dammodee911:
Good morning everyone on this forum. Been reading most of the topics concerning visiting visas, student visas etc to the UK and I must say most of the submissions have been an eye opener and a great learning experience. As a 37 yrs old university drop out and someone who has basically been living life hustling on the streets now trying to get back on the right path, earn a skill set, and become a professional in my own capacity, does anyone have any advice on how to go about getting into a vocational school in the UK to learn a skill? Is it even a possibility as most of the vocational institutions I've been browsing seem to only accept applications from people who are residents of the UK & EEA.. I would appreciate If anyone any body who has some knowledge about this can offer me some advise on ways to go about it as I'm basically just looking to restart my academic life with a 2yr course/training before deciding to proceed to maybe a proper degree if the brain is still capable cause it's been a long time I've been out of study. I hope you get my point. Thank you in advance to anyone graceful enough to reply me.

Welldone. Even your enquiry layout is better composed than some of us who didn't drop out!
I will attempt to answer you from two perspective.
Studying in the UK is premised on two things.
1. Education
2. Potential Immigration

Education is what your sponsor (University) see. Potential immigrant is what UKVI sees.
And you damn need to scale these two hurdles.

Now for Education: You need to find a school that will offer you a first degree - lay your cards on the table. I'm sure one will. It will be helpful if you can explain what you have been doing over the years and how getting a first degree now will help you towards your dream/career. You may also want to let them know why you dropped out and why they shouldn't be worried it may happen again if offered an admission this time around.

For VISA - again like i said, you will be seen as a potential immigrant and you must convince the relevant authorities that the main purpose of coming to the UK is to study and you will willing depart after your course.

You must also note that as an undergraduate, you may not be able to sponsor any dependant into the UK while you're studying. They may only come as visitors.

Goodluck.

Innocent94:
pls sum1 shud help wit dis

1. Go to www.google.com and type in this search there. I'm sure there would me millions of hits. Pick one school that meets your need.

2. By cheap, I assume you mean affordability? in that case, most masters programme in the UK would usually charge you average of £10000 for a one year course and £13000 for a two years course.

Goodluck

Adebayojide:
Good day folks. Do I need to submit my divorce certificate when I want to apply for Tier 4 visa? I asked because 1. I'm still in the process of dissolving the marriage. 2. The last time I applied to UK in 2018 I was single. I still have the visit visa.

I may have a different opinion.

There is no requirement to divulge your personal relationship matters but it may be worth it to mention any major change to your status or circumstance. even if its just mentioning it in the further comments session.

However, if there is a child involved, then you must mention it.

[quote author=mrkenth post=86296132] one of my relative sent me the form by mail today .. I’m going to print it out and fill them also thumbprint in the appropriate place .. I intend sending it by post to him in Nigeria .. when he receive it he can then contact them in Lagos to help me get the certificate.. I don’t know if that will work [/quote

Like people already mentioned, I’m not sure if this is acceptable. The process involves getting your finger print done by a reputable security outfit here and then it’s forwarded to Nigeria electronically. This will involve contacting the Nigerian High commission in the UK.

I’m also aware you can get it the way you’re already going about it but there are questions around if that’s the right way.

Also, depending on the DBS you’re after, you should normally be able to get one from the Police in the UK even if you’ve only been here for a month.

I imagine what you’re really after is BPSS which requires a police report from Nigeria.

Good luck

I have tried to provide some clarity of parents applying for visa alongside their dependants.
Please note that this DOES NOT apply to VISITING Visa.

A few questions people ask here can be answered by a simple google search.......just saying.

dami24:




I just checked the school website and i can see that the email contact on the website is different from the one that was on my letter.... instead of registrar@ it says registry@

Do you think it’s possible the visa office used that one instead of that which was provided on my letter?

As part of verification process, they would usually use an email address they are able to get from other trusted sources (eg - schools web page, internet search) and not necessarily the one you provided in your letter. I can see the school has a couple of them online, I'm sure one of those addresses has your conformation enquiry.

Peradventure even if the email address does not exist, UKVI would have gotten the notification of a failed delivery which is clearly not the case here.
Depending on how far you want to pursue this, I'm sure your sponsorship enquiry is in one of the email addresses held by the institution. Also, in some cases, UKVI has sent confirmation enquiries to individual email addresses of an institution. So might be worth checking with registrar as well. Good luck.

dami24:



I am being sponsored by a university

Apologies for the refusal. But I've seen a letter just exactly like this one from someone on this forum a couple of weeks ago.
This is essentially the HO sending a mail to an un-monitored email address.

Was there a contact details in the letter you provided (ie email and phone number)? If NO, the agency carrying out checks for the HO would have used google to get the email address of the university.

Get down to the university and let them have a look at all their correspondence email address, I'm more than certain that the confirmation letter from the HO is somewhere sat there unattended to with a couple of reminders.

You can also do a google search for the email address of the university and see what comes up, i just did.

And note, the default means of contact (for confirmations and verifications) for the HO is email.

LagosismyHome:


I am not an expert but that what my family member was told by the school , that the home office rule and they re very strict on it . That was how I heard of the rule and went to check the home office

To answer your question I did google search since I am no expert and see what University of Sheffield states

https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/ssid/immigration/tier-4-application/inside-uk/dependants

Spot on!

However, if they are still together but either of them is not willing to apply as a dependant, then you must give a compelling reason why not. I still struggle to imagine one. The main reason for the policy is to keep family close together as much as possible.

Icesnow:
Incase the parent are separated, what happens?

I will try to answer your question based on a few assumptions.

Assumption one: You're separated from the father of your child
Assumption two: He's willing to have you travel with the child outside the country
Assumption three: He's willing to visit every now and again.
Assumption: Said child answers the last name of the father

If the above are all true, a consent letter is not enough to secure a dependent visa for the child.
The UKVI will want t understand the relationship between the two adults and you will usually achieve this using court papers (NOT affidavit). You need to proof that you have sole responsibility for the said child.

Goodluck.

dami24:
Hi all, I have been refused a tier 4 visa their reason being that verification of my sponsorship letter returned as inconclusive and that i qualify for administrative review

I contacted my financial sponsor and they said visa office has not contacted them.

What do I do, please advice. they are saying they tried to verify the letter and it returned as inconclusive but my sponsor said they weren’t contacted.

who issued the sponsorship letter? And can you post a part of the refusal here?

dami24:



No, it’s only when your application has been assessed that is changes to used. Before then, it is registered as assigned. But once your application is assessed, it changes to used. I did my biometrics since 7th, my CAS changed to used only on 24th.


So maybe the day your application was assessed(CAS changed to used) , they had more things to investigate, so they are taking more time on it.

Did you ask her when it changed to used?

Hmm, this is not entirely correct. Her school is right. As long as you submit an application with a CAS, it will be used at some point. It will be quite misleading to assume that once the CAS status changes to used, then a decision has been made. Quite logical and straight forward here - all things being equal - and by equal i mean, your passport document is original and your CAS was issued by the sponsor. The next other thing to worry about is your Bank statement. So if the HO send you a mail that your application is not straight forward or its taking them sometime to make a decision, 7 out of 10 times, its got to do with a check in Nigeria....your bank statement.

Idowu3080:


Please I need your advice on this..

As far as I’m aware, money held in fixed deposit or call accounts or any other of such accounts do not qualify as money immediately available to you. Basically, the money needs to be held in a savings or current account for the said number of days.

As for the 150k earnings per month, no one cares tbh. As long as you can afford the masters program and you’re able to demonstrate that, you’re fine.

chucksbadt:


Coventry is located in the heart of the West Midlands. The West Midlands is the Hub for shipping's and logistics in the UK.

I worked in different warehouses as a warehouse operative, Night shifts mostly. its a really tough job i must say. A lot of heavy lifting and endurance required. There is no magogo, no wayo, if you try to act funny, like sleep off, or slow down your pace, they'll sign you out ASAP that night.....I worked at Hermes, DHL and Disney warehouses.

Nice one. And I hope people are seeing this before they start having funny ideas as per work. And I can imagine your tax is going to be mad because you have more than one job. Again, welldone.

chucksbadt:
Hi guys,

It’s been a while I posted here. let me share my story with you guys

Arrived Coventry on the 22nd of September 2019 for my MSc. On my arrival, I had already paid £8,000 tuition with a pending balance of £5,300.

Fortunately for me, I wasn't going to be paying for accommodation till January because I was going to be squatting with a friend.

I came into UK with just £1,000. Guys I had to hustle oo, it wasn't an easy ride. Starting working from the 2nd week after I arrived. Registered in like 3 agencies and was working back to back. Don't get it twisted tho, I was still focused with school work, comfortably passed all my 4 modules in my first semester.

All I lacked was a social life and to be honest, that was really frustrating.

Fast forward to January, I’ve paid the school an additional £3,000 with a balance of £2,300 and I’ve now moved out to my En-suite flat which I paid upfront for 3 months.

I'm a bit exhausted at the moment and I really need a break but hey....I just have to keep pushing.

If you're coming to the UK self-sponsored like me, condition your mind oo, it’s not easy.

Reality check. Nice one and welldone. Are you able to mention what kind of shifts/jobs you were doing, just so ppl don’t have the wrong ideas.

Abiscoco:



Hello Just wise. I've been able to settle down in the UK, sorted out my stuffs and all. But I saw that in Applying for PT jobs, National Insurance Number or so is being requested. How do I go about this?

My understanding was that your NiNO should be on your BRP card. If not, go to the closest job center and apply for one or you submit an application for a NiNO online.

adesammie:
Hello Gurus in the house,

I did my biometric and interview last week Monday. And I received a mail from Sheffield yesterday that a telephone interview will be conducted today by 9.30 am. I have been waiting but no call from them however, I later received a mail saying they've been trying to contact me but couldn't get me. I have provided alternate number but still no call.

Why could they be asking for another interview after the initial one?

What should I do since I have been waiting and no call?

Can I call them? And how do I do that since I have to pay through my debit card?

Someone should help a brother.

If they are still having trouble to reach you, tell them you’re happy to have the interview at the TLS center.

NomzyJust:


Bro I'm trying to make a career change to ICT. What programs would you suggest please?

I see a couple of people have pointed you in the right direction. But if you still feel you will struggle with technical stuffs, you can consider IT management.

kreatorsink:
You mean one can contact the account officer to see if they’ve done their part?

Absolutely! If your AO doesn’t know tell them to follow up with Head office or compliance.

Sandyheart:


Please can i get the Ukvi number
I did biometrics since 23rd
Got not straightforward mail on the 7th
Till now no response
And my school started 15th

Please give your bank a nudge. If it means calling their Head Officer and asking where bank statement confirmations are done or asking for their Audit and Compliance dept (I guess different banks have different processes).

Cigbojugha:



Thanks a lot for your response. Can I please know where you majored because I was thinking cyber security as a course covers those other area/field you mentioned. Thanks

I’m a consultant in Application Development Management so I get to interact with quite a number of people in those fields. Not necessarily as per cyber security covering all those other aspects. Cyber security is more of data protection and application security resilience.

Just a heads up.

If you’ve submitted your Application around early or middle December and you’re still awaiting a decision, it may be worth giving your bank a nudge through your account officer to confirm if there’s a pending correspondence from the HO. In as much as the replies are strictly confidential, at least you would know they are not the ones delaying you.

Cigbojugha:
Good day all.
Please is there anyone here who studied or is currently studying cyber security in the UK? Please I will like a first hand information of your experience. How relevant is the course in terms of employability.

Cyber security, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, machine learning! You can’t go wrong with any of those. I didn’t major in any of them btw.

dotdots:
I applied to a Uni in UK, a copy of my previous visa refusal was request. I no longer have a copy of my previous Uk refusal letter. please how do i go about get it from the UK embassy

If you still hold a copy of the refusal, fine. Send it to them, it makes the process of checking and validating faster. If not, give them the full details of the refusal. I won’t sweat about it if I don’t have a copy of the previous refusal.

H0tbabe:
gibberish!!

Why are you annoyingly so rude tho..

Ok.

So a few points here. I do understand it’s the nature of most Nigerians to prey on vulnerable people, and that’s fine but it would be foolish to assume everyone is like that and then turn down help when you clearly need one or someone is offering.

Two, it is almost impossible to have experienced every single scenario when it comes to immigration. My point is, you can’t know it all! You can only advice from your perspective and experience. In such cases, when someone brings a fresh idea or an opinion, don’t be quick to shove it off because you don’t know about it! In that way, you will never ever learn or be better!

Three, it’s not everything we can discuss in public. People have genuine reasons to be anonymous...it could be that there’s a clash of internet here..

Roverguy:
Gurus in the house, i have two questions
1) my wife secured an admission to the UK, i hope myself and the 2 kids can go with her as dependents?
2) i was denied visiting visa to the UK in July last year, i hope this will not be a hindrance for me ?

i will appreciate responses to this. God bless......

At the risk of sounding like a broken record now, I will advice you to be very careful when filling the visa application form. The reason is that you have a refusal under the visitor category and your wife is now applying for a visa in the PBS where you will be automatically issued a dependant visa if she gets her visa and you’re able to prove yourself relationship. The burden of proof rest on you to convince the HO beyond reasonable doubt that she’s a genuine student. It may even be easier for the person who was rejected on the visiting visa to be the main applicant for the student visa, but hey, I don’t know your personal situation or circumstance. Good luck.

kayvine4u:
Hello house,

My passport will expire March 2020, can i still apply fir my 15 months course wit it or i need to renew before application?

My TB test has this passport no, and i was told i have to use same passport for application.

You can go to IOM and have them reissue the certificate for a fee.

LaaJiblik:


If you were alone, there may be some way around it (such as flat shares) that don’t really care much about referencing.
But with dependants, it’s a completely different ball game, as you are probably aiming for a full property.

1. You don’t require a credit history to rent. You require credibility.
2. You must proof to a potential landlord that you have the funds to afford the rent.

3. Your best (and easiest bet) right now is to get a guarantor. Someone who will guarantee that you pay all rents as at when due.
The downside of this is that the guarantor will be required to show his/her financial ‘muscle’ and may sometimes involve a credit check (and many folks don’t like having hard credit checks on their files).

4. If you don’t have a guarantor, your next best (worst actually) bet may be to pay rent upfront for the duration of your tenancy contract.

5. You might get lucky (very rare) and connect to a landlord directly who will understand your plight. But this is very rare.

Like you have rightly mentioned, if you’re approaching the high street letting agencies for a rent, they will definatly carry out a credit check on you.
Without cash payment for the full year rent, your credit score is the only other indicator that you will keep up with your payments.

The guarantor in many cases is a character guarantor and NOT a financial guarantor should you default in payment.

My advice is to look for studio flats from private landlords because it will be rare to find someone put up a whole house for rent without using letting agencies. Though I have seen a few in Sheffield like that where someone rents the whole house from the landlord and then starts subletting to other Nigerian students. This was years ago, I doubt if stuffs like that still happen.