olaoluwa13:
Help on how to withdraw application from south Africa embassy

ayomide8990:

Same too here,j want to withdraw my passport.

Incandescent:
I know this question is like a no-brainer but I need your help guys.
Do I need a letter of self-introduction for my 3 months old child who I intend applying for a relative permit for?
TYPOP

Shoyomi:
Hello Everyone,
So good to be back on this platform. I remembered making an inquiry on how to join my husband who is on a study visa in South Africa. Unfortunately, when i got to the VFS Office, i was told since my husband was neither a permanent resident or a citizen of South Africa, my visa application might be denied, on this premise, i changed my application immediately to a visitors visa, which i was later granted(for the second time), my question is this, i want to apply for a study visa to do a course whose lectures are just twice in a week for two years. (its a pastoral course)
I need your candid advice, i know all requirements which i got from the VFS website.
How can i go about this? this platform has always helped me out. Your candid opinion is welcome.

TYPOP:


I have little experience in this area but I don't think so.

I think what are most important are:
1. Birth certificate
2. Letters from both of you his parent, authorizing the parent that will be travelling with the child to do so.

Please let us know later if they insist that your child needs a letter of self intro.

Thank you.

Cheers and all the best.

Damimubo:
The south Africa embassy in Lagos is still shut down till further notice. Plz can I withdraw my passport or wait till the embassy is back to work before withdrawing. I need my passport for other things. This is too much abeg.

TYPOP:


As long as the institution will give you a letter that satisfy the conditions stated on the Home Affairs requirements for admission letters, and as long as your admission letter indicates that the program will be for 2 years, you have no problems.

Just note that you will have to apply for your study permit in Nigeria, not South Africa (even if you have Visitor's Visa that has already taken you into the country).

Cheers and all the best.

TYPOP:


Updates on submissions in Lagos.

VFS Lagos is confused presently and are trying various systems. Therefore, this may not work in the next few weeks. However, it was what happened last week.

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* Go to the embassy as early as you can. Please go much before 6am if you can.
* There will be people (majorly touts) issuing numbers (even if you get there at 4am). Get a number and wait around there. This includes if you have an appointment or not. Even if your appointment is for 2pm, please get there before 7:00am.
* Around 7:30, the gate will be opened and everyone will be ushered in. The gate will then be locked. That is it for that day. Nobody that comes after that will be allowed in.
* Once inside, all the applicants will be divided into 3 viz: i) those with appointments, ii) those without appointments but applying for long term visas/important things (conferences, study visas, business visas e.t.c) iii) those travelling for leisure or visits.
* Numbers will be given to everyone in category i. They will surely be assisted. The number will be counted.
* Numbers will likely be given to everyone in category ii. They will surely be assisted. The number will also be counted.
* The remaining will now be on first come first served basis. They were to attend to 150 applicants so the spill-over from Category i & ii will be counted to get to the 150. Once at 150, all the others will be sent out and told to come back another day.

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Again, this may change in the next few days. Anyone with updated info should please keep us updated.

Cheers and all the best.

Shoyomi:

Thank you so much, I really appreciate your response. I'll be applying in Nigeria for the study visa. Another question, can I use a medical insurance I have with my spouse who is in RSA? He included me on the insurance as a spouse, is it better I get another insurance based on my study visa or can I use that of spouse where he included me as a dependant?
Thank you for being of help.

Jonesjoe:
Pls can someone confirm to me if the SA embassy in Lagos is open cos I want to withdraw my passport . I applied for 2 weeks visitor visa since 15 of July and no feedback from them . I need ny oassport urgently .

Incandescent:
Are you sure about this? I was there in the past week & I was attended to

TOPEADE1:
Please, is Ethiopian airline okay for travel from Lagos to Johanessburg? I observed airfare is cheap.

Incandescent:

Yes it is

TOPEADE1:
Thank you, I am going on a study VISA for 2 years. I hope to proceed afterwards to EU for better offer probably if SA route is easy

TOPEADE1:
Thank you, I am going on a study VISA for 2 years. I hope to proceed afterwards to EU for better offer probably if SA route is easy

TYPOP:


This depends on the VO attending to your application. I should believe that using your hubby's insurance should be sufficient in all cases. However, since you don't know which side of the bed the VO will wake up from, if you can afford it, I'd say get your own student medical cover. Use this for the application. Once your visa is out, you can cancel the medical aid. Your institution should not have a problem with you using your cover under your hubby's Medical Aid cover. Your money will be refunded to you. That way, you don't worry about being denied on technicalities by an overzealous VO.

Cheers and all the best.

collinsfbi:


with 60k maximum, i think you are good to go but terms and conditions apply sha ooooo, for instance balance on your acct statement not inlcluded


Gbamm over and out

TOPEADE1:
Thank you, I am going on a study VISA for 2 years. I hope to proceed afterwards to EU for better offer probably if SA route is easy

Geenosko:
@ Yupng

Having read your post, I will say that you are deliberately twisting information to suit your narrative.

1. No Nigerian resident in SA on this platform has encouraged illegal migration to SA. I and others have spoken against it several times in this group.
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Those coming for visit, we have always advised limit your visit to certain areas and leave at the end of your authorised stay.

2. Every life lost is a terrible loss but everyone who is honest with themselves knows that Nigerians who are killed by police are 99% drug related.


Even the advisory that the Federal government issued clearly said avoid "hot-spots and volatile areas"

The narrative that you are pushing suggests that the whole of South Africa is a war zone which is clearly not the case.

That you have experienced hatred from South Africans does not invalidate the account of people who haven't and it also doesn't invalidate yours either.


Can you point out with specific references the so called "falsified information" that Nigerians in SA have spread here?




Emotions are high but please let's be objective in our communication and present a balanced view of the situation and let people take an informed decision.

TYPOP:


Did you read the reply from @Incandescent to a similar question to yours?



Find it here:
https://www.nairaland.com/944102/general-south-africa-visa-enquiries/571#82435975

Jonesjoe:


Someone said VFs is working but the embassy is yet to resume . My passport was forwarded to SA embassy and I don't want to move down to Lagos and encounter any form of delay from the embassy

cucumbar:
please, someone should confirm. Don’t want to get stuck.

cucumbar:
Did anyone get a visa recently? I want to a apply for a tourist a visa to travel in December. I’d the embassy working? I don’t want to get stuck.