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Tribalist Thread

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Yildiz:
Are there clues to suggest the visa has been approved?

Unfortunately for Schengen visa no clue.

For UK, if Yiu get such a mail only from VFS without another mail from UKVI, then without collecting your passport you would have known that the visa is granted.

For Schengen, they always attach refusal letter inside the envelope and you can't know until courier delivers your passport

williamszooh:
which clue do you need again?, you will confirm the final decision, immediately the your passport is being delivered to you by the courier service,thank you

You harsh small.

Give him some encouragement.

danvon:
Did the five year old boy die?

Why this?

Fatliga2025:
Same here, I did biometric on the 9th of January, empty NSF mail 27th January
Nothing till now


Please the gurus on this platform,
How long do I need to wait again after the normal wait time (3 weeks) for visitor visa expired, this is fourth week now, please any idea

Which one is NSF?

sanyaolurilwan:
You should go when your visa is valid and all your first-degree family can also get 1yr tourist visa on arrival with your UK visa, but the UK visa must be valid. So August isn't an option, except you get another UK visa and use it again.

My family would be coming in December, 2025 for holiday here, so I cant travel this December. Unfortunately, I have to jettison KSA.

I don't have any intentions to visit the UK until 2026. Hence, I am not reapplying until then. I will just do my second UK trip in April and leave travels till 2026, by resting

Africankel:
I don't think the e-visa still works. About a year ago I needed to travel for business, so I went to the embassy in Abuja to enquire. The gentleman who attended to me said they no longer issued business visas (not sure if this includes tourism). He however advised that I reached out to my business partners in KSA to speak with the MFA who'd in turn reach out to the embassy in Nigeria to issue me a visa. Alternatively, if I had a visa for the UK, US, Canada or Schengen, I could get visa on arrival. So I had to travel using my Canadian visa.

I was in KSA in 2022 to participate in this conference https://www.ivc-forum.org/

Those of us there were nonmuslims couldn't use Umrah Visa. Hence the MFA and the organizers wrote letters to the KSA embassy in Abuja and we sent our passport to Abuja, then got a sticker visa.

Business Visa then was about N2million valid for 1 year.

We were told that E visa is not allowed for Nigerian passport holders.

With this situation in view, I would jettison the idea of KSA for now, as I already booked ticket for Easter to spend 7 days in London.

If it was about using the visa once, already used it in December, 2024 having entered and exited the UK this January, 2025

Africankel:
With a valid UK visa, you will get KSA visa on arrival.

Travel time is later after visa must have expired.

Actually looking at getting E visa while the UK Visa is still valid

May be Gemini can do that AI

sanyaolurilwan:
Apply for Saudi online, you would wait forever to be approved, but you can get visa on arrival, I applied online, it wasn't approved, then I got visa on arrival at the port of entry. I was told to cancel the online application and request for refund.

Qatar: I heard they have cancelled that for Nigerians, you can only apply through accredited agents, not sure how true it is.

Ive been to Saudi Arabia before, but just want to get for my family.

My UK visa expires in June and I want to visit Riyadh around August. How feasible is the visa on arrival, considering that my UK visa would have expired at the time of entry?

What's your experience with this?

For those with valid UK visa, you can apply for KSA and Qatar E visa as a Nigerian national

borryworld:
Thank you so much for this response.

Will I need to pay for the visa fees before I could proceed to upload document on VAC site?

Yes.

Visa is paid to UKVI

VisaInfoNL:
I am just wondering

My passport is new and no travel history on it.

These are like going from Lagos state to Ebonyi.

They count as Zero.

May be SA, Egypt or Morocco in Africa, Qatar may help, but any West African country is a waste

borryworld:
I am sorry the question wasn't answered. This the question below

"Do you advice I upload my documents myself or use the services of the visa office. What are the likely challenges or requirements if I opt to upload them myself?"

Upload your documents yourself, via self upload option.

There's is o challenge except if file is too large or corrupt. Aside this, nothing. All files in PDF format

borryworld:
Thank you for the response.

Do you have answer for the question on document upload?

I answered.

It's same process.

Document upload is done via the VFS website

xeexee7:
Is it wise to include checking out schools that gave you admission offers as part of the purpose one is applying for a visit visa in addition to the purpose of visiting family?

Stick with your visit visa and when you get in, do whatever you like.

Me that travelled to NI didn't have to tell anyone during application.

If you have Nigerian visa, you can come in via Lagos and travel to Anambra to enquire about schools then return back to your country

borryworld:
Urgent! Urgent!! Urgent!!!

My people, I am applying for my wife and I. I understand we have to make separate application. How do we link the two application together excuse we are using the same supporting documents?

Secondly, do you advice we upload my documents myself or use the services of the visa office. What are the likely challenges or requirements if I opt to upload them myself.

Thanks

At least 2 of us did that last year November and both families were granted.

Same documents were uploaded for husband, wife and kids.

There's a part in the online application form that you'll be asked details of your spouse and if she's traveling with you. You'll see where to include her Passport number.

In the part of additional information, you'll state it there as well

racerve:
Asking us to contact a gmail address was suspicious, but once they sent that invoice we knew this couldn't be legit.

I've sent everything to the embassy.

Wait for them to revert.

This is extremely strange and invoice should not be the first, but telling you how they can help first and thereafter send bill

pufframmy:
since it a direct email from the embassy as seen from your screenshot kindly follow the process, I don't think it a scam

Why should he not enquire first from the embassy?

I'm not sure I've heard this before

racerve:
Gurus in the house, I’m hoping someone can help me clarify an odd situation with my wife’s visa application.

I'm an EU citizen currently based in Nigeria, and we're applying for a short-stay visa for my wife.

She submitted the application a couple days ago, and we just received an email from the french consulate asking her to contact the "embassy lawyer" to authenticate our Nigerian marriage certificate (see the attached pics below).

After reaching out to the provided contact, the supposed lawyer has sent an invoice of 350k for authentication.

I'm pretty sure this is a scam, but the original email came from a legit address. Her application status on the TLS website still shows In Progress.

Has anyone received a similar request before?

Have you contacted the embassy if this is from them?

That's the first step

IGIG:
#giselle #Cashmadam #davodyguy

Visainfo Ukvi, has just invited me for interview after I don my biometric this week, please you guys at least tell me if some one reach this stage what to expect that day, I apply for work visa

UKVI or VFS?

Please clarify

agugu:
Congratulations….
Please just want to know if you received email from UKVI or just Email to pick up passport?
I’m just worried because I only received email from VSF to pick up passport for my Mum Visitor Visa.

Go and pick up, that's the only way to know the outcome

Kingpele:
In 2011 APC told said is 217 to 1dollar ok? But today APC and thier willing zombies on Nairaland want us to celebrate 1430 to 1dollar...APC is a consuming cancer upon Nigeria 🇳🇬

There was no party called APC in year 2011

Cashmadam:
4. I don't mean to put down some banks but personally, I stick to well known and reputable banks - especially when applying for any kind of visa. Many of the visa people know banks that are reputable and most times don't bother to cross check your account statement from such banks as they know the banks will not be involved in any shady transactions. However, they are wary of most "tier 2 banks" and will most likely check out your statement - especially for a first time applicant. Not common with frequent travellers. Next time, use a tier one bank - a bank with foreign affliation if possible. I will refrain from mentioning names so it doesn't look like I'm promoting certain banks

Providus is one of the best banks in Nigeria as of today.

Top 7, you'll find Providus

I guess, just as you said, overkill and bulky documents may have been a factor

xeexee7:
What should I have done differently? What should I do in my next application?

Everything discussed here several times and people are warned about is what just played out here.

It's better for you not to apply at all, than applying on a faulty foundation.

1. You work and earn ₦300,000. You want to leave this job for a while 28 days to another person's country, without having enough, as you're being sponsored. This means your own income cannot sustain you for the 28 days but that of your sponsor

2. This same issue of large deposits came up. Can you all not always clean your accounts? If an account is tagged salary account, let only your salary drop and if anything else must drop, you have to explain.

3. Officer mentioned immigration history. Have you travelled out of Nigeria before? Have you also been refused entry to UK before?

GodGraceOnly:
Hello house, please can someone with UK valid visa transit via instabul?

I’ve mistakenly booked my return ticket from UK and it’s now done on me that the flight it’s transiting via instabul and I’ve tried to check if I can book evisa but Nigerians ain’t qualified for that.

And their only embassy is in Abuja.

Please has anyone transited via instabul with valid UK visa before?

Please someone with experience should answer me. Thanks

To use Turkish Airlines, you don't need transit Visa to pass through enroute to the UK

Gabsy77:
Please guys how do I contact VFS. I misses my visit visa appointment and I can't reschedule. Please help me

I don't even know why such organization doesn't have a contact number

Sholzyy:
This is the timeline of a friend who is a first time applicant

Submission date: 16/12/2024
Passport return date: 28/01/2025
Passport collection date: 29/01/2025

I was here days ago to read thread to be sure he’s not the only one experiencing this delay… so I thought to share his timeline. Hope this helps.

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Nysckits:
Dear All, please everyone, all of you with a proposed solution.

I am completely at a loss and don’t know what to do anymore.

After thorough investigation, I have discovered that the error was from the UK embassy. I was shown the exact statement sent to Providus Bank for verification, and here is what happened:

I submitted two business accounts (both with Providus Bank) and clearly explained the details of both in my Letter of Explanation (LOE). My main account has over 1,500 pages, while the sub-account has about 38 pages. Due to the large volume of pages, the UK embassy extracted only the first two pages of my main account statement (which included the correct heading, date range, available balance, and all relevant details). However, they mistakenly combined it with the last two pages of my sub-account, which has a significantly lower balance.

The embassy then sent this mismatched document to Providus Bank for verification along with other inquiries. Providus Bank responded accurately based on the information they received. However, the last two pages (from the sub-account) did not contain an account number or balance at the top—it was simply merged with the first two pages from the main account.

One of the key questions from the UK embassy was for Providus Bank to confirm the opening and closing balance of my account. Providus confirmed the opening balance but couldn’t verify the closing balance since it wasn’t from the same account, and they responded accordingly.

I HAVE ALL MY EVIDENCE, INCLUDING THE BANK STATEMENT THE UK EMBASSY SENT TO PROVIDUS BANK FOR CONFIRMATION. I am now stuck in a devastating situation due to an error I did not commit, and the worst part is that I have no way to reach out to the UK embassy for further clarification.

P.S.: I have reconfirmed the exact document I uploaded on the VFS portal, and I am 100% certain about its accuracy.

Please, I need urgent help.

Except you did not PDF each document and saved with different file names, they will never do what you just alleged that they take one document and add to another

I submitted 3 different accounts

1 company (separate file)
1 company (separate file)
1 savings personal (separate file)

All labelled separately in separate file names in 3 attachments in PDF, that they cant mix up

If you merged two accounts together in a single file, then you are to blame or the VFS/TLS that scanned for you.

It is your duty to package yourself very well

Nysckits giselle237 Cashmadam

Just to share this again on UKVI reaching out and the style they use, that can make people speak erroneously

I remember when putting out our application in November last year, I stated that we were not paying for accommodation, as I would be staying with my elder bro for some days and others with my uncle.

When were gisting on 24th December, 2024 in Essex he said he received a call with private number and the conversation goes thus

Caller with Private number: Hi, Are you expecting anyone in your house?
Response: No, I am not expecting any visitor. May I know who I am speaking with? (the person still did not talk)
Caller with Private number: Are you sure no one is coming?
Response: Coming from where and to do what?
Caller with Private number: Did you invite anyone to the UK?
Response: Yes, of course I did, my younger brother and his family. May I now know who I am speaking with?
Caller with Private number: This is a call from UKVI calling to confirm if you actually invited anyone and you are ready to host them, be the guarantor, to assure us they would not remain in the UK illegally after visa expiration
Response: He responded and told them many stories including what I do, my company profile and involvement with so top British Oil Companies, that with what I do, it would be silly of him to even attempt to remain illegal

Call ends and few days later, we got a mail from TLS to come pick up


The way they ask questions can make respondents loose guard.
My brother, he wanted to hang up, since the called ID was hidden

In this case of Nysckits, they may have told Providus a wrong name due to pronunciation and Providus may have said that the name is different and the balance in that person's account is not same as what they have given.

The issue should not be entirely on the Bank.

However, when applying, make sure any information you are stating is the fact and that anyone you drop their contacts, have communication with them, as UKVI may choose to call for confirmation.

Akizeh:
Good evening everyone.
Please what time can I go and collect my passport from VFS Ikeja .
Just got a collection mail but with no time specification.

9am to 3pm