please does anybody in the house have an idea of Uk student visa? i was sent a reply email from visa enquiries Abuja that my student visa application is on it's final stage of assessment, please what does that entail?

mekuso2001, it seems you and i are having similar experience. My own application was submitted on the 26th june 2008 n hitherto, i have not known the outcome. i believe they might be having some technical problems as that was their reply in the email i sent to them. Again, i feel people are going on vacations and all that, as this period is actually their summer; though i can't tell if visa students are given priority. But as you have said- quote "its in the final assessment- stage", maybe we should calm down as that might be applicable to me as well.
1 thing i do every day is track the readiness online. visit the website www.ukvac-ng.com and click on track my passport then key in your applicatn ref. no and your date of birth.

I visited the vac last week and i was told to do that. So, man try that i believe we will scale through this hurdle.

one love

simply means it is in d final stage,meaning most verification has been made.the possibility of u getting it is high.congrats

@mekuso2001

how far with your visa?

is it ready?

shawamma so u haven't gotten yours yet. I don't know much about the process but i think your only hope is to pray hard,just be hopeful,it will be out with good news okay

@ lloydhill

thanks a million

infact to tell you my brother the embassy can be so good in frustration, look at what they are making me pass through just because i need to update in education.
I hope it comes out successfully. my prayer has finished i dont know what to pray again. i commit every in hands of God because "what must be, must be"

i will keep posted on its success.

one luv

Hi guys,
God has finally done it for me.
After a delay of exactly 4weeks, my student uk visa application was succesfull.
its a miracle becus I did not make any initial deposit to the school, or even for accomodation.
Though my sponsor presented enough proof of his eligibilty to sponsor me.
Help me thank God oooh

@fine_boy

Thank your stars cos the mecurial nature of the BHC did not affect you.
One thing u can do for people like us is to put us in ur thanksgiving prayers for us to succed.

Thank Jehova jairee!!!

@fine_boy

congrats o ,Thank God for ur story,even without initial payments,omo God helped u Big Time.i just pray that mine,pharuk's & Shawamma's(and a host of others) will be the same great news oo.

Cheers.

fine_boy:

Hi guys,
God has finally done it for me.
After a delay of exactly 4weeks, my student uk visa application was succesfull.
its a miracle becus I did not make any initial deposit to the school, or even for accomodation.
Though my sponsor presented enough proof of his eligibilty to sponsor me.
Help me thank God oooh

congats.I thank God 4 u.
pls what are your documemts like? Explain in details please.

Shawamma, sorry for not replying you almost immediately, I picked up my Application Pack on the ist of August and i was successful. how about yours?

@ mekuso2001

Congrats oo, did u make sch payments too??or u got a success story like fine_boy??it all good sha.

@ house

Please for someone who has made payments should one get the bank statement of the acct before payment or after payment?,putting it in mind that the balance after payment;full tuition & accommodation for a year(Msc) will be about 1m??

Please help out.

@ mekuso2001

Congrats o, i have not gotten my application since then, i cant tell what is going on

@shawama,
dont worry you will have a success story.ciao

1.Correspondence Email print out from the school confirming that their is no initial deposit required prior to the offer
2.Unconditional offer letter/letter of acceptance
4.University cost of living guide
6.Accomodation Visa support form(Actualy the university does nt lease accomodation unless one is granted visa)
7.Academic transcripts
8.local gov Identification of origin
9.Primary school leaving certificate
10.jamb/pre degree Notification of results
11.Undergraduate admission letter
12.Birth certificate
13 letter of identification from the your community chief head or igwe of your village.
14.shares certificates of my sponsorsdad(many copies )
15.tax clearance certificate
16.sponsors tenancy agreement
17.Letter of introduction from all the banks of my sponsors
18.certificate of business incorporation
19.evidence of payment of property rates
20.letters of financial guarantee
21.Nysc discharge certificate
22.Birth certificate
23.NYSC and Academic (matric or convocation)pictures
24.Online accomadation application form
25.School ID cards
26.School fees and clearance reciepts
27.Personal bank statement and its reference letter from the bank
28.landed properties
29 Pension savings Allawancefrom my sponsors.
30. Fixed deposits of the equivalant amount of all my living expenses including school fees.
31 reference letters from my sponsors place of work.
32 my sponsors salary package from the place of work.
33. reference letter from my school to the embassy

Good luck guys
see you guys in UK

Congratulations

fine_boy:

1.Correspondence Email print out from the school confirming that their is no initial deposit required prior to the offer
2.Unconditional offer letter/letter of acceptance
4.University cost of living guide
6.Accomodation Visa support form(Actualy the university does nt lease accomodation unless one is granted visa)
7.Academic transcripts
8.local gov Identification of origin
9.Primary school leaving certificate
10.jamb/pre degree Notification of results
11.Undergraduate admission letter
12.Birth certificate
13 letter of identification from the your community chief head or igwe of your village.
14.shares certificates of my sponsorsdad(many copies )
15.tax clearance certificate
16.sponsors tenancy agreement
17.Letter of introduction from all the banks of my sponsors
18.certificate of business incorporation
19.evidence of payment of property rates
20.letters of financial guarantee
21.Nysc discharge certificate
22.Birth certificate
23.NYSC and Academic (matric or convocation)pictures
24.Online accomadation application form
25.School ID cards
26.School fees and clearance reciepts
27.Personal bank statement and its reference letter from the bank
28.landed properties
29 Pension savings Allawancefrom my sponsors.
30. Fixed deposits of the equivalant amount of all my living expenses including school fees.
31 reference letters from my sponsors place of work.
32 my sponsors salary package from the place of work.
33. reference letter from my school to the embassy

Good luck guys
see you guys in UK

Fine Boy, pls what is d name of the school and what programme is obtainable there? Kindly mail me on heritageplus2000@yahoo.com with the info. Thanks bro

just curious house!!!
has anyone used bankphb education eloan?
am applying tomorow via bankphb as my sponsor, wld post my particulars tomorow

@ pharuk

A cousin of mine wanted to go for the loan thing but stepped out when too many conditions were asked.he later got his sch fees paid by his dad(he sold his shares which was sold by his stock broker.The conditions werent really so bad sha.

All the best!

Why we deny student visas in Nigeria - British High Commission
Abuja - The British High Commission on Wednesday said the lack of standards in administrative procedures by most universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education was responsible for its denial of many students the visas to study in UK. The commission gave the number of student applications for visas in Abuja as almost 60,000 in 2007, while Lagos was said to have a higher number in the same year.

The Verification Officer of the British High Commission, Mrs. Esther Samuel, and the Entry Clearance Forgery Officer, Mr. Coran Oakley, both confirmed that the situation had become a ‘nightmare’ to the commission.

Samuel said a situation where universities in Nigeria did not have a standard procedure for signing documents or processing information on students had led to so much forgery of documents within the system.

Consequently, she said the situation had led the commission to turn down thousands on student visa requests, including possible genuine ones, because it was unable to get who were the authorized officers to sign documents for students of some institutions. Samuel lamented that the situation was worse with the polytechnics and colleges of education where there were no formats for documents and certificates from most of them.

She said, “Now, our system of assessing student visas is based on documents. So, to confirm the authenticities of those documents is very imperative. We have tried to establish contact with the universities and polytechnics, but honestly it has been very difficult and frustrating”.

Some universities have good email contact and have written back to us to confirm the genuineness or otherwise of some students’ documents. But, in many cases it is impossible.

“The main headache is from documents we get from polytechnics and colleges of education. They are a nightmare. There are no standard format for the certificates and no security features on all the certificates. Anybody can fake them and bring to us. This has led to refusal of some probable genuine students visas.”

Source: The Punch