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Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 4 by Gentlesoul3268: 1:48pm On Jan 21, 2022
Thank you very much Ma Ameliia....I really appreciate your concerned yesterday.

I have sent an email to UKVI complaint department for wrongly denied my wife for a large fund deposit the ECO mentioned.


Now I was told to reapply immediately to counter the refusal letter on a ground by providing the statement of account where I transferred the money into my wife bank account.

I used my personal bank statement to transferred the money to her which I used the account for miscellaneous and domestic stuff at times, Although I have a salary account which showing a steading 550k monthly salary.

We will write a cover letter to address the reason Eco wrongly denied my wife and the kids, also to provide my salary account, personal account I used to transferred the money into her acct, my payslips, and my work ID card, previous bank statement indicating the salary and 1.5m sponsorship fund apart from that no any other funds.


Please is that a good ideas?

All the gurus ...leef,, madam, cutebear , Ameila, Giselle and everyone



AmeliaT:
Sorry about this. The ECO actually wrote 8,000,000 but in the exchange to pounds, put 1400 GBP instead of 14k. I believe that's the key issue. You can write a complaint pointing out this error. As, if they had taken into account your yearly other income of #14k GBP, your monthly goes to over 2600 and so the 6k budget would only be X2.2 of your monthly income. I suggest you complain about that and also reattach your proof about every single one of the transfers. If that doesn't work,

1. Reapply and ensure there are no large deposits just your monthly fixed salary.
2. Reduce the budget from 6k so it doesn't put too much pressure on you.
3. Highlight every deposit into the account, number it and in your cover letter use bullet points to outline every deposit with the corresponding number, date and explain it and also add proof. Also include your company statement.

Have you travelled elsewhere before and was this a first time application to the UK? Sometimes, I feel like they nitpick based on a nudge they have which they can't really put a finger on so they just look out for whatever.

Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 4 by Squid456: 1:53pm On Jan 21, 2022
[quote author=cutebear post=109564023]I've been waiting since Nov 17th. There are some people who have been waiting since October. If you want to know the exact status of your application, then you should send them a paid mail (https://ukvi.mysecurepay.co.uk/Home) or make a paid phone call to ukvi (+443007906268).

[/Thank you Very much for your input I'll do as suggested. But if I may ask, what was the reason in your own case. Cos I thought if there was an issue they'll contact the applicant. ]
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 4 by mamawa123: 1:57pm On Jan 21, 2022
Take all the benefits that come with your UK visa if you have the means.

Like you don’t need another visa to visit Cancun Mexico if you have UK visa.

Mexico: Visa is not required for passengers holding a valid visa issued by the United States, Japan, Canada, the United Kingdom, or a valid tourist visa issued by a Schengen Area member states. Maximum stay of 180 days.

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Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 4 by leef2022: 2:30pm On Jan 21, 2022
Gentlesoul3268:



Thank you very much Ma Ameliia....I really appreciate your concerned yesterday.

I have sent an email to UKVI complaint department for wrongly denied my wife for a large fund deposit the ECO mentioned.


Now I was told to reapply immediately to counter the refusal letter on a ground by providing the statement of account where I transferred the money into my wife bank account.

I used my personal bank statement to transferred the money to her which I used the account for miscellaneous and domestic stuff at times, Although I have a salary account which showing a steading 550k monthly salary.

We will write a cover letter to address the reason Eco wrongly denied my wife and the kids, also to provide my salary account, personal account I used to transferred the money into her acct, my payslips, and my work ID card, previous bank statement indicating the salary and 1.5m sponsorship fund apart from that no any other funds.


Please is that a good ideas?

All the gurus ...leef,, madam, cutebear , Ameila, Giselle and everyone








Great you have had a response,
But again, you seem so stressed with the bank statement thingy which you shouldn't, do as you have been advised by UKVI, and include other necessary documents like you have noted.
Your main worry now should be would your wife be on leave, and your kids on holidays? I am putting into consideration that, that might have been the case for the kids and wife during the festive seasons the initial travel and return date was planned. If that is a possibility, kindly re-apply at anytime your wife and kids still need a valid visa for their trip..
Best of success with their future applications.
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 4 by leef2022: 2:36pm On Jan 21, 2022
gistbite:


If you are in Lagos or ibadan, healthtracka.com will do test for you in the morning at home or your preferred location and send your results by evening. So you can book the test a day before your flight. My partner and I used them and there were no issues.

My advise thou, if there is no urgency for a visit atm, intended travelers may wish to hang in there a bit, with current review about testing and all going on by the UK government, I expect testing to be scrapped at least for fully vaccinated travelers and maybe a choice thingy for unvaccinated.

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Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 4 by leef2022: 2:39pm On Jan 21, 2022
mamawa123:
Take all the benefits that come with your UK visa if you have the means.

Like you don’t need another visa to visit Cancun Mexico if you have UK visa.

Mexico: Visa is not required for passengers holding a valid visa issued by the United States, Japan, Canada, the United Kingdom, or a valid tourist visa issued by a Schengen Area member states. Maximum stay of 180 days.

And that's no extensive list. But yeah you right. Brazil did permit that in the past, not sure if they still do.
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 4 by Shakiratemma(f): 2:45pm On Jan 21, 2022
cutebear:
I've been waiting since Nov 17th. There are some people who have been waiting since October. If you want to know the exact status of your application, then you should send them a paid mail (https://ukvi.mysecurepay.co.uk/Home) or make a paid phone call to ukvi (+443007906268).


Good day
Pls how does one go about calling ukvi number. Tried calling but it is not even ringing. Pls help
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 4 by Christabeliciou: 2:55pm On Jan 21, 2022
If it's MTN you are using it's difficult to pull through, you can try Etisalat, Airtel which are much better. Meanwhile get your debit card close by as card details will be required

Shakiratemma:


Good day
Pls how does one go about calling ukvi number. Tried calling but it is not even ringing. Pls help
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 4 by Gentlesoul3268: 2:55pm On Jan 21, 2022
No we didn't got response yet only auto response, I mean the people that I showed the refusal too who know more better that advised if we can reply against easther.


Yes my wife can take a leave at work and the kids would be at holiday at that time.

Please leef we I'll need your contribution when Is time to reapply, waiting for passport collection

Thanks



leef2022:


Great you have had a response,
But again, you seem so stressed with the bank statement thingy which you shouldn't, do as you have been advised by UKVI, and include other necessary documents like you have noted.
Your main worry now should be would your wife be on leave, and your kids on holidays? I am putting into consideration that, that might have been the case for the kids and wife during the festive seasons the initial travel and return date was planned. If that is a possibility, kindly re-apply at anytime your wife and kids still need a valid visa for their trip..
Best of success with their future applications.
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 4 by headhoncho(m): 3:38pm On Jan 21, 2022
There is no harm in reapplying immediately since the denial was based on unfairness and an “error” on the part of the visa officer. Just make sure you do not give them any benefit of the doubt this time, because there might be extra scrutiny on the application, since you are opposing your initial denial, and also make sure you address the error and any other necessary issue on this decision which prompted your immediate reapplication. All the best!
Gentlesoul3268:
No we didn't got response yet only auto response, I mean the people that I showed the refusal too who know more better that advised if we can reply against easther.


Yes my wife can take a leave at work and the kids would be at holiday at that time.

Please leef we I'll need your contribution when Is time to reapply, waiting for passport collection

Thanks



Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 4 by Nchabuomo: 4:10pm On Jan 21, 2022
Gentlesoul3268:

Thank you very much my chairman Nchabuomo.....I really appreciate your concerned yesterday.

I have sent an email to UKVI complaint department for wrongly denied my wife for a large fund deposit the ECO mentioned only.


Now I was told to reapply immediately to counter the refusal letter on a ground by providing the statement of account where I transferred the money into my wife bank account.

I used my personal bank statement to transferred the money to her which I used the account for miscellaneous and domestic stuff at times and running well, Although I have a salary account which showing a steading 550k monthly salary.

We will write a cover letter to address the reason Eco wrongly denied my wife and the kids, also to provide my salary account, personal account I used to transferred the money into her acct, my payslips, and my work ID card, previous bank statement indicating the salary and 1.5m sponsorship fund apart from that no any other funds.


Please is that a good ideas?

All the gurus ...leef,, madam, cutebear , Ameila, Giselle and everyone





If you raised a formal complaint at least wait for it to be addressed.
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 4 by Lexyp(m): 4:42pm On Jan 21, 2022
Good afternoon guys please i need email to write the VAC or how i can contact them please.
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 4 by Gentlesoul3268: 4:49pm On Jan 21, 2022
Nchabuomo:


If you raised a formal complaint at least wait for it to be addressed.

Yes have already raised a formal complaint

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Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 4 by Gentlesoul3268: 4:50pm On Jan 21, 2022
Thank you very much headhoncho


headhoncho:
There is no harm in reapplying immediately since the denial was based on unfairness and an “error” on the part of the visa officer. Just make sure you do not give them any benefit of the doubt this time, because there might be extra scrutiny on the application, since you are opposing your initial denial, and also make sure you address the error and any other necessary issue on this decision which prompted your immediate reapplication. All the best!
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 4 by beautyuche: 4:51pm On Jan 21, 2022
Goodday,
I was refused Uk visa and feel its too short a time to reapply. Hence i am applying for the German schengen visa of 90 days.Seeing your message now means this is also a wrong move as I need schengen of 180 days right.
Please respond.


mamawa123:
Take all the benefits that come with your UK visa if you have the means.

Like you don’t need another visa to visit Cancun Mexico if you have UK visa.

Mexico: Visa is not required for passengers holding a valid visa issued by the United States, Japan, Canada, the United Kingdom, or a valid tourist visa issued by a Schengen Area member states. Maximum stay of 180 days.
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 4 by leef2022: 5:35pm On Jan 21, 2022
beautyuche:
Goodday,
I was refused Uk visa and feel its too short a time to reapply. Hence i am applying for the German schengen visa of 90 days.Seeing your message now means this is also a wrong move as I need schengen of 180 days right.
Please respond.



The op never implied that you have made any wrong moves or should not go ahead with your german visa application. The op was only pointing out or drawing awareness of some secondary benefits that comes with having a valid visa(s) for any of these states UK, US, Japan, Eu states and schengen territories.
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 4 by leef2022: 5:38pm On Jan 21, 2022
Gentlesoul3268:
No we didn't got response yet only auto response, I mean the people that I showed the refusal too who know more better that advised if we can reply against easther.


Yes my wife can take a leave at work and the kids would be at holiday at that time.

Please leef we I'll need your contribution when Is time to reapply, waiting for passport collection

Thanks

Okay, thought you have had a response, wait for a response. feel free to drop your question.


Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 4 by Sus4(m): 5:45pm On Jan 21, 2022
Gudevening house, trust we are all fine. Pls help , I got a uk refusal letter since on Monday and up till now my passport is still with them and they haven't told me anything about it. Pls can anyone envisage what's going on?
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 4 by luiginho2xl(m): 6:36pm On Jan 21, 2022
Sus4:
Gudevening house, trust we are all fine. Pls help , I got a uk refusal letter since on Monday and up till now my passport is still with them and they haven't told me anything about it. Pls can anyone envisage what's going on?
it takes a bit of time for the TLS to return passports after decision have been made. sometimes even up to a week or more.
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 4 by virgoago4: 7:16pm On Jan 21, 2022
After contacting the visa office they told me a decision has been made. After plenty probing and email then i got this reply
..............................................

SITEL UPDATE
Dear customer

Thank you for your SITEL enquiry

Your visa application is still currently being processed. I have escalated this to the appropriate entry clearance officer. This means you will receive your visa decision and passport as soon as possible.

If you require your passport and/or documents back immediately for travel or emergency, you are free to withdraw by making a request via the Visits.UKCustomerEnquiries@fco.gov.uk email. Please note however that this will cancel the application and we will be unable to refund you. If your passport is currently in a red list country, please enquire with your VAC regarding possible temporarily withdrawal of your passport. Please note some red list VACs are currently closed, passports will not be able to be submitted or retrieved until the ban is lifted.

Kind Regards

UK VISA AND IMMIGRATION (UKVI)
......---------------------------------------------------

Please how can i ask for my passport without cancelling my application. Someone/anyone/everyone help�. User needs his passport ASAP and confused.
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 4 by Thegamingorca(m): 7:17pm On Jan 21, 2022
leef2022:


My advise thou, if there is no urgency for a visit atm, intended travelers may wish to hang in there a bit, with current review about testing and all going on by the UK government, I expect testing to be scrapped at least for fully vaccinated travelers and maybe a choice thingy for unvaccinated.


I see them going the Switzerland route and shortening the validity for said vaccine certificates in order to boost vaccination. If they do that then ppl will still be screwed either way

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Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 4 by Dinoforyou00: 7:28pm On Jan 21, 2022
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Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 4 by Sus4(m): 7:35pm On Jan 21, 2022
luiginho2xl:
it takes a bit of time for the TLS to return passports after decision have been made. sometimes even up to a week or more.

Ok , much appreciated
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 4 by mamawa123: 7:40pm On Jan 21, 2022
beautyuche:
Goodday,
I was refused Uk visa and feel its too short a time to reapply. Hence i am applying for the German schengen visa of 90 days.Seeing your message now means this is also a wrong move as I need schengen of 180 days right.
Please respond.



No, short stay visa of 3 months or less is fine. All you need is valid visa of any of those countries

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Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 4 by Nobody: 9:35pm On Jan 21, 2022
Hello. How does one go about biometrics? Is it to be done before going for an appointment or after?
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 4 by ambgiano(m): 9:44pm On Jan 21, 2022
Good evening everyone,
My friend and I both applied for a standard visitors visa in October. We did our biometrics on October 25, 2021 at TLS Ikeja. After three months of waiting for decision precisely January 10, my friend got his, which was a refusal. Til date, I have not received any refusal or collection mail while my friend is already collecting his passport on Monday when we did our biometrics same day. I'm curious now!
What could be the problem?
What can I do?
Advise me please, NLders.
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 4 by evetyson(f): 9:59pm On Jan 21, 2022
Calm down I did mine same day too at ikeja tls got collection mail on 10th and got my visa on 12th, I have a friend that did his same day but nothing yet for him but am hopeful it will come out
ambgiano:
Good evening everyone,
My friend and I both applied for a standard visitors visa in October. We did our biometrics on October 25, 2021 at TLS Ikeja. After three months of waiting for decision precisely January 10, my friend got his, which was a refusal. Til date, I have not received any refusal or collection mail while my friend is already collecting his passport on Monday when we did our biometrics same day. I'm curious now!
What could be the problem?
What can I do?
Advise me please, NLders.
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 4 by Osondubueze: 10:13pm On Jan 21, 2022
ambgiano:
Good evening everyone,
My friend and I both applied for a standard visitors visa in October. We did our biometrics on October 25, 2021 at TLS Ikeja. After three months of waiting for decision precisely January 10, my friend got his, which was a refusal. Til date, I have not received any refusal or collection mail while my friend is already collecting his passport on Monday when we did our biometrics same day. I'm curious now!
What could be the problem?
What can I do?
Advise me please, NLders.
I did mine same day as you 25th October at VI even went there on Wednesday to check and I was told that my passport hasn't arrived yet and they have issues with October. That I should exercise a little more patience.
It's frustrating. But hoping for the best.
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 4 by Dinoforyou00: 11:16pm On Jan 21, 2022
Good evening everyone. Please can a tourist rent an apartment in the uk? Or just allowed to stay in hotels or hostels? For the case of us that doesn’t have any relative/friend in the uk
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 4 by cutebear: 3:01am On Jan 22, 2022
See question. Of course you can rent
Dinoforyou00:
Good evening everyone. Please can a tourist rent an apartment in the uk? Or just allowed to stay in hotels or hostels? For the case of us that doesn’t have any relative/friend in the uk

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Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 4 by beautyuche: 3:27am On Jan 22, 2022
Thank you very much.


mamawa123:


No, short stay visa of 3 months or less is fine. All you need is valid visa of any of those countries

Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 4 by uchman(m): 5:12am On Jan 22, 2022
beautyuche:
Goodday,
I was refused Uk visa and feel its too short a time to reapply. Hence i am applying for the German schengen visa of 90 days.Seeing your message now means this is also a wrong move as I need schengen of 180 days right.
Please respond.

Has Germany started issuing visas to first timers?


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