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Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by justwise(m): 1:22pm On Mar 31, 2018
dubby33:


please advice me on how to go about another application if i want to reapply again and how long can i wait before applying again. i intend waiting for another 6months with only my salary in my account before applying again.

1. Let's cut to chase here..are you genuinely employed as a senior manager earning 300K a month or that was made up by your company for visa purposes?

2. List those documents you submitted for your application
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by justwise(m): 1:23pm On Mar 31, 2018
quinine24:
I had an invitation stated from 04th of may this year,i made an appointment on8th of april,only left with about 24days before the expiration of my invitation, can these hold any effects on my application proceses?


It will not.
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by dubby33: 9:44pm On Mar 31, 2018
justwise:


1. Let's cut to chase here..are you genuinely employed as a senior manager earning 300K a month or that was made up by your company for visa purposes?

2. List those documents you submitted for your application
Good evening sir and thanks for taking your time to attend to my questions yes am genuinely employed. yes my intention was to attend the exhibition but i also wanted to see a friend but i didn't mention it in my application

letter of employement
letter of introduction
invitation letter for the exhibition i was to attend
bank statement and pay slip
hotel and flight reservation
document for my land
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by solaiphones: 9:59pm On Mar 31, 2018
solaiphones:

I really appreciate you sir for your advice. Please what do think i can do at this point. Pls i need your advise?
It’s seems can help with my case here
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by solaiphones: 10:00pm On Mar 31, 2018
solaiphones:
It seems nobody can help with my case here
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by Pharmacology: 12:15am On Apr 01, 2018
From my research, I agree perfectly with you. One does not require a transit visa if (s)he possesses a US,Canada,Australia or new Zealand visa, and is transiting through the UK end route to any of the aforementioned countries. Thank you Justwise!!
justwise:


You don't need any transit visa as long as you are not leaving the airport into the UK and have valid US visa and ticket to your destination.
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by Aquaman84: 12:20pm On Apr 01, 2018
@justwise

A quick one please, regardless I'm applying for UK visa end of April after my salary and documents gotten from my girlfriend who is a British citizen.
Information like,
01) Her wage slips.
02) Her bank statements for the last 6 months.
03) Her utility bills: gas, (if applicable) electricity, TV licence, (if applicable) telephone, (if applicable) (not mobile) water bill (if applicable).
04) Her tenancy agreement for the property she lives in, or Mortgage Statement if she's bought it.
05) Her letter of employment, or certificate of incorporation if she's self employed with a registered company.
06) Copy of her Passport Data Page.
07) Invitation letter / sponsorship information too
08) Travel itinerary.
09) Details of email / postal correspondence between both you and your girlfriend.

I'm submitting my bank statement starting from November to April, but I switched jobs in between, the fist 3months I was earning little over 100k, the latter 3months I was earning 300k, I've got employment letters, confirmations letters from both company and I've got a letter from my new company stating its awareness I am travelling. My balance should sum up to about 900k, I've gotten all this information which is,
1) Bank statements for last 6 months.
02) Letter of employment.
04) Passport valid for at least 6 months.
05) Letter of granted leave from your employer.
I also have pictures of me and my girlfriend when she was in Nigeria November and printed correspondents between us via WhatsApp from 1st November till now. We are both 33years old.
Please guys, am I on the right track??
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by justwise(m): 12:26pm On Apr 01, 2018
Aquaman84:
@justwise

A quick one please, regardless I'm applying for UK visa end of April after my salary and documents gotten from my girlfriend who is a British citizen.
Information like,
01) Her wage slips.
02) Her bank statements for the last 6 months.
03) Her utility bills: gas, (if applicable) electricity, TV licence, (if applicable) telephone, (if applicable) (not mobile) water bill (if applicable).
04) Her tenancy agreement for the property she lives in, or Mortgage Statement if she's bought it.
05) Her letter of employment, or certificate of incorporation if she's self employed with a registered company.
06) Copy of her Passport Data Page.
07) Invitation letter / sponsorship information too
08) Travel itinerary.
09) Details of email / postal correspondence between both you and your girlfriend.

I'm submitting my bank statement starting from November to April, but I switched jobs in between, the fist 3months I was earning little over 100k, the latter 3months I was earning 300k, I've got employment letters, confirmations letters from both company and I've got a letter from my new company stating its awareness I am travelling. My balance should sum up to about 900k, I've gotten all this information which is,
1) Bank statements for last 6 months.
02) Letter of employment.
04) Passport valid for at least 6 months.
05) Letter of granted leave from your employer.
I also have pictures of me and my girlfriend when she was in Nigeria November and printed correspondents between us via WhatsApp from 1st November till now. We are both 33years old.
Please guys, am I on the right track??

Those documents you listed are good but what is your total cost of the trip?
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by justwise(m): 12:36pm On Apr 01, 2018
dubby33:

Good evening sir and thanks for taking your time to attend to my questions yes am genuinely employed. yes my intention was to attend the exhibition but i also wanted to see a friend but i didn't mention it in my application

letter of employement
letter of introduction
invitation letter for the exhibition i was to attend
bank statement and pay slip
hotel and flight reservation
document for my land


Will you be able to attend the exhibition in a future date?
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by Aquaman84: 1:24pm On Apr 01, 2018
My budget is 300k to 400k concerning I only have to cover my flight ticket, accommodation and feeding is covered by my girlfriend.

I also wish to include a cover letter to explain vividly my intention getting to UK, also my new company has no website and our official email is a yahoo mail, is that a problem? Plus in my confirmation letter from my new company, it states my probation was reduced to 3months based on our negotiations and agreement. @justwise what do you think my senior brother?
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by justwise(m): 5:40pm On Apr 01, 2018
Aquaman84:
My budget is 300k to 400k concerning I only have to cover my flight ticket, accommodation and feeding is covered by my girlfriend.

I also wish to include a cover letter to explain vividly my intention getting to UK, also my new company has no website and our official email is a yahoo mail, is that a problem? Plus in my confirmation letter from my new company, it states my probation was reduced to 3months based on our negotiations and agreement. @justwise what do you think my senior brother?

Your budget is reasonable and those documents are good. You don't have to include your company's email address, physical address and phone number will do
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by Aquaman84: 7:01pm On Apr 01, 2018
@justwise thank you sir, I'll keep you and the house posted. I will start the application as soon as I'm paid for the month of April so it can reflect on my bank statement.
Concerning the cover letter, I'll type it, print it out and sign right?? With the cover letter I can give a very vivid explanation concerning my travelling and relationship with my girlfriend. Please is there anything else I need to provide? Or am I good?
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by Shugarlord213: 10:16pm On Apr 01, 2018
justwise:


Your budget is reasonable and those documents are good. You don't have to include your company's email address, physical address and phone number will do


Sir/ma,

I have a British girl friend (white) in UK, who has come to see me about twice in Nigeria here.

I don’t have a job and bank statements is not encouraging but I got a car and land. What other way can i get to meet her over there. As she is worried about losing me

She is not working, her mum promises her support and my mum also promises her support (she is a British citizen) and my girl got schizophrenia. Any chance for me??

Anticipating your response sir
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by mokikeoj: 10:22pm On Apr 01, 2018
Hi everyone. Happy Easter!!Please I would like to find out the average time a visit visa application is currently taking. I ask this because Las year around July, august it was taking about 3 months and more for a lot of people. I had to withdraw my application because I needed my passport to travel elsewhere. Is it faster Now?
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by Egbejii: 3:48am On Apr 02, 2018
I used to come to this thread 2 years ago, and would read page by page till the last page, back then I had been denied schengen visa four times. (Twice by Sweden, once by Germany and once by Greece) Even Japan denied me ( I didn't intend to go to Japan though, only wanted to "build" by passport). Even though I had traveled with my wife to some low key countries (SA, Singapore, Kenya, Malaysia, Seychelles, Georgia, UAE) the "big" embassies still kept denying me. At some point I thought I would never go to Europe. Fast forward to 2017, I decided to stop applying in Nigeria, got myself a South African residence permit and moved to SA and lived there for about 5months and then went to the German consulate to apply for a Schengen visa. My wife is a Swedish citizen so visa application was free. One thing I noticed while applying in Capetown was there were very few people at the visa application center and everything was smooth and organized. I got a text after two weeks to pick up my passport and there it was - a one year multiple entry visa. Everyone who picked their passport got their visas and it was like a normal thing over there in SA, since South Africans only travel for specific reasons, they rarely overstay their visit. To cut the story short, we visited a few European countries including France and Sweden where my in laws reside and then moved to Netherlands where I applied for a residence permit as a family member of an EU citizen. Application took a little over 6 months and was told to show proof of funds over 10,000 Euros ( Because they don't want me to depend on government grants in the future). Got my residence permit last week and we immediately wanted to "test" it. So we bought our ticket to London! On arrival at the airport the check in agent at Schipol airport wasn't sure if my article 10 card could be used to enter the UK without a visa (Because normal dutch residence card holders require visas to the UK) so we had to wait another 30mins for them to confirm we are OK to board, she later came back and said we good to go. We flew into Gatwick on Friday and I wasn't even stamped in, the immigration officer understood the EU rules and only told me to fill up a landing card. Moral of the story is never give up... I was rejected too many times I thought I will never make it here, but I never gave up.

When I landed here I thought to myself (Is this the London they always hype for us in Nigeria?) Don't get me wrong though London is quite nice, bigger and much more built up than Holland. Raining and very cold at the moment so not a good time to visit. Heading back to Holland next week. Wishing every UK visa applicant a successful application.

PS( When applying for a visa make sure there's a note attached detailing your itinerary and purpose of visit, it gives whoever is deciding on your case an idea of why you want to visit their country)

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Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by Shugarlord213: 8:06am On Apr 02, 2018
I have a British girl friend (white) in UK, who has come to see me about twice in Nigeria here.

I don’t have a job and bank statements is not encouraging but I got a car and land. What other way can i get to meet her over there. As she is worried about losing me

She is not working, her mum promises her support and my mum also promises her support (she is a British citizen) and my girl got schizophrenia. chance for me??

Any possibility brothere’s??
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by dubby33: 8:57am On Apr 02, 2018
justwise:


Will you be able to attend the exhibition in a future date?

good morning sir, the exhibition is on the 11th of this month but it's obvious i can't go, but i intend attending another one by november. please sir is it ok to apply by then again
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by Nobody: 8:57am On Apr 02, 2018
Prof Justwise, good morning and happy Easter. Please respond to my last comment on our combined salary.
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by Nobody: 9:02am On Apr 02, 2018
Egbejii:
I used to come to this thread 2 years ago, and would read page by page till the last page, back then I had been denied schengen visa four times. (Twice by Sweden, once by Germany and once by Greece) Even Japan denied me ( I didn't intend to go to Japan though, only wanted to "build" by passport). Even though I had traveled with my wife to some low key countries (SA, Singapore, Kenya, Malaysia, Seychelles, Georgia, UAE) the "big" embassies still kept denying me. At some point I thought I would never go to Europe. Fast forward to 2017, I decided to stop applying in Nigeria, got myself a South African residence permit and moved to SA and lived there for about 5months and then went to the German consulate to apply for a Schengen visa. My wife is a Swedish citizen so visa application was free. One thing I noticed while applying in Capetown was there were very few people at the visa application center and everything was smooth and organized. I got a text after two weeks to pick up my passport and there it was - a one year multiple entry visa. Everyone who picked their passport got their visas and it was like a normal thing over there in SA, since South Africans only travel for specific reasons, they rarely overstay their visit. To cut the story short, we visited a few European countries including France and Sweden where my in laws reside and then moved to Netherlands where I applied for a residence permit as a family member of an EU citizen. Application took a little over 6 months and was told to show proof of funds over 10,000 Euros ( Because they don't want me to depend on government grants in the future). Got my residence permit last week and we immediately wanted to "test" it. So we bought our ticket to London! On arrival at the airport the check in agent at Schipol airport wasn't sure if my article 10 card could be used to enter the UK without a visa (Because normal dutch residence card holders require visas to the UK) so we had to wait another 30mins for them to confirm we are OK to board, she later came back and said we good to go. We flew into Gatwick on Friday and I wasn't even stamped in, the immigration officer understood the EU rules and only told me to fill up a landing card. Moral of the story is never give up... I was rejected too many times I thought I will never make it here, but I never gave up.

When I landed here I thought to myself (Is this the London they always hype for us in Nigeria?) Don't get me wrong though London is quite nice, bigger and much more built up than Holland. Raining and very cold at the moment so not a good time to visit. Heading back to Holland next week. Wishing every UK visa applicant a successful application.

PS( When applying for a visa make sure there's a note attached detailing your itinerary and purpose of visit, it gives whoever is deciding on your case an idea of why you want to visit their country)
Nice one bro, am inspired. Can we connect pls?
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by Aquaman84: 11:11am On Apr 02, 2018
@ boss justwise, please still waiting on your response. God bless you
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by sanspiffy(m): 11:14am On Apr 02, 2018
Egbejii:
I used to come to this thread 2 years ago, and would read page by page till the last page, back then I had been denied schengen visa four times. (Twice by Sweden, once by Germany and once by Greece) Even Japan denied me ( I didn't intend to go to Japan though, only wanted to "build" by passport). Even though I had traveled with my wife to some low key countries (SA, Singapore, Kenya, Malaysia, Seychelles, Georgia, UAE) the "big" embassies still kept denying me. At some point I thought I would never go to Europe. Fast forward to 2017, I decided to stop applying in Nigeria, got myself a South African residence permit and moved to SA and lived there for about 5months and then went to the German consulate to apply for a Schengen visa. My wife is a Swedish citizen so visa application was free. One thing I noticed while applying in Capetown was there were very few people at the visa application center and everything was smooth and organized. I got a text after two weeks to pick up my passport and there it was - a one year multiple entry visa. Everyone who picked their passport got their visas and it was like a normal thing over there in SA, since South Africans only travel for specific reasons, they rarely overstay their visit. To cut the story short, we visited a few European countries including France and Sweden where my in laws reside and then moved to Netherlands where I applied for a residence permit as a family member of an EU citizen. Application took a little over 6 months and was told to show proof of funds over 10,000 Euros ( Because they don't want me to depend on government grants in the future). Got my residence permit last week and we immediately wanted to "test" it. So we bought our ticket to London! On arrival at the airport the check in agent at Schipol airport wasn't sure if my article 10 card could be used to enter the UK without a visa (Because normal dutch residence card holders require visas to the UK) so we had to wait another 30mins for them to confirm we are OK to board, she later came back and said we good to go. We flew into Gatwick on Friday and I [b]wasn't even stamped in, the immigration officer understood the EU rules and only told me to fill up a landing card[/b]. Moral of the story is never give up... I was rejected too many times I thought I will never make it here, but I never gave up.

When I landed here I thought to myself (Is this the London they always hype for us in Nigeria?) Don't get me wrong though London is quite nice, bigger and much more built up than Holland. Raining and very cold at the moment so not a good time to visit. Heading back to Holland next week. Wishing every UK visa applicant a successful application.

PS( When applying for a visa make sure there's a note attached detailing your itinerary and purpose of visit, it gives whoever is deciding on your case an idea of why you want to visit their country)

You were allowed to fly into Gatwick with a resident permit from the schengen area?? I think you got lucky with that, or maybe you because of your spouse who is an eu citizen.
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by Nobody: 12:04pm On Apr 02, 2018
Hi guys and oga just wise to be precise please after filling form paying and scheduling appointment, I registered with TLS is that all ? I’ve forgotten the whole process ni o I haven’t applied for a visa since 5 years ago
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by Egbejii: 12:11pm On Apr 02, 2018
I have an article 10 card. It’s different from a Schengen residence Permit.
sanspiffy:


You were allowed to fly into Gatwick with a resident permit from the schengen area?? I think you got lucky with that, or maybe you because of your spouse who is an eu citizen.
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by ekpotek: 12:23pm On Apr 02, 2018
sanspiffy:


You were allowed to fly into Gatwick with a resident permit from the schengen area?? I think you got lucky with that, or maybe you because of your spouse who is an eu citizen.

OP is a holder of EuFam Resident permit. This is a resident permit given to non-eu family member of EU Citizen exercising their right to live and work in another member country. It is also know as Article 10 residence permit. This permit is powerful and stronger that ordinary local resident permits. The permits allows holders to visit all EU/EEA countries without an entry visa, so far they are travelling with the EU citizen. If traveling alone, they require to carry a copy of EU citizen passport and proof of relationship eg marriage certificate if it’s a spouse. Also since the OP is spouse of EU citizen, he can apply for visa to any EU countries free of charge under EU free movement laws. Hope this clarification help.

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Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by ekpotek: 12:28pm On Apr 02, 2018
Egbejii:
I have an article 10 card. It’s different from a Schengen residence Permit.

Have you consider relocating to the UK? It’s seem you like it in Holland in spite of the language issue.
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by sanspiffy(m): 12:30pm On Apr 02, 2018
Egbejii:
I have an article 10 card. It’s different from a Schengen residence Permit.

Dude I know. The article 10 card you are holding is the one obtained as a family member of an eu citizen.

If you travel alone from any EU country within the schengen area to the UK, unless your Missus is travelling with you or she already leaves in the UK and working for 3 months. You will be denied entry. Speaking from experience
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by sanspiffy(m): 1:00pm On Apr 02, 2018
ekpotek:


OP is a holder of EuFam Resident permit. This is a resident permit given to non-eu family member of EU Citizen exercising their right to live and work in another member country. It is also know as Article 10 residence permit. This permit is powerful and stronger that ordinary local resident permits. The permits allows holders to visit all EU/EEA countries without an entry visa, so far they are travelling with the EU citizen. If traveling alone, they require to carry a copy of EU citizen passport and proof of relationship eg marriage certificate if it’s a spouse. Also since the OP is spouse of EU citizen, he can apply for visa to any EU countries free of charge under EU free movement laws. Hope this clarification help.



Cheers for the clarification
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by justwise(m): 4:49pm On Apr 02, 2018
Aquaman84:
@justwise thank you sir, I'll keep you and the house posted. I will start the application as soon as I'm paid for the month of April so it can reflect on my bank statement.
C[b]oncerning the cover letter, I'll type it, print it out and sign right?? With the cover letter I can give a very vivid explanation concerning my travelling and relationship with my girlfriend[/b]. Please is there anything else I need to provide? Or am I good?

yes that is necessary, so yes to two questions
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by justwise(m): 4:51pm On Apr 02, 2018
dubby33:


good morning sir, the exhibition is on the 11th of this month but it's obvious i can't go, but i intend attending another one by november. please sir is it ok to apply by then again


sure you can

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