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Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 5 by tuco02: 10:35am On Apr 24

Cashmadam:

Good morning. You fill one form for one person. You can use the same email address for everyone - if you wish.

Secondly, you don't "link" them together. You simply choose the same date and time for your biometrics.

However, in your forms, indicate that you are travelling with other members of the family.

Thanks for your prompt response, I do appreciate it.
Can you pls guide me on the following questions:

1. Do I require to book flight ticket and hotel before filling the form?
2. And also do I write separate cover letter for each of them ? And what should I write to convince them in the letter. Is just 8 days fun vacation.

Sorry am a novice. Please be kind to consider my plenty questions.

Thank you

Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 5 by splendorian(m): 2:20pm On Apr 24

giselle237:
what does BVN have to with police certificate? For all things travel and international going forward she needs to use the name on her travel document- that is international passport.

Thanks.

The BVN is needed for the police character certificate.
While filling the form, you will need to input your NIN or BVN to verify your name and currently now the NIN is not available on the site.

Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 5 by Naijagram(m): 3:35pm On Apr 24

Has anyone here used the PH TLS Centre recently?

Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 5 by Ithaca(f): 3:45pm On Apr 24

I did my biometrics on April 9th, and just got a mail from TLS to come and pick up my travel documents today.

I have not received any other mail from UKVI (apart from the notification that my application has arrived at the decision making center).

Is this an indication that the visa has been approved?

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Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 5 by giselle237: 4:54pm On Apr 24

Ithaca:
I did my biometrics on April 9th, and just got a mail from TLS to come and pick up my travel documents today.
I have not received any other mail from UKVI (apart from the notification that my application has arrived at the decision making center).
Is this an indication that the visa has been approved?

you got it

Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 5 by Naijagram(m): 5:34pm On Apr 24

Ithaca:
I did my biometrics on April 9th, and just got a mail from TLS to come and pick up my travel documents today.

I have not received any other mail from UKVI (apart from the notification that my application has arrived at the decision making center).

Is this an indication that the visa has been approved?

Which TLS Centre did you use?

Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 5 by Thegamingorca(m): 6:57pm On Apr 24

tuco02:

Thanks for your prompt response, I do appreciate it.
Can you pls guide me on the following questions:

1. Do I require to book flight ticket and hotel before filling the form?
2. And also do I write separate cover letter for each of them ? And what should I write to convince them in the letter. Is just 8 days fun vacation.

Sorry am a novice. Please be kind to consider my plenty questions.

Thank you

You should not book a flight ticket before the outcome of your visa is determined. Unfortunately that will mean your flight would be more expensive closer to your intended travel date

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Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 5 by Ithaca(f): 7:10pm On Apr 24

giselle237:
you got it

🤞🤞

Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 5 by Ithaca(f): 7:10pm On Apr 24

Naijagram:

Which TLS Centre did you use?

Ikeja.

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Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 5 by Cashmadam: 7:57pm On Apr 24

tuco02:

Thanks for your prompt response, I do appreciate it.
Can you pls guide me on the following questions:

1. Do I require to book flight ticket and hotel before filling the form? - No, you don't
2. And also do I write separate cover letter for each of them ? - Not Necessary. Only if required. [/b]And what should I write to convince them in the letter. Is just 8 days fun vacation. Y[b]ou are travelling to sightsee and shop. You have enough money. Two strong point I can suggest.

Sorry am a novice. Please be kind to consider my plenty questions.

Thank you

Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 5 by roak: 8:15pm On Apr 24

Lol. Better to be safe than sorry. grin

Quick question how did you sort your payment for the visa and IHS fees? What bank dollar card did you use?

AyodejiGREAT:

Yeah I know but I'll go with it just incase... Ano wan hear story o

Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 5 by AyodejiGREAT: 8:44pm On Apr 24

roak:
Lol. Better to be safe than sorry.

Quick question how did you sort your payment for the visa and IHS fees? What bank dollar card did you use?

My wife is in the UK already, so she made all payments on my behalf.

Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 5 by Larash: 11:56pm On Apr 24

Good morning, please help me I want to resubmit my new application, how can I solve this two refusal.
Secondly is possible for me to reduce my annual come and those it compulsory to have tax clearance , I am going for my brother graduation

Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 5 by mamawa123: 1:37am On Apr 25

Ithaca:
I did my biometrics on April 9th, and just got a mail from TLS to come and pick up my travel documents today.

I have not received any other mail from UKVI (apart from the notification that my application has arrived at the decision making center).

Is this an indication that the visa has been approved?

That’s fast

Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 5 by giselle237: 5:57am On Apr 25

Larash:
Good morning, please help me I want to resubmit my new application, how can I solve this two refusal.
Secondly is possible for me to reduce my annual come and those it compulsory to have tax clearance , I am going for my brother graduation

You have 2 refusals in the past for several reasons… bothering on your finances .. you should not apply now if your circumstances have not greatly changed and you are not able to safely address all the concerns raised in the 2 previous refusals.
Going for your brother’s graduation is inconsequential at this point if you are still coming with this self employed profile and have not worked on your mistakes. Your brother would graduate with or without you and this is how the ECO reasons. Go and work on your finances and your bank statements OR get a salaried job as from the refusals and the way you have filled your previous visa application forms, the ECOs do not believe you.

Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 5 by giselle237: 6:04am On Apr 25

Larash:
I wanted to apply for Uk visa been refused 2022 , but now my younger brother want to invite me to his graduation in Uk on June this year , on his documents , I’m is sister and next of kin’s but the agent I used then put wrong information for me , given my parents another name and the name on my passport is the same as my brother but agent used it as husband surname. Brother is confused on what to now please what kind I do on this situation

Then this again… surely they would revisit your previous visa forms to check what you had written before… how would you explain away the fact that the names and age of the people on your previous application are not your parents?? I don’t know how.

Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 5 by blackbone989(m): 7:44am On Apr 25

Pls how best do i build an account for 3months? I already have a fix deposit of 4million in that account,what can i do so it wouldn't b an issue?

Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 5 by omo1(f): 9:38am On Apr 25

Hi house good morning

The posts here are A LOT i must say, i highly commend everyone here who has contributed in one way or the other. This is the Nigeria we clamor for everyday 🙂

Please I wanted to clarify something, i want to apply for a visiting visa but i want to confirm if its a bad idea for me to use my business account for bank statement purposes

Im self employed and I've also traveled to the UK before a few times but i used my parents accounts then. I was younger and hadn't started my business then

Thanks in anticipation 😊🙏

Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 5 by roak: 10:22am On Apr 25

Lucky you. I'm still trying to figure out the best approach to sorting that from this end.

AyodejiGREAT:

My wife is in the UK already, so she made all payments on my behalf.

Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 5 by tuco02: 12:43pm On Apr 25

Please house can one use his official email when applying?

Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 5 by BarcaBlood: 2:16pm On Apr 25

Hello team

I have a question I'd like to ask. I got admission into de Montfort university Leicester for my master's degree and I'm about to start my visa processing. Can I use London as my place of accommodation during my visa processing as I have a relative in London I can stay with? Will it be an issue as London is about 2 hours from Leicester? Can I use it or should I just look for an accommodation in Leicester before I begin my application?

Thanks

Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 5 by mrflow1: 2:36pm On Apr 25

VISA ALERT.

Biometeics: THURSDAY APRIL 18
Collection email: WEDNESDAY APRIL24
DHL DELIVERY: THURSDAY, APRIL 25.

APPLICANT IS AN UNDERGRADUATE NOT FIRST TRIP.

Thanks everyone

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Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 5 by Naijagram(m): 2:47pm On Apr 25

mrflow1:
VISA ALERT.

Biometeics: THURSDAY APRIL 18
Collection email: WEDNESDAY APRIL24
DHL DELIVERY: THURSDAY, APRIL 25.

APPLICANT IS AN UNDERGRADUATE NOT FIRST TRIP.

Thanks everyone

Did you pay for priority service

Congratulations

Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 5 by Ithaca(f): 3:34pm On Apr 25

Visa Alert!

Application Date: April 5th
Biometrics: April 9th
Transfer to DMC: 9th
Received by DMC: 10th
TLS collection mail: 24th
Pick up: 25th

First time applicant, no travel history to western countries (only Ghana and DRC for work).

Thanks to everyone for all the information on this thread - I was able to glean so much info from here and tailor my application to suit my unique circumstances, and I am beyond grateful for everyone who has willingly given their time to contribute to this thread.

In the spirit of passing it forward, I'd like to give some details about the documents I submitted, who knows, it may be helpful to someone else.

Long post alert!

My main worry before applying was that I am young and single, so demonstrating home ties would be tough, and the complicated nature of my finances.

So I took my time and really overloaded ECO with documents to back up every claim I made grin

Employment evidence- employment letter, promotion letters, introduction letter (stating grade, current job role, previous job roles, emolument), screenshot of leave approval mail which coincided with the period I indicated for my trip, 6 months payslips (for both monthly salary and every allowance that entered my account from my employer), salary account statement, awards, newspaper clippings of work events with my picture representing my coy etc.

Financial evidence- account statement, mutual funds statements, stocks statement, crypto currency account statement, pension statement (each savings/investment account included both the balance as well as the transaction statement from inception to date, and inception was mostly around 2019, 2020)

Family evidence - details of sister in the uk, invitation letter and tenancy agreement from her (as I stated I would be staying with her), her marriage certificate (since we no longer have the same last name), and a couple of family pictures of us (baby pics and adult pics).

Trip: Budget was 2,100 pounds for a 2 week trip, and I included a detailed itinerary (so I actually researched all the places I want to go, distance from my sister's house, cost of trains, cost of activities etc and built it up to make up my budget)

Cover letter: I had to write a detailed cover letter to explain my account pattern because I don't leave my salary in my account, I convert to dollars and invest in different things depending on market yields.

Fun fact: My salary account opening balance was 170k, closing balance 500k. I told ECO that I don't leave my disposable income/savings in my salary account because it is a current account with 0% interest, while market yields are close to 20%. And I attached the various mutual funds and investment accounts as stated earlier to prove this.

During the 6 months statement period, my salary account balance once dropped to 13k, because I bought a new phone that month. I included the Amazon receipt showing the item I purchased, and the billing address (which is my address in Nigeria) to explain that low balance. For the month I paid rent, and there was a significant outflow, I attached my rent receipt.

Tldr: Be as honest as you can, tell the ECO the truth, and provide supporting documentation to back up every claim you make.

My documentation was probably overkill but I didn't want to leave anything to chance and have to start dealing with a refusal.

I'm glad it all worked out, once again, thank you all!

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Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 5 by maziemeka2024: 3:48pm On Apr 25

Larash:
Good morning, please help me I want to resubmit my new application, how can I solve this two refusal.
Secondly is possible for me to reduce my annual come and those it compulsory to have tax clearance , I am going for my brother graduation

I would advice you leave UK application for now. The more you change your figures, the more suspicious your application becomes.

You either take time off and claim self employed and build a new profile. Or you go and pay tax on the figures you have quoted you earn for 3 years.

Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 5 by Cashmadam: 5:15pm On Apr 25

omo1:
Hi house good morning

The posts here are A LOT i must say, i highly commend everyone here who has contributed in one way or the other. This is the Nigeria we clamor for everyday 🙂

Please I wanted to clarify something, i want to apply for a visiting visa but i want to confirm if its a bad idea for me to use my business account for bank statement purposes

Im self employed and I've also traveled to the UK before a few times but i used my parents accounts then. I was younger and hadn't started my business then

Thanks in anticipation 😊🙏

I suggest you pay yourself a monthly salary from your business account.

Just transfer a fixed sum of money from your company account to your personal account every month. If it can be on the same date every month, the better. E.g April 2024 salary - paid on 30 April. N500,000. Do that every month for at least 6 months.

Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 5 by Larash: 7:55pm On Apr 25

giselle237:

Then this again… surely they would revisit your previous visa forms to check what you had written before… how would you explain away the fact that the names and age of the people on your previous application are not your parents?? I don’t know how.

I really appreciate you sir thank you so much. I am not changing anything from previous form again we have chosen aunty instead of sister

Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 5 by giselle237: 8:24pm On Apr 25

Larash:
I really appreciate you sir thank you so much. I am not changing anything from previous form again we have chosen aunty instead of sister

More woes for you!!
So why are you telling lies?
I understand the situation but dishonesty is never the answer.
Desperation never ends well.
Never.
Anything may happen in the future and this lie would further cement the problem for you. It is even worse. With your 2 refusals it is also very hard for any ECO to grant an ‘Aunty’ with unstable financial circumstances wanting to go for nephew’s graduation… the parents or siblings perhaps… extended family with no travel history, with poor economic ties as well as no home ties… hmmm
Your past refusals are a major minus already on your application and now this? Smh

Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 5 by tuco02: 11:23pm On Apr 25

Please I need help on what to fill here ( see attched) so I dont put figures that will raise eye brows . Im traveling with my family of 4. Also what do I feel for the kids here?

Thank you.

See the attached

Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 5 by Jannyfranc: 10:05am On Apr 26

Know that this Aunty or Sisters graduation doesnt work,the ECO are tired of this.Can you try any other reason apart from that? like workshop,conference etc

Larash:
I really appreciate you sir thank you so much. I am not changing anything from previous form again we have chosen aunty instead of sister

Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 5 by roak: 10:25am On Apr 26

UK TB Test - Comprehensive Details of Process and experience at St. Nicholas Hospital

Hi all, thought to provide detailed info and updates to anyone who recently wants to do their TB test for UK Work or Student Visa.

St. Nicholas is your best bet. They only process medicals for UK and dont do other countries, so that already means less crowd compared to IOM and Q- life. It was a short wait time and smooth process.

All the admin staff, front desk and nurses that attended to me were courteous, and warm asides the stand offish and haughty attitude from the consultant Dr. Akinloye.. undecided

Her attitude really stank...but me sef no send undecided

Had my mind focused on the end goal... Do the test, collect my test results and we meuveee!!

In all, i spent no more than 30mins there. Got there about 11.15am.

Make sure you have a hardcopy of your appointment confirmation. I didn't have mine but was directed to a business center nearby to print.

I got an email from them next day (morning precisely) ; the results were out - both soft copy and hardcopy.

You can attach the softcopy with your visa supporting docs. It already has the doctors signature, and a barcode, so the authenticity is valid.

Also, according to their mail you can print the soft copy document yourself- but for best quality they said to print the document on Conqueror paper. (Conqueror Paper is that thick yellow certifcate paper...)

So in short if you're not able to return there to pick your hardcopy, you can print the soft copy on Conqueror paper and you're good to go!

I hope this detailed info helps someone!!

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Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 5 by rapheal5(m): 12:34pm On Apr 26

Hello is this real, ive been making alot of research lately, i got this sent to my email...

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