tolats:
Someone please help!

I am planning to apply for a standard visitors visa (academics) or Temporary Work – Government Authorised Exchange visa (for sponsored researcherer) - (not even sure which one to go for yet) in September or thereabout for a Postdoctoral research visit for 12 months in UK. My question is about my Passport which expires in 13 September 2023 but the suppose visit would end 30 September 2023. Do I need to renew my passport in order to have the whole period of visit/visa covered in the passport or I should go ahead and apply with the passport that would expire before my visit ends?

Please I need your advice. Thanks in advance.

funke:
Good evening house. Please I got a refusal mail since 30th June 2022 and tracking its still showing with DMC. How long does it take for one to get her passport after refusal? Also would like to query the exception raised as per my salary. I work with a bank and am surprised this was raised, my salary was changed sometimes last year but I didn't include the letter used to advise me in my application and pay slip in my application. Kindly advise because I want to send administrative review. For those that have send administrative review kindly help out with sample used.

yerima21:


sorry for the refusal funke....but does it mean refusals get e-mail refuse alerts before receiving thier passports?

tolats:

I am planning to apply for a standard visitors visa (academics) or Temporary Work – Government Authorised Exchange visa (for sponsored researcherer) - (not even sure which one to go for yet) in September or thereabout for a Postdoctoral research visit for 12 months in UK. My question is about my Passport which expires in 13 September 2023 but the suppose visit would end 30 September 2023. Do I need to renew my passport in order to have the whole period of visit/visa covered in the passport or I should go ahead and apply with the passport that would expire before my visit ends?.

kingDELE:
Good Morning Everyone.
Pls, a family member wants to help me process UK work visa. But the issue now is that I am currently a corp member serving.Pls hope it will not be an issue. Hope UK embassy will give me Visa?
Thanks for your time.

giselle237:
NYSC does not and will not hinder anything. Pls be informed if there is no COS received by you then you are in for a scam.

yerima21:


Even though i think it's too early to apply now for september 2023 visa, in your case I will suggest at the ideal time, you apply with the same passport and write a simple explanatory letter to explain that your passport will be renewed before the expiration of the current one while stating you couldnt have renewed it before applying for the visa as the passport still had up to 6 months life span.
Alternatively, still try to renew your passport even if it has more than 6 months left before end of validity, you can never tell how possible it could be. I am a living witness because i have a passport that expires 10th december 2022 but i still applied for a new one (10 yr passport) in March 2022 using an agent in Lagos and the passport came out in May. Try to speak to an immigration agent and you ll be surprised many things are possible in this country.

giselle237:
U don’t need the passport to be valid for the whole of the trip. I have done as well as family members.
You can either renew in the UK when you are nearly done with your activity or use a British airways or virgin direct flight back to Nigeria at the completion of your trip or if it makes you feel better get an emergency travel certificate from the Nigeria High commission in London.. but you wont be denied as a Nigerian entry into your country becaus of expired ppt. There is also no immigration stand when exiting the UK from the airports. Noone cares, just leave their country .

tolats:


Actually the visit should be October 2022 but ends September 2023 hence the need for clarification on the expiry of my passport. An immigration officer also told me they can renew the passport but with an approval of their passport controller but with an extra fees. But my concern is just to clarify if I can travel back home while the passport has expired because if I start the renewal process now, only God knows when it would come out.

yerima21:


if the visit is from october 2022 then you should be ok as per visa application and no one will expect you to renew a passport that still has nearly 1 year validity. Alternatively you can go ahead and try renewal, the most important aspect is biometrics data capturing. If the new passport come out when you are in the UK someone you designate can collect it and send to you through DHL. However, like someone already said, you can also return back to Nigeria with your already expired passport without problem. In fact since the covid crisis and the consequent delays in issuing new passports the Nigerian immigration has authorised Nigerians especially in diaspora to travel without thier expired passpots without any hindrance and I personally know those who have been travelling to Nigeria with thier expired passports

temio1:
@giselle237 are the ECO's only concerned about deposits into the account or they also watch out for withdrawals and transfers from accounts?
I will appreciate a prompt response.

emcaris:
Please can anyone advise on how to get the flight ticket needed to apply for visa to show my itinerary. do i just book any ticket online? or is it a ticket that can be confirmed for authenticity.
please very urgent

TruthCorp:
Good evening house,

Is an Account balance of 2m sufficient for proof of funds for a 6 months Visit visa Application?

Looking to spend 6-days with a budget of 1100 GBP

DrStrangelove:
Good day

Am assuming ur the alone going on the trip?

The embassy not only looks at ur account balance in ur statements but also ur inflows and outflows. So u will need to study ur bank statement to know the averages across board. Any lump sums should have an explanation. Ur salary inflow (if ur employed) should be regular monthly remittance. If ur self employed, the inflows need to explained by way of the nature of such transactions.

As for ur 2M adequacy question, let's check it out

£1100 is about 825k which it seems is for accomodation and some shopping. U didn't input money for ur return flight wch ranges from 350-500K. Give or take ur spending between 1.2-1.4M which about 70% of ur 2M leaving u with 30% of ur total balance which won't sight right with the VO.

As a rule of thumb, make sure ur total money to be spent on ur travel (flight, hotel, shopping etc) is less than 40% of the sum available on ur bank balance. The lesser percentage the better.

Hope this helps u

Goodluck

KaceeDcontrol:
Hello guys
Many thanks for the work you are doing.
Quick question please, if someone enters the UK with their maiden name on their Nigerian passport and BRP, but wishes to update the BRP to husband's name, what is the process? Should an update of the BRP be applied for when the passport still has the maiden name or does the passport need to be renewed with the new name before the BRP can be updated? Or can the person just start using the new name here while the BRP and Nigerian passport still have the maiden name since there is a marriage certificate?
Note that the marriage took place shortly before the visa application commenced and the Nigerian passport still has up to 2 years before expiry.

KaceeDcontrol:
Hello guys
Many thanks for the work you are doing.
Quick question please, if someone enters the UK with their maiden name on their Nigerian passport and BRP, but wishes to update the BRP to husband's name, what is the process? Should an update of the BRP be applied for when the passport still has the maiden name or does the passport need to be renewed with the new name before the BRP can be updated? Or can the person just start using the new name here while the BRP and Nigerian passport still have the maiden name since there is a marriage certificate?
Note that the marriage took place shortly before the visa application commenced and the Nigerian passport still has up to 2 years before expiry.

Ray7878:


You can change it by deed poll, then wait until your passport is about to expire in 2 years time. Then send your deed poll certificate to have the BRP changed, then get your passport in the new name on your BRP.

askari01:
2m is a huge sum of money...if you are being invited to the UK , £1k will be fine

My brother/sister, it's better to err on the side of caution. The poster has said he will be accomodation of £1100 already, so ur statement above is misdirected. Me and you are not aware of the poster's real financial status as many things might before he applies for the visa.

If using hotel or hostel for 6days ,£1300 is ok. all should be calculated using oanda rate and not black market pls.

Here, ur saying he should use official rate and not black market rate. This is fine by me to use to calculate the lower limit of his spending. U didn't put the current exchange of naira to pounds and ur assuming everyone is as proficient as you are. The differential in exchange rate between official and black market will give him the higher limit of his spend and also put him in a good stead in his financial explanations. It's better to for him to have some surplus than trying to wring his head around whether naira gained marginally in the pound market. But if his financials are stiff and his on a budget, he is welcome to empty ur explanation into his application.

Also remember, he's most likely going to get black market when he's ready to travel as banks are starved of forex right now and there's a growing queue



Flight- 650
accomodation- 300
pocket money- 350
If u like do shopping, e no concern embassy so therefore dont attach too much importance to shopping money.

As again, shopping money is also part of pocket money. Ur statement here is watery as pocket money is money used to buy stuff or buy services.

[b]From ur calculation, he will be spending 1.3M out of the 2M which will leave him with 700K. Now remember we don't what other information he will be filling in his form like his work or business so doing this now opens it to different interpretation to any VO. How much comes in a month for him? How much goes out? When we are filling this forms, we are justing using our head and calculator to do so, the VO and their platform (since we now fill online) uses power algorithms to process the information in this section of the application (the section that deals with finances) This section is very important and delicate and the questions are tricky so u need to have ur onions cut out before attempting them. They refuse most people citing this section. The VOs look at the information the algorithms present to them based on ur inputs and bank statements (why do u think the statements are scanned). We use head and calculator, they use algorithms, so tell me who would better insights to ur financial situation?
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Ensure no lodgement or boosting of accounts like Nigerians call it.Dont sell ur property and ask the buyer to send into ur salary account few weeks to your application or get back a soft loan from a friend ,keep ur account clean n straightforward... they know all those tactics.

The above statement is well said. Pls poster check this very well in ur account statement


Ensure not spending more than 2.5-3times ur disposable income

Also well said

Pls poster if ur constrained financially and feel u can go it for it pls do, if not, pls go thru the whole hog

tripoli007:


Goodevening to you pls I followed your.post , pls on what sites did you apply for the job offers for charity work tier5 visa

askari01:
2m is a huge sum of money...if you are being invited to the UK , £1k will be fine

If using hotel or hostel for 6days ,£1300 is ok. all should be calculated using oanda rate and not black market pls.

Flight- 650
accomodation- 300
pocket money- 350
If u like do shopping, e no concern embassy so therefore dont attach too much importance to shopping money.

Ensure no lodgement or boosting of accounts like Nigerians call it.Dont sell ur property and ask the buyer to send into ur salary account few weeks to your application or get back a soft loan from a friend ,keep ur account clean n straightforward... they know all those tactics.


Ensure not spending more than 2.5-3times ur disposable income

mimilyrics:
Not necessary. Deed polls are not required for name changes due to marriage and updated BRPs have to be requested within 3 months of the name change (in this case, when the passport is updated to reflect the new details) in order to avoid paying a £1,000 fine.

emcaris:
Please can anyone advise on how to get the flight ticket needed to apply for visa to show my itinerary. do i just book any ticket online? or is it a ticket that can be confirmed for authenticity.
please very urgent

TruthCorp:



Thank you very much for the feed back

Yes I’m traveling alone

So the £1100 is inclusive of a return ticket valued at £700 with a daily average spend on accommodation, feeding etc of £100 X 6 which sums up to £1,300 (made a typo with the 1,100)

I have been using the exchange on O&a currency converter as a guide on how the embassy would convert my Naira deposits (I hope that’s okay?) and going by this £1,300 amounts to N654,692 which is about 33% of the 2m balance.

Looking to make it as simple as possible that’s why I initially opted for my salary account alone where I very much intend to explain every inflow and outflow.

Thanks again