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Okay. Do it and face the consequences. I rest my case.

Luvdmx:
They're eligible to claim as joint partners if one of them have British citizenship in certain circumstances but the person in question here is very unlikely due to the fact that he's on tie 2 visa not spouse visa.

Future finance wouldn't process a loan application while the student is outside the UK. Prodigy processes loans while students are outside the UK but they are only available for students of certain schools.

Zeecos:
You can check out Future finance. They're based in the UK and offer loans to international students. But you need a UK based guarantor.

Visa Application Centres in Nigeria aren't open for applications yet but IOM is open for TB tests.
Use this link to keep checking for VAC updates:
https://pos.tlscontact.com/nigeria

sagbar:
Good day guys,

I'll like to ask if the visa office is open for T4 visa application. Can we start applying for visa with the assurance that we get an interview date?
Also for the TB test, can we go for the test now?
I'm sorry if I sound novice, but I need to be sure we can proceed with this action points even during this Corona pandemic.

Thanks guys

No. Previous transaction history isn't required for T4 visas. You just have to show that the money has been in your account for 28 days prior to the submission of your online application. i.e if the full money is paid in on July 10th, you should start your 28th day count from July 11th.

pwettyhardey:
Thanks @mimilyrics.

Would they expect the money to be sent to me every month. Like the way Germany is for blocked account or theirs is just to see the money for that period of 28days

1. Your own money can be in your dad's account but not your husband's. Your husband's funds have to be in your account, his account or a joint account which has his name as an account holder.
If you can, why not ask your dad to transfer the funds to you? That way, all the funds you and your husband require can be in one account. If not, use your dad's account for you and use yours or your husband's account for him.

2. It won't raise a raise flag as long as evidence provided shows a genuine relationship. Your marriage certificate plus other docs (like pictures, your bank statements with same address post and/or pre-wedding, bills if you lived together prior to your wedding) that prove you've been in a relationship prior to your study quest will help. That way it doesn't seem that the marriage was contracted solely for Visa purposes.
The docs listed up there are just a guide, not an exhaustive list and if you don't have them, don't panic, your wedding pictures including pre & post-wedding pictures will help; it's a new marriage so you wouldn't have been able to build up that many documents.

3. Yes, he will be able to work full-time on T4 dependant visa.

pwettyhardey:
Good day house. I'm a silent follower of this thread and I would say the thread is helpful.

I already got admission into two schools which I'll be picking one from the schools. My spouse and I will be getting married by August as I want to apply for visa as married and also see if he can go with me (me being the primary applicant and him dependant). My questions:

1. My dad is the one sponsoring me as the money would be in his account, for my spouse will his maintenance fee also be in my dad's account or his own personal account or mine?

2. I would be applying for visa in less than a month after marriage. Won't this be raising any flag when we are about to apply for visa?

3. Will he also be able to work while I study, as my study is for a year?

Thanks

Search for Centrepoint Cargo, London on google to get their contact and rates. Last time I used them, I paid N700/kg but not sure what their rates are now. I used them between 2017 and 2019 and they delivered from between 5 -14 days.
You can also use Google to search for others to compare rates

Hunnybee:
Please I’d like to get some stuff sent to me in the UK from Nigeria. Tried DHL and the quote i got was quite much. Does anyone know any other places to look please? Would very much appreciate the help

They can't claim as a couple. If the wife's visa says "no recourse to public funds", only the British husband can. As long as you don't have British citizenship or ILR, you are not eligible to claim benefits jointly or not.

Luvdmx:
You can claim child benefit as a couple if your partner is British as joined but it's safer not to if you're not sure

Latito442:
Pls NNE, what's the exact tb test fee again.

Thanks

SAMDEEA123I am at IOM Abuja. No be small crowd o. We are more than 16 excluding children

See quoted comment below.

SAMDEEA123:
I just wrote the Lagos centre to start the process. I learnt it is 57800 naira and you require an identification card i.e int.passport

Form A using the official rate but this can take a few days to be confirmed by your school.
You'd need to pay your tuition deposit before your visa application if getting your CAS from your school depends on it.

WalterC007:
Please,how do I pay my tuition deposit with the least charges and do u think now is d best time to pay or I should still hold on till d visa office resumes

The email doesn't automatically put the new vignette on your passport. You'd still have to submit your passport and mail from UKVI at the VAC after which the VAC transfers your passport to the BHC for vignette printing.

kcfastshooter:
I dnt think think dat one have to do with the VAC office because they said its to email dem

They aren't taking applications yet. A friend with a Tier 1 vignette is currently waiting for when the VACs will be open to applications to apply for a replacement vignette.

kcfastshooter:
sorry I mean the expired 30 days on the vignettes, who have applied and got reply

Even if you oppose or correct, it's for a good cause as long as your information is correct. No hard feelings.

LoyalRoyalty:
I didn't oppose your opinion. We are all learning and I appreciate you for your responses on here.

dustydee:
I was being Penny wise pound foolish because that route was a cheaper option for me. I didn't get a decision on my endorsement until the day I got approved under a different path which I had to apply for as I was tired of waiting. The visa officer mentioned I had a pending application and will be refunded for that since it has not been completed but before I got to my car, I saw the mail saying no endorsement.

I didn't say they don't. I said it was better (because I don't know the OPs personal circumstances) except the OP has a reason to be in the UK frequently.

LoyalRoyalty:
People get 2 or 5 years visa without travel history.

Is your husband the main applicant? If yes, it's okay but if you're the main applicant, the money you require for your T4 application has to be in your own personal account, a joint account where you're listed as an account holder or your parents' account(s).
You can open a dorm account for yourself and transfer the money into it from your husband's account.

hadidej:
Hello House, I am a silent follower and this platform has been quite helpful and educative. I wanted to know if it was ok for the funds to be in my husbands dollar account for school presentation and visa application. Changing to naira and back to dollars then pounds is quite at a loss. what do you guys advise. Thank you.

Lol! Not reading meanings into your post but had to clarify because other people can. I only explained what type of friend can give that before people start using friends who aren't experts or their research supervisors.

So sad to read about you being unsuccessful on the route. Hope you're generally in a better place now. I pray for success in your future endeavors.
Enjoy your weekend!

dustydee:
Please do not read meanings into my post here. I have not mentioned or implied misrepresentation and I do not condone or advocate that. I was speaking to adhering to or considering the TEXT of the rules set out rather than individual interpretations. The rules do not often times cover all situations and so what I was trying to say is to test them if you are up to it. You will NOT be penalised for misrepresentation if it is not misrepresentation. I was in a similar situation which was not in any rule or guidance and rather than take the risk, I chose the easy way out and in hindsight I should have and I am confident I would have been successful.
You will not believe the number of rules that have failed to stand legal scrutiny in this country.
So to reiterate, if is not clearly or implicitly disallowed, never say never. Misrepresentation of any kind, as clearly stated in the guidance, is an offence.

*And by the way I went through the process some years ago(unsuccessfully).

For the entrepreneural visa, a reference letter from the friend (in addition to a uni or approved body endorsement) is only helpful if they would be in business together.
For the Global talent route, not knowing whether the friend was qualified was exactly why I further explained that not just a friend could do it but someone who had attained the standards specified for such and your response to that buttressed what I said hence asking "what was different in what I said and what you typed". Your initial comment came off as "any" friend could do it as long as the said friend was resident in the UK - this was a misleading statement. Also for tech nation, documents/research submitted must have been evaluated by a research supervisor or an expert, not a friend- Did the friend do this evaluation in official capacity?
For the friend to be comfortable writing a reference didn't mean he could except he meets certain conditions for the exceptional talent route.
Being able to get away with certain things that isn't doesn't mean it should be done. What A could get away with misrepresentation or exploiting the laws, B might not be able to get away with it because the VO might have caught on to it.
Whatever I type here isn't a result of self interpretation but as a result of legal interpretation and on real life situations which I've been privy to over the past years up with the most recent being shortly before Covid-19.
I understand that there are exceptions/discretionary provisions within the law (I've learnt to refrain from citing exceptions after few people translated it as being the norm) but those exceptions shouldn't be made out to be the norm.
Information required for these routes is out there, if anyone twists it to suit their situation, then the result will be on them.
At this point, I rest my case.

dustydee:
Please show me where I said that. He said he had known him for many years and for him to be willing to write a reference for him then he (the friend) must be comfortable with their relationship. Now he did not give any more details apart from what he wrote their so whether he is qualified to apply for the scheme or not is left for him to determine.
The requirement said EMINENT person resident in the UK and not eminent person in research. How do you determine if his friend is eminent or not? Except of course if you know his friend.
Also, if you look at the Tech nation requirement, it is not a criteria.
All in all, in the UK if you have the ability to read between the lines, you can get away with many things. Often times we try to add ou own interpretations which may be reasonable but not necessarily the law. I am saying this because I am a victim of self interpretation and it has cost me money and additional time that I did not plan for when I should have just gone ahead to do what I had to do.
Enjoy your weekend.

January starts are usually in the same session as the preceding September start i.e. January 2021 fees for a course starting in Jan 2021 will reflect fees for the 2020/2021 session, not 2021/2022 session

Graceisallineed:
But SHU January 2021 tuition fees is the same as September 2020. That’s why I chose January because of the pandemic.

It's during the application process, after you submit your online application form and before you pay your visa fee.
After submitting your completed form, you pay IHS, pay your visa fee, and proceed to choose an appointment date.

bisi16:
Hi everyone.

When will IHS fee be paid? Before or during visa application?

Thanks.

Always better to apply for 2 years after previously travelling to the UK on the 6 month visa. This allows you to show history of travelling to and returning from the UK before you apply for the longer duration visas except you have a valid reason to travel frequently to the UK (i.e. visiting your child who schools in the UK)

opomulero:
Good Day NL's,

Please can someone apply for UK 2 years standard visitor VISA after been issued 6 months earlier but unable to travel due to COVID-19

Only those with expired 30-days vignette will be able to apply for new vignettes to enable them travel. Nothing has been said about replacing non-immigrant visas which weren't used as a result of Covid-19.

kcfastshooter:
[color=#990000][/color]good day everyone this platform has been of great help since my applying for u.k visa, I want to knw if anybody have been given the replacement visa because my agent applied for me but have not given me feedback just want to know if they have started given out replacement visa and any idea when international flight is resuming here in Nigeria because I miss my family. thanks kaywise and others that make this tread great for people to rely on

Eminent (adjective): (of a person) famous and respected within a particular sphere.
How is the above definition different from what I stated earlier? An eminent person in a particular field must have shown expertise or astute research qualities before he/she can attain eminent status.
You stated that the OP's friend (who barely knows him) could write a reference letter without ascertaining whether the friend is qualified to do so and I clarified that getting a friend (without expertise in a particular field) to write a reference letter will not cut it- this is a friend whose reference would not fly because writing references entail impartially talking about a person's exceptional and professional qualities which you have evidenced and judged from the person's publications, professional, educational and research accomplishments. The people I know that have done this did not use friends in the UK; they used people (who may also be their friends but not necessarily so) of high repute (who could attest to their professional and exceptional abilities) in their various fields because using a "friend " just because the said "friend" lives in the UK won't cut it.
A friend without proven expertise in any area can't sufficiently prove that you've got exceptional skills. For a friend to do this, he/she has to be known as an notable authority or expert in a field.

dustydee:
You may be right but what does this mean?
The decision on whether the reference is strong enough or not is left for the endorsing bodies.

Here's tech nation's eligibility criteria:
https://technation.io/visa-tech-nation-visa-guide/#exceptional-promise

Not just from someone based in the UK but from an expert/research supervisor in the applicant's area of expertise to evaluate and declare or affirm the applicant's potentials / expertise / exceptional skills as world-class standard.
A letter from a "friend" wouldn't cut it; a friend without expertise in your area of exceptional skills or expertise
can't sufficiently prove that you've got exceptional skills.

dustydee:
I think we are referring to different types of visa. I was talking about Exceptional talent (Promise) visa. You do need a letter from someone based in the UK.

The friend's "reference" letter has no bearing except it's going to be a joint venture business with both of them in which case it will be more of a business document detailing joint business planning. He must be endorsed by an authorised body listed in the category he wants to apply in.

dustydee:
Tier 1 exceptional talent visa is a feasible option and quite cheap as well. Your friend could write you a very good reference letter and you can then submit your credentials with the referenced to The Royal society.

Okay. My bad! Just seeing the "m" behind your screen name. See links below for more info on the other visa categories:

https://www.gov.uk/innovator-visa

https://www.gov.uk/start-up-visa

https://www.gov.uk/global-talent

https://www.gov.uk/tier-2-general

https://www.gov.uk/tier-4-general-visa

dgee1:
The friend is actually a guy, I'm a guy too, so no marriage......No Homo lol. Will work on the points you highlighted.Thanks for your detailed advise. Well appreciated.

3 options are open to you;
Tier 1 (can be capital intensive depending on the category but you must have a viable business proposal or possess exceptionally high talent), Tier 2 (if you can get an employer to sponsor your work Visa - you can apply for certain jobs from Nigeria; this won't come on a platter of Gold) and, Tier 4 (which can get you a 2 year PSW - if it kicks off as scheduled and eventually a Tier 2 job sponsorship which can get you ILR in 5 years if you are lucky.
The only option where your "friend" can have a direct impact is through the spousal visa (a lengthy and sometimes, emotionally draining process) which has its own conditions and a level of physical interaction (you must have met physically) as one of the proofs of being genuine. I don't advice this even if you eventually find yourself in the UK, don't jump in without knowing exactly who your "friend" is; looks and perceptions could be deceiving.
If you go for the Tier 4, you can use a stone to kill 2 birds - improve your professional options through education while getting a chance at exploring the UK job market. You'd need to meet the financial requirements (tuition + maintenance) in addition to passing the genuine student test.

PS: Don't just assume that your friend is willing to help, ask if he is and to what level he's willing to help. You need to know in order to plan.
Also ask yourself this questions;
1. What would happen if your friend's willingness changes? If he changes his mind, what would you do?
2. Would you still be able to go ahead with the process of whatever route you choose?
3. What exactly do you want?
4. Where exactly do you see yourself in a few years from now irrespective of the economic or global situations?

dgee1:
Hello house, please I need your advise. A friend I know in Ipswich asked me to find out route through which I could move to the UK. He's oyinbo who I met many years ago during the days of Yahoo Messenger, so he doesn't know how we could go about it from here. I have done some research on the Tier4 UK student visa, and though I know he's ready to help me financially in some ways, I feel he wont be able to help pay tuition as high as £11k especially knowing he's just trying to help out. So, please I need your advise on the other options I could explore. He also talked about providing a reference and I wouldn't know how that could help the whole processing. I have a degree in chemistry and don't want his willingness to help in some ways go to waste. Would really be happy to receive guidance on steps I could take.

Thanks so much.

As long as it is acceptable by Nigerian marriage laws, the UK will accept it.

Davidkay31:
Good morning, please I will like to know will the UK accept a customary divorce for spouse visa. My previous marriage was done traditionally which means I can't approach the high court for a divorce. I have my divorce court order from the customary court already.

No one but hopefully, soon.

Marc0110:
Greetings everyone.

Please is there anyone with the faintest idea on when TLS CONTACT in Nigeria will start taking fresh applications?

Thanks in Advance

Keep trying to reach them for a new date. They just might be swamped with so much work ATM.

ricaabrams:
Good morning fam,
Pls has anyone reschedule their appointment with iom lagos before. I ought to take my test on Monday but I wouldn’t be able to do so as I have been down with a fever for the last few days. I have called, emailed, and texted still no response. Can someone help with this please? I have started calling again this morning and still nothing

Yes, you can. It makes no difference when they were born as long as they're under 18 when you apply for them (This is because you qualified for citizenship at birth even though you didn't apply immediate). You'd need to earn a minimum of £18,600 to sponsor your wife's visa as your spouse. Apply for your children's British passports before your wife's application as your spouse.

OLUPROMISE:
Hi Guru in the house

Please your advice the details of my case is below:

I was born in UK in 1980 when my parent come to study Two years after my birth they took me back to Nigeria without UK passport and my parent did not allow me have access to my birth cert anyway story short. After 33 years my parent decided to give me my birth certificate which I used in applying for British passport which was granted in Nigeria by then I already had 2 kids in Nigeria. Now i'm in uk and I want to bring my wife and kids to uk, My question now is can I apply for British passport for my 2 kids because they are born before I got my British passport.
please I will really appreciate advice and response.

Thanks

About 15k yearly. There are courses cheaper and more expensive than that though (i.e. HR can be as high as £18k, MBA between £20k and £30k plus; Suffolk, Chester, Bedfordshire and some others have courses in the £9-10k range). Check for the schools with the courses you want and what their tuition is like.

dgee1:
Hmmm...just saw the additional info you added. Thanks. Please what is the average tuition fee in the UK for a master study like?