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Ray7878:
If he is claiming him and their mother lives in the address, so what other person did he use to claim were the mother on their application?

My main concern is more of if he is still married to the lady in Nigeria. And he is only using your mate to get his families down here.

This has happened a lot to people around me, and it’s mostly the men that would do this. They would have already had a plan with their wives in Nigeria, she would endure and take it as she wants to end up here eventually with her kids.

I would probably start getting UKVI involved anonymously. Just because he lied to her. I am sure she wouldn’t have mind the fact that he had kids in Nigeria, but the fact that he kept it away from her, now applying for those kids secretly, what’s next? Apply for the Nigerian lady secretly too and call her his sister? Honestly if I was in that position I would notify UKVI.

giselle237:
As long as the mother of the Nigerian children is a Nigerian woman she can not side with his wife against taking her children to the UK… because in the long run her thinking will be tht her children will inturn bring her over. This is very common. They might even still be legally husband and wife…

Lizzyluke2:
Dear Sir/Ma,
Please I will like to be enlightened on the below senerio:

I am on tier 2 visa for 3 year and my dependant is also on tier 2 dependant visa for 3 years.

we are already on 6months now and I want to change my employer.

Please I will like to ask if:
1. Should I use the extension visa link to apply for my new visa?
2. Should I also apply for a new visa for my dependant or I should allow her current visa to end?
3. Will I pay for IHS since my the IHS I paid for the 3 years visa has not expired?

I will be very happy if you could help me out.

Thank you.

PreciousGemRubb:
Hello people, kindly advise, my parents have both visited me in 2018 but separately (early and late 2018) dad is retired while mum was working then. Now, mum will retire in January. I am thinking of applying for both of them for 2 years visitors visa before mum retires.
1. Do my mum need a letter from her employer saying she is visiting her daughter (she was given for previous application but she wouldn't be able to get one now as she is retiring soon).
2. Is it better to do them separately
3. I will be fully sponsoring them, do they still need their statement of account even if it doesn't have much money.
4. Dad's pension payment started after he visited in 2018 in his salary account but I send him money in his other account, does he need to submit both accounts.
5. Should I wait for mum to retire before applying for her if I am doing it separately.
6. My brother is currently serving and wants to visit me but my husband thinks he might be refused, he wants him to wait till when he comes for his MSc hopefully next year or 2021. Please can you advice me on which documents he needs to put together to enable him get the visa ( I really want him to visit before he applies for his student visa). Thanks

habbyjaino:
Congrats to your dad @preciousGemrubb... Please could you share the Timeline for his last application.. Thanks

Brightingsus:
Ok! Well, the most important sender's bank account is the one originating from the UK since that's where you are based. I am not sure 'GTB' will show in the deposit corner of your dad's statement. You can verify. I did the same for my mother inlaw. I was sending funds to my Nig account, then transferring to my mother inlaw. It was only my name that appeared on her statement, not my Nig account. Like I said, confirm.

As for money remittance, don't you have receipts for every transaction? You should. When you send money to Nig through Bureeu de change, individuals that run the business, or Azimo, you should always ask for receipts. The receipts will contain vital information like your name as the sender, your address in the UK, date of transaction, amount sent in GBP, exchange rate and amount in NGN to be received in Nigeria. I have all my receipts. The transactions on the receipts will bear the amount sent to Nigeria which amount in GBP will reflect in your UK bank statement.

I need you to verify a few things...
1. For how long did you send/have you been sending money to your dad through 'individuals'?
2. How many transactions have you done through Azimo?
3. Find out if 'GTB' shows under deposits in your dad's statements.
4. Why don't you have transaction receipts?

Brightingsus:
That's no issue at all. Don't try to change the name on the transactions. You must explain the transactions and highlight the fact that your name on your dad's statements is your maiden name; then include your marriage certificate. If you have been consistently doing this way of money transfer for like 6 months, then you would need to include your GTB bank statement as well as your UK bank statements. Highlight your UK bank statement with asterisk on the line of each transaction showing the amount leaving your account to go to your GTB. Then highlight your GTB statements with asterisk on the line of each transaction coming in from the UK reflecting same amount. Then include your payslips amongst other things you have. Then mention all these in your cover letter. This is how to explain origin of funds. Don't forget to include your dad's bank statements too.

With tact you will find out that making a Uk visa application is actually easy.

Brightingsus:
To reduce the amount of explanation to do, you can simply go to any branch of his bank (dad being present) and change personal details. Amend the address and print a new bank statement. He could do well by going with any ID with the new address to the bank. Consistency is key.

Brightingsus:
Thanks.

The heading does not matter. The heading is not looked at in deciding an application. The heading you have is ok.

inphoenix:
Thanks. My grandma doesn't have a medical condition, it's just that she is elderly and frail really. She has no birth certificate so I think I will not add that as a tie.
1.I want them to come for 2 weeks only during the school holiday, hopefully this December/January so is £2,500 ok for both of them (to fully sponsor them) with a salary of £1,500 per month.
2.Am on tier 2 visa. I have all my docs from council bills,payslips,utility bills,tenancy agreement, employment letter.
3. I am thinking of applying for them separately (not as a unit) but at the same time. Don't want one application to affect the other. What do you think?
4. Dad got landed property, mum not yet?
5. Got 4 siblings and 2 are underaged but 1 is in the university and the other in sec.school. Do they need to state where my siblings will be when they travel to the UK.
They will be staying at my granny's. Do my parents need any docs to support that.
Thanks ( never thought about my siblings birth certificates).
P.S: Sorry for the questions-my friend's mum was refused a visitor's visa because she was assessed alone even when my friend stated she will be fully sponsoring her. The reason was that my friend's mum has insufficient funds for the trip.


1. One letter should suffice, just state there that you are inviting and sponsoring as well. Put the 2 as the heading sef.

2. Yes different letters, their circumstances are not the same, one is retired and one still in service. Hopefully they submit as a unit, but advisable they print their documents separately

3. Both, but since you are sponsoring them fully, be sure they fill that in the application forms. If the ECOs spot their account statements, he could ignore your account statement/sponsorship and concentrate on their account statement instead particularly if it isn't well funded to wrongfully justify a refusal

4. Just payslips

5. Either is fine

6. Please have them state all these in their cover letter. Mum would need a letter of introduction from work and possibly the school calendar. Include your siblings birth certificates too especially if they're underage. And documents of landed property if any

7. Depends on how long are they staying and how much would their trip cost you personally. Remember it is full sponsorship which means travel/flight tickets are included. Although, I don't think they are as strict with U.K. resident sponsorship as with self/Nigerian 3rd party sponsorship.

8. Mention alternative care for her in their cover letter(s), but "rest from caring for granny" sha? I dunno about that one o! Lol

Other documents 1. Siblings' birth certificates 2. Mum's Introduction from work 3. Grandma's birth certificate? passport data page? Or hospital card or any document to prove her status 4. Dad's retirement certificate/letter 5. Sponsor's passport data page 6. Sponsor's utility bill 7. Sponsor's bank Statement 8. Sponsor's birth certificate to prove relationship with parents from names 9. Sponsor's birth certificate because of the change of name?

Can't think of any more documents now, there could be more...

Pzone:
One month bank statement will definitely raise eyebrows