Nigerian lady reveals mistake behind her UK global talent visa application rejection

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A Nigerian lady, Dinma Aniugbo, has shared how a mistake in her first application for the UK Global Talent Visa led to her rejection before she corrected it and secured an endorsement on her second attempt.

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Aniugbo said she initially believed that simply presenting her achievements and evidence would be enough to convince endorsers of her eligibility.

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According to her, she listed several impressive accomplishments in her first application but failed to provide sufficient context and measurable results to demonstrate the impact of her work.

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“I made one big mistake when I applied for the UK Global Talent Visa and I got rejected. But after I fixed it and I reapplied, I got endorsed just a few weeks later,” she said.

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She explained that she later realised that the people assessing her application did not know her personally, her industry or the significance of her achievements.

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“I just expected that the endorsers would somehow understand why all the things I shared were so impressive. And that was my mistake,” Aniugbo said.

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She said she changed her approach when submitting her second application by ensuring that each piece of evidence clearly demonstrated why she stood out in her field.

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Aniugbo noted that, rather than simply presenting her earnings as proof of being a high earner, she compared her salary with the average earnings for people in similar roles and locations.

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“If I said I was a high earner, I didn’t just show my salary. I showed the average salary for my role and location, compared it to mine and showed exactly why mine stood out,” she explained.

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According to her, the key lesson was to clearly demonstrate impact instead of expecting assessors to make connections between different pieces of evidence themselves.

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“I basically stopped expecting them to figure out my impact and I started showing it,” she said.

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