nenelistic:
Yes. He used his mum’s sister and he got it without stress

Theta1:


Really?
Aunty and Uncle should be the same, please help confirm this

tobidmob2:
Hi all,

Please is there anyone here with AOR on the 25th March?

I’m worried I haven’t gotten a BIL, it’s been over a month and I’m seeing others getting a BIL almost immediately.

Thanks

tolam08:
Kudos to everyone who has been contributing here all these while.
Is it a good decision to do upfront medicals during this period of COVID-19 with no hope of when the next FSW draw will hold?
I would be grateful to have answer(s) to this question because it has been bothering me for some time now due to my CRS which looks set to receive ITA upon the next draw.

lasignor:
Access Bank rip off ke? It was 279.3 as of Monday. That's definitely competitive and one of the best right about now.

salford1:

You replied after I called out your hypocrisy..Now you have changed your story to some "imaginary trials" after landing.....you sounds very sketchy i am afraid.

How do you even know i am in a position to help? I do not know you from adam neither am i your guardian angel in Canada, and even if i can help, i am not under any obligation to do so. No one is getting paid on Nairaland to offer advice or give settling tips to new immigrants.

Oh enough already!!! Must you respond!!! All these oversabi people on these forum sef. Slide to the left if you don't want to respond to the matter respectfully

Goodluck once again in your future endeavor.

Vorpal:
All this far flung states, there seem not to be too much demand for their passports hence the availability.

iiiyyyk:
pls good people in the house can someone clearify this for me.
sombody has residence Visa in her passport.
and intends to return to nigeria for change of name and get a newpassport with the new name.
will she face problems with immigration entrying back into her country of residence with the new pasport bearing the new name, as d old pasport with old name and residence visa will expire soon.


thanks good people.

justwise:


Congratulations

Vicjustice:
You do not need a tax certificate as an employee, your pay-slips or other payment records are supposed to show tax compliance except you are working for a petty company.

Ralphlauren:


your greatest undoing was your cancelled hotel reservation.

that's the main reason why you got refused. all the added reasons in the refusal letter were just 'topup'.

even if you earned 1m with 10m bank statement, you would still have been refused as a result of the ECO's inability to confirm your hotel reservation.

Vicjustice:
Be aware that the number one priority of Visa Officers is the Homeland Security, therefore, the first resort of the officers is to google-search every applicant's name and to see what comes up.
A lot of people have never google-searched their own names and therefore, are not aware that in this age of internet social networking, a simple entering of one's name and surname into a search engine will produce numerous results whether related or unrelated to the very person.
You might not yet be aware of what comes out of your name when it is google searched: most of the featured results are not of your own voluntary information.
Take a moment after reading this article and Google-search your own name and surname, and you may be surprised to see what comes up.
I know a Nigerian someone who entered Ireland through the UK to seek political asylum, his claimed was foiled by google search results that did not favour his pleaded case and as a result, he was asked to leave Ireland: the point is, this is a regular guy (who fits the profile of a nobody) who never thought that anything about him could make it to google search.
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Visa Officers are trained to look for a single reason why a visa should be refused rather than to consider it for 99 other reasons. Therefore, for those who hold the opinion that their visa applications had been unjustifiably refused for what they consider "silly" reasons such as the "three times monthly salary" issue etc.
It is true that budgeting an amount of money that is "three times your monthly income" is actually not a good reason to refuse a visa application, yet this issue usually comes into consideration when a visa applicant does not have impressive amount of money as balance. For example, if a person earns N200k monthly, and he budgets N580k for the intended trip while he presents a bank statement with a balance of N650k, he stands a very high chance to be refused for reason of the vast impact that the amount of money will have on his account as it would take him more than three salaries to recover the amount that he intends to spend for a short trip, where as, a person who earns N120k monthly with an account balance of N1.5M can easily get the visa if the application is reasonably presented.
The formula.
Before applying for a visa, look at how much you earn monthly, consider it against your account balance and compare it to the amount that you intend to spend for the trip.

ekpotek:


I think it's important for all UK visa applicant to know how to fill the INCOME AND EXPENDITURE part of the application form. Many applicants are refused because of their inconsistency in filling this part. I will try to provide some explanations here:

DO YOU HAVE SAVINGS, PROPERTIES OR OTHER INCOME, FOR EXAMPLE FROM STOCKS AND SHARES? This question is to find out if you have other sources of funds to finance your trip apart from your usual earnings. This could be savings, renting of properties, lands or stocks. If you have any of these sources of funds, then answer YES and provide documents to support your answer. Give estimate what amount this will translate on a monthly basis.

HOW MUCH DO YOU SPEND EACH MONTH ON LIVING COSTS? This question is to find out what is your average monthly expenditure from your current income. For applicants that earn salary, you should be able to estimate how much you spend on living every month. Those that are self employed, can also provide an estimate.

HOW MUCH OF YOUR TOTAL MONTHLY INCOME IS GIVEN TO YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS AND OTHER DEPENDENTS? If you have dependents, such a parents, relations that you cater for, state how much money in GBP you must send to them monthly otherwise fill NOT APPLICABLE.

WHAT IS THE COST TO YOU PERSONALLY OF YOUR TRIP IN GBP(£)? If someone else is fully sponsoring your trip, obviously the cost to you personally is ZERO. In such case, your sponsor must submit documentation, e.g bank statement, and a letter written to UK embassy clearing stating why he/she is sponsoring the trip and any other justification. If the applicant is sponsoring himself, then the applicant must state how much the trip will cost (accommodation, flight ticket, meals, taxi, etc).

THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF MONEY YOU HAVE FOR THIS TRIP? The amount you enter here must correspond to "cost to you personally" if you are sponsoring yourself. If there is a sponsor, enter the amount the sponsor will make available to you.

THE COST OF THE AEROPLANE, BOAT OR TRAIN TICKETS. Enter the cost of flight ticket (Return ticket)

THE COST OF YOUR ACCOMMODATION. Enter the cost for accommodation (obtained from the hotel) or zero if staying with someone. Then you must submit documentation from that person, such as tenancy agreement, mortgage document, utility bill and a letter from that person to the embassy stating that they will accommodate you for the period stated in your application.

THE COST OF YOUR LIVING EXPENSES. Enter cost for eg. taxi, bus, shopping etc

IS SOMEONE OTHER THAN YOU PAYING FOR ALL OR A PART OF YOUR TRIP? If you have a full sponsorship or partial sponsorship, then the answer to this question is YES, otherwise enter NO

WHAT IS THE TOTAL AMOUNT IN GBP(£)? Enter the total amount by adding the cost flight ticket, accommodation, living expenses. Ensure that this amount does not exceed the cost you computed for the trip.

Also any amount you enter, you must provide the currency, usually it better to provide the amount in GBP to avoid confusion. If you need to explain any thing else, use the addition information page and/or a sheet to paper. I hope these will answers some the questions applicants have on INCOME AND EXPENDITURE SECTION.

justwise:


Money from friends and family is not considered as an income, that is more of a cash gift and it can't act as your tie to Nigeria but your salary will which is why the amount you earn is considered.

As it stand your salary is your only verifiable source of income.

justwise:


1.Do you declare any other source of income during your application?

2. How long have you been working with your company?

justwise:


Yes but the eyes are on your monthly income, 3.1 million is joint account yes but how much of that money is yours and how will you prove that?

justwise:


Your application was refused mainly for financial reasons, you don't have enough for the trip. Canceling the hotel booking also contributed to the refusal because it shows that you can't even afford to accommodate yourself in the UK

ugroupnl:
Re: NNPC Aptitude Test On December 6, 2014 by Naffysah: 12:12pm
Hi Guys!
I really do not want to be a bearer of bad news but from a very very reliable source( a friend currently working at PCL), people who received the messages are the successful ones.
There is nothing like sms been sent in batches and the ones yet to receive are most likely the unsuccessful ones.
Also, the highest level of nepotism was involved in the selection process according to him.
As a PCL customer care executive , Erin, said (I called ,'01-2703667' yesterday), dey will be sending invites in batches till March 12(lwtmb - d generic reponse to all intending applicants).
So guys, if you know anyone in nnpc, now is the time to re-awaken the nnpc networks as anythn is still possible between now and March 12, God willing.
*my humble contribution.......
(Still awaiting my sms with faith tho