ekpotek:


You can get a cover letter from your company HR to explain why your salary is paid by cash and support it with your payslips. However, how do you plan to convince the ECO that it is reasonable and justified to spend 800K to attend a friend graduation ceremony on a salary of 196K with a wife and 2 kids. The ECO will be interested in your monthly expenses and how you have been able saved up to 800K without any additional income.

Enybaby2018:
Hello house. First time here hehehe...

Straight to the point.
Im a single mother and planning a trip to UK with my daughter. My travel histroy include: UK (twice), Dubai (several times) and USA with my daughter a few times.

I work and earning averagely.(salary not consistent because of allowances).
I have a UK host ready to invite and accomodate us.

Can anyone advise what documents to submit since circumstances has changed from my first application? and also do i need a consent letter from her dad?

documents submitted for first application includes: Employment histroy,letter from UK host (not same as the one inviting us now),salary bank SOA( with over a million),payslips, coop acct SOA(some money was transffered from my coop acct to my salary acct), landed property,company brochure, cover letter explaning my application & source of money etc, shares cert.,pictures from previous vacations.

Can someone please advice on what document to include no daughter is joining me?

Edakun o!

ebonmic:




I'm a lady, attending alone. Not going with kids and hubby.

I have a small store, but not registered.

monchat:


It is depending on u.if u av it u can use it, but if u d'nt av it d'nt stress yr self, provided yr payslip is showing tax deduction . For my two applications I never use tax clearance certificate, my payslip shows my tax deduction.
2. U must av a statement of account that u do receive y monthly salary. The monthly salary in y statement of account must be the same amount in y pay slip. U can also use other statement of account that u av inflow and outflow.
3. Yes u can use y normal saving account that u save the money for travelliing. But make sure there is inflow and outflow, d'nt just dump money without making outflow.
All the best

ekpotek:


Read my post. My point is not about you going alone. My point is how would explain to the ECO the income generated from your store. Do you have sales receipts, invoice etc. How do you attend to your store if you work full time. Why is your store not registered? How old are your kids and who will take care of them in your absence? Who takes care of monthly home expenses? All this must be explain in application form.

ekpotek:


I don’t feel you should withdraw the application. You have good travel history to the UK and the fund for the ECO to overlook these lapses. I will suggest that you wait for the decision. If it’s negative and the reasons are based on these lapses, you can easily correct it and reapply. Having said that, you are permitted to withdraw you application at anytime before a decision is made. However, you will not get a refund. Refund are only possible before your appointment and biometric collection.

Phenmeson:


Your salary of #100000 is not enough for you to embark on UK trip. You need to convince UK immigration that you earn a good salary i.e at least 200k and above, you must also have a good Bank statement with regular cash inflow and outflow and lastly have about #1m to spend for your 2weeks trip because a return flight is about 280k and you need to book an hotel or hostel for 2weeks which cost about #300k

Enybaby2018:
Hello house. First time here hehehe...

Straight to the point.
Im a single mother and planning a trip to UK with my daughter. My travel histroy include: UK (twice), Dubai (several times) and USA with my daughter a few times.

I work and earning averagely.(salary not consistent because of allowances).
I have a UK host ready to invite and accomodate us.

Can anyone advise what documents to submit since circumstances has changed from my first application? and also do i need a consent letter from her dad?

documents submitted for first application includes: Employment histroy,letter from UK host (not same as the one inviting us now),salary bank SOA( with over a million),payslips, coop acct SOA(some money was transffered from my coop acct to my salary acct), landed property,company brochure, cover letter explaning my application & source of money etc, shares cert.,pictures from previous vacations.

Can someone please advice on what document to include now that my daughter is joining me?

Edakun o!

ebonmic:


Hmmmm ! Honestly,May not be good at explaining all these. I have sales receipts.my younger sis.handles the shop for me. Same person that wil take care of the kids whil away.

If not for the transfer some customers do make there, I'd love not to mention the store aspect.

ekpotek:


If you have enough documents to show how you built up your saving to 800K. If you have proof that your sister runs your shop and she is willing to care for your kids while you are away, you can go ahead and apply. Like I said, you will need to explain all the above when completing the online application form. It is left for the ECO to weigh all the evidences and consider if to issue you a visa to attend the graduation of a friend. Good luck.

ekpotek:


How long have you known this friend? What documents do you have as proof of relationship?

ebonmic:


Thanks so much for your response.
Please, I don't mind if you guild me through on what and what documents to be summited . If I see there is not enough doc. To back up the application , may choose not to apply and consider it some other times.

Cos the store aspect is giving me concern as there might not be a enough proof for it, except for the receipts I receive at the point of purchase. If I had knew, I would have given the customers I knw that do transfer a separate acct. never knew I would consider going with the friend.

And what proof do I need to to show the Eco that my sis. Is the one that manages the store?

Solatium:


How Many people are on ₦200k salary grade in Nigeria? is this ukvi rule or your own assumption?

Ndkings1:


I don't know him personally. I met him through my cousin... He linked us up. Since then we have been communicating through charts and calls. I have never seen him before but we are getting along real good.
As for the proof, he said I should meet agents to advise me on the documents he needs to send to me for my application.

Whats your advice?

ebonmic:


Thanks so much for your response.
Please, I don't mind if you guild me through on what and what documents to be summited . If I see there is not enough doc. To back up the application , may choose not to apply and consider it some other times.

Cos the store aspect is giving me concern as there might not be a enough proof for it, except for the receipts I receive at the point of purchase. If I had knew, I would have given the customers I knw that do transfer a separate acct. never knew I would consider going with the friend.

And what proof do I need to to show the Eco that my sis. Is the one that manages the store?

Waylesdowels:
Dear justwise,great job u r doing here. Got a second mail from UK Decision making team.Kind of confused here.Is this a sign of rejection or wat?

"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 60 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"

Ndkings1:


That's what I thought

ebonmic:


@ekpotek
Please,any advice?

Solatium:


unfortunately I have read about people with ₦120k salary and below getting their visiting visa,Visa Application and approval is not one size fits all

ekpotek:



Every application is evaluated based on its own merit and the current circumstances of the applicant not to overstay their visit. Your application is hinged on an invitation to attend a friend graduation, who is not related to you. You have proposed to spend 800K which you have saved over time from your salary (about 196K) and petty business. The question is would the ECO allow you to spend this amount to undertake a visit of no economic benefit to you? If your visit was based on say to go buy goods for your shop, then that is a valid reason to spend such an amount. Remember you have kids and other dependents that also need to be taking care of while you’re away. My advise is look for more tenable reason for your visit or than this graduation thing. You can start by tiding up your business, by keeping proper account eg invoices, sales, stocking cards, Facebook business profile etc. Your suitation and purpose of visit and that of @Monchat are quite different. There is no basis for an assumption that what might have worked for @monchat will also work for you. These are my advises and you are free to either take it or not.

monchat:


Note:- It is not all small scale business in Nigeria that are registered ps. If u d'nt av all the proof, the little u have state it clearly well.
All my applications I did, i explain 2 the consulate officer that apart from my permanent job I also run a teaching program during my weekend and I get some of my extra income from it. Aleast I get 100k monthly. My clients pay me in cash or they pay into my account.The business was not registered, the only thing I attached as proof was my degree certificate showing I am teaching the course I studied at uni,then i made a business profile for it and my visa was approved. This is a one man business and not all that are registered.
Since u av a store, and y customers pays into y account, make a small profile of y store and state there what u sell and how much u sell them. U can state that y younger sister runs it week days and u assist during y weekend and public holidays, if u av receipt of goods sold attached it as proof.

Thanks for this. I wil work on it if to consider the invitation or not.

ekpotek:


Unfortunately I have also seen many applicants with less than N200K salary not approved. Let’s us advices applicants that getting a UK visit visa is not only based on high salary or high bank balances. The ECO also takes into consideration the main purpose of the trip, social and economic ties to Nigeria, travel history and the probability of immigration intent. Is your filled application form and documents that speak for you, as there will be no interview, so the onus lies with the applicant to convince the ECO to approve their visa request in spite of a salary of less than 200K.

PrechyJoe:
No body replied my first question but let me ask again.

My sister is inviting us for her Convocation, Myself, my Mum and my Younger sister.

I am still a student and do not have any savings, and do not work.

My father is the one sponsoring our trip.

Our trip is budgeted at 2000pounds per person for 2weeks, and my father has almost 5 million in his account.

What documents should I support my application with our application, My mum and my younger sister would be doing their biometrics tomorrow, while mine would be on Friday.

Kindly help if you can.

Thank you.

Solatium:



That was why I Closed that comment with VISA APPLICATION AND APPROVAL IS NOT ONE SIZE FITS ALL obviously we are saying the same thing in different way

juleze:
I have travelled to the UK 5 times, previously. I used to go annually, never spend more than a month, changed jobs and went last in 2014. I stay with the same person each time I travel (my cousin). Presently, I earn significantly lower but I still want to go on vacation, this year.

What I'm hinging on is my good travel history to the UK. I always apply for 6 months visa because that's all I need to travel each time. Sadly, this time around, you're not allowed to include previous passport; I didn't know this until submission. I learnt I was to have made copies and attached.

My questions are:
- What are my chances being that almost all other things are against me?
- Would they be able to access my previous visits or should I scan my old passport and send to them?

PrechyJoe:
Still waiting for response.

juleze:
I have travelled to the UK 5 times, previously. I used to go annually, never spend more than a month, changed jobs and went last in 2014. I stay with the same person each time I travel (my cousin). Presently, I earn significantly lower but I still want to go on vacation, this year.

What I'm hinging on is my good travel history to the UK. I always apply for 6 months visa because that's all I need to travel each time. Sadly, this time around, you're not allowed to include previous passport; I didn't know this until submission. I learnt I was to have made copies and attached.

My questions are:
- What are my chances being that almost all other things are against me?
- Would they be able to access my previous visits or should I scan my old passport and send to them?