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Kinkwin:
Thanks for your response , but am particular about the discripances in his statement , like I said he has a good explanation for it , would it still be an issue ? And he is going for the 2years tourist visa application.

It might be an issue, although it’s just a slight possibility the ECO could think he has lost his job and is planning to jaapa. �
Why doesn’t he just wait until he is paid before applying? So as not to leave anything to chance?

Killingmesoftly:
Happy new week mates. Please I need your assistance. My sister inlaw brother was denied a UK visa and he wants to reapply soon. Please I will like to know the main reason(s) he was denied. He wants to write and explain in details why he was refused. Please I need comments on the reason why refused. Was he refused based on personal and financial circumstances? I will appreciate comments, advice and how to go about the refusal. I.e what to write. In addition, there was a letter given to him by his company on the trip as the best staff of the year during the AGM. (Annual general meeting) . The CEO of the company usually gives award in form of travel incentive according to what he explained to me. He attached the letter in his previous application but did not explain to ECO that the money was given during AGM. The letter he submitted only stated that: As a result of your good outstanding performance the company av decided to send u on a four days trip to the uk...... Please I will appreciate your contributions to make the second application asuccessful. Thanks

He went about it the wrong way. He should have had the company write a letter taking full sponsorship of the trip and used the company’s bank statement as proof of funds. Then there would have been no need for them to transfer the funds into his account (ECO would have just seen it as lodgement)

omega2128:
God bless you.
OYO has proven that you can win election without political godfathers.
development stops in southwest immediately jagagban started installing his con men. he cares not about what they are doing as long his royalties are coming. when people rejects his conmen, he bribes third biggest candidate to support to APC. Omisore and Akala collected billions. Next O to ge will be Lagos. Jagaban without vision.
what is jagaban vision for Southwest?
Amosun gave a good fight, raised a candidate in unknown party few months to the election and APC wins with 10k.

The only reason why Seyi Makinde won in OYO was because of the incompetence and uncouthness of AJIMOBI. People voted for PDP as a protest against APC. That is all, it want cos of Godfatherism or not. Even at that, the difference was just about 150k votes

suurutu:
Sales

How much for the whole set?

ezugegere:
Property for sale: A four bedroom duplex at Apapa GRA with Expansive car park
Price: N140m.
Interested person can mention me.

Oga, when they say ‘House Clearance Sale’ no be say we wan dey sell house for here.
The ‘house’ in the topic stands for household items...
Abeg carry your duplex go property section and post there.

Oronto:
before you post anything for sale.forget how much you bought it then.try to get current market value before you fix a price.who will buy a used 4 seat glass dinning table for 80k.when new one is cheaper.

It’s funny how some people reason;
They think becos they bought an item (example) for 150k five years ago, that they’d be able to conveniently sell if for around 70/80k today without realizing that the price of that item (brand new) could have fallen even less than that in the market due to advances in tech or supplies..

It’s like saying you want to sell your MTN line now for 5000 because you bought it for 28,000 back then��.....Sorry, it ain’t gonna work.
Like Oronto said ur prices should be based on the current market price of the new one (like half of it)

ab4m:
Hello house,
I want to apply for 6 months visit for my wife and kid, plan to visit as a family. I already have a valid Visa and just back from a visit to London.

What document will I need to submit since am the one sponsoring the trip but am not applying with them.

Please note, my wife is not working yet, what document will be required of her and that of kid.

Thanks

Along with all other documents, You will also need to write a letter of sponsorship to her indicating you'll be covering all the costs of the trip, your statement of account, proof of earnings (payslip etc), marriage cert, birth certificate of your kid ......

Doublej805:
Please i need all the guru's in the house to edit my cover letter... thanks and God bless...
It's attached below for you attention....

Pls remove that letter immediately and take out ALL the personal information you put there... There are a lot of scrupulous people online who can take advantage of what you have put there

I just want to say a big thank you to all the contributors to this thread... With the information you all provided, I was able to apply for my UK visit Visa in the first week of this month and I was granted the week after (paid for priority service) I have a fair travel history, good job and pay and all my other docs were in order but without this thread I wouldn't have known of the cover letter or the need to explain all other major deposits to my account.Thank you all once again and have a wonderful new year ahead..

jhycay:
$407 Paxful btc Available @ 357

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kudsweet:
Good day all the gurus here.

I have a question which is confusing to a friend.

She has a B1/B2 visa which she, her spouse & 2 children got mar h this year. They are yet to travel due to personal reasons.
Now, the wife is few months pregnant & she intends to deliver in the US, but the visa was for vacation. My question goes thus;
1. Is it advisable for her to first visit US, get registered to a hospital then comes back to Nigeria. When the due date approaches she travels again to the US to deliver?
2. Is it necessary to write the US embassy at Nigeria her intention of giving birth in the US even though when she got the visa she wasn't pregnant. Will that suffice to avoid any interrogation at POE?

Also, please advise what is best to do as she intends giving birth in the US despite visa validity running out.

Thanks

Option 1 please

justwise:
You don't apply for visa today and meet the requirement tomorrow, if you submitted bank statement declaring that you have the money for the trip then decided to withdraw that money after submitting then that is a misrepresentation because your condition is not as you stated.

That is a fraudulent practices.

You seem really bent on making a mountain out of a molehill here. Are there not people who have been granted visas without enough money in their accounts? Where the ECO decided to grant them visas based on their inflow & outflow plus other factors on their application eg travel history, family ties, occupation etc. Are there not people who have been denied visas even with fat account balances? The account balance is just 1 of the factors, it’s not necessarily a determining factor all the time..

That said, would you tell me not to withdraw the money in my account if I have some pressing needs just because I have applied for a visa which I plan to use maybe 3months later? Even when I know that I can raise the funds for my trip in those 3months...? There are a lot of reasons why someone may have to use the funds in the account temporarily.... Not everything or everyone is fraudulent...

tasho105:
submitted my online visa application form yesterday.
Just going through my account now and discovered I mistakenly clicked on "premium lounge service"

Pls how can I chage to normal service as i honestly cannot afford the premium longe service.

Cc justwise and others
Thanks

I was in their office yesterday and there were at least 2 people who made the same mistake as you did... They had to pay the 42,000N before they were attended to... It was either that or miss your appointment and reschedule, which would also have cost 42k. I don’t know how to cancel it but their website says refunds will only be processed if you cancel at least 5 days before your appointment; so I hope yours is more than 5 days away...

aderemi166:
Yes please, all documents, receipts and pictures must be in A4 for scanning, if not it will be returned without been scanned.

How? I used PicsArt App on my phone to merge 6 different pictures, saved it on a flash drive to print it out on A4 paper (in colour) from a Biz Centre shop.

Thank you for this info

aderemi166:
Hello Everyone

AlhamduliLlah Robil Alamin...
Welldone Ekpotek, Justwise and others, for the selfless service being rendered on this platform.
#LongPost
Hope some persons will benefit from this post:

I applied for uk Visit Visas for myself and my two kids, and we were all given #Praise

-All 6 months
-First timer applicants
-Have other International travel histories(2)
-Self Employed, earn N240k monthly



Documents from my end:
Ours:
-Int'l Passport
-Printed Online Application Checklist
-Passport photographs(not collected, so don't bother)
-2 Statement of Accounts(6months)
-Bank Reference letter
-Properties documents
-Family Photos in A4 (picmix of
-Introduction Letter from place of work(My Company)
-Consent letter from Father
-Expenses breakdown letter(keep low budget)
•Cost of Flight•Attractions•Shopping •Transport
-Printed Summary of financial inflow&Inflows/Cover letter #VeryImportant
-Tenancy Agreement
-Marriage certificate
-Tax Clearance (3 diff. years) because it's my Company.
-Cover note stating some corrections on my submitted online application
-Ongoing House Project pictures (ties)
-Sales receipts


Note:
-Don't risk it by submitting NEW tax receipts, I paid for tax a day before my Biometric (don't submit fake ones)
-You can make corrections with tipex and write with ink, to correct the online application and ensure they scan it.
-Make sure all documents are in A4 paper size eg: the receipts, photos etc
-Dont make extra copies/photocopies if you have the originals in A4, the documents will be scanned and returned to you. Concentrate while scanning to ensure they are all scanned and returned
-Explain every huge payments on your 6month account statement with evidences
-I paid myself yearly Travel allowance to cover the kids' expenses(another disposable income), from my Company's account to Personal account,
I ensure the payment shows on both Account statements and mentioned in my Employment letter and Cover letter
-Ensure you have money in your Personal account to cover your travel allowance and after the trip

Got most of these points on this platform...Very helpful

All the best.

Please, is it compulsory that the family pic must be on A4 paper? How did you get yours on that size, was it normal paper or picture/glossy quality paper?

Gideonaigbe:
He just sent his pay slip...do you think its too late to apply now as its takes 15working days and Xmas is by the corner.

justwise:
Not too late at all

Good day all,
Do you think it’s too late to apply for a proposed trip scheduled for the 11th-22nd of December...?
I have already submitted my form online last week with biometrics scheduled for Wednesday... Do I risk it and go the normal route or just pay for priority service? Has anyone used the priority route successfully recently?

theoldpretender:
No.

Have been following the subsidy issue since the early 1990's...and like most Nigerians blamed government and the marketers. I even was one of those who called a certain Minister who stated that fuel was cheaper than cocacola in 2006 names.

However, since 2011...I have been educating myself more about the issue.

The problem is, marketers import fuel at N180 perliter....and sell it at N145 perliter. Meaning they lose N35 per liter of fuel sold.

Normally,government is supposed to pay the N35 difference,but due to low oil prices (keep in mind that Nigeria needs to seee crude oilprices at $140 per barrel to run a balanced budget...and right now.....fuel is low)....they cannot keep paying that money. (Corruption too makes the matter worse).

So marketers , facing an end of year loss that might force them to SACK WORKERS engage in scarcity...so that they can force government to pay up...while they also do things like selling oil to black marketers who sell it at a higher pricefor them, smuggle it to countries like Niger and Benin where oil is sold at a much higher price.....so that they can make money to keep their businesses above water.

That is why I think oil subsidy should go. Unless...you people want government to start taking more loans.

You really need to educate yourself a bit more. Since last year only NNPC has been importing fuel into Nigeria. NNPC only uses the depots of some marketers to distribute the fuel at the regulated price. All loses are borne by NNPC as ‘under recovery’/“subsidy”. The money these marketers want is part of those that were falsely claimed during the subsidy scam era where marketers declared cargo that was never imported or that was imported, sent back and ‘imported’ again (thereby claiming double subsidy on the same cargo). They also want forex differentials meaning that govt should pay for their exposure to forex fluctuations.. Abeg how many private businesses does govt do that for?

veleta:
On this discount ish,most of these VO's don't seem to understand how these things works.First off,those of them saying they paid 30k or thereabouts failed to mention that their insurance companies took care of that and most times,these insurance companies negotiate these fees to the barest minimum and most times times,it takes time for them to pay.Its common sense that these hospitals would prefer self pay patients as they get their money immediately.These same discounts they give to self pay patient is what insurance companies end up paying after quoting outrageous bills.

My advice will be when requesting cost of delivery from hospital,insist that it should be included that whatever fee they are charging is for self pay and that you reject any form of medical assistance.Also make sure you sign it,with that your argument when going for visa renewal will hold water.

There is also the time-value of money.... I don’t think those insurance companies pay the hospitals immediately so I am sure the hospitals would add inflation costs (interest) to their billing. It simple..

Vlesparza:
This is EXACTLY correct. Bravo to you Sir/Maam, you seem to understand what the VO's are pretending not to understand.

I like the way you put it. The VO’s are all simply pretending not to understand and using it as an excuse to deny people visas.
If the discounts are truly an issue and they really don’t understand it, it shouldnt take them an hour of research or phone calls to get the true picture of things but they have deliberately decided to feign ignorance about the whole thing....

adedayoa2:
abeg na that guy wey him and his crew win Malta Guinness street dance that year?

Yes ooo.... Na im also do MTN man in the box.

I think he also acts as her love interest in Tinsel; TV love don turn to real life

Fyorgyn:
Phew...

I have always wondered if having an American child is really worth it on the long run. I was speaking with my American colleagues and all three of them were just complaining...(these are "privileged" very well educated Americans with good jobs)

The inequity and high cost of health care in the country. the loans...huge huge student loans they are saddled with... the over reliance on "credit"... the taxes...the fact that my child will always pay taxes to the US govt wherever he lives in the World. T

Is it even really worth it?

I mean, yes, the passport allows you to travel visa free to many countries but what else?

I am sure alot of us have pondered the same thing before, but the truth of the matter is nobody is sure if it will be worth it on the long run but it’s still a good thing to give our kids that option. The blue passport opens up a lot of doors to them; visa free travel to a lot of countries, greater chance of receiving work permits & living in other countries which could translate to more job opportunities etc. For instance, this kind of situation we are in Naija where everyone is hightailing it out, imagine if your parents had gone this way & gotten you a blue passport. you’d just stroll out, no need for all the ietls, skilled workers entry, PR wahala.

Plus it’s only an option for our kids, they are free to renounce the citizenship when they are 18 and just be Nigerian (I can imagine the kind of swear their own kids would swear for them if they get to know)

anthony86:
Their major focus should be on commercial buses because they are the ones that carry most Lagos road users.

Commercial buses that their union heads go and settle DPO with bulk money

These people don't even know what they are doing....
It's not the job of any police man to check the 'tools' in your car. Police job stops at the checking of your vehicle papers. LASTMA also isn't empowered to check your vehicle's equipment, only FRSC has the right to do that..
If a policeman wants to start checking your tires for validity or if you have razor blade or flashlight , just quickly tell him that's not part of his job oo cos he's just looking for something to extort you with.
These guys are just looking for avenue to enrich themselves. Imagine putting blade as list of tools for your car.... If they now find u with a blade, they would say you are in possession of a dangerous weapon

Ok The victims have been ‘rescued’....

But where are the kidnappers?

The ransom was probably paid and the kidnappers released them..
The Nigerian Police now ‘rescued’ them from the forest thereafter

dep07:
Thanks for the offer,but you can do better.

I haf try o jare

mekzyjoe:
20K FOR 10000WATTS STAB.??
TOO LOW N WONT FLY..REMEMBER LESS THAN A YR USED

No mind am jare......

Make I pay 25k.

dep07:
The Ac's
All in good working condition.selling because of relocation.
Location Ago palace way, Okota, Lagos.Sharp 60k ,kenstar 80k.

35k for the sharp....?

BigBudi:
Available. 07080854376

How many inches is this? Price?

obaataaokpaewu:
I'm talking of Bola Tinubu that had in the past asked some candidates that had done two terms to step down for fresh candidates but this should be his wife's "nth" term

Eg olorunnibe MAmora

majamajic:
the fight never finish, wait for the second half.

he will switch to PDP now, and Start his final battle.

am enjoying this. I love politics, though I never vote in my life before.

helinues:
You are right bro Now he shouldn't made any attempt to contest on any other political party.. If he should that is down up up Y( mortal combat )

He can join another party but If he wants to do well, he shouldn’t join PDP.
Rather he should join some other party; KOWA,ANN or SDP and focus on his political base(EPE, IBEJU etc)
Maybe he call pull a ‘Omisore’ in the election.
But immediately he decamps, he should expect to be impeached the next day

ModsareChevres:
Nonsense!

Ambode or no other as Lagos APC candidate.

Argue with APC national...

Lol....
on the strength of this primary whitewash, APC national would know that Ambo has no political capital and they would pitch their tent with the Tinubu structure.

helinues:
Honestly I learnt a lot from Ambode's woo

I have never seen an incumbent governor being humiliated in such manner

He must have stepped on so many toes

This is lesson for all

My advise to him: He should stay away from politics entirely.. He is a big learner

After all, no be only him dey Lagos

The guy was never a politician jare.. He couldn’t have won even a local govt if Tinubu didn’t back him at first..
He now thought he could poo the structure that put him there.
He annoyed party leaders, commissioners, LAHA members, fellow governors & even local govt chairmen.
All of them were just waiting for how to get back at him.
Even if Tinubu wanted to support him, the party would have revolted against both of them & Tinubu would have been demystified.
He just went along with them and jejely backed sanwo Olu