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Amen! Thank you very much, God bless you 🙏🏾

Hamof:
Thanks you very much and I pray for you today you too shall be celebrated real soon too in Jesus name.

My brp was dated 23rd of August which means it was issued within 2days of being received by DMC.

Same here. No nsf, no mail. Nothing. Fingers crossed and praying for it to move cos I resume soon 😩

milliki:
Those who did biometrics on August 19 any update yet? No mail nothing.

Congratsss 🎉

Hamof:
I did on 19th, moved to vac and got collection mail on 25th. Brp mail on 27th and today I picked my passport.

what date did you get this mail?

Payinson092:
Yes I have my biometric done on 19th of August with my dependent

I received a BRP mail that the application was successful for the both

But still waiting for mail for passport collection

same 😩

milliki:
Nothing yet oooo. I’ve refreshed my account multiple times today.

People who did Bio on 19th, have you people heard anything? 😩

Wow. That was quite the peculiar case that ended up with a successful outcome! Congratulations!! 🎉

odi1278:
No interview

Oh is he the one with the POS business ?

duduade16:
Visa aleart really appreciate the input of Gurus here on my brother issues, he got mail now the his visa application was successful

Once again thanks and for those expecting songs of joy will soon flow in your mouth all


One love

Did you do any interview?

odi1278:
Hi duchess90
We all got our visas and brp mails. Please you don’t have to be married before ukvi grant your partner visa so no need to do arranged marriage or present fake certificate.
Thank you all

Do they process on weekends too ?

mary042:
Visa alert 🥳 BRP mail just dropped, thanks for the help guys

when was your biometric?

Ugmama:
People of God we have gotten our visa o.

All thanks to God Almighty

Thank you to everyone contributing.

I learned a lot here.

The many stories I heard about payment failing on a Nigerian card made me not bother with it at all. Had a friend pay for me with their dollar card.

Tonymegabush1:
My IHS was summarized 1557.27USD
Can I make this payment with Nigerian bank card.. I see a masted card and visa registered listed there

When was your biometrics please?

Globalshaper:
No mail.

Just updated status this morning.


Please any idea?

Visa fee is $482. IHS fees that i paid for my 2 years course was around $1558. Might be different for you. But that’s an idea of the budget to work with

Tonymegabush1:
Congratulations. Please I would like you to brief me on IHS fee and visa fee. How much in total. Study is 2years interval. And how best can one make the payment

Hmm noted, thanks for this.

Osasle:
I understand why you are asking this question, knowing that people waiting for a visa decision largely tend to be agitated. However, the fact that two applicants do biometrics on the same day does not automatically mean that they will both experience the same timelines from DMC to VAC. All the best!

Not an issue. When was your biometric ?

skoloppy31:
@all
I got an email from DMC for NSF and nothing was asked, to be submitted or updloaded.
I’m here panicking ooo

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Oh thank you so much for your response! Whew.

lancoalase:
To use my son as a case study. He's the only one in Nigeria, and he's married with 2 daughters. All of us are based in UK (7 of us to be precise) He listed everyone of us on his application and his visa and 3 dependants was approved in 2 days standard application. Having ties in UK does not negatively impact student visa application.



Has anyone ever been denied a uk study visa on the basis of stronger ties to the UK than to Nigeria before? 😩

For instance, you have immediate family members who are British citizens or have ILR and you declared them in “Do you have family in the UK”, can they say you have stronger ties to the UK than to Nigeria and deny you cos of it? 😩

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Said a silent prayer for you. It will end in praise ijn. 🙏🏾

Yaya88:
Hello everyone, I thought to update you.
I haven't received a response from the Home Office concerning my decision or the complaints department since I submitted my complaint,
so I sent a mail to the UKVI contact center on Monday to inquire if a decision had been made, but I was told my application was still being considered.
Yesterday I received another email stating my case has been re-escalated and the Sheffield team reached out to me today to inform me my application is being worked on and a decision will be made as soon as possible.

I don't even know what to think or how to feel. It seems so long ago since I submitted my application with such excitement for my intended study in the United Kingdom. I even made a vision board of all my future plans with a detailed description of internships I would do, what I would wear to my graduation ceremony as a graduate with distinction, my dream job and salary, the company I would work for, places I would visit etc. Now I look at it every day and feel my dreams slipping away...

It is heartbreaking!

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Thanks a lot for your response.

Evagreenfields:
Hiya,

The 1st time I relaxed my hair here, I paid about 96pounds for relaxing and trimming with my own relaxer o. I wan craze because it did not make sense and sadly I didn't confirm the price before I started (na me f-up)
2nd time I relaxed my hair, found a cheaper salon and paid about 35 for relaxing, trimming and cornrows
I've never done box braid here but my friend who did paid about 70 pounds for hers.

Hope this helps.

Quoting to save for later.

davide470:
On this, I helped draft the email below and so far, I have had 100% success rate from people I shared with. Let the student send this to the council ccing the partner.

Good evening,
My name is xx, a full-time international student at xx University and my partner's name is xx.
I reside at xx. I had initially requested a council tax exemption as a full-time student but was told my partner is a liable party for council tax because he is not a full-time student. We received the attached bill to this effect for the period xx 2022 - xx 2023 wherein it was split into xx equal installments.

However, Article 3 of the Council Tax (Exempt Dwellings) Order, SI 1992/558 provides that 'A dwelling is exempt from council tax if it falls within any of the following Class N: a dwelling which is either:
(a) occupied by one or more residents all of whom are relevant persons;
(b) occupied only by one or more relevant persons as term time accommodation.

A relevant person means:
(i) a student;
(ii) a student's spouse or dependant being in each case a person who is not a British citizen and who is prevented, by the terms of his leave to enter or remain in the UK, from taking paid employment or from claiming benefits or (iii) a person to whom Class C (school or college leavers) of regulation 3(1) of the Council Tax (Additional Provision for Discount Disregards) Regulation 1992 applies.

From the foregoing, please note that I belong to category a(i) I am a student and my partner belongs to category a(ii) he is the spouse of a student. We are both non-British citizens and his visa prevents him from claiming benefits. Subsequently, we qualify for the 100% council tax exemption.

Furthermore, please see below links citing cases whereby 100% exemptions were granted to student dependants by the Court:
https://www.casemine.com/judgement/uk/5a8ff72860d03e7f57ea8dcf/amp
https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/law/local-government/65852.article

We look forward to your kind response..


Councils dread court cases most times as it does not make sense to be dragged to court for £150/m tax.

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If you don’t mind me asking, The previous UK refusals, were they study or visit visas?

And Congratulationssss! 🎉

kinkyhead:
Visa alert! visa alert!
God has broken the jinx of visa refusals for me. Canada 1 refusal and uk 2 refusals

Bio 3rd
Empty nsf 4th
Interview 22nd @ 5am yesterday
VAC 23rd this morning
Abuja tls
Dependant still waiting...

Join me and thank God o. 🎉👏👏🙏🙏
It will happen for everyone...Amen!

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- Print out your checklist
- A photocopy of your passport data page
- your original passport
- TLS email appointment confirmation printed.

Helperboss:
Hello please what and what do I need for biometric

Noted. Thank you 🫶🏾

elisinho:
if you must put it in your cargo luggage not hand luggage and if stopped reason with them amicably first

Thanks for your response 🫶🏾

giselle237:
you can. It needs to be in your checked in luggage. Anyone above 100ml in your HAND LUGGAGE will be discarded