Asking about UK Short-term Visitor Visa Financial requirements for STUDENT

Question

i'm 20 years old, i am currently in my second year of study in the university in Algeria, i want to apply for General English courses in Liverpool school of English for 2 weeks so i need to apply for Short-term Student Visa but i have problem in financial requirements i need to seek advice for you please:

• I have a bank account in my name with (1500£) plus fees of accomondation and application fees.
• My mother is a teacher for 3 years (200£ per month) and she has only savings account she has no bank account.
• My father is a retired teacher for more than 7 years (250£ per month) and he has no bank account or any account only post office account from where he get paid.
• My brother has a professional commercial Bank account in his name he was receiving a lots of money on it, he has a commercial register and everything but right now he has no money in his account for a bout 5 months he didn't received money on it.

My questions is : what should I put in my application for financial documents, should I put payslips for my parents or open bank accounts for them and make them my official sponsor, or should I extract my money from my bank account and put it in my brother's account and make him my sponsor or what to do please?

Thank you for advance!

Answer 1

I think we can now answer this question. Allow me to summarize your situation:

1. You have a bank account which has enough money in it to fund your trip.
2. However this bank account has only been in existence for a month.
3. Most of the money in it was recently depositied and you say it came from your savings, which were in cash and you have no record of your finances before that.
4. You have no other records of your income or expenditure before the account was opened.
5. You have various other relatives who also have either very little money or no financial records.

Will my application be successful based on this information?

In my opinion (and it is only my opinion) it will not. One of the requirements is that you demonstrate a) that you have sufficient funds for your visit b) that the funds are really yours c) your financial circumstances are such that it is reasonable to spend the amount of money you want to spend on a trip to the UK.

You cannot provide evidence to backup either b or c. This is almost certainly going to result in your application being rejected.

What about if I get someone else to sponsor me?

No amount of transferring money from you to someone else and getting them to sponsor you is going to rescue this. Your relatives do not appear to have well-documented finances (a sponsor needs to be able to demonstrate that they have the money to pay you, and that they can afford to do it, just like you would if you were paying for yourself). Even if you had a relative who could afford this, your own lack of financial records are going to count against you.

How can I get to visit the UK?

Keep the bank account you have open, and start using it for your financial transactions. When you have done this for a year or so, you will have built up enough of a picture to satisfy the visa officers. Keep whatever savings you have in a savings account, so that you have a record of them. Then consider applying in a year's time.