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Hello everyone,

Please for those that did long term visit visas 2 years and above, did you do TB test?

SPDAZZY:
Hello everyone,

Please for those that did long term visit visas 2 years and above, did you do TB test?

Nope TB Test is not for Visiting Visa because on a Visit visa you can not spend longer than 6 months at a time even when u re granted 10 years visitng Visa

dende3:
Nope TB Test is not for Visiting Visa because on a Visit visa you can not spend longer than 6 months at a time even when u re granted 10 years visitng Visa

Thanks because I saw a mention of it under the longer visit visa in the gov website but I suppose it should be for medical and academic visits that are about 11-12 months.

Thanks a lot !

Gurus in the house, please advise me on I can do in this situation:

1.) is over 3 weeks now I went for my biometric at vfs.
2.) purpose of traveling (to attend a week conference) is in just a week time.

Meaning I just have a week for every other preparation for travel, yet I have not received any decision from embassy.

When was your biometrics date ...

plero:
Gurus in the house, please advise me on I can do in this situation:

1.) is over 3 weeks now I went for my biometric at vfs.
2.) purpose of traveling (to attend a week conference) is in just a week time.

Meaning I just have a week for every other preparation for travel, yet I have not received any decision from embassy.

Hello house please is a birth certificate issued by a private hospital of birth in Nigeria accepted as a prove of relationship with parent when applying for the parent visiting visa?

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larex007:
Can someone assist with VFS Ikeja contact number. I applied for visit visa for my mother in-law. Biometric done on the 25/02/2025. I reached out to ukvi via paid mail and I was told that decision as been made seen 12/03/2025. VFS Ikeja didn't provide any delivery details after I was debited twice for DHL delivery. No update on application. I tried reaching +2348070199993 but to no avail.

Please any success yet with the vfs ikeja contact... I'm in the same exact shoe, I am very far from the center to go ask for my passport to know if it's there yet.
If u have gotten the contact please share

Malosky1:
Please any success yet with the vfs ikeja contact... I'm in the same exact shoe, I am very far from the center to go ask for my passport to know if it's there yet.
If u have gotten the contact please share

No update from vfs.

FirsteBank:
.Many thanks to @giselle and other commentators

visa alert
For My Dad



IKEJA VFS

Biometrics ;05/03/25
Collection mail;17/03/25
Passport collected;17/03/25

NB
~ Retired
~ I stood as the sponsor for his trip
~ No travel history for him
~ First timer and first trial


Grateful to God.

Please do you have the ikeja contact details to confirm if my passport is ready.
I have received visa decision but no other message from vfs concerning my passport

Malosky1:
Please do you have the ikeja contact details to confirm if my passport is ready.
I have received visa decision but no other message from vfs concerning my passport

If you have received a Visa decision from UKVI, it takes about two to three working days before VFS gets your passport.
It may take shorter, but that's what I've observed so far.

Also, it's almost impossible to contact VFS Ikeja, the best option is to go there physically. You can try this email, but they're slow to respond: customercare@vfsglobal.com

QuickSuccess:
If you have received a Visa decision from UKVI, it takes about two to three working days before VFS gets your passport.
It may take shorter, but that's what I've observed so far.

Also, it's almost impossible to contact VFS Ikeja, the best option is to go there physically. You can try this email, but they're slow to respond: customercare@vfsglobal.com

Okay thank you. I will go tomorrow.
Again please for someone applying for UK student visa, will she need police report?

plero:
Gurus in the house, please advise me on I can do in this situation:

1.) is over 3 weeks now I went for my biometric at vfs.
2.) purpose of traveling (to attend a week conference) is in just a week time.

Meaning I just have a week for every other preparation for travel, yet I have not received any decision from embassy.

You can contact UKVI through an online query or by phone if you believe it has taken longer than the usual processing time to make a decision on your visa application.

You can use the link below to contact them online.

https://ukvi.mysecurepay.co.uk/Home

The online query will cost you £2.74.

Or

By phone:
+44 (0)300 790 6268
+44 (0)203 875 4669

You will be charged 69 pence per minute

Malosky1:
Okay thank you. I will go tomorrow.
Again please for someone applying for UK student visa, will she need police report?

No

topie2sure:
Hello house please is a birth certificate issued by a private hospital of birth in Nigeria accepted as a prove of relationship with parent when applying for the parent visiting visa?

As long as it was issued about the time of the child’s birth then you should not get any inquest from UKVI. Even if they ask it would basically be about providing more supporting information.
If you want to issue the birth certificate today/years after child’s birth- you would get an NSF to ascertain why.

If the UK visa case officer request for more document after application, what is an estimated days or weeks it will take to get a decision. It's been 2 weeks since the requested document was sent to them

Hello house

Pls my husband use his business account alone for visa application? Personal account is not in good state. Pls can someone also help me with sample letter of why I am using business acct.
what are the chances of success in this case pls?
I await responses. Pls help.

Hello Guys,

Please i need input here. I applied for my mum's visa and got refusal but the reason just doesn't sit well with me.

Please find the refusal letter below:

Firstly no way 5,000,000 is £9k.

Secondly , My mum was a trader and this is genuine. There's no pension or credit to her account i explained this in the cover letter. Mentioned she was a retired self employed woman and all.

Lastly the 5m is genuine as i send her roughly 100k every week because of situation of things in the country. This can be seen in the bank statement

Hi Gurus in the house

My friend from nigeria wants to apply for a visit visa to visit me in the uk.

She’s a registered business owner, we have arranged for her to commence paying herself salary from the business account into her personal account for the next couple of months. We settled for #800,000 per month into a separate salary account with #100,000 being the monthly expenditure.

She sells clothing & leather footwear . Is the monthly income realistic please ? What evidence is also sufficient for this asides bank statements

What tips can anyone give us so we get this at the first try as she does not have any travel history

adecoal:
Hello Guys,

Please i need input here. I applied for my mum's visa and got refusal but the reason just doesn't sit well with me.

Please find the refusal letter below:

Firstly no way 5,000,000 is £9k.

Secondly , My mum was a trader and this is genuine. There's no pension or credit to her account i explained this in the cover letter. Mentioned she was a retired self employed woman and all.

Lastly the 5m is genuine as i send her roughly 100k every week because of situation of things in the country. This can be seen in the bank statement

There are certain things you can't explain. This is a very simple mistake on your part. The visa was almost issued.

All that was needed was evidence of retirement. Isn't her job a pensionable one? No letter shows retirement from the place she worked?

Like I mentioned. My mum was a trader selling stuff in the market. There was no pension. We only asked her to stop working as she started to age.

maziemeka2024:
There are certain things you can't explain. This is a very simple mistake on your part. The visa was almost issued.

All that was needed was evidence of retirement. Isn't her job a pensionable one? No letter shows retirement from the place she worked?

adecoal:
Like I mentioned. My mum was a trader selling stuff in the market. There was no pension. We only asked her to stop working as she started to age.

In the future, it's important to refrain from mislabeling/mischaracterizing situations as Nigerians. … we do this a lot.
In this case, your mom could at best be said to be unemployed, not a retiree. As has been clearly stated in the refusal letter— being termed as a "retired" individual comes with certain expectations.
1. A retiree should be receiving retirement payments or at least be able to provide proof of their past employment, along with relevant documentation showing when and why they ceased working, such as official retirement letters or evidence of retirement plans.
2. Your claims don’t align with the status of a retiree—- they are expected to have a set retirement income and proof of their past job.

I am confused how someone who has been advised by their children to stop trading as a market trader could somehow be equated to a retiree. Is this possible? The claim that she has an annual income of 5 million from her retirement made it even more confusing for them.
The entire situation was unnecessarily complicated by you. The statements you mentioned appear to be more of a diversion or a way to deflect from the actual facts to get the visa. Apologies if not.
In summary, I am not sure anyone can argue here on this platform that the ECOs are at fault.

Thank you but in all honesty There’s no deflection I was only stating the situation as it is. It is a case of mislabeling a situation at best case which is what I have taken from what you said. Should probably have said unemployed. I do send her up to 5m yearly as claimed in form of 100k weekly. Which I mentioned in the cover letter was income from me. No other credits are in her account

I am planning to reapply but I don’t know if I should reapply immediately or wait till May then select unemployed. Also should I be addressing the reason for refusal in the cover letter by calling it out and explaining it?

giselle237:
In the future, it's important to refrain from mislabeling/mischaracterizing situations as Nigerians. … we do this a lot.
In this case, your mom could at best be said to be unemployed, not a retiree. As has been clearly stated in the refusal letter— being termed as a "retired" individual comes with certain expectations.
1. A retiree should be receiving retirement payments or at least be able to provide proof of their past employment, along with relevant documentation showing when and why they ceased working, such as official retirement letters or evidence of retirement plans.
2. Your claims don’t align with the status of a retiree—- they are expected to have a set retirement income and proof of their past job.

I am confused how someone who has been advised by their children to stop trading as a market trader could somehow be equated to a retiree. Is this possible? The claim that she has an annual income of 5 million from her retirement made it even more confusing for them.
The entire situation was unnecessarily complicated by you. The statements you mentioned appear to be more of a diversion or a way to deflect from the actual facts to get the visa. Apologies if not.
In summary, I am not sure anyone can argue here on this platform that the ECOs are at fault.

Can someone please give an input on this. Thanks I appreciate

Oluwabusolamiii:
Hi Gurus in the house

My friend from nigeria wants to apply for a visit visa to visit me in the uk.

She’s a registered business owner, we have arranged for her to commence paying herself salary from the business account into her personal account for the next couple of months. We settled for #800,000 per month into a separate salary account with #100,000 being the monthly expenditure.

She sells clothing & leather footwear . Is the monthly income realistic please ? What evidence is also sufficient for this asides bank statements

What tips can anyone give us so we get this at the first try as she does not have any travel history

My people please I want to know how long it takes to make a decision on a work visa. And am I expected to undergo an interview before a decision is made? Thanks and God bless.

Abbebbay:
When was your biometrics date ...

4th of March

Ashirioluwa:
You can contact UKVI through an online query or by phone if you believe it has taken longer than the usual processing time to make a decision on your visa application.

You can use the link below to contact them online.

https://ukvi.mysecurepay.co.uk/Home

The online query will cost you £2.74.

Or

By phone:
+44 (0)300 790 6268
+44 (0)203 875 4669

You will be charged 69 pence per minute

Thanks much. I do appreciate

Pls help me guys

MsAnonymous:
Hello house

Pls my husband use his business account alone for visa application? Personal account is not in good state. Pls can someone also help me with sample letter of why I am using business acct.
what are the chances of success in this case pls?
I await responses. Pls help.

MsAnonymous:
Pls help me guys

You and your spouse are perhaps headstrong.
He was refused for not presenting his personal acct statement.. here again you are reapplying and still refusing to produce this and now claiming business account statement-
You know the right thing to do.

Work on producing evidence of her ties to Nigeria, including information about her spouse and children who will remain there. Gather documentation such as evidence of her former store or stall, and photos of her in the market, to demonstrate that her situation is genuine and not fabricated.
In the additional section of the form, address the reason for refusal by stating that it was an honest mistake related to the mislabeling of her situation or something sha. Also address that her children advised her to cease her self-employment, which she had successfully managed for many years. Highlight that she was one of the most well-known traders in the southeastern, southwestern, or northern region of Nigeria.

adecoal:
Thank you but in all honesty There’s no deflection I was only stating the situation as it is. It is a case of mislabeling a situation at best case which is what I have taken from what you said. Should probably have said unemployed. I do send her up to 5m yearly as claimed in form of 100k weekly. Which I mentioned in the cover letter was income from me. No other credits are in her account
I am planning to reapply but I don’t know if I should reapply immediately or wait till May then select unemployed. Also should I be addressing the reason for refusal in the cover letter by calling it out and explaining it?

MsAnonymous:
Pls help me guys

The chances are not good. Abort mission.