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Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by worry359(m): 11:07am On Jun 15, 2016
Kazumu:
I have £1000 for the trip and have hotel reservation for £135 on WWW.booking.com.
My statement of account is having N1.3m.
Thank you

£135.00 is more the price for one night in London! shocked shocked
What hotel have you booked for that money?

You will be seen as spending most of your savings on one short holiday trip.
This looks wrong to VO. you will be rejected.
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by dtraveler: 11:23am On Jun 15, 2016
FrontPageLawyer:

Whether business or pleasure, it is important you submit your business documents as a company owner which includes registration certificate, tax clearance certificate, contract documents, award letters, receipts, invoices and what have you.
It will be almost impossible to get a visa without your company's Tax Clearance Certificate. The entry clearance officer can only evaluate and determine the financial strength and capacity of your company through its Tax clearance. The TCC is also the only document that confirms your company is legitimate and in compliance with government tax requirements.
If the FIRS no longer issue TCC no newly registered companies; you should be able to explain the situation concisely to the officer. The onus will be on you to arm yourself with overwhelming ties and prove to the ECO that your trip is genuine and you will return back to your home country at the end of your temporary stay as every application is judged fairly, rigorously, transparently, and on its merits.

Will the applicant be submitting

a. Only copies?
b. Original and Copies?
c. Originals only?

Thank you.
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by FrontPageLawyer(m): 11:57am On Jun 15, 2016
dtraveler:


Will the applicant be submitting

a. Only copies?
b. Original and Copies?
c. Originals only?

Thank you.

All originals and photocopies.
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by tunderule2016: 12:40pm On Jun 15, 2016
COngratulations!!!! Go and build a good travel history and do not forget to post your time line on the timeline thread...

https://www.nairaland.com/3041260/post-uk-visa-timeline-here


aodis:


I have got the visa! Praise the Lord! Hallelujah!
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by tunderule2016: 12:43pm On Jun 15, 2016
Ok i will right away....


ronvlaar:

pls check and attend to my mail, thank u
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by Kazumu: 1:08pm On Jun 15, 2016
Thank you Naira country. I have been operating since 2008 but just registered the business last year April.
nairacountry:


I agree with you sir. However, his coy might as not yet qualified for TCC having not paid any coy nor edu tax, being that they r still running within their first year of corporate existence and still have 6months grace to compute it's P&L cum balance sheet before filling and pay for its first accounting year TAX.
However, this may be the owner's undoing. Why would a coy owner who is just less than a year in bizniz want to go for vacation? It's dicey, LET HIM GIVE IT A SHORT with genuine application and be sincere when the call may come in
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by Kazumu: 1:12pm On Jun 15, 2016
The total reservation for 7days is £135 not per day.

Thank you for your comment.


quote author=worry359 post=46592565]

£135.00 is more the price for one night in London! shocked shocked
What hotel have you booked for that money?

You will be seen as spending most of your savings on one short holiday trip.
This looks wrong to VO. you will be rejected.[/quote]
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by nairacountry(m): 2:17pm On Jun 15, 2016
Kazumu:

The total reservation for 7days is £135 not per day.

Thank you for your comment.


quote author=worry359 post=46592565]

£135.00 is more the price for one night in London! shocked shocked
What hotel have you booked for that money?

No hoStel in London will offer you a bed space for £19/nite let alone an hotel via booking.com with additional charges by the middle man. Above all this is London peak period.
If you don't mind, post the link here so we verified for you or upload D reservation confirmation.
You docs look very OK if properly applied BUT with the above budget, you will likely get a rejection coz its not practicable.
Why not refer to my earlier questions so people can suggest a workable budget?

[quote author=Kazumu post=46595974]
Thank you Naira country. I have been operating since 2008 but just registered the business last year April.

Your corporate existence started last year April and 1st accounting year ended March, 2016. You have up to September 2016 to file your tax return before it becomes an offence and you are applying in June, 2016. Therefore you commit no offense for not submitting any TAX receipt nor TCC.
However, the ECO would asked (probably rhetorically) why would he want to go on vacation when his company is still grasping the market? If luckily you were asked, you should get a good answer ready. Be smart with it, it may be the turning point once you get your budget perfected
AL the best
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by missmalachi: 3:36pm On Jun 15, 2016
I made enquiry few months ago abt uk visa on dis thread n i hv been following this thread ever since.i got this msg today from them n am just worried what the out come will be.

Your Visa Application at the British Deputy High Commission in Lagos Dear my full name

A decision has been made on your UK visa application. Your application will be despatched within 48 hrs. If anyone contacts you advising that your application is still under consideration or that they can influence the outcome of your application in any way, please disregard as they cannot. You should not expect to receive any further notification from this office.

Yours sincerely,

Lagos Visa Section
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by worry359(m): 3:45pm On Jun 15, 2016
missmalachi:
I made enquiry few months ago abt uk visa on dis thread n[b] i hv been following this thread [/b]ever since.i got this msg today from them n am just worried what the out come will be.

Your Visa Application at the British Deputy High Commission in Lagos

A decision has been made on your UK visa application. Your application will be despatched within 48 hrs. If anyone contacts you advising that your application is still under consideration or that they can influence the outcome of your application in any way, please disregard as they cannot. You should not expect to receive any further notification from this office.
Yours sincerely,
Lagos Visa Section

If you have been following this section you will have seen this exact question asked, and answered hundreds of times!
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by nairacountry(m): 4:04pm On Jun 15, 2016
grin cheesy

worry359:


If you have been following this section you will have seen this exact question asked, and answered hundreds of times!
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by missmalachi: 4:20pm On Jun 15, 2016
worry359:


If you have been following this section you will have seen this exact question asked, and answered hundreds of times!
I hv been following n i hv seen such msg n read advice given but am yet to read feedback from the ppl if it ended up positive or negative.
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by diamondsare4eva: 4:25pm On Jun 15, 2016
Every case is different, no one can specifically tell you the outcome of the decision made, just be hopeful for the best. Share your transcript when you get back your passport so others can learn.
Best wishes

quote author=missmalachi post=46600982]
I hv been following n i hv seen such msg n read advice given but am yet to read feedback from the ppl if it ended up positive or negative. [/quote]

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Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by nairacountry(m): 5:34pm On Jun 15, 2016
missmalachi:

I hv been following n i hv seen such msg n read advice given[b][/b] but am yet to read feedback from the ppl [b][/b]if it ended up positive or negative.

aodis:


Thanks, But is this kind of mail normally sent? They contacted my sister after seeing their missed call!

Well it is well!

Don't worry boss,thats usually the message from Ikeja.

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Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by aodis: 12:50pm On Jun 14

Monspubis:

Don't worry boss,thats usually the message from Ikeja.


I have got the visa! Praise the Lord! Hallelujah!

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Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by justwise(m): 9:03pm On Jun 15, 2016
Kazumu:

Thank you just wise. I'm spending 7days

..then your budget for accommodation is unrealistic. Did you book a hotel or hostel?
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by Kazumu: 9:06pm On Jun 15, 2016
Hostel

justwise:


..then your budget for accommodation is unrealistic. Did you book a hotel or hostel?
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by justwise(m): 9:11pm On Jun 15, 2016
Kazumu:
Hostel


I don't know anybody who got a visa with hostel accommodation so let see how it pans out with your case.
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by abeylevels(m): 9:17pm On Jun 15, 2016
Hello @FrontPageLawyer, @Justwise & Nairaland family;
You have been very helpful on this forum. May God Bless you all

I have some questions in filling the Uk online application form at (https://www.visa4uk.fco.gov.uk/) for my trip on a Business visa, in which my company is sponsoring me.

1)There is a place they ask if I have any family in UK?
My uncle's wife(who i can call my Aunt) is based in UK with her 2 kids. The husband is a Professor lecturing in Nigeria. He only visit his family on vacation.

Question i-Can I just state my Aunt as the family I have or I must also include her kids?

Question ii-Also my blood sister & her husband are based in UK. Should I just indicate my sister's name alone or I have to include her husband?


2)There is a part that also ask what is the cost to you personally of your trip in GBP?
Since am not paying, I will answer N/A as advised by @FrontPageLawyer
However the next question asks for the ....Total money you have for this Trip?
My company has budget a max of 8,000USD for my expenses which is more than enough looking at my expenses of about 3,000GBP.
I also have over 1m in my personal account. I have over 1m in a co-operative savings with my company welfare unit.
I have 800k naira in a Mutual Fund. I have stocks worth over 2m.
Please based on the above, how should i answer the question ...what is the total money you have for the trip?.... since am being sponsored but I still have my own money which am not spending for the trip?

3)There is another question that ask..Do you have other income and How much you receive monthly from this?
While I have investments in Land, stock & Mutual Fund, the only income I receive now is Dividend from stocks which doesnt come monthly and I cant predict the amount.
How do I answer this part since for example i can receive X naira from company A in April last year , Y naira from company B in June last year.
But this year company A pays lower that X naira based on performance while company B pays more than Y naira.
Though these credits are not so huge. They vary with amounts like 35,000 naira, 800naira, 20,000naira etc

Please Nairalanders family, @FrontPageLawyer, @Justwise help as I dont want to fill N/A when i know they will see that there are some credits into my bank statement apart from my monthly salary.



Please help
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by askari01: 6:41am On Jun 16, 2016
Kazumu:
Thank you so much for the reply. I will tell our Admin to include the detail on my reference letter. My bank statement and balance are good with a balance of N1.3m


Hope there ain't any huge deposit paid into ur account between 6months ago till date
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by askari01: 6:53am On Jun 16, 2016
FrontPageLawyer:


I remembered you shared the testimony here. But we can't rely on luck at all time. TCC is a very important document and a requirement. Just because it worked for you doesn't mean it will work for everyone.

Seconded!!!. If you want your visa to fly, do the needful. Ajesara might be stronger than the other.... I remember Dbanj's song, Ori yato sori....
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by askari01: 6:58am On Jun 16, 2016
Shayo2:
Good morning all. Please I am a self employed visa applicant but my company was registered last year. I have requested for nil tax clearance but due to the new directives from Firs, I was told they no longer issued nil tax clearance. The process involved in getting one can take up to 3weeks and my appointment is next week.

Although I pay myself consistent salary of N300,000 with other deposit from my tenants. Please I have the following questions to ask:
1. I have filled and submitted my application as self employed thinking I will be able to get my company tax clearance so that I can submit both my company and personal statement with a very good account operations. Please can I just submit my personal statement, payslip, bank reference,hotel reservation, letter of employment and reference letter from my company and explain with a letter that I am employed under my company as the Director of Operations? Or how best can I go about it?

2. Do I need to submit my company statement of account and certificate of registration since my company tax clearance is not yet ready?

Please my people help me oooooo.


1. How much is in ur company's account presently that you could afford to pay 300k monthly into ur account

2. Do you make payment of your salary via Cash deposit, check deposit or bank transfer?

Please answer those 2 questions asap.
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by askari01: 7:05am On Jun 16, 2016
missmalachi:

I hv been following n i hv seen such msg n read advice given but am yet to read feedback from the ppl if it ended up positive or negative.

angry grin cheesy , final answer?
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by askari01: 7:21am On Jun 16, 2016
Hello house, My church Assistant Pastor is being invited to attend a program in the UK but he said the church don't pay him salary, just alms from church members and token from the church which is not even regular. He has over 700k in his account, and the invite states they will be responsible for feeding, accomodation and flight. what can he do? Jstwise, worry69, frtpagelawyer, tunde, nracountry...let's hear your view
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by Shayo2: 8:09am On Jun 16, 2016
Salary is always by transfer and have over N3m.

askari01:


1. How much is in ur company's account presently that you could afford to pay 300k monthly into ur account

2. Do you make payment of your salary via Cash deposit, check deposit or bank transfer?

Please answer those 2 questions asap.
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by nairacountry(m): 8:29am On Jun 16, 2016
askari01:
Hello house, My church [/b]Assistant Pastor is being invited to attend a program in the UK[b] but he said the church don't pay him salary, just alms from church members and token from the church which is not even regular. He has over 700k in his account, and the invite states they will be responsible for feeding, accomodation and flight. what can he do? Jstwise, worry69, frtpagelawyer, tunde, nracountry...let's hear your view

Invited by? As in relationship.
USA for sure pass
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by nairacountry(m): 8:32am On Jun 16, 2016
Shayo2:
Good morning all. Please I am a self employed visa applicant but my company was registered last year. I have requested for nil tax clearance but due to the new directives from Firs, I was told they no longer issued nil tax clearance. The process involved in getting one can take up to 3weeks and my appointment is next week.

Although I pay myself consistent salary of N300,000 with other deposit from my tenants. Please I have the following questions to ask:
1. [/b]I have filled and submitted my application as self employed[b] thinking I will be able to get my company tax clearance so that I can submit both my company and personal statement with a very good account operations. Please can I just submit my personal statement, payslip, bank reference,hotel reservation, letter of employment and reference letter from my company and explain with a letter that I am employed under my company as the Director of Operations? Or how best can I go about it?

2. Do I need to submit my company statement of account and certificate of registration since my company tax clearance is not yet ready?

Please my people help me oooooo.


What are you still waiting for? Go attend your bio-metrics and get your kpali stamped in 5days(Abuja sure wink )
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by Shayo2: 8:50am On Jun 16, 2016
My major challenge is the issue of tax clearance. I don't want to waist N43,000. I have a good statement of account and a viable business here in Nigeria. My children and wife have been to uk severally on excursion.

nairacountry:


What are you still waiting for? Go attend your bio-metrics and get your kpali stamped in 5days(Abuja sure wink )
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by nairacountry(m): 9:04am On Jun 16, 2016
Shayo2:

My major challenge is the issue of tax clearance. I don't want to waist N43,000. I have a good statement of account and a viable business here in Nigeria. My children and wife have been to uk severally on excursion.


Did I heard you say you don't want to risk #43k out of your 3.6m annual income? undecided

weigh your chances yourself, if not favourable, wait till you have your TCC
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by FrontPageLawyer(m): 9:15am On Jun 16, 2016
abeylevels:
Hello @FrontPageLawyer, @Justwise & Nairaland family;
You have been very helpful on this forum. May God Bless you all

I have some questions in filling the Uk online application form at (https://www.visa4uk.fco.gov.uk/) for my trip on a Business visa, in which my company is sponsoring me.

1)There is a place they ask if I have any family in UK?
My uncle's wife(who i can call my Aunt) is based in UK with her 2 kids. The husband is a Professor lecturing in Nigeria. He only visit his family on vacation.

Question i-Can I just state my Aunt as the family I have or I must also include her kids?

Question ii-Also my blood sister & her husband are based in UK. Should I just indicate my sister's name alone or I have to include her husband?


2)There is a part that also ask what is the cost to you personally of your trip in GBP?
Since am not paying, I will answer N/A as advised by @FrontPageLawyer
However the next question asks for the ....Total money you have for this Trip?
My company has budget a max of 8,000USD for my expenses which is more than enough looking at my expenses of about 3,000GBP.
I also have over 1m in my personal account. I have over 1m in a co-operative savings with my company welfare unit.
I have 800k naira in a Mutual Fund. I have stocks worth over 2m.
Please based on the above, how should i answer the question ...what is the total money you have for the trip?.... since am being sponsored but I still have my own money which am not spending for the trip?

3)There is another question that ask..Do you have other income and How much you receive monthly from this?
While I have investments in Land, stock & Mutual Fund, the only income I receive now is Dividend from stocks which doesnt come monthly and I cant predict the amount.
How do I answer this part since for example i can receive X naira from company A in April last year , Y naira from company B in June last year.
But this year company A pays lower that X naira based on performance while company B pays more than Y naira.
Though these credits are not so huge. They vary with amounts like 35,000 naira, 800naira, 20,000naira etc

Please Nairalanders family, @FrontPageLawyer, @Justwise help as I dont want to fill N/A when i know they will see that there are some credits into my bank statement apart from my monthly salary.



Please help



1) Mention all family members especially your sister in the UK. It is part of the integrity test designed to assess applicants tendency to be honest, trustworthy, and dependable. Lack of integrity could cause you the visa which is also an immigration offence that could lead to a 10 years ban.

2) Cost to you personally of your trip? N/A. Your company is paying.

3) The total money available for this trip? You have to be realistic with your budget, $8,000.00 in my opinion is rather too much except it includes cost of training which I previously advised be paid before submission to guarantee your reservation for the training. To know the total money available for your trip (Add Hotel+Feeding+Local Transportation+Air plane ticket = ££££)

4) Except you wish to spend your own personally money which is not a crime, you can mention it, otherwise the answer remains N/A since your company is paying for the trip.

5). If you have the last dividend letter, attach it together with all previous once and input the amount in the last dividend letter accordingly; meanwhile you have a chance to explain all you have type here concisely to the ECO about your investment, dividend e.t.c.

In my opinion, you're qualified for the visa with all you have mentioned here. You have many of the documents that qualifies for ties. Having said that, there is no guarantee about visas, but the better prepared you are, the better your chance will be to have a visa.

Lastly, please ensure you submit your own personal bank statement (salary account) whether your company is paying or not.
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by Shayo2: 10:01am On Jun 16, 2016
Wastage is not in my dictionary irrespective of my earnings.
Thank you for your comment.

nairacountry:


Did I heard you say you don't want to risk #43k out of your 3.6m annual income? undecided

weigh your chances yourself, if not favourable, wait till you have your TCC
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by phardey: 12:42pm On Jun 16, 2016
So, I'm the lady the mum was refused and banned for 10 years under false misrepresentation last month
And I went out of my way to get documents from a UK lawyer stating she owns the business name.
An affidivat claiming she owns the business name
A letter from CAC stating the shes the true owner of business name
A letter from her bank stating she owns the company and they opened an account for business in her name

I'm so happy to tell everyone that she GOT her Visa today with a letter.
I dont know the contents of the letter but I told her to bring it along with her when she comes in next week.
Thanks everyone Justwise, Tunderule2016, askari01, nairacountry.

First Visa Timeline:

1st April: Submitted online
14th April: Appointment booked(She had so many commitments in Lagos and Ondo, she she thought 14th would be idle)
14th April: She went for her bio-metrics
14th April: Application sent to Sheffield Email
18th April: Application received in Sheffield Email
18th April: I got a call from Sheffield asking me about me and all. I answered all questions correctly
22nd April: Got an Email stating Application is not straightforward and they cannot conclude her application within the time frame given
29th April: She got a call from Sheffield asking to confirm if she works for the owner of the business or its her personal business. She said its her personal business and she has 6 staff who works under her. They asked her if they could verify her business name registration at CAC. She answered Yes since she's the Director of the company.
2nd May: Decision email came in from Sheffield and after a few hours Decision email from TLS arrived.
6th May : Picked up passport Refusal


Second Visa Timeline:
26th May: Submitted Application Online
27th May: She went for her bio-metrics
14th June: Decison mail from UK Visa Section Ikeja and Decision Mail from TLS
15th June: Pick up Email from TLS
16 June: Picked Passport with Visa Issued and a letter.

Thanks Again People.
I've missed my mum so so much. I'm like her twin grin grin grin grin grin grin




tunderule2016:
Stay positive....
They do make mistakes that i can certainly tell u ...
They will send an official to CAC if need be.... but if i have to be honest they will not because it is getting to a busy period for them... most times they compare documents, or check the websites and if need they call if they have to.... Only send officials if the application is complicated... I just hope one day nigeria will get to the point where documents can be verified online or numbers can be verified online; it will make the document geninue. I recently tried checking something on NAFDAC website and it failed to verify the product; so it is naija for u ...
anyways, God in is infinite mercy will grant your heart desires... stay positive and have faith...

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Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by nairacountry(m): 1:15pm On Jun 16, 2016
Phardey Congrats!
grin Be sure to take very good care of mama when she visits after all they let her go through.
ECO are humans after all

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