Gam22:


Did you receive your visa? And were you able to make the deadline. Please I’m currently waiting for mine

AbigailUkaegbu:
Thank you for your response and letting me know. So it means I will have to pay extra if I need Assisted Service of uploading documents yeah?



I have used the Portharcourt TLS centre twice all in the month of September 2023 (for my mum’s visit visa and my sister in law’s). Aside the courier service and refreshments being offered, all the decisions were made within 5 working days. So I believe it includes priority service.

ShootingStar92:


Please note that they do not offer assisted service at this centre. Upload all documents yourself

AbigailUkaegbu:
Thank you so much and God bless you. One last question, From owerri, if i use Rivers state Transport and stop at the final bustop(waterlines) is the Hotel close to the park location or am i to stop before getting to the park?

AbigailUkaegbu:
Thank you so much and God bless you. One last question, From owerri, if i use Rivers state Transport and stop at the final bustop(waterlines) is the Hotel close to the park location or am i to stop before getting to the park?

MrSoftlife:


The hotel is close to the park. Use a cab as advised.

ShootingStar92:


I live in the UK so I’m not the best person to answer this question but I remember my mom saying that the venue (hotel presidential) required they alight at ‘Rumola’ motor park of Peace Mass Transit and then walk or take a bolt taxi.

Khenney002:
Please how do I tackle this, I am a still a student and I stated my sister will be the sponsor.

AbigailUkaegbu:
Good day all. I hope I get answered. For those who have used the PH Center, what does the £250 cover? Is Assisted Service, Courier and Priority services included in the fee? Thank you

Khenney002:

Thank you I will work on that too.. please I need more clarification on the amount issue.

giselle237:

Priority fees are £500 flat. The centre states that the fees are for courier, sms and premium lounge. It does not cover priority. If they decide before the stipulated time then that’s great but it doesn’t cover priority as priority fees are paid straight to UKVI and can not be conjoined with courier fees and premium lounge fees which are collected in Naira by TLS.

Cashmadam:


Sorry about the refusal.

My thoughts:

1. If you get some money as allowance, it is expected that you will have some savings - no matter how little (unless you are a minor). In that case, you should try and save some money every month before you reapply.

2. Based on number 1 above, in the section where you are asked how much you will personally spend, you can then input a reasonable amount that is supported by the amount of money in your savings. Nothing outrageous please.

3. Your sister can sponsor you with 3,000. Just ensure her documents support this

4. Provide documents from your school - ID card, results etc. Credible and verifiable documents to prove that you are indeed a student and you have a reason to come back to Nigeria to complete your education. If there is any reason for case worker to believe you can abandon your schooling in Nigeria to start afresh in the UK, your application will be refused.

I suggest you take your time to put your documents together, save some money and fill your form carefully before your reapply.

Good luck!

giselle237:
Write £1 or 1 naira for the PERSONALLY part since the student is not contributing shi shi. I’ve mentioned this on different occasions on this thread.

Khenney002:

Thank you boss, but please do you how long it take for them to send collection mail after the refusal?

giselle237:

Priority fees are £500 flat. The centre states that the fees are for courier, sms and premium lounge. It does not cover priority. If they decide before the stipulated time then that’s great but it doesn’t cover priority as priority fees are paid straight to UKVI and can not be conjoined with courier fees and premium lounge fees which are collected in Naira by TLS.

giselle237:
Oh my God. If it is a priority application you would pay for it. I never said it is not available to purchase. The money does not go to TLS. It goes to the Home office and tbat is why priority and super priority are only collected in pounds. I repeat it is a UKVI service.
Your mother and sisters applications were not priority applications.
They were treated fast according to you because the PH centre currently has low waiting times for now and NOT because they paid for it.
Stop arguing about what you have not understood or do not know. Your file jacket would also be a different COLOUR on biometrics day and not same as standard applications.
Priority is a UKVI service and the payment goes directly to UKVI and as such is classed as a REGULATED service. Not to TLS. If you kindly would open your tls page and see that priority and super priority fees are only collected in British pounds while the other fees are charged in naira. They are also not found on the first page but on the last page. That is step 2.
Sms, premium lounge, primetime, flexi, courier, keep your passport etc are services offered directly by that TLS location so are collected in Naira. For an application to be processed PRIORITY OR SUPER PRIORITY it would need to be paid for in BRITISH POUNDS and the application set at the top of the queue and the money for this is transferred directly to the UKVI and thus collected in pounds.

ShootingStar92:

First of all, you can actually pass your input across without being rude and condescending. We are all trying to help.
Secondly, I’m not dragging it out I merely pointed out what I saw on the gov.uk website and my personal experience.
Thanks

Arise01:
Happy Sunday Guys, I have two questions for clarification.
1) How much is two years visa fees? https://visa-fees.homeoffice.gov.uk/y/nigeria/usd/visit/standard-visitor-visa---for-uk-isle-of-man-jersey-and-guernsey/all
2) pls can I use 4months statement of account for my visa process. Thanks

ShootingStar92:


I have used the Portharcourt TLS centre twice all in the month of September 2023 (for my mum’s visit visa and my sister in law’s). Aside the courier service and refreshments being offered, all the decisions were made within 5 working days. So I believe it includes priority service.

Peachesarewhite:


Is priority service price different for locations? Cos priority service was increased from £250 to £500
two weeks ago, so how can you say those services plus priority cost £250?


Your waiting time was less probably because they had less applications to attend to.

elohim24:
Hello guys .... my wife's parents were refused visa last week. They are coming to the UK for the daughters graduation and the daughter indicated she'll be funding everything with about £2,000 each and her statement of account has almost 7k. We plan to reapply immediately because the graduation is 4 weeks away... can we put 1m each in their account and say they plan to spend half of it personally during the trip or we should nullify their own statement of account entirely... below is the screenshot of the refusal letters

giselle237:
1 month for graduation is the first red flag.
Next pls clarify what documents proving their ties to Nigeria that they did submit. It is not good enough that the sponsor will wholly fund their trip. Their personal circumstances each would be taken into account and now to make matters worse both of them who would have served as home tie to the other, both of them want to travel together for graduation. Not good enough seeing that they have failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt why they will be returning to Nigeria.
Stuffing each person’s account with 1 million and reapplying is not the solution. U must address and prove what will bring them back to Nigeria.

elohim24:


It was stated in the application that they want to spend some times with the grandkids before returning to Nigeria.... as for documents, my mother in law is a deputy director for which I submitted appointment letter, last promotion letter and statement of account. My father in law is retired and appointment and retirement letter was provided as well... the document of the house which they jointly owned was provided as well. We might reduce the time to 2 weeks though.

giselle237:
they cant have such long years of working or just retiring and present such account statements and both of them want to be sponsored fully. What happens if your sister with 7k pounds after spending 4k on them is not able to meet up? So she would be left with 3k. Then if something happens and both are not able to go back, she will be struggling financially as she would have her bills + them tk take care of. Then does it mean they will recourse to public funds? My opinion. .. do not reapply now, work on bank statements… work on ties. At least the person working should aim to have some funds. Cnt have only 300k in account and say they will spend 200k out of it. ECO is asking what sort of decision is this? To spend almost all account balance on 1 month trip that one can not personally afford makes no sense and casts doubts on their intention.
Last promotion letter is not enough, provide all promotion letters and lastly let one person step down for the other while using the other partner as one of home ties.
If one person gets granted, then second can retry

elohim24:


They can't travel separately as my father in law is almost 70 and he can't stay back or come alone, also If We are to work on the statement, it will definitely be late for the graduation. They both have cooperative savings over the years that is into millions but I don't feel it's necessary that's why I didn't put it in the previous application.