This is so sad didn't get any text from them. Just wanna cry Wrote the test in the UK center, guess I didn't make the cut-off. Please those who got notified for the SHL test, were you notified through text only or through text and email?

Thanks

Just logged in to change my venue and the arrows that bring the drop-down list to select the venue aren't responding. Seems like a generic error. Don't really know what to do to be honest.

ThaSlimKidd:

Dunno about the personality part but as for venue, I think the email stated that you can change your venue before you accept/reject invitation. Reread and take the appropriate steps.

Thank you so much and God bless!

Hi guys,

Thanks a lot for this thread.

Got a link for my personality test yesterday which I completed this afternoon.

Just got an email now again this time around inviting me for a personality test and then an aptitude test.

Please help me out here, I have already written the personality test, why am I being invited for another one?

Also I applied from the United Kingdom where I am presently and indicated that in my application. But the email I just got gave me Port-Harcourt as my application centre. Please what do I do?

How can I go about changing my test centre please? Is there anyone in the same boat?

Thanks a lot.

I also wanna say that when applying for a student visa, if you have genuine documents and have fulfilled their financial requirements you do not have to be afraid. My degree certificate from university contained a short form of my names, for instance, Ada Nuella Nwachukwu while my passport ofcourse contained my full names "Adanne Emmanuella Nwachukwu", so well naturally I heard a lot of comments such as my visa application would be rejected blah blah blah. The thing is the Entry Clearance Officers aren't machines, they are reasonable human beings and if you prove the two names refer to the same exact person then you are good to go.

I explained my situation in the additional information section and then submitted two affidavits (they cost next to nothing); an affidavit sworn before the court and one sworn before a Notary Public. The decision of my visa approval came in four working days. So yeah, just wanted to point that out for future applicants cos it gave me a few sleepless nights before I applied.

Best wishes to everyone. May God use us to move Nigeria forward. Amen.

alizenbohr:


Congrats Adanne!
Your persistence really paid off.

Wish u the best in your academic endeavors.

Thanks a lot @Alizenbohr! All the best too! You'll come out in flying colors, amen!

kemkem30:
Yaaaay I just picked up my stuff. Adanne I guess u were the lady threatening to sue them. I am so happy. I just got in from Ilorin, popped in to check and there it was. Alhamdulillah

Haha I wasn't the one oh. That wasn't me. But I picked up mine about 4pm too. Congrats to you! All the best!

Just wanted to give an update on the situation of things concerning passport collection. Left Teleperformance Ikeja a few minutes ago, finally got my documents from them together with a few other people that applied on the same day with me at Ikeja VFS on September 25th. Relieved and grateful. The funny thing is I got there by 3:20pm and was told my documents hadn't arrived yet. Was so disoriented but knew I was going to stay till the day was over and I knew no package could possibly arrive again. Few seconds later I saw two guys coming in with Fedex bags! Well yeah, passports had arrived!

Thanks to everyone who replied my questions and lent assistance. Best wishes to everyone.

Hi everyone, good morning, has anyone been to Etiebet's place this morning for passport collection? Please how did it go?

Olisedinma:
@ kemkem30 and Adanne: How far any new from your end as per collection?

Hi, just left Teleperformance. They said the passport isn't with them yet. I think what they do is bulk the passports up to send at once. I'm going to check again by 12pm tomorrow.

Just got back from Teleperformance to collect my passport, no luck again this is so sad wish I didn't even waste precious transport money. These people sha, they should know their inefficiency will also be done back to them when they really need something so bad themselves. What goes around comes around. I don't know how it takes 5 working days, meaning a week to transfer something from Abuja to Lagos. They aren't even helpful at all. You ask them further questions and all they say is it takes five working days. It just dawned on me that they bulk the passports up till they are plenty enough to send so that they save costs. Ofcourse they don't care that people are missing school or even losing admissions cos of that. We paid 90k for a visa and you can't even send a 4k Fedex package to us without thinking of subsidizing costs.

Please anyone who got an approval mail on October 2nd or 3rd please also share your experiences as to your passport collection. Thanks a lot.

alizenbohr:
Collected my passport & approved visa today from Etiebets place.
Submitted on 24th Sept. @ VFS Ikeja.
Special thanks to Justwise, SpikeC, & everyone who's contributed on this thread.
God bless u guys.

Hi, congrats and all the best in school. Please do you mean you submitted on 24th September at VFS Ikeja? Please when did you get the approval mail? Thank you

Hi everyone, good morning. Please is it possible that those of us who got approval mails by Thursday this week can go and check Etiebet's place by Wednesday next week for collection of our passports? Is it probable they batched all passports for this week and dispatched them to be received on Wednesday? Thanks for response. Got an approval mail Thursday midnight and want to know if I can check Etiebet's place for my passport on Wednesday.

guiddoti: oh boy, I don collect today ooo atlas! If say I get gun I for don kill those yeye people. one of the staff just dey laugh as I was trying to explain deficiencies of their services.
This public holiday just spoil everything, the next package should be ready bynext week wednesday.

Omg congrats, you're so lucky! Congrats. Please when did you get the approval mail? Did you collect it from Teleperformance or from Ikeja VFS? Thank you

alizenbohr:

I'm in a similar situation - yet to collect my visa.

When I went to Etiebets Place (TP) yesterday & today, I was told it takes exactly 5 working days from approval mail to collection.

I also checked VFS Ikeja but was directed to Etiebets for anything UK visa (its written on their gate)

Their contact number is 01-4535190.
Address: Etiebets place (@ Abule bus-stop) Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way, Ikeja.

Hi, thanks a whole lot for your response. But it's so daunting that it takes five days from Abuja to Lagos. These people aren't being honest unless the documents are coming from the UK which it isn't. It's either they are piling and then sending the documents in bulk or they are using the post office, only reason it should take five days. Goodness! I sympathies with you tho, I know it's frustrating considering I'm in the same situation. May God help us, don't even know what to say. Wish the BHC in Abuja could just leave our documents with them then we come for pick up. Have you done anything about tracking your documents on teleperformance?

Just wondering how they can conveniently say it takes 5 working days making it seem like we are not serious for expecting it in two working days even though that's what our approval email clearly states.

mystogan:
@ AdanneNwachukwu, I intend to go to TP abuja on wednesday to inquiry because of this public holiday. I was able to track my application on there website.you Could do the same by login into your account.

Hi mystogan, please did you apply with VFS Ikeja too? Or Teleperformance? Please when did you get the approval mail? Thank you.

Hi everyone, good afternoon. Please this question is directed to people who applied with VFS Ikeja and got approval mails stating they should track their documents through Teleperformance and have actually collected their documents. Firstly, please how many days after your approval mail did it take to get your documents? Please, did you collect your documents from Teleperformance or VFS in Ikeja? Also, did you receive an email from Teleperformance telling you your documents were ready for pickup? Fourthly, did you ever track the location of your documents on Teleperformance website?

I know this is a lot of questions but please help me out Really appreciate it, thanks!

goldendraco:

Really sad, angry, everything join together. Thinking maybe I have not entered one chance like this. And last day of resumption is on the 10th. I have been unable to track my application using TP website, created account even before submitting my application, till now, it's still showing account created. Even the VFS tracking is crap and and my 400 naira is even paining me, as the SMS thing is just wasting of money. Me is ready to go to Abuja to collect my passport if they will allow that. Don't know what there problem is, how far is Abuja to Lagos, that it's taking them forever to bring down to Lagos.

It's ridiculous, so unheard of. It's only in Nigeria these kind of things happen, no sympathy for applicants whatsoever. Wanted to tell the BHC to please keep my passport with them and I'll come get it myself but their numbers were not connecting me to any staff and I heard it's a breach of contract on their part not to return the passports to the VAC. But whatever the case is, they should have a better way of giving us these documents. FedEx delivers to Lagos from Abuja that same day so I don't know what is really happening. I believe you should check on wednesday morning, it should be there by then. Also, is it Teleperformance we are collecting it from or VFS Ikeja?

goldendraco post=/post/26831862:


Yes I applied with vfs ikeja. Got approval on the 26th. This public holiday is ruining things for me big big time

Eyaa. So sorry, it sucks a lot, I know how you feel. Really horrible. Have you been able to track with Teleperformance? Cos I wish they could say where exactly the documents are and as ridiculous as it sounds, allow us go an collect the documents from there by ourselves. Instead of waiting for these Teleperformance people to hand it over to us.

mystogan post=/post/26831836:

@ AdanneNwachukwu, I intend to go to TP abuja on wednesday to inquiry because of this public holiday. I was able to track my application on there website.you Could do the same by login into your account.

Hi, thanks a lot for your reply. I applied with VFS Ikeja so I only just created an account for the purpose of tracking this morning. When I click on track application it says I can start a new application so that's where I get confused.

goldendraco post=/post/26831549:
So went to the new TP office for collection, and the level of unprofessionalism is just damn too high. Same old story, passport not ready for collection . The way am seeing it, don't know if it would be ready for collection next week. Why did they transfer our collection to this TP people.

Hi, sorry about that. I take it you also applied with VFS Ikeja? Please when did you get your approval mail that your visa has been issued?

mystogan post=/post/26827594:
Wow! I just got approval mail, I applied on the 25th TP abuja. I want to thank everyone here for there contributions, suggestions and otherwise.

Hi mystogan, please when do you intend to go and collect your passport and also please have you been able to track your application on teleperformance? Want to know how to go about the tracking. Thank you.

Hi everyone, please would we be able to collect our passports from Ikeja VAC during the public holidays on Monday and Tuesday? Also, please how do we track the location of our passports on the Teleperformance website? Really need help with this. Thanks a lot for your anticipated response.

smakati: Good day peeps,
Is there any one here who applied Sept 25 or 26 at vfs Ikeja who has received approval mail?
I submitted on Sept 25 and up till now I haven't received an approval mail. I don't know whether I should be worried or I should stay calm.

Hi Smakati, I submitted on the 25th of September at VFS Ikeja and I received an approval mail from them around 12:54am this morning. Refresh your email and if you still haven't received it, be calm. I am positive you will still get it today. Take care.

smakati:
Hi all, been flying low following this thread and so far I have learnt a lot. Kudos to all contributors.
@Ada, I applied last Thursday too. Apart from a text message to say my application has been sent to deputy high commission, I haven't received any mail.
My school has resumed too, my latest start date is Oct13, but all these public holidays are just annoying.
Am at work (I haven't resigned yet) but I can't concentrate. if I don't receive any mail today, I will turn myself to 'osomalo' @ vfs office tomorrow.

Hi Smakati, I know how you feel it's so sad. I really pray they contact us today. Don't know what else to do but pray especially since it doesn't seem like there's anyone to contact about this. How come you got a text message though? Didn't get any. Asked them that day if I could pay the 400 naira for their text message alert but they said they don't do it anymore. Also, the Deputy High Commission is the one in Lagos but I thought all student visas were processed in Abuja?

I really pray they contact us today by God's grace, let us not lose hope. Was hoping mine would take 3 working days like someone's own on this thread but that would have been Tuesday. Still praying we will be contacted today. Resigned from work on Monday. Has to just resign, couldn't concentrate anyway.

Hi everyone, good afternoon. Please I am new to this thread but want to say it helped me immensely in my UK student visa application last week. Thanks everyone.

Please I want to ask if there's anyone that applied last week Thursday, 25th of September at VFS Ikeja that has heard anything at all from the BHC or VFS. My school has resumed already and I'm so worried cos I don't even have a decision on my visa application yet talk less of collecting the passport. Please anyone with useful information should let me know. Thanks a lot.

Tried contacting BHC Abuja today at 10:41am and the prompter kept saying their opening hours are between 10am to 12 noon and there's no one to speak to me. This is kind of confusing considering I called during their opening hours.