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damyoyepitan: Windseeker and blower .congrats .ow long did it take and wanted to ask if my notification of result is available ,can dt stand for my certificate.

damyoyepitan: @johwray,but what if I dnt have the certificate,can I use my waec or neco.

@damyoyepitan:
No you cannot use result notification/certificate less than a university degree for proof of English Language requirement, it has to be your original bachelor (or higher) degree certificate. But if you've just recently finished the university or lost your degree certificate then you will have to follow this UKBA instructions:http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/visas-immigration/partners-families/citizens-settled/spouse-cp/documents/english-language/...check the paragraph that mention this:

Degree taught in English
If you want to show that you meet the English language requirement because you hold an acceptable degree taught in English, you should provide the original certificate of your award.

This certificate must be original, and must clearly show:

your name
the title of the award
the date of the award
the name of the awarding institution
Original provisional certificates are not acceptable.

You must provide the original certificate of your award unless:

you have successfully completed your degree but you are awaiting graduation; or
you no longer have the certificate and the awarding institution cannot issue a replacement.
In either of those situations, you must provide the original academic reference from the institution, and the original academic transcript. Both documents must be on the institution's official headed paper.

The original academic reference must clearly show:

your name
the title of the award
confirmation that the certificate will be or has been issued
the date that the certificate will be issued, or confirmation that the institution cannot issue a replacement
The original academic reference will not be suitable evidence if it does not state which qualification has been awarded.

The academic transcript must clearly show:

your name
the name of the academic institution
the course title
confirmation of the award
You should ensure that the contact details for the awarding body are up to date. If we need to verify the details and we cannot contact the institution, we will not accept this evidence and may therefore refuse your application.

windseeker: I had been really anxious reading this forum but I'm happy to say my spouse visa has been issued, which is such a massive relief. Best of luck to Ebeano and others on your appeal.

Blower46: My wife's application was also granted yesterday after a 2nd fresh application. Thanks for all the advice I have been reading on here since the start of January.

Congratulations guys!

Area-Fada:
please show us some pictures.

Current title documents and those under processing?

Another thing targetoo7, are you running this estate from your London base?

@Area-Fada, we have family receipts and surveyor's detailed delineation diagrams and property deed of assignment from our Lawyer.

These are very cheap, authentic and genuine properties; you will see what you want to buy before you pay.

Showing you pictures does not change anything all we are asking from you is trust ... my younger brother is in charge and so no issue at all.

SECURING YOUR FUTURE SHOULDN'T COST YOU A FORTUNE

BUY A LAND IN OUR ESTATE (REALITY ESTATE, ATAN) AT A VERY CHEAP PRICE

LAND ALLOCATION IS IMMEDIATELY AFTER PAYMENT.



THE ESTATE IS LOCATED IN A SCERENE ENVIRONMENT IN KAJOLA TOWN,
ATAN-OTA, OGUN STATE.

SUROUNDED BY OTHER ESTATES AND 20 MINS DRIVE FROM WINNERS CHAPEL
(CANAAN LAND), 25 MINS DRIVE TO AGBARA INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, IN THE
NEIBOURHOOD

OF CRAWFORD UNIVERSITY, GATEWAY POLYTHENIC AND CONVENANT UNIVERSITY.



EXPECTED FACILITIES IN THE ESTATE ARE:

PARAMETER FENCING, SECURITY POST, ELECTRIFICATION (ALREADY AVAILABLE)
DRAINAGE AND GOOD ROAD (ALREADY AVAILABLE)



PRICE: N200,000 OUTRIGHT PAYMENT AND N350,000 INSTALMENTAL PAYMENT FOR A YEAR.



YOU MAY VISIT THE ESTATE LOCATION BEFORE PAYMENTS ARE MADE.

THIS IS SECURE, SAFE AND FREE FROM ANY OMO-ONILE ASSULT AND WHAHALA

ALLOCATION WILL BE BASED ON FIRST COME FIRST SERVED;THE ADMINISTRATOR
OF THE ESTATE RESERVES THE POWER TO ALLOT PLOTS TO INDIVIDUAL



PAYMENT CAN BE MADE INTO OUR CORPORATE ACCOUNT BELOW
CONATCT US FOR CORPERATE ACCOUNT DETAILS

FORE MORE INFO CALL US:

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Ebeano49: Thanks Target 007. How do I go about asking for the review? What address do I use and so on. Thanks again for your advise. The folder option is very sensible and I will definitely be doing that.

Well that is another stuffs ... may be you will then have to ask the appeal tribunal to send your pack to the ECM in Sheffield. Although, on closer look it seems to me that during appeal what looks like the review process can be ordered really ... see http://ukimmigrationspecialist.com/2012/08/17/immigration-appeals-timelines/

See just do the two ...I think you can always ask your document back.

damyoyepitan: I hv submitted my documents to sheffield already but is it stil possible for me to send d spouse sponsorship form also by post @ least by monday,if I add my vaf number,they shud include it to my docs.wat do u tink.hop its not too late

@damyoyepitan, Yes, DHL it ASAP with a covering letter in the following format (you don't necessarily have to follow this though):

YOUR ADDRESS
DATE

VAF Ref Number

UKBA SHEFFIELD ADDRESS
Dear Sir/Madam,

Re:Settlement Visa Additional Documents:YOURNAME-VAF Ref No

I write to request that the included or attached Sponsorship Declaration Letter be added to the rest of my supporting documents I submitted on so so so and so ... blahh ...'

I hope this helps

damyoyepitan: Hi target ,I heard dere a sponsorship undertaken form dt comes wit dis spouse settlemnt application ,pls did u fill dt ,cus my documents hv been sent and am just hearing dt

Yes...see a sample here:

Sponsorship Declaration


1. Sponsors Full Name: Mr Fred Bloggs

2. Date and Place of Birth: 15/04/1959 Anytown , Country

3. Address in UK: 123 AnyStreet Anytown County UK

4. Sponsors Occupation: Motor Engineer

5. Sponsors Employers/Address: Dellboy Cars – High St Anytown County

6. Sponsors Earnings: £28500 per annum

7. Sponsors Finance: LloydsTSB Bank £6500.23

Natwest Bank £1890.00

8. Accommodation Details: Semi Detached, 3 bedrooms, Spam,
Bathroom, Dinning, Lounge, Garage, Garden

9. Number, Date, Place 41999909 20th January 2005, Liverpool UK
Issue of Sponsors
Passport

10.Name, Relationship and Address of dependants in (Country) who are being sponsored:

Mrs Freeddah Bloggs – Mother – 999 St Marys Avenue Bridgetown Jamaica

Declaration

I Mr (or Mrs) hereby solemnly and sincerely declare that if the sponsored person named above is granted leave to remain in the UK on a permanent basis (or in the case of a visitor on a temporary basis) I shall be responsible for his/her support, maintenance and accommodation in the UK throughout the period of their leave.

I also undertake to repatriate them at my cost if and when necessary and to bear all the cost of any medical treatment that they may receive. Furthermore I agree to bear all the costs of burial or cremation in the event of their death in this country.

I further understand that I may be committing an offence and liable to prosecution if, after I have given this undertaking, I do not support the sponsored person named above

Signature of Sponsor:

Date:

Ebeano49: Thanks Target 007. How do I go about asking for the review? What address do I use and so on. Thanks again for your advise. The folder option is very sensible and I will definitely be doing that.

Here you go check= http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/visas-immigration/general-info/administrative-review/

Note the statement in the 3rd paragraph:'However, all applicants can apply for an administrative review, which is a mechanism for reviewing refusal decisions.'

please fill out the form and explain that

1. you have your original marriage certificate but was mistakenly excluded

2. Your payslips may have been lumped up with other supporting docs so the ECO found it difficult to make out which is the correct payslips

3. That you have now retrieved all your communication with your spouse via the Skype helpdesk which you were not aware that you can be able to retrieve before.

Explain to him/her to re-consider your application in the light that you will now make sure the supporting evidences will be properly package this time around in order for the ECO to sort them without any issue.

I believe it will work ... just try it ... you have nothing to loose.

Send the application back with your VAC Ref No. Sheffield Visa Section with the attention of the ECO that worked on your last application.

Ebeano49: Thanks everyone for your kind words and prayers. God will surely intervene in all our appeals. Amen!.

@ Windseeker - VFS' website tracker was updated in the afternoon of Wednesdday - 3rd, then my wife received a text in the night of same day that her application is ready for collection.

Guys - I plan submitting my appeal on the 3 issues they raised with these supporting documents.

1 - The original marriage certificate. We always had it but thought the photocopy will do. We obviouly know better now so will put the original in the appeal.

2 - Payslips. I have got my company to authenticate all 6 payslips again and they are doing that that. They are already on company letter headed slips tho.

3 - I now have our Rebtel call history for almost a year. We've only used skype for about 6 months and I have the call log now. My whatsapp crashed four months ago and I only have history from November last year. I am requesting my Viber call history but havent got that yet. I also have a few calling cards I used in the past. We recenly chat most on iMessage
but chat history there can't be downloaded (I don't mind sending them my iPhone, if thats safe?)

Not sure of anything more to add.

A friend is advising I submit a new application instead of appeal as that would be faster. Is there any sense in doing this? Don't want to further complicate my issue.

@Ebeano49...I will suggest that you go the way of appeal. You don't need to waste another N222,000 + Postage cost and other logistics.

I will advise that you submit your appeal and at the same time ask for a review of your rejected application by the ECO that signed your rejection letter. Just explain to him/her that it was a mistake from your part to have misplaced the documents that you already do have them and included them, stating that you do not intend to confuse him/her.

Now try to get a folder file with dividers and properly divide all your supporting document into sections ( you can follow the way I stated them in my post earlier on) and ask him to reconsider your application in the light that you have now corrected all the highlighted errors by the ECO.

Now if he accepted your application, it will be faster and no need for appeal. If he rejected it ... he will advise you to go and appeal and you've already done that, so no lost from your own part. Although I must say if you use wisdom to express your review covering letter smartly hardly will they reject a review. Just give it a try, it's worth it

damyoyepitan: What!!!!dats like end of july ..buh my husband has sent my documents dis morning ,does dt not matter .so target007.pls keep me posted as our cases are kinda similar thnks .buh bfore dis spouse application ,I hv had 3 refusuls on various visitin grounds,I hop dt doesn't affect me tho I clearly stated all reasons though

Well from most people that started applying from May 2013 in Nija show roughly 3 weeks ... I saw somebody with this timeline in another site:

'Spouse settlement application submitted at Ikeja Lagos on Friday 10.05.13
Supporting documents sent by DHL to UKBA Sheffield on Friday 10.05.13
Supporting documents received at UKBA Sheffield on Monday 13.05.13
Passport/Application received by UKBA Sheffield on Wednesday 29.05.13 '

So you see they take a while to send your application accross even if you had already DHL'd your supporting documents.

Although i don't know the nature or reasons for your refusal, i am aware that refusal in visitor visa category does not necessarily affect your settlement visa application. I may be wrong though!

johnwray: Explicit!!

blind r/ship is not enough reason to refuse you as long as you have enough docs to show communication. I see a straight forward approval here. Good luck

Thanks @Johnwray, good to know your thought on this... well I too thought as much...fingers-crossed though.

damyoyepitan: Hi ,wanted to know ow long its takes for docs to leave vac niaja here to uk for settlemnt,I just applied for settlemmt to b wit my husband on monday

About 3 weeks i think.

@Ebeano49 sorry about your application rejection..Yes just like @mato-justo stated you will need to get all the required supporting documents or evidences for all the points raised in the rejection pack before making any appeal for you to stand a chance. I pray that God will help you guys through this. my advise is that you just calm down, think through each step to take and ask questions especially from experienced guys from the forum so that you can present a very good appeal application.

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darlene 10: @ ebeano49 am suprised dey also replied d mail I sent them too dey said mine is in transit on the way bac to nigeria.dat I wud hear from them next week.I submitted on d 2nd of may.dey v rily improved on their services

@darlene_10, Congrats oh ... yours seem faster than that of @ebean049, although it looks within the 60 days forecasted period by UKBA to have completed 75%.

Well we have just submitted our application and I will like eagle eyes guys to help scrutinize the possibility of a first time approval here, though I hope I am not puting the horse before the cart having submitted the application already...but we got the ideas of what documents to submit from this forum coupled with the UKBA sites as well.

Well here is the list of what was submitted as supporting documents as evidence for our application:

A. Application
1. covering letter detailing our relationship history( how we met, How we communicated even before we met face to face, place and date of marriage), plans to committing to living together permanently in the UK.
2. Sponsor's decalration letter for the applicant

B. Evidence of Age
1. Wife's date of birth
2. My British passport biodata page

C. Evidence of Marriage and Freedom from marriage
1. Our marriage certificate
2. Wedding photographs
3. UK Decree Absolute certificate

D. Evidence that we have met, Marriage is genuine and subsisting
1. Our wedding photographs plus loads of other photos showing us together at different places in nija.
2. Communication (Email logs starting from the beginning of dating till very recent as much as we can get, daily phone call logs itemised showing call dates and time, caller and reciever phone numbers and call duration).
3. Western union receipts for monthly allowance to fiance before marriage.
4. Evidence of birthday gift, cash gift for Xmas and valentine celebration.

E. Evidence of Sponsor's Financial State
1. UK Employment letter on my company letterhead (stating title and gross salary per year, date i joined, type of employment)
2. Recent P60 (original and a copy)
3. 6 months bank stmts (original direct from the bank)
4. 6 months payslips (printed copies with company logo, I later sent in original copies on the company’s headed paper, stamped and signed by a senior manager)
5. Savings bank passbook copies.
6. Company shares stmt copies
7. Wife's savings passbook (original and copies)

F. Evidence of accommodation
1. Original Tenancy Agreement
2. Letter from Landlord stating wife can stay and flat exclusively for our use.
3. BT Bill for proof of address

G. Evidence of English language Ability
1. Wife's B.Sc degree certificate,LASU (Original and copy)

H. Evidence of Spouse travel
1. Copies of my boarding passes
2. Copy of passport showing visa, entry and departure pages ( as I used my British passport to travel to Nija)

I. Evidence of Job opportinity for Wife in the UK
1. copies of job adverts in wife's areas of specialities and statement of intent and how to seek for good opportunities in the UK without recourse to public fund.


Well, I need to say that we were introduced by a friend in Nigeria some 11 months ago before our wedding last month in Nigeria and we only stayed together for two weeks ( 1 week before and 1 week after the wedding).

I also need to mention that it never cross my mind that I will fall in love with someone remotely with just the pictures and daily chatting on phones and emails but it did happen. We genuinely fell in love and our physical first time meeting was as if we had been going out for years...we are Christians and we were truthful and open to each other through out and it was very easy for us to blend together so much so that it was a surprise to all our friends who knew about how we met.

My concern is, giving all the loads of supporting documents above, will the ECO be spotty about the length of the relationship and time together leading to the wedding, do they look at these stuffs, seriously?

Ebeano49: Wow! this is unlike UKBA. I have received their reply saying my application was despatched to Nigeria on Monday. I should be hearing from VFS within the week! Phew!! The endless wait is finally coming to an end

Wow! Well congratulations in advance ... I hope it is good news indeed for you.

target007: I have the email now ... got it from this forum ... VisaSheffield@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk

Many thanks.

Well, I received a response almost immediately from the UKBA Sheffield office stating that they have receieved the supporting documents but are yet to receive the documents submitted by wife at VAC in Nigeria.

Does anyone know how long it takes to send the document from VAC Nigeria to UKBA Sheffield please?

target007: LOL ... Jenni1108J ... you are really funny and bang right on that but I need the email at least for me to just 'fufill all righteousness' as they say.

I have the email now ... got it from this forum ... VisaSheffield@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk

Many thanks.

jenni1108: you don't get feedback - this is ukba we are talking about - some of the ECO's are less educated than the woman selling pepper in the market.

LOL ... Jenni1108J ... you are really funny and bang right on that but I need the email at least for me to just 'fufill all righteousness' as they say.

please what email address(es) do I sent message to get feedback about my settlement application?

Hello guys,

can anyone help me with information about the latest UK Settlement rule for Nigeria...

I want to know the time and who will sent the applicant's passport and applications forms to the UKBA Sheffield office?

And for anyone who has recently applied for settlement that is, from MAY 2013 ... has anybody been approved? ... although i applied 18/06/13 but will be good to know how really the responses are compared to what they put on their website.

Hello guys,

can anyone help me with information about the latest UK Settlement rule for Nigeria...

I want to know the time and who will sent the applicant's passport and applications forms to the UKBA Sheffield office?

And for anyone who has recently applied for settlement that is, from MAY 2013 ... has anybody been approved? ... although i applied 18/06/13 but will be good to know how really the responses compare to what they put in there website.

now that the sw has gone with acn, they must now deliver on their promises so that people can reap the reward of confidence reposed in them