Pacmandude:

Refusal the 1st time was because tb and english language docs were not submitted. These two docs were available at the time of biometrics.Not submitted because it was assumed it will be forwarded by the designated centres to home office.Appeal was done through tribunal.

Getting to do priority now is because we have been waiting since March to hear from tribunal and no news. So instead of keep on waiting for tribunal which will take forever, thought it wise to get apply again this time using priority(one month). This i can't find priority on ukvisa site during payment.Its only super priority which is an extra 400 Pound to priority as stated on tls website.

You know ricki one needs to pay for the visa application, health insurance etc on ukvisa website after filling the application and submitting not tls website. That was why i asked the question if any1 knows why priority(except super priority) is not on the list & how i will go about getting the one priority instead of super priority?

Kakushia2:


August! Nah..well luckily I have a return ticket already.. need to just change dates and I’m off soon by God’s grace.

Those people hardly delay for visit visas yano.. we suffer the consequences especially if you apply for priority. Not worth it during this period tbh.

Kakushia2:
want to thank all those who helped especially Lexus who was prompt in replying my messages, Oxygen and all those I can’t recall that helped answer my questions from the beginning.
Thank you so much.

I think if you want to apply for priority, don’t apply around May cos it’s their busiest period.! So annoying waiting. If not for hubby, I think I would have gone crazy especially with pregnancy hormones lol

Also, even tho your spouse just starts a new employment as we have, their application can be successful once you provide all the necessary docs.

I wish all those applying success..!

Priorygroup:

I sent someone today to the application centre to find out if someone could help me submit my documents, they said I can only submit it myself, nobody can do that on my behalf. Not sure how long it will take to get my documents back, anyone with idea?

Priorygroup:


couple of people that just arrived uk, said they did not ask them TB cert.

Lexusgs430:


A new TB certificate is not required, for the same application.

If OP was to file a fresh application, then validity would be put into consideration....... Hence new TB certificate would be required.....

Extremebeau:
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Once that TB cert has expired you ll need to do another to be on a safe side

Priorygroup:
Hi everyone

Please I need some information if anyone can help.
I and my son was refuse settlement visa in Feb 2018, for stupid reasons. We appealed in March 2018 , I received an email 3 weeks ago from Home Office Sheffield saying that they have decided to overturn the initial refuse, they want to grant my visa but I need to withdrawal my appeal. The tribunal contacted me and requested for letter of consent for the withdrawal, which I gave. Last week I received another email from Home Office stating that the decision to refuse your visa application has been overturned and our office is now ready to issue you a UK visa, that we need pay Immgration Health Surcharge with a link , after making the payment we should take our passport along with a copy of the email sent to me by Home Office to the visa application centre where we initially made our application.
Question 1- Are we just going to walk in ?
Question 2- Is it possible for someone to Submit our passport on our behalf?
Question 3- Do we need to do another TBS test when travelling by God's grace, since the previous one is more than 6 months?
Question 4- Are we going to pay any fee for this process again at application centre?
I will really appreciate your suggestion or response. Thanks and God bless.

Launna29:



Hi all, I got an email this morning our application is about to be considered. It’s a standard application. Do i start counting from now or when we did biometrics?

Kakushia2:


Did biometrics on the 22nd of May.. that’s what I’m complaining about. They still haven’t sent an email that a decision has been made. So annoying!

Kakushia2:
Do people have to wait for up to 37 working days for priority and still no decision email sent?? I am losing my mind over this!!!!

Extremebeau:
My timeline ...
Standard application from abuja Nigeria
Online application; 23rd march
Biometrics: 4th april
Docs sent: 14th April
Docs received at sheffield: 16th april
Hubby called to find out update on d 4th July and they said decision has been made d previous week and we should wait 10 working days.
Decision made email and passport ready for collection email: 10 July
Collected passport with visa: 11th july
Total: 69 working days from bio and 60 working days from date docs were received (excluding bank hols)
Vignette valid from 27th june to 27th july.they backdated mine so i have a shorter time to leave Nigeria.

Some little pointers:
I studied in d UK for my Msc and MBA qualifications.During my MBA, just as I finished and received my results i applied for a graduate entrepreneurship visa and in that time i had issues with the sch concerning this which made them revoke their sponsorship. As soon as this happened i left the UK immediately so as not to overstay. I applied in oct 2016 for visit visa to go for my MBA graduation and was refused because of the revoking of my sponsorship. hubby stated all this in his letter of sponsorship. Got married oct 2017 and we just had to present a very tight application in order not to b refused..
We made small errors though but God was on our side.. for example. Hubby's letter of employment wasnt on an office letter head..HR wrote it on a pdf doc and just signed it there was no stamp. We also didnt use any utility bill no council tax no nothing because hubby just moved into d apartment just before d application however we did submit tenancy agreement and letter from landlord and also property inspection report even though it is an apartment and he is staying alone. There were also small differences in his monthly salary for d 6mnth period but d amnt on d statement for each mnth was exactly d same on the payslip.

I pray that those still waiting receive their goodnews soon. ..Amen. just do your part and rely on God.he ll do it for you...

Extremebeau:
It is my turn to shout Halleluyah...Olowogbogboro has turned things around for my good...
Colllected my passport this morning with my Yes inside it...
I discovered this forum after i had submitted my application however i have a friend who applied in 2016 and got his visa so he gave me a download of everything he did and i adhered strictly. the home office didnt call my husband or his office. What kept me sane for this 3mnths was the fact that my mind was busy....am a fashion designer and in this business all u think about is creating designs...3mnths flew by so quick for me.
My Timeline will come up shortly...
Thanks to everyone in this grp for all you do to help people with their application...God bless you real good

Lexusgs430:


You must submit 6 months payslip, with huge emphasis on the '28 day rule'....

A recent applicants husband earned above the £18,600 requirement, he omitted one month's payslip.

Guess what happened?

You guessed right....... And a note was included in the rejection letter about the omission. They have had to fully apply again, paying the visa all over again.... Enough said...

suavelara:
Good afternoon everyone. Thank you for this informative thread.

Please, I have a question about the six months payslip requirement.

I intend to start and submit my application in August. However my husband may not be able to provide payslips for May and June because he was on unpaid leave.

Do I still present six months payslips from July/June to February/January (If the 12 months gross is above 18,600 GBP) or present six months payslips from April to November last year?

Thanks

derbylicious:
Do airlines in Nigeria allow EU nationals to board/travel with their Nigerian spouse(without EEA FP)??

Deola101:
Here I stand, another graduate of this noble institution! I can't say thank you enough to everyone who has contributed vital information on this forum. The information is pricelessly invaluable!

I got my passport back today, with the visa!!
67 working days in total. I'm so elated and relieved. Here's my timeline;

*Online application - 31st March 18 (Non-Priority, Settlement - wife)
*Biometrics - 3 April 18
*Transferred to UKVI mail - 3 April 18
*Docs received at Sheffield - 16 April 18
*Being prepared for consideration mail - 23 April 18
*Application not straightforward - 1 July 18 (getting this after 62 working days sent me into panic mode!!)
*Decision made email from TLS - 5 July 18 (Day 66)
*Passport collected with visa - 6 July 18 (Day 67)

The last 3 months have been the longest, marked with obsessive mail/TLS status checking and counting working days. Lol. My advice, if you can, by all means, please do Priority. The wait is harrowing. Praise to God that its over and it turned out positive. I pray everyone waiting receives their good news soon too.

Kakushia2:


This cracked me up real hard!!�
It’s a good analogy I must confess... I just don’t feel like a prisoner but a depressed and tortured prisoner rn..
32 working days now for priority and still nothing..! I hate this process.

Lexusgs430:


You are good to go....... They don't always send acknowledgement emails..... If you used priority, start counting 30 days (backwards)......

Launna29:


Hi all,
Am I to be worried? My husband has sent our applications to the UKVI office not received any email saying it has been received.

Launna29:


Hi all,
For those that have gotten their visas please i want to ask is it a month you were given to leave Nigeria? And what are the best airline tickets available now.

Embellish:
Hi everyone,
I got to the UK yesterday and the immigration officer asked quite a number of questions. He asked me when and where I got married,how I met my husband,if I had resigned from work in Nigeria and if I planned to work in the UK,if I already had a job offer here,where my husband works and what he does there,then he asked me where his office was located. Well,I knew where he worked but didn't know the location and I told him so. He didn't seem too pleased that I didn't have that info. He then told me to try and get to Southampton by Monday to pick up my BRP. Na so I run leave am o,before he'd look for something out of the blues to ask.

Launna29:


Hi Everyone,
I want to find out if you get an email that documents have been received. My husband just sent our documents. Thank you

teejay231:


It doesn't matter what qualification or no qualification the applicant has. HO only cares about the sponsor. They don't care if the applicant doesn't work as long as the sponsor meets the financial requirements. All this talk of portfolio or business papers are irrelevant and I am talking from experience. You only need a portfolio when you get to the UK and are applying for jobs or looking for clients.

Except you are applying for a Tier 1 visa.

oxygyne:


Sincerely I do not think you should worry much about yourself (not to say you shouldn't...lol),but most of the scrutiny is on your sponsor. All you (the applicant) need to do is to just complete the application form adequately, there is a question about your employment where you can put in information about your self-employment.

Dremzz:
You did the elctronjc signing with Adobe Acrobat and got the Visa?
I have it on my system and can do that as well instead of scanning.

Dremzz:
Hi oxygyne.

Thank you for your reply and the checklist, very helpful.
He has ALL the supporting documents including TB and english language cert. Its just the supporting letter and application form(thought it will be taken from me in VFS center) he doesn't have. Was just wondering if someone on here has scanned before and it was fine. As its weekend the courier companies wont deliver till Tuesday.

Dremzz:
Good day everyone.
I just did my biometrics, but they didnt take the full application form, just the first 2 pages of it and my passport.
Do I have to DHL the signed application to hubby? Or I can just scan it?
Also for my cover letter is it okay to type it out and sign and just scan it to him as well?
Thank you.

Johnwisdom1032:

I run an online store and a physical shop, my company is not registered yet... But I have my shop tenancy agreement documents and screenshot of transactions between me and my customers... Please will this be enough as proof of entrepreneurship?

Johnwisdom1032:
Please @justwise and others in the house, I need your help urgently.... I'm married to a U.K. Citizen and we did the marriage here in Nigeria at ikoyi wedding registry... it's now time for me to apply for settlement visa.. but the problem is that my wife work as a personal instructor in the gym and also for private clients but as self employed and no p60 but she pay her taxes and also declare her yearly income too... please my questions are ...1. What type of documents can she summit instead of p60? Or can she get p60 as a self employed?
And another issue is that I stop school for my business here in Nigeria and never get the chance to complete my uni...just want to know of that will be a problem or I'm good to go...the third question is that.... she no get payslip but she can get her statement of account and also sometimes she collect cash from her clients..please what can we do?

Pacmandude:
Thank you Justwise for your reply. I had wanted and still want to reapply (priority this time around) but i need to retrieve the Tb and english proficiency certificates back because without them i can not reapply. My wife was told that she needs to present the TB certificate (which was valid at the time of submission and now has expired because of the long wait of the appeal) to get a new one at the clinic specified by the Homeoffice.
No i have not used their email services but that is not a problem to get to use it.
My wife is writing them a letter today, asking what is delaying the appeal. We feel also we should write them to suspend the appeal and for them to return the documents. Hope these are in order? Awaiting your response. Thank you.quote author=justwise post=68913668]

Honestly i feel your pain, this is the frustrating thing about tribunal cases because there is no timeline and the waiting is endless sometimes.

How about reapplying and deal with the reason(s) of previous refusal?

Regarding those documents you just have to keep emailing and calling them, have you paid for their email services before?

missjennybaby:
Hi all,

I have been a silent follower for a while and just wanted to post mine and hubby's experience. He was finally granted his visa yesterday and words cant describe the feeling after such a long wait. This forum has helped so much, especially seeing people's good news stories etc. It makes the long wait a little better when you know others have waited long too.

Our timeline (non-priority):

Online Submission: 22nd March
Biometrics: 22nd March
Documents sent: 22nd March
Decision made: 26th June
Passport ready for collection: 26th June
Passport collected with visa: 26th June
Total: 65 working days

Praying for positive outcomes for all who are still waiting!