Manager007:


From your question about "after applying what is the best thing to do"? Well, you have gotta to know that visa processing takes between 4 - 12 weeks. This is usually the time frame for renewals for Study visas within the RSA.

The new SA Immigration Act is expressly clear on this, D[b]O NOT DEPART SA UNLESS YOUR VISA HAS BEEN ISSUED,ELSE YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RE-ENTER SA[/b]. The Law has stated everybody must await the status of their applications before making travel plans. Gone are those days when your Visa Application receipt allows you departure and re-entry.

If you submit next week, bear in mind your visa MAY NOT come out by Dec. So alternative plan would be for you to submit in Nigeria if you want.

TYPOP:


You can go to your school and confirm if they received SAQA's e-mail and surface mail and if they responded to that. Some schools WILL not do anything about the mails till you come and pay the necessary admin charges. That is true for AAUA at least. You may not need to apply for a new transcript. Just call SAQA, ask for when the e-mail was sent (date and time), what the subject was, what e-mail address it was sent to, the sender's e-mail address. This will help you to advise your school's registry in searching for their e-mail. Once they have responded, call SAQA back to inform them of the date the reply was sent, the sender's e-mail address and the time it was sent. The moment they get this, they will reopen your application.

Cheers.



And if Surdik said applying for a new transcript worked for him, that's great. You may want to explore that option as well. I cannot say it won't work since I never tried that option.

chemenger:
Good day everybody,
Its going to two months I have applied for Saqa now. my result was to be released on 27th of October before I received a suspension email from saqa. The reason being that further information is being sought for the confirmation of my certificate. On seeing the email I went to my school to find out what's happening but I was told they've not any email from saqa and was given the email address to give to saqa which I did since but no response till now.
House please kindly assist with any info that maybe of help. Someone in SA even went there and was told the same thing as I have in my email. Please what can I do again, what's the correct saqa email I send such complain to. Just help as I don't know what to do anymore.
Thank u.

coldsummer:
Hey I'm trying to apply for a visit visa to SA and a friend told me that SA embassy in Lagos is currently issuing only 1 month visa because of Ebola. Can anyone confirm this please?

samtol4:
Sir applying for another transcript is waste of time and money.let your contact person in SA visit saqa and ask for the date and where saqa sent email to (registrar office or deputy registrar or record office) and request saqa to resend the email in his presence .

qalifa:
Please im new here and I've been reading through please I'd like to know when I'd be asked to pay for repatriation fee for study permit. Will the embassy call me or its when I go there they'd tell me. Ps I submitted at lag high commission

manikky:
hello guys. kudos for all the help and support on this thread.
one of our brothers needs urgent advice here ooo.

he was on postgraduate studies at one of the universities here and on completion he applied for masters. by October ending he contacted the sch for letter to for continuing so as to renew his permit that would expire DEC 31st. the international office gave him a letter for renewal for his master's degree and he applied for renewal.
the prob now is that 2 week ago the department he applied to now called that they would not be able to take him cos they have a lot of south Africans that applied for the same course and they have to take them first.
however, he applied to two other schls before for masters and now the 2 other universities have given him admission but he has already used the letter from the first univ and applied for renewal before the latest development from the department.

please what is the best thing to do now?
urgently need ur advice here guys....TYPOP, Samtol4, manager007, chemachie, and others......

manikky:
hello guys. kudos for all the help and support on this thread.
one of our brothers needs urgent advice here ooo.

he was on postgraduate studies honours degree at one of the universities here and on completion he applied for masters. by October ending he contacted the sch for letter to for continuing so as to renew his permit that would expire DEC 31st. the international office gave him a letter for renewal for his master's degree and he applied for renewal.
the prob now is that 2 week ago the department he applied to now called that they would not be able to take him cos they have a lot of south Africans that applied for the same course and they have to take them first.
however, he applied to two other schls before for masters and now the 2 other universities have given him admission but he has already used the letter from the first univ and applied for renewal before the latest development from the department.

please what is the best thing to do now?
urgently need ur advice here guys....TYPOP, Samtol4, manager007, chemachie, and others......

opsy4real1:
hi peeps, may i ask where is appropriate to do the medical certificate&radiology report for south africa visa? And how much please

yinksob002:
Kindly note that repatriation fee is no longer applicable for visa application to SA.

Best of luck

yinksob002:
Go to any of the general hospitals closest to you (Gbagada or Ikeja if you live in Lagos) and you will get it done without stress. Note that the Embassy does not allow report from private hospitals.

opsy4real1:
thanks so much bro,how much is it done?and does he need to go with the BI-806 and BI-811 form?

yinksob002:
I did mine at Gbagada general hospital last month with 3k and got it same day. All you need do is to go with your Int'l passport, the medical and radiological report form (i.e BI-806 and BI-811 form) and it will be duly stamped, signed and dated. The completed form will now be returned to the Embassy with other supporting documents for submission of your visa application.

You can hold like 5k just in case.

All the best

jhydebaba:
hello house, I have a brother who intend traveling to South Africa. he needs more than 3 months visa that is he is intending staying there for a longer period.

I will appreciate if anyone can educate me on this or quote a relevant post related to this. I am just lazy to go through all the thread.

thanks

samtol4:
conquer your laziness

surdik:
i will advice you to apply for a new transcript, make sure the transcript is addressed and sent to SAQA directly from your school.. That's what i did when my SAQA application was suspended ..

jhydebaba:
hello house, I have a brother who intend traveling to South Africa. he needs more than 3 months visa that is he is intending staying there for a longer period.

I will appreciate if anyone can educate me on this or quote a relevant post related to this. I am just lazy to go through all the thread.

thanks

opsy4real1:
bless up bro! Long live nairaland.
Ps. Does he need medical insurance aside that?

abaeli:
[Hi house, please is it possible to book for ticket from SA for flight from Naija to SA, am in Nigeria presently, instead of booking here in naija, please help me for this peak period]

yinksob002:
Yes he needs a medical insurance with a recognised SA health care provider such as Momentum health. You can google ''Momentum health'' for further info on the procedures and health plan.

Medical Insurance is mandatory for Study visa applications and Momentum health is highly recognised and regarded.

All the best