KemBee86:
To God be the glory!!! I got my spousal visa today!!!

Where do I start from? I have been denied 3 visiting visa, all within 1 year in the past based on some flimsy excuses. So I gave up, I applied for spousal visa in August 2015 and in November I was denied based on 2 reasons 1. We submitted 3 months payslip and bank statements instead of 6 months. Secondly, we didn't put my hubby letter of employment nor letter from employee stating his salary etc.
so we decided to appeal and got a lawyer, the lawyer insisted we should reapply and add the extra documents that the ECO may not overturn the decision because we are submitting new documents blah blah.

So we reapplied first week in December, the lawyer collected about 1000 pounds, even though reapplying was so expensive and wasn't guaranteed we just had to do it.

I just want to tell everyone going through a refusal or denial not to give up, it will happen as far as you believe in God and your documents are consistent.
What will be will be!
For everyone waiting, God will answer you sooner than you expect. God bless you all!


So excited!!!!!
@thalula @blza, am so happy for us!

Congratulations

blza:
God has done it for us!! I can not Paris HIM enough.

My husband got his visa this morning . I really want to thank everyone on this forum. Especially portsmouth86 (she is a special lady) , justwise who put this useful forum up and many more.

Timeline.

11 Feb - Application submission/Biometrics
16 Feb - Sent docs to Sheffield (received next day)
22 Feb - Application processes/ Decision made
02 Mar - Decision emails from Shef/TLS received
07 Mar - Ready for collection email
08 Mar - Collected (approved with visa stamp in passport)

We used priority , we both not patient enough for the 12 week wait

Can always provide docs if requested.

All the best to anyone still waiting . I'm off to search for airline tickets

Congratulations

barbrachad:
Hello Everyone,
my husband was refused visa under section 214(B) which has left us very confused as we used my application form which i used to process mine for him, so all document was correct but the VO was so focused on his uk visa and just rejected him for no reason.
any ways we want to reapply again but we don't know if we must wait 90 days before applying as i have seen reviews of people re applying within a couple of weeks and are some are giving the visa but some are still refused.
what do we please

What type of visa did he apply for?

blza:


As per inspection report some surveyors offer same day service. Just google it, and contact the ones that provide services in your area. They should provide you with timings

Thanks a lot...God bless you! I'll keep you posted on how it goes

Hi guys,
How are you all doing? Please do I actually need the TB certificate at point of entry? The one I used to get the visa expired in January. I called IOM now and they told me the test is a whooping 26,250 naira. Is it necessary? Please what's the worse that can happen.

KemBee86:
Hi guys,
How are you all doing? Please do I actually need the TB certificate at point of entry? The one I used to get the visa expired in January. I called IOM now and they told me the test is a whooping 26,250 naira. Is it necessary? Please what's the worse that can happen.

Don't bother, you done one already.

KemBee86:
Hi guys,
How are you all doing? Please do I actually need the TB certificate at point of entry? The one I used to get the visa expired in January. I called IOM now and they told me the test is a whooping 26,250 naira. Is it necessary? Please what's the worse that can happen.

Justwise isn't far from the truth if common sense is applied. But I will advise you to go get another test done and have a valid result on you. This is to avoid any silliness at passport control. Just read response from IOM to this same question advising to travel with a valid one. It's up to you. But for 26k, doesn't match up the stress if it happens

blza:


Justwise isn't far from the truth if common sense is applied. But I will advise you to go get another test done and have a valid result on you. This is to avoid any silliness at passport control. Just read response from IOM to this same question advising to travel with a valid one. It's up to you. But for 26k, doesn't match up the stress if it happens

I doubt anything will happen at POE, i think someone here traveled without one just last year, the person was in the same position as KemBee86.

For all those waiting like me, God is in control and will definitely perfect what He has started. Fingers crossed.
Congratulations to all those whose visa have been granted. I celebrate you o
Just trusting God completely.
For those helping out on this site God bless you all.

Congratulations to everyone who has been granted their spouse visa. Those of us waiting we celebrate with you all and pray we also share the good news very soon. Appeals take ages and sometimes is better to reapply. We got refused in October and did appeal same month. The court wrote to us in December and gave us 15 weeks which ends coming Tuesday. Am praying we hear good news in Jesus name cus the waiting is killing. Still no refund of NHIS.

KemBee86:
Hi guys,
How are you all doing? Please do I actually need the TB certificate at point of entry? The one I used to get the visa expired in January. I called IOM now and they told me the test is a whooping 26,250 naira. Is it necessary? Please what's the worse that can happen.

Hi KemBee86,

Congratulations on your visa, same goes for blza and thatula. On the TB certification matter. Mine had expired for over a month before I travelled. Did they ask for it? Yes but I said I didn't have it in my hand luggage which was true and he said no problem and let me go, I was travelling with hubby though but I haven't heard anyone turned back for lack of valid TB certificate. You can research more on it though but I believe you'd be fine.

Pls guys , I have submitted my husbands visa app.
I wanted to know if they always request for an interview with the sponsor.

nky2015:
Pls guys , I have submitted my husbands visa app.
I wanted to know if they always request for an interview with the sponsor.

You can be called for an interview if the ECO have reason to or requires clarification. It doesn't happen as a standard procedure . I wasn't called and we applied last month. Just prepare yourself incase as they sometimes do telephone interview. The good thing is that if it happens , you will be asked things you should know (about you , the applicant, your families and your relationship)

Hi All

To all our fellow Nairalanders that has recently been granted their spouse visa, please make sure once your in the UK to start gathering cohabitation evidence for the next stage ok

file them all nicely so when the time comes you dont need to stress finding correspondence

Now we need a group for the FLR (Further leave to remain)

God bless

Hello, thanks for letting us know! Do you mean living arrangements?

nky2015:
Pls guys , I have submitted my husbands visa app.
I wanted to know if they always request for an interview with the sponsor.

No they do not always. We submitted ours a few months ago, we had no phone calls, no nothing. Just an email went it was ready and now my husband is with me here in UK With God on your side, all things are possible.

ronks27:
Hi All

To all our fellow Nairalanders that has recently been granted their spouse visa, please make sure once your in the UK to start gathering cohabitation evidence for the next stage ok

file them all nicely so when the time comes you dont need to stress finding correspondence

Now we need a group for the FLR (Further leave to remain)

God bless

Hello, thanks for letting us know! Do you mean living arrangements?

Good advise, and group for FLR sounds like a great idea.

Hello everyone,
Can anyone guide me on the list of essentials that I need to take along. I haven't been to UK before, I already got my antimalaria...Wat other things will be needed except food stuff..lol

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Really. No employment letter, no phone calls and chats logs , no payslips, no pictures!??

KemBee86:
Hello everyone,
Can anyone guide me on the list of essentials that I need to take along. I haven't been to UK before, I already got my antimalaria...Wat other things will be needed except food stuff..lol

Just the TB cert if u have it or ask ur husband to bring along when he picks u up at the airport. But nothing else no need for antimalaria that u will need when u go back to Lagos to visit in the future. Perhaps any docs u think u might need here like ur marriage cert. Have a safe journey x

KemBee86:
Hi everyone, I have a funny question to ask...lol. Is it possible to know if your visa was granted base on the package? I heard if the spousal visa is given, the package won't be flat because some books welcoming you to Uk and showing destination places will be added, so it won't just be ur passport and TB cert. How true is this?

no booklets however I as the sponsor received all the supporting documents I sent, and I was also set my husbands birth certificate and his employment letter he provided, however I did not receive his original TB certificate of the English certificate, this was of course sent back to my husband with his passport and decision letter, which gave me a suspicion he got the visa because he would need those to enter the UK

Ibs45bae:
Hi all,I wanted to know if I do the (ielts) test in the uk before I go to Nigeria and make my application will it still be valid for my application in Nigeria.Thank u

Yes should be as it has a 2 year validity

Batba1:
hi guys...its very impressive how you all help each other out here. I have learnt a lot just by reading through...thank you all!

My wife is British. We are planning to make our application in a couple weeks. All other documents and requirements are met and readily available, we only need some clarifications as per accommodation. Please can you advise what documents are sufficient for accommodation as my wife lives with her mother at the moment in a 2 bed house mainly because I am not there with her yet. Please note she doesn't have any utility bills to her name in the said apartment. Her phone is pay as you go.

Would
- a letter from the landlord (her mother) stating I can live with them
- all utility bills ie water, electricity, tv licence
- birds eye view
Be sufficient

OR

Would you rather advise she goes ahead to rent an apartment for us and include just the tenancy agreement and birds eye view as bills can't yet be provided at the targeted time of application?

PLEASE HELP!!!

Is the house owned? or council?

*Letter from mother to state happy for you to live there and specify size of property & how many people live in the property
*I would include a photo of each room

if its a council property then a letter from the landlords to confirm you can reside at the property.

your wife will not need to show house bills,her bank statements will show this address.

Good day every1, @Spiceymma, I submitted the following documents -Lists of Document
1. Application forms - Online, Financial and Sponsorship.
2. Photocopies of Marriage Certificates ( Hubby submitted the originals)
3. Sponsors letter
4. IELTS English Certificate
5. Tuberculosis Clearance Certificate
6. Passport
7. Photocopy of Hubby's Passport
8. Photocopy of Hubby's Biometric Card
9. Previous Refusals Notice.

While Hubby submitted the following-Lists of Documents
1) Marriage Certificates
2) Council tax
3) Gas Utility bills
4) Emails communication
5) whatsapps communication
6) Lyca calls Log
7) Letter from employer
Proof of employment
9) 12 Months Payslips
10) 12 months Bank Statement
11) Sponsors letter
12) Photocopy of IELTS English Certificate
13) Photocopy of Tuberculosis Clearance Certificate
14) Photocopy of Wife's Passport
15) Photocopy of Hubby's Passport
16) Photocopy of Hubby's Biometric
17) Wedding Pictures and other pictures
18) Previous Refusals Notice
19) Application forms - Online, Financial and Sponsorship

Hope this helps, as seen in the thread, the key factor is to submit all necessary documents. We keep praying for many more good news here .Amen! ! !
@Portsmouth86-lol@ battleship building been a horrid place, our mini application defense channel . Thank God it favoured us Yes dear, had a very pleasant trip, Trust Mr Bakare is settling in fine.
A very big n heartily congratulations to thatula, blza and kembee86, God be praised. Enjoy!!!
As regards TB certificate, I wasn't even asked for mine @ POE.

Hii Nairaland-ers! Just a quick question, the 12weeks processing time does that start from biometric day or the day documents are delivered to Sheffield? We have over a week gap between the two... Jan 12th bio then Jan 21st the docs were delivered to them..

Cheers x

Hi @saratkum from most people's timelines, I observed that the 12 weeks started from the date of the biometrics. I applied a few weeks after you. Fingers crossed we are all successful.

Hello, please i need to some information. i don't understand how i can get my call logs printed because i called MTN office yesterday and i was told that i can only print out on my phone which i don't understand and also how can i print my whatsapp chat too? i was trying it but just don't get it. Also about the application payment with my ATM card, how possible? because i was thinking hope CBN limit will not be a problem.

obabola123:
Hello, please i need to some information. i don't understand how i can get my call logs printed because i called MTN office yesterday and i was told that i can only print out on my phone which i don't understand and also how can i print my whatsapp chat too? i was trying it but just don't get it. Also about the application payment with my ATM card, how possible? because i was thinking hope CBN limit will not be a problem.

Email yourself the relevant person's chat history. You will recieve a text file but can copy all contents onto a different program like word so more can be fitted on a page and print. See steps below.
Open the WhatsApp conversation you want to email.
Tap the contact's name or group subject in the navigation bar.
Scroll to the bottom and tap Export Chat.
Select if you want to Attach Media or email the conversation Without Media.
Enter your email address and tap Send.

As per payments , you can't pay with your Nigeria card due to the caps on card spending. Your sponsor can make these payments , that's what myself and many others have done.

As per call history, I will advise you get the sponsor to provide print out your call history from the U.K. you do direct calls , he/can request itemised bills from the service provider. I printed my Rebtel call logs in support of our application

Hope this helps

Hello Obabola,

Easy to do!
As for the MTN call log, you may find out that they can only give you 3 months call log. Go to any major MTN outlet, it is not something you can discuss over on the phone. You would be requested to provide a police report and some affidavit of some sort. This you can easily get. Then you would go back to them and apply for a call log. Then they will email you the call log in an Excel spreadsheet for you to print by yourself. But please make sure that your Line is registered correctly before this. The call Log is a simple spreadsheet with Outgoing calls, Incoming Calls, Call date and time and duration, etc. Also speak to the person that attends to you nicely requesting a backing letter. My wife whom I sponsored had to do what am asking you to do. The MTN staff printed this letter on their letter headed paper. The letter included her name, stating that the call log was hers. I will snap and show you a copy of this letter. Attach this letter with the call log. Don't forget that the call log would contain all calls, not just your convo with spouse. You can then use pen to asterisk the logs between you and spouse, once printed.

About the whatsapp chat history, go to your chat with your spouse and open the chat options between you and them. I don't know what phone you use, but for iPhone, click on your spouse's name at the top; then scroll down and click on 'Export chat', then on 'Attach media'. The exporting starts. Then select email as to where you are exporting. Include your own email address and send the file. If there are chat lines you want to remove so the Entry Clearance Officer does not see, you can edit. But. make sure the communication is coherent and flows. You can then print. I don't know how you saved your spouse's name on your phone; how it appears. You may want to change this back to her real name before exporting, so when exported her real name will show. However if it's a pet name and you don't want it changed, mention in your spouse letter that you call your spouse that name. Also let the ECO know the periods for which the whatsapp chat covers. For me, I covered about 6 months and kept editing until I shrunk the pages to about 30. Otherwise it could be quite voluminous. Moreover I still included my own call log from the UK as the sponsor.

About the payment, am not sure as I paid with my UK card. Someone else can answer that bit.

Note that I blocked off my wife's name and contact no for security reasons. Hehehehe

Hello All,

My Wife got her spouse VISA. Yaaaaay! She kept asking me to check my account to see if the IHS was refunded but I refused. I applied with priority and it took just 3 days for her VISA to be stamped. However while doing this, ensure you have a well documented application pack. None of us was called for interview.

My timeline is as follows:

VISA APPLICATION TIMELINE

15/02/2016 ~ Online application on www.gov.uk
19/02/2016 ~ Appointment at TLScontact Ikeja for Biometrics. Paid for Priority Service
22/02/2016 ~ Response from Sheffield by email confirming receipt of documents from TLScontact
26/02/2016 ~ Sent supporting documents to UKVI Sheffield by Royalmail Special Delivery Guaranteed
29/02/2016 ~ Documents reached UKVI Sheffield PO Box at 07:18
04/03/2016 ~ Decision made email from TLScontact and UKVI Sheffield
05/03/2016 ~ Received supporting documents from UKVI Sheffield
08/03/2016 ~ Collection email received from TLScontact
09/03/2016 ~ Passport collected, Visa stamped on March 3

Brightingsus:
Hello All,

My Wife got her spouse VISA. Yaaaaay! She kept asking me to check my account to see if the IHS was refunded but I refused. I applied with priority and it took just 3 days for her VISA to be stamped. However while doing this, ensure you have a well documented application pack. None of us was called for interview.

My timeline is as follows:

VISA APPLICATION TIMELINE

15/02/2016 ~ Online application on www.gov.uk
19/02/2016 ~ Appointment at TLScontact Ikeja for Biometrics. Paid for Priority Service
22/02/2016 ~ Response from Sheffield by email confirming receipt of documents from TLScontact
26/02/2016 ~ Sent supporting documents to UKVI Sheffield by Royalmail Special Delivery Guaranteed
29/02/2016 ~ Documents reached UKVI Sheffield PO Box at 07:18
04/03/2016 ~ Decision made email from TLScontact and UKVI Sheffield
05/03/2016 ~ Received supporting documents from UKVI Sheffield
08/03/2016 ~ Collection email received from TLScontact
09/03/3016 ~ Passport collected, Visa stamped on March 3

Congratulations! That was really quick

Brightingsus:
Hello All,

My Wife got her spouse VISA. Yaaaaay! She kept asking me to check my account to see if the IHS was refunded but I refused. I applied with priority and it took just 3 days for her VISA to be stamped. However while doing this, ensure you have a well documented application pack. None of us was called for interview.

My timeline is as follows:

VISA APPLICATION TIMELINE

15/02/2016 ~ Online application on www.gov.uk
19/02/2016 ~ Appointment at TLScontact Ikeja for Biometrics. Paid for Priority Service
22/02/2016 ~ Response from Sheffield by email confirming receipt of documents from TLScontact
26/02/2016 ~ Sent supporting documents to UKVI Sheffield by Royalmail Special Delivery Guaranteed
29/02/2016 ~ Documents reached UKVI Sheffield PO Box at 07:18
04/03/2016 ~ Decision made email from TLScontact and UKVI Sheffield
05/03/2016 ~ Received supporting documents from UKVI Sheffield
08/03/2016 ~ Collection email received from TLScontact
09/03/3016 ~ Passport collected, Visa stamped on March 3

Congratulations,

This is record breaking timeline. Hmmmm, summary is pay for priority if you have the money and no hitch with your documentation, better to avoid the anxiety of the wait

Novicee Congratulations, so happy for you