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Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by ijeshaoflondon: 7:45am On Oct 07, 2017
lekibraky:
of london the onl mistake i see in your application is the fact that the amount you want to spend for the trip is like three months of your salary
perhaps u should reduce it next time to like 400k to 500k u deserve the visa with ur docs

Thanks Lekibraky, if that would have been the issue , the Eco would have mentioned that the trip would cost me 3 times my salary, but this is vice versa, he said my savings is 7 times my monthly pay, i made hotel booking, Flight booking and feeding with amounted to like 1450, which i believe is not to much for a tourist . and as at ghe time i applied dolkars was like 420 or so oanda rate. thanks for your contribution .
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by ijeshaoflondon: 7:59am On Oct 07, 2017
justwise:


You did not understanding that refusal letter, you will be visiting the UK for just 6days and willing to spend £1,450 which is more than half a millions nairaland, that is equivalent of 7months of your salary gone just in 6days, that is what ECO's comment is referring to.

You worked for 4yrs and managed to have N1,407,074(£3,435.46) and you are planning to spend almost half of that within 6days. That is the problem with your application

My Oga, how can i spend 7 times my monthly pay on foreign travels after reading this forum from page 1 to 340+, for an average tourist trip considering the rate of pounds , I believe 1450 pounds is not much , hotel booking, flight, and feeding , I earn 200k monthly, I have only planned to spend 2+ monthly salary on this trip . What the Eco said was that i still have 7 months my salary in my account without having other sources of income .
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by ijeshaoflondon: 8:16am On Oct 07, 2017
Brightingsus:


The refusal letter is clear. Inasmuch as you are genuine, your application does not depict true reflection of your circumstances. I don't know if you quoted your plan and budget here prior to your application, am sure we would have corrected a few things with the money bit.

The only problem, from the refusal, is your budget. you quoted to spend £1450 for a 6 day visit to the UK. Given your current NGN200k salary, your current closing bank balance is 7 times your monthly salary. You might be a super saver but you needed to explain your livelihood in the application. I mean as part of the body of your cover letter
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It's not possible to save all your salary every month for 7 months to get to your balance. You would have had outgoings. This is why the ECO mentioned it that there was no other sources of funds should you be living off the other sources. However, given that you have been with your employer for about 4 years, you would have saved up the balance over a much longer period. Let's say for eg, you were saving half of your monthly salary every month, it would have taken you 14 months to save up your bank balance. If you were saving a quarter of your monehtly salary, it would have taken you 28 months to save up the balance. These are approximates though. If you are a super saver, you should have indicated, with evidence, how you have been such a good saver; perhaps you could have things subsidised like housing, feeding, utilities, transportation, and general expenditures.

Now, let's say you have been saving up for a while, you want to burn almost half of your bank balance, which you saved up over a long period of time, in just 6 days?? Then you would go back to the eternal savings?? You see why the ECO doubts the credibility of your application

Thank you brightingus, I used the scope given here by gurus to fill tge application form , its just unfortunate that the Eco would refuse my application based on the fact that i have saved so much , my 6months balance from january started with 1 million + and i printed my statement of account in June ending ,, havibg 1.4 m.

Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by justwise(m): 8:28am On Oct 07, 2017
ijeshaoflondon:


My Oga, how can i spend 7 times my monthly pay on foreign travels after reading this forum from page 1 to 340+, for an average tourist trip considering the rate of pounds , I believe 1450 pounds is not much , hotel booking, flight, and feeding , I earn 200k monthly, I have only planned to spend 2+ monthly salary on this trip . What the Eco said was that i still have 7 months my salary in my account without having other sources of income .

2 months of your salary is just 400k which is not even enough for a return ticket to UK, hotel, feeding and transport within the UK will cost you more than a month of your salary.

I really don't think you want to understand why you were refused.

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Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by layefaid: 9:01am On Oct 07, 2017
Hello guys, I applied for a UK visa in May 2017 and was refused because I am unemployed but I was sponsored my my hubby. This time we applied together and I used the supported by spouse or partner colum and used all his document a s I did before now his passport is back but mine is pending. I need advice pls
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by kokoboy4life(m): 9:17am On Oct 07, 2017
Good day to everyone, I want to ask a question on behalf of my friend, he’s works as an assistant lecturer in a public university and was given provisional appointment in 2015 but this year March he was confirmed as a full time employee of the institution he earn 125889 after tax as monthly income all these reflect on his pay slips and he has closing balance of over 2m on his bank statement.In November he’s going for presentation/research in a university in London and the school management has already provided a letter stating they would be the financial guarantor for all his trip expenses. So my question is what are the documents he need from the institution and is it okay for him to have only letter of financial gurantor coming from the school.
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by inphoenix: 9:51am On Oct 07, 2017
I'm looking at the image of your application form, why did you answer "No" to having savings in no. 77? If you had answered "Yes" there would've been another column asking you to explain how the savings came about and you could have explained that you have been saving so and so amount of money from your salary for such and such period of time. Answering "No" means that money in your account isn't yours since you stated you have no other sources of income, the question then is, where did you get that money? I WOULD HAVE advised you to reapply immediately and clarify on that, I did that with my own application, I applied and it took 2 months for them to come back with a refusal, I reapplied immediately and made clarifications and I got the visa back in 10days. I used the same bank statements with the application that was refused BUT it's going to be tricky in your case since you said you don't have the money in your account anymore? Is all of it gone?




ijeshaoflondon:


Thank you brightingus, I used the scope given here by gurus to fill tge application form , its just unfortunate that the Eco would refuse my application based on the fact that i have saved so much , my 6months balance from january started with 1 million + and i printed my statement of account in June ending ,, havibg 1.4 m.
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by inphoenix: 9:59am On Oct 07, 2017
kokoboy4life:
Good day to everyone, I want to ask a question on behalf of my friend, he’s works as an assistant lecturer in a public university and was given provisional appointment in 2015 but this year March he was confirmed as a full time employee of the institution he earn 125889 after tax as monthly income all these reflect on his pay slips and he has closing balance of over 2m on his bank statement.In November he’s going for presentation/research in a university in London and the school management has already provided a letter stating they would be the financial guarantor for all his trip expenses. So my question is what are the documents he need from the institution and is it okay for him to have only letter of financial gurantor coming from the school.



A letter of introduction from the university highlighting that the trip will be fully sponsored will suffice from his employer. He must however include all other documents on his personal, family/social and economic/financial circumstances and should be very careful in filling his application form to include these vital information.

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Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by feranmi84: 9:59am On Oct 07, 2017
Good morning house, thank you all for selfless support. Please help check this out and advc on what to do as the refusal letter says no right to appeal and administrative review.

Note: I did not make nor receive deposit/s that total sum of 410,000 in my account between 27/07/17 and 24/08/17 as claimed by the ECO.

I only received 66,523.72 and 88,992.65

Thank you.

Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by layefaid: 10:03am On Oct 07, 2017
layefaid:
Hello guys, I applied for a UK visa in May 2017 and was refused because I am unemployed but I was sponsored my my hubby. This time we applied together and I used the supported by spouse or partner colum and used all his document a s I did before now his passport is back but mine is pending. I need advice pls
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by Chibabe4Christ: 10:33am On Oct 07, 2017
Attraction:
Please i am a banker, i earn 235,000 monthly though i earn more but this is what hits my account because our pension is taken at source. I have 1.3M in my account, it runs as fixed deposit but drops in my account with interest on monthly basis. Please i want to visit UK for 7 days vacation. My friend is coming from US, my friend is the one paying for hotel accomodation. How do i get visa. I am single and no child. I have been refused UK visa in 2011. since then i have not tried again. i have been working since 2008. The reason i was denied then, i paid in 1m and printed my statement account, they said there is no proof of the money even though it was my money. please now i need help and advise. My friend coming from the US is d big boy with cash to spend and hotel accomodation. My own is to get visa and come. Please help me, i really want to go to UK, i have only visited Indonesia in 2015.

@Pzone thanks alot for the contribution. To be on a safe side please don't mention about friend being a big boy, infact that will make the VO to deny you because its not a strong reason.
With my little experience I have gathered, I applied and my visa was granted. I will advice to include part of your reason for travelling is that as a banker, your work is very stressful and demanding and that will like to use 2weeks (7 days is very sudden, even if you intend to spend 7days but just applied for 2weeks) from your leave to have some rest in a seren place where you dont want distractions and get yourself prepared for 2018 work stress. In your application, fill that you plan to travel second or third week of January 2018 and you have to apply now. The reason is that when you go to UK website they specify that the EARILIEST YOU CAN APPLY IS 3MONTHS. Though if you apply now and your visa is granted, you can travel immediately your your visa is out which is in the next 2weeks. I applied on the 5th of September, went for biometrics on the 11th of September and got a mail on 27th September that a decision has been made and collected my passport on the 3rd of October from DHL office because of long holiday and it was granted. I had intention of travelling by DEC but with my visa, I can decide to travel tomorrow or anytime. what I understand is that before you apply ensure you go to UK website, relax and go through the requirements, once you are able to meet it they will definitely give you visa. Dont give the VO or ECO impression that you are in a hurry, it will look as if you another motive.
2) Also get letter of introduction, leave letter which will start Jan, Employment letter, pay slip. statement of account (even you dont intend to go on leave but arrange it with your manager) from your employer. Make your application look real ant their should be justification
3) LOE explaining how your account and anything that can be a show stopper to your application in a simple and short english
4) Home tie- If you are married, provide marriage cert. but if not get a family pictures, letter from your parents or siblings stating that you have been taking care of them, they giving their consent for you to travel and have some rest because they understand the nature of your job and will not like stress to affect you but they also expect you back because they dont anyone to fall back to and bla bla bla bla ...........
5)landed property(ies)is any, Pension statement of account
NOTE: Your exact name in your passport should conform with what you have in every of your documents for uniformity and tranparency
I WISH YOU LUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by justwise(m): 10:38am On Oct 07, 2017
feranmi84:
Good morning house, thank you all for selfless support. Please help check this out and advc on what to do as the refusal letter says no right to appeal and administrative review.

Note: I did not make nor receive deposit/s that total sum of 410,000 in my account between 27/07/17 and 24/08/17 as claimed by the ECO.

I only received 66,523.72 and 88,992.65

Thank you.

How do we know if your account was inflated when you blanked everything? Obviously looking at the statement you uploaded there are a number of irregular financial activities within that period.

If that is your salary account and you don't have any other source of income then it looks suspicious.

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Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by Chibabe4Christ: 10:50am On Oct 07, 2017
PRAISE THE LORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MAY HIS NAME ALWAYS BE PRAISED!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GOOD MORNING GURUS IN THE HOUSE!!
Am pleased to share to the house that God has finally remembered me and my family ooooooooo after 3x attempt to US(Oct 2016) visit visa, UK(Nov 2016) visit visa and Canada(May 2017) Student visa and were all denied.
I reluctantly decided to try again by this Sept 2017 to UK for a visit and God in His infinite mercy showed and proved Himself mighty.
Application sent on the 5th of September 2017
Biometrics done on the 11th of September 2017
Decision made on the 27th of September 2017
Got my passport from DHL on the 3rd of October 2017 due to independence holiday and VISA GRANTED!!!!!!!! Oh! GOD IS GREAT OOOO!!!!!!!!!
Thank you all for your support and advice!!!!!!!! This forum is really really helpful!!!!! I never believe that am part of those that are sharing their testimonies in this forum. Its just like a dream!!!!!!!!!!
UK HERE I COME!!!!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAAHA grin grin grin grin

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Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by inphoenix: 11:49am On Oct 07, 2017
feranmi84:
Good morning house, thank you all for selfless support. Please help check this out and advc on what to do as the refusal letter says no right to appeal and administrative review.

Note: I did not make nor receive deposit/s that total sum of 410,000 in my account between 27/07/17 and 24/08/17 as claimed by the ECO.

I only received 66,523.72 and 88,992.65

Thank you.


Guy, why you blot out the statement like that? smiley You're anonymous on here already na. That's totally unnecessary. Meanwhile, is your salary paid in tranches? If your income is N150,000 monthly, question is how did you manage to save that much amount you are here hiding from us? There are sometimes underlying reasons for refusals. You must've made large deposits at some point and it appears the ECO might have made a mistake the dates he quoted, but since you blotted out everything, it is hard to advise you on what to do.
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by ijeshaoflondon: 11:51am On Oct 07, 2017
justwise:


2 months of your salary is just 400k which is not even enough for a return ticket to UK, hotel, feeding and transport within the UK will cost you more than a month of your salary.

I really don't think you want to understand why you were refused.

so what do i do now justwise? please advise
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by inphoenix: 11:51am On Oct 07, 2017
justwise:


How do we know if your account was inflated when you blanked everything? Obviously looking at the statement you uploaded there are a number of irregular financial activities within that period.

If that is your salary account and you don't have any other source of income then it looks suspicious.

Lol a blanking everything. grin
I think the left column is for credits tho. And the 66k + 88k is 150k matches his stated salary cos it's the same for July and August. The ECO probably just got the dates wrong or something but surely, he saw something we are not allowed to see.
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by ijeshaoflondon: 12:00pm On Oct 07, 2017
inphoenix:

I'm looking at the image of your application form, why did you answer "No" to having savings in no. 77? If you had answered "Yes" there would've been another column asking you to explain how the savings came about and you could have explained that you have been saving so and so amount of money from your salary for such and such period of time. Answering "No" means that money in your account isn't yours since you stated you have no other sources of income, the question then is, where did you get that money? I WOULD HAVE advised you to reapply immediately and clarify on that, I did that with my own application, I applied and it took 2 months for them to come back with a refusal, I reapplied immediately and made clarifications and I got the visa back in 10days. I used the same bank statements with the application that was refused BUT it's going to be tricky in your case since you said you don't have the money in your account anymore? Is all of it gone



should i submit the january to june statement of account i submitted before and i should explain in my letter of explanation? do you suggest i click YES , will i have to fill another form online and pay for another visa application?
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by lalla89: 12:05pm On Oct 07, 2017
Hello everybody in the house,Justwise and other gurus please I want to apply for visiting visa to UK to witness my cousin wedding she will get marriage to a British citizen by early January 2018 both of them are currently in the UK schoolling.The groom is an Ivory coast National before he immigrate to UK and seek for asylum due to the crisis in his country at that time.I was delegated among the family to travel to ivory coast to confirm his origin to see his parents and also his relatives,and now I was still being delegated to represent the family to UK to witness their wedding which will be done early January 2018.my question here is that, my trip will be sponsored by my uncle who is former member of house of representatives and a regular traveller to UK and I'm still worked with local government council and earn 50k as my monthly salary and I'm also into car business which make me to earn more money than my salary I have a closing balance of 3m in my account which can be available for the duration of my visa processing time.please gurus in the house which documents should I provide to submit with my application for visiting visa to UK that will prove the reason of travel and also prove my employment and business.Thanks
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by ekpotek: 12:23pm On Oct 07, 2017
inphoenix:

I'm looking at the image of your application form, why did you answer "No" to having savings in no. 77? If you had answered "Yes" there would've been another column asking you to explain how the savings came about and you could have explained that you have been saving so and so amount of money from your salary for such and such period of time. Answering "No" means that money in your account isn't yours since you stated you have no other sources of income, the question then is, where did you get that money? I WOULD HAVE advised you to reapply immediately and clarify on that, I did that with my own application, I applied and it took 2 months for them to come back with a refusal, I reapplied immediately and made clarifications and I got the visa back in 10days. I used the same bank statements with the application that was refused BUT it's going to be tricky in your case since you said you don't have the money in your account anymore? Is all of it gone?





@inphoenix. I agree with you. This is a typical case of documentation not supporting the content of the applicant form. The applicant killed his application by declaring he as no saving when actually he had saved 1M up to January 2017! The ECO is right to query the source of 1.4M in his account on as monthly saving of N130K if you deduct £200 (N93,000) from N200K. This is up to 10 months saving! My advise is that applicant can reapply and address this simple issue and get a note from his banker showing analysis of his account statement in the last one year.
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by ekpotek: 12:36pm On Oct 07, 2017
lalla89:
Hello everybody in the house,Justwise and other gurus please I want to apply for visiting visa to UK to witness my cousin wedding she will get marriage to a British citizen by early January 2018 both of them are currently in the UK schoolling.The groom is an Ivory coast National before he immigrate to UK and seek for asylum due to the crisis in his country at that time.I was delegated among the family to travel to ivory coast to confirm his origin to see his parents and also his relatives,and now I was still being delegated to represent the family to UK to witness their wedding which will be done early January 2018.my question here is that, my trip will be sponsored by my uncle who is former member of house of representatives and a regular traveller to UK and I'm still worked with local government council and earn 50k as my monthly salary and I'm also into car business which make me to earn more money than my salary I have a closing balance of 3m in my account which can be available for the duration of my visa processing time.please gurus in the house which documents should I provide to submit with my application for visiting visa to UK that will prove the reason of travel and also prove my employment and business.Thanks

I sorry your application will not fly with an income of N50K a month even if you have a full sponsor. My advise will be that you tidy up your car business rather and use that as the main source of your income (self employed). You reason for visit is not critical and the ECO will not grant this visa as your home tie is not adequate.
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by feranmi84: 12:53pm On Oct 07, 2017

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Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by feranmi84: 12:54pm On Oct 07, 2017
Justwise and inphoenix, thanks for your time and contributions. Just opted to crop where the ECO stressed in the acc statement. I've attached another picture for you to have a clearer view. Thank you!

Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by Brightingsus: 12:59pm On Oct 07, 2017
feranmi84:
Good morning house, thank you all for selfless support. Please help check this out and advc on what to do as the refusal letter says no right to appeal and administrative review.

Note: I did not make nor receive deposit/s that total sum of 410,000 in my account between 27/07/17 and 24/08/17 as claimed by the ECO.

I only received 66,523.72 and 88,992.65

Thank you.


Kaiiiii... I have seen what the mistake is. This is ECO error. The ECO summed up your outflows and thought it was money received. Do the math yourself. Calculate all the figures, between 27th July and 24th Aug Under withdrawals, it totals 410k. This is pure ECO error. If you reapply point this error to the ECO.
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by lalla89: 1:04pm On Oct 07, 2017
ekpotek:


I sorry your application will not fly with an income of N50K a month even if you have a full sponsor. My advise will be that you tidy up your car business rather and use that as the main source of your income (self employed). You reason for visit is not critical and the ECO will not grant this visa as your home tie is not adequate.
Thanks for your respond what documents should I provide now that will prove my car business as self employed, and being single but with fiance what are the other home ties can I show during application.Thanks
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by feranmi84: 1:10pm On Oct 07, 2017
[quote author=Brightingsus post=61190876]


Kaiiiii... I have seen what the mistake is. This is ECO error. The ECO summed up your outflows and thought it was money received. Do the math yourself. Calculate all the figures, between 27th July and 24th Aug in the next column to amount received, it totals 410k.[/quote


Bringhtingsus, thank you. I also noticed it's the ECO's error which is exactly why i posted it on here for you guys to advc on what to do. And for others to learn when they're in such situation.
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by Chibabe4Christ: 1:26pm On Oct 07, 2017
Good Day my great people!!!!
Please I will like you to assist me as usually with a good but cheap airline to heathrow London.
Am contemplating using Qatar Airline or Ethiopian Airline.
Please my E family, I need your response so that I can book on time
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by ekpotek: 1:27pm On Oct 07, 2017
lalla89:

Thanks for your respond what documents should I provide now that will prove my car business as self employed, and being single but with fiance what are the other home ties can I show during application.Thanks

You would need your car business registration (CAC documents). Invoices and sales receipts. Business account showing remits of sales, tax clearance etc. The CAC registration must at least be more than one year old. However, if you can not provide these essenstial documents, it will be difficult to claim self employment! Having a fiance is not a home tie, as there is no provision in the application form to declare such relationship.
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by kenzindax(f): 1:29pm On Oct 07, 2017
awaiting decision mail seen August 14th after Bio-m. I have not gotten any other mail apart from an acknowledgement of recieved package on the 15th is August. please what do you guys advice?? Do I call for escalation.... I submitted at Ikeja centre. Standard app.
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by ekpotek: 1:30pm On Oct 07, 2017
Chibabe4Christ:
Good Day my great people!!!!
Please I will like you to assist me as usually with a good but cheap airline to heathrow London.
Am contemplating using Qatar Airline or Ethiopian Airline.
Please my E family, I need your response so that I can book on time

Qatar is the cheapest now as they are doing independence promo. You can still get a return ticket for N263K Ethiopia is N313K check it out on Travelstart.com.ng

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Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by Honestakay: 1:32pm On Oct 07, 2017
hey guys,
i am applying for a uk visit visa with my family. the trip is sponsored by my parents. i am working in a company, my salary ranges within 230- 290 monthly based on commission. the issue is my salary account is zero balance. i transferred 400k to the account. is it gonna raise a red flag?
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by ekpotek: 1:36pm On Oct 07, 2017
Honestakay:
hey guys,
i am applying for a uk visit visa with my family. the trip is sponsored by my parents. i am working in a company, my salary ranges within 230- 290 monthly based on commission. the issue is my salary account is zero balance. i transferred 400k to the account. is it gonna raise a red flag?

YES
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by Chibabe4Christ: 1:42pm On Oct 07, 2017
ekpotek:


Qatar is the cheapest now as they are doing independence promo. You can still get a return ticket for N263K Ethiopia is N313K check it out on Travelstart.com.ng

Thanks@ekpotek. Can you help me with the website or how do I go about with the booking??
I intend travelling in December but I want to do my booking immediately.
I hope Qatar is also safe to use?

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