TheirDad:


Did they ask you at the POE if you'd be staying with her ?

Shalolo:
Good day all. Please i have been trying to pay for UK 6months visa but the two Naira ATM cards that i used got declined. Kindly assist on the possible way(s) of making Uk visa application payment. Thank you

Awelelynda:
I was refused on this grounds I don’t even know what to do next, can I reapply? What am I supposed to do right, please someone help me out

Nchabuomo:


Not sure I have come across that term on UK visa form. Which section?

Nchabuomo:
Sharing this here on behalf of a friend:

Submission: 17/May/2021
Ready for collection: 3/June/2021
Picked up: No visa & no rejection email
Called UKVI on the 7/June/2021
Called back by the High Commission to return passport.

Went back with passport:8/June/2021

Visa granted.

Putting this out here because when he had the issue it was a bit difficult to find much information on similar cases online. Hopefully this helps someone in the future.

Sanmigbola:
What does VAF stand for and what doc can someone upload under this category ?

TheirDad:
Please, i am unable to upload document on TLS, it is showing "Under maintenance", and i have an appointment for friday, what to do ?

monchat:
Hello house please for those that apply through student visa OR spouse visa, how did you made payment of fees and IHS using Naira. I am finding it difficult to make payments using my ATM card. I want to make payment in Naira. I can not transfer 2.5M for a spouse visa and IHS using my card. Kindly assist OR advise on the easiest way. Note:- It is not possible for my spouse to make payment in the UK due to some circumstances. Thank you.

giselle237:
i have seen a 3 times disposable before... however this was after his 2nd abi 3rd visa. There is no one size fits all.
I noticed if they want to close their eye to it they will but if they need to deny based on this, they will greatly wield this out.
Logically in these times where one is somewhat compelled to have an initial 10 day period for quarantine, this greatly increases d travel duration and worse still increases travel expenses. I believe they are aware of this bcus for some months now in the refusals i hve seen, i hve not seen very many mentions of ‘spending more than 2 times disposable income’

giselle237:
i have seen a 3 times disposable before... however this was after his 2nd abi 3rd visa. There is no one size fits all.
I noticed if they want to close their eye to it they will but if they need to deny based on this, they will greatly wield this out.
Logically in these times where one is somewhat compelled to have an initial 10 day period for quarantine, this greatly increase d travel duration and worse still increases travel expenses. I believe they are aware of this bcus for some months now in the refusals i hve seen, i hve not seen very many mentions of ‘spending more than 2 times disposable income’

Tutu82:

Yes if return ticket is not included in the amount.

Nchabuomo:


I understand but I feel it's better you just state that you have lost contact with her as opposed to giving her number without her consent.

You don't need to have someone in the UK to apply for a tourist visa so adding her details or not doesn't in any way strengthen your application. It might make the ECO understand your situation better but since you aren't staying in her place and perhaps she doesn't even know you are applying for a visa, I don't think it's a good idea to add her number. My opinion though.

Nchabuomo:


I understand but I feel it's better you just state that you have lost contact with her as opposed to giving her number without her consent.

You don't need to have someone in the UK to apply for a tourist visa so adding her details or not doesn't in any way strengthen your application. It might make the ECO understand your situation better but since you aren't staying in her place and perhaps she doesn't even know you are applying for a visa, I don't think it's a good idea to add her number. My opinion though.

Nchabuomo:


That's not proper as you don't have her consent to share those details especially if it's not requested.

Nchabuomo:


That's fine then. I don't really think it would affect you. I don't think it's standard practice to look up an applicant's previous visa applications unless ofcourse they smell a rat. But again what do I know?

Nchabuomo:


If you are close to the date of your biometrics it means you have submitted your application. No? What then did you fill in?

If she's not picking then perhaps you shouldn't have answered yes to the question

Tutu82:

Isolating in a hostel kind of defeats the purpose doesn’t it?.Living with strangers and use of shared living areas,kitchen and bathrooms.So even if he has or knows someone who has don’t do it.
If money is an issue for you downgrade from a hotel to a bed and breakfast.
Let’s do things right.

princetigris:
yeah

Sanmigbola:
Is it possible for someone to spend more than 2 months disposable income (maybe 2 months and half Disposable income) ?

Fisherlala:



Every standard visit visa application is 50-50 but I don’t think your experience at the port of entry would significantly affect your future visa applications just make sure now they know you have a family member in the uk, for them to allow you into the Uk and didn’t hold on to your passport that you will get it when you are exiting the country shows they are satisfied with whatever explanation you gave them and you have done the right thing by not overstaying which would make them see you as a genuine visitor.
I have been stopped at the Heathrow airport before and delayed for over 8 hours, my fingerprints were taken and I was interviewed by 2 different Immigration officers but at last they apologised and I was allowed in the following year I applied and I was granted.
What I did was close to yours, I made contradictory statement about me coming to the UK to perform at the notthinhill carnival and they said if was performing I needed a different category of visa not a visit visa but I explained to them that it wasn’t a paid performance I just want to be with few Nigerians and entertain them.
The immigration officer asked me a very tricky question that what if I was offered money for the performance just to cover my ticket fee what will I do, I told him I want accept it because if I did that it means I have worked in the UK and my visa does not permit me to do that.

giselle237:

in my opinion it was not necessary. All this hassle for a distant relation.
U already told them in the application u had no relation or friend in the uk and were going to stay in a hotel.
This was ur first application right?
U submitted evidence of this, hotel and all and on those grounds u were issued the visa having satisfied the visa officer especially on grounds of finances.
Time of travel, u got to port of entry and changed to u were going to stay with ur distant relation- aunt now.
That u just reconnected after 10 years.
they kept quiet and let u come in.
Yes u have not done wrong, but holistically this may or may not marr your next chances.. i believe in 1st impression matters. It was ur 1st visa which u began complicating for no just cause. U could have come into the country and gone to ur hotel and visited ur distant relation later.
Did u decide to go reside with her to save costs?? If yes this is a different picture of your circumstances which you had presented initially.
If it was your 2nd visa or 2nd visit yeh i wont be bothered, but not first visa and first visit- it begs the question of what truly were your intentions.

In my humble opinion, my opinion ooh.. I am not a guru, but this is a 50-50 thing for you and can swing in any direction.

I am also of the opinion that deep down u are bothered by these two conflicting stories that is why you have continued to drag on the question in 20 different ways—- again could it be that u also think same way?

If not, several ppl have told u what to fill in, you keep coming from diff angles as if to reiterate that you might have done wrong.
Once again, these views are only mine and not of a visa officer and I might be goddamn wrong.

Wish u the best.

Nchabuomo:


I honestly don't see how you could have been denied a visa based on the details you shared here but again that's your experience and I have no right to question that.

There are so many reasons why an individual would answer NO to having a relation in the UK and answer YES on a later date. Based on that information alone it doesn't provide enough ground to deny an applicant's visa.

Based on personal experience OP doesn't have to answer YES if it isn't an immediate family member but again that's my own personal opinion.