My female friend in Surigao went to the trouble and expense of flying to Manila to V.F.S to apply for a visitor visa for the U.K. She had to pay the application fee into the bank at least one day in advance forcing her to stay overnight to arrive in the office at 7 am the following morning without an appointment. She had a new passport, application forms, birth certificate etc. V.F.S also want to see photographs of the room in my house where she will stay. None of this information is required in the application form, so is unfair. They asked for her bank account statements and mine to show she can support herself while in the U.K and that I too have enough money to support her. We formed the opinion that the U.K does not want to issue visas and that they make it as hard and stressful as possible. Does anybody know how much money needs to be shown on our bank accounts to persuade V.F.S to grant the visas as they will not tell us. I guessed it may be as high as £5,000 each or at the current exchange rate of 66 pesos per pound 330,000pesos. thank you, Mike
