zabrinma: vicjustice,justwise and the gurus Good morning guys its been a month and two weeks since i put in my visa application for tourist visa and till now i think the BHC have forgotten me totally cause their last respond to my mail was on the 20th this month telling me they have made decision on my application but i should wait for vfs to contact me as soon as the decision is ready,Anyone been through something like this before and is it normal to take so much time on tourist visiting visa please advices will help and as for calling the vfs is what have been doing even yesterday.thanx guys waiting for respond from you and best action to take.

ty01:

I think you might have submitted some documents that required thorough investigation. I just picked up my visa (plus my wife and kids) today and the issue date on it was 24 December 2013 (exactly 3 weeks after submission) even though i only got an email yesterday stating that the visa is ready for collection in two days. I took a gamble by going there today and was lucky to realise it was even ready for pickup. I got the usual SMS afer I had already collected the visas . I can only advise you wait till first week in January. I suggest you take your mind off your application and concentrate on other productive things, worry changes nothing; the decission is already made anyways. Happy new year bro...

zabrinma:
@ty01.....Thanx bro much appreciated will do so and will update the out come and think you right about the documents investigation cause I submitted alot of documents but what still buffels me is if decision has been made on my application then why still hold on to my documents?

ty01:

It is not out of place to take some time to return your documents. Some verifications are done via phone calls, while some (especially those with seals) are done physically. Physically, i mean BHC will scan or send the original documents to the issuing authority for verification. BHC will have to wait for the issuing authority to return the documents before forwarding them to you. Meanwhile, the issuing authority might have communicated to the BHC by mail to confirm or deny the authenticity of the documents. By such email or phone calls, BHC can make a decission, but the documents can not be sent to you untill the BHC receives the original copies.

The delay may also be due to the inefficiency of te courier compay, I think they use UPS.

Best of luck bro nad pls relax your mind ...

yusfaith78: I applied for uk visa in november and I was refused because the ECO said I didnt explain how I want to spend my time in uk and that I didnt summit any document dat show my financial circumstances in nigeria, but trust me its all lier I summitted every single document dat show my financial curcumstances like my company bank statement and personal bank statement, tax clearance, certificate of incorporation and some other necessary documents including how I intend to spend my time in uk. So I reapply immediately add a letter from an immigration lawyer then I can a call from the embassy to come for interview tmrw. I just want to if its a good thing or not

zabrinma:
Bros no wahala go face them tomorrow cause this people e be like say they no want make africans come to their country but we have british citizens travelling around afrika and south america without even having 1000 pounds with them,Good luck for tomorrow as for me my case na Baba God go handle am.

Vicjustice:
How many of these "British Citizens" are taking up illegal employments in an Africa country, or are resorting to public funds under an African social welfare?

seeprob: House, i want to renew my 2yrs visa along with my wife(expired 6 months) and infant daughter. what year will i apply for my infant daughter (its her first passport without travel history) will my infant daughter go along with us for 2yrs or 6 months

APFM:

You have to apply 6month.

I did that with my infant son but was advise at VFS to apply 6mnth.and we were all given.
Make sure you take along your family picture showing everyone of you,her birth certificate(Original),Evidence of Hospital bill payment during delivery.

Saying this based on my experience

seeprob: House, i want to renew my 2yrs visa along with my wife(expired 6 months) and infant daughter. what year will i apply for my infant daughter (its her first passport without travel history) will my infant daughter go along with us for 2yrs or 6 months

Dramadiddy: wow...jst tracked my application now and they said processed application delivered on ups..guys pray for me ooo pls...i ll let u guys know when i go to d vac...omg!!!!

Vicjustice:
What sort of prayer that would change an already made decision?

Dramadiddy: i mean pray its successful u didnt get me

Vicjustice:
I did understand you, and the question still is:
What sort of prayer that would change an already made decision?
Or hasn't the visa officer made the decision yet?

Vicjustice:
I did understand you, and the question still is:
What sort of prayer that would change an already made decision?
Or hasn't the visa officer made the decision yet?

lahwummie: @ justwise and house please help!!
Hi guys....please I need ur advice urgently. I applied 4 study visa n got d reply on 2nd, but was refused; reason cos of a past visit visa dat was refused claiming d bank called d sponsor( my ex husband) but denied it. So this present application I explained all n telling dem d bank neva called my husband. Now, ECo said I dint attach a documentary 2 dat claim. Please wat I want 2 know now is, should I go 4 a review or reapply? And wat kind of document am I 2 attach 2 my claim. My school resumes 20th jan
Please wats d best I can do. Tnx house
Urgent please!

lahwummie: @vicjustice: d story so far,applied 4 a visit visa 2012 n was refused(reason stating first bank contacted d sponsor but denied sponsoring). The sponsor as at den was my husband (now ex). So lik on d 18th I applied 4 study visa and was refused again ( reason stating in ur personal statement, u claimed d sponsor wasnt called and u failed 2 add a supporting documentary to that,therefore I refue you). My present study visa had no issue, I had 40 points and all was cool, just dat dey refered back 2 my previous refusal. Now do I review or reapply with the supportn documents they said I dint attach.

mr flow: mr flow: Hello Guys, I need ur urgent advice and input on an issue:
I applied to go for vacation with my 1st daughter but we were refused. The reasons for refusal are given below verbatim;
U state dat u re going to d UK for a vacation.I note that d u av applied with a girl u purport to be ur daughter.u av submitted a birth cert and a letter u purport to be from d girls mother.d birth cert u submitted for the 10 year old girl was dated 3 days before ur visa application and 10 years after her birth. U av submitted no early fotos of urself with dis girl and ur wife.in d absence of any corroborating contemporaneous preef from d date of her birth,I am not satisfied dat dis cert shows that u re d father to the girl applicant that u av applied with. Furthermore u av not submitted adequate evidence so dat d signature on d consent letter that u av submitted from ur purpoted spouse can be verified(we used her drivers license as I'd as she didn't have intl passport den). It wld not be unreasonable of me to expect to see a copy of d passport biodata page so dat signatures can be verified. Given dis I am derefore not satisfied dat u are a genuine visitir to d uk and dat u will leave at d end of ur trip.....

After dis,I wrote for an adminsitrative review and attached d follwing docs;
1.About 40 family picyures dat shows our courtship from universit days to d birth of d child and her grwing up
2. Anoda consent letter from my wife with a sworn affidavit and her intl passport biodata page
3. A police report and court affidavit stating that d childs initial birt cert was misplaced a few days to d visa application and dat was why we went to national population sommision for anoda bcert.
4. Proof of my stable employment in d country and reasons why I will def come back to nigeria.etc

I sent the docs via DHL since sept 4th but av not heard anytin till date.pls what do u advise?

zabrinma: @vicjustice,justwise and the gurus....happy new year to all please its been almost 8 weeks now
Since my tourist visa submission but to date nothing heard from vfs or bhc after couple of mails
Sent,please my question is I had some issues with canadian embassy 2 years ago when I applied
as a nurse together with a doctor who had a genuine ngo from london but was refused and then
applied again with other passport with different surnames but both surnames are on my
Dads documents but my finger print where never taken at the canadian embassy but now with this
Recent uk application i also made a police report stating have travelled to on my old passport
Which was missing to countries have not been before like eastern europe, poland hungary slovenia
I know that was stupid action to have taken out of ignorants and trying to prove beyond demand due
to ECO most ways or irrelevant refusal reasons,please could this be the cost of delay as all documents
I gave are genuine nothing with fake,thanx, house I know have been naive and stupid with all this actions
and stupid risk I took just in the name of visa but since reading this threat everyday for hours i realise how
Deep shit have gotten my self into so please please advice and help needed cause am planning to withdraw
my application since Its been that long but need advice from here first as have seen how naive and stupid have
been due to lack of knowledge previously, this threat trust me is the best ever have come across in life.hope for
the best but expect the worse,but what ever fate brings cant be changed, please good advice and help only and
God Bless Nairaland and all the guys with the good work and helping people out of entering into tigers mouth
Ignorantly.