₦airaland Forum

SIMON78:
I am with my passport already with visa issued, my case is overturned Decision and my passport has been there since 2nd December, I went to the British High commission yesterday and ask them to give my passport wether visa issued or not, they told me they will call me in the afternoon, by 1pm I received there call to come and get my passport, when I opened I saw the visa there issued. Cheers

@SIMON78 we congratulate you


Pls kind share the uk email address you use to make the decision overturn so that the people of the house can benefit.

Good day everyone, please what does this mean exactly in regards to tourist visa, does it mean an applicant must have 29,000 pound with an additional 3800 for a kids ? I'm confused by the annual income, please can someone who understands it explain, thank you

Superwoman1101:
Good day everyone, please what does this mean exactly in regards to tourist visa, does it mean an applicant must have 29,000 pound with an additional 3800 for a kids ? I'm confused by the annual income, please can someone who understands it explain, thank you

No. Family visa is a type of immigrant visa. It is not for you as a tourist but for the family of settled persons or British citizens applying to join them.

Thanks Nairaland family

My inlaw did her biometrics on 13/12/2024 visit visa

Collection just now.

Approved.

Ikeja standard.

Many thanks my family for the information I gathered here

Submitted my biometric on the 6th of December for a study visa Uk at Victoria island. Received a Not Straightforward mail on the 9th. When am i likely to get a response to come pick up my passport. Has anyone gotten a response for a ukvi study visa of recent? How do i know my visa has been approved would that be communicated via email or till i receive my passport and cross check. 25th & 26th are public holidays doubt Ukvi would be working those two days.

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Hello my people. Please I have an enquiry that needs urgent reply.
Has anyone recently done tb test at IOM centre in Benin. The test fee am seeing is in USD and it says 95usd for above 11 and 45usd for below 11.
Can someone please confirm if it's true? Or advice where I can get it lower. It's a family of 4

Thanks in advance

NB: Benin city is closer to us from Warri delta state

Sorry this. Please someone help to respond

Good afternoon everyone. Has anyone on here been granted a UK visitor visa based on a total budget of 900 GBP to 1,000 GBP for a one-week trip to London (excluding accommodation and including airfare)? For those of you who have been granted visas, how much did you budget on the application? It'll be very helpful to know. Thank you.

b31164707:
Good afternoon everyone. Has anyone on here been granted a UK visitor visa based on a total budget of 900 GBP to 1,000 GBP for a one-week trip to London (excluding accommodation and including airfare)? For those of you who have been granted visas, how much did you budget on the application? It'll be very helpful to know. Thank you.

It seems you might not be fully prepared to apply yet.

Pls what to do after a uk visit visa got refused because of newly opened CAC account and also the monthly expenses that u claim you spend doesn’t appear on the bank statement

Lollydagold:
Pls what to do after a uk visit visa got refused because of newly opened CAC account and also the monthly expenses that u claim you spend doesn’t appear on the bank statement

Redact personal information and post the letter for better understanding.

Please I sent a paid mail and I got this what does it mean. Approved or refused

Investorvibess:
Please I sent a paid mail and I got this what does it mean. Approved or refused

Study visa right? Be rest assured your Application has been approved. When was your biometric submitted?

What do you mean? I have $7,500+ in savings, but only planning to spend between 900 GBP and 1,000 GBP for a week in London (including airfare and excluding accommodation). How much do you recommend as a realistic budget then?

giselle237:
It seems you might not be fully prepared to apply yet.

Akintomide454:
Study visa right? Be rest assured your Application has been approved. When was your biometric submitted?

Visit visa , 28th nov Can you give me insight why you said it’s approved

b31164707:
Good afternoon everyone. Has anyone on here been granted a UK visitor visa based on a total budget of 900 GBP to 1,000 GBP for a one-week trip to London (excluding accommodation and including airfare)? For those of you who have been granted visas, how much did you budget on the application? It'll be very helpful to know. Thank you.

Can somebody please respond to this

Good evening everyone. Has anyone on here been granted a UK visitor visa based on a total budget of 900 GBP to 1,000 GBP for a one-week trip to London (excluding accommodation and including airfare)? For those of you who have been granted visas, how much did you budget on the application? It'll be very helpful to know. Thank you.

b31164707:
only planning to spend between 900 GBP and 1,000 GBP for a week in London (including airfare and excluding accommodation). How much do you recommend as a realistic budget then?

You are not understanding that is possibly why you are not getting any response from the house.
There is no hard and fast rule and you can not write to an ECO that they didn’t refuse another person’s visa with a budget of £900 so they can not refuse yours. Can not and will not work.

1. Flights:- Check the flight options for a return ticket within your travel dates and add the amount. As long as it is not Air France/KLM- … no 500 return
2. Feeding:- sample case scenario for 7 days trip at £30 per day = £210
3. Transport/Miscellaneous/shopping :- 7 day trip - sample case scenario- = £200

Total of no 2 + 3= £410. Find a return flight, add to £410 to see what your options maybe.
Again, this is solely a sample . Have yours and write your explanation in your cover letter or the additional information section of the visa form if you need to make anything clearer to the ECO.

Akintomide454:
Submitted my biometric on the 6th of December for a study visa Uk at Victoria island. Received a Not Straightforward mail on the 9th. When am i likely to get a response to come pick up my passport. Has anyone gotten a response for a ukvi study visa of recent? How do i know my visa has been approved would that be communicated via email or till i receive my passport and cross check. 25th & 26th are public holidays doubt Ukvi would be working those two days.

I also did my bio on the same 6th Dec till now I have not heard from them. Am really worried cos next week two days is off from their working days.

Expenses usually vary per day though, so if I spend only 40 GBP in one day, that doesn't mean I'll spend exactly 40 GBP the next day, since there are activities I may want to do or restaurants I might want to visit that will make me spend 130 pounds in one day for instance.
I'll just budget like 521 GBP for a week of living expenses (excluding accommodation covered by my host) and then like 500 and something pounds for a round-trip flight on Air France/KLM to minimize my costs. Hence, total budget (including airfare) will be between 1,000 and 1,050 GBP (at most), which should be reasonable for about a week.

giselle237:
You are not understanding that is possibly why you are not getting any response from the house.
There is no hard and fast rule and you can not write to an ECO that they didn’t refuse another person’s visa with a budget of £900 so they can not refuse yours. Can not and will not work.

1. Flights:- Check the flight options for a return ticket within your travel dates and add the amount. As long as it is not Air France/KLM- … no 500 return
2. Feeding:- sample case scenario for 7 days trip at £30 per day = £210
3. Transport/Miscellaneous/shopping :- 7 day trip - sample case scenario- = £200

Total of no 2 + 3= £410. Find a return flight, add to £410 to see what your options maybe.
Again, this is solely a sample . Have yours and write your explanation in your cover letter or the additional information section of the visa form if you need to make anything clearer to the ECO.

b31164707:
Expenses usually vary per day though, so if I spend only 40 GBP in one day, that doesn't mean I'll spend exactly 40 GBP the next day, since there are activities I may want to do or restaurants I might want to visit that will make me spend 130 pounds in one day for instance.
I'll just budget like 521 GBP for a week of living expenses (excluding accommodation covered by my host) and then like 500 and something pounds for a round-trip flight on Air France/KLM to minimize my costs. Hence, total budget (including airfare) will be between 1,000 and 1,050 GBP (at most), which should be reasonable for about a week.

You are aware that you can’t use Air France/KLM without a transit visa? Unless you have a UK BRP, or a visa for the USA, Canada, or Japan, you’ll need to apply for a transit visa. .. this information is privy to everyone.
Good luck with your application honestly! Just a reminder again, I’m not an ECO. None of us is.
Cheers.

Yes, I'm well aware. It's really just to show my flight itinerary and intended travel dates using the cheapest flight ticket. If my visa is granted, I'll then book my flight on another airline.

giselle237:
You are aware that you can’t use Air France/KLM without a transit visa? Unless you have a UK BRP, or a visa for the USA, Canada, or Japan, you’ll need to apply for a transit visa. .. this information is privy to everyone.
Good luck with your application honestly! Just a reminder again, I’m not an ECO. None of us is.
Cheers.

Got a passport collection email yesterday. Went to vfs to get my passport this afternoon.

Visa stamped.

Biometrics - 25th November
Paid call - 17th December
Collection email - 19th December

giselle237:
I hope you haven’t purchased travel tickets yet, as that information is available on the UKVI website.

Arrived this morning.

After short rest, decided to do some food shopping.

Went to Lewisham and you'll think you're in Idumota, Oyingbo, Mile 12 Market.

Blacks every and dominated by Nigerians.

Superwoman1101:
Good day everyone, please what does this mean exactly in regards to tourist visa, does it mean an applicant must have 29,000 pound with an additional 3800 for a kids ? I'm confused by the annual income, please can someone who understands it explain, thank you

The person that put this together must be a joker blogger.

Not sure any cap is said about Tourist Visa.

Just have sufficient funds during your stay, ticket, feeding and accomodation

giselle237:
You are aware that you can’t use Air France/KLM without a transit visa? Unless you have a UK BRP, or a visa for the USA, Canada, or Japan, you’ll need to apply for a transit visa. .. this information is privy to everyone.
Good luck with your application honestly! Just a reminder again, I’m not an ECO. None of us is.
Cheers.

All these budgeting that people do sometimes.

Ticket cost for us was way higher than anticipated having initially budgeted ₦6million as stated in VAF. With Air France and KLM no go area cos of transit visa, was left with BA, Virgin and Air Peace, all of which are over ₦7m

Shopping today alone which I know will not last beyond 2-3 days cost about £120. May be cos we're 3 sha

Glad to hear you arrived safely bro. May I please know how much you budgeted on your visa application (including airfare)? Would you mind sharing so I can use this as a guide to budget appropriately? Thank you.

davodyguy:
Arrived this morning.

After short rest, decided to do some food shopping.

Went to Lewisham and you'll think you're in Idumota, Oyingbo, Mile 12 Market.

Blacks every and dominated by Nigerians.

b31164707:
Glad to hear you arrived safely bro. May I please know how much you budgeted on your visa application (including airfare)? Would you mind sharing so I can use this as a guide to budget appropriately? Thank you.

If you read my post above, you'll understand.

Taxi from Gatwick to my abode cost £120
Meal at Burger King for 3 cost $51 using a Dollar card to pay.

Already spent almost £300 in a single day

Wow, your expenses are already crazy! How long are you planning to stay? One week? I believe you could've saved a lot more if you had used the train though, but since you didn't travel alone, I get why the budget stated on your application was as high as 6 million Naira sha. For me that's planning to travel alone, I think 2 million to 2.5 million Naira (1,022 GBP to 1,278 GBP) for a week (including flight and excluding accommodation) should be fine.

I earn about 882,000 Naira each month, but my December salary is always at least 1.4 million Naira, due to end of year allowances received.

davodyguy:
If you read my post above, you'll understand.

Taxi from Gatwick to my abode cost £120
Meal at Burger King for 3 cost $51 using a Dollar card to pay.

Already spent almost £300 in a single day

b31164707:
Wow, your expenses are already crazy! I believe you could've saved a lot more if you had used the train though, but since you didn't travel alone, I get why the budget stated on your application was as high as 6 million Naira sha. For me that's planning to travel alone, I think 2 million to 2.5 million Naira (1,022 GBP to 1,278 GBP) for a week (including flight and excluding accommodation) should be fine.

I earn about 882,000 Naira each month, but my December salary is always at least 1.4 million Naira, due to end of year allowances received.

Limit yourself as much as you can, but VAF budget is not always same as actual spending.

If I wasn't accommodated, there's a £100 a night 2 bedroom Airbnb apartment that I would have stayed.

Accomodation takes a lot out of your total budget, if you want to stay away from family. But with family for just few days, you save a lot

davodyguy:
If you read my post above, you'll understand.

Taxi from Gatwick to my abode cost £120
Meal at Burger King for 3 cost $51 using a Dollar card to pay.

Already spent almost £300 in a single day

It's really nice you're now experiencing the reality we have been seeing long ago in UK. I know when you were in Nigeria you would be calculating how much money you would be making forgetting that as u earn in Pounds you spend it here in the UK not Nigeria lol