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klifeomg:
@Solatium and Brightingsus
Morning guys,
Please I need your advice on what to do next as I applied for my Moms visa since July 19th and just got a reply Oct 23rd and the following conditions were stated
*You state that you are employed primary school teacher with pay of 150K/month
*You state that you do no have any additional paid jobs or occupations
*You have presented a bank statement with a closing balance of N1.96 million
*You have presented a GT Bank statement with closing balance of 650K.However I note that in addition to your salary entering the account there are also a number of transfers.The documents you have showed do not demonstrate the origin of the transfers.
*Therefore I am not satisfied that the funds in your account are genuinely available to you for your exclusive use and do not accurately reflect your financial situation in Nigeria
*Any future UK visas applications you make will be considered on their individual merits, however you are likely to be refused unless the circumstances of your application changes.

shanga:
Thanks for taking your time to read and reply my post.
I registered my firm April 2016 and i have been in Nigeria since i registered the firm till April 2017 and i traveled to Kenya same April 2017, more so i will be going back to Nigeria this December,
I plan to apply for UK visa March next year; I traveled to Kenya on a visit visa.
I don't really know what to write on the form about the person running my business in my Absence,
I'm really confuse right now and please i need all the help to make my visa application make some sense to the ECO,
And please I registered this firm just to have home ties and nothing more, but I’m going to pay for company and personal tax before applying
Please i will be very grateful if you guys can advise me on reasonable answers those Questions raised by @ Solatium
Thanks

shanga:
Good day everyone in the house
I have been reading comment on the platform and gaining experience despite I am not ready to visit the UK.
But I plan to visit the UK this February and my cousin’s wife is going to send me the invitation, because my brother do not have British passport but has work permit in the UK for 4 years now.
I registered a car and spare parts business Nig.Ent 2 years ago and I have been running the account ever since I registered it. I currently have 5 million naira in my business account.
Also, I have been paying myself 220 thousand naira for two months now and I want to continue doing that for the next 4 months before I apply.

I am doing this because I want to apply with my saving account and I don’t want to get my business involved, I feel like involving my business will make me spend more like tax clearance ad require other document I cannot provide, I have not paid for tax since I registered the firm, I registered this firm solely because it will be easy for me to apply for business or visit visa, the firms it’s not functional.

Please my main concern right now is that, in the past three years I have spent just one year and six months in Nigeria, I spend 9 months in south Africa and I am currently in Kenya, I will be in Nigeria this December and I intent to stay back in Nigeria till I have six months’ salary in my savings before I apply.

Please I need expert advice from the Gurus in the house to please advise me on the best step to take to enable my visa be granted.
Thanks a million as I await your advice. God bless you guys for your help.

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ijeshaoflondon:
After 65 days dhl delivered my parcel this afternoon but to my utmost surprise my application was refused . refusal note attached . I cant figure what the heck is wrong with these long nose kids, please advise what to do.

Flourishtemi:
@justwise @brightinhus and everyone, good afternoon everyone.
I became an avid reader of nairaland on this wave of uk visa decision delay.....so after waiting for over 64 working days, i got a refusal.
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My application history is as follows
In 2009 while waiting admission to law school, i applied and was denied based on insufficient economic ties
In 2010 after completing law school, before my call to bar, i applied and was refused again due to the above reason
I chilled till 2015, when i had started earning salary and applied but was refused again for insufficient funds
In the last quarter of 2015, i got a better job with about 3times what i was earning at my last refusal and waited till July this year when I had gotten 2 salary reviews . My last salary review was to 301k .
I applied and here is the refusal document, please note that i submitted letter from employer, payslips, employment letter, and 2 salary review letters, I also attached 2 bank statements, 1 for salary account while the other was to shiw my previos earning.
The refusal stated that
1. I said i was "self employed "
2. That I did not show proof of my salary and additional income
3.that i did not prove evidence of other family members
P.S
I clearly stated my employment with my employer with all neccesary letters, i even attached cac documents as the company secretary to 3 companies which are our affiliates
I dont know what other documents i should have attached.
I think i want to reapply because the ECO was unfair. Please assist or refer me to particular posts that have similar outcomes

PreciousGemRubb:
So like how many month bank statement can I add plus he really does not have any money like that in his bank account.I send him N40,000,N20,000 just random but he uses it immediately so it doesn't stay in his account for long plus he gets money from my brothers but that's cash and not through the bank. The account is his salary account but since he is retired it's not really active anymore. So what can I do? Thanks

Baywood:
Thank you sir. I just tire for the guy. The way he was just saying that I have slim chance tire me.

Here's what I have..



I have worked with the company for 8 years.

I can build my account to 1.6m, but all expenses will be handled by my brother.

My expenses are:

1. Flight tickets (round trip) from Lagos to London and London to Lagos = 300k
2. Flight tickets (round trip) from London to Manchester and Manchester to London = 50k

My accommodation and feeding will be taken care of by my friend in UK. He's also a British citizen.

I will only visit: Old Trafford, Manchester cathedral, Manchester Town Hall, and I have good home rest.

Baywood:
Lol. You make it as if building of one's account is out of place. Or you think that someone that has been in active employment for 8 years cannot save up to 1.6m?

gracykay:
Hello house.
I was refused a uk visa in may 2017 because I had no personal ties here. I was a masters student then and had no job because I had to quit work for school. I stated in my application that my boyfriend(a british citizen)who was inviting me was going to be my sponsor. I had about 700k in my account but I was refused visa.
I want to reapply by next year and I want to know every possible documentation that will required of me. I work in a law firm now as an associate and earn 250k per month. I want to reapply sponsoring myself.
What do I need to do to get it right this time around. Please point out all the supporting documents I need to attach.
@justwise, ekpotek, blessedgeorgeus, brightingsus and every other guru in the house.

Brightingsus:
Your desire to sponsor yourself is probably the best approach as against being sponsored by your UK boyfriend as they place very minimal importance to sponsorship across partners in boyfriend/girlfriend relationships. For one to sponsor their partner in such a relationship you would go through the eye of a needle to be able to convince the Entry Clearance Officer that you, as the applicant, are a genuine visitor who would return back to Nigeria without overstaying. On face value, 9/10 they see such an applicant as a potential overstayer. I can see why you were denied previously; undertaking a masters programme in Nigeria is not a tie. People sometimes abandone a degree programme with much longer duration than a masters.

First of all, decide in yourself how you want to spend your holiday in the UK, how many days for and where you would stay. Make a list of the atttactions you would like to visit and ensure your chosen accommodation, if no UK host, is near the attractions. Draw up your budget and make sure it is reasonable considering your bank balance and your monthly salary.

In your list of documents, consider including the following...
1. Employment Contract letters
2. Last 6 months payslips (with most recent month within 30 days of application)
3. Last 6 months bank statements (with most recent month within 30 days of application)
4. Proof of your family ties in Nigeria
5. Proof of your current housing in Nigeria, like rental agreements and rental receipts and the like
6. Proof of membership to any professional or social groups in Nigeria, if applicable
7. Proof of Uk accommodation, like booked hotels. Note, you can book hotels on hold without paying. Choose hotels with free cancellation. If you have a UK host, remember you would have to get their documents like tenancy agreement and utility bills and proof of your relationship to them.

The above list is not 100% comprehensive. Other docs can be added, but those are the ones I can say on my feet.

imconfused:
Hello,
Sorry to bother you all but ive tried to read and cant seem to find the exact answer to my question.

Husband and i are uk citizens and want to invite my sister for a visit,she is a final year student.
She had been denied last year for no proof of sustenance on her part despite her stating my parents would sponsor along with their bank statements.
We want to be the sponsors this time around.
Please what would she use as her tie to NIgeria?How do i prove relationship with her? My father wants to send her like 500k into her account to boost it,they are the ones sponsoring her education.Do they need to also say they will sponsor her and write a letter with their bank statement too?
I also want to ask from my end what bank account to use,Husband is self employed and does not have payslips,do we attach business account statements,i will add my payslips.
Hardly leave money in current account except for bills,rest go into savings.the joint account in our names is for grocery shopping and daily expenses which dont have any extras at all.Once the bills go,the accounts are empty ish.
2 savings accts in my name like 60k ish?Husband ISA in his name also like 10k.Should i throw in all of them as well as the near empty current accounts in our separate and joint names?
The sponsor letter we are writing together.

Thanks and sorry for the epistle.Please can i not be quoted as i would want to delete after im answered.

imconfused:
Hello,
Sorry to bother you all but ive tried to read and cant seem to find the exact answer to my question.

Husband and i are uk citizens and want to invite my sister for a visit,she is a final year student.
She had been denied last year for no proof of sustenance on her part despite her stating my parents would sponsor along with their bank statements.
We want to be the sponsors this time around.
Please what would she use as her tie to NIgeria?How do i prove relationship with her? My father wants to send her like 500k into her account to boost it,they are the ones sponsoring her education.Do they need to also say they will sponsor her and write a letter with their bank statement too?
I also want to ask from my end what bank account to use,Husband is self employed and does not have payslips,do we attach business account statements,i will add my payslips.
Hardly leave money in current account except for bills,rest go into savings.the joint account in our names is for grocery shopping and daily expenses which dont have any extras at all.Once the bills go,the accounts are empty ish.
2 savings accts in my name like 60k ish?Husband ISA in his name also like 10k.Should i throw in all of them as well as the near empty current accounts in our separate and joint names?
The sponsor letter we are writing together.

Thanks and sorry for the epistle.Please can i not be quoted as i would want to delete after im answered.

Did she declared she was a student in her last application?

if yes the ECO erred by asking for means of sustenance from a full time student going on a trip wholly sponsor.

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There is no point in anyone loading her account for visa application,all she need to attach are proof her studentship such as Admission letter,School ID, A letter from her school attesting to her studentship in that school,possibly the printout of her past results.

From your own side,Your Savings Account statement,Hubby Savings statement,Your Pay slip,Your Salary Account Printout + proof of Address and Nationality or Resident.

From your parents back at home who have been sponsoring her education,Their statement of Account A letter clearly stating that tthey are the parents and have been responsible for her upkeep,stating who she is visiting,her relationship and for how long the visit will last.

I think those should be enough

ladylco:
You are very correct, Ive flown BA without UK visa to USA without issues

KemBee86:
Hi guys,
Can I use a bank statement with july 18 as closing date for an application am submitting first week of September ?

Thanks for quick responses

ekpotek:
The OP should make effort to clear the backlog of his tax evasion or else he should forget about UK visa application for now.

eyilore2014:
I am the sole signatory to all the coy account. I am the sole owner of the coy. I just include two other people as the share holder in the memo to meet up the CAC requirement during coy registration.

Brightingsus:
Exactly what @Ekpotek as saying. The system of issuing visas does not have to agree with our logic.
Oga @Solatium, come and answer 'Present' oooo

bigbus:
Well, my current visit visa was issued in Sheffield. It says so on the visa. My previous visas were issued in Nigeria (in the days of the black and red VFS bags).
Furthermore, I needed my passport back (similar long delays then) and I went to BDHC to retrieve it. (Two days back and forth before they let me in and a nice competent authority attended to me.) They couldn't give it back, but were able to check and told me specifically that the visa was issued in Sheffield some days back: it still took another week or so for it to arrive in Nigeria and TLS (all couriered via UPS). I can only speak of my own experience; but I think that if you receive your passport with a visa issued in Shefo, your passport has visited UK and while you were waiting.
Part of the delays seemed to be caused by the courier time and logistics. #JustMyTake, #NotForArgument(s).

Ezriela:
Thanks for your response.

But in absence of CAC certificate cos even if he registers it now it will be less than 2months before our application date. Can he use his personal saving account?

Brightingsus:
Application to sign out of this argument... Oshey!

Ezriela:
All,

I am silent reader here. You all are doing a great job.

We will like to spend our Christmas in the UK. What documents do we need? Basically for my husband.

I went last year with my kid,through this forum i got most info and we were granted without my husband.

I work with a salary of 250-300k monthly but my husband does his personal business.

His company is not registered yet but he has a good inflow and outflow in his personal saving account,he does not have a company account yet. I hope this does not matter as I have been reading abt CAC and tax clearance certificate for private owner business.
Please assist a 1st timer.

Hubby need to prove that he truly runs a business and the best way to do that is to have all the CAC documents intact,if business reg documents is less than a year you might not necessarily need a tax clearance,but VAT certificate or TIN id printed directly from FIRS portal can stand in leu of Tax clearance that is IF BUSINESS IS LESS THAN A YEAR

Brightingsus:
Inasmuch as what you say hints on logic, do you have any proof?

ekpotek:
I am sorry dude. Things has changed. That is why UK visa is the most expensive in the world! However, if you have proof that applicants passports are sitting at the various incountry embassy for a visa sticker please provide such.

ekpotek:
No that not true. All first time applicant passports are flown to the UK? Only certain applicants like frequent travellers and returning applicants that their passport remains in Nigeria. Regardless of the above, your travel history to grade 'A' countires will determine if your application will be processed immediately or queued for weeks

Brightingsus:
How did you get to know visas are stamped in the applicant's country of application; at the embassy? I didn't know this...

justwise:
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I think your ban started in 2010 when you refused to disclose the previous application in 2006. Read the last part of your refusal letter again.

gentleking90:
the problem is you didn't even get my question before arriving on a conclusion.
my question is can I still apply in November since they said I can only apply after 6 months time.
am not talking about the passport issue because it was my fault that I didn't attached the police report and affidavit to my application..
I just want to knw if I can still apply in November since my school will defer my admission to January.