I have a question to ask. Is it advisable for one to change their employment status from self employed to unemployed after 8 months of being refused a UK visit visa? The reason is because my mom whom I fill her employment status as self employed does not have any documents to back it up. The petty business is actually been managed by my brothers. She is dependent on us her children to take care of her. I actually did an invitation for her stating I would bear the cost of her travels but the visit visa was still denied on reasons that she didn't provide supporting documents to collaborate her financial statements.

Ufemia26:
I have a question to ask. Is it advisable for one to change their employment status from self employed to unemployed after 8 months of being refused a UK visit visa? The reason is because my mom whom I fill her employment status as self employed does not have any documents to back it up. The petty business is actually been managed by my brothers. She is dependent on us her children to take care of her. I actually did an invitation for her stating I would bear the cost of her travels but the visit visa was still denied on reasons that she didn't provide supporting documents to collaborate her financial statements.

Ofcourse it was denied. You don't seem to grasp the way these VO reason with regards potential layovers and asylum seekers.

The reason she was denied as you say was because in actual fact she did not provide evidence(financially or in form of CAC documentation) of this fictitious business she runs as an employer. The onus was on you to do due diligence and garnish whatever meal you were preparing for the fat cats with enough seasoned pepper to mask the taste of the meal but you didn't.

This now brings me to your initial question. Here is a reverse-ask to that question.

"Assuming you put yourself in the visa officer's shoes!"

Will you ever attempt to grant anyone visa who was rejected despite beating their chest as self employed, lol who has now suddenly applied under category of an unemployed person?


Questions will be asked, eyebrows will be raised. Who will sponsor her feeding? Who will pay for the flight? When is she going back? Is she still trying to lie to her teeth? What are her ties to go back to Nigeria? Is it public funds she now wants to live on? Does she have a previous refusal?


"They say dey don't judge applications with previous ones. That's a very big lie oh, they actually check for any deviation to use to disqualify asylum seekers particularly those that hired agents that don't keep stories straight."


And wham! another hot refusal will land even faster than before.


So my dear, perish that idea you are cooking up just now. All this your brother's taking care of or managing her business for her no concine the VO. Prepare a very beautiful CAC certificate of this business which should be existing somewhere. With regular deposit of money from that business into her account as salary every month. Use a reasonable salary cos things get as it be for Naija now.

If you don't explain things to the VO down to the very minute detail and address why she was refused previously even going as far as referencing it in her next application! Then I am very sorry but that is a recipe for another hot refusal served perishingly cold.

Ufemia26:


Don't change her employment status. It would raise red flag. They might revisit the previous application. You need more supporting documents to back her business. If your Dad is still alive, he should write a letter of consent and as well upload her marriage certificate. Her business should be registered too. Try and see if you can as well generate income tax receipts too for the business.

You know all this but you still dey consider risking your mom's future application?

Ufemia26:


Everyone is luck is not the same. I have a friend whose mother In laws visit visa was granted 4 days ago. He filled out that the mom in law is unemployed, she is 64yrs old. He didn't upload any documents for her. He only provided sponsorship documents from his own end
If you must fill that your mom is employed or self employed, you need to back it up with enough proofs.(Documents). Reduce the visit duration to two weeks as advice by Giselle.

Sokkkkkaa

How long on average is it taking now for standard visitor visa applications please?

Longjonjoe:


The agent or whoever told you to pay transit visa just got free money. I am a travel agent. Traveling with any European airline to the UK eg Lufthansa, KLM, Air France, Alitalia will require you to present a any schengen transit visa you have on your transit stop with the airline if not you will be sent back. You dont pay 40k to an agent for transit visa. You apply for it(schengen visa) at the embassy of the airline hub eg applying for a france transit visa and at the french embassy or at VAC because you are using Air france to travel to the UK. Same paper work but takes a short time to process. Please be careful out there. BA does not require a transit visa because it is a direct flight. Turkish airlines, Ethiopian airlines, Egypt Air, Royal air maroc, Kenya airways, Rwandair. All these airlines do not require any transit visa when transiting through their country to the UK. I hope with this, I have stopped someone somewhere from making a mistake

Hello greeting boss

Pls confirm if I need a transit visa for this flight itenary

Ethiopian airline , from Lagos - Addisabba- Frankfurt- Glasgow.

If it need a transit visa how can I get it asap ?

Good day house

I was refuse visit Visa last year,but I don't no the reason of refuse Visa because is agent apply for me and me and agent get issue and him block my number and he one use email for summited the application

I don't if away to get reason or to write the UK ambassy for reason

Meanwhile I have renew my passport, is not same passport I use for summited I have now

Hello, please can anyone advise this mother pls ….

Good morning, I received email for additional documents as to why there was delay in registering birth certificate since 22nd August 2023 and I replied the next date, till now I'm yet to get any response from them. Though, I received an automatic response saying my documents have been received. But I'm worried becausethey said within 10 working days. Can anyone assist please

SpicyMimi:
Hello, please can anyone advise this mother pls ….

As long as inside the UK, you can write in the additional information form that you have applied for a new passport and awaiting collection. You don’t need to wait any longer. Uk is not using your passport for anything. Then you can extend biometrics giving till a month later when the passport might have been ready. Pls go ahead and apply for your child’s visa

iamademola:

Hello greeting boss
Pls confirm if I need a transit visa for this flight itenary
Ethiopian airline , from Lagos - Addisabba- Frankfurt- Glasgow. If it need a transit visa how can I get it asap ?

The problem is the Frankfurt leg of the trip. I would avoid anything with a Schenghen territory leg if I can not get a written confirmation from the airline.

giselle237:
As long as inside the UK, you can write in the additional information form that you have applied for a new passport and awaiting collection. You don’t need to wait any longer. Uk is not using your passport for anything. Then you can extend biometrics giving till a month later when the passport might have been ready. Pls go ahead and apply for your child’s visa

Thank you soooo much for this advice, God bless you.

Good morning people
Please for those of us going with student’s visa, do they ask to say our course modules at POE? And will we be showing an updated statement of account too?

giselle237:
The problem is the Frankfurt leg of the trip. I would avoid anything with a Schenghen territory leg if I can not get a written confirmation from the airline.

Hello, I guess one doesn't need a transit visa to make a stop at Addis Ababa?

giselle237:
The problem is the Frankfurt leg of the trip. I would avoid anything with a Schenghen territory leg if I can not get a written confirmation from the airline.

This is quite funny, a written confirmation from an airline in lieu of a transit visa, we joke too much around here fa.

temodent:
This is quite funny, a written confirmation from an airline in lieu of a transit visa, we joke too much around here fa.

It is not funny. Talk your own nah? Must you quote me? How many times has it been stated here that this route need’s Schenghen visa yet people will come back and still be asking same question repeatedly.

Everr:

Hello, I guess one doesn't need a transit visa to make a stop at Addis Ababa?

nope. Addis Ababa alone is fine

Please has anyone here done biometrics at the Port Harcourt TLS contact? How was the experience for you? We couldn’t find appointment availability in Abuja so we are considering cancelling the application and applying again then selecting Port Harcourt or Lagos.

Hi everyone,

Please what is the easiest way to pay for UK visa application for a family of 4 especially with bank's limit on cards.

Thank you

ShootingStar92:
Please has anyone here done biometrics at the Port Harcourt TLS contact? How was the experience for you? We couldn’t find appointment availability in Abuja so we are considering cancelling the application and applying again then selecting Port Harcourt or Lagos.

I think portharcourt is for only Priority

Try Lagos as it's a lot cheaper IMO and when I checked last weekend, I saw a lot of availability for this week.

Port Harcourt attracts an extra £250 per person and doesn't include priority (only premium lounge, courier return and SMS notifications)

ShootingStar92:
Please has anyone here done biometrics at the Port Harcourt TLS contact? How was the experience for you? We couldn’t find appointment availability in Abuja so we are considering cancelling the application and applying again then selecting Port Harcourt or Lagos.

Use dollar cards from any of the banks.

crazyinlove:
Hi everyone,

Please what is the easiest way to pay for UK visa application for a family of 4 especially with bank's limit on cards.

Thank you

Worried that your documents were not received? Follow up via paid email/call as today is only the 9th working day.

I suspect the 10 working days was the timeline you were given to respond to the email and not the amount of time needed for the visa processing.

Ghaneeyah4me:
Good morning, I received email for additional documents as to why there was delay in registering birth certificate since 22nd August 2023 and I replied the next date, till now I'm yet to get any response from them. Though, I received an automatic response saying my documents have been received. But I'm worried becausethey said within 10 working days. Can anyone assist please

I got an email from TLS to pick up my travel doc but it didn't state if the visa was approved or not. Is there any other way to know?

benjijosh:
I got an email from TLS to pick up my travel doc but it didn't state if the visa was approved or not. Is there any other way to know?

Did you receive any NSF email?
If no, Congratulations. You have nothing to be worried about .

otedola1:
Good day house

I was refuse visit Visa last year,but I don't no the reason of refuse Visa because is agent apply for me and me and agent get issue and him block my number and he one use email for summited the application

I don't if away to get reason or to write the UK ambassy for reason

Meanwhile I have renew my passport, is not same passport I use for summited I have now

There are other things better than going to the UK. Explore those, cos that agent don mess you up big time ontop the small issue Una been get

Next time don't put your life on a chopping board for butchers

benjijosh:
I got an email from TLS to pick up my travel doc but it didn't state if the visa was approved or not. Is there any other way to know?

Congratulations 🎉🍾🎈🎊 I can’t decide the outcome but congratulations in advance base of believe it’s approved

hi atinuke,
please can i send you an email ? or can you send me an email on yemiorpeh@gmail.com. its about the PAP

Atinukemi23:
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We challenged the ECO decision last month for reconsideration, like I said previously it is not all the ECO that knows what he or she is doing, some roasted me for that statement, I have seen so many refusals that made absolute no sense, they are humans, they have hormones too we have the bad eggs among them who just refuse you based on flimsy excuse(s).
I didn’t take the second refusal likely, as there was no difference between the previous refusal which was last year, and the this recent one and it is based on financial grounds( enough sufficient funds with proof). (Looked more like a copy and paste to me ) Pre action protocol (PAP) was sent to the home office giving them 14days to reconsider before taking it further to court for JR.
They responded on the 14th day and yes a senior caseworker in his/ her right senses looked at the evidence submitted and he/she did agreed it was sufficient enough to grant the entry clearance visiting visa in the first place.
If we had accepted fate and re - apply the third time it MAY be refused again and that is too much dent, although they claim every new application(s) is decided based on its merit but I do not want to believe they do not look at your past history with them in concluding.
So fingers crossed on when my aunt and her children will be asked to bring their passports, it shouldn’t take up to 3months sha.
Sometimes you just have to push some buttons.
Don’t let the refusal bring you down, but first, do the right thing.
And good luck to everyone.

Hello house,

Pls I want to make a paid call but don't know how it's done.
Do I need to buy like N5k airtime in my phone to call the line? Pls help me with the number to call...I need a guide on how it's done.

It's been 16 working days since I replied NSF mail regarding my son, yet nothing heard from ukvi. I don't even know if they got my reply email to the NSF. The worry is giving me headache