taolut:

This might be helpful for those waiting. My mum and younger sister did their biometrics on the 15th October, tracking online still says application received by DMC however, their collection email dropped this morning.

I think there is an issue with the online tracking.

Please how where you able to track yours online or you paid for it during your application?

tobxy07:


Yes please,I was ask to resubmit a clearer scanned statement of account from them

Ok, please was it the recent statement at that time or you scanned same statement you submitted initially? Thanks for this info very helpful.

Sus4:



Ok, please was it the recent statement at that time or you scanned same statement you submitted initially? Thanks for this info very helpful.

It was the one I submitted initially and not new statement...

Osondubueze:

Please how where you able to track yours online or you paid for it during your application?

if you go through the link which was sent to confirm payment, it will taker you to the TLS page - the same you used to book biometrics. There is an option to track your application there.

No, we didn't get asked to send any other information. I applied from the UK with UK bank account (not sure if that makes any difference) but I just left them to it, didn't chase or send any email.

tobxy07:


It was the one I submitted initially and not new statement...

Much appreciated

Please how many months of bank statement does one need to provide for standard visit visa for a wedding?
Also, what's the least amount to have in the account.

cutebear:
Don’t ever mention crypto as a source of income. A lot of countries are very wary of the technology behind it. Also, have you forgotten that it is banned in Nigeria?? You will just be seen as a law breaking citizen.
Also, don’t use the same accounts you receive crypto deposits to apply for visa. There is no way to explain those deposits. You should have a dedicated bank account for your crypto transactions and this shouldn’t be mentioned ANYWHERE in your application.

I remember you posted in this thread on October 29, 2021 on page 619 that you invested in crypto and had 4 large deposits in your account. I remember responding to you on page 620 (screenshot below). The Nigerian Government has not expressly banned Nigerians from trading in crypto with any law. Until the Nigerian Government enacts a law banning cryptocurrency, it remains legal in Nigeria and can be declared on visa applications.

As my husband declared he was a full time crypto trader and we were issued UK visas it means that any applicant that declares that he is a crypto trader would not be refused a visa just because of that declaration. If he is refused a visa it is because of another reason.

My husband made a second trip alone to the UK in November 2021 and when he stated at the point of entry at Manchester Airport that he would stay for a little over 1 month, the UK Border Agency official asked him what he does in Nigeria and he stated that he is a crypto trader. He was not denied entry, the officer even joked that he would start trading cryptocurrency.

So please stop trying to make full time crypto traders scared of applying for visa and declaring their legitimate source of income.

Oneguy03:
Please how many months of bank statement does one need to provide for standard visit visa for a wedding?
Also, what's the least amount to have in the account.

Personally I would say 3 - 6 months. But I think the standard is 6 months. Just have enough to cover the cost of your trip and some money remaining to hold body when you come back from the trip.

Update..

Yes, and that is why I changed my biometric date and pushed it forward by 2 weeks! So that the crypto deposits of over N5million will not reflect in my bank statement!
Maybe your case is different but remember that crypto funding in Nigeria is no longer done through banks. It is now done through P2P and even the CBN is clamping down on people using P2P. Over the last month, CBN has been closing bank accounts of people who deal with crypto. No crypto related transaction is supposed to go through our accounts according to the CBN. How do they trace crypto traders? Because of the several LARGE DEPOSITS from different people that go into their accounts. The same large deposits that the UK visa officers are always refusing people for.
Whether we like it or not, seeing several deposits from different people into ones bank account will raise questions.
Personally, I have separated my crypto account from my regular savings/salary account in order to avoid wahala. Also, you can never know the bias of the ECO that is treating your application and if that person is skeptical towards the legitimacy of the crypto trading.
I’m a die hard supporter of crypto but let’s not pretend like there isn’t a worldwide bias against it.
Even the UK recently put restrictions on Binance (the No 1 crypto trading app in the world!).
Everyone’s case is different but if one can avoid mentioning crypto, it’s best to do so. Unless like your husband, that is his sole source of income.
Perhaps, your husband has several ties to Nigeria (properties, his wife & children) or he might have an extensive travel history.
Let’s be honest here, crypto trading isn’t a job that will tie someone to Nigeria because people can trade anywhere in the world. It’s very easy for traders to Japa.
Once again, CRYPTO TRADING IS NOT A TIE TO NIGERIA.
At the end of the day, it’s a 50/50 gamble!

ellasdelight:


I remember you posted in this thread on October 29, 2021 on page 619 that you invested in crypto and had 4 large deposits in your account. I remember responding to you on page 620 (screenshot below). The Nigerian Government has not expressly banned Nigerians from trading in crypto with any law. Until the Nigerian Government enacts a law banning cryptocurrency, it remains legal in Nigeria and can be declared on visa applications.

Ellasdelight I will say you found favour, different officers deal with peoples applications and we have thousands of border officers in the Uk , some of them don’t even know what’s up they have to go to their supervisor to check somethings if there are issues or do a quick google search.

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-testing-for-people-travelling-to-england

Vaccinated folks no longer need to take covid19 pre-departure test

tiamiyukunle69:


Vaccinated folks no longer need to take covid19 pre-departure test

Except that Nigeria requires a PCR test for all international passengers except children below 10 years old.

TheExalted:


Except that Nigeria requires a PCR test for all international passengers except children below 10 years old.

No passengers from Nigeria inclusive. Check UK.gov

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/countries-with-approved-covid-19-vaccination-programmes-and-proof-of-vaccination

Please gurus in the house kindly assist

I want to apply for UK tourist visa,I have been working for 8yrs now and my salary is 88k per month
I have abt 2m naira in my bank statement and 500dollar in my domiciliary account

I have been to Malaysia spent 5days
nd Istanbul 2times,my first visit to Istanbul I spent 10days and 2weeks on my second visit which I returned 4th Nov 2021

I will be staying in a friend's apartment for the 2weeks I intend spending in uk,all other expenses will be borne by me
Aside my job I buy and sell turkey wears but didn't register the business

Does my friend need to give me an invitation letter and pls what other supporting documents does my friend need to give me

Is it adviceable to use my elder brother as sponsor due to the amount I earn or I should state I will sponsor myself
Please I need ur responses

Regards

donbabe2000:
Please gurus in the house kindly assist

I want to apply for UK tourist visa,I have been working for 8yrs now and my salary is 88k per month
I have abt 2m naira in my bank statement and 500dollar in my domiciliary account

I have been to Malaysia spent 5days
nd Istanbul 2times,my first visit to Istanbul I spent 10days and 2weeks on my second visit which I returned 4th Nov 2021

I will be staying in a friend's apartment for the 2weeks I intend spending in uk,all other expenses will be borne by me
Aside my job I buy and sell turkey wears but didn't register the business

Does my friend need to give me an invitation letter and pls what other supporting documents does my friend need to give me

Is it adviceable to use my elder brother as sponsor due to the amount I earn or I should state I will sponsor myself
Please I need ur responses

Regards

What Visa Officers want is truth, apply with your account, let your friend give you his address for them to know you’re not paying for accommodation, your statement is good.

Purpose of travel should just be straightforward “You love to travel, and you’re taking this opportunity as you have a host to cut down the cost of your stay in the UK”

Hopefully you’ll be granted visa.

Tutu82:

1.Reason is very valid but there are no guarantees when it comes to visa being granted.

2.Preferable in wife account or yours if you are the financial sponsor showing at least £1500.

3.
-Letter of invitation to mother.
-copy of wife birth certificate.
-consent letter from father for mother to travel.
-copy of wife data page & Brp card.
-Rent agreement,copy of utility bill.
-Letter from wife,s University
-Mother Inlaw,s leave letter from work.
-Letter from hospital to show proof of pregnancy/EDD.

Best wishes for a safe delivery guys and good luck.x.

Thanks very much, she was granted the visa last week.

Tho, we waited till my wide deliver before we put in the application.

donbabe2000:
Please gurus in the house kindly assist

I want to apply for UK tourist visa,I have been working for 8yrs now and my salary is 88k per month
I have abt 2m naira in my bank statement and 500dollar in my domiciliary account

I have been to Malaysia spent 5days
nd Istanbul 2times,my first visit to Istanbul I spent 10days and 2weeks on my second visit which I returned 4th Nov 2021

I will be staying in a friend's apartment for the 2weeks I intend spending in uk,all other expenses will be borne by me
Aside my job I buy and sell turkey wears but didn't register the business

Does my friend need to give me an invitation letter and pls what other supporting documents does my friend need to give me

Is it adviceable to use my elder brother as sponsor due to the amount I earn or I should state I will sponsor myself
Please I need ur responses

Regards

In addition to what has already been said, keep your account statement clean.

seyfou:


What Visa Officers want is truth, apply with your account, let your friend give you his address for them to know you’re not paying for accommodation, your statement is good.

Purpose of travel should just be straightforward “You love to travel, and you’re taking this opportunity as you have a host to cut down the cost of your stay in the UK”

Hopefully you’ll be granted visa.

The account is good , but remember she can't use more that 2 month disposable income to apply for a visa ? What she can do is to be sponsor by someone i.e husband or parents by transfer the sponsorship money into her account before she apply.

Her salary is 88k even her 2 month salary without deducting her monthly expenses can't fly

This is my little contribution

Good luck

Gentlesoul3268:


The account is good , but remember she can't use more that 2 month disposable income to apply for a visa ? What she can do is to be sponsor by someone i.e husband or parents by transfer the sponsorship money into her account before she apply.

Her salary is 88k even her 2 month salary without deducting her monthly expenses can't fly

This is my little contribution

Good luck

Pray tell who set this 2 month rule?

You have a good travel history. Go and register your business. I'm sure you have some deposits in your account that are more than 88k. You can't tell them that it's from a business when you can't prove it with registration. So, register the business, open a business account and start running it for the next few months. You should also start paying yourself monthly salary from the business account to your normal salary account (pay the same amount to yourself on the exact day of each month). This will show that you have multiple streams of income. Remember, based on several refusal letters we've seen on this thread, the ECOs believe that having a business account doesn't prove that you have access to the money. That is why you should pay yourself salary. Also try to keep your salary account as clean as possible. No random large deposits from people. Let that one go through your business account.
In addition, try to have sales invoices/receipt of sales. You need as much proof as possible because let's be honest, 88k salary job is not a strong tie to Nigeria. I was once denied when I was even earning about 350k with several work bonuses in millions.
Also, are you married? Do you have children? That can also support our application

donbabe2000:
Please gurus in the house kindly assist

I want to apply for UK tourist visa,I have been working for 8yrs now and my salary is 88k per month
I have abt 2m naira in my bank statement and 500dollar in my domiciliary account

I have been to Malaysia spent 5days
nd Istanbul 2times,my first visit to Istanbul I spent 10days and 2weeks on my second visit which I returned 4th Nov 2021

I will be staying in a friend's apartment for the 2weeks I intend spending in uk,all other expenses will be borne by me
Aside my job I buy and sell turkey wears but didn't register the business

Does my friend need to give me an invitation letter and pls what other supporting documents does my friend need to give me

Is it adviceable to use my elder brother as sponsor due to the amount I earn or I should state I will sponsor myself
Please I need ur responses

Regards

Nchabuomo:

Pray tell who set this 2 month rule?

Nobody set 2 month rule and is not rules but from experience what we have been seen so far bro

Honestly I don’t understand the whole two month rule thing because I just input what I actually have and spend.

PLEASE GUYS, I

WAHALA OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Am in tears

i made a mistake on my visa application
the mistake is i went to dubai in 2012 spent 5days

2-march 2012 to 7 march 2012 .

on my application i made a mistake and wrote that i exited in 7th march 2018 instead of 2012 Thats 6years i dont even know how my mouse made the mistake .the worst is i did my biometric yesterday.

iits was this morning i was just looking through my application form i saw that.

please how do i rectify this error.
if it was discovered before biometric i would have canceled the application or written another cover letter to be uploaded.but as it is now.my village people oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..

please help me house oooo.

motunrayoo:
WAHALA OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Am in tears

i made a mistake on my visa application
the mistake is i went to dubai in 2012 spent 5days

2-march 2012 to 7 march 2012 .

on my application i made a mistake and wrote that i exited in 7th march 2018 instead of 2012 Thats 6years i dont even know how my mouse made the mistake .the worst is i did my biometric yesterday.

iits was this morning i was just looking through my application form i saw that.

please how do i rectify this error.
if it was discovered before biometric i would have canceled the application or written another cover letter to be uploaded.but as it is now.my village people oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo..

please help me house oooo.

Leave it. It's not a problem really. Did you indicate 5 days?

6 months statement is ideal.
I won't say there's an exact amount you need to have in your account but do consider SIX things.

1. Length of stay. Let's imagine it is for 10 days.
2. Daily means of substinence. Something we ignore is that a lot of European countries have an amount they expect the average genuine tourist to spend per day based on the country of visit's standard of living- This includes accomodation, food, transport and basic entertainment. Let's say this is 100 Quid for boarding, food, transport and entertainment. It could be less if you're staying with friends. This brings your budget to 100 x 10= 1000 Quid.
3. You need to add your flight. On average, you can get a return for 600 Quid.
4. This brings the total cost of the trip to about 1600 Quid. The embassy uses Oanda Converter as their reference point for exchange rates. So, the total comes to N893, 735. Circa- 900,000 NGN.
5. You then declare whatever this amount is on your form as your intended holiday spend, now here is the tricky part. Many people will then ensure they have N1M in their account but the ECO rejected a friend for this and said that once the cost of trip is taken out, she wouldn't have enough to sustain herself upon her return to Nigeria and that nobody would clear 90% of their savings for a trip and as such he doesn't think it genuine that she intends to return. So, the advice I would give is to have 2-3 times the budget in Point 4 within the account.
6. Watch Outs; it would be more authentic if this money already exists with your accounts and is not being inflated at the last minute. So, depending on your earning power/potential and current state of account, you may need a few months to build this up organically.

I know people who got approved with about 2K GBP in their account whilst others with 7k GBP got disapproved. The important thing is to have a consistent thread that runs through the application that shows the ECO you are a genuine tourist with no desires to abscond as you have a productive life in Nigeria and you can genuinely afford the trip while there and will not seek public funds for any reason whilst returning to base promptly.

All the best!

Oneguy03:
Please how many months of bank statement does one need to provide for standard visit visa for a wedding?
Also, what's the least amount to have in the account.

Nchabuomo:


Leave it. It's not a problem really. Did you indicate 5 days?

i was supposed to indicate 2nd March 2012 to 7th march 2012====5days

i picked 2nd march 2012 to 7th march 2018=============6years

although my passport and ticket shows 5days but i hope they have a recourse to my travel document to see i didnt spend that much in dubai

motunrayoo:


i was supposed to indicate 2nd March 2012 to 7th march 2012====5days

i picked 2nd march 2012 to 7th march 2018=============6years

although my passport and ticket shows 5days but i hope they have a recourse to my travel document to see i didnt spend that much in dubai

What did you write in the number of days, weeks or month section? Did you attach your ticket from then?

In the western world, there are a lot of principles around spending; which many people swear by and many more ignore. For instance, a man spends 2-3 months of his income on an engagement ring for his fiancé. People follow the 50:30:20 rule for spending and saving. Most people spend 5-15% of their annual income on vacations. This is about 2.5 weeks to 2 months of your salary on a holiday. So, people may have derived this guideline from there but there's really no hard and fast rule. Some people go on holiday once in 4 years and so can spend 6 months of their saved salary for this while some people go quarterly and spend less than a month's income on their holiday. It all depends on your earning power, frequency of travel, overall lifestyle and priorities.

Gentlesoul3268:

Her salary is 88k even her 2 month salary without deducting her monthly expenses can't fly

Nchabuomo:

Pray tell who set this 2 month rule?

Debbieeeeeee:
Honestly I don’t understand the whole two month rule thing because I just input what I actually have and spend.

Nchabuomo:

What did you write in the number of days, weeks or month section? Did you attach your ticket from then?

IT does not have a space to pick number of days except date.

motunrayoo:


IT does not have a space to pick number of days except date.

Oh I see, the last time I filled the VAF, it had that option. Well I think it's not something you should worry about though.