Petrak1:


Hello. Please help clarify. Does your solicitor have to be UK based? I am in the process of sending a PAP after an annoying refusal even though all evidences provided. I have been following this thread for a while now.

I am looking at filing for the PAP too... so we can connect

Dear Gurus in the house..,

Please does one get decision mail for visit visa,

We just did for my mum,she did biometrics last week friday and we got notification that passport has been shipped by DHL....it's all green in the tracking site...but we don't know if it was approved or otherwise yet...

Are we to wait for a mail like how dependants visa work or we just wait to see the passport.

Prettyoye:
Dear Gurus in the house..,

Please does one get decision mail for visit visa,

We just did for my mum,she did biometrics last week friday and we got notification that passport has been shipped by DHL....it's all green in the tracking site...but we don't know if it was approved or otherwise yet...

Are we to wait for a mail like how dependants visa work or we just wait to see the passport.

If it is a refusal you still get the mail,... if no mail it is approved.

Chudycharles:


I am looking at filing for the PAP too... so we can connect

I just replied now. I also need clarity on PAP here. I hope someone helps out. Mine is a visitor visa tho.

Morountodun90:
Good morning guys,

I am inviting my mom and my sister for my graduation. They have the following documents:
1. employment letter
2. bank statement
3. payslips
4. utility bill
5. my BRP and passport
6. me and my sisters birth certificate to show proof that we are related and to my mom as well
7. an invitation letter from me
8. My graduation letter from school and tickets

My question now is that, I stay in a houseshare only meant for one person and uploading my tenancy agreement counters their accomodation confirmation as it states that the room is meant for only one person. What document can they use instead? Should I book an hotel?

Also, should they apply for 6 months or 2-years. This is their first time coming to the UK and I don't know

Also, their bank statements shows a huge sum of money. This was sent to them after they sold one of my father's property (who is late). And we intend to add an evidence, a letter, stating this.

Book AirBnb or hotel close to your university (to pay on arrival) and attach the reservation as a supporting document. Explain in your letter that you have made accommodation arrangements.

For the large sum, they should explain this in the letter of introduction and add any proof of the sale/transaction.

Finally, as they are coming just for your graduation I recommend applying for a 6 months visa instead of 2 years as that might raise a red flag.

Prettyoye:
Dear Gurus in the house..,

Please does one get decision mail for visit visa,

We just did for my mum,she did biometrics last week friday and we got notification that passport has been shipped by DHL....it's all green in the tracking site...but we don't know if it was approved or otherwise yet...

Are we to wait for a mail like how dependants visa work or we just wait to see the passport.

It should be successful. If it wasn’t you should have received an email to that effect.

Chudycharles:


I am looking at filing for the PAP too... so we can connect

You should send a pre-action protocol (PAP) letter to Home Office UKVI before filing an immigration Judicial Review (JR) in Court and ask the Home Office UKVI to reconsider its refusal decision within 14 days.

What Is A Pre-Action Protocol (PAP)
A pre-action protocol (PAP) letter is a letter written to the Home Office, UKVI in order to try and resolve a dispute concerning an immigration matter before Judicial Review (JR) proceedings are started against the Home Office UKVI. A Pre-Action Protocol (PAP) letter may also be called a ’letter before claim’ or a ’letter before action’. All of these terms refer to the same thing.

Purpose Of Pre-Action Protocol (PAP)
The purpose of pre-action protocol (PAP) letter is to identify the issues in dispute and establish whether litigation with the Home Office, UKVI can be avoided. The letter contains the date and details of the immigration decision (the refusal letter), act or omission of the Home Office UKVI being challenged and a clear summary of the facts on which the Judicial Review claim against the Home Office, UKVI is based. It also contains the details of any relevant information that the applicant is seeking from the Home Office, UKVI and an explanation of why this is considered relevant.

Response To Pre-Action Protocol (PAP)
Immigration Judicial Review (JR) proceedings against the UKVI are not normally issued until the proposed reply date given in the letter before claim has passed, unless the circumstances of the immigration case require more immediate action to be taken. Home Office UKVI, should normally respond to letter before action (pre-action protocol letter) within 14 days and Home Office UKVI may face cost implications for failure to respond to pre-action protocol (PAP) letter unless there are good reasons for not responding within that period.

An application for permission to apply for Judicial Review can be filed in the Upper Tribunal or Administrative Court (High Court), as the case may be, if the Home Office, UKVI do not respond to the pre-action protocol letter within 14 days or the Home Office UKVI responds within 14 days but maintains their decision to refuse the immigration application.

The protocol does not affect the time limit specified by CPR Part 54.5(1) namely that an application for permission to apply for Judicial Review (JR) must be made promptly and in any event not later than 3 months after the grounds upon which the claim is based first arose.

Mail to send the letter to:

UKVIPAP@homeoffice.gov.uk

Petrak1:


I just replied now. I also need clarity on PAP here. I hope someone helps out. Mine is a visitor visa tho.

You should send a pre-action protocol (PAP) letter to Home Office UKVI before filing an immigration Judicial Review (JR) in Court and ask the Home Office UKVI to reconsider its refusal decision within 14 days.

What Is A Pre-Action Protocol (PAP)
A pre-action protocol (PAP) letter is a letter written to the Home Office, UKVI in order to try and resolve a dispute concerning an immigration matter before Judicial Review (JR) proceedings are started against the Home Office UKVI. A Pre-Action Protocol (PAP) letter may also be called a ’letter before claim’ or a ’letter before action’. All of these terms refer to the same thing.

Purpose Of Pre-Action Protocol (PAP)
The purpose of pre-action protocol (PAP) letter is to identify the issues in dispute and establish whether litigation with the Home Office, UKVI can be avoided. The letter contains the date and details of the immigration decision (the refusal letter), act or omission of the Home Office UKVI being challenged and a clear summary of the facts on which the Judicial Review claim against the Home Office, UKVI is based. It also contains the details of any relevant information that the applicant is seeking from the Home Office, UKVI and an explanation of why this is considered relevant.

Response To Pre-Action Protocol (PAP)
Immigration Judicial Review (JR) proceedings against the UKVI are not normally issued until the proposed reply date given in the letter before claim has passed, unless the circumstances of the immigration case require more immediate action to be taken. Home Office UKVI, should normally respond to letter before action (pre-action protocol letter) within 14 days and Home Office UKVI may face cost implications for failure to respond to pre-action protocol (PAP) letter unless there are good reasons for not responding within that period.

An application for permission to apply for Judicial Review can be filed in the Upper Tribunal or Administrative Court (High Court), as the case may be, if the Home Office, UKVI do not respond to the pre-action protocol letter within 14 days or the Home Office UKVI responds within 14 days but maintains their decision to refuse the immigration application.

The protocol does not affect the time limit specified by CPR Part 54.5(1) namely that an application for permission to apply for Judicial Review (JR) must be made promptly and in any event not later than 3 months after the grounds upon which the claim is based first arose.

Mail to send the letter to:

UKVIPAP@homeoffice.gov.uk

Hello everyone, please I'm here to seek knowledge how to travel to UK to give birth please can you help?

Adapeter1:
Hello everyone, please I'm here to seek knowledge how to travel to UK to give birth please can you help?

your child will not become a citizen by birth if none of parents have settled status or citizenship so why you choosing this? And the bills are not cheap. So to what end?

ShootingStar92:


To change to another TLS location you will have to cancel the current visa application and re-apply then select a different VAC location. This information is also available on TLS contact website.
You will be refunded any money you paid for the first application but it can take up to 2 weeks

To cancel the current visa application is the only option?

Good day everyone. I have my plab 2 exam in April next year and have been worried regarding the visa application. I plan on using my account but I sent a bulk amount yesterday to the account. Considering I'd be needing a 6 months bank statement which will most likely reflect the transfer is it still advisable to use my account and when/around what time can I start the visa process? Or should I get a sponsor and does it matter if the sponsor doesn't bear the same name with me?

Thank you.

6 months bank statement is actually not a prerequisite. You can select a date after the bulk amount transaction.

Timmycarter:
Good day everyone. I have my plab 2 exam in April next year and have been worried regarding the visa application. I plan on using my account but I sent a bulk amount yesterday to the account. Considering I'd be needing a 6 months bank statement which will most likely reflect the transfer is it still advisable to use my account and when/around what time can I start the visa process? Or should I get a sponsor and does it matter if the sponsor doesn't bear the same name with me?

Thank you.

Good evening everyone. Please how do I fill the visit visa application form for a one year old child who is going to travel with both parents. And then, how can both parents and child’s application be linked together because the father will be sponsoring the trip.
Thank you.

@giselle and other gurus.

Please is it ok that my Employer transfers the stated amount on the sponsorship letter to my account like 1 or 2 Weeks before my Biometric.

I will be submitting my account and that of my Employer as well.

Please I need your wise counsel.

giselle237:
either is fine.. just make sure both accounts are submitted

Gurus, pls help me Everluate my approval chances for visit visa

Zero travel history
Zero properties
30yrs no wife or kids
Bsc. Biochemistry
Gainfully employed
Naira account with monthly 11m turnover
6m in naira account
5k USD in dom account.

I also have a side business where I buy goods and waybill to people in the east hence the huge turnover, but it's not a registered business so I'm not sure I can declare it.

I intend to visit for 1 week and return, is there a chance of approval or do I focus on other things

Hello, I am a dependent on my husband student's Visa. What kind of jobs can I get around liverpool? Or what short course (program) can I do to get a job fast. Thanks all for your help

emmanuelle27:
Gurus, pls help me Everluate my approval chances for 6 months visit visa

Zero travel history
Zero properties
30yrs no wife or kids
Bsc. Biochemistry
Gainfully employed
Naira account with monthly 11m turnover
6m in naira account
5k USD in dom account

I intend to visit for 1 week and return, is there a chance of approval or do I focus on other things

What can you present to the ECO as your ties back home? And how come the large funds you have quoted in your bank. These are what you need to think about

Good day, house, Please, I have a few questions.

I was refused a Canada visa in 2016 for misrepresentation and was declared inadmissible for a period of 5 years, which ends in 2021.

How do I answer the question in the picture attached below?

Should I select Refused a Visa as well as Excluded or Banned from Entry?

Should I select Refused a visa alone and give details of what happened?

Is being excluded or banned from entry the same as the Canada visa ban?

If there's anyone here who also has the same experience, kindly share how you filled out this section of the form.

Your response will be highly appreciated.


cc giselle237

I guess I only have my job and family relatives as ties, as for the amount in my account it's from my side hustle, I buy goods for my traders contacts in the east and waybill to them from Lagos, so it's not a registered business.

ShootingStar92:


What can you present to the ECO as your ties back home? And how come the large funds you have quoted in your bank. These are what you need to think about

Advise needed:

I am a single mom of a 13-year-old boy and I am currently out of a job. My sister wants me to come visit her and her family in the UK.

My sister will be paying for the trip but I have sufficient funds to show as proof of funds.

What options do I have available to apply considering I do not have a job currently.

Pls what do I do🙏

Ziondollah:
Pls what do I do🙏

What is the issue?

Hello,

I would appreciate some help with my sister’s visa. She just received her third refusal(attached). We are quite confused about what happened with her CAc registration and are checking to see if she was scammed.

I wanted her to attend my baby’s christening which is unlikely to happen. I was going to suggest waiting until next summer the applying again.

Would it be easier if I offer to sponsor her trip 100% while she only declares her employment? I did this for my brother (they were meant to be travelling together) and he was successful.

Please help. I spent a lot of time on her application.

We did a spreadsheet explaining the source of her income with receipt. Her husband also wrote a letter confirming his monthly contribution to her account. I also provided all my details (house documents, payslip, British passport, invitation card and photos) I'm not sure what else can be done.

Would it be easier if I offered to pay for all her expenses? Help

Mamasibs:
Hello,

I would appreciate some help with my sister’s visa. She just received her third refusal(attached). We are quite confused about what happened with her CAc registration and are checking to see if she was scammed.

I wanted her to attend my baby’s christening which is unlikely to happen. I was going to suggest waiting until next summer the applying again.

Would it be easier if I offer to sponsor her trip 100% while she only declares her employment? I did this for my brother (they were meant to be travelling together) and he was successful.

Please help. I spent a lot of time on her application.

We did a spreadsheet explaining the source of her income with receipt. Her husband also wrote a letter confirming his monthly contribution to her account. I also provided all my details (house documents, payslip, British passport, invitation card and photos) I'm not sure what else can be done.

Would it be easier if I offered to pay for all her expenses? Help

3rd refusal and she can not afford her trip so much so that you now want to sponsor the trip wholly is not a good look. At least her husband if at all, should be able to sponsor the trip if she is not able to. How did she arrive at been a sole owner and not able to prove the financial status of her business and be extension her financial status? I would leave the UK alone for now. The application otherwise begins to scream of desperation.

Mamasibs:
Hello,

I would appreciate some help with my sister’s visa. She just received her third refusal(attached). We are quite confused about what happened with her CAc registration and are checking to see if she was scammed.

I wanted her to attend my baby’s christening which is unlikely to happen. I was going to suggest waiting until next summer the applying again.

Would it be easier if I offer to sponsor her trip 100% while she only declares her employment? I did this for my brother (they were meant to be travelling together) and he was successful.

Please help. I spent a lot of time on her application.

We did a spreadsheet explaining the source of her income with receipt. Her husband also wrote a letter confirming his monthly contribution to her account. I also provided all my details (house documents, payslip, British passport, invitation card and photos) I'm not sure what else can be done.

Would it be easier if I offered to pay for all her expenses? Help

Sorry about this.

Three refusals back to back screams desperation.

If she really wants to travel for tourism, there are 194 other Countries she can visit.

Two questions the visa case worker needs answers for - Why UK? and Can she afford to travel on her income? She is an adult and will be assessed based on her financial and personal circumstances.

Leave UK for now. A fourth attempt is not a good idea for now.

Hello House . Please as a student apply for a vacation and my daddy is sponsoring for my trips.

Please assist me for the below four questions is difficult to answer:
1. What is total amount of money you spend each month?
2. How much money are you personally planning to spend on your visit to the Uk
3. How much money do you have in saving
4. How much money will they be paying towards your visit

Thanks in advance for you response

Hello, we want to apply for visiting visa for my MIL , my husband is sponsoring the trip but we are using our joint account for proof of funds, my question is do I need to write a letter to consent to this , seeing that it a joint account ?

Hi

Thank you for prompt response.

Kindly assist with the below requirement as I'm applying for my mum with limited ties to Nigeria.

I have the following documents for her,

Land documents and receipt, no certificate of occupancy,
Letter for from my mosque confirming her role and reason for travel.
Letter from Nigeria union of tailor with membership ID card.
Shop rent receipt and agreement documents.
Letter from my siblings and their prof of relationship.
Pictures with siblings and grandchildrens.
Thank you so much @cashmadam,@giselle237.
Is all this documents okay to proof of ties back home.

Kunleop:
Hi
Land documents and receipt, no certificate of occupancy,
Letter for from my mosque confirming her role and reason for travel.
Letter from Nigeria union of tailor with membership ID card.
Shop rent receipt and agreement documents.
Letter from my siblings and their prof of relationship.
Pictures with siblings and grandchildrens.
Thank you so much @cashmadam,@giselle237.
Is all this documents okay to proof of ties back home.

I’d add pictures of her in this shop or tailor union carrying out her tailoring or market activities. Pictures should be from different dates. Try to take some from outside the complex or store to give a great angle.
I’d add evidence of her children and other grandchildren that would be remaining in Nigeria when she is away eg passports or ID cards or work details or residency details
Pictures and other proofs from this land and if possible herself in them.
Where is her husband by the way?

MayCar:
Hello, we want to apply for visiting visa for my MIL , my husband is sponsoring the trip but we are using our joint account for proof of funds, my question is do I need to write a letter to consent to this , seeing that it a joint account ?

You can write a letter of consent and in the letter explain that you are aware of her visit and you consent to this and also, you consent to your joint account being used as sponsor evidence.