Mystiqueefua:
I just want to say thank you to everyone that take out time to post a reply. I have received my brp through th post with 30months validity. So here is my time line;


Online application: 18/01/2020
Biometric Enrolment: 24/01/2020
Additional Documents Request:Non
Biometric card received: 13/03/2020
Date on Biometric card: 09/03/2020
Decision letter received: 12/03/2020

sgtponzihater1:
I am heading to Tesco to get Tomatoes and a bag of rice. I will do that and tomorrow back to the ED. I still have to sweep my house today because my wife is too pregnant to sweep, yet someone comes to call me a bad man.

Kimmie01:
Hi everyone, please I need advise on spouse visa my court wedding is coming up August and we intend to apply latest by September.

1, I have been denied uk visa several times.
2. I and my partner started dating last year and we are getting married August like i said earlier and he was the one that invited me last time i was rejected.
3. My spouse has all the necessary documents
4. We don’t have enough chats history as I deleted messages and he has changed phones too we only just started keeping some now
5. He comes to Nigeria once every year
6. We travelled together in June we have pictures from that
7. I have Bsc in accounting from a Nigeria university do I still need to do the IELTS
Would like to know if the few chat history is ok for us and the pictures we have together

I have been going through the thread it has really been helpful but i don’t mind more advice because I have been refused before. Thanks in advance @lexusgs439 and @justwise

Lexusgs430:


I would personally suggest your own accommodation, prior to submitting application. Because you would not pass the accommodation test.........

evenda:
Can someone please point me to the right forum? or if you have an answer

A relative said she was born in uk 1985, but was deported with her mum at 3months old because the mother overstayed her visit visa. she now wants to know if she can be a british citizen or get a settlement visa in uk?

thanks guys

Veacon:


In addition to what justwise stated, sponsorship undertaking form isn't necessary for spouse settlement Visa. It is only needed for settlement of adult dependent relatives.

Please gurus in the house, correct me if I'm wrong o...

Kenttoday:
Happy New month all.
I am here again with questions

Please regarding the accommodation requirements, I need advise
I currently stay with parent in a two bedroom house with two living rooms

I have my own room. My brother who is not living with us is on the property name as shared owner. Same house is being occupied by two young children under 10 years old and another adult over 10 years.

Will this be regarded as over crowding please?

Another option is to use another relative house who has 4 bedrooms, 1 living room which is open space to the kitchen. This house accommodates 1 couple and one daughter and two sons that are over 10 years. Will this be okay to use?

Dremzz:
Hi everyone!

Has anyone here travelled to Mexico before from the UK with their spouse visa? Or did you have to apply for a Mexican visa? Any information will be much appreciated.

obabola123:
Please, can someone link me to leave to remain group. i need information about to renew my resident please, thanks.

CiscoChic:
I cannot express my absolute thanks enough to everyone here especially oga Lexusgs, justwise and everyone who has taken out time one way or the other to share experiences and advises.

Here is my timeline:
24th September 2018: Submitted application online
27th September 2018 (Earliest date): Bio-metrics
17th October 2018: Documents received
7th of November 2018: Hubby sent an email asking for update, and we got a response saying a decision has been made (apparently, I don't think a decision had been made then as I got a request for additional documents few days later and a not-straightforward email also)
14th November 2018: Request for additional documents (You have submitted a degree certificate from Covenant University along with a UK NARIC Certificate confirming your qualification is the equivalent to a Bachelors degree in the UK. In addition, although you have submitted a letter from the university confirming the course was taught in English, we require a UK NARIC certificate confirming that was the case. Please contact UK NARIC to obtain this)
14th November 2018: Not straightforward email received
16th November 2018: Additional document sent via email to the specified email address (after contacting UK NARIC, they confirmed that I only need the English language assessment to back up my already submitted statement of comparability. NB: To avoid plenty wahala for new applicants, jejely use UK visa and nationality if you are using the NARIC route)
16th November 2018: Email from Sheffield confirming receipt of additional documents
22th November 2018: Decision made email and passport ready for collection email from TLScontact (decision was actually made on 19th of November and vignette valid from 26th of November)
29th of November: Arrived in UK to my husband and the very cold weather (30degrees to 4degrees is the the real definition of culture shock)

Veacon:
OK gurus, I think I have a massive problem on my hands, I need your help!

We were waiting for Hubby's 6th month payslip to start our application, he got it and we discovered that alongside pension plan, unpaid sick leave was deducted before gross, and this put us under by £40.

Also, the overtime he did that would have made up for it wasn't included

Please is there anyway around this at all rather than starting the count from the very beginning?

Sholeola23:
Morning great people. Please have come again oo. All this waiting is killing me. Waiting at all stages. Waited a years for appeal. Which i won, judge took time to write appeal determination. HO didnt appeal. Am now waiting for them to send me an email to resubmit my passport. This waiting don dey kill me. Does anyone have an idea on how to hurry them up. Please. Thanks

holarmyde92:
I have submitted my uk visa application which I later noticed I did a mistake in my nationality. I wrote “Nigeria” instead of “Nigerian”, please how do i correct it before my appointment day for biometrics in Berlin?

Flowercrescent:
Please can someone clarify my ignorance, all documents were submitted but we didn't write a cover letter, hope it won't affect decisions?
Secondly when will I start counting is it from the day of biometric or the day my documents was received @Sheffield?

adeyemi55:
At least I have ur attention now Lexus...thank u...someone said I could be banned just for lil error's I made, mothers month of birth n d other one.. my hubby is trying to find a way to do it from uk.. but when someone said I could be banned for 10years, I was wondering why?? Everything we submitted was legit it was just the error...since I got that reply from someone here I have not been alrite.. this thing has already caused wahala btw myself n my hubby saying I dint cross check it myself.. just want to ask can they rilly ban one cos of the mistakes I made...

Show1223:
Hi nairaland fam
It's a yes for me finally.
1st application biometric - 22 May 2018 (standard)
1st application response after lots of escalation - 11 Sept 2018
2nd application biometric - 25 Sept 2018(priority)
2nd application response - 6 Nov 2018. No escalations.
Hubby mistakenly put 15 Dec as my travel date and that's what they followed so my vignette is from 15 Dec 18 to 14 jan 19
Special thanks to Lexus.

kratos750cc:
Got my visa!

Big thank you to ibkbosson, Minnienellie24, Kakushia2, Extremebeau and Mr lexusgs430 himself.

TIMELINE
Visa type: settlement (priority)
Online application: 08/09/18
Biometrics: 12/0918
Supporting documents posted (Royal Mail): 17/09/18
Supporting documents received: 18/09/18
Online application received by UKVI and being prepared for ECO email: 27/09/18
Decision made email from TLS: 25/10/18
Ready for collection email from TLS: 25/10/18
Collected: 29/10/18

Decision actually made: 22/10/18

28 days from biometrics

readynow:
Good morning all, it been a while in this forum I had to take a break since nothing was happenning for me ever since I applied over 7 months ago,but I want to first thank God for is mercies that endures forever and to thank Lexus and every other person back then that have been help ful one way or the other I appreciate you all.finally got my visa yesterday to join my wife in the UK .To everyone still expecting I pray God will grant you your expectation in Jesus name and make sure you follow all the rules in this forum, the informations here are priceless and inexhaustible read and read again until it sinks,and ask questions no matter how silly the question might seem just ask and when you have done the needful then commit all to God in prayers because it not by power or by might but by the spirit of God

Extremebeau:
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This isnt the only forum i also belong to...its in their rules on the website, if u have a cert frm d uk u are exempted frm ielts or naric and u also hv the opportunity to give a good explanation on the application form..anyone that got refused based on putting their uk cert was a mistake on the part of the eco...

Extremebeau:

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I studied in the UK and used my masters cert and was granted didn'tdo any Naric ... from reading through this thread i havent seen anyone that used their masters obatined from d uk and got refused based on that....

Dydaa:
Hi everyone!

New here. ive gone thru d thread but mehn jst 100pages bckwards and eye dey turn me. But i thnk iv got ans to some of my questions already.

Ok! so hubby and eye did our registry in april i thnk. he is a british citizen. we have a daughter who is 18months who was born in the United states but we applied for her British passport early this yr in Feb and we have that too. So naija don tire me oo, we plan to join him soon. We had to wait for the 6 months pay slip which wil b complete by d end of d month and yr it equates to 18600 at d end of d yr. He has all d tenancy agreement documents we used for our daughter passport application. i work for the government here and can include my payslips. I did my masters in d UK so dnt nid d NARIC cert or ielts! i thnk im almost ready to go. my P now is communication log oooo. we dont do facebook or bbm. jst watsapp and i change fones constantly and end chats too once my fone starts to hang. so dont hv chats that go wayyy back. we have some pictures from our trad, our registry, during my dotas birth he was der too and her 1st bday which we also celebrated in d US early ds yr. do i really hv any think to b scared of? lastly plz how do i print out the pictures? picture cards or on plain paper? plz i nid help wt these and any other info needed. tnx

claremont:
Type : Settlement fiancé visa
Priority : Yes
Date of application : 18/07/2018
Biometrics : 27/07/2018
Documents sent : 30/07/2018
Documents received email: Nil
Decision made : Refused 22/08/2018 with letter from UKVI claiming documents from sponsor (British passport, payslips etc) not received by them.
22/08/2018: A strongly worded email sent to UKVI showing proof documents were sent and signed for by UKVI, Sheffield.
23/08/2018: Fiancé contacted by UKVI via phone and email apologising for their mistake, asked for fiancé passport to be sent back to them as soon as possible for reconsideration.
Visa approved: 06/09/2018, picked up by fiancé 07/09/2018
Visa dated from : 06/09/2018 - 06/03/2019
Total fiancé visa fees paid including priority fee, English test, TB test etc: £2700 or thereabout.

Documents submitted by sponsor to UKVI Sheffield
1. VAF 4A form.
2. Letter from sponsor to UKVI detailing chronology of relationship.
3. Flight tickets to Bleep.
4. Hotel booking receipts to Bleep.
5. Money transfer receipts to fiancé.
6. Notice for marriage email printout from Bleep council.
8. Letter of employment and contract.
9. Payslips.
10. Bank statement.
12. Stocks and shares investment print-out.
13. P60 end of year certificate.
14. Land registry document for my UK property.
15. Mortgage document.
16. Energy bill.
17. Phone and internet bill.
18. Ex-employer document to prove presence in Bleep in 2013.
20. 2 passport photographs.
21. Expired Nigerian passport showing visa stamps to Bleep.
22. British passport showing visa stamps to Bleep.

A key point to note is that none of my documents were dated within 28 days, with the exception of the most current payslip. The documents were put together in May because we planned to apply in June, but she ended up doing the wrong English test which made us push the application to late July after she did the proper test. However, I keep hearing this '28 day rule'.

Show1223:
Hello all, gurus in the house pls help me see to this. I did biometrics since 22 may 2018, got a mail on 28 Aug 2018 that decision has been taken, which was about the 70th day, but since then I haven't heard anything, sent escalation mail to visa Sheffield but they said it's no more within their capacity, though they will help escalate to passport handlers( which I guess is tls). And it's not updated on the tracker, that decision has been made or that my passport is ready.
Pls what do u suggest I do? Waiting 70 days wasn't easy for me, not to be be increasing to 80 days as we speak. Thank you

kratos750cc:
Afternoon everyone.

I have questions about completing the online application.

In the column that says FAMILY DETAILS;
1. Is the spouse/partner section referring to the sponsors details?
2. Are the Father and Mothers details referring to mine or sponsors?

deji2009:



Hello Minnienellie24 ,

I thought as much, however, the online form did not stated if it was VAF4A we are filling. I saw "
Family settlement application form VAF4A (for North Korea only)
PDF, 1.19MB, 1 page This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology. Request an accessible format.


Okay, so the VAF4A is the same as the one we have just filled online ? I see, the information on the VAF4A seems to
be the same on the online application form. I will now destroy the VAF4A form.

We will print the online application forms sign and date them. Would I include the Appedix 2 financial rquirement which
I had already filled ? I had also filled the sponsorship undertaking form last week and signed it. Visa, IHS and
priority fees paid and confirmations printed out. TLS biometric is the 28 of this month. Thanks for taking the time out to
reply.

deji2009:


Hello guys,

Where on TLS website should I click to buy priority service as this option was not
available during application. We've paid visa fees and IHS and remains priority.
All email confirmed. Just the priority fee.


Also, I take it that the form Personal details form (VAF4A)
and Appendix 2 would have been completed or do we fill
these forms in separately ?

I have got these forms and will just fill them
to be on the safe side.

Thanks

MreSBee:
If you read the first paragraph of the attached screenshot well... it says “you may be eligible if your father was a British citizen by the time you were born”. The guy said the fiancée’s dad became a citizen in 2009 (by marriage)... the fiancée is 25 years now.

To the best of my knowledge, I think the father would have been able to apply for a citizenship for the fiancée in 2009 as at when he became citizen because she was 17 (less than 18 years) when she is still legally a child. But now that she’s above 18 years, I’m afraid there’s no way the British dad will be able to file for the child now because she is a fully grown adult now.

fini22:
God day gurus in the house,I got a question to ask on behalf of my fiancee
My fiancee's dad is a British citizen by marriage(2009) but my fiancee 25y old was born here in Nigeria though her dad has divorced her mum 5 years after she was born and her dad remarried in the UK ,she has visited her dad once but she wants to there migrate there,is anything her dad can do?

chrisj2:


Sorry ibkbosson!

I missed the post above... Yes, you did explain how to go about obtaining the passport. With the 'hostile environment' that has been in place in UK as regards Immigration, I was just skeptical that they will just accept documents without DNA proof but we shall see - all applicants and situations are different. You were successful - that is great! Thanks for the information given and your patience....