giselle237:
oh sorry… all still apply minus the Canada part… and it makes it even more difficult that you do not have the money to sponsor yourself. .. are you aged under 23 years? If you are very young, you can make a case by saying you are very young and so can not be expected to be married, own a property, assets, investments etc at 23 years old in a third world country…that most of the 23 yr olds or less in a country such as yours have same economic circumstances as you… hence you needing a sponsor… if this is not your story then you have to bring forth your own home ties.
Having 500k and no exact salary and more or less nothing to show to the ECO that would make u come back makes u very likely to be refused

America001:
Hey gurus, UK I have served my mother in-law breakfast.
She applied for a visit visa to visit me and my family. I stated that I'll be her sponsor and provided all relevant documents but I think the part where she was asked how much she would be contributing to the trip messed everything up.

I'll attach a copy of the refusal for you all to help me analyze cos we definitely want to re-apply.

Thanks bosses and bossets

tobinofadipe:
Good evening
Gurus in the house, please I am trying to upload documents on TLS but it keeps bringing me to attached page.
Please review and advise if there is something I'm doing wrong.

America001:
Hey gurus, UK I have served my mother in-law breakfast.
She applied for a visit visa to visit me and my family. I stated that I'll be her sponsor and provided all relevant documents but I think the part where she was asked how much she would be contributing to the trip messed everything up.

I'll attach a copy of the refusal for you all to help me analyze cos we definitely want to re-apply.

Thanks bosses and bossets

crackcrack:
Good morning, guys. I am having a dilemma, and I need URGENT advice, please.

My trip is in a few days, and I have already booked a hotel room for my entire stay. I haven't paid yet; I will be paying at the property. I informed my friend that I will be visiting, and he suggested I come stay at his place, which is a few hours away from London. The plan is for me to spend just a few nights in my London hotel and spend the rest of my trip at his house.

My issue is I did not mention this friend on my application because I was not planning on staying with him. I fully intended to stay in the hotel, but his offer came up, and I thought it might be nice to spend some time with him.

I am thinking of changing my hotel booking to just the first few days, but I am worried that if I show up at Heathrow will a hotel reservation that doesn't cover the whole trip, it might pose an issue with Border officials.

The most important thing to me is to not get harassed or bothered at the point of entry. But I also don't want to have to pay for a hotel when I have an offer to stay with somebody for free.

How can I navigate this? Please advise. Thanks.

tobinofadipe:
When I try to upload any documents, it keeps popping out an error has occured please try again.

Olaoke16:
I am aware that a 2-year-old child does not need to do biometrics for a UK visiting visa. Can I book an appointment for myself and take her international passport along? Do I need to book an appointment for her on the TSL site to submit her international passport and digital passport? Because I can only see premium appointments since three days ago on their site. Please, your advice is highly welcome.

giselle237:

She goes there. Her picture must be taken so she must have a booking as others. It is only finger printing part a 2 year old does not do… every other process is same. She needs an appointment

akintola213:



Did you attach her payslips?

Jamesclooney:


I think the problem was her bank statement not the £100 she was contributing to the trip. Because a £100 is less than two months salary for her.

How much was her balance and what was the source of income? Someone with a salary of less than 200k shouldn’t have an unexplained big statement balance like 5m naira upwards etc. it needs to make sense, so it’s not like account padding was done before 4 - 6 months statement.

Bimri:
Thank you, Cashmadam

But what could have been done if it wasn’t too late?

Bimri:
US and Israel

Jamesclooney:
Hi gurus,

Need advice for a friend. Family of 4 want to visit UK. First timers. 6month visa

Husband is a business man, fully registered with all necessary docs. Owns land and lots of cash in the bank.
Wife works (200k/month salary).
They’ve got direct family in UK willing to accomodate/sponsor them to support the application to be successful.


Which scenario is better?

Scenario 1
- Husband applying alone.
- then wife and children apply after husband is successful.

Scenario 2
- husband, wife and 2 dependent children apply together.

Which has better chance of success? Also what are potential pitfalls? 4mths bank statement sufficient? Etc.

Thank you

Livylicha:
Good morning everyone please I need your help.
I snd hubby want to visit the UK for 10days vacation in August.

Hubby has a very robust travel.history as he visited UK severally as a child, lived in Canada for 5 years for university and has visited Italy, China twice, Dubai, and Switzerland during the last 10 years.

I have visited dubai twice and Ghana once only.

Currently, we both have a valid 10 years canadian visa.

We have no kids yet, and run a flourishing business in Nigeria.

My sister relocated to the UK last year with her hubby via the sponsorship route.

Do we need a letter of invitation for this visa as we plan to stay in an Airbnb? How do we explain that though we would be seeing my sister, she's not the primary reason for the holiday. Do I include or omit her information?

What documents do we need? Hubby wanted us to use an agent, I said No, we don't need that, ill handle the application. Now I don't even know the first step to take.

I humbly need assistance.

iamademola:


Hello @cashmadam and everyone with experience here.

I have a situation and I need urgent advice.

So my step daughter visa was refused not on the ground that I did not adopt her legally. But on the ground that the Sole custody document gotten by my wife from Lagos magistrate court could not be verified.

Please note that this documents was gotten genuinely and the court granted her sole custody as requested by ukvi in the NSF mail .
But now ukvi said they were unable to verify it, we sent someon to the court to verify the hardcopy it was there in their file. What could be wrong? How could Ukvi be doing their verification of this documents.

see attached image.

Cashmadam:


Either scenerio will work.

Everything depends on their personal and financial circumstances.

If one of the parents has travel history, it does help. Since none has, I suggest they apply as a family - for family vacation.

6 months bank statement would be advisable. When it comes to applying for visas, take your time. Don't rush. It is better to get tit right and avoid a refusal.

Jamesclooney:


Thanks if they do as a couple only, leaving kids with grandparents for short holiday will that help with ties. Yes, that will help. Other ties are:
- Husband owns a business with CAC and robust accounts. However doesn’t pay himself a salary monthly to personal account. How can he mitigate the risk here? He needs to pay himself a salary for six months and then apply. It is risky to apply without doing that.

- Wife. Has a remote job. Salary comes as forex but has to be moved around a bit and shows up on her dorm account as self deposits. If that happens monthly, they will still wonder where she got the FX from..

NB - they both have travel history.
Husband has been to Uk Over ten years ago. And Italy 5yrs ago. That helps
Wife has been to Italy 5yrs ago, but rejected by UK & USA (does she need to disclose USA visa refusal, does UK share information with USA?) Please declare all refusals. It will not be a big deal as long as your finances and home ties are in order

Thank you for your time.

Cashmadam:


Four sponsors for what exactly? You will cause unnecessary confusion! Three people should transfer their contribution to the fourth person and then the fourth person will act as the sponsor. Count six months from the day after the money was transfered. Don't transfer money to your Mum's account

snowphunmee:
Good day all, please I need your advice. Myself and my siblings, all four of us, intend to sponsor our mum’s trip to the UK. In filling out the form, we have stated our names as the sponsors. Should we all submit our bank statements, or should we transfer the funds to our mum’s account before submitting the visa application?

stKorea:
Also, I'm seeing a fee tagged as user pay fee of 76 pounds.. I don't know why it's so, cos I can't pay what I don't owe and it delaying my appointment submission.

Pls, what would've caused this and what's the way forward?

stKorea:


I need an answer to this please bosses in the house..

snowphunmee:
Yes you will have to pay for it if you chose VI as your appointment location. Ikeja is free but too late to change to that.

stKorea:


Oh okay, thanks for this..

One more thing, is there any file or documents specifications to upload on tls? Or the system accepts all specification

BruceXavier:


Not only will you have to pay the 76GBP, you might not be to select a self service date without paying for primetime or one of the additional services from TLS. I hope it has now been resolved if not you wont be able to proceed to checkout without adding one of he premium services.

All the best