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Cyndas: @vicjustice, thanks for all the advice given.i actually read from the first page and intend to apply for my visa as soon as i get my tax clearance and annual leave document.
I sincerely hope my application will be successful.
Once again kudos.

camelus: Hello Vicjustice
Denied UK Visa,Reason-U stated ur income but u have not provided any evidence of business ownership or any evidence of ur income

Please explain/analyse the above mentioned for me. Await ur swift response.

Note; My Niece invited me for her graduation ceremony & i operate an unregistered biz in Nigeria. I assume they know that not all bizs are registered.
Also included in the application b4 denial are my tax clearance & bank statement.
Please advice cos i want to reapply !

baslone: It is there on the UK Border Agency webpage.

For every document that you provide, you must include the original document
and a photocopy. This includes a copy of your passport bio-data page (the page
containing your photograph). Please ensure that the photocopies are of good quality
and can be read easily. If you do not provide a photocopy of each document, we might
not return your original documents to you.

http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/countries/nigeria/applying/?langname=null

baslone: Does this include photocopies of bank statements? Stuff is already bulky!

FrontPageLawyer: Good morning, my company's account runs steady, but has no funds in it. Can i still include it with my current and dom?

Submission of application use to be daily, is there a new procedure? Since you mentioned that i'll be given a date for submission.

Thank you for your time and good work

FrontPageLawyer: Sorry to bother you again, but truly I don't want to make another mistake. @ the bolded.

I understand I have to address the issue of the passport. No problem, I will do that in the additional information space.

does that mean I have to write a separate application letter addressed to the consulate? I thought it was just the online application.

is the application to be attached to the print out of the online application form after it is signed?

Recently I have made a lot of withdrawals from my dom and current account, No problem I am ready to explain that to the ECO with paper evidence.

Can I also state in the additional information space that during my visit, I will buy from a company musical equipment and lighting for my bar? is it appropriate for a visitor's visa or can I only do that for a business visa?

Thank you.

reginabellca: Because it can be disolved within the bank receiving authorization from me. it is equivalent to liquid cash. all this i exolained too

pullyacap: Goodmorn All,
Pls is it of any importance to stil put a bank reference/covering letter alongside my bank statement while applying for a UK visit visa?

Thanks

FrontPageLawyer: You're richly blessed Justwise. For question 7. the other kid has no passport, but it seems it's compulsory to fill in something in the field, it can be left empty, keeps returning, maybe i'm not doing something right there.

reginabellca: a Enquiries - Part 2 by reginabellca: 1:29pm On Jul 03
Goodday good people,

I would like to ask what filing for a review is as against an appeal.

I have been advised to do so because when i applied for a uk visa the ECO stated that i did not provide documentary evidence to state my income , the first paragraph stated that my stated income is not reflected in my payslip and bank statement but it is.i submitted my payslips and bank statements and even took the trouble to circle them and while i stated that i earn 120,000(87,383 FOR SALARY AND 30,000 FOR MONTHLY CAR ALLOWANCE)87,383 is no where on my form except my bank statement and payslips so what is the ECO saying?

I am an office manager and my company pay in funds into my account, i said that in the part 9 which the eco removed and returned back to me even when i said it is part of my application. The eco evn returned my application form. and misplaced parts of my bank statement. I had explained in that application that i received funds from my company and evn have a letter from my company to the bank authorising me to withdraw the sum of one million naira daily, yet the eco said there were unexplained deposits and withdrawal in my accounts and I have provided no evidence to prove the petty cash and how i spent the money. will i provide receipts of all the stationary and repair work we do in the company?

then lastly, i stated i hv 1.3 miilion naira in fixed deposit as funds available to me and stated that the cost of my trip is 310,000 naira. but the eco wronglyfully stated that that is the amount i proposed to spend.

I wonder ooooo. This is really wonderful.

I wish i can show you my documents and the letter but i tried to upload here and it failed.

please advise , they also misplaced some pages of my bank statement.

N.B

iF I WANT TO DO AN ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW DO I QUALIFY?
WHO SHOULD THE POST BE ADDRESSED TO?
WHO SHOULD THE LETTER BE ADDRESSED TO?
WHAT DOCUMENTS DO I ATTACH?
Do they look at request for review applied for in person or by lawyer?
If I am to appeal and have limited rights how long is the duration after which I can no longer appeal?

Proudlygemini: Hello guys, i'm finally applying for my tourist visa next week but i still have somethings i want to verify with the experts. i have followed the advise given that i should apply for a tourist visa instead of a spouse visa since i would be away for 2weeks. Still note that my hubby is a british citizen i plan on adding the following documents to my application:
1.Husband's passport bio page
2. Marriage certificate
3. Divorce decree and rights to marriage
4. affidavit of spinsterhood nd rights to marry
5. husband's contract and payslip for 6months
6. Husbands leave letter from company
7. Hotel booking
8. Our Joint account statement of over 2m
9. My personal Tax receipt
10. My son's birth certificate
11.Travel Itinerary
12. Lots of pictures before and after marriage
13. wedding album
14. Invitation letter from my husband
15. Travel Insurance
16. Travel history of trip taken together
17. Flight reservation (already booked by husbands company)
18. Husband's Resident permit
19. Western union transfers from hubby to me
20. Birthday, valentine, christmas cards.
21. My change of name documents(newspaper publication, sworn affidavit)

Pls i would like to know if these documents are sufficient to apply for my tourist visa, i have applied twice in the past before i got married and was denied due to insufficient funds,would my previous applications be refered to even though i'm married now? (note: never used false documents) Also i plan on getting a statement of account as soon as my husband is paid, would that count has money lodgement?

Thanks so much for ur time and help.

dalobaba: @justwise. Pls I need you to tell me what to do pls. I submitted my 6month visa application on the 14th of june and I'm yet to hear anything till now. It has passed 15working days. Here is my feae, I said I will be travelling to ukon the 15th of july. What do u thibk I should do because I'm fed up with wait wait wait

pullyacap: Great day to you all,

pls i need advice as regards an issue am not clear about.......i intend putting in an application for a UK tourist/visit visa a place i intend to spend my annual leave in september

i presently have a 2yrs non-immigrant visa into US which i got in february

i av hd a little tete-a-tete wt friends as to d best possible method thru which to channel my application

some adviced that i get an invitation letter from a UK citizen while others say that may not be necessary that i shd just do a genuine hotel reservation as the US visa wud boost my chance

pls all,i intend putting in my application next week hence crave yr indulgence as to d best route to use

Rexwoods: Good morning all,
Pls I need advice on giving birth in canada. What is the cost, suggested hospitals and how long it takes to get the child's birth certificate and passport after delivery. Which is better / cheaper Canada or Usa.

sola21: Error meant 1.63 . If i did not understand why he asked me d difference btw a family visitor and tourist visa then more light should be shed on it or you just ignore the question. I guess you should know that was a mistake as from my earlier thread with you where I mentioned I was a salary earner. I guess it's a forum to ask questions so why do u have to mention that am so worried cos of a uk tourist visa. If you consider my questions as worry then I guess it's not an interactive forum. Anyways thanks

sola21: Dear just wise, thanks for your response. From ur question, family visiting visa is when u have a family in uk and visitor is when u are without a family in the uk, the point I was trying to drive at is hope cos my boyfriend is on psw dat hope it wouldn't hinder our visa processing I didn't mean influence that was why I asked if you thought it would be more safe to book an hotel instead of putting his address down in the form. Also with booking an hotel would it raise an eyebrow that why would I want my child and I to stay in an hotel when we can stay with him and also that why am I applying for visitors visa when I ave a bf on temporary psw. It's just raised questions I need to she'd light on. Also just to add this, my son and I have an American visa which we were issued in April 2013 but we are yet to use it, hope these would affect getting a uk visa as well. As at today, my acct balance is 163 million hope it alright for my child and my application. Thanks always

morizboe: well I'm making this enquiry based on what the receptionist said that "statement of account must be in my name and not sponsors and the embassy doesn't care about how it was deposited on the condition that the money would not be touched throughout the duration of the visa processing". Me self was surprised to hear him say it and then I extended it here for inquiries to see if anyone has encountered such policy with any embassy

lankywizar: Hello Justwise,I got a 6 months visa and travelled one with it in June last yr and stayed for 10days,I intend to apply for a 2 year visa and have only about 650k in my account and my net salary is about 250k montly. Wld dis be sufficent to get the renewal.

isaiahethan: Hi justwise &partners,pls i'm new to this site,I applied for right of abode in Nov last year,it was refuse by the Eco in febuary this yr,his statement was i'm not satisfied you qualifed for the right of abode,reason non of my parents is uk citizen I have the right to appeal against this decision.I applied cos I have a contact order issued by the uk court to come and see my son,whom I hv not been able to see,inpite all his been through since last year.my partner who is British is there alone looking after my boy who she had premature due to the pressure and stress on my removal in 2011.then my partner gave birth to a 26wks baby.but thank God my boy is geting bigger now and they need me and I miss the both of them madly .this matter is so stressful for me,but my only hope and faith is in God.I appeal to d tribunal through my lawyer in the uk.my hearing is gonna be in paper,ain't got money again to be spending in pounds.waiting for there bundle which they stated is gona be on 21or after,of August 2013.I put in my appeal towards d ending of febuary.2013.before my removal ukba refused my application stating that I claim to be in a relationship with a British citizen,cos they hv set out a removal for me.same woman they claim i'm not in a relationship with,she is the same who gave birth to my beautiful son.thank God court in the uk granted me contact order unopposed.pls sir wat can you contribute towards this matter,I'm goin crazy each secs I get call frm my girl friend picx of my gorgeous boy.please also pray for me.

morizboe: This sort of story sounds weird and never easy to believe anyway, but my story is nothing but the truth. but Vic, have you seen that situation whereby the embassy is not interested in the source or how the money was deposited as to consider lodgement, but only wants to see a certain amount in the very applicant's account? could what the receptionist said be truth? dear Vic, I am counting on your vast knowledge and experience to help me get through this hurdle . I will be so happy to hear your words again. God bless you

morizboe: Thank you Vic, I am really getting some wonderful insights. As you asserted, this name wahala is found in almost every family. The affidavit would be good, i think we'll go by it. let me discuss with my brother. But i hope embassy would recognize it and wouldn't look at it as a sharp move to meet ends owing to the notion that fraud abounds large in the land of nigeria. But if we could pose that he is my uncle, what are the chances of a good result? less I forget, when I visited the dannish consulate at Asokolo Abj, to gather some information, though I was not allowed to enter but can only make inquiries through a half-way opened window of the reception, I was told by one of the uniformed receptionists that the dannish embassy doesn't want to hear about sponsorship, but are interested in the money in the applicant's account, that any statement of account I will be presenting must bear my name and my so sponsor can deposit the intended money to my account which is not meant to be touched during the length of processing of my visa. He buttressed his fact by concluding that this information he is giving is classified and that he is not suppose to be telling me this but because of how keen I've shown to be about it, that every information I needed has been supplied in the website. I was so dumbfounded to hear that considering the fact about money lodgement and the consequences. But I didn't believe him. I thought maybe he is newly employed and has not known the system very well. And in their website, they keep saying "your statement 0f account" or "the statement of account in your name". they've never referred to a sponsor so far in where statement of account issue is discussed in their website. and they would always say that
"you" have to document that "you" have equivalent of eighty something thousand per month during the total duration of your stay... could what he said about applicant's own account be truth or should I dismiss that and continue with my sponsorship pursuit? dear Vic, I'll be happy to hear your words on this. have you encountered such a situation before? or do you know if some embassies operate in that manner?

socialistic: @vicjustice,in 2010,i traveled and during that time i did a mini marriage ceremony to keep my fiance faith that i will be back to complete the remaining marriage ceremony and we went to the local govt to obtain marriage certificate,till then,i have not been to Nigeria and now i have make my choice to move to another country through study,either Canada,Ireland of Australia,do you think that i will mention that i am married and submit the marriage certificate for visa application but i dont have any photo that shows my marriage ceremony because am yet to do the remaining things on the head of the lady which i am planning to do this coming December as soon as i get to Nigeria.Thank you

morizboe: @Vicjustice.. the surname change started from my childhood when my guardian that I lived with started shortening my 'long surname' when she wants to write my name for me on the text books(Mc Millian etc) and exercise books she bought for me. Even my 'first school leaving cert' carries the shortened surname and from there to secondary school(my WAEC has it), until university. I felt relaxed as I couldn't see it a serious issue in the near future.see the picture - my surname is Ezeibeanozie and I started shortening it to Ezeibe, while my other siblings answer it in full and one of my siblings too has his surname as only Anozie. it's just out of ignorant of future identity issues!! Dear Vicjustice I am as confused as ever at this juncture as to how to convince the VO that he is my brother or is there any other means I can use to give an acceptable statement of account. If I tell the VO that he is my uncle, would that save me? And would a letter of sponsorship from him solve the problem? He owns a production firm and can afford any level of sponsorship, but the problem is the legitimacy of my family tie with him. wouldn't embassy accept sponsorship from anybody provided he has the required amount stocked in the account and can document that the money are at my disposal to use at any time? Dear Vic, if there is any other way out, please advice me cos i am running out ideas to solve this problem. thanks

elvis4: hi vicjustice i am new here i submited my spouse visa in ghana 3 months ago and i ev just been called and they ask for aditional documents ,does that means i have a chance? please tell me something

morizboe: @ Vicjustice I have been given an appointment at dannish consulate for interview on first week of july (for masters studies) and i have got all my documents prepared (certified birth certificate,certified degree results, confirmation of payment of 1st semester tuition fee,confirmation of students resident payment etc), but the problem i'm facing is sponsorship. The dannish immigration's website keep saying repeatedly that the statement of account to be presented to the consulate during interview MUST be that of the applicant or immediate family memeber like parents or siblings or a guradian for Minors and not for persons above 18. Now I am being sponsord and in my mid-twenties and unfortunately my sponsor's surname and mine are not the same, despite he is my blood elder brother. And if we try to deposit a reasonable amount of money in my account a week to my interview date, it will be seen as money lodgement-which is very bad. so against all odds, I am planning to present a sponsorship statement of account from my brother who has a different surname with mine. pls dear, advice me on the best possible way to tackle this stumbling block of sponsorship and difference in surname. would it really affect my application considering the fact that i've already paid tuition fee and housing fee? waiting to hear from you soonest. thanks