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divinegrace4me:
I read your comments all the time, and I must say you have a great spirit. Despite the delay in your own Visa application, you still come to this wonderful forum to contribute and offer advice to other prospective students.

My advice is that nothing is impossible; I have a friend whose school's final day of enrollment was last week Friday; he received a collection mail on Wednesday evening, went to pick up his passport at TLS on Thursday morning, and then went straight to the airport; it was his younger brother who brought his luggage to the airport for him; he filled out the passenger locator form right away, and he was able to fly that same day.

When he arrived in the UK on Friday, he went straight to school with his luggage to explain the delay in getting his Visa, and he was allowed to enroll physically.

You can do the same thing tomorrow; your school should be able to accept you with only a 1-2 day delay in arrival.

I wish you luck.

Thank you for your suggestion,
it is not about pressing forward to get there, the thing is my program is in engineering, i have 4 modules this semester, class started since JAN 17, from then till now, is about 4 weeks, so i have missed 16 classes already, if i decide to go now, i will be putting myself under unnecessary stress to catch up, to settle down, they are already talking about submitting assignment March 16. before i combine accommodation problem with it. and a lot of other things. I know my capabilities, I have paid good money as fees, 1 do not want to poor grades .

I want to apply for PTA, which airline can I book for return ticket that can offer refund if I didn't use the return ticket. Thanks

I'm glad that it ended well for you. I'm praying that you get a sponsored job to enable you make the switch ASAP.

Yemsot:
My journey so far in the UK. (Please pardon my long epistle. This is to encourage someone.)

I came to the UK in 2020 via student visa for PGCE Primary with QTS (Initial Teacher Training) in the University of Wolverhampton. Training to be a teacher in the UK was not an easy feat for me (I did not have time for myself, neither could I do any part-time job until summer.) We had lectures Monday to Friday from 9am till 4pm, after which we were given loads of assignmnents...........
EXACTLY eight weeks after my student visa application, my graduate visa application was approved! I have now been granted the leave to remain in the UK for two years.

PS
I have started applying for jobs with employers that have sponsor license.

If they are not applying with you, they need to show their funds.
If they are applying with you, they dont need to show it but you need to have it ready just incase it might be requested by the ECO.

donkdonk:
Please house I need some experienced answer to this question. If your dependants(spouse and kids) are to later join you in the UK, and your kids are US and Canadian citizens(countries that do not need to show funds available for upkeep), Is it only your spouse that is required to show proof of upkeep funds or all your dependants? I read somewhere that if your dependants are citizens of countries that are exempt from showing proof of funds and they are applying with you,then they dont need to show funds but if they are applying seperately, then you might need to show funds for them. I honestly need an up to date response to this house. Thanks for the good work you guyz have been doing. Cheers

You really dont need to change the address as long as all other details (name, passport number) are correct.
But if you really, really want to, you should be ready to pay about N8,500.

Bnaira77:
Hello, good evening . I need to change my tuberculosis address on the certificate please how do I do that and how much is the fee .

Thanks ❤

Tboytb:
Mine is also 19th ikeja, okay thanks for the advise, but we should recieve mail by Monday now.

Yeah most definitely cause I got mine on Friday I couldn’t pick it at vac but because I used dhl I pick over the weekend my self

Please house do I still need to do Covid test after been fully vaccinated.
I’m using Qutar airways.

Help a brother !!

Thank you for the clarity.

mimilyrics:
If they are not applying with you, they need to show their funds.
If they are applying with you, they dont need to show it but you need to have it ready just incase it might be requested by the ECO.

My laptop bag was stolen which contained my children's birth certificates.
1. Can i go for re-issuance at the National population Commission
AND
2. Will the recent dates on the new certificates affect the outcomes of our visa application. Pls advice

isialo:
My laptop bag was stolen which contained my children's birth certificates.
1. Can i go for re-issuance at the National population Commission
AND
2. Will the recent dates on the new certificates affect the outcomes of our visa application. Pls advice

get a police report for lost of documents, then go for re-insurance of the birth certs that should suffice for reasons for recent dates on the birth certs (i.e stolen/lost of documents). Recent dates on documents is no crime if genuine. Don't give in to unnecessary fear of the unknown from a shallow op, that asks you to comitt forgery by backdating documents. He won't serve the 10 years ban with you and your family. The courts and appropriate authorities are there to make even future documents (like a WILL legal and binding).
Thanks

Hello guys please I need answer to this, I was denied in 2018 by the irish embassy, though it was for a 3 weeks visit , I was going with one of my uncle's, I can no longer find the denial documents, do I need mention the denial in my uk application?

Bronzedigger:
Thank you... concerning the English proficiency do I have to go to my school to obtain it and send to them or i write to my school to mail it to them
MY EMAIL: mercychukwunonsooluka@yahoo.com

Did you submit waec or neco to them before this conditional mail?

sixsgod:
Hello guys please I need answer to this, I was denied in 2018 by the irish embassy, though it was for a 3 weeks visit , I was going with one of my uncle's, I can no longer find the denial documents, do I need mention the denial in my uk application?

do you need to mention ?? you dnt know Republic of Ireland and UK are like twins?

Hey Guys pls I used Travelstart to book UK flight and February 27th as my travel, I received confirmation mail for 27th February and proceeded to make payment, however, they sent me a ticket for 27th April. I have informed then about the error but they keep telling they don't alter bookings and that is what i booked.
I'm confused right now, as I booked flight for 27th of February. Please guys help with the way forward cos this guys are bent on collecting over 100k to correct this error, I offered to pay not more than 50k as I don't have much and the error is not from my end....

Update: I visited their office and the issue was resolved

uchman:
Did you submit waec or neco to them before this conditional mail?

WAEC

Good morning everyone and a very special greetings to those that are expecting their testimonies this week. God no go shame us. I will testify this week IJN. Amen.

Good morning everyone,looking to study occupational therapy,social work or psychology,they are all demanding careers and I love them but I know it’s not just about loving a course it should be marketable too so could anyone help me with the job prospects which one would be more marketable especially in the Uk as an international student,thank you

Hello guys.

Good morning..

I've been trying to book an appointment for May. Getting this.

Any help?

Same error message from my end too.

Czsamanie:
Hello guys.

Good morning..

I've been trying to book an appointment for May. Getting this.

Any help?

Yemsot:
My journey so far in the UK. (Please pardon my long epistle. This is to encourage someone.)

I came to the UK in 2020 via student visa for PGCE Primary with QTS (Initial Teacher Training) in the University of Wolverhampton. Training to be a teacher in the UK was not an easy feat for me (I did not have time for myself, neither could I do any part-time job until summer.) We had lectures Monday to Friday from 9am till 4pm, after which we were given loads of assignmnents. We had two placement blocks - one during the autumn term and the other from spring 2 term till the end of summer term. During the placement days we were going to our placement schools like teachers (i.e full-time). My first placement went smoothly in key stage 1, but trouble started during my second placement. I was placed in a challenging school in Walsall with students that have aggressive behaviours (year 6). I struggled with my teachers' standards and at the end the placement was declared a failed one in June. I was told I could resit the failed placement in the next academic year at no cost but for teacher training, you can only resit a placement once; I also had to look for a school myself. Furtunately for me, during the summer holiday, I was able to get a school in Norwich that was ready to take me in as a student teacher and I could start in September.
September came, and I started my 13-week placement with no issues. The school was a nice one with pleasant children. There was no indication of me not performing well until my university moderating tutor (UMT) came during the 6th week. Then she put in place a cause fior concern procedure saying I have not met some standards. I had a week to meet these standards, otherwise, it would be declared a failed placement. At the end of the 7th week, the cause for concern was reviewed and I was told I was making progress but not enough, therefore the cause for concern has been extended for another week. At the end of the eighth week when it was reviewed, they said though I had made progress, they do not feel that I could meet the teachers' standards within the five weeks remaining, therefore the placement was terminated. I was dejected and sad because my QTS journey ended there and I could not get a licence to teach in the UK. I was now told to complete and alternative assessment for me to pass the remaining academic module so that I can have a PGCE but without a QTS.

THE TROUBLE
When the placement was first terminated in June, I contacted the school's UKVI compliance office to inform them and to let them know that I would need an extension of my study visa (my visa was expiring in 31 December) because I had to resit the placement in the next academic session. The response I got was to wait till November before applying for the extension. When November came, my resit placement was terminated on the 12 but I still had the alternative assignment to do. Then I contacted the UKVI compliance office again for the extension of my visa. They contacted my faculty and lo and behold, the faculty said they did not have any reason to sponsor me since I would not be attending classes again. Meanwhile, I informed my department that I would need my result to be able to apply for the graduate visa, so, they told me to hand in to assignment on time so that it can be marked and the result collated. The result for that module was ready but the school's board was not going to sit on results until January 2022, whereas, my visa was expiring December 2021. The UKVI compliance office then sent me a mail telling me that they could not issue me a new CAS, also that they contacted the home office and they were told that I would not be eligible for the graduate visa because I did not gain the QTS with my PGCE, therefore, I should just go back to my country - even without having my result.

MY DILEMA
At that point I did not know what to do. I didn't want to go back home neither did I want to remain in the UK as an illegal immigrant.

RESOLUTION
An aunt now advised me to apply for the student visa extension using the old CAS (she said that as long as I put forward an application before my visa expires, I will remain legal until a decision is made). This application was to buy us some time to figure out available options since application within UK takes 8 weeks. Therefore, I had 8 weeks to figure things out. Lo and behold, the only option left was applying for a masters course with the PGCE. All the schools I applied to asked me to defer my application to the September intake. Even Wolverhampton was just staring at my application with no respon. Consequently, no way out.
The school did not tell me when my final result would be ready. The only mails from them was to ask about my travel preparations; if I had left the country, or if I had applied for another visa to remain in the country, in short, they wanted to know my immigration status in the country.
5 weeks after my visa application (19 January), I got a mail from the home office, requesting for a new CAS, saying the CAS I used has been used for my previous application. I was given 10 working days to provide the CAS after which a decision would be made on my application.

DAY 1 (Wednesday): I couldn't do anything.
DAY 2 (Thursday): Started getting contacts of immigration lawyers.
DAY 3 (Friday): Contacted all immigration lawyers I knew but had the same response from them - they couldn't do anything to help me.
School's UKVI compliance office sent a mail requesting for my immigration status as my visa was to have expired in December.
During that weekend I, with the encouragement of my parents, decided to mail the school (copying everyone I could). I couldn't get the VC's email, but was able to get hold of the DVC student's email. We just thought it is either the school give a favourable response or not. In the email, I itemised my plight, starting from who I am being an international student, and how I felt during the course of my studies. I even wrote that I felt I was not being supported as an international student doing teacher training in the school. Also in my mail, I said that instead of me being informed of when my result would be ready, I was being chased with depressing emails and I felt as if the school just wanted to send me away after paying a huge sum in school fees; and I was being denied the opportunity enjoyed by international students in other universities (which is the application for the graduate visa). I informed them that I applied for an extension of my student visa and that the home office is requesting a new CAS from the school.

DAY 4 (Monday): The DVC responded to the mail, and appointed the head of the UKVI compliance and the Director of the School of Education to look into the issue as a matter of urgency.
Day 5 (Tuesday): The head of the compliance office responded and said the school could no longer offer sponsorship as I didn't have to attend classes again. He even said that it was not a new thing for international students to return home before their final results was ready. Furthermore, he said that I had been told to return home but I applied for a visa extension on which a decision had not been made.
The director of the School of education also responded to say they will discuss the issues raised with my department.
DAY 6 (Wednesday): I responded to the head of compliance's mail informing him of the deadline the home office had given me. Also, I told him that I had to still be in the country to be eligible for the graduate visa, quoting the UKCISA website. Whilst referring to the UKCISA website, I said the school can still support a student visa extension if my visa expires and my results are not ready (stating that this did not require class attendance as was my case). I now wrote that I would need the student visa extension in order to be eligible for the graduate visa.
DAY 7 (Thursday): The same head of compliance responded saying he had given my case some thought and checked some issues with my faculty and said they believe they would have an option to suggest to me, saying I would be contacted later that day.
Later that day, the compliance office sent me a mail saying that my award of PGCE will be confirmed the following Monday - 31 January; and that the UKVI policy team had suggested (on 13 January) that I could go ahead to apply for the graduate visa with my PGCE - even without QTS. Therefore, they advised that I submit an application for the graduate visa, which will be a variation application to the student visa application. Furthermore, I was told that they would monitor my award with the faculty to ensure it is ready by Monday.
That very day, we arranged a meeting for Monday 31 January to submit my graduate visa application. They also requested my consent to write the home office on my behalf saying that the graduate visa application is to vary the student visa application I had made. So, I signed a consent form for them.
DAY 8 (Friday): Calmness
DAY 9 (Monday 31 January): This particular day was a battle. The school's board sat on results and awards were conferred but my student record was not updated until about 4pm in the evening. The compliance office was to send my award to home office before I submmit my application. When my records were updated, lo and behold, I was not awarded PGCE but post graduate credit! During our meeting that day they had to tell me that they couldn't send that result to the home office as it is not eligible for graduate visa; and that was not the award the faculty informed them I was going to be conferred. So, the head of compliance office said they would have to chase up the Academic registrar the following morning to sign an interim award for me pending the time the school's board will sit again. Consequently, my graduate visa application was halted.

NOTE: For graduate visa, the school sends the student's award to the home office, so the student does not have to upload award when applying for the visa.

DAY 10 (Deadline 1 February): In the morning, I mailed the head of my department and my course lead to let them know of the award I was conferred as opposed to what I was to be conferred and to ask why. Immediately, they responded that it shouldn't be and that they would look into the matter urgently. Throughout that morning, I heard nothing from the school until about 3pm when the head of compliance informed me that the interrim award has been signed by the academic registrar, and my award has been sent to the home office. Therefore, I could go ahead to submit my application.
I submitted my graduate application at about 4pm that afternoon. The compliance office also helped me to draft what would be my response to the request from the home office on my student visa application. I informed the home office that the student visa application was made with the notion that my course end date was July 2022, but my award had now been conferred by the school. Therefore, I had now applied for the graduate visa which was to vary the student visa application (quoting the reference numbers for the two applications).
The school also mailed the home office saying the same (also quoting the reference numbers for the two applications.)

The home office responded the following day, acknowledging my graduate visa application and therefore declared my student visa application as void from that day.

EXACTLY eight weeks after my student visa application, my graduate visa application was approved! I have now been granted the leave to remain in the UK for two years.

PS
I have started applying for jobs with employers that have sponsor license.

Congratulations. I like your determination. "it is not over untill it is over"

efosakelly:
Thank you for your suggestion,
it is not about pressing forward to get there, the thing is my program is in engineering, i have 4 modules this semester, class started since JAN 17, from then till now, is about 4 weeks, so i have missed 16 classes already, if i decide to go now, i will be putting myself under unnecessary stress to catch up, to settle down, they are already talking about submitting assignment March 16. before i combine accommodation problem with it. and a lot of other things. I know my capabilities, I have paid good money as fees, 1 do not want to poor grades .

You couldn't follow the class online? My cousin's visa was delayed but she was joining the class online until her visa came out. Her classes started 24 Jan and her Visa came out 0n the 11th of Feb.

I am surprised that your school did not make provision for that.

Good morning house. I have a very pressing and disturbing issue that will need your advice and opinions on what to do.

Biometrics 7th January TLS VI ( dependent)
No nsf mail
Main applicant (my wife) collected her visa on the 2nd of February.
I sent a paid mail 2nd of February, they replied that same day that decision has been made and I should wait for 10 working days for visa application centre to contact me.
I did a paid call on the 10th and was told decision has been made on my application.
I even went to TLS VI on the 11th of February to see if my visa is ready, but they said UKVI has not sent my passport to them.
Till now, when I track my application, it is still in DMC.
Right now I am confused. I don't know what else to do.
Pls I need advice from the gurus in the house on what to do.
Thanks

Pls gurus in the house, I need your advice or opinion on this

007s:
Hey Guys pls I used Travelstart to book UK flight and February 27th as my travel, I received confirmation mail for 27th February and proceeded to make payment, however, they sent me a ticket for 27th April. I have informed then about the error but they keep telling they don't alter bookings and that is what i booked.
I'm confused right now, as I booked flight for 27th of February. Please guys help with the way forward cos this guys are bent on collecting over 100k to correct this error, I offered to pay not more than 50k as I don't have much and the error is not from my end....nairalanders help o

Note: I still have the confirmation mail showing 27th February

Go to their office with a lawyer

Is it up to 10 working days since you sent the mail ? If not then it should be out on or before the 10 working days

Ehissolo:
Good morning house. I have a very pressing and disturbing issue that will need your advice and opinions on what to do.

Biometrics 7th January TLS VI ( dependent)
No nsf mail
Main applicant (my wife) collected her visa on the 2nd of February.
I sent a paid mail 2nd of February, they replied that same day that decision has been made and I should wait for 10 working days for visa application centre to contact me.
I did a paid call on the 10th and was told decision has been made on my application.
I even went to TLS VI on the 11th of February to see if my visa is ready, but they said UKVI has not sent my passport to them.
Till now, when I track my application, it is still in DMC.
Right now I am confused. I don't know what else to do.
Pls I need advice from the gurus in the house on what to do.
Thanks

Is it up to 10 working days since you sent the mail ? If not then it should be out on or before the 10 working days

Jan 21st Biometric Vi Tls.. any news welther application moved to vac

Oggg:
do you need to mention ?? you dnt know Republic of Ireland and UK are like twins?

lol i was just wondering, do you think that might affect their own decisions the refusal was based on not properly declaring my finance or something like that.

Ynniks1:
Is it up to 10 working days since you sent the mail ? If not then it should be out on or before the 10 working days

It will be 10 working days tomorrow Tuesday. I pray so ooo

I hope Turkish airline does not require a pre COViD test for fully vaccinated traveller's?

Please has anyone who is fully vaccinated here travelled recently with them?

Declare it and sleep with a clean conscience

sixsgod:
lol i was just wondering, do you think that might affect their own decisions the refusal was based on not properly declaring my finance or something like that.

DuBooVay:
Declare it and sleep with a clean conscience

thank you.

Hi, I'll like to send you an email/ Personal message ,I need your personal view on some issues. Thanks a bunch

tolajay:
I am unsure what your grouse is, but you've evidently become too emotional about a logical issue.

First, my comment wasn't an attack on anyone but a sympathetic analysis of some Nigerians' plight who think luck and insha is all they'll need to function in a structured society like the UK.

Let me ask you, have you seen or heard many Nigerian students stranded abroad because they didn't do their due diligence before leaving but were simply optimistic that anyhow anyhow dem go survive? Well, I see and hear it everyday. Shy away from it for all you want, it doesn't change the obvious truth. There are consequences for every action and inaction.

Another angle: do you know the number of UK-schooled Nigerians who returned home with/to almost nothing? Well, I know, see and hear this a lot. Most of them would have been better off if they stayed and invested those money in themselves back home...Sad truth!

Just last week, a Nigerian student was all over the internet seeking accommodation. Someone had to warn him because he was flaunting a major immigration declaration on accommodation.

Also, did you hear of Nigerian who couldn't his tuition after nine months, and the school asked him to withdraw and reported to the home office? May I ask what assistance you've given to these ones?

See, you may not like facing the truth, it still doesn't change the truth.

Your sense of entitlement and worldview is grossly abashed by the Nigerian society. You need to reshape.

Lastly, how did you conclude that we are on the same pedestal because of a couple of post on a faceless forum? Gullibility is no excuse for underachievement. You really need to expand your mental scope.

I wish you the best...Tap me when you're in the UK.