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eayobami:
My spousal visa application was granted. Got my passport this morning. Glory to God. Thanks for everyone on his platform for their help and submissions so far. I have been a silent reader and used and follow everything I've read on here.

Whew!!! What a long wait.
Country - Nigeria (TLS)
Biometrics - August 9th
Type of Application - Standard
Email confirming Information sent by TLS- August 9th

No Emails received in between application.

DHL Phone call to pick up my package at their office( quite strange as I received no notification from TLS or immigrations) - October 28

Date of decision - October 23rd

Glory to God. Travelling in 3weeks.

But I have a question. The validity of my stay on the attached letter states 30th October 2019- 30th July 2022. That's 2yrs9months. I thought it should be 2yrs5months?

Thanks

Learnt a lot from here. Was a silent member for a long time. Thanks for the resources available for intending applicants.
Good news await those still waiting. Amen!

TunzAntman:
Untrue... Mine wasn't from Ikoyi

Benz101:
It is not true that UK embassy accepts only Ikoyi registry. They accept others too.

Maryam3:
Please is there any difference between Registry any where else in Lagos and the one at Ikoyi?
I thought they will all issue same certificate.

LagosismyHome:
Dont think any immigration has jurisdiction to dictate where another country citizen marries or not. As long as it's legal in your country then you are good to go .

ozymes:
Is it about the pricing or acceptability........IMO this is not a question please

Lexusgs430:
A registry is a registry...... So long as they issue a legally binding marriage registry certificate.........

MamaEEE:
U can use any registry, e no mata. I av a friend who used a local registry visa was issued

chieni:
Hello everyone. Please I got the invite below. Is it genuine?

After careful consideration of your application we have decided to schedule you for an interview to hear from you personally.


Your interview is scheduled as follows;


FAKE!! D'NT border your self to go please


DATE: Wednesday, 2nd October, 2019.


VENUE:  No 007, Obasa Street, (off Forte Oil Filling Station) Oba Akran Avenue, Ikeja, Lagos.


TIME: 9:00am


Note: Kindly come with a printed copy of this email invite, your updated CV and acknowledge as received.


Best Regards.
Mrs. Calista,
For OUTSTANDING INC.
Helpline: +2349017809390 or visitwww.outstandinginc.com.ng  for more Information.


Disclaimer: Outstanding Inc. is committed to helping you secure worthwhile employment. We are a Third-party recruiters.


Third Party Recruiters: Third party recruiters are defined as agencies, organizations, or individual recruiting candidates for temporary, part time, or full-time employment on behalf of others and not for their own needs

bukard64:
UK Visa Success Timeline (Fiance VISA)
Priority Service

Application online: 27 July 2019
Biometrics: 1st August 2019
ECO Confirmation: 21st August 2019
Decision made: 6th September 2019
Dispatched: 19th September 2019
Collected: 21st September 2019

Documents Submitted (Mine)

Passport
Online Application
DBS/CRB Certificate
UK Masters Certificate
Wedding Confirmation Dates
UK Court Papers Clearing for Marriage
Copy of Past UK & Other Country Visa
Bank Statements
Picture Thread of Us
iMessage Chats
Statement of our UK joint account
My Payslips
Introduction Letter from UK boss
Our travel itinerary to France
Letter detailing our Relationship

Sponsor Documents

Letter of introduction from work
Confirmation Letter
12 Months Bank Statement
12 Months Payslip
Tenancy Agreement
Letter confirming our relationship from her Parents
Her Nigerian Flight itinerary and visa
Letter detailing our relationship

I’ll like to thank everyone updating and informing visa hopefuls on here and pray that the Lord will grant yours too. This has been a tough and mental draining process, it’s a difficult wait but I’ll advice you read through this website, gather as much information as possible before applying.

Thank you all once again!

Justblow:
This is my story as attached, I can say I came, I saw and I conquered all to the Glory of God almighty.

I thank everyone on this great platform, respect to you all, especially @justwise, though we had some rough patch, but I must comend your effort and contributions.

Let me quickly add that, though I did not pay any lawyer to have this refusal over turned, but I actually paid for information and base on trust, I never regreted doing so, cause information is power.

And I will also mention that, there is review and once you have a solid case and you can prove it, they always over turn their decesion, because the home office know cases that can get to court and they will lose, they don't try it, cause in judicial review, the loser actually pays the winner.

Thank you house, thank you all, I wish everyone on this great platform all the best in all we do. Appreciate.

God bless you all mightily.

Cynthia1722:
Thank you for the response, does she still need this even though i am sponsoring her trip fully, forgot to mention that.

Cynthia1722:
Hello justwise and all the gurus in the house, please am putting together documents for my mums interview, i have attached her 6 months bank statement which shows her salary but she also runs an unregistered side business which i explained in her cover letter as the source of extra incomes in her account and i will love to attach invoices issued to her customers as proof of this business, i will like to know if one month is enough or do i need to add 6 months of invoice too ? I would really appreciate any response.

Kritique:
Its fair enough considering if you have to come yourself,I think for abroad is 15k, not 100% sure because I looked pass it when I paid for my own

olorogun1:
i am so grateful to God almighty that my uk visa application was succesful though i don't believe in prayer over visas,if our country is good no one will be desperate to leave.
i stated in my application that my budgetted expenses for the 14days trip is 2m and the visa was granted.no relatives in uk,will stay in hotel.

i am writing these maybe it can help others in their applications and also help the ones refused in their reviews.


i intend to travel dec14,though the visa starts from october i'll appreciate suggestions from the ogas in the house on how to arrange and package myself in these areas----airline/ticket,transportations,location to choose and places to visit.so the journey could be a memorable one.
thanks

olorogun1:
thanks to everyone on this forum for your contributions towards the success of my uk visa application. most especially @justwise
i was refused 2007, i made the application through an agent back then,all information used by the agent then was fake even my international passport was not having my correct info except my name. i was so furious after the refusal seeing those errors,i had to do another passport with my real details aftewards,i applied to us twice and i was also refused,after reading alot about people's experiences and a word of encouragement from justwise i decided to give a try,
i did my biometrics on 30th of july and i was sent a mail on 23rd of august to pick up my passport, i was given 6month on my virgin passport

i did all the application on my own even with my mobile phone
i don't have personal account except my coporate and i run all my expenses with the account,though i stated that in my cover letter.

documents submitted.

cac cert.
property doc (survey and family receipt)
nepa bill
lawma bill
land use demand notice
tax certificate

my wife had lost the marriage cert. so i only scanned the affidavit she swored for her change of name and our wedding picture.also the news paper publication for change of name. all was scanned with my phone through the edossiersolo app i downloaded.

wish everyone applying a success in their application.

thank you nairaland.

NanaOne1:
Visa Application Timeline:
Biometrics on 20th May, 2019
Mail that application was not straight forward on 7th June, 2019
Refusal letter through email (sensitive in subject) on 17th June, 2019
Collected Passport email on 19th June, 2019

Documents submitted:
Intro letter from work
Five months’ pay slip (salary of 1400 cedis thus about 88,683.04 Naira)
Work id card
Her fixed deposit certificate rolled over every quarter 12,000 cedis (798,346.98)
Her side business registration documents. Note that she uses her savings account to run this business. She did not add any tax documents
Sale and purchase Receipts from her diapers business
Salary account statement: with a closing balance of 1.86 cedis (123.74 Naira). We explained this balance because they are advised at work to move their funds from salary to their savings account
Savings account statement: with a closing balance of 18,000 cedis (1,197,520.47 Naira)
Husbands consent letter
Marriage certificate
Birth certificate of her children
Flight Itenary from tap Portugal which was very cheap so it reduced her budget to 630 pounds
I also added my passport details because I have traveled to USA, Portugal, UK (3 times) to visit our sister who provided her the invitation and her documents

After all these and she was refused. Well even though her salary was not that mush she was truthful and she only wanted to visit the UK for a short period. She was actually sponsoring herself so the budget was 630 pounds. From the refusal reason, I knew it would be difficult for her to re-apply and counter the refusal reasons because they were mostly subjective based on that the ECO and they might use the same reasons to refuse her again if we re-applied that’s why we opted for the Judicial review because I was made aware that with this method they might review the application without requested for additional documents
I then got a contact of a solicitor in London through a facebook post of someone who had gotten his refusal overturned because he wanted to go for British army assessment. I contacted them and they assisted us through the judicial review. I have just attached the concluding part of the pre-action protocol which is a pre-requisite for a judicial review.

Timelines for the Judicial review:
1. Went into agreement with solicitor and sent all documents and refusal letter to solicitor on 18th July, 2019
2. Solicitor sent the Pre-Action Protocol to home office on 24th July
3. He sent me a mail he received from UK home office which I have attached here
4. The same day he sent me the email, our sister in london said an officer called her and asked her soo many questions about my sister her. They asked about the work she does and also asked her about the side business (start date and what she sells)
5. Visa Officer called my sister here on 22rd August, 2019 that her application had been re-assessed so she should take her passport to the British embassy
6. She took it to the embassy and the visa was stamped into her passport whiles she was there and she said me a picture of it.

I thank God that the arguments raised by the lawyer who also made references to some similar immigration case made sense to them so there was no need to proceed to the next stage of the judicial review which involved filling the motion in court.
I can send you more screenshots on how the refusals was challenged if it’s allowed on this portal. At least people will also learn one or two things from it. The joy on her face makes me soo happy that I was able to get her refusal overturned as a big brother

Attached are the refusal letter, a screenshot of just a part of the pre-action protocol sent to home office, email from home office

Thanks be to God

zakmus:
Please house tell me how I can paste my refusal here

ancestorial:
Please kindly analyse and proffer solution to this refusal letter. Thanks