Mashaunola:
I want to say a big thank you to you guys on this platform. The information you share is priceless.

My Elder brother’s visa got approved. 1st time traveler.

Biometrics: 2nd April, 2024
Collection: 12th April, 2024.

I submitted his bank statement, evidence of his 2 properties, invitation letter from my Uni and invitation letter from my Elder sister and other documents.

I stated he will be spending £450. He earns 700k after tax.

I would have made some mistakes but the information I got reading this platform is amazing.

Thank you so so much guys God bless

Pls tell us the mistake you avoided and what info helped.

Nnekkyneks:
Using company account id not a good idea I applied once for my husband using his company statement, submitted company documents, he was refused on the grounds that we could not proof how the funds in the account was for the trip, it is believed that the funds in company account are for running the business and not for ur family vacation. It was not until I applied using his personal savings or salary account that we got the visa. As Cashmadam has said pls use ur personal account. All the best

What if the company pays travel allowance into my personal account?

Cashmadam:


Good afternoon. Let's leave the budget for now.

I don't quite understand the percentages you have apportioned to the budget.

Furthermore, please note that your company cannot sponsor a vacation - even if you own it 100%.

The money you need should be saved in your account, or wife's account or both of your accounts.

If you own the company and you have money saved there, you cannot use that money as proof of funds. You are expected to pay yourself a monthly salary and save from that monthly salary towards your trip.

I hope I'm not missing anything. Let us know if you need further support.

Thank you for your response.

I my previously approved visa, my company sponsored 80% of my trip, that's why I want to use the same method. I that application I stated my company, a sole proprietorship company, always avail me allowances like travel allowance, housing allowance etc. That's why i calculated the 20% which needs to be in my account and wife's.

My wife despite working elsewhere, gets monthly allowance from my company as her contributions to the suscess of the company.

Lastly, the company is sponsoring as a form of reward system to boost productivity.

Please help me vet this my revised budget for a family of 4 for 14 days. Wife has more than double of the 20% in her savings. Company closing bal is also more than double of the 80% cost of trip.

UK 🇬🇧 Trip Budget

Father
1. Return ticket = £800
2. Accommodation = £600
3. Feeding = £300
4. Transport = £200
5. Shopping = £300
Total = £2200 ~ N3,430,000


Mother
1. Return ticket = £800
2. Accommodation = £0
3. Feeding = £300
4. Transport = £200
5. Shopping = £300
Total = £1600 ~ N2,500,000

Child 1 (Under 12)
1. Return ticket = £500
2. Accommodation = £0
3. Feeding = £150
4. Transport = £50
5. Shopping = £50
Total = £750 ~ N1,168,500

Child 2 (Under 12)
1. Return ticket = £500
2. Accommodation = £0
3. Feeding = £150
4. Transport = £50
5. Shopping = £50
Total = £750 ~ N1,168,500

20% of N2,500,000 = N500,000 Mother
20% of N5,767,000 = N1,153,400 Father
80% of N8,267,000 = N6,613,600 My Coy

Total trip cost to family & business = N8,267,000

Is this budget reasonable?

giselle237:
where did I mention for a family please?

No, I'm just trying to let you know I'm won't be going alone.

giselle237:

If I was travelling… For the accommodation.. as long as it’s a hostel then this figure works. I would also rearrange, reduce or tweak the £400 allocated to gift and shopping as this is not a mandatory requirement.

Can't do hostel for family of 4.

Cashmadam:


You can't get ticket for 500 Pounds. Minimum will be about 800 Pounds

Accomodation is at least 50 Pounds per night

Others are okay.

wow! this will drive up my budget as it is a family trip.will be travelling with wife and two children. do i have to have a big budget for thier sake or just do individual budget also for the children under 12

Can someone help me with budget for like 10 days visit? I want to plan my budget to answer the question "how much are you spending on this trip".

Return ticket = £500
Accommodation = £350
Transportation = £180
Feeding = £250
Gift & Shopping = £400

Total = £1680

Did I miss any thing? Is it reasonable or too much?

Please help me fine tune this.

.

cbn4main:
Visa alert: (mother in law, a retiree)
Standard visa

Biometrics: 22/11/2023.
Collection mail: 6/12/2023

The trip is 100% sponsored by my spouse with £4k. Duration of trip, 2 months. Submitted bank statement had over £9k balance.
Documents uploaded:

MA:
Passport
Cover letter
bank statement (She had like N100k balance)
Letter of employment and retirement
Pictures of her in her shop
Family pictures
Letter of attestation from her husband.

Sponsor's documents:

Letter of invitation/Sponsorship
Employment letter
6 months bank statements
6 months payslip
MatB1 form
Tenancy agreement
BRP
Passport data page.


I forgot to upload my partner's Birth certificate/age declaration as proof of r/ship.

This platform gave me all the information I used. Well done guys!!!

Pls did you send her own account statement? Because I want to apply for a family visa, I'm sponsoring my wife, she's working and earning salary, do I have to include her account statement?

Hello does anyone have an idea about the naira - dollar auction platform where those in USA pay your merchant, once your merchant confirms receipt, you then pay the US person in naira? I learnt the rate is far cheaper and because they cant easily get the fund to Nigeria, they opt for that option of paying someone in USA and getting naira value in Nigerian account.

Please help

Hello friends, good job you're all doing here.

Please I want to apply for UK visa for a family of 4, husband, wife and 2 children. Husband has been granted visa before. Wife and children will be first time applicant.

Please what documents do I need, what are the salient points I need to note?

Husband will be sole sponsor from sole company.

The baba needs to rest. May his soul rest in peace.

Why did he put a tyre on the leg of the cross?

ednut1:
2 of them have voluntarily returned to Nigeria

They will still go again. Stowaway don't stop, it's adventure for them.

Longjonjoe:
Good afternoon everyone, I’m new on this thread. I did my biometrics Jan 17th yesterday. The documents I submitted are,
CAC (company)
Tax receipts
6months Bank statements Company and personal (2m and 3.6m respectively) i am sponsoring myself, I transferred to my personal account from company account.
Travel budget is 3.6m for 7 days holiday.
For home ties, I submitted my CV, previously employment appointments letters, Voters card and NIN.
Old passport with previous visas
New passport
Birth certificate
Travel date March 10th - 18th

Please for the Gurus here, are my chances good?
Thank you and God bless in advance

Hello bro, were you granted the visa? How did it go?

Hold the people at the hospital management board responsible. They pay nurse 50k in Abuja hostiptals and pay doctors 80k. They deceive them that they will regularise their employment and they are left on that salary for up to 8 years, no benefit no salary increment. Go and verify.

Emmafe:
If you’re traveling with the whole family, tourism is fine. I’ve explained how to present a good application, if you can check my replies you’ll find it.

Purpose of visit
Enough pof
Home tie (job, business, investment, properties, extended family)
Good sop: explain why you’re going to Canada, list your trip itineraries etc.

Thank you for this more specific reply, I appreciate others too.

Now, I've travelled only to London last year but wife and the children have no travel history. I have a good job, wife is gainfully employed too and we have ties to Nigeria. Will the zero travel history for wife and children limit our chance?

I want to visit Canada with wife and two young children. Where do I start from. Help me house.

LZAA:

You're not blaming GEJ again😄😄

Na wa o, you no dey forget something.

Why didn't he tell Wike when he said Rivers state is a Christian state?

Police Station no dey that area?

Does the car have engine and working AC?

josab456:
RECLAMATION PROJECT PARTNERSHIP INVESTOR

We have a 200 Acre land overlooking the New under-construction Airport at Lekki Free Trade Zone.

That's the zone housing Dangote Refinery and Fertilizer plants. Also Lekki Deep Sea port. And other value added foreign investments.

LAND TITLE ::C OF O

PROJECT is for reclamation.

Investor will do the job and we share the land on joint venture with
Property owner.

The value as at now is N12 million per plot off plan.

But is expected to rise to N30 million or more per plot after reclamation.

Call engr Abe Joseph
08085998064
08130056065

Hello sir, I can see you have been seeking for investors for the past 7 years on nairaland, have you been able to get any investors and have you successfully completed any project? I did not see any completed project picture is the reason I'm asking. Honoured to get your response.

They don't want the druglord to come and commission it.

Can 250k to 260k get me Xiaomi note 12 Pro 5G?

Nobody, not even the supreme court.

TheBTCinvestor:
I bought the Land in PH for 16m last month and I'm doing the foundation german floor or DPC..so far iv spent close to 5m...I'm building a 4bedroom duplex In front and 2 sets of bedroom flats. Up and down for rent...so it's really a large building....looking at moving in by end of next year ! See pic attached and see the 3D wen completed

Giant step. God shall see you through.

jagaban002:
I bought the land half plot at 4m ajah 2018 and fence it round with gate with about 700k dec 2018 and keep hustling .
I started the project of house June 2021, I have 10m ready and I supervise it my self with the help of my brother when am not available.

Out of the 10m I did foundation , you know Lagos is water land so the foundation takes like 2.5m with Germany floor all solid materials bought myself and setting of blocks don't take much till linted and finally decking , that consume like 4m because, plumber , electrician, carpenter, and welder will work .

That's one of the stage that takes much money cus I bought only iron like 1.5m .

After that stage you will set blocks base on your plans mine is 4bedroom , 2 palours , 4bedrooms , kitchen, store, dinny and all duplex need .
After setting of blocks u will so another linted and if you like you can include paraphet that may cost u nothing less than 500k or more .

The to the roofing another spending .
Since I used Gerald, carpenter will buy a lot of wood and it's must be hard wood cus gelrad is heavy and base on the square meter , mine is around 283 , all I spend for roofing was around 3m . So I spent like 11.5m to 12m to roofing , what I spent not someone's project .

I thought it's almost done but house nah long things ooooo.
Let me just note all once not to stress una with my English .
I rest and continue Jan 2022

Casement window 1.3m
All house pop around 1m
Plastering chop material 2m
Electricals like 2m
Plumbling takes money like electrical , like 2m
Only where I put water thank is 500k cus it must he very tall since it's duplex .
Kitchen cabinet and others 1m
Screeding and painting =1.5
Tiles= 1.7 or more
Doors = more than 1m

I can't even list all cus they no dey finish house once , have moved in October 2022 so I wish this can help a lil

Thank you for this inspiring details.

alphaconde:
Still Battling with my first

Roofing to be completed next week.

16m gone

Delta state

Congrats bro. God will provide for the completion.

Winters23:
Again I will say it one more time!

The obsession to "build" house and be called landlord or home owner is one of the major reasons many Nigerians are stagnant in life.

You toil for 10yrs and finally make your first 10 to 100million naira and the first thing that tops your agenda is to start building a house. Then you Bury all the money in the ground reverting to square 1.

That money is supposed to be your capital, you're supposed to put it back to wherever you got it from for profit or you can reinvest it somewhere else.

Then when your profit grows big you can upgrade your cars and maybe start building a house.

I currently own duplexes across 3 states mostly in Lagos and my home state, I didn't achieve that with my first breakthrough, I did it after lots of reinvestment.

If you want to go far in life, follow this simple logic, don't let the standards set by society control your money.

Don't insinuate what is not.

You have built several duplexes, right! OKay, the question is, kindly tell us about the first building.

What will you advice, there is a free 10 million naira construction loan in Jais bank for example which you can pay back in 10 years. Will you rather continue to pay 2 million naira annual rent or take the loan, build a house and pay up the loan in 5 years?

Hello House pls I need suggestions on how to start and finish a simple design 4 bedroom duplex with 12.5m.
Kindly drop your contributions here.