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manoleaurel:
In some cases banks even reimburse from some type of insurance funds even if they don't recover the money
Anyway what happened to her is not normal, you pay the fee, have all the documents in order, and the documents being rejected on wrong bases, like she says, the bank statement was 3 months but the rejectuon reason said it was less than 3 months . Nobody even an aurhority from a 3rd world country should get away with it.

manoleaurel:
Unfortunately there is not much you can do, because they specifically write that visa fees are non refundable.
All you can do is try a chargeback with the bank that issued the card you paid the visa fees with.
Even if the fee is non refundable if you convince the bank that they rejected your application on wrong reasons (As you say you provided them a statement which was 3 months but they said it was not) you have chances to get the money back.

odimbannamdi:
Please, what is sticker visa?

Marshall6:
@hunee. Please I need a response to this. Anyone who could assist with this too, please do

Ashirioluwa:
Sorry it’s my junior brother that applied for Irish visa recently, not my wife.

My wife applied for Schengen visa.

Ashirioluwa:
She applied for a visitor visa, not an immigrant visa. I don’t think visitor visa needs any authentication.

Anyway, she went with the originals and photocopies of her documents.

antobogdan:
Nothing bitter, i just exposed the facts.
But i am by no means surprised that some posters here who are africans find this perfectly acceptable. I live in Europe and here, such a behaviour from authorities is unacceptable. Unfortunately there in Africa most countries are led by corrupt/incompetent governments and also unfortunately this has been going for centuries and the ordinary people think that is normal, when it is not normal at all, they become used to it...
When i wrote what i wrote here, what the retarded DHA SA does on a forum from my country, everybody could not believe it...they were shocked and said they have never encountered that with any visa for any country. For you here it seems it is completely normal. Well...
In Europe, if a government employee would write to an applicant what that mrs Travern wrote to me, he/she would have been fired the next day when the text reached media...Here i am accused of unprofessionalism because i exposed her...

And i am, by no means, the only one who got an absurd rejection.
A friend of mine got a rejection for eVisa on the reason that "passport would expire before the applicant leaves SA". And her passport has 9+ more years until expiration date, it was almost new... So it seems they are either retarded or very bad intentioned, i can't see other explanation.

antobogdan:
@hunee. Oh please, stop with the nonsense.
They have "quotas"? So you admit they take the money from the applicants and give decisions arbitrarily, regardless if the conditions are met or not?
And you dare to defend them and call me "unprofessional/unethical" for exposing these fraudsters?
Come on, have some decency, or do you work for them?
Please do not mislead people, this EVISA system is anomalous, it is a bad joke. It is better to be avoided all the time.
The employees that revise these applications are either incompetent or plain bad-intentioned.
I have heard that for some countries there is no tax, well in that case it may be worth applying, but only if one has many months before the actual trip, and do not put any hope in their fairness. Anyway they approve/reject them on totally arbitrary basis., just like at the lottery. So, if one wants to test their luck, they can apply.
For the ones that are required to pay the visa fee, pay with Wise and if the rejection is absurd, first contact DHA, and then file for a chargeback with Wise. My chargeback case was approved in under a day, but of course i sent them a 45 page pdf proving that i met all the conditions, they absurdly rejected and even had an unprofessional attitude.

As for me, i clearly said i do not apply again ever to this stupid eVisa system. I have two options: either apply at the nearest consulate, or just cancel the tickets. IT seems luck is on my side, because i have received recently a schedule change from the airline and i can get a full refund. Maybe that is the best idea. And i will choose another country that respects its visitors. These idiots from SA behave like they do the visitors a favor by granting them a VISA. When the visitors just come to spend their money in that failed country with a rate of criminality among the highest in the world, you have to "watch your back" every moment...Isn't it ridiculous? A joke of a country where people live in average just 50 years...
Anyway, i just wanted to visit Cape Town for only 7 days, and in the winter...it was not even the best time, so i can simply cancel the tickets and go to beautiful Namibia instead, a country that is much more safe and you are not treated like a piece of dirt from the street by the retarded coruupt authorities like in SA. And visa is on arrival.
Well, i do not want to get too long, but, beware, these guys from eVisa departement are totally unprofessional, do not apply there for eVisa, just go to consulate or VFS.

Ashirioluwa:
He did the biometrics, and documents submission today.

The VFS charge and courier fee were paid online
VFS service charge - 56339
Courier fee - 5232.56

Visa fee paid at VFS application center
Visa fee - 55535

Total paid - 117106.56

This is for short stay visa (single entry)

meljoe:
Please I want to renew just my son France visa, he will be traveling with me , what I need to submit is
Cover letter
Sponsorship letter
Birth certificate
My France visa page
His school documents and his visas
My bank statements

Flight reservations plus my own , is it better if I buy my ticket now and show proof that I have paid already if I should show flight reservations for both of us ? I don’t need to show house documents rights ?


Please the hotel reservations , should it be in my name or his name ?

Favourafrica:
But it wasn’t stated that I was banned. It’s only said I can appeal in 10 days

Favourafrica:
Yes but it’s an old account statement I had since last year and there wasn’t money in it again when I used it to apply. I’m considering not reapplying till further notice.

Favourafrica:
And I need to summit it within 10days, please how do I go about it?

Cuteboi98:
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ShyShyBobo:
I applied and got my Moroccan visa. Here's a more detailed guide https://myexplorepage.com/morocco-visa-from-nigeria-2024/

emmanuelle27:
Must I go to Vsf with a physical Copy of my bank statement or can I go with the PDF copy on my phone and email? GTbank insisted they no longer give physical copies of account statement and that the online copy is fully signed and stamped for Visa application, they only gave me a physical copy of the reference letter

Theophinio:
Sir, Please can a SA tourist visa be extended while still in SA

Am asking because a cousin plans to relocate to SA through tourist visa for hustling purpose

What's your advice or take on this

lusen:
Hello house,

My passport was delivered today, and I have been granted a South African visitor's visa.

The visa was issued on the 17th of January 2024, and it was stated that I must enter South Africa on or before the 29th of February 2024.

I have a couple of questions:
1) I understand that a tourist visa for South Africa is typically granted for a stay of 3 months in the country. However, the condition on my visa states that I can only be admitted to SA for 30 days. Has there been a recent change to reduce the permitted stay from 3 months (90 days) to 30 days?

2) It was specified on my visa that I must enter SA on or before 29/02/2024. If I arrive in SA on 27/02/2024, am I required to depart the country on or before 29/02/2024, or can I stay in the country for 30 days starting from 27/02/2024?

I would greatly appreciate some clarification on these matters.
Thank you.

Lumietuna:
Please I’m a first time traveler, I submitted and did biometric at TLS VI since 13th December 2023, but haven’t gotten any response, is it normal or I should be worried?

hunee:
Kel, u in SA?

sos404:
@AfricanKel,wanted to just know what the reason might be, I was thinking maybe because my visa expires 2016 July and I applied again 2016 September. Maybe the months seems to be too close? It’s just funny at that time.

sos404:
@AfricanKel… I asked because I just got to know about this forum 2days ago. I am new here.

sos404:
hello house, 2016 I was given 3 month multiple entry, I went to SA once spending 10days then the visa expired. 2017 I applied again, this time with my wife and kid, when I went to pick up our passports, my wife and my kid were issue visa but mine was not issue and no refusal letter in the package. Was that supppse to be an error from them or what does that mean “?

Setiuoriyomi:
Pls my account statement is not up to 3 month please any alternative

Cashpower1807:
. Pls I need response house. Help a brother

hunee:
I wouldn't even respond to such questions. We have warned persons severally here not to collect items for third parties when they are traveling including friends and associates.
Trust is very scarce these days.

And already Nigerians are flagged and known to be vast in drug peddling business in SA.

So oladunni , BE careful

@Africankel, how are you?

Oladunni12:
Please help me on this. Someone ask me to help bring two side mirrors from Nigeria to Johannesburg. Please is it safe to take it along. Will the airline accept it. I am flying with Ethiopia Airline. Thanks

Setiuoriyomi:
I log on to visa.vfsglobal.com and they request me to make some payment online and also I hope it’s guaranteed sir and also what documents do I need please sirs

Setiuoriyomi:
I need agent that will only request for my passport and bring my visa sir, I’m much busy than to go through this myself sir

Hadone:
This I STRONGLY agreed!!

Emmamay10:
Good day people. Please, I want to know if it really matter. I got my study visa today through DHL. I discovered that my first/given name was interchange for my middle name. But my surname/family name is in order. Does it matter?

This means that there is variance(in arrangements) between the first/given name in my international passport, but the surname is in order.

vozkini:
Am travelling tomorrow already