Vicjustice:
Quite sweet you only come here when you have issues, and then forget about us once you're through with them.

justwise:

You can get married in the UK then go home to apply.

Visit the registry/church in your area for details on how to go about it

Pepe-A:


You dont think it will affect my application? I mean being a visitor and all.Do I need a solicitor abi na straight forward application? The solicitors we hinted dey charge btw 1500-2000,excluding the application fee shuo! Lol

tunde300us: Hi just wise,the school is approved in the UK nd i know a friend who went last year to the same school.What i am not sure of is if i might have issues because i do not earn any salary but i earn with every job i do.I can also get a refereral from some of the companies i have worked for,but like i said i do not earn monthly salary but i work as freelance,and like i said i have families i can stay with in the UK so i guess the issue of accomodation is out of it for me
The training is actually a 14 days training with certification.

justwise: [/b]

Hmmmmm...need to have a rethink about my contributions here

Pepe-A:


Haba Justy,why the rethinking? You guys are doing a wonderful job here,gba! Pls,on my case,just tell me as it is. i be big girl,i can handle it ........(make e be good news sha! ,make big girl no turn to ikoko)... Thanks a lot

Ohhhhhhhhhhh! D money bah? No mind dem...lol.

tunde300us:

So justwise, u dodnt think there is a way around it for me or you think i should just apply and see if i get sometin favourable

shessyfavour: Hello Justwise and Vicjustice i need your advice concerning my situation.

In 2011 i applied for a tourist visa but i was refused the first time then i reapplied immediately and got 6 months.I was 27 then single and self employed business man with a monthly income of 250k as i stated in my application form.I went to UK and spent 2 months although i stated in my application form that i was going to spend 7 days vacation but i returned to Nija after 2 months but something happened at the airport i got arrested for handling stolen goods these were 17 blackberry phones that a few friends gave me to help them delver in Nija but unfortunately i was stopped at the departure by a custom officer and started questioning me about the phones in my luggage i didnt have receipts because there were UK used before i knew what was happening 2 police officers arrived and started running running a check on each phones but unfortunately one of them has been reported stolen i was taken to police station from there but later released on bail and was told to come back after 1 month but i didnt stay back in UK as i returned to nija after a week the incident happened.

After a week i returned to nija i email the police station and i got a reply saying my bail has been canceled and NO further actions will be taken against me and also i didnt need to answer the bail anymore and concerning the mobiles phones they are free to be collected by me or anyone who can prove ownership or else the phones will be destroyed in next 6 months if unclaimed. I returned to UK and got the phones except the only one that was reported stolen i returned to Nija after one week because i only had 1 month left on my visa then.

My issue now is i have been finding it difficult to to renew my visa as i have been refused 4 times since my visa expire. The first time the ECO was right he refused my application because i failed to explained the reason i stayed in UK for 2 months after i stated in application form that i wanted to stayed 7 days the second reason was there was an adverse notice to the home office during my first visit and i didn't explained what happened then after 6 months i reapplied and addressed the two reasons with the help of my lawyer and i also submitted evidence to support my claim such as the email i got from the police station but the application was refused again for second time because there was lump sum of money into my account 5 days before the application was submitted but there has always been huge some of money in and out of my accounts prior to that but i replied immediately for the the third time providing the evidence of the origin of the funds i.e invoice and the receipts of the goods sold the day the lumps some of money were deposited into my account explaining to the ECO that they were deposited by my customers but to my surprise again the ECO refused my application again given the same reason as the one i was given the first time i went for renewal i.e (i didnt explain why i stayed in UK for over 2 months and how i manage my business while away for so long) but this reason has already been addressed before and they never express satisfactions so i asked for Admin Review calling the BHC attention to the ECO's mistake but they wont change the decision and was asked to reapply.

After 4 months i reapply for the 4th time with the help of my lawyer i submitted a copy of the notes that was used to addressed the refusal notice earlier before another Eco repeated it but again my application was refused despite the mistake by the previous ECO this time the ECO said i claimed i make 250k monthly and he acknowledge the income may depends on the financial performance of the business and that the documentary evidence of my pay may not exist but he needs more evidence to make his assessment that shows i make 250k per month such as company audited account that will allow him to know the financial position of the business so he refused my application.

Now i have the audited account for year 2012 signed and sealed by an auditor but i am little concerns because i dont know what else they will say is wrong this time around because i am tired of been refused too many times i am a genuine visitor just going on vacation and nothing more, some friends advised me to use a family visitor so when they refuse me i ll be able to appeal the decision and there is a high possibility i ll win the appeal but i dont have any family in UK but hes saying it doesn't mean once the person sent me IV and necessary documents it will work despite i never stated in my application form that i have a family in UK.

Justwise and Vicjustice please i need your opinions please.

shessyfavour: Justwise, it was two months and returned after a months to get those phones spent a week and returned.

Siga: @justwise...I dont know much about UK thingyz ooo...but I will assume based on wat he explained...the problem stemmed from him staying beyond the 7 days he specified in his initial application....why not take time to explain the reasons why u stayed more than the 7days u told them u planned staying....

justwise:

Sorry i noticed that.

I still maintain that series of decisions you made cast doubt on your real intention of visiting the UK.

Forget about the phone incident at the airport, that can happen to anybody but why did you not explain everything in detail in your first application? Why do you have to travel to the UK just to collect a phone even when the owners are living in the UK?

As a business man how would you want the ECO to believe that you are a genuine visitor when you have visited the UK 2times in a year and in total stayed more than 9wks?

It doesn't add up because you are spending more than you earn in a month visiting the UK, a visit that brings no money into your business? Think about it...if you were the ECO will issue that person a visa so quickly?

shessyfavour: @SIGA you are right the main problem is the staying over 7 days i stated in my application but i have addressed that issue and none of the ECO ever express dissatisfaction over the reason i gave them rather they keep given me new excuses

shessyfavour:
Thank you justwise, Well i returned to Uk for second time because i was on bail when i returned to Nija after first visit that i spent 2 months so on return i had booked a ticket thinking that i would be answering a bail in In August 2011 because i returned in July 2011 but just before the second visit i had received an email that bail has been canceled and there was no need to attend the police station again but then ticket was already bought so i had to use it and used the opportunity to get the phones moreover the owners couldn't claim the phones either because they needed a receipt to do that and there were no receipts.

About why i stayed 2 months and how i managed my business whilst in UK i had already explained everything that my brother managed the business and submitted bank statements showing inflow and outflow of cash whist in UK .

I didnt spend straight 9 weeks first 8 weeks then returned after a month i went back because of the incident at the airport then spent 1 week.

But i have been able to address every reason for each refusal with evidence but they keep bringing new excuses each time i apply and one application is never different from others.

shessyfavour: Yeah justwise i am in no rush at all its been 6 months since i last applied even what the ECO claims in the last refusal notice i.e company audited accounts i now have it so just asking you that when next i am applying which i am considering in next 2 months i should just go for the tourist or change to family visitor as suggested by a friend because i ll be able to appeal.

shessyfavour: I didn't and that's why i came here to seek advise because i knew it doesn't sounds ok since i never indicated i have a family in UK but hes saying it can work that what if i just found out i have a family in UK and as long as the person inviting me confirm to BHC that we are family but never trusted the idea.

shessyfavour: Yeah justwise i am in no rush at all its been 6 months since i last applied even what the ECO claims in the last refusal notice i.e company audited accounts i now have it so just asking you that when next i am applying which i am considering in next 2 months i should just go for the tourist or change to family visitor as suggested by a friend because i ll be able to appeal.

shessyfavour: I aware of that and i totally agree with you justwise but dont you think i could have one an appeal if i had the right base on excuse the ECO has been given me especially the one that make a mistake repeating refusal reason that has been raised and addressed previously. The latest refusal was he need an audit account to make his assessment of the monthly income which i now have so if i reaply now and adress that issue and submiting audit account what do you think

Siga: ...If u want to reapply go ahead, but dont change ur initial stands by going for another visa category...stick to ur guns like Abiola stuck with June 12.....besides...me feel this ur constant applications dey show signs of desperation....

shessyfavour: I aware of that and i totally agree with you justwise but dont you think i could have one an appeal if i had the right base on excuse the ECO has been given me especially the one that make a mistake repeating refusal reason that has been raised and addressed previously. The latest refusal was he need an audit account to make his assessment of the monthly income which i now have so if i reaply now and adress that issue and submiting audit account what do you think

shessyfavour: Hello Justwise and Vicjustice i need your advice concerning my situation.

In 2011 i applied for a tourist visa but i was refused the first time then i reapplied immediately and got 6 months.I was 27 then single and self employed business man with a monthly income of 250k as i stated in my application form.I went to UK and spent 2 months although i stated in my application form that i was going to spend 7 days vacation but i returned to Nija after 2 months but something happened at the airport i got arrested for handling stolen goods these were 17 blackberry phones that a few friends gave me to help them delver in Nija but unfortunately i was stopped at the departure by a custom officer and started questioning me about the phones in my luggage i didnt have receipts because there were UK used before i knew what was happening 2 police officers arrived and started running running a check on each phones but unfortunately one of them has been reported stolen i was taken to police station from there but later released on bail and was told to come back after 1 month but i didnt stay back in UK as i returned to nija after a week the incident happened.

After a week i returned to nija i email the police station and i got a reply saying my bail has been canceled and NO further actions will be taken against me and also i didnt need to answer the bail anymore and concerning the mobiles phones they are free to be collected by me or anyone who can prove ownership or else the phones will be destroyed in next 6 months if unclaimed. I returned to UK and got the phones except the only one that was reported stolen i returned to Nija after one week because i only had 1 month left on my visa then.

My issue now is i have been finding it difficult to to renew my visa as i have been refused 4 times since my visa expire. The first time the ECO was right he refused my application because i failed to explained the reason i stayed in UK for 2 months after i stated in application form that i wanted to stayed 7 days the second reason was there was an adverse notice to the home office during my first visit and i didn't explained what happened then after 6 months i reapplied and addressed the two reasons with the help of my lawyer and i also submitted evidence to support my claim such as the email i got from the police station but the application was refused again for second time because there was lump sum of money into my account 5 days before the application was submitted but there has always been huge some of money in and out of my accounts prior to that but i replied immediately for the the third time providing the evidence of the origin of the funds i.e invoice and the receipts of the goods sold the day the lumps some of money were deposited into my account explaining to the ECO that they were deposited by my customers but to my surprise again the ECO refused my application again given the same reason as the one i was given the first time i went for renewal i.e (i didnt explain why i stayed in UK for over 2 months and how i manage my business while away for so long) but this reason has already been addressed before and they never express satisfactions so i asked for Admin Review calling the BHC attention to the ECO's mistake but they wont change the decision and was asked to reapply.

After 4 months i reapply for the 4th time with the help of my lawyer i submitted a copy of the notes that was used to addressed the refusal notice earlier before another Eco repeated it but again my application was refused despite the mistake by the previous ECO this time the ECO said i claimed i make 250k monthly and he acknowledge the income may depends on the financial performance of the business and that the documentary evidence of my pay may not exist but he needs more evidence to make his assessment that shows i make 250k per month such as company audited account that will allow him to know the financial position of the business so he refused my application.

Now i have the audited account for year 2012 signed and sealed by an auditor but i am little concerns because i dont know what else they will say is wrong this time around because i am tired of been refused too many times i am a genuine visitor just going on vacation and nothing more, some friends advised me to use a family visitor so when they refuse me i ll be able to appeal the decision and there is a high possibility i ll win the appeal but i dont have any family in UK but hes saying it doesn't mean once the person sent me IV and necessary documents it will work despite i never stated in my application form that i have a family in UK.

Justwise and Vicjustice please i need your opinions please.

asaaju omo: I want to know if one APPLIED as a Tourist in January and was given visa but didn't travel until June; may be refused visa when applying for renewal? ALSO, if you filled 2 weeks but spent 3 weeks can affect when applying for renewal? Thanks for your response.

Dis Guy:

your renewal i believe will be dealt on its on merit

not necessarily, there's a a glaring difference between 2 weeks and 5and half weeks though as a tourist