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@ Poster,

You have placed me in a conundrum, are you a 'mail man' OR is your 'housewife' harassing mail men in your absence?

@ phuket,

The DOB is something you can work around with. It has been corrected on your passport by the Nigerian Immigration Service. If you had written on your application form the wrong DOB, which I suspected you did and you are bothered about it, I am sure if you think critically well, there are ways you can ''intelligently'' explain the discrepancy with your new application.

Seeing that your partner is economically tied to the UK, apart from his being a British citizen, that is OK. Ensure that you have supporting documents to the claims you have stated here. This is all I have to say for now.

@ Akolawole,

The Nigerian culture, does not allow for gay marriage. Hence, people paying attention to his marriage in matters of attendance is inconsequential. That is my own view though.

@ phuket,

One more thing, whether you apply from Lagos or Vietnam, your previous application would be cross-checked from their database. That I can assure you of.

All the best.

brownbonno:
Lol
Waited to see how it will all unfold.
The Civil Partnership Act 2004 was entirely for same sex couple.
It will take the the OP cracked  nut to convince the ECO of a durable relationship since they live apart(Thailand-Singpore) and on a time restricted visit visa there in Thailand.

In fact, it all just got more interesting and puzzling for me. I thought civil partnership was for boyfriend-girlfriend thingy.

@ phuket,

How long has your partner been resident in Singapore? My reason for asking is based on what brownbonno has posted, which is an eye-opener to your case for me.

For one, you and your partner are not ''living together'' at the moment, you only visit yourselves in different countries, your partner is British, works in Singapore, has he secured a job in the UK that will make room for you guys to live together as partners, do you have documents to show for this? You are not gainfully employed at the moment, you have a visit visa to Thailand for one year and you last worked four months ago, have you considered all this loopholes to your application?

@ darkroll,

Please I await your contribution on these matter. This is really complicated as you anticipated.

@ phuket,

Please I hope you do not mind my asking, are you gay? It is just a question of curiosity, nothing more.

I think Funkybaby has answered you satisfactorily. Yet still, I would give further insights to your questions in seriatim.

1. Yes they have all your records, including all documents witheld from your initial applications. I remember the case of one of my friends who applied to the BHC Lagos in 2004 to join his parents, when you still have to make a face-to-face application, the ECO brought out the file of his father and mother who were already resident in UK, just to verify whether there were any discrepancies in the records from either parties.

2. Of course they will check your DOB from your initial application. In fact, it is one of the vital records to identifying you easily with the BHC. Nevertheless, since you stated that the error has been corrected from the Nigerian Immigration Service, you have no problem. Just ensure you attach your Birth Certificate showing the real DOB with your application now.

3. An Immigration officer placing a stamp on the spot where your refusal was on your passport, is NOT a problem. It is your fault, and there are no implications with it. It is already noted in their system that you had been refused, if you submit any application, the records will pop up showing your refusal. The stamp issue to the best of knowledge and in which I have the same is not a subject of worry in any way.

4. There are ways you can be intelligent with this. Firstly, it is best you are ''intelligently honest'' with them. In the sense that, when filling your application, make reference to the fact that you had suffered relationship damage in times past following your refusal to visit the UK in 2004, because your partner broke off the relationship since you were not able to travel to the UK to procure all necessary items for the wedding. That the refusal had an irreparable damage to you and your relationship which led to the cancellation of your proposed marriage from your partner. Secondly, you can then march on to state that because of that, you have moved on you have now found someone else.

maedan:
@ all the so-called gang

didn't bother to read ur whole gabbing posts, but the tone I sensed was that of childish anger. If I offended u with my bantering comments, too bad. I was indeed speaking for myself and some others in travel section, not necessarily this particular thread. For ur information, a very nice fellow nairalander answered my question all those months ago, was very helpful, and with the extra stuff I got from the web, was able to travel here (UK) without stress.

I will be here for the next two years or so on a PSW visa with my hubby, so u can jump into a f-king lake, the collective lot of u for getting at me with such venom when I meant no harm.


Disgraceful.

OK. I have noted your puerile balderdash of a post. You call my posts gabbing? Why bother responding to a gabbing post thereafter? Who is more childish when a supposed married woman cannot watch her mouth and readily has recourse to using the ''eff'' word in her posts.

I have made my posts to you. Next time you open your gob to direct posts at me hiding under the humor of you making it bantering comments, apply your senses. My first comments here were not directed to anyone, you suddenly barged-in to ptyalise your claptrap. At first, I humored you with my silence, you came back again to post more anecdotes filled with childish animosity for not responding to you all the while when you had your case pending, which was not even posted on this thread in the first place.

Nevertheless, I have humored you with my silence before, permit me to return to my initial state of not responding to you henceforth. You have your mouth, you are free to utter your inputs, and I doubt I would ever respond to your childish and gutter rantings again.

Have a good day and enjoy your UK.

@ Akolawole,

Is LondonCool under a ban?

@ Salsy07,

I think Akolawole and VOR can handle your case and tell you what to do. I do not have total and convincing knowledge about the intricacies to unmarried partner immigration.

Sorry.

Akolawole:
@Funke

You don teach me on "how not to believe people"

@Pataki-funky

U know say one lady don 419 me for here before?

Na only you? Well, in my days of goodwill, wrote an appeal for a lady on this forum, and I never heard from her immediately I sent the formatted copy of appeal to her. All emails I sent thereafter, she never acknowledged them.

Such is life though.

Oh NO! I just heard it on AIT International now. This is so sad to hear.

May her soul rest in perfect peace. Another touching side to the Zimbabwe story.

@ Poster,

The ECM is right, you can appeal against the decision on compassionate ground. The way you have gathered all your supporting evidence for the case is good enough. However, kindly make sure that all your grounds of compassion, has evidences in form of documents to each respectively, and attach them with your grounds of compassion when submitting it.

If it however still does not work, migrating to other EU countries is a viable option. Just note that you cannot afford to withold any information if making an application, as there are exchange of information between these countries all the time.

Cheers.

Ilelobola:
She has no right to naturalise at 18 because there are no such provisions in the Nationality Act.

The only right she would have had was to Registration as a citizen if she had lived here continously for 10 years since birth.

Thank you very well said! Who would want to have his/her child here for 10 years under illegal stay. What a psychological depression such a child would face.

A British Birth Certificate DOES NOT equate to a British Passport. To think that some people call themselves educated.

Anyways as it is usually said by the thing. . . . some opinions are arseholes.

megastu:
So you see, you can work very hard in Naija, and enjoy life by travelling on vacations. By the time the child is 18years, he/she would have had a good travel record, and won't be easily denied any visa.

At the risk of not sounding pedantic and pessimistic, a good travel record around the world does not correlate to easy visa getting for some countries such as the UK. This is my view. One may have been traveling from one's mothers womb, but if the requirements are not met for the purpose of immigration, it results in a refusal.

funkybaby:
o se se bere
na under that duvet u go freeze
shior !

Bo ya lo mo. . . . . Opon ti sun mhen.

Oga Akolawole, you were talking about East London girls abi? Wetin be them cell jare?

funkybaby:
pataki, you cant blame him oh
i have maintained a bad habit in recent times of not replying mails or answering phone calls.
akolawole sef is a living witness
but i have repented now

Or even calling sef.

At least Tope (peot) is in London with his Ajoke now. Do you want me to continually keep hiding under the duvet in this cold ni?

Ma fi otutu yi shemi leshe joor.

Education is not vital in the UK economy? These NVQ thingy has eroded into the senses of some peeps. Most of the Representatives and what not in Nigeria, I do not see them beyond the NVQ status. No wonder they end-up sleeping while proceedings in the house are on-going. Lazy drones.

maedan:
^^^ by anyone do u mean ur gang or the many pple who have been posting questions n getting no reply?

Yes I meant my gang. If it annoys you, sorry stay off my posts. Why? It will continually annoy you. At first, I was not going to respond to your posts, simply because I was not sure whether you had posted in here and no one responded to you. I thereafter took my time to read the last 9 pages of this particular thread and in no instance, did I come across your name or posting here.

I then took my time to read your 300 and something amount of posts, only to find that your first posting on nairaland with your username was about your case which was sometime back in June 2008 and not even on this thread. I am sure, google should have resolved your case with British Embassy by now, isn't it?

None of my gang members are being paid to give the little suggestions they have towards different cases. I have met people here in London, who never knew I was the personality behind Pataki, who in fact were my classmates right back from secondary school making references to Nairaland travel section for getting possible suggestions to their respective immigration issues. I just simply laugh inside me and listen to their story without attributing my person to them. Save for one person who later got to know me through one of friends in Nigeria that gave me the name Pataki.

This thread has over 75 pages with various inputs and suggestions to faceless beings who we may all tomorrow be joustling to enter the same bus to our various destinations across the UK. If we had decided to be arrogant and give no response to people and their questions, would the thread have grown to this extent? This thread is currently the only thread on the travel section which has a high traffic of views and inputs. So next time you want to talk, articulate your points more sensibly.

Cheers.

@ Akolawole,

I had already asked of LondonCool in the UK Visa Appeal thread. Was LondonCool banned? For what reason? This Nairaland sef.

East London girls ke? You want my Afro hair to be shaved with broken bottle by Madam? She has been threatening me for a while now. Nothing do me still. In fact, the rate at which Home Office just dey throwey refusals these days, it is getting alarming. I keep hearing gists here and there, most especially with this PSW thingy. Economic recession, no even come make matter better sef.

All those Paki-Naija collabo colleges are really been soiled (na wa o! is ''h.a.c.k.e.d'' not an English word? Why the censoring to ''soiled''? )down seriously now.

I even have a question to ask you sef. Is it true, that it is only Church of England, that is permitted to do Church weddings officially in the UK? This matter was a subject of argument with someone, sometimes back. What do you know about it?

peot:
@ Pataki
@ funnkybaby

thankx guys for help. Joke is now in London, we came in together. Funke pls call me or email me. Thank u

Na wa for you oh. So it is only funkybaby that should call or email you? Nevertheless, congrats on Joke entering London!!! Am truly glad for you. Whereabout in London are you? Send me an email soonest.

At least, now your mind is at rest shay?

Cheers man.

Becomrrich:
The system may be the same. We do not need to use thier system. It is not the best for Nigeria.

Orunmila tell me where the barrier are, And how we could run an effective grid system.

Orunmila tells me where the transmission point should be.

Orunmila tell me, where best to build generation station.

Orunmila tells me how to design the transmission Network for effective supply.

Orunmila tells me where best to place the transformers.

Orunmila tells me how to redesign Nigeria grid system.

Orunmila tells me what how load is.

Orunmila tells me what are load forecast it.

Orunmila tell me where to put the various substations.

Orunmila tells me the required number of cable lenght(approx) needed for each location.

from Orunmila i can predict the total lenght of cable we need in Nigeria.

from Orunmila I can tell you what the voltage level in each setup and stepdown transformer should be.

from Orunmila i can tell you what is the attenuation level in every node on the grid system.

From Orunmila I can tell you what the spec should be in every node on the grid system.

You see, Yar adua needs to find me his In law something. Or else no more food from sister Turai .



(01) 416 904 5008

nigeriamail@hotmail.com

Please can the satellite pictures Orunmila tell you when Yar'Adua is leaving Aso Rock?

[quote author=St.Funmi link=topic=243183.msg3552514#msg3552514 date=1236299225]+ve assumption for men? What's positive about men anyway? [/quote]Which world are you living in? I need to expose you to a better mindset.

Why not include the possibility that her father is an irresponsible manliness head?

NO, I would not. Simply because I am not stupid as you are. Why not make room for positive assumptions rather than spit your rancid thinking on the forum?

salsy07:
Thank you for your answer Pataki. I don't know if your "that's so wrong" is ironical or not but it is true that he had lied about studying since he had given up his course to work (not in excess than 20 hours per week though) and I even think he said this to the officer in the holding room.

I think as well that I should ask a competent lawyer to handle his case. If you have any idea of where to find "competent" solicitors in London then I would be glad if you told me or recommend one, if possible.

You don't seem to be too pessimistic about his case, Thanks for your help.

It is not ironical. I am just passing across my message of his wrongdoing in a subtle and gentle tone. Of course, he might have kept himself to the 20hours per week duration as specified (which is arguable though), it still does not remove the fact that the purpose of his stay was not achieved within the last 6-7years. I also know it is so easy for these colleges to issue letter for 'students' when money has exchanged hands. I can almost predict the kind of questions he was asked and he goofed in answering them. Which further led to the immigration officer probing him further and further.

What I do not understand is the fact that if he could renew his student visa in the UK for the past 6-7years, why was he not determined to just complete his study once and for all and switch into another category of stay which would definitely lead to his getting an Indefinite Leave to Remain?

Am sorry, I cannot recommend any immigration lawyer to you in this instance. Since you are resident in the UK, I think you can work your way out around that.

For his future application, it might at first results in a refusal upon application, which I have observed with several cases often times. However, it does not remove the fact that, he can apply for a visa to the UK from India. Just as I earlier posited, he just needs to handle his subsequent application with extreme caution.

Gosh VOR beat me to the post!

Is it actually after 1982 or rather after 1981?

@ Poster,

[b]A British Birth Certificate does not in anyway, confer any right on your child whether now, or in the nearest future, with the current British immigration law. [/b]It is advisable that, with the money you have been saving, plan for your kid in the nearest future for a good education abroad if indeed you want the best for them.

You may try your options with other countries which I am not conversant with, but with the UK, please do not come to waste your money for nothing, and your child later on in years blame you, that you could have spent the money wisely in other ways.

Just my one cent on this topic.

Cheers.

[quote author=St.Funmi link=topic=243183.msg3552203#msg3552203 date=1236290025]Fathers should absolve themselves with whatever is happening in their daughters lives abi?[/quote]The story never made mention of the father. It was only the mother and her sister that were mentioned in that report. Possibly it might be that the father is dead or there was never any dad right from her conception. Try to reason sensibly next time.

This yeye girl is back at it. Paint a leopard in white, still it is a leopard. Who do daughters relate more with, when it comes to discussing their emotional lives? It is their mother. But Shit Funmi would rather allow her idiocy to take over.

funkybaby:
hehehheeh. patient kini? i send you message?
you no fit do anything. gba gbe !!!
missing you. . . . nah. there is so much comfort here in naija.

Don't worry, I know where we would meet. Seriously, where is Akolawole? The last time I spoke with him, he promised to give me a call, I never heard from him thereafter. Have you heard any news whatsoever from 'our client' in Lagos ever since? I keep forgetting to ask you all this while.

Wa ja mi si aye oh. Make me sef come enjoy naija comfort. Should be popping in sooner than you expect though.

What are you confused over? You have a right of appeal, then utilize it. It is simple as ABC.

Wow! I am the luckiest dude in the world!

salsy07:
Hi everyone,

I am totally new to this forum and I apologize if the same kind of questions I am going to ask have already been answered previously but I did not have time to read all the topics on the forum.

My boyfriend had a valid student visa from the UK when he arrived at Gatwick last Tuesday. He had gone to India for holidays and was coming back to London. Unfortunately, he was refused entry, his visa was stamped "cancelled" and he was sent back to India the very same day. I talked to him on the phone and he said the officer had asked him a lot of questions and had come to the conclusion that he had been deceiving the UK government. I reckon that this is partly true because he has been in the UK for 7 years and had his visa renewed each year by registering to various colleges. The thing is that the UK Government always granted him a visa on each application, Anyway, I would like to know how to help him to come back now. Apparently, he has not been banned for one year or more (I asked him and he told me that there was no ban) and the officer told him that he could make other visa applications but on "genuine" grounds this time. I therefore have several questions:

1. Do the reasons of the refusal appear on his passport? If not, where can I get the information? How can I know if there is a ban or not ?
2. Can he appeal that decision now that he is back in India?
3. Can he apply for any kind of other visas or work permits for the UK any longer on a genuine reason? If so, will the application will be influenced by his "records" and the fact that he has been refused entry once?


Thank you for your answers. I feel quite helpless. He had a life here and now he has lost everything.
Kind regards.

WOW! Refusal at port of entry due to inconsistencies and irregularities with his stay in the UK. Studying for 7 years, and switching colleges every year? Thats so wrong. To answer your questions;

1. Yes there is a stamp of refusal on his passport. His record with the British Immigration would also hold the knowledge that he has been refused at port of entry to the UK. If there was a ban on his UK entrance, it would have been clearly stated in a written document to him. And moreover, his case does not deserve a ban to the best of my knowledge.

2. Was he given a right of appeal? I highly doubt there would have been one in respect to his case though. If he was given one however, yes he can appeal his case of refusal.

3. Yes he can apply for any other kind of visa. But he has to be mindful what kind of visa he is applying for, what are the requirements to the visa and how he perfectly meets the requirements. I would furthermore suggest, that he gets a competent immigration lawyer to closely look into his case. There are intelligent ways of handling these matter, it will take no doubt though.

funkybaby:
hahahhahaha
wetin dem talk say i do again 
oju-ko-ro-ju. . . . hmmmmm     
i am going to repeat what i did last year, i did it before heavens didnt fall and am gonna do it again 

anyway, welcome back. anything for awon girls?

Thanks for the welcome. You try it this year and you are in for it seriously! You think it is easy to be a patient dog abi? Hope you are not missing me too much sha.

funkybaby:
YOU ! Its been ages
where have you been?

Yeah its me. I just decided to take a break off the forum. Like Akolawole's sabbatical. I also did mine. Where is Akolawole, Londoncool? I can still see Oga VOR has been recent here. I even have a question for LondonCool as well.

YOU! I heard your gist oh. I am waiting for when next we see oju-ko-ro-ju. Oju ni oro wa.