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Pls house which address will work reference letter be addressed to.

Nmandu1:
Can my imitate brother be my sponsor for UK students visa? We share the same surname.

He should send the money to you or your parents’

Hello,
My appointment is at 10.30am, but I'd like to know if arriving earlier than that will get me in or if I'll have to wait until 10.30.
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Realshima88:
Good afternoon all, does anyone the actual IHS cost for a 16 month course?

Please oo.. *does anyone know?

Congratulatiosn .... I am still waiting for zenith to debit, mine is more than a month now, and i have to meet up with RGU deadline of 29th, i hope i will get the telex before then..


author=ameeh post=114917234]Zenith Bank and it took one month [/quote]

Do the calculations here https://www.immigration-health-surcharge.service.gov.uk/checker/type

Realshima88:


Please oo.. *does anyone know?

SOME OF THE QUESTIONS HERE ARE PAINFUL. Read page 1 first!!! You are a student going to study.. at least research a bit. Everything is on page 1.


You can apply for your visa at most, 6 months before your course start date but you can only travel at most, 1 month before your course start date.
Stop!!! Important advice before you continue: https://nairaland.unblockandhide.com/6719932/living-uk-life-immigrant-part-2#105186938
REQUIREMENTS FOR STUDENT VISA
Application link: https://www.gov.uk/student-visa/apply

1. Your port.

2. CAS statement (this includes your CAS number and sponsor details). You don't need to this as it is an electronic document that the ECO has access to. Just filling the CAS information on your application is ok.

3. Academic evidence and documents detailed on CAS.

4. TB test result (from IOM only). See booking details here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tuberculosis-test-for-a-uk-visa-clinics-in-nigeria/tuberculosis-testing-in-nigeria#attending-the-clinic

5. Outstanding tuition fees.

6. MAINTENANCE REQUIREMENTS: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/financial-evidence-for-student-and-child-student-route-applicants
a. £1,334 monthly (for up to 9 months) for within London (this includes schools in the Greater London area and all the London boroughs). This means that you need to show £1,334 * 9 for your maintenance.
b. £1,023 monthly (for up to 9 months) for outside London. This means that you need to show £1,023*9 for your maintenance.


7. FINANCE EVIDENCE: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/financial-evidence-for-student-and-child-student-route-applicants


a. You can use your bank statement or your parents bank statement to show your funds (tuition fees + maintenance).
The money must be kept in the for 28 days before application; the end of the 28 days must not be older than 31 days before your application.
Note: Your application date is the date of your online submission, not your biometrics date.
The only family that can sponsor you (give you their statement to use) are your parents or legal guardian(s).
If using your parents' (s), you need your birth certificate which has your parents' name as your parents to prove your relationship to them.
Note: You can only use your partner’s money if your partner is present in the UK or applying at the same time as you.

If using your guardian's statement, you need to include a court document appointing the person as your guardian. This guardian must have been appointed by the court when you were below 18 years.
Note 1: If your funds are held in an that is not in £, the ECO will convert the funds in your using the exchange on the day of your online application as calculated on: https://www1.oanda.com/currency/converter/
Note 2: You cannot use overdrafts, bitcoin savings, stocks and shares, pensions, bank s that are not regulated by the financial regulatory body in the country you’re applying from or bank s that don’t use electronic record keeping.
Note 3: You can use current s, deposit s, savings s, pension savings, investment s.
Note 4: When paying your visa/HIS fees, your bank will not use Oanda rates.
Note 5: Please leave your funds in your till you get your visa to avoid stories that touch. If it is used to pay your fees, you must have the receipt ready incase the ECO requests for a fresh bank statement covering longer periods.
Note 6: Prepare for an interview even if the possibility is low so that you are ready for any eventuality.

b. You can also submit a sponsorship letter (see sample here: https://docs.gre.ac.uk/rep/sas/example-sponsorship-letter ) if you're sponsored by
i. Her Majesty’s (UK) Government
ii. The applicant’s home (Nigerian, in this case) government
iii. the British Council
iv. an international organisation eg. UNICEF, UN, WHO etc.
v. an international company (a company that actively operates in 2 or more countries)
vii. a university (eg. The university where you will be studying).
viii. a UK independent school.

c. Loan letter, if you are in receipt of an educational loan. The loan must be in your name. See link for details: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/financial-evidence-for-student-and-child-student-route-applicants
Note: The loan letter must confirm that there are no conditions on release of the loan funds other than a successful application to study.
It must also confirm that the funds will be available to you, or paid directly to the sponsor, before you begin your course.


8. Consent letter: You'll also need a letter from your parent(s) or guardian that states that they consent to you using the funds in the for which evidence has been submitted. This is only applicable if using their bank statements. See sample here: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.westminster.ac.uk/sites/default/public-files/general-documents/Example%2520of%2520parent%2520consent%2520letter.doc&ved=2ahUKEwjVuYnvs9rtAhX7UxUIHR04C3cQFjALegQIBxAB&usg=AOvVaw23ibrOLrlQod4FOobTdsJp

9. ATAS certificate, if your course requires it.

10. Consent letter: Under 18s will also need a consent letter from both parents or their guardian consenting to their visa application, their living arrangements in the UK and their travel to the UK. See example here (edit as required): http://documents.manchester.ac.uk/display.aspx?DocID=29499

https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/ssid/immigration/tier-4-application/ing-documents#consent

Graduate visa (after your studies) https://www.gov.uk/graduate-visa
Cost: Visa - £700 + IHS (£624 per year * 2 for Masters programmes and £624 per year * 3 for PhDs) = £1,948 (Masters) and £2,572 (PhDs).

FOR DEPENDANTS: Your family must be in the UK as your dependant under the Student visa for them to qualify as your dependants under the Graduate visa route. This means that they must apply to you more than 6 months to the end of your course since BRPs are not issued for any visa below 6 months.
a. Spouses only: Marriage certificate.

b. Spouses and Children: Maintenance evidence: Bank statement showing £845 monthly * 9 months for within London or £680 monthly * 9 months for outside London. This must be in the for at least 28 days; the end of the 28 days must not be older than 31 days before your application.

For dependant spouses, the money can be in your or your partner's .

For dependant children, the money can be in either parent's .
Note: If applying shortly after the main applicant, be ready to show evidence of the main applicant’s funds (ie. Bank statements showing that he/she still has part of the money that hasn’t been spent on tuition or living expenses, rent/tuition receipts and any other document to prove that the money is not being recycled).

c. Spouses and children: TB test certificate (From IOM only)

d. Your child(ren) only: Child(ren)'s birth certificate showing you as their parent.
Note: If you’re taking care of a family member who’s now like a child to you and you’d like to take this child with you to the UK, you must provide an adoption certificate, court document showing that you have been appointed as the child’s legal guardian or granting you parental responsibility over the child.
These documents must be dated before the child turns 18 (ideally while the child is under age 16).

e. Spouse or parent's Biometric Residence Permit if they are already in the UK, their vignette /GWF number if they have gotten their vignette but are still in Nigeria or if they are awaiting their application decision.

f. For spouses, you can include pictures of you and your spouse to prove that your marriage is genuine and subsisting or communication evidence (if you have lived apart prior to your application especially in cases where the spouse has travelled to the UK already). You can also use t s, letters from your doctor, t properties amongst many others to show that your marriage is real.

g. For children only: consent letter signed by both parents or legal guardian. See sample here (edit as required): http://documents.manchester.ac.uk/display.aspx?DocID=29499

https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/ssid/immigration/tier-4-application/ing-documents#consent

h. Your port.

i. IHS payment. No need to your IHS receipt as the payment is automatically linked to the application for which it was made.

Partner application link: https://www.gov.uk/student-visa/family-
https://apply-to-visit-or-stay-in-the-uk.homeoffice.gov.uk/sort/live-in-crown-dependency/pbs_dependant_partner_out_uk?uid=5e9d2286-149e-48dc-a7cb-4fb2333ca8fa

Child dependant application link: https://apply-to-visit-or-stay-in-the-uk.homeoffice.gov.uk/sort/live-in-crown-dependency/pbs_dependant_child_out_uk?uid=79477a63-f4e1-4391-9811-6368465d1b8a

COSTS.
1. Visa fee: £475 . For further info, check on costs and requirements check https://www.gov.uk/student-visa

2. TB test fee: currently N57,800. Check for booking, cost, and updated information here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/tuberculosis-test-for-a-uk-visa-clinics-in-nigeria/tuberculosis-testing-in-nigeria

3. IHS cost: Currently £470 for each year of your course plus £235 for the extra 4-6 months granted in addition to the duration of your course.
Calculate how much your IHS will cost here: https://www.immigration-health-surcharge.service.gov.uk/checker/type

4. Optional processing service fees. Check here for more info: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visa-regulations-revised-table/2020
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/visa-regulations-revised-table/home-office-immigration-and-nationality-fees-1-july-2021
a. Priority: £220 (application processed, ideally, within 5 working days)
b. Super priority: £956 (application processed, ideally, within 24 hours)
c. For other value-added services, check
https://pos.tls.com/abv_en/added-value-services
Note: This can sometimes be suspended due to large volumes of applications or certain unforeseen situations.

Note: For single parents who want to travel with their under-18 child(ren) but not with the child(ren)'s other parent, you will need a death certificate, sole custody order or any other legal document that shows that the child(ren)'s other parent isn't in the picture anymore.
Also, having detailed childcare plans while you study helps – nurseries/schools around your area to give you an idea of how to weave this into your application.
The onus is on you to prove that your situation is compelling enough for the ECO to grant you and your child(ren) visas without the other parent.

After you arrive: https://nairaland.unblockandhide.com/6719932/living-uk-life-immigrant-part-2
1. For rooms and accommodation:
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/
https://www.spareroom.co.uk/
https://www.airbnb.co.uk/
https://www.zoopla.co.uk/
2. Apply for your NI as soon as possible after you arrive and pick up your BRP. https://www.gov.uk/national-insurance
3. on the electoral roll – this is good if you plan to build a life here. https://www.gov.uk/electoral-
4. Apply for your provisional driving licence – this comes in handy as proof of address and form of ID. https://motoring.dvla.gov.uk/service/DvoConsumer.portal?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=FAP&_nfls=false
5. Sign up on job sites
For NHS jobs (they usually have 0-hour contracts, part-time and permanent contracts), https://www.healthjobsuk.com/
https://www.cv-library.co.uk/
https://uk.indeed.com/
https://www.totaljobs.com/

Pls i am in the CAS stage, and query that my TB certificate was not signed by the health professional was raised. How do i rectify this? Kindly assist

giselle237:
He should send the money to you or your parents’

That's means i don't need a sponsorship letter from him if he deposit the money into my ?

Good evening house. Please advice,
I want to pay deposit tuition fees to secure my ission and the deadline is 25th of July next week. I have someone in the UK that can easily help transfer the money to the school then state my student number and name for reference so they know the payment is for me. Is it advisable to do that or I should pay through form A here in Nigeria? I’m worried form A might take weeks even month for the payment to get there with the present situation in Nigeria and by then my deadline would have expired. I really want the payment to be made in the UK so the school can easily get it same day, but I’m concerned if this might have any negative effect on my ission and visa application

Why is the IOM website not working?

Tried several times now yet nothing.

Can I just send a mail?

Test is for my dependant

Good day, is the parent details compulsory while filling the application form?
Thanks.

noCAP:
Please what's the minimum amount needed in your as POF

anyone?

HrmBennyEmmy:
Good evening house. Please advice,
I want to pay deposit tuition fees to secure my ission and the deadline is 25th of July next week. I have someone in the UK that can easily help transfer the money to the school then state my student number and name for reference so they know the payment is for me. Is it advisable to do that or I should pay through form A here in Nigeria? I’m worried form A might take weeks even month for the payment to get there with the present situation in Nigeria and by then my deadline would have expired. I really want the payment to be made in the UK so the school can easily get it same day, but I’m concerned if this might have any negative effect on my ission and visa application

It had no effect on your ission. The person can pay. What concerns the school is they get the money.

noCAP:
anyone?

8.2m

Let me answer like @Duchess90
Your living expenses + your outstanding tuition balance. Please it's better the money exceeds the required amount than being deficit.
CHEERS!

noCAP:
anyone?

CowbellY:


8.2m

damn! . And i had 7m in mind

Nothing to worry. I paid my own deposit last month using my brother who stays there. Just give the person the necessary details. I did that form A with UBA since two months now, but until now my own has not been processed. I just had to use ur brother since my deadline was approaching. It went smoothly and school received it and sent me mails

HrmBennyEmmy:
Good evening house. Please advice,
I want to pay deposit tuition fees to secure my ission and the deadline is 25th of July next week. I have someone in the UK that can easily help transfer the money to the school then state my student number and name for reference so they know the payment is for me. Is it advisable to do that or I should pay through form A here in Nigeria? I’m worried form A might take weeks even month for the payment to get there with the present situation in Nigeria and by then my deadline would have expired. I really want the payment to be made in the UK so the school can easily get it same day, but I’m concerned if this might have any negative effect on my ission and visa application

Pls house which address will work reference letter be addressed to.

Good evening house

Please I need your input here.

I've submitted my online application and ed on TLS.
Issue is with POF - I ed matured statement on TLS, but my printed bank statement will be beyond 31 days old by the time I go for biometrics.

How does this affect my chances please? Do I have to print an updated copy when going for Bio?
@duchess90

Realshima88:


Please oo.. *does anyone know?

Around 1400 but it will show you your due when you fill the ihs form

Readytojapa:
Good evening house

Please I need your input here.

I've submitted my online application and ed on TLS.
Issue is with POF - I ed matured statement on TLS, but my printed bank statement will be beyond 31 days old by the time I go for biometrics.
They will work with the one you submitted online as long as the one is more not than 31 days when you submitted online
How does this affect my chances please? Do I have to print an updated copy when going for Bio?
@duchess90

Nmandu1:
That's means i don't need a sponsorship letter from him if he deposit the money into my ?

Yeah you don't just print it out after 28 days and use it without mentioning that anyone is sponsoring you

Hello house , has any one used Polaris for form A , m on my 4th week now and m already worried . Did t take this long

Pls o... Can an international student in UK invite his family (siblings & parents) and relatives ( like Uncle or Cousins etc) for a visit to the UK?

Phil46:
Hello Guys,

Please, I need direction on how to get to IOM from Ikeja Along. Thanks

When you alight at Along, cross to the other side, make you enter market, as if you dey go computer village.

Walk straight to the bridge, you'll see Korope by your left, tell them you're going to Isaac John, them go carry you drop you for the beginning of the street, then you trek down.

Heading back, (incase you need this), just enter Korope wey dey go Ikeja, them go drop you for bridge, walk down to Along... Dazzal

Happyfellow147:
Why is the IOM website not working?

Tried several times now yet nothing.

Can I just send a mail?

Test is for my dependant

Send an email to them, and check for their reply in your spam.

Alternatively, try to book for a very far date. Once you do so, go back to your booking and reschedule to a near date. (This is what worked for me)

Pls gurus in the house, pls do anyone knows about cheap UK schools that accept English Language C6. I want to start applying for January intake. Pls help. Thanks

[quote author=abuhusna1 post=114924135][/quote]
1400£ must be the IHS and VISA fee abeg o.

Please I’m currently not seeing this page while filing my form, but the page popped up during my friend’s application.

oyetbaba:
over two months now, nothing

Maybe you should send them an email.

511, then some charges totalling #10k little fraction

DwayneChuks:


Please at what rate were you debited at UBA?