Oluwaloniglory7:
Can a first timer tourist arrived at Heathrow airport can use transportation options or only taxi ?

Train, subway and bus is very affordable

Or is it compulsory to use a taxis or bolt?

Reason is that I wanted to know if I can make a use of train, bus or subway so I can have a budget for that in my cover letter.

AbelPre:
of course. I’m a data/doc controller

Oluwaloniglory7:
Listed all your kids that are still under your custody/minor and your wife also your dependents. They will also ask who of your dependents that is traveling with you? Then you can mention those who are traveling with you including your wife.

Thank you for this .


quote author=Phakabir06 post=120432272]Good evening house, please am filling form for a visitors visa and am going with my wife and one of my kid. A question that says does anyone rely on you for financial support and also will these dependant be included in the application. It's only my kids that are dependants. What should I answer there. Also hope they wont raise eye brow on only one kid traveling with us. The older wont be available at that period . Please kindly reply me . Thanks .

Oluwaloniglory7:
Can a first timer tourist arrived at Heathrow airport can use transportation options or only taxi ?

Train, subway and bus is very affordable

Or is it compulsory to use a taxis or bolt?

Reason is that I wanted to know if I can make a use of train, bus or subway so I can have a budget for that in my cover letter.

Phakabir06:
Good evening house, please am filling form for a visitors visa and am going with my wife and one of my kid. A question that says does anyone rely on you for financial support and also will these dependant be included in the application. It's only my kids that are dependants. What should I answer there. Also hope they wont raise eye brow on only one kid traveling with us. The older wont be available at that period . Please kindly reply me . Thanks .

Mrmoney90:


A very avoidable error.. “the ECO doesn’t check withdrawals”, just shows how daft most agents are. As long as you supplied how much monthly expenditure you make, they always check to verify. It is based on the information you provide they use to access your application. Sometimes, I feel less information, but properly presented, speaks volume.

Also, having a huge opening balance is not the Koko, they check your inflow and outflow and see if it corresponds with your opening balance.. there has to be a rhythm.

royalmu:
Please shed more light on the bolded.

AbelPre:
so what do I do now?

Mrmoney90:


Your wife[b][/b] and your kids are your dependents. There will be no eyebrow raised with you traveling with just one of your children. You can explain why in a letter (may not be necessary though, but just to stay at a safe edge).

ezegold4we:
PLS for those that have travelled with Their child or children to UK through skilled work VISA and the guru's in the House, this is my question,
Pls apart from the recommendation letter from a child's school,Does children need transcript's from their school as one of the requirements ?
Apart from The child's int'l passport, birth certificate, nin, and TB result,What are The other necessary requirements for children that is traveling with their parent's to be presented during biometric??

AbelPre:
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See my second refusal I cried. The time and money to do this application is tiring

leef2022:


No entirely. With all due respect, the wife is older than 17, she may be working, self dependent/financially buoyant and don't rely on her husband for her personally needs. If what he contributes to the family is just for children upkeep and not the wife inclusive then his wife isnt dependent on him.

ezegold4we:
PLS for those that have travelled with Their child or children to UK through skilled work VISA and the guru's in the House, this is my question,
Pls apart from the recommendation letter from a child's school,Does children need transcript's from their school as one of the requirements ?

Apart from The child's int'l passport, birth certificate, nin, and TB result,What are The other necessary requirements for children that is traveling with their parent's to be presented during biometric??

geolan:


To use Bolt/Uber, you will need to link your debit card to the app which most likely won’t accept your naija card except it’s a dom card.

Just get an oyster tourist card you can top up then use it to enter train or buses easily cos taxis are expensive

royalmu:
Please shed more light on the bolded.

AbelPre:
so what do I do now?

leef2022:


Apply pressure!

Mrmoney90:


Let’s say for an instance, your opening balance is 2 million naira. You earn 300k per month and spend 100k on expenditure, leaving 200k. With this calculation, there is bound to be an upward progression in your account balance. But when your account remains stagnant, or your closing balance nearly equals your opening balance, then that can be seen as fake. Even in a case where your account falls below the opening balance, then there should be a concrete reason for that, and except you have sponsor, there would be no need for you to apply for a visa at that point because it shows your account is struggling.

royalmu:
Well said. Sometimes ECOs would say they don’t know the source of one’s opening balance even after submitting necessary employment documents. What can be done to remedy such a situation or what can be done to avoid such response from the ECOs?

AbelPre:

You said the Eco has taken note of my closing balance.. I want to take out like 2m out before the 1st of feb. just incase anything comes up and I spend from there so I can maintain 150k or 170k monthly expenditure for 6 months .Will that work?

Mrmoney90:


Let’s say for an instance, your opening balance is 2 million naira. You earn 300k per month and spend 100k on expenditure, leaving 200k. With this calculation, there is bound to be an upward progression in your account balance. But when your account remains stagnant, or your closing balance nearly equals your opening balance, then that can be seen as fake. Even in a case where your account falls below the opening balance, then there should be a concrete reason for that, and except you have sponsor, there would be no need for you to apply for a visa at that point because it shows your account is struggling.

Mrmoney90:
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The reason for that is that ECOs judge every employed applicant from a one year timeframe. I’m sure most people do not know this. Irrespective of submitting a 6 months bank statement. Also, asides from that one year time frame, they try to analyze your opening balance from how long you have been working. That’s how they come to their conclusion. So if you have been working for one year, with a monthly pay of 300k and an expenditure of 100k, then you should be having about 2m or 2.4m thereabout. So imagine having an opening balance of 1.5m (probably because you have spent some lump sum from your 2m or 2.4m to solve an uncontrollable circumstance), then you run your account for another 6 months, and having a closing balance of 2.7m after deducting expenditure of 100k for each month, the ECO would not have any reason to question your bank account. Because he/she has analyzed your account from how long you have been working. That’s why they expect you to apply for visa one year after employment. Unless you want to explain to the ECO that you changed jobs, with proof such as employment letter from the previous company plus salary, it is best to always start your salary account on a fresh note. That is, if you got a new job paying you 500k monthly, you can start with a new bank account. So imagine earning 500k, subtracting 100k monthly expenditure, that leaves you with 4.8m at the end of one year. So if you apply for visa 2 months after the one year time frame, you should be having more than 5m in your account. Which is very straight forward. With this, you don’t need much documentation.

Mrmoney90:
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The reason for that is that ECOs judge every employed applicant from a one year timeframe. I’m sure most people do not know this. Irrespective of submitting a 6 months bank statement. Also, asides from that one year time frame, they try to analyze your opening balance from how long you have been working. That’s how they come to their conclusion. So if you have been working for one year, with a monthly pay of 300k and an expenditure of 100k, then you should be having about 2m or 2.4m thereabout. So imagine having an opening balance of 1.5m (probably because you have spent some lump sum from your 2m or 2.4m to solve an uncontrollable circumstance), then you run your account for another 6 months, and having a closing balance of 2.7m after deducting expenditure of 100k for each month, the ECO would not have any reason to question your bank account. Because he/she has analyzed your account from how long you have been working. That’s why they expect you to apply for visa one year after employment. Unless you want to explain to the ECO that you changed jobs, with proof such as employment letter from the previous company plus salary, it is best to always start your salary account on a fresh note. That is, if you got a new job paying you 500k monthly, you can start with a new bank account. So imagine earning 500k, subtracting 100k monthly expenditure, that leaves you with 4.8m at the end of one year. So if you apply for visa 2 months after the one year time frame, you should be having more than 5m in your account. Which is very straight forward. With this, you don’t need much documentation.

AbelPre:

Na wa o. This kind of analysis. See the way you are typing it like you are sure. I came for help on what to do. I work for an IOC Biko. But as a contract staff. So it’s the company who handles manpower that pays me. My leave letter and introduction letter even has the IOC details cause I work in the company. I even uploaded the IOC ID card. Don’t people have problems that take up their salary. I don’t like this analysis Abeg

AskGod07:
I strongly disagreed with you my senior Mr money, are you telling me now that those who have been working for 3 or more years should be having total amount of their monthly salary for 1yrs in their account or close to 6month salary?

All these Opening balance drama just started maybe last year and is only when Eco wanted to stylishly refusal someone’s application.

I knew many people that gotten their visa with opening balance of 500k as first timer, and also people that having up to 2m to 3m + as opening balance are refused visa even Eco do queried them the sources of their opening balance

Let me say is within the 6month bank statements they required for visa is what Eco normally use to judge the outcome of the visa, I can boldly said most of us that declared a particular amount as our monthly expenses are not what we are spending before planning to apply for a visa?

Why is it that when we are ready to apply for a visa that we complied with our monthly expenses.

I realize that when the Eco notices any discrepancy in bank acct they came up with opening balance, even they do complained about closing balance at time.

Note: No body knows Eco discretion we are just trying on our own perspectives

May God help us

Beautynm1:
Good evening everyone
How much is Uk 2yrs Visa fee?