ifyalways:

Yes, write a letter to the ECO and also include a verifiable prove as to source of the said funds eg receipts, invoices etc.

Thank you.
Are bank statements showing details of transfer enough proof?

FrontPageLawyer:


Your application will be refused if you lodge funds in your account prior to your visa application. It is also very important to know that a visa cannot be granted if a visa office is not satisfied with your employment, financial circumstances and earnings.

Thanks
I intend to explain all that.
Is there a place on the application to explain my earnings and all that?

FrontPageLawyer:


Your application will be refused if you lodge funds in your account prior to your visa application. It is also very important to know that a visa cannot be granted if a visa office is not satisfied with your employment, financial circumstances and earnings.

Thank you
There are no hidden stories about my account. There's just not been a lot of money in it (for a trip) simply because I am being owed some months' salaries. My payslip from work and my bank statement attest to that fact..
Now, my cousin is sponsoring me for this trip by supplying the money needed and he intends to transfer it into my account.
I understand I need to show I can afford the trip by my bank balance.
Do I need a letter from him for the ECO explaining this?

justwise:


1. Read just few pages back for post who got their visas for PLAB 1 exam.

2. You need his tenancy agreements, data page of his passport, salary account/payslips and letter of invitation stating that you will be staying with his throughout your exam period.

Thanks.
I work for the Ondo State Government, and payment of salaries have been irregular(owed 3 months now) , with the result that my present balance cannot possibly fund the trip.
I have gotten some money now for the trip which I have lodged into my account. ..I must say booking for the exam in the UK is something I didn't really envisage, as the March slots in Nigeria were filled up.
Anyway, my questions are:
1. Will the lump transfer of money raise a red flag?
2. My cousin is helping me out with some of the money. Do I need to mention and/or get proof of that?
3. Do I need yo explain why my account hasn't had enough money (the whole 'oewd salaries' thing)?
Thanks again

abnot:


Am not an ECO and can only guess based on my observations. In December I applied for a schengen visa (France) with 273k account balance and was granted. Although there was an average monthly credit of 667k into the account which I was spending anyhow thus resulting in the low balance. Thus I feel like they focused more on the credits rather than the balance.
On the other hand I've had an average monthly credit of 650k into my account since August but I spend the money anyhow and thus usually don't have more than 200k balance till like November when I decided to cool down with the spending and save a bit for my UK visa application . By end of January I had about 900k balance and submitted my application . Yet to get the application back and will let this house know how the application goes . Although I've been to the UK more than 10 times between 2010 and now nevertheless they say each application is treated on its own merit so waiting to see the outcome

you didn't really answer my questions.

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Good day, house.
I got my IELTS scores a few weeks ago and found out that there are no available slots for the PLAB 1 exam in Nigeria. The next time is 10 months away in November. I don't want to wait that long, so I booked for the exam in June in the UK, and got a confirmation email. I had to do that before the new fee charge(over a hundred pounds more than what I paid) came into effect.
I am now planning to apply for a visa for the exam, and I am particularly bothered about the minimum balance I should have in my account. The need for the visa is rather sudden and unplanned (as I never knew I was going to miss the March date and I don't want to wait till November). I have managed to get money into my account (I have been moving money in and out of it) for the purpose of the visa.
My questions are:
1. Will my chances be jeopardized by these apparent transfer of money within a short period of time (I intend to apply in March) ?
2. I plan to stay with my cousin during my one week stay (he is also a medical doctor working in the UK). What documents do I need to prove that? Do I need proof that he is my cousin?


Thanks in anticipation of your prompt response

Afrok:
No matter how tight u hold on to something, if its not yours, it'll surely find a way to go.
Anything that's yours will always find a way to remain yours, even if lost it'll locate you.

This is the most banal statement I've ever heard.
Who/what decides if it's "yours"?
Is it a karma thing, or did you read it in a book?
People be trying to be philosophical but coming across as comical.

Everyone who has ever had an encounter with a Nigerian mechanic is familiar with their convenient alteration of words to their benefits.
Here's some examples:
Throttle - Turtle

Vulcanizer - Foganisa

Clutch - closh

Shock absorbers-Shok asoba

Diagnose - diagonize

Panel beater - paneh bita

Bolt - boat

And every nut or bolt is called a 'boris'

Feel free to add yours

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You mean he was kept with four hundred and nineteen suspects in Kuje prison? That's one overcrowded prison

That lettering in unprofessional and not recognized in any court of law.
No citizen who knows his rights can be prosecuted for 'trespassing' with such mundane signs

Nairalanders be making a mountain out of a molehill. Dude was simply getting fresh air

Karmatyra:
hmmmm, sometimes I really get scared, like I often jerk off from sleep and check if the world has ended yet, if not I say a prayer and go back to sleep....the trend continues, another day, another jerk!

How can you "jerk off " from sleep?

Na wa o

Daslim180:
Shey? For your mind?! You should have mentioned few....... They use that probably coz it's on social media which is not a formal writing.

No, I disagree. A lot of people, even so-called educated folk, make that basic mistake.
And that calls into question your literacy if you don't know beginning a sentence with 'am' is wrong.

Elxandre:

So once one isn't Muslim, he's Christian?

You don't think those bombers may have been atheists, since they weren't caught with bibles or screaming Jesus?

It's possible.
However, the point remains:they're not always Muslims.

Xetima:


Must Islam represent terrorism? See the list of people you are gleefully listing as having been murdered by Islamic Terrorists in Russia. Why would you blame Donald Trump and Putin for their stance on Islam??

The highlighted incidents were carried out by separatists from breakaway countries like Chechnya, Ingushetia, South Ossetia where the majority are Muslims. They're fighting for independence and autonomy, not jihad.
Let's not be too quick to tar all Muslims with the same brush.
Far worse terrorist incidents have been carried out by Christians. ...Munich Olympics, Waco siege, Oklahoma bombing, the IRA, the Baader-Meinhof gang, etc...these incidents and groups were not Muslim attacks/Islam.

Everywhere I go to in the South West, I see itinerant Ibos. Everywhere. With the agitation for Biafra, I wonder why they're still in the South West. when are they going back?

Note she still looks ugly as f**k with the makeup.
The dude should go under the water with her, surface, and let's really see how fugly she is

op, get a dictionary look up the word 'graphic' know when to use it

NJPot:
The guy own don finish be that. He is a disgrace to Nigeria in general and Igboland in particular. Igbos are not known to be violent and killers but are reputed for excellence in business, education,sports, entertainment industry and all the good things of life. Even the English nation knows this fact and borrowed a lot of sense from the Igbos including their language. See 25 English words borrowed from Igbo language

Dude, he is American . He probably doesn't identify as Igbo.

menix:
Which kind world be this.

May Almighty God protect every one of us who taps into this prayer, this Ember months will not bring mourning to our homes, we shall live to celebrate the new year.

Amen!!

RIP to the deceased.

Tired of hearing this mundane "Ember months" nonsense.
For Pete's sake, people die every month of the year

magaliyu:
They should have thought about this when they collaborate with some Nigerians in there shady weapon deal,economic monopoly and emperialism of Dstv and Mtn,thank God startime and globacom are onboard the day of reconning is here.
Sorry no offence,is not protectionism is call self defence.

You cannot spell 'reckoning', your tenses and punctuation are terrible and your post doesn't make sense.
Stop insulting the intelligence of Nairalanders

Don't mind Jon Snow. "He knows nothing"

Rawshal:
this is massacre.. RIP bro

Get a good dictionary. Look up 'massacre'. Thank me later

[quote author=djdavisy post=38451530]So you people were up on monday morning waiting for lunar eclipse... Smh. Una get work so? [/quote
It was just for an hour or so at 3am or thereabouts.
The last supermoon and eclipse occurring together before this was 1986 ; the next is in 2033.
If rare, natural phenomena like these don't excite you, you're one repressed and boring fellow

I stayed up all night to see the moon; it was forecasted to start by 2.11am. Heavy clouds appeared at 2am, obscuring everything in the sky including the moon.
The rain that followed didn't syop until 6am. *sobbing*

Nigerians read. We read text messages, sport columns and billboards

vikyno:
How I wan take see am for my room when I no dey stay in a glass house?

ur room no get window?

,

Astronomers are gearing up to spot a rare phenomenon, as a lunar eclipse coincides with a so-called "supermoon".
A supermoon occurs when the Moon is in the closest part of its orbit to Earth, meaning it appears larger in the sky.
The eclipse - expected to make the Moon appear red in colour - will be visible in North America, South America, West Africa and western Europe.
Nasa claims a supermoon last coincided with a lunar eclipse in 1982 and is not expected to again until 2033.
But the definition of a supermoon is debated among astronomers.
Skywatchers in the western half of North America, the rest of Europe and Africa, the Middle East and South Asia will see a partial eclipse.
From the UK, observers will see the Moon pass through the Earth's shadow in the early hours of Monday morning. In North and South America the eclipse will be seen on Sunday evening.
Eclipse facts
The supermoon, where Earth's satellite is near its minimum distance from our planet, means that the Moon will appear 7-8% larger in the sky.
The moon may look rust-coloured during a total lunar eclipse - giving rise to its nickname Blood Moon. This is because the Earth's atmosphere scatters blue light more strongly than red light, and it is this red light that reaches the lunar surface
During the eclipse, the Moon lies in front of the stars of the constellation Pisces
Eclipse contact points (see map) Time (UTC)
P1 00:11:47
U1 01:07:11
U2 02:11:10
Greatest 02:47:07
U3 03:23:05
U4 04:27:03
P4 05:22:27
In a total lunar eclipse, the Earth, Sun and Moon are almost exactly in line and the Moon is on the opposite side of the Earth from the Sun.
As the full Moon moves into our planet's shadow, it dims dramatically but usually remains visible, lit by sunlight that passes through the Earth's atmosphere.
As this light travels through our planet's gaseous envelope, the green to violet portions get filtered out more than the red portion, with the result that light reaching the lunar surface is predominantly red in colour.
Observers on Earth may see a Moon that is brick-coloured, rusty, blood red or sometimes dark grey, depending on terrestrial conditions.
Dr Robert Massey, deputy executive director of the UK's Royal Astronomical Society, told BBC News that the eclipse is an "incredibly beautiful event".
A supermoon occurs when a full or new moon coincides with a Moon that is nearing its minimum distance (perigee) to Earth.
The Moon takes an elliptical orbit around Earth, which means that its average distance changes from as far as 405,000km (its apogee) to as close as 363,000km at the perigee.
The coincidence between a supermoon and an eclipse means that Earth's lone companion is expected to look 7-8% bigger. But Dr Massey added: "The definition of 'supermoon' is slightly problematic.
"Is a supermoon taking place at the perigee, the day before, the day after? Does a supermoon have to be a particularly close perigee, or can it be a bit further out? It's not very well defined."
He said a supermoon was to some extent a moveable feast compared with an eclipse, where the timing can be measured precisely.
As a result, Dr Massey explained, claims of the extreme rarity of a supermoon coinciding with an eclipse were overstated.
The supermoon should also not be confused with the Moon Illusion, which causes the Moon to appear larger near the horizon than it does higher up in the sky.
The eclipse will begin at 02:11 GMT, when the Moon enters the lightest part of the Earth's shadow, known as the penumbra, and adopts a yellowish colour. At 04:11, the Moon completely enters the umbra - the inner dark corpus of our planet's shadow.
The point of greatest eclipse occurs at 04:47, when the Moon is closest to the centre of the umbra. The show will be over by 06:22 in the morning on Monday.
The Royal Astronomical Society says that unlike the solar equivalent, a total lunar eclipse event is safe to watch and needs no special equipment.
Source: www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-34375868

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