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giselle237:
Is your brother the skilled worker or the skilled worker dependent?
Is there an existing sole custody?
If no and If he is the skilled worker dependent then it is assumed that the minor child can be left with his mother in Nigeria… because ofcourse that is his primary parent as well or with the same people that have been taking care of him in the last 13 years.
The odds are mightily not in ya favour if the child’s father is the dependent in this situation. His mother is alive, child should live with his mom. That is the duty of care the UK government owes to children which they have also explained in the letter you posted.
Point B- is collected from courts- sole custody and sole responsibility court order.
Do not obtain a fake document because they verify.

LCMedia:
My bank statement shows I make $6,500 pm, the ECO acknowledged that. That was the conversion rate when I was submitting my application. I have a Portugal digital nomad residency visa in my passport, I wouldn’t have gotten that if i wasn’t earning what I said I earn, yet the EFO wasn’t convinced with all other documents.

I didn’t explain my debits, 99% are own transfer to my NGN account. The figure of the expenses started are estimate of what I spend per month, not per the debits in my bank statement. I find it weird having to explain my debits when there are narrations in each of these transactions, these people just rejecting people for the most stupidest reasons - going through the cases on this thread after submitting my application, I saw people being rejected for not explaining how they got the deposit of amount as low as 2,000 NGN.

Marcgrace:
Hello@justwise

Thanks for your advice. May I ask you a few more questions through email?

Hebunn:
Yes, he's the skilled worker and not the dependant.
And no, we won't obtain fake documents... The boy's mother actually supports that he joins his father, and I know she'll readily do all that is required.

Emerald138:
Good morning, house. I am trying to invite my mom to my graduation next month, but she was denied. What do I do? Can I reapply and state that she's a housewife because she doesn't have a business certificate or documents, and does petty trading? Will this refusal affect it?

LCMedia:
Thank you for your input. I’m not even trying again anytime soon. Not in six months or 1yr. I’m starting my digital residency in PRT next month, I’d have like 28 countries to visit. I was hoping I’d fly from the UK to PRT.

giselle237:
Support is not enough.
She will have to relinquish her rights and then you go through the courts. Not fair though but who am I.
Anyways without sole custody and sole responsibility court order granted by the courts to the father and other proofs attached, this visa will not be granted. The longer the more they will say he can stay with the other parent or other family in Nigeria.

Manlikechims:
Seems like this is your emotion getting the better part of you which is a normal reaction especially if you are traveling for genuine reasons.
The best thing British does is explain why you are refused and it’s for anyone to look at that refusal and on that basis respond accordingly when reapplying. If I were you, I’d address it immediately and have a strong yet very polite letter responding to the reasons for refusal and addressing all the concerns and better tidied up documentation. You don’t want to get to Portugal and an opportunity comes up and you wish you had the UK visa.
In 2017 I was going to Disneyland with my family the logical thing to do was apply through French embassy and we got refused. I had never ever since Schengen union been refused so I was livid as you know their own refusal is generic, it could mean anything except in the case they state you have a travel insurance issue . I was lucky enough to leave close to the embassy so I drove down and got the embassy email address, I emailed them a few times and then came a call from the embassy and it was from the consul general, they asked if we had been recently refused a visa from German embassy( this was my first time ever applying from anywhere else outside of German embassy so for them it was strange and they assumed I was coming to them) I responded by saying no, I was asked to send a new itinerary by email and a week later we were asked to bring in our passport to the embassy and collect that same day. I never ever take no for an answer, I may be in my emotions but I never let it get to me.
When you are in some of those 28 states you’ve mentioned then you’d realize the uk is just an hour away, 2 hours away etc.
I guess my point is your travel is genuine then you should 'fight' it

LCMedia:
Thank you so much for your contribution. I have already sent a complaint through the official complaints procedure on the GOV.UK website. Is there any other way I can fight it? I’d appreciate it. Thank you.

jmoore:
If she's being sponsored fully by someone, you shouldn't write that figure in the space of 'how much are you personally going to spend'.

There's a space for what the sponsor will contribute.

It's not about being housewife or employed.

It's about the bank account matching what you filled.

Credits are seen as salary or allowance(additional regular income).

And debits are seen as expenses.

KaylaO:
Good morning house.

Is there anyone that has tried to book an appointment this week? Do you know if there’s any availability in Ikeja VFS, please?

jmoore:
I booked for someone yesterday, 30th October is the closest free date for Ikeja.

drlaykay:
Congratulations in advance.
My sister applied to come visit me. Her biometrics was 3rd of October. She's yet to get an email. I am wondering what could be causing the delay.

I could see that your application was on the 2nd.
Please when did you get this email?

SirPilgrim:
Have you gotten a decision now?

SirPilgrim:
Have you gotten a decision now?

Emerald138:
Thanks. If I want to reapply, should I remove that and not add any details about employment because I thought I could use it to show ties?

Gippeum:
Just as an update, I've gotten the visa!!!!

Biometrics: September 24
VAC email: September 25
Decision and collection VFS email: October 6
Passport and visa collected: October 7

Ayobami227:
Hello everyone,

Please is £1500 enough for a five day visit to the UK. I have £8000 in savings and earn 1.5m monthly.

My monthly expenditure is 400,000.

In my first application I was refused because I spent more than by stated monthly expenditure in July, but I explained it was a one off payment and non reoccurring debit in my cover letter, I paid 650k for my annual rent and 500k for my hotel booking trip to Ghana, but the VO called it a discrepancy and singled out those two dates from my bank statement.

Now, I want to submit my statement from August to October which does not have any discrepancy. It still hurts me because that's the only reason my application was refused despite all the many evidence I supplied.

By my calculation the £1500 converted to naira is less than 2 months of my disposable income. So I need your advice:

So that I won't submit a new application after addressing the reason for denial and what has changed in my circumstances, and THEN they will pick another reason for refusal in this new application.

I will appreciate your responses, gurus and expert. My savings comes from my rental property, investments and my beauty business brands and I intend to resubmit all the other documents I used in my first attempt, aside from my updated bank statement without any high one off debit.

My concern is , I don't want to reapply now , and they will find another reason.so I need our advice, is £1500 okay for a five day trip?

Ayobami227:
Hello everyone,

Please is £1500 enough for a five day visit to the UK. I have £8000 in savings and earn 1.5m monthly.

My monthly expenditure is 400,000.

In my first application I was refused because I spent more than by stated monthly expenditure in July, but I explained it was a one off payment and non reoccurring debit in my cover letter, I paid 650k for my annual rent and 500k for my hotel booking trip to Ghana, but the VO called it a discrepancy and singled out those two dates from my bank statement.

Now, I want to submit my statement from August to October which does not have any discrepancy. It still hurts me because that's the only reason my application was refused despite all the many evidence I supplied.

By my calculation the £1500 converted to naira is less than 2 months of my disposable income. So I need your advice:

So that I won't submit a new application after addressing the reason for denial and what has changed in my circumstances, and THEN they will pick another reason for refusal in this new application.

I will appreciate your responses, gurus and expert. My savings comes from my rental property, investments and my beauty business brands and I intend to resubmit all the other documents I used in my first attempt, aside from my updated bank statement without any high one off debit.

My concern is , I don't want to reapply now , and they will find another reason.so I need our advice, is £1500 okay for a five day trip?

icu4:
hello Everyone, please do i need to fill this section of the checklist before uploading on the vfs portal.

icu4:
someone please help me out with this.cc cashmadam Ashirioluwa giselle237 hunee

youngprince111:
Visa approved

Biometrics: October 7
UKVI email: October 8
VFS collection email: October 28
Passport collected: October 29

icu4:
someone please help me out with this.cc cashmadam Ashirioluwa giselle237 hunee

TheLolaT:
I'm trying to book an appointment at the Ikeja centre and the earliest date is Friday November 7th.
Please is there a possibility of an earlier spot opening up if I check in the night?
Thank you.