Uzzybekee:
Visit Visa Alert 🚨🚨

Biometrics 18th Jan
Collection mail 29th Jan
Picked up today 30th Jan

diekosam:
Hi, I got this msg from UKVI today, biometric was done jan 19th.
Thank you for applying for a UK visa. Your visa application has been received and is under consideration. We aim to process non settlement applications within 15 working days (unless you have opted for the Priority Visa service), and settlement applications within 120 working days.

Unfortunately, the processing of your application has not been straightforward and we will be unable to decide your application within our customer service targets. We are continuing to work on your application and aim to make a decision as soon as possible.

We will write to you again if there is any change to this. Please do not attend the Visa Application Centre until you have been advised that your application has been decided and that your passport is ready for collection.

Kind Regards,

UK Decision Making Centre

Trace0008:
Please I want to confirm if I can upload additional documents at my appointment venue for my uk visit visa as I chose the self service and couldn’t finish uploading all my documents before it submitted to TLS. Can I upload on that day even if it means paying extra cash. My location is Victoria island Lagos

Kunleop:


Congratulations

Pls did you go for piority service?

Trace0008:
Please I want to confirm if I can upload additional documents at my appointment venue for my uk visit visa as I chose the self service and couldn’t finish uploading all my documents before it submitted to TLS. Can I upload on that day even if it means paying extra cash. My location is Victoria island Lagos

Daniel2802:


Yeah Schengen visa was my first call of action when I got my passport (I did change of name in September and it got delayed till April first week, Nigeria wahala). However the earliest appointment date I saw was 19th May, which wasn't working for the conference schedule.

I'm honestly tired although I've sent the Montenegro ministry of foreign affairs an email, if things don't work out, I'll just free it and go for the upcoming Kenya conference.

Kunleop:
Hi

Pls i just check the tracker now and i can see the application has been transfered to VAC.

Is the visa successful?

I have not receive any email on the decision.
Pls for people that just got the visa. Is the application approved?

Arise01:
Congratulations to us man. I got my 6month visa on 26/1/24. When are you traveling? I will like to have your contact

Meshach171:
Feb. 28th

justwise:
This is Part5 of the UK visiting/tourist visa thread

Part 4 is here https://www.nairaland.com/5233246/general-uk-visa-enquiries-part

Visit this link for application and other info https://www.gov.uk/standard-visitor-visa/apply

Good luck

Uzzybekee:
hello all,

Please if one has a valid US Visa, do you still require a schengen transit visa to visit the UK? ( Flying KLM to UK)? Who has gone through this or someone please point me to where i can read up on the transit visa thing. i have been searching. Help me ooo

opeolukoya:
Goodday All
Please I need your advise i was meant to travel to the uk 11th nov 2023 and i was robbed 10th nov with all documents stolen including my passport with UK and Canada Visas..so 1 couldn't travel again
I applied for a new passport and can't get a replacement visa on it was told will have to pay as if I am just applying for a new one mind you it's a 2 years visa to be expired Nov 2024 any advise help will be highly appreciated

sewenbigboi:

Pls kindly help me with a comment
I’m a quantity surveying student I graduated 2019 I’m looking to have my masters In uk or any other Europe country that offers quantity surveying course pls kindly help and those not require IElTS

opeolukoya:
Goodday All
Please I need your advise i was meant to travel to the uk 11th nov 2023 and i was robbed 10th nov with all documents stolen including my passport with UK and Canada Visas..so 1 couldn't travel again
I applied for a new passport and can't get a replacement visa on it was told will have to pay as if I am just applying for a new one mind you it's a 2 years visa to be expired Nov 2024 any advise help will be highly appreciated

sanyaolurilwan:
Hello, Good Morning
Please I have a question:
If I apply for a 10year UK Visit Visa and my passport validity has 9yr left, please how many years will I be granted? Will they grant me till the expiration of my passport same way Canada does or what?
Thanks... From experience please!

lajumberg:
Hi everyone. I want to put in application for my mother to visit me in the UK. She is a petty trader with very low income, can I say that I would be sponsoring her visit 100% and not provide her statement of account at all? I am planning to submit my statement of account showing over £10,000.

Ithaca:
Good day everyone!

So my sister is graduating in July 2024 and wants to invite me to come over. I plan on applying for a 6 month visitor-visa to go on a 3-week trip, to attend her graduation and then spend the extra time visiting, so i'm thinking through the application process now.

Here is some background:

I work in a tier 1 bank and have been working there for about 6 years. In terms of income, i've been promoted a couple of times and now earn about 600k monthly, 500k quarterly lump sum allowance, 1m upfront and 1.3m leave allowance (which i can take at any point in time once i apply for leave during the year). I also have some reasonable funds in a dollar mutual fund and stock portfolio (circa $10k). I'm 27, female, single with no kids, and not much travel history (well, except a personal trip to Ghana in 2018 and a work trip to an African country in 2023). My sister intends to accommodate me for the trip, but i'll pay for my flight ticket, outings, shopping money etc etc. I am entitled to 25 leave days every year which covers my proposed 3 week trip, and i have my pension statement (going back 6 years) which has a balance of about N3m.

In terms of how i run my salary account, my monthly expenses are about 200k, and i pretty much take out about 400k for savings/investments every month (usd based because leaving it in naira is a losing bet), so its not a straightforward debit salary account, credit usd dom account, and sometimes my naira salary account goes down to as low as N10k. But my expenses are really that low (for context my biggest expense, which is rent, is 700k per annum (and i have receipts/rental agreements for this).

From everything i've seen so far, there seem to be two possible problems with my application:
1. Lack of home ties: No husband, kids or properties, the only thing tying me to Nigeria is my job. (Not sure what i will do about this except i can somehow procure a husband in Q1 2024 )
2. Salary account Usage: Account balance drops quite low periodically, and i cant directly tie every debit to the investments i'm doing (which range from dollar mutual funds, to US/UK stocks to crypto etc). I don't have any bulk inflows into the account though - just salary and allowances.

What do you think i can do between now and say April 2024 when i intend to turn in the application to address these flaws?

Thank you!

Ithaca:


Good afternoon everyone!

This is a follow up on my earlier post. I was considering all the wahala with my salary account statement and the ease (or lack thereof) of explaining how I run my account, the account balances getting quite low periodically, converting my naira salary to dollars that I put in dollar mutual funds/buy U.S stocks etc, and it is looking more and more complicated to me.

Since last December when I made this post, I have been running my salary account to match the explanation I will give of my finances - salary and allowances come in, and then single debits of my net income/savings to a naira mutual fund (I figure it would be easier to explain that my monthly disposable income/savings just goes to a mutual fund account that I can print a statement for).

Now to my question, can I get away with printing less than 6 months statement for my salary account? I want to cut out all the parts before December when I started being deliberate about how my account is run. Can I get away with a 4 month statement? I want to turn in the application in March.

P.s - I am a first time applicant.