tolatolaeva:
Good day everyone, has anyone tried cancelling a nonrefundable airticket on wakanow and rescheduled to a later date?

Just do a change of date, you may have to pay a fee for the change and fare difference. Wakanow never forgives the change fee & fare difference. There was a point that I lost the orginal ticket for my son because the price to change a date with the airline was higher than the price of another ticket with one other airline.

It is best to buy directly from the airline, it makes changes and refund easier, if you must buy from Wakanow and other online booking agent, you need to be sure of your travel plans so you don't have to incur additional charges.

BrosMayowa:
24 hour super priority is sweet o. Applied on Monday, biometrics Tuesday, visa collection today, Wednesday.

Congratulations! Are you 1st timer? Is urgent travel need a requirement? Just wanted to know if paying for super priority will be seen as a red flag to a trip that is not urgent.

Kiki25:

Kiki25:
I use piggyvest for my savings. And I stated in the application form that I have savings. Will they accept piggyvest statement of account?

Kiki25:


Some one should please advise?

Piggyvest operates as a MFB in Nigeria. The statement should be acceptable to UKVI. Just be sure that Piggyvest will confirm your statement when requested by UKVI.

Kelyzo1:


Kelyzo1:
Hello house,

Please I will need ur advise on this, my parents are planning to visit my brother in the UK and my dad will be sponsoring the trip. He is self-employed and owns a company.

My question is
1. Do my mum have to upload her personal statement
2. Is it a must that company name be active on CAC portal. Bearing in mind they age (63 & 60) and have properties and investment to prove they are going to return back to nigeria.

Thanks.

Kelyzo1:


Please can some1 help with my questions

1. Yes, you mom needs to upload her statement as well. If she's retired, the level of activity on the account will show such. If she gets allowances from your dad, you and your siblings it will show. Just explain her situation on the application.
2. The company name has to be active on CAC. If not, it is a risk factor. If self employed, he may have to pay himself salary for a period of time prior to applying. Strong tie to Nigeria will help this application. A thriving self employed business, landed properties, children and grand children to look after are strong ties.

knightingale:
Good afternoon everyone, please should the introduction letter and consent letter be handwritten or typed? Thanks a lot

Either way is fine but it must be legible if handwritten.

Ashirioluwa:


The processing delay is a general issue.

I know of 9 weeks + business days. Expect around 9 weeks but you could be lucky.

Oggg:
starts counting from time of test.

Except for those going to US that are required to test on the day of travel, anyone else should take the test the day before travelling to avoid issues of changes in policy. It has affect me, learnt the hard way.

TheExalted:


A friend did biometrics on Dec 21, got collection email today. My cousin however is still awaiting decision since December 3rd. We have October and November people here awaiting decisions. What matters is not how long it takes, it is the good outcome. Just exercise patience.

My cousin has been asked to come for collection. VI submission on December 3rd. If you have been waiting for a good news, please be patient. It will end in praise by God's grace.

Sykia:
Good News Fam!

I am so elated today. After the long wait (49 working days), finally picked up my passport. May God be praised.

Sent a paid mail to UKVI on 6th Jan asking for application update I was told it was still awaiting decision. Sent another on 12th Jan and was told a decision has been made that i should wait for 10 working days to be contacted.

Biometric- 2nd Nov
Centre- Abuja
Transferred to VAC/Received by VAC- 14th Jan at 10am and 1pm respectively
Collection mail- 14 Jan at 12:30pm
Collected- today, 17th Jan
Visa stamped- 12 Jan
2 years visa granted

This thread was indeed helpful before after application. Thank you Debbie, Brenda, and everyone always here to help and to boost morale.

To everyone still waiting, hang in there a little more as you’re next!

Congratulations!!!

Phummieawe:
Good day all.

Did biometric on 13th December ( my spouse, my 2 year old toddler and my humble sef)

Collection mail on 31st December only for me and my spouse
Picked up passport on 4th Jan for me and my spouse.
4th Jan 2022_ got a non straightforward mail for my daughter's application and no additional information requested.
Been waiting since then and I have a job that the start date has been extended to 7th Feb 2022.
What can I do please

You could send them a mail at: https://ukvi.mysecurepay.co.uk/Home or call them. You may need to highlight the urgency involved.

Sus4:
This is the refusal mail

Please delete and remove your personal information before sharing it.

Sus4:
Am so downcast, I just got a refusal mail

I'm sorry to hear about your refusal. Please work on the reasons for the refusal and resubmit if you can or wait until your situation has changed then you re-apply. Whatever you do, just don't give up.

ToyosiR:
Hello All.

did anyone have biometrics done on the 20th of December, 2021?
Have you gotten decision mail on your visa?

A friend did biometrics on Dec 21, got collection email today. My cousin however is still awaiting decision since December 3rd. We have October and November people here awaiting decisions. What matters is not how long it takes, it is the good outcome. Just exercise patience.

cutebear:
In fact, she should put 7-8 days sef. In order to reduce the money needed.

7-8 days is okay but 2 weeks is ideal.
Sometimes, ECO will say that you're blowing x amount of money in 1 week. While there is nothing wrong with 1 week or even less, the ideal in my opinion is 2 weeks but it depends on individual situation.

evetyson:
After DHL and wahala I finally got my passport this morning with my Visa. Thanks everyone for your love and support. Signed Evelyn

Congratulations! You didn't wait in vain.

Cycloe:
My sister was denied visa today .
Any advise on what’s best for her to reapply .
Note : she is unemployed, but receives monthly allowance.
She was truthful about her status.

Your sister needs to show strong tie to Nigeria. Having landed property is one of it. Showing family ties, like having children is school will help. She should get evidences that her kids are schooling here in Nigeria.

She needs to provide evidence of her relationship with the sponsor. If the sponsor is a sibling, birth certificates of her and her siblings will help. If a spouse, marriage certificate, children birth certificate and joint ownership of property will help.

She must provide her bank statement in addition to that of her sponsor.

In short, she must convince ECO that she will return to Nigeria.

When and where did she submit the application?

Debbieeeeeee:
Collection mail dropped. Thank you, guys!
Signed - Prophetess

Congratulations Prophetess!!! You've been great on this and other platforms. Can't wait to congratulate on CA PPR.

tiamiyukunle69:


Vaccinated folks no longer need to take covid19 pre-departure test

Except that Nigeria requires a PCR test for all international passengers except children below 10 years old.

Omishor2020:
Good evening everyone.


I amended my date for TLS Ikeja and got a date for 12th of January. The date effected on my portal but i didnt get any appointment email atall. I have checked my inbox, spam and other folders severally.

I am worried because i may not be allowed in on my appointment date. How can i proceed please.


Thanks everyone

Be sure that your email was correctly captured on the application, did you receive a mail from UKVI? If not, you might have mistakenly entered incorrect email. You could print out a screen shot of the appointment and that should suffice.

Jayeolaifeoluwa:
How do I go about the payment.
?

You can go to the UPS by the VFS office. That's the one i used. Detail instructions will be given on how to pay at the UPS.

baddestguy:


Really for temporary resident visa

Really!

Jayeolaifeoluwa:
Good news, I just got my passport request letter.
I applied Nov 22.
Should I send my passport to Abuja or Lagos?. I did my biometrics in Lagos tho.

Abuja takes 1 week and costs about 25k if your if your bio was done in Lagos.
Lagos takes 2 weeks or slightly more but it costs 4k or so if your bio was done in Lagos.

Went with Abuja to save the headache of having to wait for an extra week or more. The choice is yours.

baddestguy:


Nice brother. Congrats
Omor no 1 wan reply me sha lol. Abeg na. After biometrics, how long before you get a refusal or approval. Pls make som1 tell me.

28 days.

RuggedArab:
Please can I send passport to vfs office Abuja with UPS?

Yes but you will have to pay about 24k, 14k for the package to & fro, then 7k or so to the VFS Abuja if you did your bio-metric elsewhere.
Learnt Abuja is faster, you get your passport within a week. I submitted passport on Monday, I should have it back by the end of the day today.

You will pay only 4k however if you submit your passport to Lagos, assuming your bio-metric was done in Lagos.

Sunkeke:
just to update the house that my parents got PPR today

Congratulations!

trav:
Good day folks,

Thanks to all here. My elder brother who is married to a Canadian citizen has been requested to bring in his passport. He had to reapply about two weeks ago after waiting for almost 10 months and no update on his last application. He will not be doing biometric as his biometric is still valid.
Please apart from the letter requesting his passport, and the letter of biometric validity, what else his he expected to go with and his he expected to book an appointment to submit the passport?

I'll really appreciate your guidance on this.

Thanks.

The initial documents that were given to him during his biometric.

RuggedArab:
I appreciate your input but sincerely using my mom is not a bait. We had even suggested we pay any of the airline she would use for assistance but she’s not so keen to that. This visit was suppose to happen last year but covid-19 and the nature of my job affected the visit.

I’m not married, I understand that part about the strong ties back home.

I submitted everything about my employment including a letter from my pension company except my salary bank statement.

I will reapply with my salary statement this time. How much would one need for 15days stay let me look if I can liquidate some investment

Note that you must explain unusual inflow into your account. The investment liquidated must be backed by evidence. Try and cover all loopholes prior to re-submission.

RuggedArab:
So we (I and my Mom) applied for a visiting visa to see my Bro who is a PR in Canada for a short stay. Initially I did the application through the old portal and days letter I found out about the new portal and applied again.

On the new portal we applied as a group (family), that was on 19th Nov 2021. PPR came 7th Dec for my mom and they refused me.

Reasons they gave for my refusal
- You will not come back based on your assets and financial status
- you will not come back based on your ties in Canada and country of residence
- you will not come back based on travel history ( I cannot do anything here really, I have not really had reason except for now to travel though)

Now this is the Issue - My mom is aged and cannot travel alone, we stated this in the application reason I am accompanying her. We are first time travellers. She is saying of what use is the visa when she cannot travel alone except someone she is comfortable (Family member) with accompanies her.

- I have a nice job (Manager position). I uploaded my employment letter
- my assets (Landed properties) are jointly owned with my bro in Canada. uploaded the docs too
- I have a running lease contract with MTN Nigeria. I uploaded the doc

So House, what else can I do in my situation to respond to them? Note, I did not upload my bank statement since it is my bro that is sponsoring the visit which he wrote letter of support with his bank statement. should I have uploaded my bank statement? Do I need to write a strong LOE putting emotions as to why my aged mom cannot travel alone and the visa could be of no use to her?

I hate stress, you see why I jejely dey my dey enjoying myself. I am going to spend money and whiteman is refusing me visa too!...... just for laughs

I NEED HELP PLEASE

I'm sorry about your refusal. The red flag, i believe, is that you didn't include your bank statement. You should have included your bank statement. Not including it sends a signal that you're relying solely on your brother. Please re-apply and include your statement. The letter you suggested is also okay.

@All,

Now that Canada has banned us due to the latest variant, Omicron, what happens to visa processing?
Hope it will not affect those that have submitted passports for visa?
Can one travel to a green country for 2 weeks then proceed to Canada?

I'm puzzled.

Babe25:
Please where will one quite the previous reference ID

As you're filling the forms it will ask for Unique Client ID number UCI, just put that of the old one into the new portal application.

I thought of doing a webform but I decided to wait and see. It turns out a great news.

mercy445:
Congratulations, pls did u cancel last year's application and begin a new one?
thanks

I did nothing to the old application. Still pending since July 3rd, 2020.

19CannyMum:


Congratulations and thanks for sharing. Answer to your question:

https://www.nairaland.com/5818588/canadian-student-visa-thread-part/642#96722431

Note that Abuja is faster than Lagos and you will pay a transmission fee if you send to a different vfs than where you did your biometrics.

Did biometric in Lagos, will have to pay transmission fee.