oak202:


Update on my application
I picked up my passport with 2 years visa yesterday.

giselle237:
.. it is not okay

luvlaja80:
hello everyone...pls my last question before submitting tomorrow..in my bank statement, my home address I use to open d account is now different from my home address I live in now..cus I opened d account in abuja and now I have relocated to Lagos but in d statement of acct my d abuja address is still there...hope it's not an issue..cus dats d account I gave my office for my salary acct.

BizBloke:


You're welcome.

Close of business usually works per calendar year or fiscal year.
Calendar year: December 31st; Fiscal Year (for her business): March 31st. She could work with Fiscal Year and get a TIN from the FIRS office; also find out the Tax Holiday for her industry (how many months her business is free to not pay tax). Tax Holiday is usually 6 months or thereabouts. Then, do her Annual Returns filing by the end of the year & submit that with her CAC documents.

The assets aspect is dicey. There must be something sufficient to bring her back to Nigeria; her business is one but I think she needs more simply because she just established this year; UKVI could see it as a plan she hatched to game the system & flee. This paragraph is hugely subjective - and not backed with facts.

You should also consider her travel history as well.

TIGER1001:
mum was in similar situation. tax certificate was not ready. she declared retired and my dad is also retired too, had enough funds in her bank statement and even sponsored my dad.just get all necessary docs from your husband and let your parents include all their properties docs and other supporting docs. that will do.my parents got six months, they intended to stay for weeks.

Silas12345:
Please what are the things I need to take along for my biometric and I should hold like how much with me please

chigoldus:

Go to your bank and tell the customer care officer that you want to change your address. You will be given an update form to fill. Pls remember to go with your electric ity bill. They will change it immediately.

oak202:


Update on my application
I picked up my passport with 2 years visa yesterday.

oluayebenz:


Congrat

Do they cancelled the 6months visa?

Adex2066:
Hello everyone & @BizBloke @giselle237 @justwise

Like some of you here already know, I was refused a visa early last month, for the reasons highlighted below. (sorry, was unable to upload the letter, but these are the exact transcripts from the letter.)

**You have applied to visit the UK for 7 days for tourism. In order to be able to to make a decision on whether or not to grant you entry clearance in this category I have taken into account your stated circumstances in Nigeria, the reasons for your visit and your proposed travel arrangements.

**You have declared that you are employed and state that you earn 300,000 NGN (£672.05 Converted on Oanda.com, 05/09/2019) per month. You state that you spend 160,00 NGN (£358.43) per month on living costs. You state that your trip to the UK will cost 1,000,000.00 NGN (£2,240.17) which equates to over 7 months disposable income on a 7 days trip. Your proposed expenditure of your visit casts doubt on your intentions to visit the UK.
1. My living expenses was stated as N160, 000 per month. Which is not a true reflection of my consistent monthly expenses. That figure was the estimated average of the amount that left my account the 6 months before my application, which contains loans to friends/family, one-time purchases of things like electronics etc. I am thinking of reducing my monthly living expenses to 80k-90k (keep in mind that I have a dependent that I give 5k per week) on my new application.
2. Aside my monthly 300k salary, I have a side income (amount not fixed) but has been consistent for a few years. The average amount of the last 6 months is 178k. This side income wasn't acknowledged in the decision to refuse my visa. What can I do to change that?
3. I am about to pay my rent, is that going to be a problem? Being that I will be spending a decent amount for my rent and at the same time willing to spend good money on a trip abroad?
4. What would be a reasonable amount to budget for the trip? I plan on spending 6 days, 5 days in London and 1 in Manchester for a football game.
Your help and guidance will be greatly helpful to me. Thanks

BizBloke:


Wait for the follow up email to show up this week.

DCTrendy:
Hi guys,

I have a trip n will come back on the 21st Nov, i plan to submit my application for UK the following day for a visit starting from 18th Dec, 2019.

I am a little bit worried about this 26days i will be giving them for the processing. Do you think it is too short? I dont want to cancel the Nov trip, please pro in the house advice please.

Thanks
K.

giselle237:
Dont advice such pls
Someone on this thread was denied for presenting a 1 month old bank statement for VISIT visa...clearly the visa officer said something shady was ongoing on as to get one’s current bank statement is as simple as ABC and there was no assurance that the money was still in the applicant’s account ... go back and read part 3
Why will someone who is not trying to deceive the ECO bring account statement of 30 days old for VISIT visa... I will never understand this

rman:


I received such mail in August and no follow up mail till date.

DCTrendy:


Wish someone here who is familiar with UK visit visa processing can just advise me. Is this time too short or ok?

lantres000:
Wow how did you now do it

Suuz:


It isn’t short, that’s 19 working days.
The only delay you might face would be from TLS(returning your passport)

Adex2066:
Hello everyone & @BizBloke @giselle237 @justwise

Like some of you here already know, I was refused a visa early last month, for the reasons highlighted below. (sorry, was unable to upload the letter, but these are the exact transcripts from the letter.)

**You have applied to visit the UK for 7 days for tourism. In order to be able to to make a decision on whether or not to grant you entry clearance in this category I have taken into account your stated circumstances in Nigeria, the reasons for your visit and your proposed travel arrangements.

**You have declared that you are employed and state that you earn 300,000 NGN (£672.05 Converted on Oanda.com, 05/09/2019) per month. You state that you spend 160,00 NGN (£358.43) per month on living costs. You state that your trip to the UK will cost 1,000,000.00 NGN (£2,240.17) which equates to over 7 months disposable income on a 7 days trip. Your proposed expenditure of your visit casts doubt on your intentions to visit the UK.


I made some important mistakes, thanks to the agent who assisted me with the application.
Now I am ready to reapply this month, and have a few questions and things to clarify, if you all don't mind.

1. My living expenses was stated as N160, 000 per month. Which is not a true reflection of my consistent monthly expenses. That figure was the estimated average of the amount that left my account the 6 months before my application, which contains loans to friends/family, one-time purchases of things like electronics etc. I am thinking of reducing my monthly living expenses to 80k-90k (keep in mind that I have a dependent that I give 5k per week) on my new application.

2. Aside my monthly 300k salary, I have a side income (amount not fixed) but has been consistent for a few years. The average amount of the last 6 months is 178k. This side income wasn't acknowledged in the decision to refuse my visa. What can I do to change that?

3. I am about to pay my rent, is that going to be a problem? Being that I will be spending a decent amount for my rent and at the same time willing to spend good money on a trip abroad?

4. What would be a reasonable amount to budget for the trip? I plan on spending 6 days, 5 days in London and 1 in Manchester for a football game.

Your help and guidance will be greatly helpful to me. Thanks

oak202:


The agent messed up the application considering the fact he stated your 160k as monthly expenses leaving you with a balance of 140k and you intend to spend 1m for a 6 days trip.

1. Reduce your monthly expenses to 40k-50k

2. You must show evidence of side business if
You want to add it as additional income

3. That should not be a problem because it strengthen your ties to your home country in as much your balance can support your trip. Mind you , you should have excess above your trip budget as at the time of application.

4. Reasonable amount is 500k

5. Book hostels instead of hotels. It reduces your cost.

Adex2066:


I'm even more confused now about the rent because you are saying it is a positive while @giselle237 is a little worried about it. Note that even after paying my rent I will still have over 7m in my account.

And also @giselle237 should I address the living monthly expenses and the 1m budget in my last application on this new one? Explaining that it was a mistake or rather just ignore it?

Can you provide me with a sample letter for itinerary?

Adex2066:
Hello everyone & @BizBloke @giselle237 @justwise

Like some of you here already know, I was refused a visa early last month, for the reasons highlighted below. (sorry, was unable to upload the letter, but these are the exact transcripts from the letter.)

**You have applied to visit the UK for 7 days for tourism. In order to be able to to make a decision on whether or not to grant you entry clearance in this category I have taken into account your stated circumstances in Nigeria, the reasons for your visit and your proposed travel arrangements.

**You have declared that you are employed and state that you earn 300,000 NGN (£672.05 Converted on Oanda.com, 05/09/2019) per month. You state that you spend 160,00 NGN (£358.43) per month on living costs. You state that your trip to the UK will cost 1,000,000.00 NGN (£2,240.17) which equates to over 7 months disposable income on a 7 days trip. Your proposed expenditure of your visit casts doubt on your intentions to visit the UK.


I made some important mistakes, thanks to the agent who assisted me with the application.
Now I am ready to reapply this month, and have a few questions and things to clarify, if you all don't mind.

1. My living expenses was stated as N160, 000 per month. Which is not a true reflection of my consistent monthly expenses. That figure was the estimated average of the amount that left my account the 6 months before my application, which contains loans to friends/family, one-time purchases of things like electronics etc. I am thinking of reducing my monthly living expenses to 80k-90k (keep in mind that I have a dependent that I give 5k per week) on my new application.

2. Aside my monthly 300k salary, I have a side income (amount not fixed) but has been consistent for a few years. The average amount of the last 6 months is 178k. This side income wasn't acknowledged in the decision to refuse my visa. What can I do to change that?

3. I am about to pay my rent, is that going to be a problem? Being that I will be spending a decent amount for my rent and at the same time willing to spend good money on a trip abroad?

4. What would be a reasonable amount to budget for the trip? I plan on spending 6 days, 5 days in London and 1 in Manchester for a football game.

Your help and guidance will be greatly helpful to me. Thanks

Adex2066:

I'm even more confused now about the rent because you are saying it is a positive while @giselle237 is a little worried about it. Note that even after paying my rent I will still have over 7m in my account.
And also @giselle237 should I address the living monthly expenses and the 1m budget in my last application on this new one? Explaining that it was a mistake or rather just ignore it?

Can you provide me with a sample letter for itinerary?

Aibisoye0:
Hello house,

Why is TLS making it difficult to book appointments in Ikeja. I was to pay for assisted service for my brother and I was debited and website said unable to process. I just tire.

Suuz:
Hello everyone,I just want to say a HUGE thank you to Oga Justwise and Menakay, @Menakay, if not for you, I won’t have applied for 5years visa, I really hope you still come to this platform and you get to see this message.
I just collected my passport 5minutes ago, this is my timeline;

Biometrics- 16/09/2019
DMC Transfer- 16/09/2019
Concluded- 02/10/2019
Collection - 09/10/2019
Picked up Passport today with 5years Visa.

dilodavid:
Congratulations buddy.