ijeshaoflondon:
Hi everyone, my friend applied for a 10 days visit to the UK on the 17th july 2019 @ UKVI.... he Got "application not straight forward" message on the 5th of August... pls when is it likely he get a response from them? DO WE HAVE ANYONE THAT APPLY on that DATE AND HAS GOTTEN HIS/HER application concluded ? Kindly signify.

i applied on 15th July in Lagos, received "Concluded" email on 29th July. but after that UKVI guys have not given any update regarding my application. still waiting to hear from them. have sent them email and they have escalated my application. god knows what they are doing. and i have to travel on 29th and still there is no results now.

oluayebenz:


Not a good deal at all with such condition

17 beds

Dats from ur own point of view, its just to beat the ECO by reducing d cost of d trip.

bikram6100:


i applied on 15th July in Lagos, received "Concluded" email on 29th July. but after that UKVI guys have not given any update regarding my application. still waiting to hear from them. have sent them email and they have escalated my application. god knows what they are doing. and i have to travel on 29th and still there is no results now.

Have you gone there?

uchetobi:


Have you gone there?

i went to TLS Lagos V.I. but they simply said "its not in our hands, its completely on UKVI". once UKVI send any information they will immediately pass on to me.
i have opted for "Keep My Passport" service, they have not even asked me to submit the passport till now.
TLS said "once UKVI will advise them to collect passport from me, they will send e-mail to submit passport".
please let me know if any one have experience on this service "Keep My Passport". i have already received concluded email on 29th July.

Sparklescrib:
Pls house, a little clarification is needed. I was refused Canada Visa for misinterpretation. I have learnt my lesson the hard way never to use agents for application. How does this affect my application for a UK Visa. Though I declared I was refused Canada visa in my application.

I got the Visa! Thanks to everyone that responded to my worry.

bikram6100:

i went to TLS Lagos V.I. but they simply said "its not in our hands, its completely on UKVI". once UKVI send any information they will immediately pass on to me.
i have opted for "Keep My Passport" service, they have not even asked me to submit the passport till now.
TLS said "once UKVI will advise them to collect passport from me, they will send e-mail to submit passport".
please let me know if any one have experience on this service "Keep My Passport". i have already received concluded email on 29th July.

Was there anything attached to the concluded email? Have you checked your email? They should have sent the Passport Request/Refusal Letter to your email.

bikram6100:

i went to TLS Lagos V.I. but they simply said "its not in our hands, its completely on UKVI". once UKVI send any information they will immediately pass on to me.
i have opted for "Keep My Passport" service, they have not even asked me to submit the passport till now.
TLS said "once UKVI will advise them to collect passport from me, they will send e-mail to submit passport".
please let me know if any one have experience on this service "Keep My Passport". i have already received concluded email on 29th July.

Wow, this is inefficient.

My cousin and his baby are in dis same mess....They did their application on the 3rd July and till now nothing from dem.....on 22nd he said they sent application nt straightforward for his babys application. Wonder why they taking ages. How much did it cost you to email them so i can tell my cuz to do same. Cos it dont make any sense. When they paid for VAC value services and they still delaying them. Na wa for UKVI dis days thou!

bikram6100:


i applied on 15th July in Lagos, received "Concluded" email on 29th July. but after that UKVI guys have not given any update regarding my application. still waiting to hear from them. have sent them email and they have escalated my application. god knows what they are doing. and i have to travel on 29th and still there is no results now.

justwise:


Those are Backpackers accommodation, shared room with bunk beds, never seen anybody who got a visa with such accommodation.

Years ago while on school picnic i used one in London and Wales , no security, no privacy, infact you take your stuff while going to have a shower because you are sharing a room with strangers.

The price tells you everything.


Whether it will fly remains to be seen.

My colleague used it for her visa application and she was granted a tourist visa.

Monmarri:


My colleague used it for her visa application and she was granted a tourist visa.

I have used it for several applications with no issues, d good thing about it is, it reduces d cost of ur trip when making application.

I eventually got my passport back on Friday, visa granted(6 months) but now useless because I resume work this week. And wouldn't love to travel to the UK in December/January. What about you? Any latest development.

beholddean:
How far? Tell me you got your visa in time for your trip

17-bed room...wow! Did you consider the snoring folks at all?

Menakay:

I got 10days hostel booking for £126.90

From personal experience, they will never send refusal letter via email to you even if you use the "Keep My Passport" service. As a matter of fact, though ridiculous, a request for your passport does not guarantee a visa. They will only send a Passport Request email for you to receive ECO's decision.

Opeyemi007:


Was there anything attached to the concluded email? Have you checked your email? They should have sent the Passport Request/Refusal Letter to your email.

seyisanya:
17-bed room...wow! Did you consider the snoring folks at all?

You still don't get it.
It is for visa application purpose, if u understand my logic for the ECO, u ll thank me very well for sharing this idea.

Monmarri:


My colleague used it for her visa application and she was granted a tourist visa.

I take your word for it but I will encourage anyone to travel all the way from Nigeria to use such accommodation,

It will not fly for everyone and it shows that you can hardly afford that trip.

seyisanya:
17-bed room...wow! Did you consider the snoring folks at all?

Not only snoring next bedmate add hygiene, insecurities and very uncomfortable living conditions.

Justwise n co.... Good Morning ... will 800k fly for someone being invited by her Sister... his salary is 176k, married and has a child. He stays in one of his fathers properties and drives a companys vehicle which has really reduced his monthly expenses to like 50k...kindly let me have your view .

I got the passport on Thursday. I will make the trip later in the year when I can squeeze out some time.

seyisanya:
I eventually got my passport back on Friday, visa granted(6 months) but now useless because I resume work this week. And wouldn't love to travel to the UK in December/January. What about you? Any latest development.

Hmmm.....there is an unusually long delay now. I also used the keep my passport service and I waited 3 weeks after the application concluded mail was received before I was requested to submit my passport for the visa. I only picked up my visa last Thursday.

I do hope yours will not take as long...

bikram6100:

i went to TLS Lagos V.I. but they simply said "its not in our hands, its completely on UKVI". once UKVI send any information they will immediately pass on to me.
i have opted for "Keep My Passport" service, they have not even asked me to submit the passport till now.
TLS said "once UKVI will advise them to collect passport from me, they will send e-mail to submit passport".
please let me know if any one have experience on this service "Keep My Passport". i have already received concluded email on 29th July.

Plsease@justwise...Can I use Microfinance bank statement for my UK application becos that is where they pay my salary

Hello Justwise,

Just to correct/ clarify what you just said, Judicial review is permitted for tourist visa as well. During the Judicial review, the first step is the "Pre-action protocol" and if home office does not respond within 14 days to 1 month permission to proceed with claim for Judicial Review is lodged at the court and which must be done not later than 3 months after the Home Office’s initial decision.

I personally know 3 people who have gone through the Judicial review process and gotten their decision overturn. With two of them after the pre-action protocol was sent, home office ignored but after the solicitor filed an application for permission in court, home office now became aware that they were serious so they sent a consent letter to the solicitor for them to withdraw it from court and even paid part of the cost incurred by the applicant.

Usually I think in Africa we do not explore all the legal options when unfavourable decisions are made towards us. any this is just my experience of what I know.

" The pre-action protocol is the initial step in the Judicial review process". Google gives more details

Just my one cent

justwise:


Dude your solicitor is sending letter of reconsideration to the HomeOffice and not judicial review, anybody can do this and still get positive/negative result.

These solicitors will give you the impression that you can appeal visa refusal or go for Judicial review and you pay then they write letter of reconsideration.

You are wasting your money with solicitor because anybody can send a letter to immigration asking for reconsideration about seemly unfair visa refusal

You can't take the homeoffice to court for tourist visa refusal

They now send the refusal letter by mail to some people oo. When you receive a mail from them and is classified as "sensitive" then it is your refusal letter hhmm

seyisanya:
From personal experience, they will never send refusal letter via email to you even if you use the "Keep My Passport" service. As a matter of fact, though ridiculous, a request for your passport does not guarantee a visa. They will only send a Passport Request email for you to receive ECO's decision.

NanaOne1:
Hello Justwise,

Just to correct/ clarify what you just said, Judicial review is permitted for tourist visa as well. During the Judicial review, the first step is the "Pre-action protocol" and if home office does not respond within 14 days to 1 month permission to proceed with claim for Judicial Review is lodged at the court and which must be done not later than 3 months after the Home Office’s initial decision.

I personally know 3 people who have gone through the Judicial review process and gotten their decision overturn. With two of them after the pre-action protocol was sent, home office ignored but after the solicitor filed an application for permission in court, home office now became aware that they were serious so they sent a consent letter to the solicitor for them to withdraw it from court and even paid part of the cost incurred by the applicant.

Usually I think in Africa we do not explore all the legal options when unfavourable decisions are made towards us. any this is just my experience of what I know.

" The pre-action protocol is the initial step in the Judicial review process". Google gives more details

Just my one cent

Thank you so much for your contribution, one thing I noticed about the @justwise is he believes he knows all, and till now he has not come out to formally apologize for using the word misleading.

B4 now, held his person in high esteem, but from his attack on my post over this issue, felt really disappointed.

One thing we all need to know is we learn new things every day of our lives, and we will never stop learning. @justwise, I still demand that apology from you.

You don't know it all, learn, and stop attacking people's opinions over issues you know nothing about. It is well with you.

molusesi83:
Plsease@justwise...Can I use Microfinance bank statement for my UK application becos that is where they pay my salary

Can you get it stamped?

NanaOne1:
Hello Justwise,

Just to correct/ clarify what you just said, Judicial review is permitted for tourist visa as well. During the Judicial review, the first step is the "Pre-action protocol" and if home office does not respond within 14 days to 1 month permission to proceed with claim for Judicial Review is lodged at the court and which must be done not later than 3 months after the Home Office’s initial decision.

I personally know 3 people who have gone through the Judicial review process and gotten their decision overturn. With two of them after the pre-action protocol was sent, home office ignored but after the solicitor filed an application for permission in court, home office now became aware that they were serious so they sent a consent letter to the solicitor for them to withdraw it from court and even paid part of the cost incurred by the applicant.

Usually I think in Africa we do not explore all the legal options when unfavourable decisions are made towards us. any this is just my experience of what I know.

" The pre-action protocol is the initial step in the Judicial review process". Google gives more details

Just my one cent

You definitely entitled to your view but i disagree with you, I still maintain my view on this, all these processes you detailed here are for immigration visa refusal.

Justblow:


Thank you so much for your contribution, one thing I noticed about the @justwise is he believes he knows all, and till now he has not come out to formally apologize for using the word misleading.

B4 now, held his person in high esteem, but from his attack on my post over this issue, felt really disappointed.

One thing we all need to know is we learn new things every day of our lives, and we will never stop learning. @justwise, I still demand that apology from you.

You don't know it all, learn, and stop attacking people's opinions over issues you know nothing about. It is well with you.

You will never going to get one until you still misleading people.

Judicial review is not for non-immigration refusal, neither can you appeal a visiting visa refusal.

Ogajustwise, my spouse got all visas with shared accommodation. Cowgate Hostel, Edinburgh about 90gbp booked thru booking.com
It is possible sir

justwise:


Those are Backpackers accommodation, shared room with bunk beds, never seen anybody who got a visa with such accommodation.

Years ago while on school picnic i used one in London and Wales , no security, no privacy, infact you take your stuff while going to have a shower because you are sharing a room with strangers.

The price tells you everything.

Whether it will fly remains to be seen.

justwise:


You will never going to get one until you still misleading people.

Judicial review is not for non-immigration refusal, neither can you appeal a visiting visa refusal.

It is clear that you admit not your mistakes even when you are wrong in all ways, admit you don't know anything about this process and so disappointing, you still arguing with people with practical experience of this issues.

Anyways, thank God for platforms like this, it really brings out the real you...

You will never add to your knowledge, if you keep thinking you know it all...

Finally.... Congratulations!!!

seyisanya:
I eventually got my passport back on Friday, visa granted(6 months) but now useless because I resume work this week. And wouldn't love to travel to the UK in December/January. What about you? Any latest development.

justwise:
.....Yes I can get it stamped

Can you get it stamped?

.

Opeyemi007:


Was there anything attached to the concluded email? Have you checked your email? They should have sent the Passport Request/Refusal Letter to your email.

no oga, there was no attachments with "concluded" e-mail. they simply wrote, "your application has been concluded and will shortly be dispatched, our service partner will contact you, dont go to V.A.C unless you are advised to go to V.A.C."
what i doubt is , this TLS guys have not submitted the application properly, because the staff at TLS is very much un-professional and untrained.
god know what will happen to my application.

MrsDaniels:
My cousin and his baby are in dis same mess....They did their application on the 3rd July and till now nothing from dem.....on 22nd he said they sent application nt straightforward for his babys application. Wonder why they taking ages. How much did it cost you to email them so i can tell my cuz to do same. Cos it dont make any sense. When they paid for VAC value services and they still delaying them. Na wa for UKVI dis days thou!

sending enquiry on email will charge you GBP5.48 (one time charge only) after that replies are free. but you still have to call them after 2-3 days to escalate the case. but this customer care guys are helpless , they can simply put request for escalation, nothing else they can help you.
i have spent almost N20k for calling/e-mailing them.