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abdultangz:
Hi pertaining the refusal I got a few weeks ago on which cash madam advise I should try other places apart from U.K. since I am been refused 4 times, I just wanna put here the two other refusal that my dad got along side his wife of whom we applied together as a family, we can’t understand why they denied him after traveling to U.K. more than 200 times in the last three decades or so and he is like 80 years of age a frequent business to the U.K.

Your dad should address the indicated reasons given in the letter. Simply write a cover letter.

It is either he has more than one wife or he has divorced and remarried a different one between 2014 and now. A cover letter is required to state which is the case.

Also, I know the ECOs sometimes get the figures wrong, but if these given here are correct and your dad truly stated that he earns 3.5m p.a. and wishes to spend 50 m on a business trip being funded by his spouse, you can see how this looks fantastic. Was it that his spouse has a bank statement showing that amount and she indicated that that is what is available to her for her trip? Check the submitted application, verify those figures and make them look realistic. It is possible that your dad might have meant to say that he only draws out x amount from his business annually while its turnover is in multiples justifying the business trip, for instance.

onile1975:
@ Barsaguri, congrats

Pls how much is ur monthly income and ur living expenses?

My monthly income isn’t fixed. I am a freelancer. I do affiliate marketing for real estate companies and get paid a commission when I close a deal. So it is not fixed. But for the 6months statement I submitted, I had inflow of about 14M.

Living expenses per month is 300,000.

But note that I filled that I am dependent on my husband even though I earn something for myself because I am primarily a stay-at-home mother and I do the affiliate marketing business as a side thing. And my husbands statement was buoyant enough to proof this and there were transfers on his statement proofing that he actually sends money to me as monthly allowance. So I don’t think they really bothered about my own financial situation.

chrisifeanyi:
Please after masters in the UK what's the probability of staying back. I intend travelling with family and I learnt it must be masters of research but my question is, after masters, how many years of Post graduation work permit will I get and what's the chances of changing my visa to work visa during this period and staying back?
What about my kid's school fees, on the average what does it cost in UK. I really want to know especially the probability of getting work visa after study because I will be leaving my job here and wouldn't want to come back.
Your candid opinion will guide me accordingly.
Please put your comment here

The answers to all the questions you have asked are available to you within 2 minutes of searching the internet.

abdultangz:
Hi pertaining the refusal I got a few weeks ago on which cash madam advise I should try other places apart from U.K. since I am been refused 4 times, I just wanna put here the two other refusal that my dad got along side his wife of whom we applied together as a family, we can’t understand why they denied him after traveling to U.K. more than 200 times in the last three decades or so and he is like 80 years of age a frequent business to the U.K.

The problem is not his income nor how much he wishes to spend as all that we’re seen in his statement. The problem is the declaration as maybe he didn’t include the previous marital divorce certificate and also pictures of him and his new spouse to that regards.

It’s not a big deal and thank God UK visa doesn’t take time like Canada own.

He should simply reapply, include divorce certificate with his previous wife and also the new declaration, some lovey dovey pictures with his new wife and the family in happy and merriment moods and back it up with a self Attestation letter explaining more on that simple.

That’s just it and he’s good to go. After submission and biometric , he does be getting his visa within 10days.

Cyberknight:
Your dad should address the indicated reasons given in the letter. Simply write a cover letter.

It is either he has more than one wife or he has divorced and remarried a different one between 2014 and now. A cover letter is required to state which is the case.

Also, I know the ECOs sometimes get the figures wrong, but if these given here are correct and your dad truly stated that he earns 3.5m p.a. and wishes to spend 50 m on a business trip being funded by his spouse, you can see how this looks fantastic. Was it that his spouse has a bank statement showing that amount and she indicated that that is what is available to her for her trip? Check the submitted application, verify those figures and make them look realistic. It is possible that your dad might have meant to say that he only draws out x amount from his business annually while its turnover is in multiples justifying the business trip, for instance.

It’s Billions not millions. N3.5B.

His statement ain’t a problem as it wasn’t indicated as any issue. The issue is just that he needs to include his previous divorce certificate to his ex. Wife and also the new declaration Nothing else.

abdultangz:
Hi pertaining the refusal I got a few weeks ago on which cash madam advise I should try other places apart from U.K. since I am been refused 4 times, I just wanna put here the two other refusal that my dad got along side his wife of whom we applied together as a family, we can’t understand why they denied him after traveling to U.K. more than 200 times in the last three decades or so and he is like 80 years of age a frequent business to the U.K.

First, I noted a lot of figures were thrown around in your Dad's application.

It is not advisable to say you want to spend N50Million on a 7 day trip - even if you can actually afford it.

Also, did your Dad provide proof of his over N3Billion annual income? Does he really earn that much per annum or he quoted his company's annual turnover (which is very different from income)

Then, the issue of his wife added to the problems.

Finally, check and confirm if he had any need for medical attention in the past while he was in the UK. Also, if he stayed in the UK for a long time at a stretch...

He may reapply and address the issues raised in the refusal.

GodGraceOnly:
It’s Billions not millions. N3.5B.

His statement ain’t a problem as it wasn’t indicated as any issue. The issue is just that he needs to include his previous divorce certificate to his ex. Wife and also the new declaration Nothing else.

Noted. I misread that.
This is probably the annual turnover for his company, I presume.
Best he simply indicates how much he actually pays himself from that company.

onile1975:
@ Berisaguri congratulations
Pls I will need u to help me with the following questions, because my husband want to fully sponsored me and my two kids

(1) as self employed did pay urself salary for six months to ur bank account and how much is ur monthly income

(2) did u write up the budget analysis for each person and how much did calculate for each child?

(3) is ur husband travel with u ?

4) pls help us send how u arrange the travel itinerary so that it will guide us.thanks

1. No. That’s because of the nature of my business/work. Like I mentioned, I do affiliate marketing not buying and selling. So I did not see the point paying myself again from commissions received. So I just made expenses directly from my account.

2. Yes. 5,950,000 for me and 5,950,000 for my husband. 5,500,000 for each child. In NGN. For 3 weeks visit. Return Flight fee, accommodation, feeding, transportation and tickets for sight seeing inclusive.

3. Yes

4. For each week, we stated where we plan to stay, the cost of the place, how much we would spend on food, transportation, sightseeing and shopping. We also detailed our activities for each week.

Cyberknight:
The answers to all the questions you have asked are available to you within 2 minutes of searching the internet.

It's not also a crime if you give me an honest answer Sir.
Happy new week

chrisifeanyi:
It's not also a crime if you give me an honest answer Sir.
Happy new week

Na wa.
There is 2 years post study visa for msc and phd but only msc research and phd can bring in dependents.
Public primary/secondary schools are free for kids. University tuition is billed differently. If you are a student I do not think you can afford private primary or secondary school tuition in thousands of pounds monthly so yeah all this information is actually available on the internet.
Probability of getting a job to sponsor your work visa is unknown. Different people, different qualifications, different skills and so will encounter different challenges and situations.

Please has anyone gotten a free biometrics date recent,it's hard getting a date .... ,quote author=giselle237 post=132523656]
Na wa.
There is 2 years post study visa for msc and phd but only msc research and phd can bring in dependents.
Public primary/secondary schools are free for kids. University tuition is billed differently. If you are a student I do not think you can afford private primary or secondary school tuition in thousands of pounds monthly so yeah all this information is actually available on the internet.
Probability of getting a job to sponsor your work visa is unknown. Different people, different qualifications, different skills and so will encounter different challenges and situations.[/quote]

Please has anyone gotten a free biometrics date recent,it's hard getting a date

GodGraceOnly:
It’s Billions not millions. N3.5B.

His statement ain’t a problem as it wasn’t indicated as any issue. The issue is just that he needs to include his previous divorce certificate to his ex. Wife and also the new declaration Nothing else.

The issue is not figures, but partner

He had one partner before and now with another partner

Please do you know how much they charge in addition to 298 pounds for a study visa and it's like ( I mean long stay aside visiting visa )

giselle237:
Na wa.
There is 2 years post study visa for msc and phd but only msc research and phd can bring in dependents.
Public primary/secondary schools are free for kids. University tuition is billed differently. If you are a student I do not think you can afford private primary or secondary school tuition in thousands of pounds monthly so yeah all this information is actually available on the internet.
Probability of getting a job to sponsor your work visa is unknown. Different people, different qualifications, different skills and so will encounter different challenges and situations.

please what bank can I use to send tuition of 8000 pounds. I do not want to buy Fx from black market.
Does Form A still exist?

Berisagurl:
Visa Alert!
I am a silent reader and I happened to stumble again on this thread just after I submitted my application. ( Its almost becoming a norm for most people to discover this thread after submitting an application with mistakes [color=#550000][/color].)
I submitted an application to visit the UK for our family of 6. My husband, to sponsor the trip for us all.

Mistake:
I entered the individual amount we would be spending in the space provided to answer the question "How much would you spend personally". I misinterpreted the question to mean, what's our individual budget for the trip. so instead of putting 1pound or NGN as the case maybe, I went ahead and wrote the whole sum!
I was so scared after i discovered this mistake but thanks to @cashmadam who said in one of her posts that God is still in the business of doing miracles, lol, I decided to be calm and let God do his thing!

I think some of these helped my case too:

1. There was a personalized sponsorship letter from my husband for myself and children, stating how much each of us would spend and how much he is providing.

2. After making the mistake of entering the total sum instead of putting 1pound or NGN (since our trip is entirely sponsored by my husband), in the ''How much would you spend personally" question, I still repeated the exact amount as what our sponsors would provide. For instance, after putting 3,000,000 NGN as what we would personally spend, I wrote 3,000,000 NGN as what my sponsor would contribute towards the trip. So I guess the ECO was able to figure that I misinterpreted the question.

3. I provided a detailed itinerary of our planned 3 weeks visit.

But in all, I want to attribute it to God, cause it could have gone the way regardless! Anyways, thanks to all the angels here, @giselle and @cashmadam, I have learnt how to properly fill the forms now, and I wont be making same mistake next time! To other applicants that may have made same mistake, I honestly think ECO's are trained to figure misinterpretations of questions and innocent mistakes. So I pray it works out well for you as it did for me. I have attached one of @cashmadam's response that gave me hope. Indeed God does show mercy! All the best!

Timeline:
Biometrics - 4th Oct
Collection Mail: 15th Oct.
(Not priority service)

Hi sis,I received a collection email for my mum's visa yesterday. I'm yet to receive the decision email. Does it mean her visa has been granted? Or should I wait for the decision email before she goes to pick up her passport?

Please how did you get biometrics date for your mom,I have been searching for free date for 2 month now and haven't gotten .

Olubunmi101:
Hi sis,I received a collection email for my mum's visa yesterday. I'm yet to receive the decision email. Does it mean her visa has been granted? Or should I wait for the collection email before she goes to pick up her passport?

@cashmadam God will bless u for been there for me all the time

Pls I want to ask you a question concerning my wife income which was #65,000 in her last refused application and you advise that we should make it #300,000 in the next application.

My question is can I start paying her #255,000 as monthly allowance to boost her income to #300,000 by sending it from my own account to her salary account?
2) Hope this will not cause red flag because I did not include this monthly allowance in the previous application?

onile1975:
Pls I want to ask you a question concerning my wife income which was #65,000 in her last refused application and you advise that we should make it #300,000 in the next application.

My question is can I start paying her #255,000 as monthly allowance to boost her income to #300,000 by sending it from my own account to her salary account?
2) Hope this will not cause red flag because I did not include this monthly allowance in the previous application?

This application is most likely to be refused.
Everything looks forced and with previous refusals already + zero travel history, no ECO would take such chances of granting this visa as this tallies with one with no strong compelling ties/one who would recourse to public funds is given the visa. If you were also seen as a worthy sponsor during the last application, her income might have mattered less but no you were not seen in that light .It is a simple no until circumstances change——> 200-250k disposable income all new information + no verifiable employment —-> no—-> and all the signs are clearly here.

Abbebbay:
Please how did you get biometrics date for your mom,I have been searching for free date for 2 month now and haven't gotten .

I paid 82k for prime time appointment. I couldn't get free date

Hmmm.....thank you

Olubunmi101:
I paid 82k for prime time appointment. I couldn't get free date

Olubunmi101:
Hi sis,I received a collection email for my mum's visa yesterday. I'm yet to receive the decision email. Does it mean her visa has been granted? Or should I wait for the decision email before she goes to pick up her passport?

It was exactly same for me….I was always refreshing my mail and praying I don’t receive another mail aside from the collection mail, lol. Go and collect your passport, It’s a good sign your mum has been granted visa.

Congratulations in advance

Olubunmi101:
Hi sis,I received a collection email for my mum's visa yesterday. I'm yet to receive the decision email. Does it mean her visa has been granted? Or should I wait for the decision email before she goes to pick up her passport?

onile1975:
@cashmadam God will bless u for been there for me all the time

Pls I want to ask you a question concerning my wife income which was #65,000 in her last refused application and you advise that we should make it #300,000 in the next application.

My question is can I start paying her #255,000 as monthly allowance to boost her income to #300,000 by sending it from my own account to her salary account?
2) Hope this will not cause red flag because I did not include this monthly allowance in the previous application?

God bless you too.

I honestly can't recall my exact words. However, in boosting her income, it has to be seen to be a long standing and sustainable source of income from you. Otherwise, it becomes account padding..

If you pay money into her account, it might and it might not fly. Nobody can really predict to be honest.

The main issue is her personal economic circumstance. The visa officer will ask - if this person's husband stops giving her money, can she survive on her own? Will she have her own money to sustain herself in the UK and not depend on public funds?

That is the main question you need to answer. From my perspective, the honest answer is NO. Your wife simply cannot afford to travel to the UK on her income. That is the summary.

However, if you want to try the method of paying money into her account for a few months before you reapply, then please try. Life is a risk and I never say never. She either gets the visa by divine intervention or she doesn't. I believe in miracles and they have been known to happen. Decide if you want to take another risk by reapplying.

Good luck!

Hi all, please I need some guidance, I am currently in the uk and inviting my mom over for my graduation. My moms home ties is she has other children in Nigeria, she jointly owns a property with my dad and cares for my dad as my dad is wheel chair bound as a result of stroke and vascular dementia, ( although I am unable to secure a medical report to this effect - hospital refused to give because his diagnosis was since 2007 ). Also, I have to proof relationship with my mom, but I do not have an official birth certificate. I have various pictures with my mom and previously shared the same last name with her before I changed my name due to marriage.

Please, would this pictures be enough to show prof of relationship ?

What other documents can I use to show proof of relationship?

My parents do not have a marriage certificate as they got married traditionally 50yrs ago, what can I use to proof that my mom has a husband she’s coming back to?

And also, would pictures of my mom and dad in his present condition (which by the way looks very sick in a wheelchair) be enough to show home ties instead of medical report?

Please, any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks .

@cashmadam thanks alot

@Cashmadam thanks for your quick response

I have another question to ask

What of if her business is expand by open more saloon shops, because she is a hairdresser,and employed more aprentix to work for her this will in crease her income and she will be able to pay herself a salary of #300,000 per month, and she will explain to (eco)in her next application that the business expansion cause her salary to change from 65k to 300k.she will submit the pictures of all the new opening salon shops as the evidence

My question is Can it work out like this?

giselle237:
Na wa.
There is 2 years post study visa for msc and phd but only msc research and phd can bring in dependents.
Public primary/secondary schools are free for kids. University tuition is billed differently. If you are a student I do not think you can afford private primary or secondary school tuition in thousands of pounds monthly so yeah all this information is actually available on the internet.
Probability of getting a job to sponsor your work visa is unknown. Different people, different qualifications, different skills and so will encounter different challenges and situations.

Good afternoon
@cashmadam @giselle237 @leef2022 @ashirioluwa
Please, I applied for a UK visa for an event starting on November 1st, 2024. I just received my Visa today and the start day says November 10th, 2024. Please, is there anything I can do?
I need help

TheOmolola:
Please, I applied for a UK visa for an event starting on November 1st, 2024. I just received my Visa today and the start day says November 10th, 2024. Please, is there anything I can do?
I need help

Send a paid email to them. Can you check that on your visa form you have not requested a deferred arrival date?

giselle237:
Send a paid email to them. Can you check that on your visa form you have not requested a deferred arrival date?

I confirmed on my visa application form again. The date I included for the "date you plan to arrive the UK" is November 1st, 2024, and not November 10th.

Osebebe22:
Hi all, please I need some guidance, I am currently in the uk and inviting my mom over for my graduation. My moms home ties is she has other children in Nigeria, she jointly owns a property with my dad and cares for my dad as my dad is wheel chair bound as a result of stroke and vascular dementia, ( although I am unable to secure a medical report to this effect - hospital refused to give because his diagnosis was since 2007 ). Also, I have to proof relationship with my mom, but I do not have an official birth certificate. I have various pictures with my mom and previously shared the same last name with her before I changed my name due to marriage.

Please, would this pictures be enough to show prof of relationship ?

What other documents can I use to show proof of relationship?

My parents do not have a marriage certificate as they got married traditionally 50yrs ago, what can I use to proof that my mom has a husband she’s coming back to?

And also, would pictures of my mom and dad in his present condition (which by the way looks very sick in a wheelchair) be enough to show home ties instead of medical report?

Please, any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks .

Any one pls?

Hello everyone, please I want to make enquiries on UK visitors visa application from Canada.
I'm a student currently in Canada, and i want to apply for UK visa for Christmas, what documents do I need for the application, and do they grant students visa?

Thanks, I will appreciate any information.