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FrontPageLawyer:
You must satisfy the entry clearance officer that you have sufficient personal and economic circumstances in your home country. In making this assessment, the ECO may consider your stated employment, length of employment and income. So many factors will be consider in reaching a decision, the letter from your employer on company headed paper detailing your role, salary, length of employment, and leave will earn you some points. Also provide your letter of appointment salary account and pay slips.

Most importantly the ECO may wish to see your bank statement showing salary credits. If your bank statement does not show salary credits, this may cast doubt.

You may wish to show evidence of your business and incomes from other business. This includes business documents, invoices, bills of lading, receipts of sales, tax certificates, etc.

The 4k, 16k and 36k deposit in your account is insignificant and won't work against your application, therefore you shouldn't lose sleep over it. But if you can write a cover letter explaining your other business, incomes etc. That would be fine.

For your budget, it should be realistic. Since your sister is providing accommodation and feeding and she knows the documents to forward to you, then you shouldn't have a problem.

Thanks for the reply Sir. You are highly appreciated.
Please I would like to ask another question. Besides the fact that I work full time as a technician at the company where I have been working for 5years now, I have a registered business name "Nature of business: general contrast" (Which I registered 2010 and I have the business name certificate and registration document) which I use to work part time as a service technician, but I do not pay tax for the business from time to time depending on my availability I do technical works for individual or cooperate clients and I get paid cash by hand or via bank deposit or bank transfer to my savings account. Especially for cooperate clients, when I carry out installations or repairs I usually issue a Job completion certificate which is usually on my business name letter headed paper, which is usually signed by my the technician and the client after confirming the working condition Considering the fact that I do not have TTC for the business name) Do U advice I include the business name certificate, business name registration document and Job completion certificates in my application (Note: I have the Lagos state e-TCC card for tax from my salary where I am employed. The e-TCC was issued Aug. 2014 )

Greetings to everybody. I have been reading through this thread for some time now and i have gathered a lot very useful info. Thanks to you guys.

Later this month I intend to apply for uk visit visa to go visit my sister who is a British citizen for only 10days during the month of september. My Sis will be providing accomodation and feeding and she will be sending invitation letter and all the necessary documents, but i will be paying for my flight (found some cheap lagos-london return ticket starting from N221040-N238000 upwards for the month of september)

MY PROFILE:
I have been working as a technician for a certain company (5years plus now) and I am on a monthly salary of 84k (paid in two parts 34k and 50k) after tax and pension funds deduction. Since april my company has been removing loan deduction of 15k from my salary. So for april, may and june i was paid only 69k /month (paid in two parts 24k and 45k).

Some months back I registered as a mobile money agent at one of the mobile money companies in Nigeria and I make about 35k/month (I keep reciepts issued to customers) but i dont pay myself via my savings account. At the end of the month I just collect cash from the sales of the day.

I am single and having no dependants. I spend a maximum of 20k/month on living cost. I live in a family property (with utility bill carrying my father's name)

**Some times I do freelance technicial works and I get paid for my service.
Every month i do mechanical servicing for a certain man who pays 4k into my account monthly (usually via bank transfer except for last month which was via cash deposit) . someone paid 36k into my account last month (june) and the month before last month (may) the same person paid 16k into my savings/salary account and both payments where made via bank transfer**

I have a closing balance of 600k in my savings/salary account. I intend to travel by september for only 10days.

I intend to apply with the following documents (Note I have no travel hystory) :

1. my six month bank statement (no large money lodgment except for some small bank transfers)

2. Introduction letter from my employer + copy of company certificate. (I dont think the company certificats is neccessary but when i requested for the letter of intro, I was told i would be given a copy of the company paper to go with my application, that thats how the company has been doing it for staffs who requests for introduction letter to travel)

3. Offer of Appointment letter + confirmation of appointment letter + 2 salary review letters

4. My Lagos state electronic tax clearence certificate card issued on november 2014

5. All neccessary documents from my sister who is inviting me (she knows the documents to send, she has invited our Mum twice and Mumcy was granted on both occasions)

My questions are:
1. regarding the other payments made to my savings account by individuals via bank transfers, do i need to explain them in my cover letter?

2. For the question "how much is available to you for the trip?" I intend to say 700gbp. Is it ok to say 700gbp considering that i will only be paying for my flight ticket and from my search, during september one can find return ticket to london for N221040 (using gbp to naira rate of today 1gbp =368.16 ie. N221040 = 600.39gbp)

3. To all the gurus in the house, please, egarding my profile, monthly salary, bank statement and documentation, do U think my application will fly? Or do you have any advice for me to note

Also I would like to ask, If I wanted to include a virgin land papers (ie land purchase reciept) can I include it without C of O since its a virgin land and no C of O yet.

Sorry for the long write up. Thanks you.