you’re traveling for 5 days and your budget is 150 per day then that’s 750 pounds. - You can then add a little extra for shopping and then your ticket cost.
- The 150 pounds per day should cover hotel, feeding and transportation.

- if you’re a working adult and it isn’t a work/business trip and you’re being sponsored by the establishment it never makes sense to add another adult as a FINANCIAL SPONSOR. Just try and think from the perspective of you being told for example a 30 year old grown ass man without any disability that another adult is paying his bills and he is coming to spend some time in your house for a month. I highly doubt that you’d be happy to accommodate him because your thought will be that he will somehow become a liability.

typingmaster:
Please I need Guide on this.

In the bank statement, there is a 20,000 naira paid by the employer as allowance to buy uniform.

So how do I put this type of payment in the form?

You can highlight it and reference what the payment received was for. It doesn’t count as additional source of income.
Additional source of income outside of your salary is things like allowance from maybe family and friends which is constant.
- Side hustles
- rental incomes
- Pension
Etc and not a 20k one off payment for uniform.

DarkShades:
Good day House,

I am in the process of applying for a 6 month visa for me, my wife and our 3 kids (7, 4 & 1). I have filled out and paid for all the applications but i am yet to book for the biometrics and document submission.

My issue is i have not seen anywhere in the application where i can link my children's application with mine using the GFW number.

Also how can i book for the 5 of us to attend the biometrics at the same time at VFS Abuja? On the VFS website i am unable to change the "number in group" dropdown menu from 1 to 5 as it is greyed out.

I will appreciate your assistance please

- Each person has a unique GFW number and it can’t be linked.
- It’s from their own forms that you’d list your own details and that of your wife as they are underaged. Also their visa would have your details stated on it as you’d be traveling together- which means the visa is only valid with you or your wife accompanying them.
- each person to the best of my knowledge will need to do an individual biometric booking, I don’t think there is an option for this for UK. There is group booking for French Schengen.
What I did the last time for my renewal was do premium and picked time slots that were closely available- for example 1:30pm, 2pm.
Just look out for a day that has enough close time slots.

killaskillz:
Please, how do I go about this? It's really frustrating because there was just one large deposit and I even attached the receipt for that.

Also, seeing that she was the one who applied, should the mail come from her or from me?

Sorry about your mum’s refusal.
Did you by any chance attach a financial schedule to explain other inflows outside of her salary?
In regards to your dad not being a strong tie to home, is there also by any chance credits and debits to each other‘s account?
Is this a paid employment or business?
Do you have other siblings in Nigeria?

Castalia:
An applicant got this message attached in her refusal letter. However, SHE CLEARLY STATED THE REFUSAL in the application, and even provided additional information on reasons for the refusal.

Please how can she go about addressing this issue, to prevent it being on record that she mis-represented. She has no intention of re-applying in the short run, but she needs to clear this discrepancy.
please help.

I think this is where you can ask for an administrative review but she should make sure she double checks her form, hopefully she still has a copy of that. Sometimes human error comes to play

typingmaster:
Please I need guide on this.

A woman wants to travel to UK to write an exam. She wants to travel together with 2 kids who are under 7 years of age and her husband .
So will there be 4 different visa applications for this?

For reason of traveling, what's the best option to put?

Thank you

Not a visa expert but just reason it this way- you’d like to employ a new staff and the person says to you I’d like to come for my interview with my spouse and kids. What would your reaction to the person be? You’d most likely be ticked off by that.
If the exam is very important why not go alone and when you come back you can then now apply as a family for a family holiday.

LCMedia:
Thank you so much for your contribution. I have already sent a complaint through the official complaints procedure on the GOV.UK website. Is there any other way I can fight it? I’d appreciate it. Thank you.

You’re most welcome. In my own opinion, i think you should reapply. Administrative procedures I hear can take as long as a year or even more.
You have all the reasons you were denied, you can on that basis touch each one after the other.
It will also be helpful to attach your Nigerian bank statement also outlining most of the transfers are to self. In your cover note, if your overhead is more than earnings then you can state your earnings is pegged at the X amount due to accounting purpose. I am an entrepreneur and my overhead is always mostly more than my stated income.

LCMedia:
Thank you for your input. I’m not even trying again anytime soon. Not in six months or 1yr. I’m starting my digital residency in PRT next month, I’d have like 28 countries to visit. I was hoping I’d fly from the UK to PRT.

Seems like this is your emotion getting the better part of you which is a normal reaction especially if you are traveling for genuine reasons.
The best thing British does is explain why you are refused and it’s for anyone to look at that refusal and on that basis respond accordingly when reapplying. If I were you, I’d address it immediately and have a strong yet very polite letter responding to the reasons for refusal and addressing all the concerns and better tidied up documentation. You don’t want to get to Portugal and an opportunity comes up and you wish you had the UK visa.
In 2017 I was going to Disneyland with my family the logical thing to do was apply through French embassy and we got refused. I had never ever since Schengen union been refused so I was livid as you know their own refusal is generic, it could mean anything except in the case they state you have a travel insurance issue . I was lucky enough to live close to the embassy so I drove down and got the embassy email address, I emailed them a few times and then came a call from the embassy and it was from the consul general, they asked if we had been recently refused a visa from German embassy( this was my first time ever applying from anywhere else outside of German embassy so for them it was strange and they assumed I was coming to them) I responded by saying no, I was asked to send a new itinerary by email and a week later we were asked to bring in our passport to the embassy and collect that same day. I never ever take no for an answer, I may be in my emotions but I never let it get to me.
When you are in some of those 28 states you’ve mentioned then you’d realize the uk is just an hour away, 2 hours away etc.
I guess my point is your travel is genuine then you should 'fight' it

LCMedia:
My bank statement shows I make $6,500 pm, the ECO acknowledged that. That was the conversion rate when I was submitting my application. I have a Portugal digital nomad residency visa in my passport, I wouldn’t have gotten that if i wasn’t earning what I said I earn, yet the EFO wasn’t convinced with all other documents.

I didn’t explain my debits, 99% are own transfer to my NGN account. The figure of the expenses started are estimate of what I spend per month, not per the debits in my bank statement. I find it weird having to explain my debits when there are narrations in each of these transactions, these people just rejecting people for the most stupidest reasons - going through the cases on this thread after submitting my application, I saw people being rejected for not explaining how they got the deposit of amount as low as 2,000 NGN.

It should help if you do explain it, your own transfers etc. I learned the hard way. I had been traveling to the UK since I was born, spent time in the UK. Then got refused when I went for a renewal a long time ago after having my first born who is now in their late teens. I was in shock because I was overly confident being that I am also a frequent traveler. My first shock was when I was told I had obtained BC fraudulently because it was stamped but the silly person forgot to date it. Meanwhile I had used same BC for my kid to travel to Schengen states several times without any issues. After that , I learned to never leave anything to chance. I’d break down my financial statements for them even including a spreadsheet. I reference all my OWN transfers. I recently renewed my long term visa and treated it as though it was a new application again. As they always state, every application is treated in its own merit. God help you your application doesn’t fall into the hands of ECO who will cross every I and dot every T’s , so that’s why i always treat it like it’s my first time. Schengen is more lenient with a lot things.

Schooltwo346:
Attention house, i travelled to the uk around march on work visa which is 1month and replied a tourist visa again this September but was refused. Reason the address on my bank Statement is different from my home address, 2, i said i do not have a sister in uk weareas when I first applied i got an invitation from my sister to come for her graduation which i was refused before severally before entering through work visa. What should i do. I am so debastated

Out of curiosity though, why did you lie on your application about not having a sister when in your previous application you had an invite from the sister? Was this also listed as a reason for refusal.

In regards to the bank address being different from your home address can always be corrected.
I don’t know if they’d refuse based on just it being the address, I do stand to be corrected.
In my own case, one of my personal bank statement address is different from home address,
My business account address is actually that of rhe bank’s HO. Though in my case if you looked at my bank statement pos transactions for places like supermarkets, restaurants it did somehow show my location.
I am a frequent traveler but i always treat every visa application like it’s my first time again.
Gone are the days where you’d just do a drop box and you almost have nothing to worry about.

[quote author=Obasogie00 post=136991357][/quote]Refusal mail comes before VFS message to pick up passport.

GREATNESS25:
The sources are the business and the contract documents and POs were attached. The jobs were done in USd

You’d have to break it down like you’re sharing info with a kindergarten student to them. Remember we are a country known for illegitimate businesses and having access to documents that can be obtained just by paying for it.

If your PO‘s are from reputable firms and proof of job execution, contracts etc it may be easier to explain.


Issue 1- the 25k
Issue 2- The funds in your account.
Issue 3- Your Address on bank not matching that of your residence- ——this is even easier to explain, if you’ve operated the account long before you moved to your now new permanent address or it’s your office address.

Just take it one issue at a time and reflect.
If you also notice they use OANDA page for conversion. So you may want to also use that to always convert the amount.

In practical sense, I think depending on each child’s age they don’t need more than 500 pounds for spending. My teenage child I always put 200 pounds for spending money as budget. Any other gets 100 pounds.

I am sharing this with you so you can relate and see the practical side of it.

With 100 pounds in the UK you’d enter a primark shop and really shop.

Look at bookings.com to give you an idea of hotels
Look at google flight for ticket. Air maroc, air peace are always the cheapest flights where you don’t need a transit visa. So use that to give an idea-
1.5m x 5 on ticket gives you 7.5m that’s about 3,800 pounds.