Emissaryfati:
Hello everyone,

Any advice for someone who hasn’t travelled to any of the shenghen countries. Where should I be looking at?

Travel history- Ghana, Kenya, Morocco and Dubai.
I have been denied visa thrice by the United Kingdom.
First time in 2017, second in 2021 and third in 2022.

I am in paid employment, monthly salary average at N1.67m. I have NGN10m saved in my salary account.

Thank you in anticipation.

thelma76:


Try France or Italy.

Emissaryfati:
Hello everyone,

Any advice for someone who hasn’t travelled to any of the shenghen countries. Where should I be looking at?

Travel history- Ghana, Kenya, Morocco and Dubai.
I have been denied visa thrice by the United Kingdom.
First time in 2017, second in 2021 and third in 2022.

I am in paid employment, monthly salary average at N1.67m. I have NGN10m saved in my salary account.

Thank you in anticipation.

zionuklove:
does. it mean visa is approved?

i applied for my folks 3 of them, and they did biometrics on 3rd.. but they received a dhl message that that their package is on the way with tracking

i did track the progress but it says its not completed so im kinda confused


is it too early?

Thegamingorca:
was it priority or standard application?

Faithluv5:


My mum finally picked up her passport today and she was given the 6months visit visa. Thank you so much for your help.

haaryobhami:
£250

Surelyagain:
Hello good afternoon boss, can I send a mail please. I'll like to ask a few questions.

sen2paco:
visa alert!

standard application (IKEJA)for MIL

Biometrics: 26th of June
DMC received email: 1st of July
Collection mail and Courier mail: 5th of July
DHL delivery: 6th of July

BRAINNY:
Turkish airlines, Ethiopian airlines, Egypt Air, Royal air maroc, Kenya airways, Rwandair; I avoided Turkey cos I felt it is Europe and had to pay more. Please, what if any of these Arilines transit through any of the countries requiring a schengen visa?

Emissaryfati:
Hello Everyone,

Discovered this thread after I submitted my visa application but I have found it very helpful. Thank you to the contributors. I had plan to come back to testify but I have been dealt a major surprise.

I have a history of three visa refusals. The first in 2017, I traveled to Dubai after the refusal in the same year.

The second was in 2021, travelled to Ghana post the refusal.

The third refusal was in the 2022. In 2023. I travelled to Ghana and Morocco.

Within the last 10 years, I have also been to Kenya on two occasions.

I have just been denied UK visa for the fourth time, I received the email today the 8th of July,2023.

Purpose of my trip and duration:

10 days
Attend a graduation ceremony for one day and for tourism for the remainder days until my return to Nigeria.

Please see refusal letter below:

You state you will be visiting UK to attend your friend graduation ceremony. You state you are employed and earn xxxxxx monthly. You state you have no additional income or have declared no savings. You state you will personally be spending 2924.52 GBP on your UK trip.

• In support of your application you have provided letter of employment, you payslips, your UK host invitation letter and a savings bank statement in your name.

• You state you will be visiting UK to attend your friend graduation ceremony. In support you have provided documents from your UK host. However, the supporting information does not demonstrate your relation with your UK host as you state. The lack of evidence which can confirm that you have a genuine relation with your UK host leads me to question your stated purpose of visit to UK and weather you will leave UK by the end of your visit.

• You state you are employed at xxxxxxxx as a Senior Manager. I acknowledge that you provided your employment information to support your application. However, open source checks conducted with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) in your country of residence, stated that your employer’s company named xxxxx is inactive and not currently registered within Nigeria. This undermines the credibility of your employment circumstances and therefore your financial and personal circumstances in your country of residence.

• This means that, on the evidence before me, and the balance of probabilities, I am not satisfied that you have faithfully presented your circumstances or intentions in wishing to enter the UK. I am not satisfied that you intend to leave the UK at the end of your visit [
and that you are genuinely seeking entry for a purpose that is permitted by the visitor routes. Your application is therefore refused under paragraph V 4.2 (a) and (c) [b]of the Immigration Rules.

• Rate of exchange £1 = [987.73 NGN] (reference www.oanda.com on [07/07/2023]

Documents submitted;

Invitation letter from my friend
British passport data page
Invitation from school to attend graduation ceremony.
Introduction letter from my organization (a blue chip company in Nigeria. In the top 5 FMCGs in Nigeria, listed on NSE)
Work ID
Employment letter
Promotion letter
Share award statement (from my organization)
Pay slips (6months)
Bank statement (6 months)
Cover letter detailing my itinerary, income, expenditure.

Any advice or thoughts?

Their point around the company being inactive I find preposterous.

Thank you in anticipation.

Emissaryfati:
Hello Everyone,

Discovered this thread after I submitted my visa application but I have found it very helpful. Thank you to the contributors. I had plan to come back to testify but I have been dealt a major surprise.

I have a history of three visa refusals. The first in 2017, I traveled to Dubai after the refusal in the same year.

The second was in 2021, travelled to Ghana post the refusal.

The third refusal was in the 2022. In 2023. I travelled to Ghana and Morocco.

Within the last 10 years, I have also been to Kenya on two occasions.

I have just been denied UK visa for the fourth time, I received the email today the 8th of July,2023.

Purpose of my trip and duration:

10 days
Attend a graduation ceremony for one day and for tourism for the remainder days until my return to Nigeria.

Please see refusal letter below:

You state you will be visiting UK to attend your friend graduation ceremony. You state you are employed and earn xxxxxx monthly. You state you have no additional income or have declared no savings. You state you will personally be spending 2924.52 GBP on your UK trip.

• In support of your application you have provided letter of employment, you payslips, your UK host invitation letter and a savings bank statement in your name.

• You state you will be visiting UK to attend your friend graduation ceremony. In support you have provided documents from your UK host. However, the supporting information does not demonstrate your relation with your UK host as you state. The lack of evidence which can confirm that you have a genuine relation with your UK host leads me to question your stated purpose of visit to UK and weather you will leave UK by the end of your visit.

• You state you are employed at xxxxxxxx as a Senior Manager. I acknowledge that you provided your employment information to support your application. However, open source checks conducted with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) in your country of residence, stated that your employer’s company named xxxxx is inactive and not currently registered within Nigeria. This undermines the credibility of your employment circumstances and therefore your financial and personal circumstances in your country of residence.

• This means that, on the evidence before me, and the balance of probabilities, I am not satisfied that you have faithfully presented your circumstances or intentions in wishing to enter the UK. I am not satisfied that you intend to leave the UK at the end of your visit [
and that you are genuinely seeking entry for a purpose that is permitted by the visitor routes. Your application is therefore refused under paragraph V 4.2 (a) and (c) [b]of the Immigration Rules.

• Rate of exchange £1 = [987.73 NGN] (reference www.oanda.com on [07/07/2023]

Documents submitted;

Invitation letter from my friend
British passport data page
Invitation from school to attend graduation ceremony.
Introduction letter from my organization (a blue chip company in Nigeria. In the top 5 FMCGs in Nigeria, listed on NSE)
Work ID
Employment letter
Promotion letter
Share award statement (from my organization)
Pay slips (6months)
Bank statement (6 months)
Cover letter detailing my itinerary, income, expenditure.

Any advice or thoughts?

Their point around the company being inactive I find preposterous.

Thank you in anticipation.

Cashmadam:


Thank you for your response, really appreciate it. I have embedded my response in yours below.

Good monring. So sorry for the refusal. My thoughts:
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1. Give UK space for now. Try other Countries like US, France, Germany etc /[b]Noted
2. Keep your account "clean" six months before your next application. No credits that are not related to your salary or allowances paid by your employer/ [/b]Noted

3. You did not declare savings. That is a big problem. The money in your account is actually your savings. Did you declare any asset?

/ [b]I provided my savings, didn’t declare any assets

4. What is so important about attending your friend's graduation? He/She is not close family. A red flag
5. Your budget for over 2K Pounds was too high. Another red flag reason for travel was for the ceremony for one day and the rest days for tourism.

6. Your employer not showing up on CAC is just another reason to deny you the visa. A lot of companies show inactive. Will take it up at work
7. Next time, simply say you are travelling for holiday as a tourist and explain what you will do and where you will go throughout your stay. If you like, you can add a detailed cover letter. I did, reason for travel was for the ceremony for one day and the rest days for tourism.
8. Please confirm that you were not banned in the past. No I haven’t.
9. Let us know when you want to start your next application so that we can help. After four denials, you have a lot of convincing to do. I will hold my horse
10. If you can afford it, travel to an EU Country this year. And another EU Country next year. In 2025, try UK again. Thank you

Nice day!

thelma76:


Thank you for taking out time to respond, really appreciate this.

Damn this was a painful refusal because it could have been avoided if you came to this thread earlier :’(

The preposterousness is amusing because that’s how I was also speaking English about my company’s CAC status being quoted as a reason for refusal until I checked the portal and it was truly inactive for that year. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

I’ll say it again, UKVI does not care if your company is top 3 in West Africa if it’s not active on CAC as at the date of verification. I work in a company that literally partners with the FCDO on various projects and they still quoted that inactivity as a factor for refusal.

If you ask me, the only things you need to fix are the CAC status and justify relationship between the invitee and yourself because budgeting ~£2500 to spend on a graduation ceremony for someone who’s not family is an interesting decision to UKVI (it appears they didn’t have issues with your finances but it’s best to double check ahead of your next application if your disposable income and trip budget make sense when compared because trust, that’s the next thing they’ll hang on to if you fix other reasons) The cover letter explicitly stated I was dedicating one day to attend the ceremony and the rest of the trip for tourism.


If you can include a cover letter that explicitly explains why you must absolutely attend this graduation (especially if it’s just a friend and not a family member) then that should help a bit. You also need to speak with your company secretary or legal team to fix the CAC status. I literally caused wahala for my own team , I had one other reason for refusal but held on to that CAC one like it was the only reason. I will definitely be taking this up with them.

Goodluck! And sorry about the refusal

thelma76:


Damn this was a painful refusal because it could have been avoided if you came to this thread earlier :’(

The preposterousness is amusing because that’s how I was also speaking English about my company’s CAC status being quoted as a reason for refusal until I checked the portal and it was truly inactive for that year. I’ll say it again, UKVI does not care if your company is top 3 in West Africa if it’s not active on CAC as at the date of verification. I work in a company that literally partners with the FCDO on various projects and they still quoted that inactivity as a factor for refusal.

If you ask me, the only things you need to fix are the CAC status and justify relationship between the invitee and yourself because budgeting ~£2500 to spend on a graduation ceremony for someone who’s not family is an interesting decision to UKVI (it appears they didn’t have issues with your finances but it’s best to double check ahead of your next application if your disposable income and trip budget make sense when compared because trust, that’s the next thing they’ll hang on to if you fix other reasons)

If you can include a cover letter that explicitly explains why you must absolutely attend this graduation (especially if it’s just a friend and not a family member) then that should help a bit. You also need to speak with your company secretary or legal team to fix the CAC status. I literally caused wahala for my own team , I had one other reason for refusal but held on to that CAC one like it was the only reason.

Goodluck! And sorry about the refusal

Faithluv5:
hello, please what documents did they ask you to provide. I also want my mum to visit me but I don't know where to start. Thanks.

My mum finally picked up her passport today and she was given the 6months visit visa. Thank you so much for your help.

Happinext:
Visitor Visa alert

Biometric 15 June
Collection notification: 27 June

It is for my mum - first time application, fully funded. The only document from her was her passport. No statement from her. I am a student (Sept last year)

Documents submitted

1. Employment letter
2. 4 months pay slip
3. BRP (mine and spouse)
4. Passports (appplicant's, mine and spouse's)
5. Statements (mine and spouse only)
6. Spouse's HMRC return (He is self-employed)
7. Tickets to and fro (a step of faith)
8. Tenancy agreement
9. Letter of Invitation
10. A letter from my school to confirm my status and intention to invite my mum

Application was done by my hubby. It was after he submitted it I came across this thread. Info here created more fear in my heart. But we kept our fingers crossed.

Fraih:

congratulations.
Did you get any empty nsf at any point

rittyben:
I just did a paid call now and they said decision has been made that I should expect 'Passport collection Mail today or tomorrow'. Since the agent could tell me what decision was made, I am so scared right now.

rittyben:

Visa Denied

Fraih:

Oh wow sorry about that

KaceeDcontrol:
Another quick question, guys, please, when you invite someone applying for a visit visa, do you typically include the rent agreement.
The rent agreement I have includes a clause that the landlord needs to approve in writing any occupier in the apartment outside those named on the agreement.
Given the above and the fact that I do not have Landlord's written consent, should I still include rent agreement or use other documents like council tax and other bills to prove my address?