ekpotek:


1. You need up six months of employment and pay slips. If you have that you’re okay.
2. No. it will only count if you provide evidences of previous employment and explain why you left in a cover letter or additional information section.
3. Yes
4. No need, if your current employer is deducting tax and is reflected in your pay slip. It’s not your fault, if your previous employer was not remitting your tax.
5. You can pay if you are sure of getting a refund if your visa is not granted.
6. Not enough as you must include your dorm bank account to show the ECO that you have enough funding for the course and stay in the UK. The ECO will also be interested in sources of funding of your dorm account, so be ready to explain this in a cover letter.
7. Yes if you plan to stay with him. He will also need to send you his utility bill as proof of address, and biodata of his passport. If you have no plan to staying with him, then you do not need any invitation. But disclose your cousin in your application as someone you know in the UK. I would advise that you leave visiting your cousin and just go for your course. The visa is 6 months multiple entry, you can always use visa to visit your cousin before the visa expired. Or visit him without necessarily bringing him into the application.
8. Yes it will matters, the ECO will need to be satisfied why your choice of UK and not another country for such a course. With on travel history, the ECO will need solid convincing that this course is important to you and your career. A letter of support from your company or the course organizer will be required here.
9. Marriage certificate, birth certificate of children, family photos etc to show relationship and family life.
10. C of O, Land survey document, building permits, NEPA and Water bills in your name.

Feel free to ask questions as we are all here to help each other.

phinajoe:


Congratulations!!!

Does it mean you can travel any moment from now?

buddiemm:

When she went to the UK in 2012 as a Tier 2 minister of religion migrant, the law doesn't say they should send their certificates to UKNARIC for assessment. She only submitted her degree certificate and English language proficiency letter from the university she graduated from to the embassy and her visa was issued. But now it requires sending your certificate to UKNARIC for assessment before submitting your visa application. We now read on section 164 of the Tier 2 guidance that points will be automatically awsrded for English language if u had previous grant of leave on Tier 2. That is what we want to be cleared of if she won't need to send her certificate again to UKNARIC. Thanks

radwad:
Got my visa on few days ago. 6months multiple entry.

@justwise and many others,too numerous to mention, thank you so much

melochic:

[b]No one answered my last question here. [/b]Anyway here is my timeline.

9th March - online application submitted
13th March - biometrics at TLS Ikeja
20 March - Sheffield visa office acknowledgement mail
9th of April _ TLS passport ready for collection mail
10th April - Passport collected visa granted.

Grateful to you all and Almighty God.

phinajoe:

I don't understand, does it mean that if I apply on the 20th of April, and I am approved before next month.. I can't travel till 19th July?

buddiemm:

Justwise, Ekpotek please respond to my question. Thanks

Notes:
Thanks Justwise, ekpotek and Fcisca. I have noted your coments especially on #6 and 7. I will get back to you when I gather all docs. Thanks so much.

mamateniola1:
Hi. Yea. Travelling in May. Tnx for checking

justwise:


I answered your question but you ignored it.

ekpotek:
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Congratulations!! From your profile and posts, you have good travel history and have in the past issued a 2 years UK family visa and UK transit visa. So you should be fairly conversant with UK visa application, maybe that is why your post was not answered or maybe no one could offers a response. So you do not need to be feel bad. Any once again congratulations and enjoy your trip.

justwise:

Congratulations!

Amolad111:




@Epoteck and Justwise,

I just picked up my family passports but we were refused on the ground that my in laws who invited us did not show any documents that we are related.

Also, the ECO stated that the proposed fund for the trip is 1.3m as against 715k stated in the application form.

The total amount in my account is 1.3M.

My in-laws intend to appeal the decision from UK. Will this suffice? And what's the way forward?

giftwalter:
hello gurus in the house, we have a little cooperative in our office where staffs save money, my saving for the past 8 months have just been paid into my account, the money doesn't come from my company account, it's from one of our staffs.

How can I legitimately declare this money as mine without the embassy thinking I borrowed it just to prove I have funds?

edmasta01:
Please kindly help...

I am inviting my mum to visit me in the UK to see our new son. She is in her 50's.and she has visited once before about 7 years ago.

She is a house wife but I send her monthly stipends 50k monthly and my dad is a retired business man (in his early 70's) (who I send monthly stipends to as well with documentation to proof this)

I am sponsoring the entire trip and will provide the following:

1. My mortgage statement,
2. bank account showing enough funds for the trip,
3. Invitation letter
4. payslip from my job
5. Document showing monthly stipend transfer (western union)

There are two issues that I need clarification on:

1. They live in a rented apartment for now which I pay for yearly (I have proof to show transfer of funds to pay rent for last year 2017)

However, the Landlord (who is an auto-mechanic) uses receipts of his autobusiness to write a rent receipt for the past two years for their rent.

Is it suitable for me to include these exact rent receipts (past two years) in their application with a letter from the landlord stating that he use his auto-shop business receipt to show that he collect payments?

I say this as this is not an official rent receipt as he is a private landlord. unfortunately, they are not able to locate the original rent agreement from ages ago.

Previous payment for rent from other years except last two years has been done in cash in hand as the landlord is cordial with my parents.

2. Also, how can I prove that my mum have family ties. is it sufficient for my dad to write a letter giving permission for my mum to travel (with a photocopy of his passport data page) alongside with their bank statements showing funds i send to them monthly?

Note: No, they don't have any pension documents or salary income from other official sources apart from the ones i send to them monthly and they can provide bank statement showing that they receive this stipends from me monthly.

Do kindly advise on this please. thanks.

Amolad111:


@Epoteck and Justwise,

I just picked up my family passports but we were refused on the ground that my in laws who invited us did not show any documents that we are related.

Also, the ECO stated that the proposed fund for the trip is 1.3m as against 715k stated in the application form.

The total amount in my account is 1.3M.

My in-laws intend to appeal the decision from UK. Will this suffice? And what's the way forward?

Amolad111:


@Justwise, please assist on my issue. I have pasted the refusal letter for advise.

I have attached the refusal letter. However, the ECO stated that I planned spending 1.3M but my application form showed 715K. How do I correct this?

Also, my sponsors happened to be my wife's sister and her hubby. What documents should they send to show that we're related?

justwise:


1. You don't need to bother yourself about rent receipts the most important thing is to submit all evidence of money sent to they monthly or yearly and explain that in the form.

2, Yes that is ok,

giftwalter:
hello gurus in the house, we have a little cooperative in our office where staffs save money, my saving for the past 8 months have just been paid into my account, the money doesn't come from my company account, it's from one of our staffs.

How can I legitimately declare this money as mine without the embassy thinking I borrowed it just to prove I have funds?

Amolad111:

Thank you for your response.

The budgeted amount is for three people(me, spouse and 1 year old boy) for 12 days.

Do I need our email correspondence or documents showing my wife's previous name and her sister previous name before change of name?(Both surname are the same). They have agreed to send the documents to me showing the wife's previous name before marriage.

Did you include any communication with your inlaw?

edmasta01:


Thanks very much justwise. I was thinking of putting the rent receipts to show that they have ties at home. I checked online on how to prove ties back to home country and the list includes:

1. Proof of residence
2. Source of income e.g. from business or job
3. Investment e.g. landed property.


My dad has been refused once before and was denied because we couldn't proof "ties" to the home country despite that I provide documents to show that I am funding the entire trip (although i didn't put the monthly stipends i send to them monthly via western union as proof).

Kindly advise further. Thanks

justwise:


Yes email correspondence, whats app chats, phone log, pictures etc, any form of communication evidence between him and you or your wife