Not spending 3 or4 months biko. i cannot can.

Thegamingorca:



What stops you from reducing it to 5 days?


If after getting the visa. You can decide to spend 3 to 4 months there no problem

Just don't tell UK border officers that you want to spend 4 months make dem no buy you plane ticket there there, send you back

Boss calm down ke.

Its my first international visa application and i really underestimated it. Now im trying to make sure i do it correctly.

From my account statement, i have monthly debits to my investments. I also have a 365 day investment which matures 1st December 2023 which i fixed last year in my organization's microfinance bank.

Also my salary account is my organization's microfinance bank so i move money out to my commercial bank account once alert drops.

So now i plan to share the following

1 Employment letter
2. Bank statement
3. Investment certificate which shows the maturity date of my investment
4. Letter from my job
5. My sister's bank statement ( Its more than enough to cover my trip)

We have reduced the period of the trip to 21 days

My question now is, can this suffice or do i need to add a cover letter explaining the errors made in my initial application.

Thanks so much

btw i am not spending 3 times my disposable income on the trip. the amount they referred to just happened to be the balance in my salary account at the time. This is after moving my expenditure plus investments to different sources. Our salary account in my organization goes to the organization's microfinance bank.

As to my circumstances. I work in tech and i have done so for over 10 years. And i have a tech startup as my side hustle. Can i add the documentation for that as well? will it help?

Thegamingorca:
I think you need to stop listening to your sister. first first!

What are your circumstances?
What do you earn? What do you have at the end of the month from paid salary or gains every month after expenditure? Why am I spending more than 3 times my disposable income on a trip?


You are the one traveling on visitor visa. You are the one making that trip. Do your research! You can't leave responsibilities of such magnitude in the hands of ppl that will muck it up. The way she is seeing it, is not the way the ECO here in Nigeria is weighing your application especially in this tinubu era.

Put yourself in the minds of the eco living in one boy's quarter in obalende and see if it is logical to allow a visitor who was previously denied visa on partial sponsorship entry into the UK after much review and reduction of intended time visiting to 1 month from two months whose sponsor has now agreed to cover the full cost of the trip. If it was difficult to enter the eye of a needle before? This submission will make it impossible.

Because the next thing they will start saying in the next rejection is that they acknowledge her capabilities but it is your own circumstance in Nigeria that they are interested about. Meaning that they just want to know what things you have going on for you here that will definitely bring you back to Nigeria after that month.

Also if she doesn't have much savings in her bank statement to cover you. It will also count against you

ok we can reduce it to three weeks. My biggest worry is will the change of duration and sponsorship not affect the application? Because frankly i can only do 3 weeks there because of work.

Cashmadam:


Oga, what are you doing in the UK for one month? Two weeks max. Ordinarily, one month is okay but with a refusal, I think it is best you reduce the duration of your visit.

My sister filled the form and i was honestly too busy to check it. My work schedule has been crazy plus i have an entire tech startup i am running part time. I literarily had to dash in and out for the biometrics. I just sent bank statements, offer letter, letter from work etc.

I work in a publicly quoted company so i thought my offer letter should suffice and also investment lines in bank statements going back to January would work since my sister was sponsoring the trip. I didn't know she selected a partial sponsorship.

My siblings are insisting that i reapply. My sister has indicated that she will fully sponsor me (She is on a Tier 2 visa). She has reduced the duration to 1 month and she will add her her account statements etc. I will also add my Fixed deposit certificates but i will not liquidate them into my account because i dont want to have that red flag of parked funds.

What i realised is that the case workers check just the account balance and the information filled in the application. They do not go through the bank statements to even see what it contains.

I am also thinking of adding a cover letter to share perspective with whoever is handling the process on things we missed in my initial application and what we have done to resolve those issues.

Thegamingorca:



Red flag 1


Visiting for 2 whole months



Red flag 2


Spending only 2k pounds for two whole months


ECO say it be like you no Sabi maths

One week

pharrel1539:
Please how long did it take before you got this decision?

Hi everyone. I was refused a UK visa.

I attached my employment letter, An introductory letter from my job, the company i work with is listed on the stock exchange. My sister is sponsoring me but she added a partial sponsorship. the response i got is below

REASONS FOR REFUSAL NRA v 1.0
You have applied for a visa to visit the UK.
In deciding whether you meet the requirements of Appendix V: of the Immigration Rules for
visitors (https://www.gov.uk/guidance/immigration-rules/immigration-rules-appendix-v-visitorrules), I have considered:
• your application
• your immigration history
The decision
• I have refused your application for a visit visa because I am not satisfied that you meet
the requirements of paragraph(s) 4.2 of Appendix V because:
• You state that you wish to travel to the UK for 2 months to visit family. I have considered your
application carefully as I recognise the importance of family visits. I also note that your visit is
being partially sponsored, however, I have taken into account your own stated circumstances
in your home country, the reasons for your visit and your proposed travel arrangements.
• In support of your application, you have provided your bank statement, sponsor’s details, and
other supporting information.
• You state that you are employed with a monthly income of XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX. You also
personally plan to spend £2000 on your visit. As evidence of your financial circumstances, you
have provided a bank statement under your name. I note the closing balance on your
statement is XXXXXXXXXX. I am therefore not satisfied that you have sufficient funds to cover
all reasonable costs in relation to your visit. This not only undermines the credibility of your
application as a whole but causes me to doubt your intention in proposing to travel to the UK.
• Given the above, I am not satisfied that you are genuinely seeking entry for a purpose that is
permitted under the visitor route and that you will leave the UK at the end of your visit. Your
application is refused under paragraph V 4.2 (a) (c) and (e).
@ Exchange rate £1 = 984 NGN 10/11/2023

I however have some fixed deposit investments which i plan to add in my reapplication. I didnt think i needed to add it before. Also my sister will be indicating that she will sponsor me fully. Will this help? I also run a business in Nigeria aside from my full time job. Can i add the Fixed Deposit certificates (they are 3) to the application and will this help? I didnt want to liquidate the fixed Deposits because i dont want the large amounts issue. Im actually only going to the UK for 4 weeks (Christmas and New year as i have to be back at work after new Years). And is there anything else i can use to bolster my application.

Please help

Thanks