Hey guys,i applied for my student visa on 19th sept and my application status states that my processed passort is on transit to the uk application centre,just wanted to know how long it will take till my passport would be ready for collection..it's been almost 3 weeks mow..thanks

if your application is being processed in the UK it is usually longer than those processed in Nigeria

When is your course scheduled to start?

op pls I want to know if the embassy will verify the introduction letter from the place of work. I m a police officer and I don't want my office to know about my travel because I only on annual leave of 21 working days. and I want to travel to Grenada for two weeks, will the embassy contact my office?

Dis Guy: if your application is being processed in the UK it is usually longer than those processed in Nigeria

When is your course scheduled to start?

I applied in ikeja but I am not sure where it is being processed..I tot it would also be processed here, too.My course has started and the latest registration date is d 18 th of this month.

psquaret: op pls I want to know if the embassy will verify the introduction letter from the place of work. I m a police officer and I don't want my office to know about my travel because I only on annual leave of 21 working days. and I want to travel to Grenada for two weeks, will the embassy contact my office?

you don't pull tricks that will make matters worse with the British embassy because they do what you least expect,they might verify and they might not. It all depends on the way you fill your form and the ECO.

Deolu_1993:
I applied in ikeja but I am not sure where it is being processed..I tot it would also be processed here, too.My course has started and the latest registration date is d 18 th of this month.

It might be processed in Lagos, i understand some [from lekki] are being sent to UK to be processed, you still have some time i guess, thats why its always advisable to apply on time- not just the minimum processing time

[quote author=kim k's girl] you don't pull tricks that will make matters worse with the British embassy because they do what you least expect,they might verify and they might not. It all depends on the way you fill your form and the ECO.[/quote



kim k's girl :
so how should I feel my form so that they will verify the letter from my office, pls any advise will help.
thank u

My company is sending me for a conference holding between dec 17-19 and the company is a pharmaceutical company and the conference is been organised by the british pharmacology association and I am attending as pharmacist.The company has paid the conference fees of £125 and also also booked an hotel for me.All the required documents including including the letter to the consular has been included including my payslip for the past four months.My concern now is my salary is about 3million per annum and the balance of the statement of account of the company is also 3.5million and the profit declared for last year on the tax certificate is about 3.2million,hpe the balance on the companys account is not low even though there has been a lot of depositing and withdraws.Hope I have a good chance of the visa been approved

oddy4u: My company is sending me for a conference holding between dec 17-19 and the company is a pharmaceutical company and the conference is been organised by the british pharmacology association and I am attending as pharmacist.The company has paid the conference fees of £125 and also also booked an hotel for me.All the required documents including including the letter to the consular has been included including my payslip for the past four months.My concern now is my salary is about 3million per annum and the balance of the statement of account of the company is also 3.5million and the profit declared for last year on the tax certificate is about 3.2million,hpe the balance on the companys account is not low even though there has been a lot of depositing and withdraws.Hope I have a good chance of the visa been approved

in my own opinion, there really is no need to include the company's business bank statement and all that.

all you need from them is a letter confirming that you are a staff and they are sponsoring you as a representative at the conference. the letter should also state what benefit the pharmaceutical company will get (if any) from sending you to the UK for the conference (considering the fact that they are financially responsible for your trip).

now, the onus is on you to proof that you have strong ties to nigeria and you will not ABSCOND and not return once you get into the UK or break any immigration law. you have to show that you have strong (family) ties to nigeria and also proof that you are financially stable in nigeria and you have a job that you love and would be returning to once the conference is over.

the UK peeps dont give a damn about the company sponsoring you. your employer can decide to give you a 1st class ticket and lodge you at the best hotel but the main question is will you return back home once the conference is over? so make sure you have enough docs in your application relating to yourself proving your ties to the courntry.

do you have previous travel history?

psquaret: op pls I want to know if the embassy will verify the introduction letter from the place of work. I m a police officer and I don't want my office to know about my travel because I only on annual leave of 21 working days. and I want to travel to Grenada for two weeks, will the embassy contact my office?

This would be considered as fraud or deception, and if it's the US, you'd be on the verge of getting yourself a life ban

funkybaby:

in my own opinion, there really is no need to include the company's business bank statement and all that.

all you need from them is a letter confirming that you are a staff and they are sponsoring you as a representative at the conference. the letter should also state what benefit the pharmaceutical company will get (if any) from sending you to the UK for the conference (considering the fact that they are financially responsible for your trip).

now, the onus is on you to proof that you have strong ties to nigeria and you will not ABSCOND and not return once you get into the UK or break any immigration law. you have to show that you have strong (family) ties to nigeria and also proof that you are financially stable in nigeria and you have a job that you love and would be returning to once the conference is over.

the UK peeps dont give a damn about the company sponsoring you. your employer can decide to give you a 1st class ticket and lodge you at the best hotel but the main question is will you return back home once the conference is over? so make sure you have enough docs in your application relating to yourself proving your ties to the courntry.

do you have previous travel history?

funkybaby think those documents are necessary if the company is not one of those big pharmaceutical companies that turns out hundreds of millions yearly, their financial strength need to be determine so as to know if they can afford such foreign conference and still be in business, pay staff etc.

Well known companies will not need to present those documents but for unknown companies those documents are necessary.

My opinion though.

justwise:

funkybaby think those documents are necessary if the company is not one of those big pharmaceutical companies that turns out hundreds of millions yearly, their financial strength need to be determine so as to know if they can afford such foreign conference and still be in business, pay staff etc.

Well known companies will not need to present those documents but for unknown companies those documents are necessary.

My opinion though.

emphasis on the bolded.

including a business bank statement with just 3.5m closing balance does not make his application look good.....that's the plain truth.... that balance is rather low....if we are to deduct his travel expenses, etc for the conference, wetin go remain for the account?

besides, he seems to be more concerned about the company's docs rather than his own personal docs.

funkybaby:

emphasis on the bolded.

including a business bank statement with just [b] 3.5m closing balance does not make his application look good[/b].....that's the plain truth.... that balance is rather low....if we are to deduct his travel expenses, etc for the conference, wetin go remain for the account?

besides, he seems to be more concerned about the company's docs rather than his own personal docs.

Exactly! the ECO will not issue him a visa without knowing jack about the company's financial status else every corner shop will present a conference letter from the UK with a letter attached to it for visa application.

justwise:

Exactly! the ECO will not issue him a visa without knowing jack about the company's financial status else every corner shop will present a conference letter from the UK with a letter attached to it for visa application.

i get your point.

i am not saying that business bank statements should not be submitted for conference related visa applications. my point is that for this case, there should be an exception based on the fact that the business has only 3.5m account closing balance. do note that the guy has said his annual salary is 3m. the company pays 3m per annum yet the best bank statement that could be given to him is one showing 3.5m? that alone is a red flag.

so are we both agreeing that with or without the 3.5m business bank statement (assuming his personal circumstances/docs are not rosy either), the application doesnt look good?

Good afternoon gurus in the house (Vicjustice,Justwise, Funkybaby etc. I quite appreciate the good work you guys are doing here.

Please i need your advise as per UK Visa

I work with a subsidiary of Nigerian Stock Exchange. My upfront is 874,000 per annum payable to me every January. My take home per month after upfront is 89,000. I took a loan last year which reduced the take home to 63,000 per month, but just finished repaying the loan last month. I will be earning 89,000 a month till january 2014 when another upfront (874,000) is paid.

My 13th month bonus is 185,000 payable mid next month. Then by January ending, I will be receiving 150,000 as medical support. I have 208,000 in my cscs account (shares). I currently have 470, 000 in my personal account and 66,000 in my salary account both with First Bank. Aside these bonus,upfront/salary, I engage in lending cash to fellow staff and small scale biz men/women on 5-10% interest rates which brings about heavy activities in my account. Will the high activities in my account be seen as money lodgement? I have only travelled to Dubai in 2011.

Actually, i intend to apply for France visa but a friend advised I apply for UK first and thereafter apply for France.

I want to apply for 7days tourist visa by 2014, January ending. I got married in July.

Please what's chances of my getting Uk visa considering the above income status? Please I need your assistant.

I don't have any travel history and my statement of account is not included in the application though I would be submitting it tomorrow.

funkybaby:

in my own opinion, there really is no need to include the company's business bank statement and all that.

all you need from them is a letter confirming that you are a staff and they are sponsoring you as a representative at the conference. the letter should also state what benefit the pharmaceutical company will get (if any) from sending you to the UK for the conference (considering the fact that they are financially responsible for your trip).

now, the onus is on you to proof that you have strong ties to nigeria and you will not ABSCOND and not return once you get into the UK or break any immigration law. you have to show that you have strong (family) ties to nigeria and also proof that you are financially stable in nigeria and you have a job that you love and would be returning to once the conference is over.

the UK peeps dont give a damn about the company sponsoring you. your employer can decide to give you a 1st class ticket and lodge you at the best hotel but the main question is will you return back home once the conference is over? so make sure you have enough docs in your application relating to yourself proving your ties to the courntry.

do you have previous travel history?

sundyke107: Good afternoon gurus in the house (Vicjustice,Justwise, Funkybaby etc. I quite appreciate the good work you guys are doing here.

Please i need your advise as per UK Visa

I work with a subsidiary of Nigerian Stock Exchange. My upfront is 874,000 per annum payable to me every January. My take home per month after upfront is 89,000. I took a loan last year which reduced the take home to 63,000 per month, but just finished repaying the loan last month. I will be earning 89,000 a month till january 2014 when another upfront (874,000) is paid.

My 13th month bonus is 185,000 payable mid next month. Then by January ending, I will be receiving 150,000 as medical support. I have 208,000 in my cscs account (shares). I currently have 470, 000 in my personal account and 66,000 in my salary account both with First Bank. Aside these bonus,upfront/salary, I engage in lending cash to fellow staff and small scale biz men/women on 5-10% interest rates which brings about heavy activities in my account. Will the high activities in my account be seen as money lodgement? I have only travelled to Dubai in 2011.

Actually, i intend to apply for France visa but a friend advised I apply for UK first and thereafter apply for France.

I want to apply for 7days tourist visa by 2014, January ending. I got married in July.

Please what's chances of my getting Uk visa considering the above income status? Please I need your assistant.

how much do you think would be your closing bank account balance as at the time you intend applying?

do you have previous travel history?

i think you are better off applying for the france visa first before applying for that of UK

Please I forget to add that as per lending cash out to people, I dont have documents (receipts) to back it up. I only collect postdated cheques(collateral) from my clients which i hand over to them upon liquidation appropriate liquidation of the loan. Note the loan is usually for period of 1-2months.

@Funkybaby, I will ve closing balance of atleast 1.5m. Why France please? I ustand France is difficult.

I have only travelled to Dubai in 2011. Please do you think I have a chance considering my account history as stated earlier?

how much do you think would be your closing bank account balance as at the time you intend applying?

do you have previous travel history?

i think you are better off applying for the france visa first before applying for that of UK[/quote]

funkybaby:

i get your point.

i am not saying that business bank statements should not be submitted for conference related visa applications. my point is that for this case, there should be an exception based on the fact that the business has only 3.5m account closing balance. do note that the guy has said his annual salary is 3m. the company pays 3m per annum yet the best bank statement that could be given to him is one showing 3.5m? that alone is a red flag.

so are we both agreeing that with or without the 3.5m business bank statement (assuming his personal circumstances/docs are not rosy either), the application doesnt look good?

the ECO isn't a fool now, how can some one earn 3m from a company and the company's account statement is 3.5 million closing balance, that alone is more than enough for refusal. He doesn't even need advice for that one. It's so logical

sundyke107: Please I forget to add that as per lending cash out to people, I dont have documents (receipts) to back it up. I only collect postdated cheques(collateral) from my clients which i hand over to them upon liquidation appropriate liquidation of the loan. Note the loan is usually for period of 1-2months.

These people don't think like nigerians, you should know that

sundyke107: Please I forget to add that as per lending cash out to people, I dont have documents (receipts) to back it up. I only collect postdated cheques(collateral) from my clients which i hand over to them upon liquidation appropriate liquidation of the loan. Note the loan is usually for period of 1-2months.

If only you knew that this type of loan or "contribution" is criminal in Europe, you wouldn't have even been thinking of making mention of it

sundyke107: I have only travelled to Dubai in 2011. Please do you think I have a chance considering my account history as stated earlier? 

how much do you think would be your closing bank account balance as at the time you intend applying?

do you have previous travel history?

i think you are better off applying for the france visa first before applying for that of UK

You're right, France' visa is arguably more difficult to get being that it's not a popular destination by Nigerians therefore, France embassy understands that you must have a very serious reason to want to travel to France

Lmaoooooooooooooooooooooooooo.

I saw the original post and the now modified version. Lolllll. Its all good. It only confirms what we've known all along anyways.

Alter egos and multiple identities are allowed. Norrin do you!

kim k's girl:
the ECO isn't a fool now, how can some one earn 3m from a company and the company's account statement is 3.5 million closing balance, that alone is more than enough for refusal. He doesn't even need advice for that one. It's so logical

I'm glad you've also picked on that and you get the point I have been trying to explain to justwise.

sundyke107: I have only travelled to Dubai in 2011. Please do you think I have a chance considering my account history as stated earlier?

how much do you think would be your closing bank account balance as at the time you intend applying?

do you have previous travel history?

i think you are better off applying for the france visa first before applying for that of UK

1.5m is a fairly decent amount if you are travelling alone

The random transactions(depositors with different names) in your account due to your loan shark side runs may raise a red flag. I don't know how frequent these transactions are. If they are frequent, then you are better off opening a seperate bank account and carrying out your runs from there. Whatever proceeds (interest) from your side runs can then be transferred back into your salary account.

That said....Are you going as a tourist or family visitor?

Me thinks france is wayyyy easier than that of UK. As long as you have all your docs..(Nothing dodgy), return ticket,necessary letter from a reputable employer, insurance, hotel booking as well asa well written intineary on all the tourist attractions you want to visit there, you will be approved. With the UK visa, there's too much objectively attached to how the ECOs review applications.

Vicjustice:
If only you knew that this type of loan or "contribution" is criminal in Europe, you wouldn't have even been thinking of making mention of it

Dear Vicjustice, Please is there a better explanation u think I can foster for high activities in my personal account as a result of loan/interest liquidation into my account?

I will be submitting by January ending to France precisely. However, my upfront (874,000) 185,000 13th plus my january salary (89,000) which means I will be having 1.1m in my salary account and currently i have 300k in my personal account which I intend to increase to 500k by December. I intend to travel alone but my question is: What is my chances with the above financial position?

Please I need your candid advise.

funkybaby:

1.5m is a fairly decent amount if you are travelling alone

The random transactions(depositors with different names) in your account due to your loan shark side runs may raise a red flag. I don't know how frequent these transactions are. If they are frequent, then you are better off opening a seperate bank account and carrying out your runs from there. Whatever proceeds (interest) from your side runs can then be transferred back into your salary account.

That said....Are you going as a tourist or family visitor?

Me thinks france is wayyyy easier than that of UK. As long as you have all your docs..(Nothing dodgy), return ticket,necessary letter from a reputable employer, insurance, hotel booking as well asa well written intineary on all the tourist attractions you want to visit there, you will be approved. With the UK visa, there's too much objectively attached to how the ECOs review applications.

Dear Funkebaby, trust you are doing great. I intend to travel as a tourist. The transactions usually occur @ the end of every month and ranges from 30 -150k. Please does it really matter since the cash goes in an out? If it matters, is there a better way of explaining the inflow/outflow cos I ustand that giving out loan for interest is illegal in europe.

Please assist.