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onile1975:
@ valencial25

Please give us the contact phone number of naija lawyer you use for your appeal.

I have also been denied five times in the past and recently I just submitted a fresh application I know this your naija lawyer can help me if they deny me six times

Follow-up

valencia25:
Try to use an immigration lawyer in the uk to help with your processing.

I got a refusal overturned after consistent 3 visa denials and previous appeal handled by a lawyer in naija.

Visa approved few weeks ago

This sounds like pitching

clayfounder:
But u get uk visa ? .bros this 2025 all this emergency holiday or conference to canada don cast they know na cover up to enter canada and apply asylum last last

Why you dey act like asylum seeker police up and down na.

clayfounder:
Yea l know it tourist visa but why not uk and why canada atleast uk get more tourism site than canada ..please be careful and no waste ur money...good luck!

Oga you funny oh. Why questioning another person's holiday choice? Na you wan pay for him visa and flight?

hayyawithme:
As we are planning to visit Canada by December during the school holiday, what is the best time to submit our visa application? I am planning to submit by the end of July.

I believe the best time is now. The Canada people are unpredictable, some applications are treated speedily while some others may take time.

By the way, this your username is the name of the Qatar app.

I once used it to process a visit and it was seamless, approval came in no time. The following year, I wanted to use it again and applied, the approval never came! I was already in Europe as I planned the stopover on my return, I was almost stranded as they refused to board me, I had to cough out extra money to quickly change my flight itinerary before check-in closes to cut out my supposed Doha stop over groove. Do you know if they have started approving Nigerians again on the app?

jayciekey:
To be honest, I think these guys are just refusing applications for the sake of it, also because of the pressure in social amenities.

I applied for my wife and daughter to visit me in Canada (I am an international student). We demonstrated strong ties my wife has to Nigeria.

She has 2 jobs (full time and part time), we submitted all employment letters, even submitted an introduction letter from her full time employer saying they are aware of her trip and granted her leave for the period. We submitted my wife's land documents. My wife helps her aged mother to manage her residential property and we submitted legal documents for this too. Even submitted investment agreement letter for a business she has investments in in Nigeria and birth certificates and photos of my wife and her siblings in Nigeria.

Still the application was refused. They said her assets and financial situation isn't enough for the trip. They also said she is not financially established in her home country. My wife earns 1m monthly, submitted bank statement with over 16m. I submitted my own statement with over 7m too. And we submitted documents to show how the funds were gotten, payslips, invoices etc.

The second reason is that she 'has significant ties to Canada'. That second reason didn't make sense to me because it's because of the ties she has to Canada that she applied for the Visa in the first place, does that disqualify her? Even when she has significant ties to Nigeria.

This people matter tire person honestly. We have applied for GCMS note sha. Waiting to see what it says

Well, according to the thinking of visa officials, you are a significant tie and motivation for them to land over there and file asylum.

Wealthypips:
I just tried canceling and creating new but it’s still not verifying with the amemtum reference number. ‘We have not identified a previous visa applicant profile that contains an unused and valid payment for my name and my wife’s name” not the “Bank details updated successfully”

Same was experienced. If you click continue to payment, it will take you to that pending appointment page where, you can input your payment details, that is, the amentum number and payment date. The process you followed earlier. That's that place it tells you "payment details updated successfully" and calendar is supposed to pop up after selection of pickup location if everything goes fine.

readonenaire:
Visa Issued.

June 9: Erroneous Decision

June 9: Numerous mails sent to UKVI & Home Ofiice

June 9: Submitted a PAP, my complaint to multiple channels including physical letters to Home office.

June 9: Got E-mail reponse from UKVI that my decision have no right to appeal or administrative review.

June 11: Got Mail from VFS to come collect my passport

June 13: Collected my passport from VFS

June 16: Got another mail from Home Office, that “my complaint has been considered and as detailed in my decision letter i have no right to appeal or administrative review” and other generic bla bla bla and i should apply again.

June 16: i replied again that their error must be acknowledged and i have no intention in submitting to a defective process., i also added that they need not review or overturn the visa decision but error must be acknowledged.

June 17: Phone call and follow up Mail from British High Commission, Abuja requesting for my passport.

June 18: I submitted around 12PM.

June 19: I was called around 11AM and i picked up my passport shortly after with the visa stamp in it.

Thanks everyone for your inputs, @cashmadam, @giselle237 @Militio @davodyguy @America001, i really appreciate.

@tyrant25 they responded first on 11th, then 16th, however there were lots of back and forth.

Wow, nice! I'm really impressed at the expedited response.

Chai, that mistake will definitely put a big dent in the performance evaluation of that ECO.

A big well done for seeing this through!

onile1975:
Hello house

Many people want to travel out of this country come and see a lot of people at Vfs center yesterday that I went for biometric it was cloudy yesterday. I cannot believe what I saw ,as many people were also coming for collections.collection is greater than submission.

Is that Ikeja? I was astounded at the crowd I saw there mid April. It was like a market place.

Wealthypips:
I understand you sir, but thinking about it why would they push people in canceling to create new after making payment if they are sure it won’t work but lead to another payment…they must have worked on it to say something like that. I have sent email out to the mail for support I got on here and hoping to get a response soon but still since I’m not the only one with similar issue, I hope I can get a response from Whoever has gotten their sorted. I can’t bear paying another 2 new payments for me and my wife

You'll get response after 1 or 2 months, and it'll give you that same response someone earlier posted, or another one asking you to direct your request to nigeria@usvisaappt.com in a message like the one quoted below:

Thank you for your inquiry.
You may send your inquiry or request via Email to: nigeria@usvisaappt.com
If you have any further questions, please contact AVITS directly.
Callers in Nigeria: +2342013438900
Callers in the United States:  +17344182395
Via the Click to Chat and Click to Talk option on the AVITS Website AVITS Website.

Wealthypips:
Hello ya’ll I have made payment since feb12 and I want to confirm if anyone has had this similar issues and got it resolved. My payment shows it’s valid but it’s not letting me confirm it but they asked me to cancel and restart a new one that it will automatically detect the payment. Is it safe to do that pls cos I don’t want to forfeit the large sum I paid for my wife and myself.

I've had this payment issue for an application I did for my partner since Sept last year despite paying for both of us simultaneously. I've since had my own successful interview, traveled and returned and the issue still remains unresolved. Despite the frustration, we decided not to pay another visa fees and wait it out, as the other person's trip was not urgent. I've raised countless tickets, sent countless emails.

In one of my verbal interaction with one of their agents, he notified me of changes to their process, and said we can now cancel pending appointments and restart the whole process for a possible resolution of payment verification issues. I was reluctant and drew his attention to the fact that there's a caveat that if you cancel appointment, the payment is gone. But he assured me that this was the new process. I still didn't cancel.

I left the issue and returned after some days to complain again, this time to the customer care chat feature. I was told the same thing, with this agent emphatically assuring me the payment will not be forfeited. I also received email directly from the embassy advising on the new process to cancel pending appointment and re-start the process for scheduling problems.

I thereafter cancelled the pending appointment and started the process afresh. This was like 2 months back. However, I'm still unable to schedule the appointment, even after canceling and re-attempting to book appointment. It only shows the "Bank details updated successfully" and does not open up the calendar. Though it also does not say the payment has been used up.

Victor982002:
Please ircc just sent me this
“Funds, proof: Please provide proof of funds through mybankStatement”

After submitting proof of funds before
What does it mean?

Are you sure you didn't attach an account statement that was password-protected?

Middle East's Schengen style GCC tourist visa approved, to be rolled out 'soon'

https://m.economictimes.com/nri/visit/middle-easts-schengen-style-gcc-tourist-visa-approved-to-be-rolled-out-soon/articleshow/121890800.cms

The long-awaited unified tourist visa for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has received formal approval and is expected to be introduced soon, according to UAE Minister of Economy Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri. The visa aims to streamline tourism across the six GCC member nations — the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, and Kuwait — and is being viewed as a significant step toward regional travel integration.

Speaking at a press briefing during the UAE Hospitality Summer Camp on Monday, June 16, 2025, Al Marri confirmed the progress:
“The single (GCC) tourist visa has been approved and waiting now to be implemented, hopefully, soon. Now, it is with the Ministry of Interior and the relevant stakeholders and they should look into it.”

Dubbed the "GCC Grand Tours Visa" in some circles, the initiative is modeled on the Schengen visa system used in Europe. It will allow travelers to visit all six Gulf countries under a single visa, removing the current requirement of applying separately for each destination, despite existing air and road connectivity.

The approval of the GCC unified tourist visa has been met with strong support from leaders in the travel and hospitality sectors, who see it as a turning point for regional tourism and economic activity. Industry professionals expect the visa to ease cross-border travel across the six Gulf nations, making the region more attractive and accessible to international tourists.

One notable trend expected to grow is "bleisure" travel — a combination of business and leisure — as visitors are likely to extend their work-related trips to explore neighbouring countries. This could translate into longer stays and a broader spread of tourism-related spending across the region.

Beyond tourism, the unified visa is projected to spur wider economic benefits. Stakeholders believe that simplified travel will drive job creation, boost investment in hospitality and infrastructure, and support a more collaborative approach to positioning the GCC as an integrated travel destination.

The visa initiative follows a period of strong recovery in the Gulf’s travel sector. Data from the GCC’s Statistical Centre shows:

68.1 million visitors in 2023

$110.4 billion in tourism revenue

A 42.8% rise in arrivals compared to pre-pandemic 2019 levels

In the UAE, the sector continues to contribute significantly to the economy. According to the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC):

The industry supported 833,000 jobs in 2024

Employment is forecast to reach 1 million by 2030

The earlier WTTC projection for 2034 was 928,000 jobs

By 2030, one in nine UAE residents could be employed in tourism

Dubai’s Lead Role in Regional Travel


Dubai remains a key driver of Gulf tourism. According to the Dubai Department of Economy and Tourism, the city recorded:

7.15 million visitors between January and April 2025

A 7% year-on-year growth compared to the same period in 2024

With the upcoming rollout of the unified visa, other destinations in the GCC are expected to benefit from Dubai’s tourist inflow, encouraging longer and more diverse travel itineraries across the region.
(With TOI inputs)

https://m.economictimes.com/nri/visit/middle-easts-schengen-style-gcc-tourist-visa-approved-to-be-rolled-out-soon/articleshow/121890800.cms

LadyCaplin:
Hello people.

For those who applied for a visit visa, has anyone received a response recently? Curious to know if May applications are being attended to now.

Please share your timelines to encourage us all.

Thytechguy:
May application should take a month for a reply or so. Someone submitted early May and biometric request was sent Early June. So patience is what you will have.

Applied Fri May 9
Biometrics Mon May 12

Applied on the new portal with valid US visa, no info for now.

davodyguy:
If they're based in Nigeria, then their operating account should actually be funded in the local currency of the country they operate in, that's the ideal.

Hence, the mistake by the ECO
CCECC and Berger are from China and Germany. But they get paid in Naira and can then transfer funds for repatriation.

I'm sure your company executing contracts or jobs in Nigeria, must have a Naira account

The ECO made a silly mistake. Probably a young inexperienced person who just saw the figure and gleefully made a quick refusal decision withoout paying attention to the currency. This is definitely a rookie mistake.

I don't think we need to look for excuses for the error. I've submitted corporate dom account in the past and there was no confusion. The ECO just paid better attention.

People submit dom account for visa application from time to time and there has never been any complaints of the account not being in local currency.

readonenaire:
Kindly help with insight @giselle237 and Cashmadam.

I applied for visit visa, ECO singled out my employers account balance and erroneously claim it was low by assuming the account was a Naira account, when it was clearly stated on face of rhe statement that the account is domiciled in USD(this was stated in my LOE). My own balance is actually more than 1k USD, i only added employer’s account as this is a work sponsored trip.

My immigration history, i just returned from the US last month and going back next month, facts which were submitted, I have 10yr canadian visa, i have sent email to home office, but my concern is the generic email response i got from UKVI for the paid mail, but i really want to correct this error as this is my second refusal, i had first refusal last year b4 US, Canada and Schengen Visa. So i am not about to just let this slide, i want to understand the PAP process please.

This is a fatal error on the part of the ECO. Eventhough a complaint or PAP will definitely scale through, the process may be time-consuming and may make you miss the event looking at the July date you applied for the visa against. Therefore, I'd suggest you re-apply instead and highlight the currency issue in the fresh application. Most especially in the column provided for extra comments on the form itself. I don't think its all ECOs that read the attached letter of explanation.

TradeSunMoore:
I have used both to process visitors visa for family members. From my experience there are no material difference in success rate. However the portal is tailored for visitors visa mainly and allows a maximum document upload of 2MB while you can do 4MB with the GCKey

That 2MB is just an headache when you have lots of documents.

Do you think there's any noticeable processing time difference between the 2? Because, if indeed the new is AI-processed as insinuated by a number of people, one would have expected it to be quicker than the other.

aragbaboy:
Decided to use 2 months bank statement and the visa was issued.

Correct, well done! One of the things this thread recently established which makes so much sense is correcting the notion that 6 months bank statement is compulsory for UK visa application.

Assuming this info came to me earlier, I woukdnt have suffered a refusal I had in the past as the area of my account which was flagged for inflows was the 1st month out of 6.

This year, I had increase in salary 4 months back and I didn't want different salaries to show in my salary account statement to avoid raising questions, I decided to put 4 months statement with same salary and it scaled through for my 2 years application. Even the company account put alongside, was too bulky and had to limit it to just 3 months.

Debbieeeeeee:
Someone I know had both they still used address on statement is different from where he currently resides. I laughed because the officer just didn’t want to give. I haven’t updated the address on my account since uni and I use it to renew all the time, proof of address is a big thing in the western world but not in our side.

.

Sincerely all of us were shocked when we saw that address thing.

The address on my personal statements I’ve used for successful applications are different from current home address stated in my application and it scaled through. Even the company account statements I dropped had different addresses all different from official company address on company CAC documents.

These guys always have their agendas and then come up with an excuse as justification. Or sometimes, some strong areas of an application counteracts some red flags.

Recently, I assisted someone in looking over his 1st-time application to the UK and he had 3 lump sums, which gave me serious headache and concern. We couldn't get receipts of what he used those monies for, but luckily he transferred some of the money out in like 2 days after and we strongly emphasisd this. We also just did an explanation and also put the bank transaction receipt from the originator and it scaled through. He has been to an European country for a short visit the previous year though. I believe this travel history worked in his favour.

You see, that's why I said 'sometimes', the actual reasons for refusal is not disclosed. They just fish around for booby traps to put on the letter as they are mandated to do so. Some of these booby traps if it shows clear cut error can be used to successfully challenge the refusal. While others that are a bit ambiguous are more difficult.

humbleboyy:
I'm really super curious on what could be the reason a priority visit VIsa is being delayed for 10working days now. Anyone with past experiences?

Was escalated last Wednesday and was told today after another call that nothing can be done until 15days after escalation if no update is received so I just have to wait. Hmmm.

Maybe you should go to VSF and check oh. I recall 2 years back, this happened to some of my guys that we applied roughly same time. We all did priority and only 2 of us got feedback within time frame. The remaining guys' application stayed up to 6 weeks to our bewilderment. After several paid calls and emails and waiting, it was discovered the applications have been treated way back. The system just didn't alert us that the passports have been returned. And interestingly, they were all issued with visas. The visa stamp date also confirmed it has been treated way back. This was with TLS though.

[quote author=olowomanifest post=135607814][/quote]In 'my own' opinion, for a single person, this always works:

- A critical role in a high paying job. And this has to be well packaged and communicated.

Also,

- travel history

olowomanifest:
Good evening house, I just received this refusal letter
And I’ll like you guys input/opinions
I clearly stated I was going on the trip for my birthday
Documents included
Leave approval from my employer
Invitation letter from my sponsor, proof of address and ID of sponsor, receipt of the money from my sponsor (and in my cover letter stating the money was sent for flight and also was part of my birthday gift, stated the 750k as additional income is received monthly as interest from my savings in Providus (there by accumulates to that amount in a year), for ties in Nigeria: Treasury bills (bank letter confirming this), employment letter, payslips, mentioned I have my siblings and father as family tie back here, practicing license that allows me help out with community outreach

Please help thank you

They believe you have more incentive to stay over there with your lover than return here. As you can earn far more over there on a monthly basis doing petty jobs than what you are earning here with reference to your stated incomes. And being with your lover is an added benefit. For Oyinbo mind, as an adult, love love things has a stronger hold and pull on you than family.

Busy2018:
I just got a denial response this night and the denial doesn’t make sense at all
I put my kids birth certificate and marriage certificate, the company’s website is done but the cac is active and we have a function instagram page. Can I appeal the decision

The decision
I have refused your application for a visit visa because I am not satisfied that you meet the requirements of paragraph(s) V4.2 of Appendix V: Immigration Rules for Visitors because: •
• You have applied to travel to the UK for a period of 4 days for the purpose of attending your sister's graduation. I have acknowledged that your sponsor is willing to provide adequate support for a limited visit to the United Kingdom; however, it is your circumstances and intentions which are paramount in assessing your application.
• You state that you are employed earning a monthly income of GHS 25,858.00-(£1,361.51 Oanda.com as on the 29/09/2024).
• You state that you have a husband and children in Nigeria. However, your family's wider social and economic circumstances are not demonstrated for me to be satisfied that visit is credible in relation to your wider circumstances in Nigeria.
• I have considered the various information submitted along with your application. I note that vou stated vou are employed with (JUST PAINT LTD), and I carried open-source checks, to which your company has no online presence. As such this casts doubt as to whether you are employed as stated and whether the declarations made in your visa application form are a reliable reflection of your current circumstances in your country of residence. As such, I am not satisfied that you have provided a reliable portrayal of your current personal circumstances nor satisfied that your intentions to visit the UK are as stated and that you will leave at the end of your visit.
In the light of above, I am not satisfied that your personal and financial circumstances are as stated by you. I am therefore not satisfied that you intend to leave the UK at the end of your visit and that you are genuinely seeking entry as a visitor.

Visitor's visas are not eligible for appeal as stated on the refusal letter. But a complaint can be lodged or judicial review requested if you feel significant errors were made.

The ECO was probably unable to profile your personal and family economic circumstances and took the easy way out to refuse than risk it.

More information is needed to be able to have an idea of what was presented and relate it to this refusal.
What financials did you put on the application? Are you sponsoring your self fully or a part sponsor. Did you put family pictures of your immediate family? And also with that of your sister and wider family? Landed property? Any travel history to demonstrate some economic stability? Is your employer a stable, well known and large organisation that you'll think twice before abandoning the job?

Your monthly pay if converted to naira, does it equal the GBP amount stated on the letter? The ECOs usually do a lot of copy and paste of the refusal note of the applications they are handling and must have mistakenly pasted the financial of another application on your own refusal letter. Unfortunately, this may not have any significant effect on the substance of the refusal. The decision has been made before this copy and paste. If queried, the right one will be fished out and put there. It's just a clerical error.

The other reference to your workplace in my own opinion is just fishing around for more excuse. I'd want to believe the main reason for the denial is not stated here, but maybe in their private notes. Vague denials like this are usually difficult to challenge.

Not trying to discourage you, just analysing based on what I've seen in the past. If challenged, they may correct the error in the currency and revert back with same decision. But its worth a try.

GudluckIBB:
Thank you, @Milito.

I mentioned in the cover letter and stated that i travelled and came bac within 3 days.
I believe the ECO may not have reviewed the information thoroughly before making the decision.

Will this refusal affect future applications to other Schengen countries?

Thank you once again.
I have also sent you a private message.

I doubt it will affect other future Schengen applications. Despite that some of these countries share information behind the curtain, Schengen applications are a bit more tempered. There's even no part of the form they ask for previous visa refusals.

But this may negatively influence future UK applications. That was why I suggested you guys should take the planned trip to a Schengen country. Those UK guys are too mechanical.

If you and your spouse have a stable job and good account you'll get the Schenghen visa.

GudluckIBB:
[b]The decision
I have refused your application for a visit visa because I am not satisfied that you meet the
requirements of paragraph(s) 4.2 of Appendix V because of the reasons detailed:


• You have applied to visit the UK for 5 days for tourism, and sightseeing.
• You intend to travel with your husband on a visit to the UK.  Your husband was
issued entry clearance as a visitor on 07/02/2025 However, your husband indicated
on his application form that you would not be accompanying him to the UK.  Whilst I
accept that circumstances may change, I must consider that the Entry Clearance
Officer had issued your husband’s visa considering his immediate family members
would be remaining in your country of residence. Your family’s travel plans have now
changed just a short time after your husband’s UK visa was issued, and no
explanation for this change of plans has been made in your application.
• The onus is on you, the applicant, to show that you meet the requirements of the
immigration rules based on your overall personal circumstances and that you will
comply with all the conditions associated with any visa.
• To come to my decision, I have considered, not only those documents stated above,
but all the documents you have provided regarding your circumstances. Your
application is therefore refused under paragraph V 4.2 (a) and (c) of the Immigration
Rules[/b]


Good morning Ladies and Gentlemen,

I am writing to seek your advice following a recent refusal of UK visitor visa applications for my family of three.

For context, I previously studied in the UK and returned to Nigeria immediately after completing my studies. Earlier this year, I was granted a visitor visa to attend my graduation ceremony in February. I travelled alone and returned to Nigeria just three days after the event. At the time of that application, I clearly indicated that my family would not be accompanying me, as they had ongoing academic and business obligations.

Recently, my family applied for visitor visas with the intention of travelling to the UK for a short vacation, during which I would accompany them using my still-valid visa. However, their applications were refused, and the primary reason cited was that my previous application stated they would not be travelling, implying that our current travel plans raised concerns.

It appears the decision may have been based on a misinterpretation of our changed circumstances, using details from my previous application without context.

I would appreciate your guidance on how best to proceed. Should my family reapply immediately with a detailed explanation of why they didn’t travel with me previously, or would it be wiser to wait some time before reapplying?

Thank you very much for your time and attention. I look forward to your advice

Thank you

One can 'assume' the ECO was not detailed enough to see that you have already used the visa following your last application.

Or, it can be, that, it was noted, but the person just felt traveling with the entire family within a short interval to your last trip on a visa you applied for, stating you are going alone is a red flag. Basically, because the family you left behind must have been highlighted as strong home ties.

Though it's late now, but a cover letter explaining this would have been helpful and may positively influence the ECO. A statement that "you have already used the visa for your initial intentions but now seeking entry clearance for a family vacation and hopefully, you'll be using the visa with them since its still valid and a multiple entry visa."

I don't have any suggestion for immediate remedy as I doubt challenging it will scale through as the ECO seems to have legitimate concerns & did not actually make an error in exercising his/her discretion even though it seems so. The evidence in prints that will be tabled is to their favour. Legal issues relies on available facts and not sentiments.

You guys should probably take the holiday to a Schengen country and then reapply to UK together later.

That way, you'd have demonstrated a clear pattern of holiday with family.

Mrphilia:
I just left the Qatar Airways office and they called their check-in desk at the airport and they said there wouldn't be any issues boarding me since I will be entering the UK when my visa is valid that's the most important aspect.

Thanks everyone for your help.

Great! Wish you a safe and memorable trip 👍🏾

Preshy2004:
Hello ,
I had my interview today in Abuja and I was denied

The visa officer asked me why I'm visiting and I said for vacation
She said with my husband I said yes
She asked how many days I said 20 days
She asked where do I work, I told her am a lecturer
My husband works for a multi national oil company
She asked if I have any child in the us I said No. If I know anyone in the us I said no.
She asked me which country have I visited I told her France. UAE UK. And I went on to explain to her that I just visited the Uk in December. And squeezed her mouth and just denied herself and not me. 😃😃. They truly do not know persons with genuine reasons to travel

Thanks for sharing your transcript and making the forum richer, a lot of people shy away from this, especially following a negative outcome.

Do you really do not have a family or relative in the US? Asking if you have a child in the US is not a generic question, though the follow up question about if you know someone is generic.

I'm assuming she's seeing something and that was the reason she asked about a child, with a follow up about if you know anyone at all, and your answers probably did not align.

Based on personal experience, I don't think dwelling on your last trip is sufficient to damage the entire interview. The interviewer may sneer at it as show-off, but I wouldn't want to believe her decision will be based solely on that. I may also be wrong anyways as US visa interviews can be subjective.

Though no 2 interviews are same, but during my interview in March for a visa I applied for conference and tourism afterwards, I earlier traveled in Feb and had to update my DS-160 form just to include this and when I was asked about previous travels, it was my first response, and I placed emphasis on it "...that I recently traveled to Paris and Dubai last month, bla bla bla, and last year I went to Spain and UK, and previous years to ....."

She (interviewer) then said all my travels seem to be directed at similar event to what I'm using as justification to apply for the US visa and I answered in the negative, saying one of my trips, to Spain was with my wife just for vacation to enjoy ourselves together without the kids. I provided that extra info and I could see her nodding, smile and just typing and typing. It'd seem the interaction wrapped up shortly after this.

Mrphilia:
Good day everyone,

I want to depart Nigeria on the 26th because I will be using a connecting flight by Qatar airways which arrives Gatwick on the 27th but my entry date is 27th to the UK.

I want to know if I would have any issues boarding on that 26th?

This has happened to me before with Air France and they boarded me.

My visa start date was the following day, whereas I was to depart at 11pm or thereabout.

Using these your dates for example. My Schengen France visa starts on the 27th, but I booked AF flight scheduled for takeoff around 11pm on the 26th.

Air France boarded me. But I recall I got in touch with them earlier and received confirmation that they'll board me. Some Naija immigration I sought their opinion earlier wanted to use that opportunity to extort me but I later ignored them.

Now, AF may exercise some discretion and flexibility because they are the national carrier of their country, my destination and may be able to easily sort things out.

So you have to ensure you get multiple confirmation from Qatar. Both their customer care and directly from their Airport desk.

All those Emirates, Qatar, Turkish, MAROC... Those guys sometimes do not treat us with respect and dignity. Emirates almost made me miss my connecting flight from Dubai to Paris on one occasion when they were analysing my visa over and over saying it looks fake. I just stood there watching all their antics with amusement wondering if someone who is not the issuing authority can validly declare a visa as fake.

LadyCaplin:
2 copies of your data page.

International passport.

Thanks!

Submitted visit visa application on Friday 9th, biometrics is tomorrow Mon 12th.
Asides the IRCC & VFS appointment letter, will any other thing be required please?

Abbebbay:
I haven't gotten any mail...How was your ..what was the response ....

Biometrics on 17th April, Ikeja.
Decision email yesterday 8th May.
Collected today 9th May.

It was successful.
2 yrs given

I got 6 months, which I used once last year after 2 previous refusals. After my last year UK visit, I've also made 2 separate Euro trips.

I applied with the usual documents, but didn't write cover letter this time around. Last year I wrote detailed cover letter addressing previous refusals. This time, I packaged my thoughts in the extra notes column at the last section of the form.

Documents
- hotel reservation
- employment letter
- promotion letter
- letter from employer indicating I've been approved to go on leave and also that employer is sponsoring the vacation.
- Employer account statement
- Employer CAC documents & tax clearance.
- 4 months personal account statement with 2m plus.
- 6 months personal USD account statement with $3,000 plus.
- family documents -marriage and children birth certificates.
- previous visas and stamps.
- pictures taken during previous travel and also that of family.
- monthly expense declaration of 1m.
- budget for trip 3,500 pounds.
-Personal amount committed towards trip 500 pounds.

Did not put cover letter, ticket reservation, pension account, personal tax clearance and landed property this time around eventhough I put all of them for my 1st UK visa last year.

I saw space to upload educational qualifications, which I'm not sure I noticed and uploaded in time past. Anyways, I uploaded my BSc & MSc cert there.

Thank you Nairaland folks for your free advice and tips from time to time. 🙏🏾 🙏🏾

Abbebbay:
Not yet,My biometric was on Aril 15 ..

I just received VFS email. I'll go there tomorrow. Did biometrics on the 17th of Apr at Ikeja.