What happens to Nigerians at foreign missions while trying to get permits, legalisation and Visas can not be described as humane.
This is highly predominant in Nations that house Universities that are cheap and and affordable and have loads of Nigerians in the quest for quality cheap education. Countries like Poland, malaysia,indonesia, Philippines,ukraine etc has the highest number of Unruly officials who met out many unfriendly attitudes to Nigerians.

Nigerians many times have their destinies altered, frustrated and sometimes, these embassies act as cronies to institutions abroad who tend to refuse to return Tuition fees already paid if visas are refused.

Sometimes, these officials just refuse visas in a bid to acure fees illegally under the guise of Visa appeals or even in cases of Visa Annulment.
Many Countries have staffs who odd information, or even outright rude.
A friend mentioned that an embassy staff during interview asks him "what do you want to do with your life?" That is Outright rude!
Its not your business to ask someone such question.

While we all agree to the principle of absolutism of consuls, but then refusals and conduct at embassies should be within the ambit of law.

What Nigerians do not usually do is show the embassies that they know their rights.

Many Nigerians do not know that they can write the Ministry of Foreign affairs to expel any embassy staff who behave unruly to you in your own country.

You have a right to have the ministry of foreign affairs to close an embassy if you think it is just a money spinning venture for the origin country. For instance, if they just collect visa fees from u, refuse u when u meet all criteria for visas, and then you appeal and they refuse again, especially if this cycle has been done 3 times without success.

You can also approach a magistrate court to declare any embassy staff including an ambassador persona non grata and thus expel him/her if you think they treat you unfairly.

You also have the right to report an embassy to the Continental court of the origin. E.g Poland to EU court.

You can also write the minister of foreign affairs of the country of origin having them to call their embassy to order.

You can also write an email directly to an Ambassador asking for a meeting to discuss your concerns, because you are a Nigerian, and the Ambassador has submitted his letter of credence to your leader, he/she is Obliged to meet you rapidly and address your concerns.

I just think we should avoid being treated my thrash by these foreign officials who many times have the level of clerks/data entry.
You can call the bluff of any ambassador anytime..

Its time we rise to our rights and enforce them..


I have a story of a Nigerian Scientist in 2014 who dealt with an European Nation severely because he knew his rights and enforced his rights. Along the way, 4 embassy staffs were out of their jobs and in the long run, he was honored by destination country as an anti corruption crusader and was eventually honored as a honorary citizen by that nation..
Applying Visas is not Begging. It is a legal battle. It is same as approaching a foreign Magistrate court asking them to permit you into their country for a certain reason. Afterwards, u can appeal the decision to a higher court. If u think you have done everything necessary, then u can go to an administrative court in the country. Many times people win at the courts as long as its just a visa. We also have people win residence appeal.
Some person i know was refused family reunion visa 12 times by a certain EU country, and then his marriage collapsed, but the marriage produced a son, his ex wife went into depression, so he sued and accused the embassy of causing the marriage collapse and that family was reunited. So justice in this case many times will come..

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Mukina2

Our embassy don't have the balls to expell USA,UK or EU diplomats na dem go even expel our own