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TomatoSauce1:
Hello, I'm asking on behalf of someone apply for visitor's visa to write OSCE. She currently leaves with a friend and her family, for close proximity to work. Her friend's Parents own the house. Is it ok to put that under 'give more details about living situation?

Risky to put living with my friend’s family. I would advice - ‘I rent it’ OR ‘living with family’ and end it at that.
There is no mandatory field to submit a tenancy agreement.

My dad is unemployed, I want to use the house he stays in the village as home ties, but the challenge is that the land was given to him by his father hence no documentation. Please how do I go about this, and what land documentation would the consular acknowledge.

@cashman and all

I'm a resident of Canada and I would like to visit UK with my parents who live in Nigeria. My parents own a house in Nigeria and have very small businesses that make less than 500k/month. Their savings is most likely less than 1m Naira. All the expenses of the trip will be funded by me. what do yo think is the best way to go about the visa application and all? Thanks!!

The UK Home Office immigration statistics for the year ending December 2025

4 out of 10 Nigerians get denied visitor visa

source: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/immigration-system-statistics-data-tables

bolobalabogn:
I'm a resident of Canada and I would like to visit UK with my parents who live in Nigeria. My parents own a house in Nigeria and have very small businesses that make less than 500k/month. Their savings is most likely less than 1m Naira. All the expenses of the trip will be funded by me. what do yo think is the best way to go about the visa application and all? Thanks!!

Inasmuch you will be sponsoring their trip, their own personal circumstances would be looked into.
1, Evidence that they own a business

2. Bank statement has to be clean. If they are using same personal account to do business transactions, that's a red flag. Debits for each month should be at most half of credits for the month.

Hi everyone.

I want to invite a relative to the UK. The person has a small business paying herself N200k to N300k a month with a bit of savings. She also has £1,000 in a Nigerian domiciliary account which has been there for over 1 year.

Would it be better for me to invite and state I will sponsor her trip (with my bank statements etc) or should she say she will sponsor the trip herself?

Will the Visa officer want to see clear evidence of where funds in her domiciliary account have come from? She has visited before it was a long time ago.

Thanks

Arctic:
Hi everyone.

I want to invite a relative to the UK. The person has a small business paying herself N200k to N300k a month with a bit of savings. She also has £1,000 in a Nigerian domiciliary account which has been there for over 1 year.

Would it be better for me to invite and state I will sponsor her trip (with my bank statements etc) or should she say she will sponsor the trip herself?

Will the Visa officer want to see clear evidence of where funds in her domiciliary account have come from? She has visited before it was a long time ago.

Thanks

It could have been better if she still has a copy of the previous application that was approved. That would have been a guide for you. Since it's long time ago, she may not have it.

Narration of credits is good but if the narration of the credits are not self-explanatory, she should write a letter explaining the origin of the funds.

Average expenses for UK trip is around 1,700 pounds for 2 weeks visit.

If she's going to use all her savings for that, that won't be good.

I think it's better you sponsor her. But she still has to present her domiciliary account as evidence of funds available to her.

Hello good people in the house, gesille, cashmadan and others


Please the hotel I booked for my wife and children,is treatment to cancel the hotel, saying its no longer available,meanwhile I have submitted and pay visa fees on the application form,I have also uploaded all the documents and books appointment.


My question is can I get another hotel and go to computer center to edit the application form with new hotel address?

I hope it will not cause red flags?

Or cancel the entire application is way out, please what can we do?

Goodluck70000:
Hello good people in the house, gesille, cashmadan and others


Please the hotel I booked for my wife and children,is treatment to cancel the hotel, saying its no longer available,meanwhile I have submitted and pay visa fees on the application form,I have also uploaded all the documents and books appointment.


My question is can I get another hotel and go to computer center to edit the application form with new hotel address?

I hope it will not cause red flags?

Or cancel the entire application is way out, please what can we do?

You can't edit submitted application.

Your only option is to cancel the application.

jmoore:
You can't edit submitted application.

Your only option is to cancel the application.

Thanks for ur response

U no when we submitted application, we will pay on it and download the application, the downloaded application can be edited at business center by core draw,after that we can then upload it at vfs website after booking appointments,that what I want the to look into,but when eco want to access application they will open the one on Vfs website and that is what we have edited.

Goodluck70000:
Thanks for ur response

U no when we submitted application, we will pay on it and download the application, the downloaded application can be edited at business center by core draw,after that we can then upload it at vfs website after booking appointments,that what I want the to look into,but when eco want to access application they will open the one on Vfs website and that is what we have edited.

I have said my own. If you follow the opposite of what I said, take whatever you see.

The penalty for forgery is immediate visa refusal and a mandatory 10 years ban! Please do your risk assessment before you proceed ! Good luck, peace !

Goodluck70000:
Hello good people in the house, gesille, cashmadan and others


Please the hotel I booked for my wife and children,is treatment to cancel the hotel, saying its no longer available,meanwhile I have submitted and pay visa fees on the application form,I have also uploaded all the documents and books appointment.


My question is can I get another hotel and go to computer center to edit the application form with new hotel address?

I hope it will not cause red flags?

Or cancel the entire application is way out, please what can we do?

Kristaps85:
My dad is unemployed, I want to use the house he stays in the village as home ties, but the challenge is that the land was given to him by his father hence no documentation. Please how do I go about this, and what land documentation would the consular acknowledge.

@cashman and all

My mum got her visa today and biometrics was last Thursday, so visa took just 8 days. This is her first time applying.
She was unemployed too, and I stated we children send her monthly upkeep. That's all. I didn't upload her bank statement, just mine the sponsor.

heykims:
My mum got her visa today and biometrics was last Thursday, so visa took just 8 days. This is her first time applying.
She was unemployed too, and I stated we children send her monthly upkeep. That's all. I didn't upload her bank statement, just mine the sponsor.

Congratulations.
This is a one off situation. Refusals have definitely increased due to the current political situation. Perhaps she has previous travel history or previous strong ties that allowed her circumstances to be agreed with.
Future applicants should not try this experiment if they are not willing to accept the possibility of a refusal as well.

heykims:
My mum got her visa today and biometrics was last Thursday, so visa took just 8 days. This is her first time applying.
She was unemployed too, and I stated we children send her monthly upkeep. That's all. I didn't upload her bank statement, just mine the sponsor.

Congratulations


Please how much did you wrote in pounce as amount you will use to sponsor ur mum?

Goodluck70000:
Congratulations
Please how much did you wrote in pounce as amount you will use to sponsor ur mum?

This is never going to end sha..
Serious pain to watch that even after multiple and multiple UK refusals you still don’t know there is no currency called ‘pounce’. Try, directtt this energy at learning the currency of the UK.

Goodluck70000:
Congratulations


Please how much did you wrote in pounce as amount you will use to sponsor ur mum?

£1500 for a 2-week stay.

heykims:
£1500 for a 2-week stay.

@ heykims. Thanks for ur response God bless you


The £1500 it for flight,hotel and living expenses?

2) As sponsor how many months banks statement of account did you submitted and how much was the account balance?

Goodluck70000:
@ heykims. Thanks for ur response God bless you


The £1500 it for flight,hotel and living expenses?

2) As sponsor how many months banks statement of account did you submitted and how much was the account balance?

I am a sponsor fully sponsoring my mum.
The £1500 was only for her flight and maybe living expenses. She would be staying with me, and I uploaded evidence of rent.
I submitted 3 months statement which finished at over £5000.

Goodluck70000:
Hello good people in the house, gesille, cashmadan and others


Please the hotel I booked for my wife and children,is treatment to cancel the hotel, saying its no longer available,meanwhile I have submitted and pay visa fees on the application form,I have also uploaded all the documents and books appointment.


My question is can I get another hotel and go to computer center to edit the application form with new hotel address?

I hope it will not cause red flags?

Or cancel the entire application is way out, please what can we do?

Fill a new application form and input the details of the new hotel booking. Then at their biometric appointment, opt for assisted service and they will help them upload the new form on their profile and remove the old one. You can not edit the form because they have it stored in their system already and they will only need to scan a barcode to get all the information you have filled in the form.
Note that you will pay additional fee for the assisted service, if you don't want to pay, the next best thing is to withdraw the application and reapply.

Goodluck70000:
Hello good people in the house, gesille, cashmadan and others


Please the hotel I booked for my wife and children,is treatment to cancel the hotel, saying its no longer available,meanwhile I have submitted and pay visa fees on the application form,I have also uploaded all the documents and books appointment.


My question is can I get another hotel and go to computer center to edit the application form with new hotel address?

I hope it will not cause red flags?

Or cancel the entire application is way out, please what can we do?

Simple rebook same hotel. You might need to rebook a more expensive room - unless all the rooms are completely sold out. Try that and let us know if you need further support.

Good luck!

Cashmadam:
Simple rebook same hotel. You might need to rebook a more expensive room - unless all the rooms are completely sold out. Try that and let us know if you need further support.

Good luck!

@Cashmadam thanks

It's solved thank you

Thanks

Please guys how much current tls charges as first timer visitor visa application apart from visa fee for visitor

jmoore:
It could have been better if she still has a copy of the previous application that was approved. That would have been a guide for you. Since it's long time ago, she may not have it.

Narration of credits is good but if the narration of the credits are not self-explanatory, she should write a letter explaining the origin of the funds.

Average expenses for UK trip is around 1,700 pounds for 2 weeks visit.

If she's going to use all her savings for that, that won't be good.

I think it's better you sponsor her. But she still has to present her domiciliary account as evidence of funds available to her.

The emboldened is insightful. I believe it is for one person, yea? And does it include flight fee?

Hello good people in the house Cashmadan and other gurus



1) Please two parents and a child are they need to book hotel reservations together?

2) I bought £ 1600 for each parent and £400 for the infant is this budget okay for 7daaays holiday visit?

The Total budget for mother, father and 1 infant baby is £3600 is it okay

poetictwenty:
My colleague who was scheduled for a training in UK received this refusal letter.
Firstly, the sponsor account that the visa officer mentioned is not in Naira , but was a dollar account , but somehow took it to be a naira account .

He wants to reapply immediately, what do you think he can do differently so as not to get another refusal.?

I just wanted to provide update on this because I believe it may help someone else in future.

12/2/2026 I got the refusal letter /email from UKVI
19/2/2026 my company (the sponsor) sent PAPon my behalf
27/2/2026 they replied our HR that my application is being reconsidered
3/3/2026 I got a call from the Embassy to resubmit my passport at VFS office, reason being that the refusal has been overturned
4/3/2026 I got a mail to come collect my passport
VISA ISSUED.



DOCUMENTS MY COMPANY COLLECTED FROM ME
FOR THE APPEAL

-Breakdown of all deposits in the statement of account I submitted.

Lesson learnt
Include a support document ( e.g cover letter) detailing any large deposit into your account that was not your salary.

poetictwenty:
I just wanted to provide update on this because I believe it may help someone else in future.

12/2/2026 I got the refusal letter /email from UKVI
19/2/2026 my company (the sponsor) sent PAPon my behalf
27/2/2026 they replied our HR that my application is being reconsidered
3/3/2026 I got a call from the Embassy to resubmit my passport at VFS office, reason being that the refusal has been overturned
4/3/2026 I got a mail to come collect my passport
VISA ISSUED.



DOCUMENTS MY COMPANY COLLECTED FROM ME
FOR THE APPEAL

-Breakdown of all deposits in the statement of account I submitted.

Lesson learnt
Include a support document ( e.g cover letter) detailing any large deposit into your account that was not your salary.

@author=poetictwenty. Congratulations

Please in ur refusal letter were you given right to appeal?

2) is it standard visitor visa you applied for?

3) on what reasons were you refused?

.

UK visa don dey fast oh. My MIL went for biometric last week Wednesday and got an email today that her application is successful