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akayd:
Dear All, please I need help regarding my application. I am a bit confused under the Income and expenditure section, what do they mean by the Total amount of money that you get in a year? Is it just the income I make from the investment yearly or do I need to add the total amount of my salary for the year?

Please find the attached for your perusal.

It means the total of all your incomes from all sources of your employment, investment or self employed. E.g in your work place you are paid a gross of 100k and after deduction of tax your net pay is 95k, you now calculate all the amount of net pay multiply by 12. I.e 95,000×12= #1. 1M. That is what you earn in year in your permanent job. You don't add deduction of tax or pension. Just the amount you earn as net pay.


for investment what ever profit you made in your investment for 12months add it to the total in your yearly permanet earning. If you make 2k profit every month in your investment then multiply by 12 and add to your permanent yearly earnings.

But I will advice you to further explain in your cover letter. E.g I earn 1M yearly in my permanent job while my investment I earn 2k profit from the investment. So I earn total of **** in all my sources of income under the section of income & expenditure. Attached proof of profit u made in your investment yearly.

Furthermore if the investment is not up to 12 months , may be just 3months i will advise you only use your permanent job yearly earnings under the expenditure section. You only need to explain to eco that you have an investment and attached proof. If the investment is just fixed just tell your bank to write letter as proof.

Nielbaba:
Good afternoon house ,
I earlier planned to go for a spouse/fiancee visa
Covid-19 ruined it all , best option for me now is to get a 2years visit visa , I have about 1.4m is it advisable to add a pension statement to support ? Cos I used a statement of about 2m when I applied for 6months .

You can only use your pension statement as support document but not to be used to support balance you have in your normal SOS. The pension is fixed until u are 50 years. So the ECO will not use it to evaluate your financial circumstances in applying for tourist visa.

The 1.4M in your closing balance is enough for you to make application so far your budget is 500k and some left in your account to show you have some thing to fall back when u return from y trip.

RalphJean:
What letters please?

I know someone who used a scan copy of their BSc transcript issued in 2011 and was successfully assessed by NARIC.
Shed more light on your question, and you may be helped.

See attached the letter date. Thank you

RalphJean:
What letters please?

I know someone who used a scan copy of their BSc transcript issued in 2011 and was successfully assessed by NARIC.
Shed more light on your question, and you may be helped.

Thank you for your response. I appreciate.

The letter is the one that her university addressed to Naric ""confirmation of English as a medium of instruction"". Find attached the letter. The letter was typed on 8Nov last year and now she wants to apply to Naric with her degree certificate, transcript and the university letter. But the letter was typed around last year Nov. She could not apply last year due to some circumstances. I am now asking if she can still scan the letter to Naric with the date of last year. Will Naric accept it? Thank you

Hello house please I need advice, for my sister who wants to apply for settlement. She applied for her transcript and certificate last year September in her university and she got all the the letters to submit to Naric,the letters were dated last year steptember. Due to some circumstances, she could not submit . Now she wants to apply to Naric for verification of English and we are confused if we should use the letter dated last year or request for another one from the school ( but I don't know if the school will agree to give her another one). Kindly advise if one can use dates that is now one year to apply. Thank you

Hello house, please who has traveled from London to Nigeria, which airline did you use and the stop over Hours. How was the flight you travelled with and how much for the flight fare. Thank you

Hello house please I need advice, for my sister who wants to apply for settlement. She applied for her transcript and certificate last year September in her university and she got all the the letters to submit to Naric,the letters were dated last year steptember. Due to some circumstances, she could not submit . Now she wants to apply and we are confused if we should use the letter dated last year or request for another one from the school ( but I don't know if the school will agree to give her another one). Kindly advise if one can use dates that is now one year to apply. Thank you

Divine88:
I was in Lagos last month. I shared my experience on this Nairaland thread.

https://www.nairaland.com/6099141/nigerian-airspace-reopening-share-travel/6#94075246

Nice one. Please what airline did u fly from UK to Nigeria? And the stop over country you did connecting flight. Thank you

LagosismyHome:
Ok.just had a look at the guidance document. It is 69 pages so no power to read it in details this early morning..

But I think you are right and probably good to go regarding using 6 month to calculate what the annual income might be . Based on 16k in 6 months would mean like 32k annual salary which is over the 18k.

However make sure you read that guidance and absolutely sure that it's ok to proceed

Ok. Thank you

LagosismyHome:
Doesnt matter if it wasnt much...if march to october the previous year plus this 6 months adds up to 18k you are good to go

Alternatively wait one month and start gathering all the other documentation so they once that salary kicks in then good to go

It is only six months payslips they require . They will use your six months to calculate not 8 months as I was told

LagosismyHome:
Doesnt matter if it wasnt much...if march to october the previous year plus this 6 months adds up to 18k you are good to go

Alternatively wait one month and start gathering all the other documentation so they once that salary kicks in then good to go

Thank you

Aphrodite007:
By having a job and other strong ties to his country of residence. If he is working in a good company and/or has a property or “asset” in his country of residence, the ECO would know that his visit is legit because he must return to his job. Also, In the letter, he could also explain that he doesn’t intend to move to the UK for now as the wife hasn’t met the requirement.

ECOs would only reject if he doesn’t have a strong tie or if he isn’t financially buoyant for the trip.

Ok. Thank you

LagosismyHome:
Is this all with same employer.... I would say work just one more month while preparing all the documentation. With the last story that will tip it above 18k then you are good to go

Alternative what the salary before April....

It is with the same company. The salary bf April is not much. I will do as advised. Thank you

Dear friend I am asking on behalf of a friend, He lives in Ghana why his wife lives in the UK, the wife is a British citizen but not yet ready to bing her hubby to the UK bc she has not met her financial requirement for spouse visa. The hubby wants to visit her this Xmas , can he apply for visiting visa? Will the ECO ask why he doesn't want to join his wife? I learnt that some people have been refused visa bc of saying their partner is in the UK. Pls house how can he convince the ECO, that he is only visiting and will not overstay bc of his wife. I will appreciate responses. Thank you

Dear friend I am asking on behalf of a friend, He lives in Ghana why his wife lives in the UK, the wife is a British citizen but not yet ready to bing her hubby to the UK bc she has not met her financial requirement for spouse visa. The hubby wants to visit her this Xmas , can he apply for visiting visa? Will the ECO ask why he doesn't want to join his wife? I learnt that some people have been refused visa bc of saying their partner is in the UK. Pls house how can he convince the ECO, that he is only visiting and will not overstay bc of his wife. I will appreciate responses. Thank you

Aphrodite007:
The requirement is a minimum of £18k6 annually. Yours is almost 17k after 6 months shey? So you’re good to go.

Thank you. Yes total of six months pay slips

Divine88:
£18600/ annum financial requirement is before tax.
So judging from what you wrote above. U over qualify sef.
Just make sure u supporting all the six month payslip.

Thank you

LagosismyHome:
You tell us the total for the months
.. ..... people are busy o. No time to bring calculator and add this up individually... no vex

The total amount for six months is
£16,289. Kindly assist on how to do the calculation to get the £18,600. Thank you

FINANCIAL REQUIREMENT.
please with this financial requirement I want to confirm if it is good to make spousa visa application. Did the person meet the financial requirement? I will appreciate responses from people that came to UK through spouse visa. Thank
Tou.

April:- Gross £1,896 (2) May salary:- gross£2,142 (3) June salary: gross £2,500(4) July salary gross:- £2970 (5) August salary gross £2,845 (6) September salary. gross £3,932

Kindly assist me do the calculation.

The total amount for six months is
£16,289. Kindly assist on how to do the calculation to get the £18,600. Thank you

FINANCIAL REQUIREMENT.
good evening house, did this meet the financial requirement of £18,600. I will appreciate responses. Thank you.


April:- Gross £1,896 (2) May salary:- gross£2,142 (3) June salary: gross £2,500(4) July salary gross:- £2970 (5) August salary gross £2,845 (6) September salary. gross £3,932

The total amount for six months is
£16,289. Kindly assist on how to do the calculation to get the £18,600. Thank you

FINANCIAL REQUIREMENT.

good evening house, please do this financial requirement for spouse visa meet the financial requirement of £18,600. I will appreciate responses. Thank you.


April:- Gross £1,896 (2) May salary:- gross£2,142 (3) June salary: gross £2,500(4) July salary gross:- £2970 (5) August salary gross £2,845 (6) September salary. gross £3,932

The total amount for six months is
£16,289. Kindly assist on how to do the calculation to get the £18,600. Thank you

Obizee:
Hello gurus in the house thanks and God bless you guys for the information. I learned alot for my mums case before she joined my dad on a spousal visa in the united kingdom.
Please i would like to ask a question concerning our last born, the rest of the other siblings are all grown some married. He is 15years old and staying with one of us when my mum left to the UK who is on a 3year resident permit now and my dad not yet a citizen but on indefinite stay to remain.
Please gurus in the house , i would like to like to know the various route( best, cheaper and most assured) to apply for him, they do not want him to stay that long in nigeria anymore. Thanks and God bless everyone ..wishing everyone success in their applications.appreciate

Since your dad has indenfite leave to remain in the UK, he can apply for your younger brother to join them. I will advise him to apply for him now that he is 15years bc if he gets to 18years it will be difficult for your dad to bring him. There is no any cheaper route to apply for him, he will need to go through some of the process your mum went. E.g tuberculosis test, your dad must meet financial requirement to bring him in. Other gurus can contribute

Vasco1dagama:
Egypt air or kenya airways
air marroc promised to start operations soon but you can confirm.
this are the available cheap flights I know for now.

Thank you.

Hello house. Thanks everyone for your contributions and suggestions to every post. Many thanks to the gurus. I appreciate all of us for the spirit and time. God bless!

Please dear house, I want to know from those that have travel the available flights from UK to Lagos or Lagos to UK.Those flight that are cheaper that one can travel with. The flight prices. More so I want to confirm those flights that don't do covid-19 test check. Thank you

oscarwilde:
Hello guys,

I just found out that my wife's annual gross salary will not be sufficient. It's about £16,000, though she started a second job (agency job) about a month ago with about the same annual gross. How do I combine it to be able to summit the application latest December? Will 6months payslips of her permanent job and 3months payslips of the agency job be acceptable? Do I have to wait till she has 6months payslips on the agency job?

If she combine the income she has made in the both jobs , it will be more than £16,000 to meet the financial requirement. She can use the both 6months + 3months. But I will advice you to wait let her make more 3months in her agency job, then she fill for you.

It is better u exercise patience and let her do 3moths more.wait for other house mates contributes.

OBYNOWEST12:
For those who are traveling, How do you guys change naira to pounds b4 traveling? How much cash in pounds do one needs to hold on hand b4 boarding airplane, like money dat will cover minor expenses like transportation fare from London airport to ur destination?


Need your contributions..

You can change with Mallam or you go to the bank. Just compare.

Just hold £200. You will still hold some change after expenses

raibrahim:
Please I need update on how to renew my Six months tuorist visa expiring on d 30th of September. I could not travel because of covid. Do I still need to go through all the process again?

Yes you need to go through the process again with the same information and documents given previously

Wales1111:
Thanks house. I am so happy with the comments I am getting this will be of great help to him. My next question is that he only said he was going to visit for two weeks but he has spent 5 months. If he decides to leave the UK after 5 months despite having six months visa..I hope he won't be questioned why he stayed 5 months if he is reapplying for uk visa again ?

Was your friend in the UK during the covid-19. If yes then no worries .but if No he will be questioned when applying for another visa and might even get refused.

usually in six months visa it is better for you to stick to the duration u put on your application. With this five months he has stayed, has brought distrust. What was he doing in UK for five months if he has a job or biz back home.

Six months tourist visa does not give you room to stay the six months at a go, that is why u are given multiple visa in six months.

Vasco1dagama:
immigration man I sight you, say only what you know and keep mute on what you lack ideas!
he is not and will not be the first oberstayer in the UK.
the easiest rout to get 2and half years is having a British child. as soon as the child is birth he's entitled to fatherly care and" must "be granted within short period. however, the process for ilr and citizenship as you quoted may take upto ten years .
meanwhile, he must be in a good standing relationship with the lady otherwise she wouldn't want to relinquish her documents to back him.
adios amigos �

Point of correction I don't lack any idea on that route and talk politely please. I am only giving my advice.

Yes he is not the only one that will become overstayer in the uk, I agree with you but I hope you know how frustrating it is to go under that route. I am talking from experience. It is not as easier as you think dis days. All the best to him.

geli12:
Yes he can stay, once the baby is born as a parent of a British citizen, he can get his leave to remain, let him get a lawyer over there to put him through..



quote author=Wales1111 post=94407671]Sorry pls house a friend need a serious advice. I want the gurus in the house to look into it. He got a visit visa and in the course of visiting from found a British citizen got her pregnant and his Visa is gonna expire next month ending so he wants to know if he can stay with his woman and if yes will his visa status change after the child birth ?

Why encouraging him to overstay?? Do you know how long it will take him to get leave to remain? (More than 10 years), will he be able to get a decent job to take care of his pregnant girl friend?? He can only get a job of illegal immigrants and you know how tough UK is now.

The money he will use to pay a lawyer can be use to apply for Spouse or fiancé visa for him which is straight forward and within six years he becomes a citizen.

Note:- It is still possible for him to get leave to remain in the UK, but consider the stress and money involved to get it and to keep renewing his visa till 10years.

luvlycutebay:
Its should be typed , signed and dated with letter head.

No letter head please. Just address it to British high commission on Microsoft word and print out, then sign

Wales1111:
Sorry pls house a friend need a serious advice. I want the gurus in the house to look into it. He got a visit visa and in the course of visiting from found a British citizen got her pregnant and his Visa is gonna expire next month ending so he wants to know if he can stay with his woman and if yes will his visa status change after the child birth ?

Tell your friend to better come back to Nigeria and not to overstay. Nothing concern immigration pple if he got a British lady pregnant.

My advice, if the lady likes him she should come to Nigeria and get married to him in registry, then apply for spouse visa for him.

2nd advice, since the British girl friend is pregnant, y friend can come bk to Nigeria and apply for fiancé visa or marriage visa, this enables him to come to the UK and get Married,then apply for spouse visa (FLR).

For him to make application the girlfriend must be working and must meet all the requirements for spouse or fiancé visa to bring your friend in the UK.

However, if he chose to overstay, it will be very difficult for him to work to support the girl friend and this will spoil his immigration history.

His vistor visa can not change after child birth.

The only thing is if your friend decide to over stay, he might get a discretionary leave to remain in the UK because of his child, but the process takes long time for home office to consider your application under discretionary leave. It can be frustrated making application to home office for leave to remain in the UK.