TonyyS:



wow! goodnews bro. God is surely great!. just before your travel date. congrats.
could u list the documents u submitted here? I plan to apply in March. thankx you had a virgin passport?

Gideonaigbe:

First of all @justwise u doing a great job,2ndly dis thread helped me through ,I actually did everything my self with d help of the information and exposure from this thread....
I applied on the 8th of DEC....
I got discouraged by some people at metro plaza that its too late as i planned on leaving on the 23rd of december except I use the priority service....
@just wise confirmed it isn't too late....I almost canceled it...i just continued reluctantly....
Only for me to get to my appointment and was told I would have to pay for prime time ,I went completely confused,I almost the subject of attraction at TLS abuja that day, in fact I was cancelling it when a man said just do it u can't tell ,and then I forged ahead and paid only for the lady there again told me its too late that I have to pay for late coming 200dollars or so,I din't pay,she just helped me to enter....got to the scanning office and then I missed a picture ,had to plead with d lady to help me that they in my phone....to my greatest surprise ,she helped me print it out from my phone....,got to my biometric and d lady there was hell....saying I look rough and she insist I go out and look good ,imagine after all the stress ,I humbly obeyed her....
after that day I became worried as I din't get any text or mail... until d 3rd day that my application has been received by ukvi.
yesterday I got another mail that my passport is ready for collection.... I felt well lemi just go and collect it and boooom...the visa was issued.....God is great.

kokoli:



congrats! what category of visa did you apply for? That was fast. just about 5 workings days. please can you confirm you went for biometrics on 8th December because 8th December was a Saturday

Gideonaigbe:

I applied on the 8th ,did biometric on the 10th of dec

Gideonaigbe:

find attached my checklist and appointment dates

Gideonaigbe:

yes sir...virgin passport
I made sure all my documents were photocopied in A4 size including pictures
my house utility bills
family pictures whilst am away for the visit(make sure you guys don't look hungry so they don't think you trying to run because things are not well with I in Nigeria)
my I.D cards
my sponsors utility bills, house agreement,working permit papers,company's payslip, invitation letter ,consent letter,my cover letter that includes my trip cost....I budgeted my sponsor would be spending 10pounds per day through d 13 days visit,etc
they were quite much but I try to make sure I don't add uneccesary documents,
look good don't look hungry so they don't think u trying to run...also look decent.
in all,study your checklist well and try to provide at least 70% of your checklist requirement... checklists usually vary....also every formulae is different...dont compare what I summited with yours.
when u print out your checklist ,read your application over and over and act like u are the clearance officer and study the mind.... don't lie an expensive lie if at all you plan lieing

Zika01:

TonyyS:


thankx a lot bro. your consent letter was written by who? ur parents here in Nigeria? and where you officially interviewed?

Gideonaigbe:

find attached my checklist and appointment dates

smartludy:


Congratulations.

I noticed you didn’t include your bank statement, which is really what affected our visa, even though submitted the sponsors details.

@justwise do you think if we reapply and exclude the personal statement, will this affect us?

tasho105:

Was only asked to say my name and dob...but was not asked to press any green button.
Pls what does the green button imply?

quote author=Gideonaigbe post=73967214]
I stay with my uncle that works with the Japanese Embassy so he wrote it and added his numbers,office email .
when I got to the interview room,I was only asked my date of birth,my name and where I live
..after wards I was told to press the green button while coming out.

zill:
@Justwise, quick advice from you please. My host changed her number after I submitted my application, please how can I update my application or whatever in case they decide to contact her? Thanks

justwise:


That will be a difficult one but you can try your luck by contacting them to ask

aderemi166:



Lmaooo, thumb print I guess

Gideonaigbe:

I sure did my finger print....
it was after the finger print,OK this exactly how it happened.
the screen showed my number and where I was to go or biometric
I looked rough,looking for the interview room,
got there keeping a smiling face,
greeted the lady ,then she kept this serious face,
then she like don't sit stand,
then she like look up at the camera and introduce yourself, them I looked up and like hello there (waving the camera),am Gideon...then she like your full name,which I told,I said my age ,then she like your full date of birth...am like aunty u guys want to kill me here with a smiling face, she just strong face ,I continued then I said my address,then she like uncle you can sit...
sorry for all the stress...
she then told me something amazing....
she said I have been here since few minutes before eight then why am I just doing my biometrics.... I was stunned and asked how do u know?.....she said we see almost all things round the premises,then I explained how I almost cancelled to get a refund... she boldly told me I would have done it to reduce their work.....then she told me to sit upright for my visa photo....then am like my hair is rough ,I had to go out like twice to adjust my self....did my finger print,snapped my passport PIC.... then as I was about leaving she told me to press d green button close to the entrance....Now there were 3 buttons at the entrance..... green,red,couldn't see d last one,
d green button had Good ,the red had average but I cldnt see d last one cos I was a bit rushing to leave the room.

TonyyS:



seems like only school served as your home tie and did u show ur school fees receipts, letter from school stating leave of absence etc? it was more of school stuff as well right?

TonyyS:



seems like only school served as your home tie and did u show ur school fees receipts, letter from school stating leave of absence etc? it was more of school stuff as well right?

Gideonaigbe:

Not only school....I took part in an hackathon(risk assesment management for west africa)and my team emerged as one of the winning team where offered 2500 dollars to complete our task and we swore an oath to complete it by next year which I included the pic.
I also added all my receipts from 100lvl till date....course forms from 100lvl till date...etc
like I said what work for me might not work for someone else...in all study the checklist well,impress your clearance officer but don't over do it,and above all be truthful.....don't joke with those guys...they might even go as far as monitoring the number and email u used to apply....
My other uncle was denied visa last year not because he wasn't fit but the clearance officer detected where he took a loan 4 days after applying for the visa..funny enough he applied for the loan weeks before he even applied for the visa only for the loan to be granted later on.

TonyyS:


okay thankx Bro. really appreciate all ur correspondence.�✌

Okay one more question. The small documents which you had to photocopy to an A4 paper size, did u make the photocopy in coloured and the picx too

Gideonaigbe:

all my documents where in a4 size including my pictures..... I photocopied all documents to ease their work but went with the originals so they see it ,all were black and white except the pictures.
I even went as far as getting police report,recommendation letter from d king in my village, also from my school.

Gideonaigbe:

I sure did my finger print....
it was after the finger print,OK this exactly how it happened.
the screen showed my number and where I was to go or biometric
I looked rough,looking for the interview room,
got there keeping a smiling face,
greeted the lady ,then she kept this serious face,
then she like don't sit stand,
then she like look up at the camera and introduce yourself, them I looked up and like hello there (waving the camera),am Gideon...then she like your full name,which I told,I said my age ,then she like your full date of birth...am like aunty u guys want to kill me here with a smiling face, she just strong face ,I continued then I said my address,then she like uncle you can sit...
sorry for all the stress...
she then told me something amazing....
she said I have been here since few minutes before eight then why am I just doing my biometrics.... I was stunned and asked how do u know?.....she said we see almost all things round the premises,then I explained how I almost cancelled to get a refund... she boldly told me I would have done it to reduce their work.....then she told me to sit upright for my visa photo....then am like my hair is rough ,I had to go out like twice to adjust my self....did my finger print,snapped my passport PIC.... then as I was about leaving she told me to press d green button close to the entrance....Now there were 3 buttons at the entrance..... green,red,couldn't see d last one,
d green button had Good ,the red had average but I cldnt see d last one cos I was a bit rushing to leave the room.

opeolukoya:
@justwise please i need every ones help on this one and i pray it comes.out positive

One of my clients son is getting married in march in the Uk and she is sending.invite and all neccessary document's for me to grace the occasion but am sponsoring myself
I am a fashion designer well established in lagos with a fair large number of Followers on ig and facebook i also grace fashion magazines and co i have a store/factory with 7 staffs most of my outfits goes out of the country through dhl cause i have more clients outside the country a house i live rent and bills.paid by me and co but the issue is this i am.widowed should i state it ??
i have a son which am.not taken along hope.that wount be an issue or should i go with him tho i dont intend to ?
and the major one is my account i.dont have a huge amount for balance but in a month my total credit amounts to like 1.5-2m but because of the things i buy to stock my business and co i may have like 500k or 200 depends as balance in my acct at d end of the month i hope.it doesnt affect getting the visa please i.need ur advice thank you [code][/code]

justwise:


That will be a difficult one but you can try your luck by contacting them to ask

bskyb:


@justwise. I have been unable to secure an appointment date on the UK VISA website. The dates are simply not highlighted and therefore not clickable. I checked both DEC., 2018 and Jan., 2019. The only available date was 21st of DEC in Abuja, which unfortunately I can not make.
Kindly give any advice on how to proceed.

Regards

opeolukoya:
@justwise please i need every ones help on this one and i pray it comes.out positive

One of my clients son is getting married in march in the Uk and she is sending.invite and all neccessary document's for me to grace the occasion but am sponsoring myself
I am a fashion designer well established in lagos with a fair large number of Followers on ig and facebook i also grace fashion magazines and co i have a store/factory with 7 staffs most of my outfits goes out of the country through dhl cause i have more clients outside the country a house i live rent and bills.paid by me and co but the issue is this i am.widowed should i state it ??
i have a son which am.not taken along hope.that wount be an issue or should i go with him tho i dont intend to ?
and the major one is my account i.dont have a huge amount for balance but in a month my total credit amounts to like 1.5-2m but because of the things i buy to stock my business and co i may have like 500k or 200 depends as balance in my acct at d end of the month i hope.it doesnt affect getting the visa please i.need ur advice thank you [code][/code]