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I think Finding a UK solicitor would help you though. https://uksolicitors.org/

Your application might not be straightforward and you might need someone to draft a Visa support letter with relevant laws cited blah blah blah. I'm not saying you should do it tho

JSayin:
Hi. I'd appreciate any responses from people who share this experience.

I overstayed my UK Study visa and voluntarily returned in 2013. I am being invited for a book promotion tour in Sept as well as a friend's wedding.

Some people say that because it's been 10 years, I can apply and my visa may be considered. Others say it is mission impossible and the Home Office will never reconsider an overstayer.

Kindly let me know any real-life examples you have seen of anyone who overstayed. Were their future visas ever approved or not?

Thank you.

Wahala fit de at the POE o. Cos them fit de reason Sey na arrangee and Sey everybody don sort their own waka

FNRF:
Hello Ladies and Gentlemen, I’d like to ask is it possible for a dependant to go before the Main applicant to sort/arrange housing before arrival of the main applicant and two other children.

10k no go ruin anything nau

decasey:
sir I know am supposed to allow any funds into that account, only my salary is allowed, my question is I hope it will not affect my chances, so sorry for asking this question again, is just that am a beat agitated. I really need clarification.

They refuse people sometimes cos they find the expenditure outrageous for a short visit. Giselle already explained sha

KaceeDcontrol:
Why is this a problem if you budget more than you actually spend? I know someone who has recently applied and budgeted same amount for a month visit visa application?
Also is the UKVi usually inclined to approve shorter visit visas (say 1 to 2 weeks) than longer ones (1 month)?

You should try reducing the days and the budget. When you get your visa, you can decide to spend twenty days or more, it shouldn't be a problem. £5k would be deemed too much for a three-week visit unless you earn more than that monthly, and probably have a shitload amount of verifiable funds in your account.

benjijosh:
I plan to stay for 17days and the 5k GBP is the total budget for the trip including my flight tickets.

I’m applying from Nigeria and I will also be traveling alone

I don't know about this one sha

ZOE07:
Thanks a bunch. Can I delay in submitting my passport after a decision has been made? How much time do I have to submit it?

You'd only submit your passport after a decision has been made on your application. Turnaround time is most times 2-3 working days.

ZOE07:
Has anybody tried the "keep my passport" option before? Please I will require more clarification / answers on the subject.

I do not need to submit the passport when I do biometrics?
Once I am informed of decision, what is the timeline to submit passport?
Also what is the timeline to collect passport back after submission?

many thanks for your help / assistance on this. @justwise and everyone.

He meant monthly expenditure...Him mix disposable income with expenditure

Africankel:
Disposable income 50k? Meaning you spend over 320k from your salary every month? This is an automatic refusal, as the cost of your trip is 15 times your disposable income.

Secondly be sure not to have unexplained deposits in your account.

Visitor no de get brp

rittyben:
How about brp mail

Even if na 1000 pages, the bank can send it to the person’s email, and they can compress it a little(if they’re self uploading).

julzz:
Hi guys, have an anyone tried sending account statement directly to uk application center from the bank? Was it successfully received by them? I have someone that’s having difficulty in getting statement become it’s too large and the Bank suggested this

You'd be sad already if you had received any emaik from the Home Office. Your Visa is issued, provided you didn't receive anything in your inbox/spam

Great090:
Hi everyone
I applied for a 6 month visit visa jun 7th and paid for courier service return.
I just got an sms from DHL this morning that my passport is on its way to my house.

I am worried because I did not get any email from ukvi about the outcome of my aplication.

Anyone experienced this before?

If they have a license, they could use the Tier 5 route. Your brother would not have to provide any document, and the issuance is most times guaranteed. It's what promoters use for all these artists and skit makers.

Believeudums:
Please my brother is an upcoming gospel musician who was invited by a church in the UK after coming across his music online. They have written letter of invite and they promised to sponsor his trip completely for a 3days program coming up in October including tickets,feeding ND accomodation.
I want to know how to go about his application here . Please someone help us. We don't want him to miss this opportunity as a first timer..
Agents re calling 250k to help apply.
We need proper guidelines please

Ghana adds no value, it would be a waste of money unless he genuinely wants to visit.

Thegamingorca:
Is that red stamp stuff the refusal? Why the thing resemble cross hair target from gun?

Did dey write a reason for the refusal in writing? Which kind country be this?

Kuku travel go Ghana do 3days come back 9ja. Make the passport for carry weight small.

These men wan put sand sand for your garri.

You have no issues

Bmuhd4smile:
Hello great minds!

Can I travel to the UK on the same date my visa validity start counting? Which is a date below the one I filled during application.

Secondly, I filled that I will visit for 4days tourism. Can I instead visit for 2 days and return. What's the likely implications at the port of entry please

Their Personal Circumstances is more important than your sponsorship. They have to qualify for it if the sponsorship is taken away.

zionuklove:
hello good morning all, i have been following the thread and to be honest you guz are doing a fantastic job helping people.

i am a US greencard holder, my spouse and child are USC
from my research, my spouse n child dont need visa to uk, only me do.
tho its easier for me to get a visa since im a PR in us

my reason to visit uk is more like a reunion with my family from naija.
i want to meet them there so we can vacation together.

i have two brothers who just opened up like a family a construction business barely a month and has good inflow in the account.
i also have a younger sibling in university. my mum also doesnt work.

now i want to be their sole sponsor for this trip. i plan to rent an airbnb for us all in the uk thru our 10days entire trip.

i have business here in the us for more than 5 years with bank statement over $150,000 balance with steady inflow,

would it be possible for me to use my business statement to sponsor all of them? what are my chances. do they consider this kinda legit high balance an advantage?

i am a sole proprietor and probably use my business acc for multiple personal use too.

i also plan applying for them online from here, so all they have to do is go do their biometric in lagos .wud this be a problem?

i would really appreciate any response i get. thank you!

Visa Alert

I made two visit Applications in 2018/2019, but both were refused. I gave it a break, tried again in 2022, and it was refused again.

A UK solicitor prepared the 2022 application. I submitted about 589 pages of documents, and the ECO didn’t check my documents at all because it was a lot, and the refusal could have been avoided.

We decided to challenge the refusal.

Submitted the Visit Application in June 2022- Refusal in September 2022. Refused under 4.2 (a) (c) and (e).


1st PAP sent October 2022, Home Office agreed to reconsider the application, and they’d reach out within three months. The application was re-refused in January 2023. ECO agreed I had funds, so the refusal under Paragraph (e) was rescinded but refused on other grounds that weren’t credible.

2nd Pap sent in February 2023, Solicitor argued the ECO could not continue shifting the goal post, that since I met the requirements under Paragraph(e), it made no sense to refuse under (a/c) when my travel history is considered. The Home Office agreed to reconsider the application.

Last Tuesday, I got an email to re-submit my passport that the refusal was overturned. I submitted it on Wednesday.

I got a pickup email on Friday.

I picked up my passport today with a six months visa.

It took nine months to get them to overturn the decision, and it cost £2700.

You can now easily complain about your visa decision on the UKVI webite. It's a new service and it doesn't cost you any money.

https://www.ukvi-complaints.homeoffice.gov.uk/

Bros, Write a detailed email to complaints@homeoffice.gov.uk Tell them how they've made a mistake with your application and how everything on the refusal letter has nothing to do with you. Include a copy of the refusal letter too. If your assertions are true, It will be resolved with no financial recourse to you.

Phummy2984:
My application was on 21st of June 2022 it is a standard uk visit visa and am traveling alone. I am thinking of sending a paid mail to them and also sending a letter written by my lawyer through DHL to the British embassy in Lagos. I will enclose my first passport in 2010 data page and the visa page and my recent application, my university in Nigeria certification that I graduated in 2009 .What do u think? What other option do u think I can employ. The lawyers I contacted in the uk are asking for huge some and I can’t afford it. Exploring local options please am open to suggestions

2.3m in February, 2.4m at submission, 22m in and out before June doesn’t look good IMO. Made it look like someone ran funds through your account.

Rogundipe2000:
Before I sold the land in feb I had bout 2.3 after selling the land I had about 22m which I bought a car for my wife and and did an investment for 6.5 which all receipts and certificate of investment where included in my application.

Finally I applied with a balance of 2.420 in June

Invoices/receipts, Balance sheet, Tax Certificate, and more perhaps.

cynthiaugbe:
Please can someone tell me documents I can submit to show that my company is actively trading at the level of income stated. I was refused on the basis of this. Please advise. Thanks

You didn’t attach any letter [quote author=gutter post=115141630][/quote]

Choose self-service and remove the flexi appoinment, it should show closer dates.

nellytivities:
Please who understands how to book for an appointment. it used to be a calendar layout but now its giving me a layout that i cannot even select appointment dates. See below p[lease: the sold dates are showing "sold" but the ones not showing sold is not allowing me select and i cannot proceed to payment either.

Please Help..

It states that on the refusal letter.

Zammuell:
Pls how will she know she’s been banned as her passport wasn’t stamped…Do they specifically state that ‘YOU HAVE BEEN BANNED’.

She’s been banned for 10 years. The refusal letter is questionable tho, too many typos. The agent sure messed up her profile with the UKVI.

Zammuell:
PLS HELP!!!

Hello
Pls i need an honest and urgent advise on a bothering issue.I applied for Uk tourist Visa is Dec 2020 through an agent who did everything that needed to be done,all i did was just go for submission…By January i picked up my passport and i was refused,i asked the agent why and he told me it’s because of the 2nd Covid lockdown,he didn’t forward the refusal letter to me because he didn’t use my email,he created a new one to that effect.
I got an offer in Uk and while i was filling a form,i am to answer a question on if i had been denied before which is YES,and i was asked to upload the refusal letter which i didn’t have.
I reached out to the agent and after about 4days of trying to retrieve the email addy he used,he dropped the letter yesterday and the reason for refusal is completely different from what i was told,it turned out to be something on ‘deception’ as stated in the refusal letter.
Right now i honestly don’t know if it’s ok to go ahead with my application which is for September intake,i just want to know what my chances are,and what can be done to fix this error.Has anyone had similar issue,how was it resolved?

@justwise and member of the house..Pls am posting for a friend.. can she go ahead with the school deposit or back out??

Could you please post the refusal letter while blurring your details? Could help to see what went wrong and we could all learn a thing or two form it.

midep:
Thanks Shalom, i appreciate.

Trust me my account statements was very straightforward.

The only transaction into the account are my monthly salary, quarterly allowance, mid year allowance and yearly upfront which was clearly stated in the statement and my payslip and offer letter.

The only transaction apart from the above is the consulting fees paid by a client. I also attached my CAC documents which registered the company since 2016. Contract letter from my clients with details of amount paid.

Am 95% sure those people are confused, they are human and prone to error.

If UK refuse me tourist visa, i have other lovely countries to go jare.

SA, Egypt, Turkey, Morocco or Mexico is nit a bad idea after all na my money are wan go spend.

If you're reapplying, You'd have to explain and probably give proof for the referenced large deposits in this account

alayomini:
Hello guru, In the house,
I having a serious issue and need your help.
I applied for a visit visa to UK , I wanted to attend my younger brother graduation ceremony but the visa was refuse on a ground of credibility. This is the decision.

The decision
I have refused your application for a visit visa because I am not satisfied that you meet the
requirements of paragraph(s) V4.2 of Appendix V because
 You state you intend to travel to the UK for 3 days for the purpose of attending your
brother’s graduation ceremony.
 You state you are employed with Nestlé Nigeria PLC with a monthly income of
250000 NGN (£480, in an exchange rate of £1 = 519.69NGN, oanda.com). You have
provided a letter of employment and payslips in support of your application. You have
also provided a bank statement under your name with a closing balance of
2,407,398.31 NGN (£4,622.20). However, I note there are no salary deposits in this
account. I also note there are several large deposits in this account which do not
correlate with your stated income and therefore the origins of the funds are no clear.
Therefore I am not satisfied you have provided satisfactory information in regards to
your personal and financial circumstances in Nigeria.
 In light of all of the above I am not satisfied as to your intentions in wishing to travel
to the UK now. I am not satisfied that you are genuinely seeking entry for a purpose
that is permitted by the visitor routes, not satisfied that you will leave the UK at the
end of the visit. Your application is refused under Appendix V4.2 (a) and (c) of the
Immigration Rules.

I did not include my salary account statement but I have it , meanwhile I don't keep many in it , I only keep money in my saving account.

I also have several admissions from university in UK to resume by September but now all of them are denying me CAS due to the refusal.

Pls, I have plan to reapply this week for a visit and add my salary account .
The former decision those not give me right to appeal or administrative review.


Pls help on what is necessary to do.

Thank you all

I wonder how to prove a business is actively trading

AdesinaOBD:
Hi everyone

I was refused a visit visa

I want someone to tell me what might have gone wrong with my application so that can help me whenever i want to reapply.
Thanks

This isn't true. Please watch "Border security America's frontline" Europeans/British first-timers are denied entries when they do not have a job/ties to their countries. Returning ones who had previously stayed past their declared time are returned. You cannot stay in America for 3 months on ESTA, exit and come back weeks after. That would be termed living in the USA which isn't allowed. Most times, their ESTA privileges are canceled, and they'll be requiring a visa to visit the USA.

Matinho:
Staying for 3 months does not mean he did something wrong. There is no law that says you cannot stay in the USA, as long as you do not overstay your welcome. European citizens with ESTA stay the whole period they are eligible to stay and still come back weeks later for another visit. All because he is Nigerian that stayed for some months he is being profiled. However,if he has a tangible explanation to back up the stay its all good. To be Nigerian is a hassle,no country respects us but its a wake up call to the citizenry.

There are two Abba Kyaris; One is a DCP for IRT Squad, the other is the chief of staff

Jerrick:
Mr. Exposure I don type am already, enlighten me pls, what am I missing

No offense, but why would anyone need an IV to visit mauritius?

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