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For everyone who's got a visa/left already/providing answers on here y'all are the real mvps can't mention names cos it would make others seem irrelevant but if you've ever helped someone on here before by answering a question or solving a problem. God bless you! �
Cheers to a greater 2023.
To newbies; for most of you here 90% of the question you wanna ask as already been asked on here you just need to look for it or type your question in the Google search button and attach the world nairaland at the end of your sentence so Google search bots will direct you to that specific section in nairaland.
So let's endeavor to do this.
Take care.

��*MAIN REASON FOR LAYOVERS/STOP OVER*��

Aviation rules is that all flight must firstly get to their hub city before going to their destinations. The more reason why Turkish Airline will have to stop at Istanbul before taking off to its destination either Manchester, Newcastle, Heathrow etc. and same applies to every other airline like Emirates, Qatar, Ethiopia etc.

British Airways and Virgin Atlantic is a direct flight to Heathrow because both airline is owned by UK and Heathrow happens to be the Hub city for UK. In other other words both airlines are direct flight to only those that are having their final stops in Heathrow but not a direct flight for those going to other cities in the UK, like the likes of Manchester, Birmingham, Edinburg, Newcastle etc.

So do not panic when a flight has a Layover or Stopover.

For now the only airline that requires a Transit Visa for Nigeria port holder that has only UK Visa is KLM, Air and Lufthansa.

All other Airlines like..
- Emirates
- Ethiopia Airline
- Kenya Airways
- Royal Air Maroc
- Qatar Airways
- Egypt Air
- Turkish
- Rwandair
Etc are Owk to book depending on your budget, what seems favorable for you and the duration of Layover that you can withstand.

*TAKE NOTE*: For all countries Layover/Stopover engers are meant to be at the airport or lodge in the airport either ways. Only bearers of that particular country visa where the stop/layover is taking place has the right to move away from the airport premises to do other things like buy goods, site seeing etc.

*Just felt I shoulder educate some of us that are quite confused � on how the whole thing works. I hope it’s helpful.*

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Airlines from 9ja to the UK;

Direct flights
Virgin Atlantic - Direct Flight
British Airways - Direct Flight

Connecting flights
Qatar Airways - Via Doha
Turkish Airlines - Via Istanbul
Emirates Airlines - Via Dubai
Kenya Airways - Via Nairobi
Egypt Airlines - Via Cairo
Ethiopian Air - Via Addis Ababa
Air Rwanda - Via Kigali
Royal Air Maroc - Via Casablanca

Other Airlines that requires Transit Visas
KLM - Via Amsterdam
Air Francs - Via Paris
Lufthansa - Via Frankfort

Transit visa takes two weeks on average. If you get stopover for schengen Country, cumut mind o

MelaninGemstone:
Please, if I apply for a transit visa today, how soon can it come out? And hope the embassy don’t deny transit visas like regular visas

Please respond

How long is your layover?
Their website says you don't need it if you're going thru just one shengen airport but you need it if you're going thru two.

gergemam:


Yes, KLM seems to be cheap this period but you will need a transit VISA. I called their Customer and she said I will need a transit visa

Did you fly with KLM?

kymkym:
Good evening my people

I landed in London yesterday

I was able to get my BRP at post office yesterday

Please I'm looking for accommodation not too far from Buckingham University

I'm looking for someone that we share a room together pending the time when my family me

Has anyone flown through KLM lately to the UK? Were you asked to provide transit visa?

Yeah sure.
But if it's an enquiry, please post it here so others can learn from answers that I or other people might give.

Welcomme:
Congratulations. Namesake, pls can I you? Thanks sir.

Keep making paid calls/email.
That's the way out cos it should have moved to vac already, it should be on its way already to you.

0zi0:


can someone help

Go and notarize it.
Get a notarized affidavit. That was what I did cos I had a name issue too on my Neco certificate..
So go to a notary public office and get it done

Bunchcruise:
Please i just realised the year in my waec result is different from the year in all other documents, please how do i sort this out?

Balls!!!

Paid email or paid call
Or you wait till you get the one with tracking

smsalert1:


I couldn't find the tracking number in the mail. The response below was copied from the mail.

Return by Courier

If you have already purchased the Courier service, your documents will be dispatched within 24 business hours from their receipt to be sent back to you by courier. You will receive a further email explaining the tracking process.

Yes you can.

MelaninGemstone:
Actual tuition not deposit

Send paid email(if you've already done that before to do this as a follow up as to why you haven't gotten collect mail)
If you haven't done paid email before. Choice is yours if you want to send paid email or not..

0zi0:
Hello pls my application has moved to vac after i got my brp 2 days ago. does anyone know how long it takes to get collection mail?

Do your paid call/email if you want to.
It doesn't hurt to know the progress of your application.

Ihuoma001:
Please has anyone from 5th dec, Abuja standard gotten mail or visa?
I’m tempted to send a paid mail or call… please advise

Uhm. To be sure. Your actual Tution right? Not your deposit to get cas?

MelaninGemstone:
Hey Guys, can I pay my tuition by Form A while in the UK?

Check your pickup email, you should find a tracking number

smsalert1:
My port is showing picked up on TLS but am yet to receive the courier tracking number. Please what can I do as TLS is not responding to my mail for tracking ID to enable me follow up with DHL

Sadly, yes.

dewale1234:
Is it possible for MA to get visa and a dependent denied?

I did mine December 2nd and I've got my visa already.. Standard

Boss0003680501:


Thank you.

I just want to know if anyone did bio december 1st and yet to get any mail from ukvi ?

So mesef follow them type
"visa alert! Visa alert!! Visa alert!!!" Las las.. Lol

Hello everyone. If you want a quick summary of the documents submitted, just scroll down but if you want to read my story, well have fun you could learn a thing or two and if you don't sorry for wasting your time lol....
This whole journey started 2020 when I first applied to middlesex, shortly after my sister left to the same middlesex. We paid 1k deposit as at that time to get cas and she left but the main headache started when she was asked to pay 50% within the first month of resumption. Wasn't easy as we had to sell few things and hustle just to meet up (she ended up being de-ed tho, but they later ed her back after payment was made.. You can imagine the fear and tension of home office calling and being told to leave the country). So we conquered that but my ission got bleeped up cos in 2021 new policies came out that affected those that studied in Benin Republic where they now suddenly didn't regard their 3-year study as BSc worthy anymore so my middlesex withdrew my ission then and i reapplied but they now said they will accept me on the condition that I do top up of 2 years! (not a year,) omo na there i give up for middlesex matter o.
I now started my own research in 2021 I can give you 10 schools with 1k-2k deposit and resumption dates (as per wetin i fit afford as at then but now those same schools don increase for 2022).
I applied to Coventry, Hertfordshire, Kingston, Ravensbourne, Lincoln etc.. Some I got ission but deposit was scary and some I got but not enough time to pay.. Towards the end of 2021 i settled for Bedfordshire and was ready to pay their 50% which was around £6k then until suddenly their agent ed me and told me that their deposit is now 60% no longer 50%, omo e weak me o and at that time I don fill form A already, submitted already, waiting for it to be paid to the school. Omo na so we cumut the money o use am for something else.. Until this year when I found Queen Margaret University(the school really came through for me no cap!) at first I didn't take them serious as I would ignore their emails and sometimes provide the additional documents they request for and other times I'd just ignore and after reminder emails I'll finally send the actual document they requested for. Later this year when I saw that my initial plan to go with a dependant didn't work out (the girl go fall in love we con break up forget dependant deal �.. She dey uk now sha lol) so I decided to pick up my Mantle and take QMU seriously and I ed everything required for September 2022 intake.. I paid my 2k deposit around August but i couldn't meet up with bank statement and their cas deadline so I had to be deferred till January(lucky for me cos most schools na September, October entry while some na Jan, Feb, March, may)
Now after being deferred till January. I did my pof, i emailed them asking if they could accept my 2 weeks statement dem say no.. So after 28 days.. Getting cas now became a problem because like I said I studied in Benin Republic and the policies started coming up again. I was told to take my certificate back to the Ministry of Education in Benin Republic to show that as at the time when I graduated the school I graduated from was accredited(PS my 31 days printed statement validity don dey enter 25 days) omo I started making enquiries about how to get that done and i got to know that I'll pay a total of 150k naira to get done and it takes a week plus to get it done in Benin Republic. I still dey battle this one then the later that evening one person from the ission team took my matter personally and said she will speak with her Line manager to see how they can help me boycott that for now and omo that was exactly what happened and although it ended up with me being interviewed but it was literally the best ever!. So I got my CAS on the 27th day in the 31 days... On the 28th day.. Applied and Paid for prime time and had my biometrics done on the 30th day (all within the 31 days! Of the printed statement expiring)
It was tough, frustrating, scary but I'm genuinely grateful.. Exchange rate fluctuations wan dey fear me but on the day I submitted the rate was good so that helped. But it fell below shortly after I applied (overthinking for bury me remain small)
So that's my story.. Thank you for reading stranger�

Thank you to EVERYONE here, na una tips, experiences, advices save me, overthinking wan kill me(but on one side it helped me be on the edge tho as I was double checking for errors and ensured everything was perfect)
Genuinely  Thank you!!

So documents I submitted.
-Certificate (in French and English)
-Transcript
-Neco certificate (notarized because my certificate says olusola and I'm oluwasola, so had to submit a notarized affidavit to avoid questions and NSF)
-CV
-Old international port (expired but it has my travel history)
-Tb
-ission letter
-CAS letter
--i graduated 2015, my cv was detailed tho so I guess that helped me luckily in explaining study gaps, also my pof was a  $ dom

_Biometrics - 2nd December (standard)
_Sent paid email - 18th December
_Brp - dropped 19th December (PS after brp email dropped na That time dem con dey reply my email say dem don decide so in a way if I had waited and not sent the paid email I would probably have gotten the brp email)
_Collection email - 20th December
_DHL came thru - 21st December(i was supposed to wait for them to deliver but anxiety didn't let me wait na so i go meet them for their office and guess what. They successfully linked me up with the guy that was meant to deliver my area and after i called the guy he was literally at my junction lmao!)


I declared my Canada study visa refusal

Once again.. Una thank u o �

Tips. If you overthinking the situation, use it to your advantage to double check to avoid how to send letters later because you forgot to something before
. Research alot
. Pray
. If you've been refused before, declare it!
. Ask questions(if you want to keep your japa private ask strangers online or read stranger's experiences)
. Read people's experiences, you'll learn from them and make informed decisions.
. All in all note that this is just a phase after you get the visa the next phase is life there lol.. So be equipped.. Research too and know how you're gonna live your life there. Hopefully you got plans for there or you'll start planning for there.. Starting from accommodation to jobs i know you would wanna wait till you get your visa before you start this but just every once in a while check accommodations, check jobs, check prices of cars lol (i did the car part one time lol) it just helps to take minds of the japa process and just help you picture your life there basically.

I wish everyone Goodluck �


Seriously to everyone here.. Thank you!!!

If it's 4 months back, the ukvi will count 28 days back from the last date of transaction on the

As at when you submitted your application, on the date you submitted was your maintaince funds still complete?
Because I'm assuming it's exchange rate that made it come down?

anjola2:
Hello, house, I submitted my application early this week but I found out that the bank statement used started from the time I opened the till the time I made the visa application which made it 4 months bank statement that was submitted. also, my maintenance funds has gotten below the required amount but I have paid more to the school's to address the 100-pound shortage from the 9207 pounds am i good to go with all these?

Wait and pray.

I'd suggest paid email but you've done two paid calls so that's enough enquiries but if you want to try again maybe do paid email.

Boss0003680501:

Ikeja TLS (Standard)
Biometric Dec 1
No Interview
No NSF
2 paid calls - was told decision have been made since 13th
Application still at DMC

No BRP Mail
No Collection mail till now.

Please anyone in my shoe because I’m frustrated already…

No.
Just your address and phone number which I'm assuming you gave him while he was filling his online application

Resilient97:
I came into the UK in September on student visa, my brother is applying for a student visa now. He has declared he has a family in the UK, will anything be required from me?

Figure out how to do the paid call

kfakile:
Please gurus

I did bio 7th December
Ikj Tls priority
Still at DMC

I have tried paid call and Mail is not going through. Abi e get network wey them they use call them?

Any other 7th Dec Ikeja dey here?

Send paid email and do paid calls

Ifelajulo:


No be you alone o. I did bio since 28 Nov, no NSF, No mail till now.

Make a paid call too.

OptimisticK:
Good morning.

I am a dependant

IKEJA TLS STANDARD.
M.A and I did biometric 5th Dec.
M.A made a paid call, decision made 15th Dec.
M.A moved to VAC 19th Dec.
M.A got collection mail 20th Dec.
M.A got BRP mail 20th Dec

While me the main applicant
Still at DMC and awaiting decision.

PLEASE WHAT SHOULD I DO.

Nah you're good..

Buez:
Please house i need your advise on this

During the time to fill previous refusals, I declared the Schengen visa I was refused in 2019 which I have the refusal letter with me. But didn't declare the Australia visa application. Reason because it was an agent who applied, he told me to go for biometrics which I did but he was in possession of port. I ed I never submitted my port at the vfs office. And that happened a week before Covid. Then a week later the world was shutdown, some months later I requested for my port back, which he gave me instantly. Reason why I didn't declear is Cox I never got a decision and the agent never told me anything other than covid disturbed etc and Australia embassy was shut for months etc.. so I moved on.. I hope I'm not in any problem

https://ukvi.mysecurepay.co.uk/

tommiefalz:
Good day everyone.
I was interviewed from UKVI on Friday.
I believe a decision should have been made on my application
How can I make a paid call?
And how much does a paid call cost?
Thanks

Depends on your school
Ask them first
Some schools will deny cas request because pof isn't matured (upto 28 days)
Some will accept and tell you that when it's complete 28 days you should send it but they will give you cas at that time when it's not yet upto 28 days
Some schools will tell you to wait

So ask your school first.

babyfaceafrica:
Can you apply for CAS with a bank statement less than 28 days?

If you need sponsorship in the UK you should be able to get from companies there, agencies as well. If you need sponsorship from Canada you'll need indepth research on that to know if you have what they want(enough to qualify for a scholarship).
that time is key.. Make u decide quick.

ChiefDaddy1:
Hello everyone, please i need link to get a sponsorship as my studying in UK is coming to an end but will porting to canada be feasible. Over 30 and single but EE is not my best shot now because of the high score

Maybe send paid email.

bamdexfarms:
My visa has been issued for over a week and I have not received Brp email. There was no brp paper in my port also. Is there an email address I can send an enquiry mail to?