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Dear team

Thanks for all you do and responding to all questions.
I have two questions
1. I just submitted my application but yet to do biometrics. Please can I still documents as I missed about two documents (reference letter from previous employer to cover for gap, nysc certificate, birth certificate of my dependants and more chats) that I should’ve submitted. I did self service.
2. I got separated but not divorced yet, I have an unmarried partner who has twins for me and they are my dependants. I submitted 11 pics, immigration dna, bank transfers to her, email correspondence) will they be refused visa.
Note: I have travelled with my estranged wife to the uk in the past. I stated in my application that I am separated but under dependent I didn’t include her name only the unmarried partner with the twins.
Thank you

Hello house I have 2 questions.
1. I graduated oct 2018, completed NYSC sept 2019. Do I need to explain my study gap? Would it start counting from NYSC completion or Degree graduation.

2. After applying for visa application. Can one remove remove the POF from the ?
Has anyone done this before? What was the outcome. I mean lets say I spent 2m out of 10m I have in my on something impromtu.

Hello

1.Your study gap is from 2018, NYSC is part of an activity you have done for 1year. Are you employed or self employed? You could add an additional evidence in this regard


2. Your POF is for your study in the UK, any other arrangement is full on deceit and will attract a 10year ban when caught


Also we don't encourage such discussion on this thread


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Willrobert9398:
Hello house I have 2 questions.
1. I graduated oct 2018, completed NYSC sept 2019. Do I need to explain my study gap? Would it start counting from NYSC completion or Degree graduation.

2. After applying for visa application. Can one remove remove the POF from the ?
Has anyone done this before? What was the outcome.

Hello

1. You can your documents at TLS and pay for assisted service

In my opinion , being separated is not a legal status,you are still legally married if you aren't divorced. You can't have your wife's details on previous visa application and submit a different name as unmarried partner

I will still proceed to advise below when you get it right:

Include the birth certificate of your children to show the unmarried partner is their mother

With your partner you have to provide enough evidence to show your relationship is substantial, these should include bills paid together,rent ,t statement etc.

If their mother is refused the kids will automatically be refused.

Back to my initial point, separated doesn't say anything about your legal status.


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odi1278:
Dear team

Thanks for all you do and responding to all questions.
I have two questions
1. I just submitted my application but yet to do biometrics. Please can I still documents as I missed about two documents (reference letter from previous employer to cover for gap, nysc certificate, birth certificate of my dependants and more chats) that I should’ve submitted. I did self service.
2. I got separated but not divorced yet, I have an unmarried partner who has twins for me and they are my dependants. I submitted 11 pics, immigration dna, bank transfers to her, email correspondence) will they be refused visa.
Note: I have travelled with my estranged wife to the uk in the past. I stated in my application that I am separated but under dependent I didn’t include her name only the unmarried partner with the twins.
Thank you

Hello

Not needed

Just your company registration and tax documents

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gthots:
So for one with a study gap with proof of ed business, will there be any need to share extensive details with the ECO about the activities of the company? For example, sharing links to social media pages or channels where services (e-books & online classes) of the business can be purchased.

Any guidance or advice is welcome

Hello

You will need a physical card at TLS

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tolats:
Thank you for your prompt response. The application has been submitted already and there’s no way the priority could be added, at least I’m not seeing it on the TLS portal again. That’s why we’ve decided to add it at the TLS centre. I may be wrong though. Will physical card be needed or just the card details to make the payment? A pound debit card is available but not physically. What do you advice?

Hello

Is it your ?

If you need to make financial transactions please do so


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EconFinance:
Dear Partners

Will it be problematic if I keep sending monies into my that I want to use the statements for POF?..

Because that's what I have been doing
But it's small sums of money

Hello

1. If it is stated in your CAS then it

2. The address is insignificant, your affidavit to correct your date of birth is more important, that too

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awesinic:
greetings everyone! @ Duchess

is it really required/compulsory for one to second school certificate (Waec/ Neco) among the documents to be ed during application?

there's an error on my waec result on date of birth, i had corrected it with affidavit long time back, just now again i discovered the Address on it them is different for what have been using now also for the application.

so i option not to it and however i need to check if it's really necessary or not.

your kind response!

Hello

Optional


Usually,the ECO will request to see the MAs statement to confirm the funds were not recycled and yes it has to be up to date

If you do decide to submit both include a cover letter to explain what SOA refers to your dependant

your POF is for your study/use in the UK


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Yemmymo:
Hello

@duchess and everyone

Please does MA need to submit updated SOA at the point of dependent application, even though dependent's POF was running when MA submitted their application?

Hello

Use an up to date statement from 21st June till date


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missetuk:
Good day all,
My school requested for POF before issuing CAS,
I sent them a statement of from the 21st of June to 20th of July.
CAS was issued in the 26th. My appointment is for biometrics is for the 2nd. Can I print a more recent statement or should I same thing that was sent to the school

Justpat:


Hello for your issue, you seem to have exhausted the allowed card transaction limit on your gtb card hence no other payment is going through successfully. You may need to use a different card to pay the remaining payment. There are usually monthly/quarterly/ annual limits on cards for web transactions. Cheers

Thank you very much for your input. However, I ed the bank severally and I was told the card has no limit. In fact, they confirmed the declined transaction(which I have done like about 8times) didn't hit their system at all. The last successful payment was the one they saw. Option of using another card is worth trying too, I hope to try that today and I pray it works out. Thank you.

Thank you for your prompt response, I appreciate it.

Please when you say tax document is it for the company or the individual?

Also, the applicant started a Distance Learning MBA in 2021 and has written the last 4 papers in June 2023 but waiting for the final result. Can this be included to the study gap? Kindly note that there is no official transcript just student copy results for the last 4 semesters.

The proposed course of study is MSc Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

duchess90:
Hello

Not needed

Just your company registration and tax documents

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Hello My people

Please does TLS centre accept soft copies of ing documents(e.g marriage pictures, WhatsApp chat history etc which are usually in soft copies) from applicants to help when one pays for assisted service?

Good morning guys,
I am new here so I have a couple of questions, please bear with me.

1. I am living in Nigeria, working after completing NYSC a few months ago, but I have applied for a 2 year masters in the UK for winter entry. My sponsor is my sister who is in the UK. How do we go ing her as my sponsor?

2. When showing proof of fund, considering my program is a 2 year program, am I to show the full 2 year fees as available at time of application, or is showing proof of fund for 1 year of the fees adequate?

3. Based on the current clime in of visa sponsorship, what is the duration of the postgraduate visa after completing masters? Is it still 2 years as before? Or has it been reduced to 6 months?

4. Anyone going for winter entry here? What’s the timeframe for schools to process applications please as it’s almost August and I applied two months ago but have not heard back from the schools.

You have to print all your ing documents in standard A4 paper.

skayT:
Hello My people

Please does TLS centre accept soft copies of ing documents(e.g marriage pictures, WhatsApp chat history etc which are usually in soft copies) from applicants to help when one pays for assisted service?

1, Being your sister, and your sponsor, there’re limitations to what she can “officially do for you”. She can help with payments of tuition, accommodations and all. But sadly you can’t use her bank statements for visa purposes. She can however transfer the required sum in your and then you use your bank statement.

2, You’ll only show tuition deposits and maintenance fees for 1yr.

3, Post study work visas still remains 2 years. That hasn’t changed.

4, You should know most schools are super busy at the moment as they’re giving priority to 2023 Sept applicants. But just keep applying, and to as many school as possible. The earlier the better.

Karishma:
Good morning guys,
I am new here so I have a couple of questions, please bear with me.

1. I am living in Nigeria, working after completing NYSC a few months ago, but I have applied for a 2 year masters in the UK for winter entry. My sponsor is my sister who is in the UK. How do we go ing her as my sponsor?

2. When showing proof of fund, considering my program is a 2 year program, am I to show the full 2 year fees as available at time of application, or is showing proof of fund for 1 year of the fees adequate?

3. Based on the current clime in of visa sponsorship, what is the duration of the postgraduate visa after completing masters? Is it still 2 years as before? Or has it been reduced to 6 months?

4. Anyone going for winter entry here? What’s the timeframe for schools to process applications please as it’s almost August and I applied two months ago but have not heard back from the schools.

Thanks for your reply, she did start transferring some of the funds to me earlier in the year to build my , but stopped after the exchange rate started climbing rapidly. The amount she transferred to me has depreciated already so that was why we decided to leave the amount in her in the UK.
What will you advise when it comes to time to apply for visa, should she still transfer it to me? And how do I then prove to the ECO that I got the funds cause I would then have to disclose that it’s from my sister? Is there a way of keeping the money so it remains at the pounds value?

Paparaxo:
1, Being your sister, and your sponsor, there’re limitations to what she can “officially do for you”. She can help with payments of tuition, accommodations and all. But sadly you can’t use her bank statements for visa purposes. She can however transfer the required sum in your and then you use your bank statement.

2, You’ll only show tuition deposits and maintenance fees for 1yr.

3, Post study work visas still remains 2 years. That hasn’t changed.

4, You should know most schools are super busy at the moment as they’re giving priority to 2023 Sept applicants. But just keep applying, and to as many school as possible. The earlier the better.

duchess90:
Hello

Is it your ?

If you need to make financial transactions please do so


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It is my

It's an where I have been making periodic transfers into for years now

Good morning everyone.
I have done my bio last week but yesterday i took a good look at the Tls checklist and discovered the Sponsor evidence is Striked as well as travel and resident document. But i submitted CAS and port, assisted service.
Is it how it should be?. I'm worried.

Karishma:
Thanks for your reply, she did start transferring some of the funds to me earlier in the year to build my , but stopped after the exchange rate started climbing rapidly. The amount she transferred to me has depreciated already so that was why we decided to leave the amount in her in the UK.
What will you advise when it comes to time to apply for visa, should she still transfer it to me? And how do I then prove to the ECO that I got the funds cause I would then have to disclose that it’s from my sister? Is there a way of keeping the money so it remains at the pounds value?

Your sister cannot be your sponsor, you cannot use her bank as POF.

Hello

Yes please


Include the student copy of results


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gthots:
Thank you for your prompt response, I appreciate it.

Please when you say tax document is it for the company or the individual?

Also, the applicant started a Distance Learning MBA in 2021 and has written the last 4 papers in June 2023 but waiting for the final result. Can this be included to the study gap? Kindly note that there is no official transcript just student copy results for the last 4 semesters.

The proposed course of study is MSc Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

Hello

Then it shouldn't be a concern

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EconFinance:


It is my

It's an where I have been making periodic transfers into for years now

Hello

You shouldn't be

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Sandrylala:
Good morning everyone.
I have done my bio last week but yesterday i took a good look at the Tls checklist and discovered the Sponsor evidence is Striked as well as travel and resident document. But i submitted CAS and port, assisted service.
Is it how it should be?. I'm worried.

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duchess90:
Hello

You shouldn't be

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God bless you for this. So it is normal the checklist is like that ?. Because the lady even stappled the copy of my port bio page to the checklist and said i would bring it for port collection. And i submitted Cas for scanning and I'msure she scanned everything because i watched her do it. Just on the checklist the sponsor evidencewas striked not marked for original or copy

duchess90:
Hello

You shouldn't be

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Karishma:
Thanks for your reply, she did start transferring some of the funds to me earlier in the year to build my , but stopped after the exchange rate started climbing rapidly. The amount she transferred to me has depreciated already so that was why we decided to leave the amount in her in the UK.
What will you advise when it comes to time to apply for visa, should she still transfer it to me? And how do I then prove to the ECO that I got the funds cause I would then have to disclose that it’s from my sister? Is there a way of keeping the money so it remains at the pounds value?

You can use a Dom

duchess90:
Hello

Then it shouldn't be a concern

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Meemacca:
Hello everyone. Does anyone know how long it takes for University of Derby to issue CAS after submission of the form? You response is well anticipated.

Oh I would suggest you open a pound with your bank since she’s in the UK. That way she can transfer the funds in pounds without worrying about exchange rate. Gives you more peace of mind too. The transfer can be made in one lump sum. However, when printing your bank statement, you start counting from the day after you received the lump sum(this prevents you from having to explain how you got the money). UKVI accepts bank statements in any currency. So long it’s in your name, parents or legal partner’s name.

Karishma
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Thanks for your reply, she did start transferring some of the funds to me earlier in the year to build my , but stopped after the exchange rate started climbing rapidly. The amount she transferred to me has depreciated already so that was why we decided to leave the amount in her in the UK.
What will you advise when it comes to time to apply for visa, should she still transfer it to me? And how do I then prove to the ECO that I got the funds cause I would then have to disclose that it’s from my sister? Is there a way of keeping the money so it remains at the pounds value?

Thanks, I think we will start working on this now then so it can be in the for sometime before I have to show POF.

Thanks everyone for the answers.

Paparaxo:
Oh I would suggest you open a pound with your bank since she’s in the UK. That way she can transfer the funds in pounds without worrying about exchange rate. Gives you more peace of mind too. The transfer can be made in one lump sum. However, when printing your bank statement, you start counting from the day after you received the lump sum(this prevents you from having to explain how you got the money). UKVI accepts bank statements in any currency. So long it’s in your name, parents or legal partner’s name.

Hello Guys,

Pls I have an urgent question. I came into the UK as a single student, and recently I went back to Nigeria to marry.

How do I notify the Home Office about my change of martial status, so I can start processing my wife's dependant visa?

You mean it is not an error ? That is how it should be ?

duchess90:
Hello

You shouldn't be

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