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Is it a 100% guaranteed that I'll do a visa interview after the uni interview
My course is international business management

Wotowotoman:
I know how it works. I was only asking that guy wey dey talk like expert wey don dey go UK for many years. Why would you go for two years (and then go through the process again in two years time) when you can go for 5 or 10 if e sure for you? 🤔

Okk 😁

Lol funny guy 😅

xeexee7:
They’re frequent travellers so they know the drill. Thank you though.

that's good to know. Frequent travellers usually understand the importance of preparing ahead.

One thing I'd still emphasize, especially for older travellers, is dressing in layers rather than depending on one very heavy coat. Thermal innerwear, a comfortable sweater and a suitable outer jacket give more flexibility when moving between cold outdoor conditions and heated indoor spaces.



Wishing your parents a safe and enjoyable trip!

davodyguy:
Thanks.

This would be my 3rd or 4th to the UK in winter.

I just love traveling in December, aside New Zealand, Australia, Japan, Hongkong, KSA etc that I did between September and October.

Out of 20 countries I've visited between 2015 and now.

👍

Omo Housing, daycare and feeding are certainly major expenses when relocating with children.

I would also encourage families to include winter clothing in their relocation budget, even if they plan to buy some items second-hand after arriving.

Children need proper protection from the cold, especially when going to school or spending time outdoors. Thermal wear, suitable jackets, gloves, hats and winter boots are things parents should plan for.

Having children myself? No, let me put it this way: from our experience helping families prepare for cold destinations, it's always better to account for these expenses early rather than be caught off guard after arrival.

HAPPY New Month Everyone!! Good Morning and happy Sunday ❤️

Please which Card is good for UKVI visa payment to worldpay? I have tried my Grey USD that I used in paying Canada visa it was successful for the Canada visa fee , but to use the same card for UKVI is showing PAYMENT WAS REFUSED BY YOUR CARD PROVIDER. Please I need reply to my post 🙏 thanks.

Temsus:
Please does anyone has a solution to this? I made payment for skilled work visa about 5hrs ago. This has been the response on my page.

Good Morning please which card do you use for the payment? Commercial Bank card?

Kossyfelicia:
HAPPY New Month Everyone!! Good Morning and happy Sunday ❤️

Please which Card is good for UKVI visa payment to worldpay? I have tried my Grey USD that I used in paying Canada visa it was successful for the Canada visa fee , but to use the same card for UKVI is showing PAYMENT WAS REFUSED BY YOUR CARD PROVIDER. Please I need reply to my post 🙏 thanks.

Zenith and Access did the trick for me

Both are seamless.

So sorry for responding late.

Have you figured it out?

davodyguy:
Zenith and Access did the trick for me

Both are seamless.

So sorry for responding late.

Have you figured it out?

No I have not o, I have Fidelity bank corporate USD ATM card so I don't know if it will work or the naira card too.

Kossyfelicia:
No I have not o, I have Fidelity bank corporate USD ATM card so I don't know if it will work or the naira card too.

USD ATM will work if it's Visa or MasterCard

Then Naira of Fist Bank, Zenith Bank and Access Bank will work too

Hi everyone, I want to invite my sister to visit in Uk for Christmas

She’s just finished university.
Doesn’t have a job yet.
Not going NYSC.
Parents in Naija but no sibling in Naija.

I will sponsor everything but how does she show ties to Nigeria?

She is getting an apartment this month and trying to build a brand, there’s cac.

What are her chances?

davodyguy:
USD ATM will work if it's Visa or MasterCard

Then Naira of Fist Bank, Zenith Bank and Access Bank will work too

okay thanks so much for your attention towards my questions I appreciate. I will try Access ATM I have an account with the bank.

Dollar card

Kossyfelicia:
Good Morning please which card do you use for the payment? Commercial Bank card?

Thanks it went through after more than 23hrs.

Equal2DeTask:
Allow sometimes within the 24 hours....


If the status remains unchanged after 24–48 hours, contact UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) through the official GOV.UK visa contact page

User10011:
Hi everyone, I want to invite my sister to visit in Uk for Christmas

She’s just finished university.
Doesn’t have a job yet.
Not going NYSC.
Parents in Naija but no sibling in Naija.

I will sponsor everything but how does she show ties to Nigeria?

She is getting an apartment this month and trying to build a brand, there’s cac.

What are her chances?

Her chances?

Very slim to be honest.

She falls into category that they will classify as Japa Candidate

davodyguy:
Her chances?

Very slim to be honest.

She falls into category that they will classify as Japa Candidate

Thank you for replying. So no hope at all? Even though I have the funds to show?

User10011:
Thank you for replying. So no hope at all? Even though I have the funds to show?

You are not the applicant. It is the applicant’s circumstances that matter except in cases of elderly parents or one with extensive travel history to similar immigration styled countries

Visa Alert!!!!

6 Months Standard Visit Visa.
Previous denial in 2023.

Application submitted online: 15th Oct 2026
Biometrics: 21st Oct
Application received by UKVI: 27th Oct
Decision email: 2nd Nov 2026

Documents Submitted

• Cover letter
• 5 months bank statement
• Mutual Funds account statements
• 3 months payslips
• Letter from my employer stating my role, salary, and leave approval
• Employer CAC and TCC
• Copies of used Schengen visas and UAE visa
• Trip Itinerary
• Unpaid Accommodation booking

Trip budget: £1600 for 7 days (inclusive of flight ticket, accommodation, meals, and local transport).

This thread was very helpful in preparing my application. Thank you all for your meaningful contributions to this platform.

User10011:
Thank you for replying. So no hope at all? Even though I have the funds to show?

You are not the applicant.

Even Dangote or Musk may want to sponsor and pay flight, accommodation, feeding etc.

But how financially stable is the applicant?,

Let her work, or own some establishment here in Nigeria first, make money pay taxes, then this time 2027 she can apply

Abzz:
Visa Alert!!!!

6 Months Standard Visit Visa.
Previous denial in 2023.

Application submitted online: 15th Oct 2026
Biometrics: 21st Oct
Application received by UKVI: 27th Oct
Decision email: 2nd Nov 2026

Documents Submitted

• Cover letter
• 5 months bank statement
• Mutual Funds account statements
• 3 months payslips
• Letter from my employer stating my role, salary, and leave approval
• Employer CAC and TCC
• Copies of used Schengen visas and UAE visa
• Trip Itinerary
• Unpaid Accommodation booking

Trip budget: £1600 for 7 days (inclusive of flight ticket, accommodation, meals, and local transport).

This thread was very helpful in preparing my application. Thank you all for your meaningful contributions to this platform.

At Abzz congratulations

Please which letter did you use to address the 2023 visa denied and how did you wrote it.

In my case this is where I have problem, in my last application the eco said is not satisfied with how I address the previous visa refusals, please kindly guide me on am going to write it in my next application to the satisfied of the eco.

2/ Are you single or married, because you did not list any family documents in the summited documents

cowboyvs:
Hi wonderful people, I was initially refused of a visit visa, but, I reapplied, did my biometric on 27th June and just last Friday I got this messages on my email;


Dear Customer,

The passport and notification of the decision for GWF reference number GWF083407595 was dispatched via courier on 07/18/2025 20:02:13.

Please note this is an auto generated e-mail. Please do NOT reply to this email.

Regards,

VFS Global

AND

Dear Customer,

A decision for GWF reference number GWF083407595 was received at the UK Visa Application Centre on 07/18/2025 20:01:24.

If a courier return service was purchased from VFS, your passport and notification of the decision will be delivered to the chosen address.

If not, your passport can be collected from the UK Visa Application Centre during the designated passport collection times (Please check our website for details).

Please note this is an auto generated e-mail. Please do NOT reply to this email.

Regards,

VFS Global


Please do you think my application was successful this time??

Also, how long does it take before the courier delivers my International Passport cos I already booked a visa appointment for 1st August for Schengen Visa just in case UK wan cast me again.

I am just anxious and haven’t been able to focus. I live in Port Harcourt and also did my biometric in Port Harcourt.

Is there a way I can track the movement of my passport to know when it will arrive in Port Harcourt??

Please how much extra did it cost for port harcourt biometric

Goodluck70000:
At Abzz congratulations

Please which letter did you use to address the 2023 visa denied and how did you wrote it.

In my case this is where I have problem, in my last application the eco said is not satisfied with how I address the previous visa refusals, please kindly guide me on am going to write it in my next application to the satisfied of the eco.

2/ Are you single or married, because you did not list any family documents in the summited documents

Thank you.

The reason for my previous refusal was low savings and disproportionate trip cost. I showed how that has changed with my current savings that comfortably covers the trip, plus my travel history.

I am single. My job was my major home tie.

I can’t really guide you on exactly what to write since I don’t know the reasons for your refusals. If you share the exact reasons, people here can guide you better.

Hello all, I am assisting my friend to apply. She is a banker and earns 1.3m monthly but I see total debit matters as it has to tally with monthly expenses, her total debit is almost as much as total credit, she has about 5m balance and 2.2m in investment money market, then dollar account. She also have a property

Please is the debits something to be concerned about, she is a first time applicant with no travel history, married but won’t be going with husband & daughter. Please I need advise on how to proceed, thank you.

Not no hope. Your funds answer the cost question, but the officer is judging her reasons to come back.
She does not need to wait until 2027. What helps now is something dated in Nigeria after the trip: an NYSC posting or exemption letter, a job offer with a start date, or a postgraduate admission.
Keep the trip to two or three weeks, write a clear sponsor letter, and apply soon since decisions take about three weeks.

User10011:
Thank you for replying. So no hope at all? Even though I have the funds to show?

Abzz:
Thank you.

The reason for my previous refusal was low savings and disproportionate trip cost. I showed how that has changed with my current savings that comfortably covers the trip, plus my travel history.

I am single. My job was my major home tie.

I can’t really guide you on exactly what to write since I don’t know the reasons for your refusals. If you share the exact reasons, people here can guide you better.

At Abzz

Thanks for your response


1/ Since you are refused for low savings, how much was your salary increase to which made the eco to grant you this visa

2/ if I want to address three refusals reasons in a paragraph in the refused letter, do I need to list them out, before addressing them one by one.

3/ Do you included places you want to visit like London eye in your travels itinerary and is how many place

Visa alert!!
I am a member of the silent readers association, silently learning for years and waiting for the day that I will finally share my own good news.

Bit of history:
Applied for UK visa in 2007 with false identity and false docs (of course an agent was involved), but was denied.

Approached another agent in 2012 whom I told about the false identity used in 2007. This one used my real identity and real docs, and wrote a letter to explain about the false identity used before. Visa was granted and I traveled for 2wks.

I applied for renewal when the 6mths visa was about to expire by myself, but omitted the part about the falsehood since 2007. Of course I chopped 10 yrs ban. I assumed that the explanation letter from the agent has erased my misrepresentation.
I learnt the hard way that I must always refer to that immigration iniquity.

So, on expiration of the 10-yr ban in 2022, I applied for visa Dec 2022. I quoted expenditures that was 2 times my disposable income, and had several credits in my salary account apart from my stated salary, so automatic refusal.

That was when I finally discovered the travel section of nairaland. I applied again in May 2023, I trimmed my travel expenditures to within 2 months disposable income, and I had cover letter to explain all the credits that were not salary. I was still refused. Reason being that I did not attach support documents for those explanations.

I gave up and concluded that I was still being punished for my misbehavior in 2007. Along the way, I finally had my baby as a single parent in 2023. Traveled to Qatar Feb 2025, and Singapore in Feb this year.

Around August, I rallied myself up and decided to try for UK visa again. Read up this travel section of nairaland from part one. My account was still a mess, but I made sure I got as many support documents as possible.
Also, I intend to travel with my baby, so I made sure I had enough savings. And because of travel expenses for 2, and my plan to travel in December, our expenses was about 10 times my disposable income, but I have savings.
With my heart in hand, I applied for both of us, and we got our 6 months visa alerts!!!

Timeline:
Online submission: 29 Sep
Biometrics: 16 Oct
Application arrival at UKVI: 21 Oct
Message that applications were taken longer than usual: 3 Nov
Message of successful application: 4 Nov

I did regular application at Ikeja, Lagos.

Documents submitted:
Myself: employment letter, promotion letter, 5 months pay slips, 5 months acc statement.with cover letter and support documents for deposits other than my salary and cover letter
Previous Refusal letters, acc statements used then and a cover letter as well as support documents for those credits.
My savings account, hotel booking from booking.com, printout of the cheapest flights on Ethiopian airline, detailed travel itinerary for 10 days
My daughter birth certificate, and other related birth docs.
Land/house deeds

For my daughter: letter from her school that she will be traveling with her mother during the school holidays, school fees, precious exams results.
Her birth certificate, affidavit that I am her sole and legal parent, consent/sponsor letter from me that I consent for her to travel with me and that I will sponsor her travel, all my employment docs, travel itineraries.

I almost cancelled the plan to apply when I saw our travel expenditures. I marine having disposable income of N300k, and planning to spend more than N2m. But I have savings of about N12m, and I kept referring to it in my cover letter, that they should consider my savings and that I can comfortably afford the holidays and still come back home to enough money to continue take care of myself and daughter.

julzz:
Hello all, I am assisting my friend to apply. She is a banker and earns 1.3m monthly but I see total debit matters as it has to tally with monthly expenses, her total debit is almost as much as total credit, she has about 5m balance and 2.2m in investment money market, then dollar account. She also have a property

Please is the debits something to be concerned about, she is a first time applicant with no travel history, married but won’t be going with husband & daughter. Please I need advise on how to proceed, thank you.

Home ties

Property
Husband
Daughter
Good job

Let her balance grow to like ₦8m to ₦10m

From the ₦1.2m gross or net monthly, let her spend only 30-40% monthly, then apply in February, 2027 when account is cleaned up

Temsus:
Dollar card

personal USD card or Corporate Card?

Good Afternoon

davodyguy:
USD ATM will work if it's Visa or MasterCard

Then Naira of Fist Bank, Zenith Bank and Access Bank will work too

shey the Access personal naira card or USD can work right?

OrondaOro:
Visa alert!!
I am a member of the silent readers association, silently learning for years and waiting for the day that I will finally share my own good news.

Bit of history:
Applied for UK visa in 2007 with false identity and false docs (of course an agent was involved), but was denied.

Approached another agent in 2012 whom I told about the false identity used in 2007. This one used my real identity and real docs, and wrote a letter to explain about the false identity used before. Visa was granted and I traveled for 2wks.

I applied for renewal when the 6mths visa was about to expire by myself, but omitted the part about the falsehood since 2007. Of course I chopped 10 yrs ban. I assumed that the explanation letter from the agent has erased my misrepresentation.
I learnt the hard way that I must always refer to that immigration iniquity.

So, on expiration of the 10-yr ban in 2022, I applied for visa Dec 2022. I quoted expenditures that was 2 times my disposable income, and had several credits in my salary account apart from my stated salary, so automatic refusal.

That was when I finally discovered the travel section of nairaland. I applied again in May 2023, I trimmed my travel expenditures to within 2 months disposable income, and I had cover letter to explain all the credits that were not salary. I was still refused. Reason being that I did not attach support documents for those explanations.

I gave up and concluded that I was still being punished for my misbehavior in 2007. Along the way, I finally had my baby as a single parent in 2023. Traveled to Qatar Feb 2025, and Singapore in Feb this year.

Around August, I rallied myself up and decided to try for UK visa again. Read up this travel section of nairaland from part one. My account was still a mess, but I made sure I got as many support documents as possible.
Also, I intend to travel with my baby, so I made sure I had enough savings. And because of travel expenses for 2, and my plan to travel in December, our expenses was about 10 times my disposable income, but I have savings.
With my heart in hand, I applied for both of us, and we got our 6 months visa alerts!!!

Timeline:
Online submission: 29 Sep
Biometrics: 16 Oct
Application arrival at UKVI: 21 Oct
Message that applications were taken longer than usual: 3 Nov
Message of successful application: 4 Nov

I did regular application at Ikeja, Lagos.

Documents submitted:
Myself: employment letter, promotion letter, 5 months pay slips, 5 months acc statement.with cover letter and support documents for deposits other than my salary and cover letter
Previous Refusal letters, acc statements used then and a cover letter as well as support documents for those credits.
My savings account, hotel booking from booking.com, printout of the cheapest flights on Ethiopian airline, detailed travel itinerary for 10 days
My daughter birth certificate, and other related birth docs.
Land/house deeds

For my daughter: letter from her school that she will be traveling with her mother during the school holidays, school fees, precious exams results.
Her birth certificate, affidavit that I am her sole and legal parent, consent/sponsor letter from me that I consent for her to travel with me and that I will sponsor her travel, all my employment docs, travel itineraries.

I almost cancelled the plan to apply when I saw our travel expenditures. I marine having disposable income of N300k, and planning to spend more than N2m. But I have savings of about N12m, and I kept referring to it in my cover letter, that they should consider my savings and that I can comfortably afford the holidays and still come back home to enough money to continue take care of myself and daughter.

Congratulations madam,

Please how many places you listed in ur itinerary that you are going to visit in u.k

Thank you GoodLuck, I will spend 10 days, so I listed different places/areas to visit for each day, and they are all the free tourist areas. The only day I said I will spend some money was 24th for my toddler at a kiddies Christmas park. I was already over budgeted, so didn’t list ticketed places.

And I will like to thank all the gurus like @justwise, Giselle, cash madam, ekpotek, and co for all the good works they render here!