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Arry110:
Alright
Thank you
You, I’ve only been refused once though, this is my first

Sorry about that.
To be honest, they are not calm at this moment.
Please out of the 13 countries you say you visited, which one is from a 1st world nation?
Then we can know how to help.

giselle237:
Sorry about that.
To be honest, they are not calm at this moment.
Please out of the 13 countries you say you visited, which one is from a 1st world nation?
Then we can know how to help.

Us - 2022, France - 2024

Cashmadam:
It has been stated here repeatedly - separate your business from your personal account.

And why did you send 7 months statement? You don't need more than 6 months at the maximum.

Also, forget the 13 Countries you claim to have visited. UK does not care if you have been to the moon and back. They need to be sure you will not stay in the UK illegally. Also, there is abroad and there is abroad. Many Countries don't qualify as abroad in the real sense of the word. I'm saying all this so that you don't continue having the mind set that your purported travel history will add value to your UK visa application. What will add value is a carefully filled form and a clear source of income - backed by your documents.

To me, all the figures in your narration are all over the place and don't add up. Next time, be more intentional with your application as it becomes more difficult once you have a refusal.

Hhmm sometimes I marvel at the responses we give to certain situation. We always advise first timers to build travel history before applying for the likes of UK, Schenghen etc. A person was just refused with 13 countries under his belt. Even though he never stated the countries, you can't just discard that travel history even if it's only African countries. Your posture on his travel history was uncalled for. As it turns out, the individual has been to the US and France, 'which abroad one pass that one?' I just think we shouldnt jump into conclusions and make assumptions of a person's circumstance when they get denied.

Let us be reminded that the UK is notorious for denying visit visa applications for the most flimsy reasons. Even this whole thing about a person's home address not tallying with the address on their bank statement is rubbish. It is like they just look for a reason to refuse. We have seen people denied for not providing certain documents, meanwhile the said documents were uploaded.

Arry110:
Us - 2022, France - 2024

Don’t reapply. Re-try France or any other Schenghen territories, truth is the whole Europe is aware of the ‘third world invasion’ and everyone is tightening up.

Hi all,
While travelling to the UK on a visitor visa from Nigeria, is a transit visa still required flying from France with AirFrance? Anyone did this recently?

giselle237:
Don’t reapply. Re-try France or any other Schenghen territories, truth is the whole Europe is aware of the ‘third world invasion’ and everyone is tightening up.

Alright 🙏

27autumn:
Hi all,
While travelling to the UK on a visitor visa from Nigeria, is a transit visa still required flying from France with AirFrance? Anyone did this recently?

Yes, you need a transit visa - unless you have a visa from the US, Canada or Japan.

27autumn:
Hi all,
While travelling to the UK on a visitor visa from Nigeria, is a transit visa still required flying from France with AirFrance? Anyone did this recently?

try to simulate your journey on this website https://airfrance.traveldoc.aero/
you should get all the info you need there.
Input all the information concerning you and submit, you will get a message indicating if you will need transit visa or not

Arry110:
Alright
Thank you
You, I’ve only been refused once though, this is my first

I think you should look at your application again in about say 2 weeks time.
Then look at your statement and th reasons for refusal.
Look at it objectively and see if what the VO put is right.

Do this before you make a new application.

If this visit isn't necessary try another schengen country if you want to travel.

All the best

giselle237:
You are not an elderly person who they may overlook some things. Go ahead with the 3 months. How much is your salary?

My salary is 510,000

Sweetjam:
Hello all,I’m planning to renew my uk visa and this will be my 3rd uk visa .My uncle sent a 40m cash gift into my salary account last December from his company account and with that,my statement will be about 45m when I want to submit my application.Ive been receiving my salary in the same account and I’ve been maintaining the same monthly expenses.I will submit a 3/4 months statement that will start from January-may but won’t the balance be a red flag?I used a 5m balance last year.
What definition can I give for the sudden increase in account balance although I will not print my statement from December.

Good morning everyone pls I really need everyones input,I thought I won’t have to renew till July so my previous plan was to start paying salary into the previous account I used from this month and with that,I planned to apply with an account balance of maybe 7m.The problem now is that I have to be in London in 2weeks but the account I can use now is the one with a closing balance of close to 45m.My salary has been paid into this account since January.Can I go ahead with the account since the 40m deposit was made last year and I will only use statement from January till now.What reasonable explanation can I give for the closing balance for someone that earns 510k n spends 170k every month?Apart from the closing balance,the account has been clean ,the only deposits I’ve had is my monthly salary and a deposit of 150k in march.
I’m renewing for 2 years and the visa fee is a lot so I have to get it right.

Sweetjam:
Good morning everyone pls I really need everyones input,I thought I won’t have to renew till July so my previous plan was to start paying salary into the previous account I used from this month and with that,I planned to apply with an account balance of maybe 7m.The problem now is that I have to be in London in 2weeks but the account I can use now is the one with a closing balance of close to 45m.My salary has been paid into this account since January.Can I go ahead with the account since the 40m deposit was made last year and I will only use statement from January till now.What reasonable explanation can I give for the closing balance for someone that earns 500k n spends 180k every month?Apart from the closing balance,the account has been clean ,the only deposits I’ve had is my monthly salary and a deposit of 150k in march.
I’m renewing for 2 years and the visa fee is a lot so I have to get it right.

This depends strictly on how you have used the previous 3 visas.
How many times did you travel on each visa?
How long have you been spending in the UK and does the duration corresponds with what you filled in the form? at least we can give allowance of +/- 3-5 days, if it is still within your vacation period you stated in the form and corresponds with what your employer stated in the letter
What is the closing balance of your bank statement for your last application and would you have saved that much between your last and present application?
Lastly, is it possible to get a letter of deed from your uncle indicating that he gifted you that sum of money?
based on your previous 3 visas, you have a good shot at getting another one. but if you are unsure, i will advise that you apply for a 6 months visa.

Lordcrixus:
This depends strictly on how you have used the previous 3 visas.
How many times did you travel on each visa?
How long have you been spending in the UK and does the duration corresponds with what you filled in the form? at least we can give allowance of +/- 3-5 days, if it is still within your vacation period you stated in the form and corresponds with what your employer stated in the letter
What is the closing balance of your bank statement for your last application and would you have saved that much between your last and present application?
Lastly, is it possible to get a letter of deed from your uncle indicating that he gifted you that sum of money?
based on your previous 3 visas, you have a good shot at getting another one. but if you are unsure, i will advise that you apply for a 6 months visa.

I traveled once on each visa and didn’t spend more than 2weeks on each visit ,this will be my 3rd renewal and yes it corresponds with what I filled in the form.My closing balance for the renewal in June was 5m naira .Hes not someone I can ask for a letter of deed and the money was paid with his company account.

Hi,

If you stated on the form that your monthly income is 1.5m and they took that as your annual income, then I think you should definitely write a complaint.

Two of their reasons for denial were based on the assumption about your annual income i.e. they said credits exceeded the stated annual and you intend to spend 44 times what you earn monthly.

That said, for the 3m, how would a customer "mistakenly" pay it into your private instead of corporate? Do you have a corresponding outflow that shows you "refunded" your business after the error? This is a point you need to be able to clarify.

Furthermore, why is there an assumption that you use your personal account for business? Whatever patterns they saw that made them think this, I hope you have a good explanation. Address this in your complaint.

Finally, emphasise your travel history and the fact that for all 13 countries, you have abided (I hope so o!) by their visa regulations and never overstayed your visa duration.

All the best!

Arry110:
Noo, that’s an error on their end LoL, I still have my form, I never put that as my annual income

Sweetjam:
Good morning everyone pls I really need everyones input,I thought I won’t have to renew till July so my previous plan was to start paying salary into the previous account I used from this month and with that,I planned to apply with an account balance of maybe 7m.The problem now is that I have to be in London in 2weeks but the account I can use now is the one with a closing balance of close to 45m.My salary has been paid into this account since January.Can I go ahead with the account since the 40m deposit was made last year and I will only use statement from January till now.What reasonable explanation can I give for the closing balance for someone that earns 510k n spends 170k every month?Apart from the closing balance,the account has been clean ,the only deposits I’ve had is my monthly salary and a deposit of 150k in march.
I’m renewing for 2 years and the visa fee is a lot so I have to get it right.

You say you have to be in London in 2 weeks, noted.
If you are denied this visa for this unexplained accumulation of funds, will you go to the airport and force the airline to board you?

The positive in your story is that you have travelled to UK in the past and used your visa wisely according to you. I however don’t know how you can tally a disposable monthly income of 340k having over 45,000, 000 naira… and still refusing to profess explanations. Money laundering?
I can tell you this upfront: if they decide to use this to deny you, then there won’t be any “I have to be in London in two weeks” argument.

Good afternoon, giselle and others please I have some few questions.
I have been refused 3times and all was based on insufficient funds, stated that my blood brother was going to sponsored me then with low account balance and no travel history ,no dependent and since the last refusal which was 2017 I didn’t apply again but I'm trying to apply now with salary of 600k montly and upkeep of 100k montly from my baby father and disposable income of 550k and balance of 12.5M and,I have travelled to US twice. My brother is inviting me and my daughter which is a US citizen now to attend his 15yrs old boy birthday ,do I state it that I would be responsible for my
ticket and also mygirl ticket with 4M?while my brother is responsible for our stay and food. Pls help me out

giselle237:
You say you have to be in London in 2 weeks, noted.
If you are denied this visa for this unexplained accumulation of funds, will you go to the airport and force the airline to board you?

The positive in your story is that you have travelled to UK in the past and used your visa wisely according to you. I however don’t know how you can tally a disposable monthly income of 340k having over 45,000, 000 naira… and still refusing to profess explanations. Money laundering?
I can tell you this upfront: if they decide to use this to deny you, then there won’t be any “I have to be in London in two weeks” argument.

it’s sincerely a gift from my uncle,he gave me as his support to start a business.Not money laundering or anything dubious.

Hello everyone, please I need some help.

My visitor visa application was successful, but I’m having issues linking it with UKVI. I’ve created an account, downloaded the app, and got to the stage where I need to scan my passport chip. However, I keep getting a “network not connecting” error.

I’ve tried several times with my Redmi Note 13 (it has NFC), but the issue persists.

Has anyone experienced this before? Please share how you resolved it.

mojisolani:
Good afternoon, giselle and others please I have some few questions.
I have been refused 3times and all was based on insufficient funds, stated that my blood brother was going to sponsored me then with low account balance and no travel history ,no dependent and since the last refusal which was 2017 I didn’t apply again but I'm trying to apply now with salary of 600k montly and upkeep of 100k montly from my baby father and disposable income of 550k and balance of 12.5M and,I have travelled to US twice. My brother is inviting me and my daughter which is a US citizen now to attend his 15yrs old boy birthday ,do I state it that I would be responsible for my
ticket and also mygirl ticket with 4M?while my brother is responsible for our stay and food. Pls help me out

N4m is equivalent of your 6 months income, it is too much.

Newbie2024:
N4m is equivalent of your 6 months income, it is too much.

Okay,thank you. But what amount do I put there please?

Sweetjam:
it’s sincerely a gift from my uncle,he gave me as his support to start a business.Not money laundering or anything dubious.

You are getting me wrong. It’s not me doubting. You have applied for UK visa before. No ECO would believe without proof that another human gifted you 22 000 pounds just like that because you said it.

Newbie2024:
Hello everyone, please I need some help.

My visitor visa application was successful, but I’m having issues linking it with UKVI. I’ve created an account, downloaded the app, and got to the stage where I need to scan my passport chip. However, I keep getting a “network not connecting” error.

I’ve tried several times with my Redmi Note 13 (it has NFC), but the issue persists.

Has anyone experienced this before? Please share how you resolved it.

I think there are 2 categories in that place. Passport with chip and passport without. I used the option of passport without and everything went through without any hassle.

Sweetjam:
it’s sincerely a gift from my uncle,he gave me as his support to start a business.Not money laundering or anything dubious.

No problem, no one is doubting you. However with the UK, every claim you make must be backed with proof. If your uncle gave you seed money to start a business, he will have to write a letter introducing himself, your relationship to him, his source of income that affords him the ability to gift such amount and why he is doing it. He will have to prove his source of income by providing necessary doucments that shows he is source of income is legitimate.

Hello good people of the of the house Cashmadan and other gurus

Pls I need contributions on this issue

Note, husband is fully sponsor this trip

My wife and my daughter was refused again base on the following meaningless three reasons

1) they said they don't understand how we calculated the annual income of 3m which is 250k income per month and it was pay to her account every month.

meanwhile we submitted business receipts that show how we got the income as source of income.

2) they said they were not satisfied on how we address reasons for previous visa refusals .

But We submitted letter to clarify previous visa refusals ,maybe the eco did not read it

3) they said we didn't specify tour place to be visit

But we stated on the visa application form that this trip is for vacation and sightseeing,pls what is the meaning of sightseeing, is t not to visit interesting places

Pls what can be done because I want to challenge the eco on this meaningless reasons, I have send PAP letter to home office,hoping for positive reply

Another question please house,

How can we write the letter to address previous visa refusals that we satisfied the the eco, because I didn't no maybe they have their format. Because the one we wrote was not satisfied them.

Sorry about the refusal.

1. Someone earning ₦3 million annually is not expected to be going on vacation unless there is strong financial backing. For a 2-week trip, the expected spending should usually not exceed about 3 months of income, which in this case is around ₦750k. That amount may not even cover a flight ticket, except there is a sponsor who is genuinely related to you and can support the trip.

2. You also did not clearly specify your itinerary. They expected you to mention the exact places you intended to visit for sightseeing and your planned activities during the trip.

Newbie2024:
Sorry about the refusal.

1. Someone earning ₦3 million annually is not expected to be going on vacation unless there is strong financial backing. For a 2-week trip, the expected spending should usually not exceed about 3 months of income, which in this case is around ₦750k. That amount may not even cover a flight ticket, except there is a sponsor who is genuinely related to you and can support the trip.

2. You also did not clearly specify your itinerary. They expected you to mention the exact places you intended to visit for sightseeing and your planned activities during the trip.

Husband is the sponsor, I forgot to mention it

Goodluck70000:
Husband is the sponsor, I forgot to mention it

As the sponsor, did you supported the application with proper documents like, a sponsorship letter, marriage certificate, bank statements, and proof of your financial capacity?

Newbie2024:
As the sponsor, did you supported the application with proper documents like, a sponsorship letter, marriage certificate, bank statements, and proof of your financial capacity?

As a sponsor all my documents were submitted.

Please read the refusal letter,so that you can contribute way to solution

Goodluck70000:
As a sponsor all my documents were submitted.

Please read the refusal letter,so that you can contribute way to solution

Sorry, I replied based on what you wrote here and didn’t read the attached letter. From the refusal letter, the reasons for refusal were clearly stated. I would advise you to pause further applications for sometime and work on correcting those issues first. Continuous reapplication without addressing them may appear as desperation to them.

Taal17:
I think you should look at your application again in about say 2 weeks time.
Then look at your statement and th reasons for refusal.
Look at it objectively and see if what the VO put is right.

Do this before you make a new application.

If this visit isn't necessary try another schengen country if you want to travel.

All the best

Thank you do much

VisaZest:
Hi,

If you stated on the form that your monthly income is 1.5m and they took that as your annual income, then I think you should definitely write a complaint.

Two of their reasons for denial were based on the assumption about your annual income i.e. they said credits exceeded the stated annual and you intend to spend 44 times what you earn monthly.

That said, for the 3m, how would a customer "mistakenly" pay it into your private instead of corporate? Do you have a corresponding outflow that shows you "refunded" your business after the error? This is a point you need to be able to clarify.

Furthermore, why is there an assumption that you use your personal account for business? Whatever patterns they saw that made them think this, I hope you have a good explanation. Address this in your complaint.

Finally, emphasise your travel history and the fact that for all 13 countries, you have abided (I hope so o!) by their visa regulations and never overstayed your visa duration.

All the best!

Thank you so much, will do this

Newbie2024:
Sorry, I replied based on what you wrote here and didn’t read the attached letter. From the refusal letter, the reasons for refusal were clearly stated. I would advise you to pause further applications for sometime and work on correcting those issues first. Continuous reapplication without addressing them may appear as desperation to them.

Thanks for your response