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Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by dewale1234(m): 12:12pm On Nov 07, 2018 |
[quote author=Nsiehi post=72710017][/quote] Please what's the name and location of the hostel you used Thanks |
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by ekpotek: 1:34pm On Nov 07, 2018 |
Chibabe4Christ: 1. You do not need a TB test for a UK visit visa 2. Yes, you can apply for 2 years, since you were once approved for 6 months. It's the natural thing to do. The duration of your intended course is not important. What's important is that you meet the requirement for a visitor visa to the UK based on your present circumstance. 3. Yes, you can stay with a cousin as long as your cousin can provide documents like: passport data page, utility bills, mortgage bills, council bills, and a letter from your cousin accepting to accommodate you in the UK when you visit. |
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by ekpotek: 1:36pm On Nov 07, 2018 |
Orjforlife: Yes. UKVI accept statements from Microfinance banks |
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by ekpotek: 1:44pm On Nov 07, 2018 |
mex551: The issues you need to address apart from your budget is why do you want to visit the UK? Where your previous visit to SA on tourism? Why do you want to leave your family behind and travel on your own?. These are what the ECO will be looking at. Your finances and home ties are strong, however, you need to convince the ECO of your real intention. Setting aside N250,000 on a monthly basis for next 4 months does not show consistences on your spending pattern and the ECO will detected that you just did this to apply for a visit visa! |
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by ekpotek: 1:46pm On Nov 07, 2018 |
arro: Sure, you can do that. |
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by ekpotek: 1:50pm On Nov 07, 2018 |
tasho105: There's nothing wrong in using hostel booking. In fact, booking a hostel gives you an advantages as a tourist. Most genuine tourists try to save money during their visit. If you're still not comfortable, you can try a 5 star hotel instead. |
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by ekpotek: 1:53pm On Nov 07, 2018 |
Tintas: So what will happen in a bad month where you do not make any profit? Would you still pay yourself a salary? Think? |
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by ekpotek: 1:55pm On Nov 07, 2018 |
Meziea: Only the ECO can say. However, many have been denied based on the inability of the ECO to confirm their hotel booking |
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by ekpotek: 1:58pm On Nov 07, 2018 |
carnal: If the applicant has a valid residence permit in the USA, the applicant can apply from the USA. No need to return to Nigeria |
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by ekpotek: 2:02pm On Nov 07, 2018 |
Tintas: The statement you submit depends on the purpose of the visit. If its business, submits business account, if its personal, you submit your personal account. |
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by ekpotek: 2:05pm On Nov 07, 2018 |
princej78: What is your main purpose of visit to the UK? Is it for business or pleasure? |
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by ekpotek: 2:22pm On Nov 07, 2018 |
OMOLARAFE: Your refusal letter is well over 6 months. I would not dwell too much on it as the reasons are very clear. The question is have you rectified all the reasons stated by the ECO. 1. Do you have a court issued marriage certificate? 2. Do your husband have the necessary documents to invite you? 3. What is the current status of your husband's residency in the UK? 4. Did your husband actually spend over 2 years outside the UK with ILR? 5. Do you have strong home and financial ties to Nigeria? 6. You do not need to apply for your child or include her passport in the application, since the baby has a US passport. Just mention in your application that you will traveling with a baby and the baby is a US citizen. 1 Like |
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by ekpotek: 2:44pm On Nov 07, 2018 |
Demime: 1. No information on course of study. This will include school receipts, letter from HOD, school ID card, school photos, examination results, etc. 2. Who is funding your brother study? Sponsor bank statement and cover letter, specific transfer for school fees, school allowances from the sponsor's bank statement which will also reflect on your brother bank statement. 3. You are sponsoring your bother trip to the UK, but he has over N3 million in his bank account! Haba, how do you expect the ECO to believe him. Your brother application was badly packaged but it is still redeemable, if you can attend to the issues raised by the ECO with the above documentation. |
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by ekpotek: 2:44pm On Nov 07, 2018 |
qmd24: Just pray and hope for a successful outcome. You are unlikely to get through as they do not answer calls. |
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by tasho105(m): 2:51pm On Nov 07, 2018 |
Many thanks ekpotek for your response... I'm doing hostel. Will let you guys know my budget breakdown. I must confess...NL has been making the application process simple. now believe i can do it by myself for myself with you guys All thanks to all the gurus and others sharing their experiences for us to learn from.uote author=ekpotek post=72761469] There's nothing wrong in using hostel booking. In fact, booking a hostel gives you an advantages as a tourist. Most genuine tourists try to save money during their visit. If you're still not comfortable, you can try a 5 star hotel instead. [/quote] 1 Like |
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by OMOLARAFE: 2:54pm On Nov 07, 2018 |
justwise: Thanks very much @ Justwise for your input. His ILR status is still very valid. The visa officer must have misread my statement about living together . I meant whenever he visits which is quite often. ekpotek: Thanks very much for taking time to respond on my inquires. To answer the questions; 1. Yes we have a court issued marriage certificate 2. Yes, he has documents to invite us but I will appreciate if you can mention the likes of documents he needs to send with the invitation 3. Please can you expatiate on this? Do you mean something like permanent residence/ILR or citizenship? 4. No, he did not spend over 2 years outside the UK at a stretch and any point in time. The VO must have read me out of context or I "mis-presented" the statement. What I meant was that we have a family home where we live together whenever he comes home (Nigeria) on visits. and in the last 3 or 4 years he has actually visited more than 7 times. 5. Home ties; I have a relatively good job (if that serves as a tie) , living parents and 2 undeveloped expanse of land, one current being used for farming 6. Thanks for the clarification as regards our baby. I will attach the second refusal letter when I find it. Thanks and God bless you. |
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by TroublemakerPro: 2:57pm On Nov 07, 2018 |
Goodday guys . I applied for a visa and went for biometrics and submission of application on August 17. I recieved a call on November 5 to come collect my INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT on Friday without stating if I got the Visa or not. Please what should I expect. Should I be bothered . Thanks in advance ekpotek justwise |
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by TroublemakerPro: 3:05pm On Nov 07, 2018 |
ashekmoney: I submitted on the 17th of August and I just got a call. |
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by Uchboggy(m): 3:19pm On Nov 07, 2018 |
Hi UK visa gurus, please assist me with answers to the below question. I currently reside in Norway, I have a USA visa and I was in USA this summer. I plan to travel to Nigeria for Christmas with British airways from Frankfurt, I want to know if I would need a transit visa since there would be a stop at heathrow airport in London Note: I plan to stroll out of the airport to site see if possible |
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by ekpotek: 3:45pm On Nov 07, 2018 |
TroublemakerPro: I have no idea what to expect. However you should prepare for the worst possible outcome. |
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by ekpotek: 3:50pm On Nov 07, 2018 |
Uchboggy: You will need a UK visa if you plan to leave the airport and stroll out, or if you will have to change departure terminal. My advise is to get a UK visa from Norway since you’re a resident there. |
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by TroublemakerPro: 3:56pm On Nov 07, 2018 |
ekpotek:Ok Thanks |
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by ekpotek: 3:58pm On Nov 07, 2018 |
OMOLARAFE: Invite letter, copy of his passport datapage, utility bills, council bills, mortgage letter, 6 bank statement and payslips etc Since you have explained his supposedly 2 years outside the UK, no need to worry about about his ILR. I guess you can give it a try and apply. Most importantly, you will need to proof relationship and that you want to take the baby to see her father. with emails, phone call logs, chats etc apart from the marriage certificate. Also the following documents will be useful: his previous flight tickets and boarding pass to Nigeria, photos as a family in Nigeria etc. On your own part, you woll need to proof that you will return after the visit. Employment letter, bank statement, properties, etc. |
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by Uchboggy(m): 4:04pm On Nov 07, 2018 |
Thanks ekpotek: |
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by ijeshaoflondon: 4:06pm On Nov 07, 2018 |
[quote author=TroublemakerPro post=72763133]Goodday guys . I applied for a visa and went for biometrics and submission of application on August 17. I recieved a call on November 5 to come collect my INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT on Friday without stating if I got the Visa or not. Please what should I expect. Should I be bothered . Thanks in advance ekpotek justwise[/quot August 17th? |
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by ekpotek: 4:12pm On Nov 07, 2018 |
[quote author=ijeshaoflondon post=72765158][/quote] UKVi will not disclosed if your visa application was approved or refused. You will only know when you have collected your passport. Anyone telling you that you have visa or not is mere speculation. Good luck. |
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by TroublemakerPro: 4:27pm On Nov 07, 2018 |
[quote author=ijeshaoflondon post=72765158][/quote] Yes |
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by Nsiehi: 5:28pm On Nov 07, 2018 |
dewale1234: Please go to www.booking.com or airbnb to look for hotels or hostels. Many of these hostels abound in the UK and most western countries. On booking.com website, input your location, dates of check in and check out, and the number of guests and click the search button. This is going to display all the properties (hotel, hostels, guest houses, apartments etc) that are registered with booking.com. You can apply filter by clicking on the hostel tab at the right hand column of the page, this will display all the hostels that are registered with booking in that area. Read reviews about the hostel, also note their rating, look at the pictures of each hostel, facilities available, such as free 24hr fast wifi, kitchen, free toiletries, balconies, receptions, extra rooms, free or paid parking space, breakfast and a lot more. Also check if they have free cancellation and other terms and conditions. Make your choice after your extensive search and comparison. Nigerians erroneously think that the hostels are very filthy buildings meant for the lowest of the low, judging from what we have back home especially hostels in Nigerian universities. I have used hostels in most of my Europe tours and 95% of the guests I met there were from Europe, North America, South Korea, Japan, and China. You rarely come across people from 3rd world countries, I do not know their reason for ignoring hostels. I will attach some pictures of some areas in one of the hostels I used. I took the pictures myself. !st and 2nd pictures are the kitchen 3rd picture is the hostel dining area 4th picture, preparing my stew
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Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by ekpotek: 5:36pm On Nov 07, 2018 |
Nsiehi:Thanks for this great enlightenment. Many that seek a UK visa as tourist, do not actually understand what it meant to be tourist. European tourist look for cheap accommodation (hostels) and even prefer to stay with strangers. However some of these hostels are not cheap and some may cost more than a standard hotel room. The only difference is you will have to share things. The bottom line is to make as many friends as possible on your tours, mix with local culture and have a good time. When I visited Ireland 4 months ago, I stayed in a Airbnb and my host offered to pick us at the bus station, abandon the whole house to us for a whole 2 days with well stocked kitchen for breakfasts, provided free bikes to ride into town and site seeing. All for 30 euro a night. Today we still chat and exchange emails. Anyway our skepticism of hostels accommodation is assumption that it does not demonstrate strong financial to the ECO. If you are genuine tourist, the ECO will see it from your travel history and not from your bank statement. |
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by Nsiehi: 5:38pm On Nov 07, 2018 |
dewale1234: More pictures from my hostel experience. pic 1: cooking my chicken pic 2: my rice is done I would have posted the room pictures here but I can't seem to mask my face and those of my new friends I made in the hostel. |
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by Ngosoo: 6:44pm On Nov 07, 2018 |
justwise: OK...thanks |
Re: General UK Visa Enquiries - Part 3 by folla: 7:24pm On Nov 07, 2018 |
Hello everyone in the house. I wish to salute Justwise, Ekpotek and all other gurus on this forum. Well done for the selfless service being rendered to humanity. I have been a silent follower for years, but decided to make this post in the hope that some persons will benefit therefrom. My wife and I applied for UK Visit Visas and we were both given. She applied for 6 months, while I did for 2 years. She is a 1st time applicant, while I have been to the UK once, like 7 years ago. Then I was given a 2 year HSMP work visa, but only travelled once and stayed for 14 days. I have other international travel histories, though. Our time lines are as follows: 1. Submitted online applications at about 10 October 2018; 2. Biometrics was done at the TLSContact Ikeja on 18 October 2018; 3. Emails received from TLS informing us that applications have been transferred to UKVI for processing on 18 October 2018; 4. Emails from UKVI informing that our online applications have been received on 24 October 2018; 5. Emails from TLSContact Ikeja informing that our passports are ready for collection on 1 November 2018; 6. We picked up our passports at the TLSContact Ikeja on 6 November 2018 and found that the passports have been stamped with UK Visit Visas. Our Supporting Documents are as follows: 1. Letters from our respective employers showing when we were employed, our annual pay and plan to travel to the Uk; 2. Our payslips for 6 months; 3. Our salary account statements for 6 months. She had a credit balance of about N500k, while I had a credit balance of about N1.1m; 4. Photocopies of all our international passports [in colour]; 5. Our respective retirement savings account statements; 6. Our respective fixed deposit statements. She had N6m, while I had N7.5m to mature in early December 2018; 7. Letters explaining that the funds in the fixed deposits would be available to us for our travel; 8. Our hotel reservation on booking.com; 9. Marriage certificate; 10. 2 family pictures; 11. A schedule of our itinerary in London which shows all the interesting places we planned to visit in London; 12. Breakdown of our respective costs of travel, i.e feeding, tickets, accommodation, intra-city transport. We ensured our respective costs were not up to our 2 months salaries; 13. Our children's birth certificates; 14. Our landed property document, jointly owned; and 15. Rent receipt for our present accommodation. I do hope the information above would assist, at least, one person in his visa application. I wish all the UK Visit Visa applicants success. 6 Likes 3 Shares |
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