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cessna150: Hi Guys,please where can my wife submit her visa application in Lagos and how long is the processing?

16 Billings way
Oregun, ikeja
Lagos
http://www.vfsglobal.com/southafrica/nigeria/contactus.html
Good luck

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opsy4real1: also are d kids to fill separate application forms? Thank you God bless

separate forms must be completed in respect of persons over the age of 16 and children under the age of 16 traveling on their own passports.

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queenyetty09: She will need to include her payslips for d last 6mths. D kids will also need the copies of their vacination cards to be submitted. Dey don't accept yellow cards for kids but she can hold d cards just in case she has to submit dem. D husband will write a consent letter dat he is in support of d trip. D hotel n flight reservation sud be in ur aunty's name with d kids as accompanies den copies will be submitted for each child. She has to also write a self introduction letter stating dat she will be going with d kids for holiday n dat her husband approved apart frm d sponsorship letter

You are on point, @opsy4real1, sorry for coming late but the above comment is more than enough.

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kingmayor: I really appreciate all u guys on Nairaland, thank u so much for providing so much information about SA. I have read thru all the pages and I still have some questions, pls JUSTWISE AND COLLINSFBI and others, i will appreciate your response>

I have just been admitted to University of Pretoria for my Phd progrramme. I have full sponsorship for tuition, research cost and living expenses. My question is that..

1. May I still be required to pay the repatration fees
2. Do I have to pay for medical insurance from here before i can be granted visa since I will be receiving monthly allowance which is meant to cater for my accomodation, feeding and medical
3. Do i still need to include my bank account statement in the application

Thanks

Yes! to all questions

pavorikoko: Pls cross check this documents for me if am good to go;

Invitation letter,(my accomodation is stated in here so no need for hotel booking)

Data page of my host,

Host utility bill,

South African Id info page

Letter of Introduction from my church that am representing

Self introductory letter

Statement of account

Yellow card

Passport

Flight booking.
Are all these documents on point?

Why don't you request for the host statement of account? Very important
Be sure the docs from your host are duly certified
If you are a full time pastor, good,if not provide evidence of where you work to show you will return to your country

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kma: Good morning collins and justwise.how are u guys and all nairalanders.can u imagine I wa denied yesterday because of my yellow card which I got from the port health authority at the airport.I called them yest morning and a lady told me to go and get a new yellow card after I gave her my passport no to check the status of my application.but when I later called again,another lady picked it and said my passpot has been returned back to vfs.imagine that they shld ve just called me if they were not clear about the card earlier rather than denying me the last day as the letter read 3rd of april.
Now I want to reapply next week again but I am a medical doctor and I just finished a one year internship on the 31st of jan and waiting to go for my nysc in july.I want to apply to go in june.please can I include that I just finished internship and show them all my pay slipsduring the internship.I still have abt 42k in my account and the cash was from the salary during the internship.that was how I did the first application in addition to my uncle's documents I attached.I want to attach only my documents this time around.can they accept the fact that I just finished a programme in jan and waiting for another in july which I told them in the first application.My mind tells me they just wanted to deny me cos the yellow card was from the airport.I don't want to use any agent and I'm afraid it may take long again.pls u all shld advise a brother

kma: Sorry I meant 420k and not 42k

I don't really agree with the reason for your denial, though i don't know the type of Yellow card you submitted but cards issued at the airport are generally accepted. I think the reason was just an excuse to deny you. For the sake of other, i will try as much as possible to upload a copy of the accepted Yellow card in and out for others to see, as that is what i use personally. Meanwhile you can get another cards and reapply but try as much as possible to simplify your application by submitting simple verifiable documents as follow:

1.Your passport.
2.Paid Hotel reservation
3.Flight reservation with South African airways.
4.Yellow card
5.My letter of introduction from your hospital
6.A letter of reference from your doctors' association in the hospital.
7.Your bank statement. (the 420k is ok)
8.Write a detail visa application letter to include the your reasons for visiting and assurance that you will come back.
9.Marriage cert if you are married (optional)
10.Consent letter from your wife if married(optional)
11.Evidence that you will come back to your country (A letter of absent from work/leave letter)

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IamJerry: PLEASE "JUSTWISE AND COLLINSFBI" KINDLY HELP.... Can a purchased return ticket be extended?

For example, if I pay for a return ticket and I book to return with the ticket after a week BUT I later want to stay for another 1week, can I extend the ticket? Or change my flight date? Please help...

From what i know, it is 100% possible but double check with your airline before payment to be double sure you can extend it. From experience it is very possible.

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samsaw: Hello collins
I joined nairaland just to meet you. I am admitted to fort hare university for phd which I have registered online and have paid the required minimum initial payment. My supervisor has also won a bursary for me that will cover accommodation, tuition and monthly allowance. The challenge I'm having is my visa.
In February when went to apply for study visa, I was told the embassy in lagos have stopped issuing study visa, so I went to VFS lagos to apply for visiting which took almost 2mnths to get processed. The bad news is that I was denied due to "contradictory itinerary". My question now is because I'm behind schedule I want to re-apply at abuja.
1. How many working days will study. Visa take in abuja (6weeks maximum)
2. Will I still pay repartration fee (yes)
3.If I apply for visiting can I change to study visa in the republic (100% sure)
4. Do I still need bank statement since I have a sponsorship letter. (Yes! To show that you are capable to support yourself)
I will be grateful if you respond to this quick.
Thanks

Thanks for your interest and trust in NL travel section, as regards the above, i will advice you to go to SA with a tourist visa and with all necessary documents to process your study permit within the republic. Reasons being that, you are already behind schedule, it will make your permit easier, faster and you will be able to get access to other documents needed for your permit. Meanwhile you can apply at Abuja application centre for your tourist visa and make sure you pay repatriation fee even if they don't ask for it, tell them you will like to pay (110k in naija and 7k rands in SA = approximately 140k plus). Tell your supervisor to get you a recommendation letter to support your application. Get a police report from naija before going and get yourself prepared financially.

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Alhaji Moyet Morufu Yekini (Tested and Trusted)
+2022556079 (only call from 1pm naija time)
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kamisol: Pls @collins do u have any idea wah bank I can pay my saqa fees.

I know of Standard Bank in SA but i don't know about naija, you can contact this person for more details:
Felicity Lamola -Assistant director, email:flamola@saqa.co.za, tel: +27(12)4315070 or you check their website for more details. To be sincere with you, it is easier done in SA than from naija, you can send your documents to someone in SA to do it for you if you are not within the country.

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henrychubayo: Next time, don't make ur application a complex one. Those documents for you that u submitted should be enough to grant you a visiting visa. You are qualified for it. Submitting your uncle documentations makes the application a complex one. Even though you will get the visa, but submitting those document will make your case go thru additional scrutiny because it may seem you are incapable of taking care of your self and one going for a visit is ought to be ok to take care of himself. Just my advise

You are absolutely on point, sometimes most applicants create unnecessary delay for themselves, too much documents sometimes brings about complex scrutiny and long verification process.

All these will create additional verification and wahala, besides, you don't need all these documents to secure a tourist visa.

Also my uncle who has been taking care of me for 20 years attached the following.
1.Letter of sponsorship on my behalf.
2.His company's bank statement with skye and uba and letters from each bank backing them up.
3.His personal account statement with skye.
4.his personal count statement with barclay bank in uk.
5.His Cirt of incorporation of his company.
6.His daughter(my cousin's) cirtificate as an extra evidence as she schooled in nelson mandela metropolitan uni,south africa from 2005 to 2012.this was to show that he and his daughter have been to south african on a number of occasions and have returned.

Just be calm, the Embassy will get back to you once they are done with your application and if you are denied (God forbid) based on any prob from your additional docs then you are the cause of your prob.

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ibrak200: where can i find south african embassy here in lagos ? and please where did you apply for yours ? thanks

SA embassy or application centre?

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kilmix: No Police report?

You don't need police report for tourist visa.

kma: Please what's d police report for?

only for study and residence permit.

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P406: Thanks for your response . I thought about doing that but I saw they required some documents to be presented by the person making payment in SA and I am in Naija right now. how long did it take for confirmation after the person made payments. My school did not indicate the number of months to pay for so I want to pay for 6months.i may pay by master card today . Collinsfbi I would appreciate your imput. my program is actually one that I go to SA twice a year for two weeks each, its a 2yr masters course. I was there in January on a visitors visa cos there was no time to apply for study permit.i spent about 18dys and returned.

but I am thinking if I should get another visiting visa in june and apply for study permit in SA on my next trip or get it here now.i have registered for course and have a letter from the faculty to the embassy also student i.d.

If your course is found to be the type you can write the exam in your home country, you may not be granted study permit, sorry to discourage you but that is the truth, your course seems to be online course.

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Zzzalexzzz: Friends, please i will also want to know if i can use my Study permit to register a Business Name in South Africa since i am a Student entrepreneur with no Work Permit. I'm only planning on devoting a little percentage of my study time to my Biz.

Or what other documents do i need to legitimately register a company business name in South Africa?

You may start a business in the RSA if you have the permission from the Department by means of being in possession of a business permit but you have just be granted study permit which only permit you to study, I wonder why you want to do business with a study permit. Meanwhile a business permit is issued in terms of section 15 of the Immigration Act, 2002 (Act No 13 of 2002), read with regulation 24. This permit is issued to a foreigner who intends to invest in or open an own business in the Republic.

What are the requirements?
(a) Duly completed application form BI-1738.
(b) Passport valid for no less than 30 days after the expiry of intended visit.
(c) Payment of the prescribed application fee.
(d) Vaccination certificate, if required by the Act.
(e) Medical certificate in respect of the applicant and all members accompanying him/her if any?
(f) Birth certificate, to be unabridged where relevant to prove parenthood.
(g) Marriage certificate (if applicable) or
(h) Proof of spousal relationship in terms of the Act and these Regulations
or
(i) Divorce decree (if applicable).
(j) Proof of custody (if applicable).
(k) Death certificate in respect of late spouse (if applicable).
(l) Consent from parent(s) (if applicable).
(m) Proof of adoption (if applicable).
(n) Proof of legal separation (if applicable).
(o) Police clearance certificates in respect of all applicants 21 years or older, in respect of all countries where person(s) resided 1 year or longer, to be submitted within 12 months of the application if not immediately available.
(p) Additional information which the Department may request to satisfy itself of the existence of a good faith spousal relationship as set out in regulation 33(5), where applicable.
(q) Proof of funds available or transfer from abroad.
(r) Undertaking to register with the appropriate statutory body, if required by the nature of the business.
(s) Business track record to prove entrepreneurial skill.
(t) Proof that the business contributes to the geographical spread of economic activity.
(u) Proof that at least 5 citizens or residents shall be employed.
(v) A foreigner who is applying for a business permit must submit a certification by a chartered accountant which confirms that at least 2 of the following requirements have been met, OF WHICH ONE MUST BE THE
CAPITAL TO BE INVESTED [section 15(1)(a)]:
1. proof that the business in question is in one of the following sectors:-
(i) information and communication technology
(ii) clothing and textiles
(iii) chemicals and biotechnology
(iv) agro-processing
(v) metals and minerals
(vi) automotives and transport
(vii) tourism
(viii) crafts
2. the export potential of the business; or
3. calls for or involves a transfer of technology not previously generally available in the Republic; or
4. proof that at least 5 citizens/residents shall be employed; or
5. business track record to prove entrepreneurial skills; or
6. proof that the business contributes to the geographical spread of economic activity.
The Department may waive or reduce the capitalisation requirement of R2,5 million on recommendation or request of the Department of Trade & Industry, or Science & Technology, or on the basis of a recommendation of another competent organ of state.

Note: If the business no longer maintains the capitalisation requirement, the permit may be withdrawn. A business permit may be issued for 24 months at a time. Work permit/business permit requirements are somehow difficult to gather individually, that is why many people use immigration lawyer to apply for permit.

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Zzzalexzzz: Please, where will it be stated if i should own a return ticket or not...which document or where can i check for this

I was told, if i havn't paid my school fees or completed my registration, a one way ticket may not be allowed...

thanks

You don't need a return ticket, stand your ground before any immigration official who might use that as an excuse to extort you brcause you are a first timer.

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What type of car do you want? Clean, minor dent or minor accident, Call for the car of your choice today, Mr Moyet will search the whole of US to get you what you want but only deal with serious buyers.

Contact: Tosin naija 08099425787
Alhaji Moyet Morufu Yekini (Tested and Trusted)
+2022556079 (only call from 1pm naija time)
http://www.facebook.com/morufu.yekini?fref=ts

What type of car do you want? Clean, minor dent or minor accident, Call for the car of your choice today, Mr Moyet will search the whole of US to get you what you want but only deal with serious buyers.

Contact: Tosin naija 08099425787
Alhaji Moyet Morufu Yekini (Tested and Trusted)
+2022556079 (only call from 1pm naija time)
http://www.facebook.com/morufu.yekini?fref=ts

What type of car do you want? Clean, minor dent or minor accident, Call for the car of your choice today, Mr Moyet will search the whole of US to get you what you want but only deal with serious buyers.


Contact: Tosin naija 08099425787
Alhaji Moyet Morufu Yekini (Tested and Trusted)
+2022556079 (only call from 1pm naija time)
http://www.facebook.com/morufu.yekini?fref=ts

Sold

SOLD
Clean 2002 CRV (Minor dent at the back)
1.050m to Lagos Port (Vehicle due to arrive at Lagos Port by first week of April)

Contact: Tosin naija 08099425787
Alhaji Moyet Morufu Yekini (Tested and Trusted)
+2022556079 (only call from 1pm naija time)
http://www.facebook.com/morufu.yekini?fref=ts

Clean 2004 Nissan Maxima
(45days maximum to Lagos)owner expected to clear his or herself from Tincan Port Lagos
1.250m

Contact: Tosin naija 08099425787
Alhaji Moyet Morufu Yekini (Tested and Trusted)
+2022556079 (only call from 1pm naija time)
http://www.facebook.com/morufu.yekini?fref=ts

Minor dent


Contact: Tosin naija 08099425787
Alhaji Moyet Morufu Yekini (Tested and Trusted)
+2022556079 (only call from 1pm naija time)
http://www.facebook.com/morufu.yekini?fref=ts

Clean 2002 BMW X5 (minor dent in the front), 1.1m to Lagos (45days maximum)owner expected to clear his or herself from Tincan Port Lagos


Contact: Tosin naija 08099425787
Alhaji Moyet Morufu Yekini (Tested and Trusted)
+2022556079 (only call from 1pm naija time)
http://www.facebook.com/morufu.yekini?fref=ts

Clean EOD 2005, 1.1m to Lagos (45days maximum)owner expected to clear his or herself from Tincan Port Lagos


Contact: Tosin naija 08099425787
Alhaji Moyet Morufu Yekini (Tested and Trusted)
+2022556079 (only call from 1pm naija time)
http://www.facebook.com/morufu.yekini?fref=ts

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jeff1980: Don't get it anywhere else unless you ar not usin it at south african embassy.Get it at airport dats d only one recognised

Who told you it's only airport you can get a recognised yellow that will be accepted at the South African Embassy?

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opsy4real1: @all, i undastand new vaccination cards were rolled out recently, hope d 2005 one is stil valid and hope they accept d one frm port health,lagos at abuja centre

dpaveun: I will advise you do another at the airport and if before you submit for ur visa cos u can be denied for visa for the purpose of yellow card n also pple get deported for that just cause

You do not need to go for another card if your present card is 2005 and you are sure it was issued by the port health officials unless you have money to waste.

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Babechemist01: am a first time traveller. A student of CPUT,cape town. I av booked a fligt to johannesburg cos i will lyk to spend 2 days with my siblings in johannesburg before goin to cape town.probably by bus the third day. My question now is dat. I hope dis is not goin to give me anyproblem with the immigration cos it is stated on my permit dat am a student of CPUT.hope dey will not insist i should take a direct fligt to cape town?. Pls i need am urgent ans

There is nothing to be worry about, no immigration official will compel you to do so. OR-Tambo and Cape Town International are in the same country where you can easily connect to your final destination, so do not panic, you are good to go.

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opsy4real1: @all, i undastand new vaccination cards were rolled out recently, hope d 2005 one is stil valid and hope they accept d one frm port health,lagos at abuja centre

your card is valid, you have no problem.

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dpaveun: @Collins, am in SA already don't wanna use any agent

You have not answered my question yet but notwithstanding South African visa agents are not like dubious Nigerian visa agents. Currently the immigration Act of 2002 (Act No 13 of 2002) supported immigration practitioners popularly called "agent"who registered with Home Affairs Department to assist immigrants in putting together their applications for any type of permit they intend applying for. You can do it alone and at the same time you can use the service of immigration practitioners within SA, just make sure you are dealing with the genuine ones. There are different type of work permits with different requirements, at the same time there is general work permit.

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chelseabmw: Please I am planning on going to abuja tomorrow morning,do I need to book with them before coming? I just want to be sure before leaving tomorrow morning.


COLLINS PLS CAN U ANSWER THIS QUESTION? And please where is their new office located in abuja? any cheap hotel around there? pls help

I am not sure of booking but try and confirm that before you go ahead meanwhile Abuja Application Centre is located at No. 38, Lobito Crescent, Wuse 2, Abuja. Sorry for replying late

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