NewStats: 3,264,127 , 8,182,716 topics. Date: Monday, 09 June 2025 at 07:37 PM 6c5xh

onile1975:


@nfosoftlife

Pls what are the things you mail to home office
For the decision to be overturned?

2) did you do it urself?

Yes, I did.
I have a good travel history, have been to the US and UK, and have good home ties with enough funds in the submitted bank .
I quoted all these in my complaint.

Wow Congratulations! Did you go through the PAP route? Or it was just a letter you sent to their complaint email?

infosoftlife:


Mine took less than a month and it was overturned and I got my 10 yrs visa.

Thank you so much, I already drafted the email, I will send it on Monday and fill you guys in.

volticvox:


To complain to the Home Office, you should send an email to [email protected]. Make sure to include your personal details, GWF reference number, a detailed description of the problem you are complaining about (I suggest you write this in paragraphs with sufficient details and points to counter the refusal reasons), and attach your ing documents.


Hope it goes well.

Knowlegeseeking:
Please can one apply for a visa renewal when the current visa has not expired? my twin's 6 months visa expires on the 21st of this month and he is looking at visiting by month end or latest first week of June. He wants to know if he can put in an application for renewal of the visa before it expires this month so he can get the updated visa and travel by month end.

yes he can

YemmyPOG:

She wants come along with my 2 nieces to spend the summer holiday. While i have 'managed' to package my mum's application to the best of my abilities. I am somewhat confused on how to do outline the finances part for my 12/14yr old nieces.
I have attached the finance section. Kindly guide me on the best budget amount to put for minor. I read somewhere here that i should put £1/#1 in a section here.
N.B their dad who resides in the U.S will be providing bank statement as sponsor. While i will be the accommodating them and providing payslips.

Where is their mom? Hope she is travelling alongside as the caseworkers will scrutinize the children’s applications very well. They are minors and they have a care of duty to them ie. Is the reason they would site to refuse the applications.
Their mother and father have responsibility over them and not grandma. It is easier for their mom or dad to bring them along.

onile1975:


@Tailadivaaaa

Did you state in ur visa application that you will be traveling with ur husband? because they usually use this question to refused visa if you have answer NO in your application

Yes, I did in the letter of and he stated it in his too. I got my 2 year visa last year. I didn’t just apply.

Thanks. Their mum can't come as she is nursing a baby at the moment. They have good travel history with my mum already. So, I am not really worried about that.
Pls i need guidance to complete the travel budget/cost for minor that i screenshotted. Anyone pls ?

giselle237:

Where is their mom? Hope she is travelling alongside as the caseworkers will scrutinize the children’s applications very well. They are minors and they have a care of duty to them ie. Is the reason they would site to refuse the applications.
Their mother and father have responsibility over them and not grandma. It is easier for their mom or dad to bring them along.

Hi all - for nurses/doctors who have travelled to UK for OSCE/PLAB, please is it more advisable to apply for a visit visa stating the exam as the purpose of trip or to just apply for a normal visit visa without mentioning the exam?

I know both options are perfectly fine, but asking more from the perspective of better visa guarantee. I have a family member planning to come over for the purpose, so need a sound advice on this. Thank you!

SamReinvented:
Hi all - for nurses/doctors who have travelled to UK for OSCE/PLAB, please is it more advisable to apply for a visit visa stating the exam as the purpose of trip or to just apply for a normal visit visa without mentioning the exam?

I know both options are perfectly fine, but asking more from the perspective of better visa guarantee. I have a family member planning to come over for the purpose, so need a sound advice on this. Thank you!

I have applied visa applications for some OSCE candidates.

You have to mention your purpose of visit. State the exam as the purpose..

Good day, fam.

Please I need your advice on an issue affecting my UK visa application.

I have applied for the UK Standard Visitor Visa three times over the past year, and unfortunately, they were all refused on the grounds of financial stability even though I have a sponsor who’s covering the entire cost of my trip.

To increase my chances, I engaged a professional visa agent who helped me put together a much stronger application. I’ve also been saving diligently for the past six months in preparation.

However, a few days ago, I noticed a huge withdrawal from my salary through a GSI (Global Standing Instruction) recovery system. It turns out GTBank recovered funds due to a loan I took last year. I had been repaying monthly, but after the last visa refusal, I paused payments to focus on saving more towards my journey. I was not aware of this system neither was I alerted by the bank for loan repayment before pulling a GSI recovery system. Also, they send me unclear statement of monthly that indicate just interest and not the loan.

Now, I’m really confused and unsure of the next step to take. Please, what solution or advice can you offer? I’ll deeply appreciate any help.

Thank you.

champagne00:
Thank you so much for the .

Sent out my PAP last night including additional documents like my dads utility bill and drivers license both carrying his address also additional bank statements clearing out any doubt of it's authenticity.

Hopefully, that suffices. Will try to collect my port today as I need it to travel on saturday.

@ champagne00 Have you collected your port

Maryfaith:
Good day, fam.

Please I need your advice on an issue affecting my UK visa application.

I have applied for the UK Standard Visitor Visa three times over the past year, and unfortunately, they were all refused on the grounds of financial stability even though I have a sponsor who’s covering the entire cost of my trip.

To increase my chances, I engaged a professional visa agent who helped me put together a much stronger application. I’ve also been saving diligently for the past six months in preparation.

However, a few days ago, I noticed a huge withdrawal from my salary through a GSI (Global Standing Instruction) recovery system. It turns out GTBank recovered funds due to a loan I took last year. I had been repaying monthly, but after the last visa refusal, I paused payments to focus on saving more towards my journey. I was not aware of this system neither was I alerted by the bank for loan repayment before pulling a GSI recovery system. Also, they send me unclear statement of monthly that indicate just interest and not the loan.

Now, I’m really confused and unsure of the next step to take. Please, what solution or advice can you offer? I’ll deeply appreciate any help.

Thank you.

You need to start counting 6 months again.

You need to continue the repayment. It is what it is....

Maryfaith:
Good day, fam.

Please I need your advice on an issue affecting my UK visa application.

I have applied for the UK Standard Visitor Visa three times over the past year, and unfortunately, they were all refused on the grounds of financial stability even though I have a sponsor who’s covering the entire cost of my trip.

To increase my chances, I engaged a professional visa agent who helped me put together a much stronger application. I’ve also been saving diligently for the past six months in preparation.

However, a few days ago, I noticed a huge withdrawal from my salary through a GSI (Global Standing Instruction) recovery system. It turns out GTBank recovered funds due to a loan I took last year. I had been repaying monthly, but after the last visa refusal, I paused payments to focus on saving more towards my journey. I was not aware of this system neither was I alerted by the bank for loan repayment before pulling a GSI recovery system. Also, they send me unclear statement of monthly that indicate just interest and not the loan.

Now, I’m really confused and unsure of the next step to take. Please, what solution or advice can you offer? I’ll deeply appreciate any help.

Thank you.

In my opinion, if you have to print out the statement and the GSI recovery appears, leaving you with little balance afterwards, honestly, there isn't much to be done here. You'd have to go back to the drawing board, saving monthly and preparing for that application. You don't want to patch up any document and I understand the anticipation to make an application ASAP but you have consider past refusals and the need to do it right.

Good morning all. Please help me with this visit refusal letter for my father. No interview was scheduled nor conducted with him nor I the sponsor. This is the second refusal.

Oluwatomisin90:
Good morning all. Please help me with this visit refusal letter for my father. No interview was scheduled nor conducted with him nor I the sponsor. This is the second refusal.

No refusal reason. Send a paid mail to UKVI to get the refusal reasons.

Good morning house. Please what does PAP means here? Thank you.

Nope, missed by US Application because of this lol

kentdealer:



@ champagne00 Have you collected your port

giselle237:

No refusal reason. Send a paid mail to UKVI to get the refusal reasons.

Ok. Thank you.

Immigration white paper to reduce migration and strengthen border
Radical reforms to Britain’s immigration system, restoring control to our borders and reducing record-high levels of net migration have been set out.

From:
Home Office and The Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP
Published
12 May 2025

Measures unveiled in the immigration white paper published today (Monday 12 May) will reshape our immigration system towards those who contribute most to economic growth, with higher skills standards for graduates and workers.

New requirements on employers to boost domestic training will end the reliance on international recruitment, restoring order to a failed system that saw net migration quadruple between 2019 and 2023.

Key policies in the 82 page blueprint, titled Restoring Control over the Immigration System, include the following:

reversing the long-term trend of increasing international recruitment at the expense of skills and training

the labour market evidence group will be established, drawing on the best data available in order to make informed decisions about the state of the labour market and the role that different policies should play, rather than always relying on migration

departments across government will engage sector bodies as part of this approach

Raising Skilled Worker threshold – skilled must mean skilled
Lifting the level for skilled workers back to RQF 6 (Graduate level) and above. Salary thresholds will rise.

The immigration salary list, which gives people discounts from salary thresholds, will be abolished.

Access to the points-based immigration system will be limited to occupations where there have been long term shortages, on a time limited basis, where the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has advised it is justified, where there is a workforce strategy in place, and where employers seeking to recruit from abroad are committed to playing their part in increasing recruitment from the domestic workforce.

Adult social care
End overseas recruitment for social care visas. In line with our wider reforms to skills thresholds, we will close social care visas to new applications from abroad.

For a transition period until 2028, while the workforce strategy is being developed and rolled out, we will permit visa extensions and in-country switching for those already here. This will be kept under review.

Study
We will strengthen the requirements that all sponsoring institutions must meet in order to recruit international students.

We will introduce new interventions for sponsors who are close to failing their sponsor duties, including placing them on an action plan designed to improve their compliance, and imposing limits on the number of new international students they can recruit while they are subject to those plans.

We will reduce the ability for graduates to remain in the UK after their studies to a period of 18 months.

Family
We will tackle the over complex family and private life immigration arrangements, where too many cases are treated as ‘exceptional’ rather than having a clear framework.

Legislation will be brought forward to make clear it is the government and Parliament that decides who should have the right to remain in the UK. This will address cases where Article 8 right to family life legal arguments are being used to frustrate deportation where removal is clearly in the public interest.

Growth
We will go further in ensuring that the very highly skilled have opportunities to come to the UK and access our targeted routes for the brightest and best global talent.

This includes increasing the number of people arriving on our very high talent routes, alongside faster routes for bringing people to the UK who have the right skills and experience to supercharge UK growth in strategic industries.

This includes increasing places to our scheme for research interns, making it easier for top scientific and design talent to use our Global Talent visa, and reviewing our Innovator Founder visa and High Potential Individual route to maximise their benefit to the UK economy.

Tackling abuse
New policies will apply to individuals who claim asylum where conditions in their home country have not materially changed, particularly where they have claimed asylum after arrival.

Tighter visa controls, restrictions, requirements or scrutiny will be applied where we have evidence of abuse, based on a clear assessment of the risks.

Measures to ensure that other governments play their part in ing the integrity of the UK immigration system – particularly where there are currently barriers in the way of us returning their nationals.

Innovative financial measures, penalties or sanctions, including for sponsors of migrant workers or students where there is evidence of abuse. These will incentivise them to act responsibly, with new measures to compliance with visa conditions by migrants.

Foreign national offenders (FNOs)
Reform the deportation system to ensure the Home Office is informed of all foreign nationals convicted of offences – not just those who go to prison.

Review deportation thresholds to take into a wider range of factors than just the length of sentence, and start by revising the statutory exceptions criteria to ensure that the deportation test reflects the seriousness of violence against women and girls.

English language
Introduce new English language requirements across a broader range of immigration routes, for both main applicants and their dependants, to ensure a better knowledge of English, including an assessment of improvements over time.

Earned settlement and citizenship
Double the standard qualifying period for settlement to 10 years.

Expand the points-based system to both our settlement and citizenship rules, so they are based on contribution to the UK, with further details to be set out to Parliament by the end of the year.

The policies outlined, part of the government’s Plan for Change, will be delivered over the course of this Parliament to strengthen the UK’s immigration system, with the first changes set to be introduced in the coming weeks.

The government will publish further reforms to the asylum system and border security later this summer, building on measures in the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill currently progressing through Parliament.

Fire on the mountain.
God have mercy upon us!.

Icecaptain:
Immigration white paper to reduce migration and strengthen border
Radical reforms to Britain’s immigration system, restoring control to our borders and reducing record-high levels of net migration have been set out.

From:
Home Office and The Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP
Published
12 May 2025

Measures unveiled in the immigration white paper published today (Monday 12 May) will reshape our immigration system towards those who contribute most to economic growth, with higher skills standards for graduates and workers.

New requirements on employers to boost domestic training will end the reliance on international recruitment, restoring order to a failed system that saw net migration quadruple between 2019 and 2023.

Key policies in the 82 page blueprint, titled Restoring Control over the Immigration System, include the following:

reversing the long-term trend of increasing international recruitment at the expense of skills and training

the labour market evidence group will be established, drawing on the best data available in order to make informed decisions about the state of the labour market and the role that different policies should play, rather than always relying on migration

departments across government will engage sector bodies as part of this approach

Raising Skilled Worker threshold – skilled must mean skilled
Lifting the level for skilled workers back to RQF 6 (Graduate level) and above. Salary thresholds will rise.

The immigration salary list, which gives people discounts from salary thresholds, will be abolished.

Access to the points-based immigration system will be limited to occupations where there have been long term shortages, on a time limited basis, where the Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has advised it is justified, where there is a workforce strategy in place, and where employers seeking to recruit from abroad are committed to playing their part in increasing recruitment from the domestic workforce.

Adult social care
End overseas recruitment for social care visas. In line with our wider reforms to skills thresholds, we will close social care visas to new applications from abroad.

For a transition period until 2028, while the workforce strategy is being developed and rolled out, we will permit visa extensions and in-country switching for those already here. This will be kept under review.

Study
We will strengthen the requirements that all sponsoring institutions must meet in order to recruit international students.

We will introduce new interventions for sponsors who are close to failing their sponsor duties, including placing them on an action plan designed to improve their compliance, and imposing limits on the number of new international students they can recruit while they are subject to those plans.

We will reduce the ability for graduates to remain in the UK after their studies to a period of 18 months.

Family
We will tackle the over complex family and private life immigration arrangements, where too many cases are treated as ‘exceptional’ rather than having a clear framework.

Legislation will be brought forward to make clear it is the government and Parliament that decides who should have the right to remain in the UK. This will address cases where Article 8 right to family life legal arguments are being used to frustrate deportation where removal is clearly in the public interest.

Growth
We will go further in ensuring that the very highly skilled have opportunities to come to the UK and access our targeted routes for the brightest and best global talent.

This includes increasing the number of people arriving on our very high talent routes, alongside faster routes for bringing people to the UK who have the right skills and experience to supercharge UK growth in strategic industries.

This includes increasing places to our scheme for research interns, making it easier for top scientific and design talent to use our Global Talent visa, and reviewing our Innovator Founder visa and High Potential Individual route to maximise their benefit to the UK economy.

Tackling abuse
New policies will apply to individuals who claim asylum where conditions in their home country have not materially changed, particularly where they have claimed asylum after arrival.

Tighter visa controls, restrictions, requirements or scrutiny will be applied where we have evidence of abuse, based on a clear assessment of the risks.

Measures to ensure that other governments play their part in ing the integrity of the UK immigration system – particularly where there are currently barriers in the way of us returning their nationals.

Innovative financial measures, penalties or sanctions, including for sponsors of migrant workers or students where there is evidence of abuse. These will incentivise them to act responsibly, with new measures to compliance with visa conditions by migrants.

Foreign national offenders (FNOs)
Reform the deportation system to ensure the Home Office is informed of all foreign nationals convicted of offences – not just those who go to prison.

Review deportation thresholds to take into a wider range of factors than just the length of sentence, and start by revising the statutory exceptions criteria to ensure that the deportation test reflects the seriousness of violence against women and girls.

English language
Introduce new English language requirements across a broader range of immigration routes, for both main applicants and their dependants, to ensure a better knowledge of English, including an assessment of improvements over time.

Earned settlement and citizenship
Double the standard qualifying period for settlement to 10 years.

Expand the points-based system to both our settlement and citizenship rules, so they are based on contribution to the UK, with further details to be set out to Parliament by the end of the year.

The policies outlined, part of the government’s Plan for Change, will be delivered over the course of this Parliament to strengthen the UK’s immigration system, with the first changes set to be introduced in the coming weeks.

The government will publish further reforms to the asylum system and border security later this summer, building on measures in the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill currently progressing through Parliament.

Hello @Giselle237, Please what are the necessary details needed to make a Paid call or Pai mail for a delayed visa processing time,and how long do they reply back ...I and my wife did out biometrics at Ikeja on the 15th of April and yet no email,Please today make it 16 working days ..should I still wait for a reply or what do you think ?.




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giselle237:

No refusal reason. Send a paid mail to UKVI to get the refusal reasons.

Good day house, my wife and i have been trying to make payment for biometric to no avail. It's been pending since morning. She made all the payment in UK, i wonder why the biometric payment won't be successful. Pls what do we need to do? Attached is the screenshot.

Davinton:
Good day house, my wife and i have been trying to make payment for biometric to no avail. It's been pending since morning. She made all the payment in UK, i wonder why the biometric payment won't be successful. Pls what do we need to do? Attached is the screenshot.

Go to the twitter handle and send a message to them.

I’ve been trying to pay visa fee since last week, but all forms of payment has been refused, pls what can I do?
Please Note- the currency is in usd and I have sufficient balance

SpiceQueen01:
I’ve been trying to pay visa fee since last week, but all forms of payment has been refused, pls what can I do?
Please Note- the currency is in USD and I have sufficient balance

You need a USD card. get a prepaid US card at a bank or let someone who has it pay for you.

Abbebbay:
Hello @Giselle237, Please what are the necessary details needed to make a Paid call or Pai mail for a delayed visa processing time,and how long do they reply back ...I and my wife did out biometrics at Ikeja on the 15th of April and yet no email,Please today make it 16 working days ..should I still wait for a reply or what do you think ?.


I have gotten mail from VFS, you should get yours today. My biometric was on 15th April too

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I guess we 16th should be tomorrow , i am really worried as well ( please did you get any email like Your UK visa application is currently under consideration ) before the VFS email

Abbebbay:
Hello @Giselle237, Please what are the necessary details needed to make a Paid call or Pai mail for a delayed visa processing time,and how long do they reply back ...I and my wife did out biometrics at Ikeja on the 15th of April and yet no email,Please today make it 16 working days ..should I still wait for a reply or what do you think ?.




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Hello Abbebbay , please let me know if you later get email from VFS @giselle237 said he is same date with you and got email today

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please i need help in understanding my wife's and kids refusal,so i can know what to correct.. ,i think uk has started calculating 3 months expenditure for sponsors as well...i attach the refusal letter...

Survey document was submitted for hometies and she input father and mother as well.

should i increase her salary and also opt out of sponsoring them?
Should she apply alone without the kids ?
SHould i also tick in the next application that we are not travelling together ?

NOTE, i have 5 years uk visa which would expire 2029

kentdealer:


You need a USD card. get a prepaid US card at a bank or let someone who has it pay for you.

Thanks for your response, the card and currency is in USD. I finally paid successfully after I changed the card’s billing address

@ saint4belles,Have you gotten a reply for your application this evening .


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Abbebbay:
@ saint4belles,Have you gotten a reply for your application this evening .

yes i did oooo , got refusal , i posted it ,scroll up , dont know if you can enlighten me on what to do in aspect of re applying