sweetgold5:
Hello please I need a candid advice on this matter.

I am planning to go back to the UK with my child to meet her father who resides in the UK and has also gotten his permit. But I don't know how to go about it.

I have been traveling to the UK since 2011 as a student my Uncle(a British citizen) has been inviting me but I have been visiting my hubby too. The last time I went to UK was 2014 and i came back 2015 and I went to put to bed I was told to pay for the bills which I just finished paying.

Now I want to go back with my child, I have changed my name on my passport as married to my hubby name who has also gotten his permit but my cousin still wants to invite me as usual, my child has a UK BC I have finished paying the NHS bills.

My question is
Do I need to disclose in my application that my hubby lives in the UK and I will also be visiting him during my stay or I should say he resides in Nigeria?

Meanwhile his address and that of my Uncle are both on my Child's BC

If I claim he resides in Nigeria I hope its not going to affect me wen he wants to apply for stay permit for me and my child

And if I claim he resides in the UK will they need his passport data page to know his status in the UK and won't they assume that I may not want to come back to 9ja and then refuse my visa.

And also my hubby doesn't want to be the one to invite us now due to long time response by home office.... He just wants a faster way since I have been traveling to d UK before. The application takes too long and a bit expensive especially for 2 people....

Please kindly advice me on what to do. I will be filling the application form anytime soon.

Thanks

You need to be carful , as I smell instant refusal here. Applying to go visit a spouse in the UK actually reduces chances of obtaining a visit visa. ECO will doubt you aren’t trying to avoid the spouse visa process and just want to step in with visitor visa and then become an overstayer .

Based on Your Story, I presume you “married” your husband after obtaining your last UK visitor visa. And I hope your marriage certificate also proves that. If it’s not the case, don’t attempt visitor visa again. There is no way around it. Even if you want to claim your hubby is in Nigeria, you are shooting yourself the more.

Another blunder , uncle is inviting and sponsoring you but you want to also visit your husband . My dear even if the eco is drunk at the time of processing your application , it’s a huge red flag. He/she will doubt you will rerun and will most likely refuse your visa.

Another blunder, if you intend migrating to the UK anytime, do not lie again about Who your husband is . Cos it will hunt you.

It’s not really rocket science , I am sure you already know these things.

Best approach... go down the spouse visa route. Not sure how the visitor visa will play out.

ekpotek:


The applicant should submit both business and personal bank statements in addition to what you have listed. The application should focus more on the reason for her visit to be successful. So you will need to show the ECO why you need her to be in the UK at that time. I will suggest you include doctors report, pre natal visits, etc.

Many thanks ekptec for your response. Documentation from me to evidence purpose of visit is in hand.

My issue is around my sisters proof of finances. Like previously stated she doesn’t have a decent balance on her personal “savings” account . Money she pays in there gets spent immediately and she really can’t build it up as I need the application sent in by May.
This is why I ask if I should just leave out the savings account from the application doc list and submit only the business account since I am the one sponsoring ?

Also, I understand schools pay flat tax fee. Which makes it difficult to calculate monthly income. Any suggestion on how I can go about this? Also bearing in mind that school fees aren’t paid monthly.

Thirdly the section of the form that asks how much the trip will cost her personally, will it hurt to put £0 there since I am fullly covering all bills and will be stating it on my letter?

Thank you

Morning my people . Apologies for the long post. Just want it to make sense. Please I need advice from experienced members or those who had gone through similar process.

I am a British citizen due to give birth in August . From known complications it will be a scheduled Csection. I also have a little boy if 2 and live with my husband. I need extra help at the time of Delivery especially with my little one at home and husband in the hospital.

So I want to invite my senior sister to the UK during the time of delivery for just a couple of weeks. Will be fully sponsoring the trip and paying all travel and maintenance costs as part of the visit.

my sister is self employed and owns a school registered only in her name.

I am aware of the docs to submit but concerned around her evidence of income in Nigeria and how to state it. I have no experience on self employment route.

So she has a business account for the school and all fees paid into the account. Teacher salaries are paid from the account too. She also does personal spendings from the account. She doesn’t pay herself any salary. She just spends from the account as required.

Here are my issues that I need advice on please:
1. How will I state what her income is please as she doesn’t pay herself any salary.
2. She has a savings account that she sometimes transfers money to and also spends the money for the household (she is currently the breadwinner). So this account has no useful balance. Probably less than 100k. I want to avoid adding this statement to the application which will probably cause more harm than good. Is this a good idea?
3. As per point 2 , it means the business account will be the only bank account statement being submitted. Will this be an issue?
4. On the form, it asks for the cost of travel to the applicant , is it safe to say £0 as I will be fully sponsoring the trip. On the other hand , if we state £250 will be business account be a good evidence of where the proof of funds will come from?
5. On the form it also asks for monthly spendings and income, can the business account which is the only account statement being submitted be a good evidence?

I will highly appreciate responses to my question .

Please also see list of docs being submitted from the applicant side . Is there anything else to add?
1. Business CAC
2. School registration papers and certificates
3. Business bank account in school name.
4. Business up-to date Tax payment receipts
5. Marriage certificate
6. All Children birth certificates
7. Evidence of owing Home In husband’s name
8. Nepa bill or any utility bill in husband’s name


Note I am fully sponsoring so will be submitting my bank details, payslips etc...

My sister has invited me to the UK to visit her.

I want to lodge my application in few months but need to be sure I have all the required docs.

I intend to sponsor myself. But I really know nothing about visa application.
Need you help please.

So I own a school . School is all properly registered . I have a bank account under the schools name. I pay staff fees and all expenses from there. I don’t pay myself any salary. As it’s my business, I just take money off the account when needed.

I don’t know how to approach some of the questions on the forms. Ie ; my income.

Also please what documents do I need to submit. Please ask any questions if required. Many thanks to you all.