teeplenty002: @ dontgiveup1 Thanks for your reply however did the VO told you why you were refused?and do i need to go there with hotel reservation coz my dad want to make sure i get the visa before making the payment for both ticket and hotel.

The Interviewer will not give you the outcome of the interview immediately he or she will only says you will get the result of your visa interview once you pick up your package from vfs. If the visa is issued you will see it and if refused which i don't pray it happens to you then you will as well see the reason for the refusal.You must have been told to come with your collection slip, they wont ask you to show them any additional documents aside from the ones you already submitted because they are judging your application based on the documents you already submitted so no additional documents will be accepted.They may even ask you to tell them what are the documents you submitted to prove the source of your Dad's income.My little advice is please,study properly all the documents you submitted and keep your self composed,looked directly to the interviewer when asking you question and also listen careful before you start answering any questions,if you dont understand the question ask again and it will be repeated.If you have any other thing you want to know please go ahead and ask.I pray you get this visa because you are already in the middle of getting it,if the ECO does not want to grant the visa they wont be calling you for an interview is would have been a straight refusal,so its now left for you to claim it.Good luck.

teeplenty002: Hello Nairalander, i have read so much message from this forum n i would like the house to advice me, i was called from UK embassy in Abuja to come for an interview after i submitted a visiting visa application, am a student and my dad is sponsoring my trip just for 7days,i would also like to know anyone who have attend such interview either in lag or Abj....Thanks

Keep yourself composed on that day as the interviewer they will first ask you did you filled the application forms and signed it all by yourself?.They will also ask you every single questions you filled in your application form just make sure nothing changes from what you wrote and what you will be saying.Make sure you give them a good reason why you want to travel to the UK because they might ask you why do you want to visit the UK now.You should also note the address where you will be staying in the UK because they will also ask you.Well,that is little i can say because i have also experienced it.One last thing make sure you study your application form which you submitted,i hope you still have a copy of it but in case you dont have any copy seat down and try to re-collect all the information's you wrote i'm 100% sure they will repeat the same questions for you to check some irregularities and if you are unable to defend what you wrote down you know what that means..They also interviewed me and from what i can gather its like they want to check if i submitted to them some bogus information i wont be able to defend and to give 10yrs ban but i was able to answer all the questions accurately but still get refused,so calling you for interview doesn't mean say the visa sure ooooooo. I wish you all the best..Good luck

Please, everybody in the house i will like to get an answer to this.I'm not sure if someone who was denied a visa as a tourist can apply for an Administrative review because i want to submit the review by Monday.Can anyone please help me with an answer please.

VCTROKOYE: dontgiveup1
If u want to visit UK, then don't give up. My sister's friend tried up to 8 times until she realized she needed to include a letter from her husband. Before u reapply, disclose the documents to submit for proper advice. If u need to convince with travel history, then India & Dubia are not countries to travel 2 because they are not in class of UK.

Yes,i understand your point but i wont be able to re-apply again for now just like they have said because i stated i will be going for my annual leave that's why i want to travel to the UK which im suppose to resume back to work by May.If i should re-apply again that means i have already refuse myself even before submitting because they will surely use that against me.With the refusal letter they gave me today they did not have any good reason for refusing me and that's why i want to write a review.But i want to send the review to the UK embassy in Abuja via DHL.But my question is do i still need to send them an email after that or what?Please,i need someone to put me through this.Thank you

justwise:

Going to those places will not make any different, getting visa to those countries is not difficult, getting their visa stamp on your passport will not change much.

All the best with Admin review, takes time but does work sometimes if you have a strong case.

Thank you so much @justwise i really appreciate your comment.I was only thinking i should travel after my UK refusal just for them to know after i was refused i have traveled and return to Nigeria and i have no intention of staying in the UK supposing i was given the UK. But if you says India visa wont change anything i better just seat back and await what will comes out of my review.

justwise: @dontgiveup1

Really sorry to read your experiences, you shouldn't have applied as many as you did, that is the sound of desperation.

Give it sometime, like Dis Guy suggested try other EU countries.

@justwsise from my own point of view to obtain this UK visa is not by your worth or what you submitted,Its all about whom i will give.No matter what you submitted,that's my own point of view from my experience with the UK.

justwise: @dontgiveup1

Really sorry to read your experiences, you shouldn't have applied as many as you did, that is the sound of desperation.

Give it sometime, like Dis Guy suggested try other EU countries.

@Sotaj, @Dis Guy, @Vctrokoye, @Justwise Thank you so much for your responses i really do appreciate each single word you all say.Im just coming from my solictor partnaining to the Administrative Review i intend to write because applying even in the future will still make this people take me for nobody if i still keep silent.Im sending out my review to them by Monday.Im worried applying to other European countries wont work because of my previous UK refusal stamps on my passport. I am thinking of trying India or Dubia. I was re-applying thinking what they are refusing me on i can make amendment not knowing i'm putting myself up for more refusal.Please,anymore advice if im doing the right thing?Thank you all and God bless.

I have been going through this forum everyday reading people's view and using to package my tourist visa application.Firstly,i will say a very big thank you to Justwise because you are really doing a great job answering people's questions and given them answers to what they needed to know.Now,its my turn to get help and i will love to welcome anybody's comments in order to know what next to do.I really dont know where to start from but i will surely start from some where,here it goes.
I applied for a student visa both in 2007 and 2008,once in 2007 and 3times in 2008 both applications refused due to my sponsor's bank statements not unable to satisfy the ECO that i was unable to meet the cost of my visa application despite the fact that i submitted 1 of his bank statement.In 2008 same excuses was given for the fact that i re-applied with about 4 different bank statements including his domiciliary account just to prove to the ECO that my sponsor is will capable of sponsoring me and accommodating,but to my surprise the ECO ignored the domiciliary account in his comment and also denied me a visa based on the same excuses that i wont be able to accommodate myself.But in order for them not to see has a desperate applicant who is looking for ways to run away from Naija my uncle told me to forget it because they will see it has been desperate to travel abroad and that might even cause more refusal,then he wrote an appeal on my behave to the Home Office back in 2008 but the home office got my appeal letter a bit late and asked me to fax them a letter to explain why it was late before they receive it and if my reason is genuine the judge might consider my appeal and go ahead with the hearing,but unlucky me bros did not fax the letter to them and my appeal was cancelled.Then i has to move on with my life in Naija working and schooling.This is all about my student visa for 2007 and 2008.

In 2010 i decide to at least try to build my immigration history because of that UK refusal stamps really messed up my passport 4times.I traveled to Kenya for 10days.In 2012 i traveled to Kenya 2days,Tanzania 4days,Rwanda 2days,Burundi 1day,before departing for Nigeria.In 2013 early January i traveled to South Africa 2days, and Mozambique 2days then return to Nigeria.I own a poultry business and also got employed as a tour operator which my salary is based on Commission.I have a 4bedrooms apartment (Duplex) a wife and a daughter.After all this travel history then i decide to visit the UK as well at least since my last application my history has changed and i do not need anyone this time before i can obtain a UK visa then i gave it a trial.In 2012 December i applied for a tourist visa for the duration of 10days with my bank statement (current account) my land paper work,a letter from my company explaining my duty,a letter explaining im on commission basis,and also my offer of appointment letter and I.D card,which i also states all my previous refusal without lieing or hiding anything,I thought that was all that is needed to make me get the visa but to my surprise the ECO was not satisfied that i will be able to take care of myself without seeking public funds and he also said my account was artificially inflated,i just laughed saying to myself how i wish this people could see me clearly that im more than capable when i am feeding like 4 grown adult here in Naija on daily bases.I gave it another try hoping i can correct all the loop holes in my refusal but i was again refused.Then i said to myself what exactly is happening,what else do this people want me to prove before they can believe im living a comfortable life here in Nigeria.I dont need to travel to the UK before making it God has already done it for me,i just want to travel at least to gain more exposure thats why i wanted to go to this UK not for any other reason.In my second tourist refusal that was in January the ECO states that i did not include any payslips,nor a salary account that i also had 2kids which i said in my application that i only had one child and her birth certificate was included in my application right from the start.I decide to call the attention of my solicitor to see to my application which she said i should include some thing which i did.This are the things i included...Pictures of me in my poultry farm and my manager,pictures of my deplex right from the foundation to the roofing level,Pictures of inner view for them to see im living a comfortable life in Nigeria that i will surely return and for them to see im more than capable maintain and accommodate myself while in the UK.My solicitor even include a letter to back up everything i had submitted that they are all true.I submitted the third tourist visa application which include everything that was mentioned in my previous application just to make sure the ECO wont see anything to say again.Today,im just coming from the VFS and after opening my package it was again refused.This is serious here is what the ECO says.
In order to be able to make a decision on whether or not to grant you entry clearance in this category i have taken into account your stated circumstances in Nigeria,the reasons for your visit and your proposed travel arrangements.You have declared that you are self-employed as a poultry farmer in addition to which you are employed as a tour operator with the total earnings of $2,450 1,531 pounds per month.You have unmarried partner and a child who are not accompany you on this holiday but to remain in Nigeria.You stated that you have no friends or family in the United Kingdom and are proposing to travel alone as a tourist and stay in a hotel.Given the statements you have made and documentary evidence you have presented to support your application I am not satisfied that your circumstances in Nigeria,coupled with your reasons for wishing to travel to the UK,are such that you have shown your intentions are as stated or that you intend to leave the UK at the end of your proposed visit.I have therefore refused your application because im not satisfied on the balance of probabilities that you meet all of the requirements of the relevant paragraph of the United Kingdom immigration rules.
What else do this people still want from me do they want me to bring my head before granting me a visa?I submitted payslips,my poultry farm pictures,pictures of my wife and daughter pictures of my introduction because we are not yet married so i have no reason to lie that's why i state unmarried partner to use pictures to back up my claims.It was even stated in my leave letter that i am going to the UK in preparation of our tour in summer that i will also do some findings of where we can come and the company says they will give me 200pounds for my transportation fare for the running so it wont be from my pocket.
Please, everybody in the house are they expecting me to come with my wife and child before given me the visa?While i thought keeping them here is another good way to prove to them im coming back.Do they want me to sleep on the street when i get to the UK or start knocking doors for accommodation during my stay..lol i cant laugh to be honest..What do they really want.Do i need to have family in the UK before they can grant me a visa?Please,i want you to give me advise.I have another 3 UK refusal stamps on my passport and this is my second passport im using,the first one expired last year and i applied with both passport for them to know im not hiding anything.UK is the only refusal stamps on both passport.
Now,here is my own suggestion,i am not going to apply again because they will keep doing the same thing to me,my visa money dey sweet them.Im going to tell my lawyer to write a review on my behave and send it to them in Abuja because that is where they have been refusing me.Because it takes longer period to be out.I am thinking of going to maybe India and Dubia just for them to see after my refusal i don travel again..Please everybody in the house what should i do?Any questions im ready to answer..