Josinobirian:


The fact that your spouse is already in Germany is a red flag they won’t give you visa almost impossible

Yes but you can get visa to travel on vacation with your EU spouse in any other schengen countries aside the one he's staying.. the visa is issued free and fast

nuel80:

With a visitors visa to Germany, I can’t really advice rather, I can encourage you to give it a try. I guess Germany tends to be very difficult in this case. Before I join my wife, I applied for a touristic visa three times between 2017 and 2019 with strong ties to Nigeria which includes but not limited to C of O to my house, my business and tax documents, letters of good conduct and recommendations from both my former bosses and socialites, a serving member of one of the political party in Germany who happens to be a member of my club (Rotary international) also gave me a letter of recommendation but they still find reasons to deny me the visas. Their reasons are always that they are not convinced I will return back. Since I joined my wife, I have not spend complete 8 months in Germany, so I don’t know what their reasons can be. They have coconut head.
Just give it a try and stay on the positive part. Good luck.

Thanks! I got the schengen visa and it was fast (7 days), though not from Germany.. thanks again this made me research deeper

Bonn2007:
Hello y'all,

Please has someone here ever applied for a Visiting Visa to Germany while awaiting a Family reunion visa for Germany?

Thanks.

Is your spouse an EU citizen?
If yes you can get visiting visa free of charge and fast. Also it's rarely denied.

OGRukky:
Good day all .please I want to apply for visiting visa to Finland, the trip is sponsored by my parents .do I need to write a letter of explanation

How did it go?

Hi, anyone currently applied for Finland schengen visa?

nameundisclosed:
Good morning all. My dad wants to travel and I want to get things ready for him. I've printed the checklist, some documents have "NO COPIES" beside it, though at the beginning, the rule is *original + 1 copy* . What should I do?

I suggest you go with 1 original and 1 copy, I heard they help you arrange and take out unnecessary docs... better more than less

agofineboy:
Hello Guys,

Does anyone have an idea of what is happening with the appointment booking system?

I cant seem to get an appointment for next month, and now it is telling me January is not available again. Please how do I get a date?

Hope this is not late... Try booking the appointment by 12am dot.. I got that tip here and that's what I did.

nuel80:

With a visitors visa to Germany, I can’t really advice rather, I can encourage you to give it a try. I guess Germany tends to be very difficult in this case. Before I join my wife, I applied for a touristic visa three times between 2017 and 2019 with strong ties to Nigeria which includes but not limited to C of O to my house, my business and tax documents, letters of good conduct and recommendations from both my former bosses and socialites, a serving member of one of the political party in Germany who happens to be a member of my club (Rotary international) also gave me a letter of recommendation but they still find reasons to deny me the visas. Their reasons are always that they are not convinced I will return back. Since I joined my wife, I have not spend complete 8 months in Germany, so I don’t know what their reasons can be. They have coconut head.
Just give it a try and stay on the positive part. Good luck.

Thanks for this info, I appreciate

QueenieDar:


Hi, please what documents did your wife submit for her schengen visa?
I wish to visit my husband as well for valentines vacation... by Feb. I know I need strong tie to here but I work remotely as an IT specialist for a US company and my husband is in Germany as a German citizen. I don't know if this would affect my application... as in no ties to Nigeria thing..
Please kindly advice.

@nuel80 and house please any input here

Flitz99:


I am also interested in this vacinnation Information because according to all online sources( RKI, Polizei, and Gesundheitsministerium) the new lasw from 9.11.21 says one must show one of the following: Negative Test, Vacinnation or Recovery Proof in order to be allowed entry. But at the german embassy, even on their website they say entry is allowed only with vacinnation. I even called Bundespolizei who do the border control and they confirmed the same. My wife did visa interview for Schengen today at german embassy lagos and she was given a form to sign that she cant enter without being fully vacinnated, which is actually not true. Has anyone entered germany this december with only negative pcr?

Hi, please what documents did your wife submit for her schengen visa?
I wish to visit my husband as well for valentines vacation... by Feb. I know I need strong tie to here but I work remotely as an IT specialist for a US company and my husband is in Germany. I don't know if this would affect my application... as in no ties to Nigeria thing
Please kindly advice.

Holuwakenny:
[color=#000099][/color] Please is there still appointment for US F1 VISA.
THANKS

Sorry I don't know anything regarding US visa.

Bonn2007:
Thanks for the reply.

Please how did you get your appointment date since I noticed there has been no dates available since a month I keep checking the website?

My statement was "it seems .........". So it wasn't a definite statement but an assumption.

OK, I read from the Germany tourist visa group here to book appointment immediately it's 12am.. that's when new dates are posted. That's exactly what I did.

Bonn2007:
Hello people,

considering the present Pandemic, I'd like to know which other European countries aside Germany are still open for visitors visa applications ( Schengenvisa) from Nigeria?

Which of these EU countries offer the best services and have less cumbersome route for Nigerian applicants?

N.b the actual final destination is Germany ( they seem not to be processing tourist visas at the moment).


Thanks.

I booked appointment day before yesterday for Germany tourist visa application on 3rd Jan. Please where did you get info they're no longer processing tourist visa at the moment?

DebbyD1:


I don't think it matters if it's with your maiden name or husband's surname. The most important thing is that you book with the passport that you'd present at the time of the interview. So if you plan to do change of name, you should get it done quickly and then apply for an appointment. If not, you can already apply with the passport that carries your maiden name.

P.S. I'm not a "fellow lady"

Fabulousaify:
The new passport with husband's surname

Thanks! I booked appointment with maiden passport on February, did change of name and got new passport this July. I have cancelled and book again. Thank you

Hi everyone!
Please fellow ladies I wish to know, did you book family reunion visa appointment with your maiden passport or the new passport with husband's surname?

esskay1:
Hello Guyz,

Many thanks to the resourceful and meticulous champs that have been helping with questions here.

Please, I like to ask if it is possible to attend an interview before the scheduled time. I booked 2:00 PM, If I go there by 10 AM, will I be attended to?

Thanks

Interview? For UK visit visa? No interview just give your biometrics, say your name and DOB boldly with confidence at a camera , if you choose assisted service they will scan all your documents and give you back.
You enter by 2pm, (will be attended to not immediately because there are still more people) or you pay for walk in 42000naira(early morning at ikeja, any time at VI)

Riley1991:
Hello guys I really need your help on this one. Last year I went to the UK for my masters program and now I am back to Nigeria. I intend to go back for this new academic session to study for an LLb degree. I have gotten the admission already and I am almost done with process. I am just worried about the Visa if have issues

Don't worry, be positive..
Also follow the UK student visa thread. For advice and all.
Good luck

101adewole:
Hello House,

sorry have been away for some weeks now due to some personal things,I picked up my visa last month and am suppose to travel 15th of this month cause is been stated on my Leave form that i will be departing for Uk on the 15th of this month,But am yet to get my ticket due to some personal reasons,pls i hope i wont face any challenges at the POE cause of that,Do i need to hold my leave letter along when going?Pls i just need everybody opinion on this
Thanks
One Love

I think what will be a challenge is not leaving before your leave time ends... If you are asked why two or three days late before intended date of travel at POE give a specific reason, not 'because of personal reasons'...

Also if the price of air ticket is among the reasons I think it is not going to low soon because everyone is booking for summer things.. This time is expensive l

AdaUK:
.
Hello nairalanders

You cannot marry in the UK on a standard visitor visa. This is a limitation of the visa, not of UK marriage procedures.

The only exception is if you already have a civil partnership (which only applies if you are the same sex) - and you can't form a new civil partnership on an SVV either.

In terms of actually getting married, there are five different sets of rules in England and Wales that determine how you get married, and Scotland and Northern Ireland are different again.

The five rules are: Registrar: These are the only rules for a non-religious ("civil" marriage; they require the marriage to have four week's notice, which is made public. Weddings have to be either at the registry office (which will be very basic) or at a licensed venue (which you would, obviously, have to pay for). Venue licensing is very complicated and you need to check that the venue is already licensed, because (unless you're very rich) it will be much too expensive to license a venue just for your wedding. One important rule is that only indoor venues can be licensed; outdoor weddings cannot be conducted under a registrar. Same-sex weddings are allowed with registrars.

Jewish marriages: The Board of Deputies of British Jews approves Jewish marriages, and they license rabbis to perform marriages. If you are both Jewish, then Jewish marriages are very flexible, without notice requirements or need for the venue to be licensed - Jewish weddings are just about the only outdoor weddings in England. It's up to the rabbi whether to allow same-sex weddings or not.

Quaker marriages: The Society of Friends approves Quaker marriages, and is not subject to external regulation. However, they are unlikely to approve a marriage that isn't held as part of a regular Meeting for Worship in a Friends' Meeting House, so you pretty much have to be a member of a regular Meeting to have one. While Quakers are allowed to conduct outdoor weddings, they don't. Quakers allow same-sex weddings.

Other religions (other than Jews, Quakers and Church of England): A place of worship must be licensed to conduct weddings. You have to give notice at the register office 28 days before the wedding, just as for a wedding with the registrar, but the religious celebrant will conduct and register the wedding. The licence for the place of worship will determine whether same-sex weddings are permitted (they mostly aren't).

Church of England: Notice is done either through Banns or a Licence. Banns have to be read at the Sunday service each of the three Sundays before the wedding - but they must be read at the church where the wedding will be and at the home churches of both participants. Otherwise you need a Licence - a Common Licence if you live outside England and Wales but are EEA (inc British, EU) or Swiss citizens. Alternatively, you can give notice at a registry office in the usual way for a civil wedding, which grants you a Superintendent Registrar's Certificiate - this is the only way to marry in the Church of England if either or both people are nationals of countries outside the EEA (or Switzerland). Church of England weddings cannot be same-sex.

The registrar will always check your immigration status before allowing you to give notice. The only ways around this are Banns (but you're not resident in the UK, so that won't work), to get a Special Licence from the Archbishop of Canterbury for a Church of England wedding (very unlikely, let's be honest), or to be Jewish or Quaker. While the marriage in those cases would be legal, it would also be a breach of your visa and you'd be likely to get deported.

In both Scotland and Northern Ireland, all weddings go through providing notice to a registrar 28 days in advance, which means that the registrar checks immigration status at that point. The actual conduct of weddings in those countries is much more flexible than in England and Wales (notably: you can marry outdoors in Scotland), but the law is much more standardised.

If you want to marry, you need either a Marriage Visitor Visa (if you intend to live outside the UK after the marriage) or a Family Visa (if you intend to live in the UK after the marriage). I expect you will find it difficult to get a Marriage Visitor Visa if your intended spouse is permanently resident in the UK as the immigration officer is very unlikely to believe that you don't intend to live with your spouse after marriage.

Sugarkay:





Thank you for the response but is registration of birth sufficient enough to apply for a British passport when my parents are Nigerians, will my birth certificate be enough proof

Sorry I can't tell you much on email, just go through the UK immigration site. I am not an immigration specialist

ijeshaoflondon:
My friend want to apply for UK 6 months Visa
Budget***
Flight-£550
Hostel- £288
Bta- £262
----------------------
Total- 1100

Document submitted**
Application form
Introduction letter
Recommendation letter
Leave letter

Bank statement @ 180k monthly
(opening balance - 1.120m January)
( Closing balance - 1 150m till date )

Hotel bookings for 7 night @ Sohostel

Payslips for 6 months
Children's birth certificate ( 2)

NO MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE COS THEy ARE PARTNERS but Consent letter from partner.

STAFF ID CARD - sales representative

LAND AGREEMENT

FAMILY LAWYER'S LETTER STATING RENT COLLECTED FROM TENANT AND AMOUNT REMITTED IN APRIL . Asides that, only salary enters the account .

Kindly advice .... if He should proceed to submission center.

I think it is not advisable.. He wants to spend more than his 2 months salary and half savings for a week trip while he has 3(three - 2kids and partner) dependants.. I really think its not advisable, those ECOs are very smart and logical

AdaUK:
Hello guys. Does anyone know the procedure for court /church marriage in UK

Ask the 'Living in the UK/live of UK immigrant' Nairaland thread

cerezo:
On two occasions I have used the signed pdf stmt from GT Bank internet banking and the applications came out successfully. One for me, the other for my parents. I just felt since one will have to scan and upload everything, why bother? Fear not....

Thank you oo, I hope mine is successful too

Sugarkay:
Good day, pls I'm a little confused, I intend traveling to the UK with a visitors visa from Nigeria , though I was born there (UK) but came back at an early age, my question is this ,
1 when I'm at the UK can I apply for a student visa so it would be cheaper for me
2 Aside visitors visa which is best to apply for that can give me time over there
3. while I'm there would I be given any preference
Thanks in anticipation for your reply

If your birth was registered in the UK, just apply for a UK passport with your birth certificate..etc
If no, then apply to the school from here and and get a student visa. You can not change or switch the visitors visa. Either apply for student visa here, or apply for a passport with the necessary documents gov.uk

emadamysy:


Sorry sir, how do you mean proof?

I submitted the statements and relevant cover letters from the respective institutions stating the sole funds are mine and can be liquidated at any time apart from the fixed deposits by September.

If they are asking origin of funds, that means i would present my bank statements since inception as i have been working for over 4 years.

If you submitted all statements and explain the fund well in those 3 accounts ,. Then ECO saw something he is not convinced about. Maybe apply again
PS if you write 'additional income' be it business put your business info, if it's side business(non registered without tax) that would be difficult to prove.
I think they view 200k above a good salary enough to visit UK if you have no family members or friends there, I hope you have luck next time

ibrocoast:
Hello. Is there anyone who got his/her visa recently. A friend got his visa on Friday... He sent some one to collect it for him due to tight schedule at work. The visa sticker background is diff from the previous one.
Is there a change in the visa sticker? See attchment below of the visa sticker

Congrats to your friend!!
Visa is visa ... I guess they are preparing for brexit (leaving EU) hence change

Ukpebor278:
please, I would really like to know, if i get a visitors visa to the UK, after arriving in the UK, is it possible to change the visa to student visa before the visitors visa expires, and if yes, what are the steps involved and the cost also

No it is not possible. You must have to come back and apply for student visa.
The visitor visa cannot be changed or switched to any other visa esp when you are in the UK

Bestanderson:
I have been a silent reader and I just want to ask this to be clear! I was previously denied UK visa with my family twice.... for unexplained credits even when I explained all. But I registered my spouse for a paid event and the visa was granted. Spouse have just returned from the UK after spending the 7 days that was stated in the visa application. My question is given that the visa expires in 4 months time, will it be any better if the family apply for a summer trip and add my spouse visa page with detailed LOE to treat the previous refusal? will adding her visa have any kind of effect? We just wanted to spend 10 days.

If you are travelling together add your marriage cert., photos, her passport data and current visa to your supporting documents.
But
what will have a positive effect is rectifying the reasons for previous refusals, admitting about them in current application and adding a cover letter to explain (since no more interview)

Floraoye0417:
Pls print out the paper one. Someone close to me used it n eco claim there was no evidence of statement, she printee out the paper copy n reapplied. She was granted visa. U can submit both, no harm in it.

Thanks dear, the deed has been done already. I just wanted to know if am the only one in that dilemma. Poor me...

MamaEEE:



Plx insist on hard copy, for most people that used it got refused bcs most of the ECO don't have that time to go tru it...

I found out late, I did self upload last month. I printed the e statement from my mobile banking through email.. I uploaded it. *worse mistake * I believe the VO checked my e statement twice with the email reference because I am the one getting the statement again and again not them. Worst part of it is the one I upload just have my name, act no., opening balance and email reference but the one they need to check which instead I am getting is with name, act no ., address, opening balance closing balance, total credit, total debit, usable balance, and bank reference
I did not go to the bank because all my trip expenses is been sponsored by my EU boyfriend now they are checking it I knew its important to them.
I just hope am lucky

Please prospective applicants should take note, even with 100% brit and EU sponsor your verifiable bank statement is important .

I just hope I am lucky...

emadamysy:


Total savings is over 2m. That is mutual funds , fixed deposits and savings .

I presented the 3 to them.

Are you saying that i should move all money to one account and apply.

Budget for the trip was 423k

They meant aside your salary account with total closing balance 342k , how do you explain funds in the other accounts with over 2m with proof, not just writing letter

Has anyone used their e bank statement instead of the one from the bank