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It doesn't matter as long as your balance never dipped below what you need to show during your 28-day count. You can always have more but not less.

smocky:
Please house, I deposited 10m in the account which is enough for my 28 days requirement. A week later there was a transfer of 600k to the account and after a week, another 1m came in. I want to know if the transfers will not affect my date of printing or I will be required to start counting another 28 days from the date of last deposit.

Whether you put additional funds or not, the amount in your account at the end of the period for you which you're printing is your closing balance. Putting in additional funds does not have any bearing on what the ECO sees as the closing balance.
I.e if I run my account for 28 days, I submit on the 29th day and I decide to print my statement for the 28-day period on the 30th day with or without depositing into my account, the money I have in my account on the 28th day will be my closing balance.

sunshine21:
How is this advice correct? So what happens if the additional funds is not part of the maintenance funds or is one not supposed to use his or her account for any other transaction?
@mimilyrics @justwise, please clarify.

The documents you submit outside the ones listed on your CAS or by UKVI are dependent on your personal situation.
If you've been granted study leave by your employer or for some reason, you feel that it will aid your application or prove that your intent is to resume your employment after your course, then a letter from your employer comes into play.

Luseyi:
Hello and Goodluck.
Please are we suppose to submit transcripts, CV,waec, neck, employment details?
The only document listed on my CAS is my Bsc Certificate?
Pls help as I will be submitting nextweek.
These are the documents I have down for my family:
My CAS,Marriage Certificate, My Change of Name,Bsc Certificate, Children's birth Cert, and Our International Passports.

House pls is there any other document am missing.I particularly got confused with regards to Yimi4real earlier post abt CV,transcript, waec,neck,employment details

Thank you

No, it won't.

Tboyq:
Please there is a Slight mistake in the my UK address while filling the Tb certificate form. And it reflected in my tb certificate. I hope this won't cause a visa denial or rejection please I need an advice please

Instead Of "7HT" I used "7JU" Below is the screenshot

Admin jobs are not in short supply and the skill required isn't in short supply either but you might not be able to get in at the level you desire depending on several factors. You can build up from whatever level you get in from though.

OBYNOWEST12:
Please I need some tips, How is the future, I mean the Job opportunities for someone who study business administration here in Nigeria.

What are the chances of the person getting a good Job in UK under that field if the said person moved to UK.

Download TinyScanner mobile app. Use it to scan, crop and save your scans as pdf. You can scan multiple pages and merge into one pdf file if a file is more than one page. i.e bank statements.

Ehigiamusoe19:
Please how can I convert my documents to PDF before uploading on the TLS website

No, you won't be needing documents to show 2nd year fees; all the ECO wants to see in your account is the amount stated on your CAS. If you're asked, just mention your funding source for the 2nd year; an explanation is often sufficient for this.

No, you don't need to show your payslip. To show employment information, a letter from your employer stating your employment details is often enough; the letter should state that you've been granted study leave for your study period if you intend going back to your employer.

Sanitizer:
Good Morning @justwise @mimilyrics
Please, I want to know if the Entrance Clearance Officer will ask for financial documents showing I can pay for my Second your fees and also if I will be asked to show my pay slip to show what I claim to earn? I intend telling them I have savings to cover the remainder of my fees and living expenses.
Thank you

I'm not familiar with Arran house but from what I can deduce, it should be like most of the upscale student accommodations in most school environs.

bisi16:
Is anyone familiar with Arran house student accommodation in Edinburgh?

@mimilyrics

If it had specifically stated which name is the last name and which name is the first name in the wrong order, then you'd need an affidavit.

Mobilipia:
Thank you so much dear. I was thinking if doing new one for them before.

It's okay since the names are the names to be used for the application and the arrangement order isn't specific on the birth certificate as to which is the first name or the last name.
If it specifically states that the last name is the first name and vice-versa, then you'd need an affidavit.

Mobilipia:
Please is there any problem if the name arrangement on my kids birth certificate is not uniform eg in my first and second birth certificate the name is written this way "tunde titilayo balogun" while my last. Child is " Balogun titilayo tunde. Please is there going to be problem?

You don't need to upload your CAS; it's an electronic document which UKVI has access to. All you need is to fill the information on your CAS into your application form.

Yes, you need to scan and upload your data page under the residency category. You need to print your appointment confirmation.

meyers:
Thank you for your prompt response. Since the documents are to be in pdf..it then means that documents sent directly from one's school like the CAS could be uploaded as it is. Is this right? Also, is there any need to scan and upload passport data page and the print out of the completed application?

The upload process is the same across the visa categories.
You need to click the + sign or drag and drop your documents, then select the category for each document and upload. You will upload all your supporting documents (TB test, bank statement, certificates, employment letter - for those submitting one, passport, accommodation evidence if any, ATAS e.t.c)

Scan and change your documents to pdf format to upload. You can use TinyScanner mobile app to do this.

By the time you're done, your uploaded documents summary list should look like the attached screenshot. You'll be able to print out this list for your appointment.

PS: Try to keep each document you need to upload below 10mb to increase upload speed.

meyers:
Could someone who has used the self-service kindly explain exactly how it is done? Like what are the exact documents to upload, and what to take to the VAC on appointment day. This is specially for a Tier 4 student visa application.

For example: CAS, ATAS (for those on this category), admission letter (is this necessary), TB Test cert, photocopy of passport data page, Docs listed in CAS, ? And is there a specific format for these docs?
I really don't want to make a mistake. Thank you

Your closing balance will be used; you don't need to make transactions prior to printing. Nothing wrong with printing on the date you submit; the date of application should be your 29th day in this situation.

naledis:
If for instance I choose to submit online today, whatever bank statement I get be it online from my bank app or a printed version at a bank branch can only reflect yesterday’s transactions as the most recent. Transactions done today cannot reflect until 12 midnight. So the latest transaction date I can capture on my bank statement would be of the day before. Going by this, how can the applicant then use a statement that includes the day of submission even if they wanted to?

Yes that's my advice but if your school okays it, please go with your school.
Note that my comments are based on how this played out in some other scenarios.

SAMDEEA123:
Are you advising that one should reprint the bank statement after getting CAS to reflect the same day of submitting application?

Yes, volunteer jobs count towards your 20 hours. The combination of any paid or unpaid jobs should not exceed 20 hours during term-time.

ademola020:
Hello @justwise and co,

During term time if I take up a volunteer job, and I still have another paid part time job, will my volunteer job counts as part of my 20hrs or not

You will be sent email receipts for both payments but you don't need to print them.
Your IHS/visa payments are linked to your visa application / GWF number; your printed application will have your payment reference on it.

Benediktejike:
I have a question pls. If you pay for ur visa and surcharge, do they send u something to print? Like to ur email or something

I'm not applying for a visa.

iamlinton:
Have you applied for your visa

It talks about the period the funds can cover before the application not the print date of the statement. You must show the funds for at least 28 days and at most, 31 days before your application and the earliest start date that this can be is 31 days preceding your application, not older / more than 31 days.

The 31 days after print date is not in the students' guidance though this is in the dependants' guidance and I'm guessing it's adopted since the dependant's application is hinged on the main applicant's application.

You can print your statement just for those 28 days preceding your online application any time after you submit your application, it doesn't necessarily mean that you have to print 31 days before your online application submission.

Ps: You're actually right though and we were basically
saying the same thing in different words. Some inside sources actually confirmed to me that your interpretation is correct too and isn't generally an issue except in rare cases. Thanks for a good discourse

dami24:
@ mimilyrics

28days finishing on the day of the closing balance (not finishing in the date of your application)

Try to read the guidance again. It states that funds must have been held for a consecutive 28-day period (finishing on the date of the closing balance) ending no more than 31 days before your application and no later than the date of the application.
Even if you print the statement 10 days after your submission, it must show the 28-31 days period preceding your application; the days that will be counted will go no further than the 31-days before the online application submission.

iamlinton:
Try to do your research well, because going by your own rule it means if you apply for Visa online on Sunday ,you have to print bank Statement on Sunday . Some schools request for bank statement for CAS and they encourage you to use same statement to apply for Visa. If your rule is correct ,this won't be so. cheers

It's not, the guidance is clear on this and there have been people whose applications were refused because of this but if you want to tow that route, then I'd not go over this with you. It's your choice.

dami24:
It is possible to submit a bank statement that doesn’t capture the funds in the account on the day of submission.

When you print a bank statement at the bank, it carries date you printed the bank statement and also the number of months you have chosen up till the day of printing

For eg, if I print a 28days bank statement today, it shows the funds I have in the account up til today (3/08/2020). The date of printing the bank statement is also 03/08/2020

Ukvi says it is perfectly fine for me to use this bank statement dated 03/08/2020 for the next 31 days. That means this bank statement can be used from today till 03/09/2020

I hope this is clear.

Did you read through what I wrote based on the OP's situation vis-a-vis what's in the guidance? Are you advising that the OP submit a statement that doesn't capture the funds in his/her account on the date his/her application is submitted?
My agreement was in line with general advice on age of statement and I think I updated my comment to reflect this and I mentioned situations where it was otherwise. Though it's the general advice (which even I give), the date on the bank statement (it was stated in the dependants guidance though) was not dealt with in the guidance, only the period the funds cover.
The guidance only talks about the period the funds cover which must be 28-31 days preceding your application and not later than your application date, nothing on the date/age of the statement.

dami24:
Mimilyrics, you have talked about this before and I think it was corrected then and you agreed with the correction.

The ECO wants to see that you have held your funds in the account for atleast 28days and the statement of account should not be older than 31days before you submit your application.

Meaning if you printed your 28days statement of account on the 1st of July, it’s is still valid to be submitted until 31st July

You only have to reprint if you are submitting the statement after 31st July

No offence meant but that's not quite right; the 28-day rule applies irrespective of when you print your statement so the OP has to reprint the statement to show funds on his online submission date.

The guidance clearly states that the funds should cover the 28-31 days preceding the application and not later than the date of application. If the OP applies tomorrow and has a statement that ends today, he has to print another one that covers 28 days including tomorrow because tomorrow is part of the 28-day count. The closing balance that will be used will be the closing balance on the day you submit, not the closing balance of the day before.

In cases where people's statements show funds beyond 31 days prior to the application or a day(s) later than the application, the ECO just counts 28-days backwards from the date of submission to ensure that the money has been in there for 28-days leading up to the application so you are right on this.

The guidance deals with the period the funds should cover and is actually silent on the age/ print date of the bank statement; the general use of 31 days after printing/before biometrics is actually a general advice due to document integrity reasons and situations in which the document date was an ish but this is not stated in the guidance. Only loan and scholarship letters have the age/date of the document stated.

iamlinton:
As long as the bank statement is not up to 31days from the date of printing you can still use it for example ,if you print your statement today the week of August 3rd ,you can use it up to September 3rd.

The rule of 28days counting from when you apply online will only be used if you submit a bank statement printed after you apply online. For example, if you apply online August 3rd and use a bank statement printed August 4th ,the 28 days will be counted from August 3rd to July 3

No, if you submit tomorrow, you'd need to reprint for up to tomorrow's date so as to show the money in your account for tomorrow. This is because the ECO will usually count 28 days backwards from your application date.

You upload after you pick your appointment on TLS site. Make sure that your documents are scanned and saved as pdf.

pittoilet:
Hi everyone. I intend to submit my application today and make payments. I have my maintenance funds ready for about 2 months ago. 28days to today is 6th of July but I want to get a bank statement from 4th of July (30days) to be safe.

Now, peradventure I do not submit the application today, say I submit tomorrow, can I still use the same statement to apply tomorrow? Or do I request for a new one upto tomorrow's date?

Also how is the document uploading like, is it during application process on uk.gov website or when actually booking for appointment?

That is my advice. With a dormicilliary account/card, you don't have to worry about the spend limits or ForEx rates when making your payments.

mamacajah:
@bourne007, @mimilyrics, thanks for the response.
So do I open a domicillary account and pay by card since our banks have stopped all forex payments?

Card payment only.

mamacajah:
Hello guys, so I need some clarification..all in the line of planning.. for payment of Visa and IHS fees, can one do Naira bank transfer or is payment only by card? Thanks for your response

Do you have PM skills? How would you rate your excel skills? Any PMO experience? Are you looking at working in traditional or agile settings or both? Have you got prior PM experience? Are you looking at a PM certification I.e. Prince 2? Depending on the job level, all of the above might apply.
There are PM roles if you've got your skills and knowledge on top-notch mode. Most PM roles require you to hit the ground running so you've got to bring your A-game.
Above all getting a job in a particular field depends on how good you're at selling yourself and your skills.

adefund:
Please family, How good is MBA Strategic project management? Hope its chances of securing a professional job in the UK is certain to some extent or ?

Thank you. Thanks for your other comment, just saw it; missed a part of the OPs comment.

naledis:
Well done for your contributions

What name is on his bank statement? Is it entirely different from the name on your birth certificate or is it just an issue with arrangement of the names? What name is on the affidavit? This will help with a tailored answer to your question.
You can use fictitious names to represent this in your response.

gracedforever:
Hello

Please my dad's names on his bank statement are not exactly the same with what's on my birth certificate. He has an affidavit but the first name comes before the surname on the affidavit and it's the other way round on my birth certificate.

Is this fine or I should tell him to do another affidavit?

As far as I remember, Yes, the child's picture will be taken but not fingerprints.

Ibromoney:
How is 4 weeks child dependant visa done? Is it the same as that of the adult dependant? Will the 4 weeks child go to TLS for biometrics (picture)? Thanks.

I missed the any day part of your initial comment. At the moment, it has to be any time during the opening hours on your appointment date as stated by TLS though that's not always the case.
You have to pay onsite/ via pos.

chiwelaw:
Please mimilyrics,

Does it mean even if my biometrics appointment is in September I can go any day before that day for my biometrics with my family and be attended to as long as I have paid for flexi?
Please how do I pay or at what point do I pay for the flexi? I want to be double sure of this
Thank you

That's the flexi appointment which allows you to go to the VAC at any time during their opening hours.

rs172:
Good morning everyone, i want to ask if there is a feature that allows one to go to embassy earlier regardless of the booked time, something like the feature in Priority and super Priority visa, where one pays 42k and walk in the embassy anyday