ekpotek:


Your case is not unique and it's important that other applicants learned from whatever advice that is provided here, so sharing it here help other applicants that may be in your same situation. The best way forward in your next application is to address the issues raised by the ECO in your last refusal. For me to help, you can post/share the refusal letter here and block out any identifier information. Or you can just type out the most pertinent reasons for your last refusal for us to help out.

JayJay0211:
I think it might be viewed slightly less differently as dates of birth as key to people's identity verification.
If he is "lucky", the ECO might view this as an honest mistake. If not, he might need to go further by showing proof ( attaching birth certificate etc) to eliminate any doubts. My 2 cents!

smsglory:


That is it

Owoniran:
Good afternoon Justwise and other Ogas.

I need advice before I apply next month. I'm a Doctor and I want to apply for a visa in order to go write PLAB(Uk licensing exam) on June 26 in London. My issue is this,I wrote the exam in Lagos in March, result came out April 20th,I didn't pass. The exam can only be written in March and Nov in Nigeria but it is offered in UK in June.
My brother has an indefinite leave to remain in the UK with his family. He will provide documents for me,I plan on staying with him for the 2 weeks during of my stay. I can get a letter from my employer stating that I will be on leave in June and I want to go write the exam in UK. I have about #1.3million in my account,my salary is paid directly into the account.I make like #170K monthly .

However,I've been previously denied visa twice in 2008 and 2013 on grounds that I didn't show enough evidence that I will return.

Can you give me pointers to make my application successful? Thank you

tmoneyluvsu:
Happy Sunday to you all, pls how important is tax clearance during visa application, to be sincere my company evades tax many times.

Tjslyy:


Thanks for the response. Please can you help with how the letter can look like. I mean the content, just trying to being careful of what to say and not say.

jossyking10:
Thanks for your response. But please is the 150k my net salary okay to show to the ECO? My account balance is 756k and I intend to put my flight for £500 and other expenses to be £250 for 2 weeks but the feeding and accommodation are not going to be included as I will look elsewhere to get the accommodation document. Am married with no kids yet. Thanks.

ekpotek:


Was your previous visa denials related to you going to write PLAB exam?

Owoniran:


No,it wasn't..I just wanted to visit then.

ekpotek:


Okay. You need to focus more your job and to convince the ECO that you will return. Check my previous responses to this same issue to get the idea of the kind of documents you will need to provide.

ekpotek:


In order for your next application to be sucesssful, you must do the following:

Determine your monthly salary and start paying yourself this salary be transfering funds from company account to your personal account monthly. Build this up for the next six-eight months to clean the bank statements for your company and personal accounting processes. This way the issue raised by ECO will be addressed. The ECO is concerned about you sources of your salary which you stated to N300,000 monthly not reflected in your personal bank account or debited from your company bank account. Another way is that you can decide to fund your visit using company funds. Then you will need to provide documents to show the ECO the benefit of the conference to your business. Also provide documents to support any large deposit into you company account from your clients.

smsglory:


Thanks noted all your points.
What to know, can one apply with a low balance, but the transactions in the statement shows alot of inflow and outflow flow of cash.

I have heard of 2 different guys who got a visa even with very low balance

jossyking10:
Ok. But please can I say my brother that is going to do the convocation will pay for my flight or I should say he will give me money for living expenses while in the UK? Please which one can I say he will pay for on my behalf. Should I say flight or living expenses. If that is the case please what are the things he need to send as a proof that he can afford it. Thank you.

Owoniran:


How do I convince the ECO that I'll return? A strong letter from my employer? I just want to write the exam and be done with it. I'll check your previous responses. Thank you

ekpotek:


Get as many references as possible from your employer, senior working colleagues, etc, about the importance of the exam to your career progressing in Nigeria and that taking the exam in the UK will be an added advantage.

mialate:
Yea I would have to change the date to a later date.
I haven't made payment just to avoid debits.

jossyking10:
Thank you ekpotek. God bless you. Please help me to answer the following questions as asked on the form if my brother agrees to give me £250 and I will put £500 as my flight which i will pay myself. I also came back from UK 5 years ago as a student.

1) What is tge cost to you personally for your trip?
2) Total amount of money you have for this trip? Should this be the addition of d money I want to pay myself and the £250 my brother want to give me?
3) What should I write in the space that says ' WHY IS MY BROTHER PAYING PART OF MY TRIP?

Please enlighten me more on this because I do read on this forum that we can still spend 2 months of d salary or a little above that. If am going to pay everything myself that £750 does not exceed my 2 months salary. Thanks.

Gcool2:
second class upper sir/ma.bsc economics

jossyking10:
God bless you real good. Please can I make the total amount available for the trip to be £800 instead of it to be £750 inorder to have £50 extra? Is my immigration history going to count as I studied in UK till 2012. Thanks.

EggPlant:
Please bro, lemme know when you get a decision made email I am really hoping it'll come today.

mialate:
No decision email yet. Fingers crossed though

mfonox:
Good day Justwise,

i need your advice please and those of the good people here.

i currently work with a telecoms company in lagos and i earn 253k monthly. i have previously been refused uk visa once in 2015. one of the reasons was because i hadn't travelled b4 so i applied for a south african visa and travelled for about 7 days in 2016.

other reasons for refusal was based on some inconsistencies in my application which i intend to address in the new application. like i wrote that i was travelling alone but my mum also applied to attend my brothers graduation also. i wrote that i was travelling alone because we didnt plan to travel on same day. i also wrote that i was staying with my brother for 3 days but i also included a 4 night hotel reservation. truth is i filled the application in a hurry and i really just thought it was something easy so i just did it anyhow without much thought.(my mistake)

i want to try the uk visa again. i have about 750k in my salary account which i have saved over time. i just want to know if that amount is enough for my application. or i just wait a few months to build the account more. i intend to travel in August. but i wanted to submit my aplication next week

[b]i also have a savings of about 500k [/b]in mutual benefit i have saved overtime, i could include that statement too

My brother and his wife are inviting me. he is married to a british, i will be staying with them, so i wont be paying for accomodation.

he has sent me his utility bills and statement of account. but he doesnt have much money in the account. i am sponsoring myself fully for the trip

Thank you for your assistance

jossyking10:
Thanks for your response. But please is the 150k my net salary okay to show to the ECO? My account balance is 756k and I intend to put my flight for £500 and other expenses to be £250 for 2 weeks but the feeding and accommodation are not going to be included as I will look elsewhere to get the accommodation document. Am married with no kids yet. Thanks. Justwise & co Please respond

justwise:


Your salary is good and since you will not be paying for accommodation two months of will salary is good enough for cost of ticket.

[b]Since you want to travel by August there is no need applying next week, first week of June will be good [/b]and by then you will have more money in your salary or savings account.

justwise:


Your salary is good and since you will not be paying for accommodation two months of will salary is good enough for cost of ticket.

Since you want to travel by August there is no need applying next week, first week of June will be good and by then you will have more money in your salary or savings account.

HILCROWN:


@ekpotek and @justwise is it possible for me to apply the same month I want to travel (7days vacation) (December 2017). My annual leave is just 30days.