₦airaland Forum

ijennyjane:
Can I leave the Schengen area on the 15th day, my visa is valid for 30 days but max stay is 15 days. My flight is a 22 hours flight so I am arriving Lagos on the 16th day

Yes, you can. Why haven't you checked Air France or KLM? The flight is usually around 6-7 hours.

ijennyjane:
I just spoke to Qatar airlines, they said they are asked to check visa validity before boarding. So they won’t let you board

It's not the same with Air France or KLM, you're allowed to board a day before your Visa validity starts because your flight will land the next day.

ijennyjane:
Please I need help with this my enquiries


My flight to Paris is on the 6th of Nov but I have a 7 hours layover at Qatar and arrive Paris on the 7th of Nov.

My visa is valid from 7th Nov

Will I have a problem at Nigerian airport immigration

No, you won't as long as you'll arrive in Paris on the start date of your Visa.

Looks like a drama play in Church

Ybholy:
That’s why they’re PHYSICAL SHOPS scattered all over the world.

That’s why you can send your sibling or friend to go a confirm (you’re spending extra money for this too). To protect yourself and your funds.

Buying online is not for everyone. Things happens.

I don’t advise anyone to buy offline or online, I advise you to buy things you really need - only then you’ll apply common sense without emotion.

When you started out here selling solar street lights and fairly used solar panels, you were doing pay on delivery. That time "Buying online is not for everyone. Things happens. " was not your motto, now that the clearance sales thread and nairaland has helped you to blow small, you want buyers to pay ahead based on "trust" or "travel" all the way to your side.
What vendors who are serious about their business do is to have a standby delivery guy, who goes to deliver for them and would not let the buyer go with the goods until they confirm that payment has been made by the buyer.

I don’t advise anyone to buy offline or online, I advise you to buy things you really need - only then you’ll apply common sense without emotion

And what does this mean? If someone wants to buy something online or offline, doesn't that mean it is something they believe they need?

Guys, if a seller doesn't accept pay on delivery and you cannot go there or they cannot meet up physically, lock up and look for someone else, or go to a physical store close to you. And Jiji is there too, it is almost usually the same price, and use the same logic.

OluwaT2026:
Good morning everyone,

I'm back to tell you I got my visa on my third attempt. To everyone who reached out and replied to my message.
I sincerely thank you all. I'm truly grateful.
God bless you

Congratulations! Wishing you a safe trip.

Askboutme:
No, Any issues with recommending a legitimate platform that I have used for all my visa applications without no single headache?

It is an ad for your platform, just be straightforward about it. A quick check on your previous posts and topics already says that much.

You're the one saying funny things, you blocked me yet you quoted me, so now I can't see your reply, I had to use incognito mode.

I am not saying people should not buy here, I buy here, but if the seller doesn't agree to pay on delivery or physical transaction, there's no issues, I am not going to buy. I'll rather buy from someone else, either on this thread, or somewhere else.

Let the seller do what pleases him/her, and let the buyer as well. Most times when sellers refuse pay on delivery or physical transactions on this thread, they're usually resellers or people who drop ship, they don't own what they sell. And that is fine, but don't guilt trip a buyer into parting with their money when they've not seen the goods.

There have been too many scams here from people who have been thought to be reputable, and buyers are left to bear the brunt.

postdigger:
Saying people should not buy from trusted sellers here including reputable escrows is just plain silly talk and comes from a place of malice, i have been patronising people like mac-bayland, azenkwu and co for years sending them money and getting what i ordered for without ever seeing them physically, so many trusted sellers here I can’t even remember them all.

Lol silly talk.

Do not buy anything from anyone here if it's not Pay on Delivery or a physical transaction. Even JiJi, the popular selling platform doesn't advice you to do so.

I reached out to a popular inverter/solar guy here to buy a power station from him, I asked if he does pay on delivery, he said no, I didn't even bother arguing or convincing him.

I went to check on JiJi saw a power station with more capacity (1,000 watts vs 500 watts) and at about 50k more, reached out to the seller, who also happened to have a shop in the same popular market area as our NL seller, and he sent the power station to me within an hour on pay on delivery. I only had to pay the dispatch rider and at that it was half of delivery cost I paid. I paid his balance and paid for the power station after I checked it.

Let no one use "reputable seller" to bobo you, if dem no gree, check JiJi, FB marketplace, a warehouse or market around you (especially).

DenreleDave:
Dottune

Can you just shvvvvvvt up and let people that matter talk?.. Just shut the h33llish mouth jare....

You've been noticed, now run along.

TharyeS:
And, lol. Abizzz was a pawn all along.
A carefully chosen bait to earn credence.
The moment I discovered it was him who came for the fridge, I was ready to bank on his voice here to garner more patronage.

He never knew I had his number all along through my innocent woman, whom she gifted a puppy.
Immediately he reached out, I knew it was him and I had started feeding him the stories of my life so that he could review my deal with him so I could garner more sales.

I mentioned him on purpose afterwards and I sincerely regret that he's being misrepresented.

Helena na your wife or your alternate?
I remember ab.izz gifted her a puppy on this thread.
Confusion wan finish me.

DenreleDave:
Dottune

I am still doubling on my claim..... Tha.. Ryes is still the recommended king of clearance sales....

Do wetin you wan do.... But u can't deny his price was unavoidable

No be you dey hail am then... See life

Pull up a post where I hailed him.

Imalwayshorny:
DenreleDave was once a scammer on this forum before he repent

This is proof and evidence on this thread

At least you know the posts to respond to. I was thinking with the way you've been jumping around, you'll respond to this.
It's best you take a back seat and let everything be sorted.

DenreleDave:
Notice


TharyeS is still the recommended king of clearance sales on this thread....

If not for this incident that happened, Many of you roasting him now are hypocrites who could not get what he has to offer or he blocked you off.... So stop pretending like most of you are not in his dm begging him to inform you of the next clearance item he has for sales


Hypocrites now removing themselves and shifting blames....

Is it not you? I am not surprised.
Never calm, always quick to join offside just to seem like you have sense or to project some sort of "integrity". It is the same thing that pushed you to call him "King of clearance sales", it is the same thing that is pushing you to double down on it.
Now you are jumping all over the thread trying to salvage your name by saying even more silly things.

Meanwhile,

He's deleting or clearing all his posts

shox:
I Dey wait that denrele boy to comment on this issue make I roast am

He's always on the wrong side, looking for what's trending so he can put mouth. He was just hyping the guy a few days ago.
He needs to be more calm and calculated.

Marvieduke:
You live in a rented apartment.
One day, you park your SUV inside the compound as usual. A few hours later... The overhead water tank suddenly falls and crashes on your vehicle, causing serious damage.

Now tell us... Who is to blame?

A. The landlord.
B. You for parking there
C. The person that installed the tank
D. Your village people Be honest... who should pay for the damage?

AY no dey tire una?
Every little thing una don use AY create content.

scoresight:
Nigeria can beat Portugal — not by hype, but by measurable patterns.
Against Poland, Nigeria created higher-quality attacking phases and showed improved midfield control, with Ndidi anchoring transitions and Moffi/Onuachu converting chances efficiently. Performances like this matter more than reputation: underlying metrics (chance creation, transition speed, pressing sequences) often predict upsets better than FIFA rankings.
Portugal remain elite, but recent matches have exposed vulnerabilities in defensive transitions and ageing core players struggling against pace. Nigeria’s strengths — direct wingers like Chukwueze, link-play from Iwobi, and vertical attacking runs — match precisely the profile that has troubled top European sides.
This is where data-backed platforms like ScoreSight (scoresight.ro) become relevant. Their predictive models focus on:

momentum trends
chance quality (xG-style indicators)
squad form rather than historic reputation

👉 On their World Cup and international match analysis pages, similar matchups show that teams with Nigeria’s statistical profile (high transition threat + improving structure) frequently outperform expectations.
Key insight:

Upsets are not random — they follow patterns. Nigeria is starting to match those patterns.

Conclusion:
Portugal are favourites, but the gap is narrower than perception suggests. If Nigeria maintains its pressing efficiency and attacking conversion, this is statistically a live upset scenario — not a miracle.

Great analysis by the AI tool

I think your headline should have read "Indomie with seasoning is a no for dogs", most dog owners or breeders get the ones without seasoning, which is even more economical than buying with seasoning. Vets and Pet stores that sell them do not sell them with seasoning either.

They are sold in bulk and from what I understand, it is usually broken noodles from manufacturers who cannot package and sell them to the public as regular noodles with seasoning.

Portugal
France
Brazil
Spain

deyo19:
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somtyms,they Return processed Ppt in bulk...Jst keep Ur hope alive..it might be urs is ready..
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I did mine April.14th...im expectant everyday notwithstanding

Thank you for your kind and motivating words.

DrXavierIyke:
I think you are assuming that the embassy process utilizes FIFO?? You are far from it.. and never did I equate the luck alone to the process... It was vehemently about the success... But anyway hope you get your visa and on time and my peeps too... Godspeed

Looks like I misunderstood your earlier post, I thought your family already got their passport. I apologise for that.
You'll have to brace up for the waiting time ahead

Restaurant92:
There is an element of FIFO in the processing especially if the required information is accessed or gotten on time. However, some passports can also enjoy accelerated processing with special intervention.

Your initial message says 2 years ago, which I think Dot.tune missed. Now, it is different. The delay is widespread and has nothing to do with luck. France visa usually comes out in like 1 to 2 weeks years ago. A lot of frequent travellers even get theirs in days. Before, as a frequent traveller, you can get appointment in few days within same week you tried. The situation is different now for everybody.

The delay starts from securing appointment and continues to the visa processing proper. Frequent traveller appointment is now like 1 month ahead unlike before, except by special arrangement. Since mid to late last year, their processing period nose-dived. Frequent travelers' standard processing changed to roughly 1 month. And current situation is indicating that it has even worsened.

Yeah. I just realised I missed the part where he said 2 years ago. I thought he meant they got their passports back 2 days after applying this month.

DrXavierIyke:
I can guarantee you that visa process has a large sprinkle of luck... If you want to accept, accept.. I no dey argue.. I no dey dismiss... Pray the person checking your document is happy the day of that check... Simple.. If you know you know.. If you don't go find out... I didn't need to explain all the prior statements because someone at the embassy had told me this... Some people are lucky their passport comes out quick.. Right now they have 4 visa officers at the embassy that go into rotation and it depends on who checks your paper... Back to my stateme lnt above... Pray it meets a happy and nice person... After all a lot of denial stems from the usual - not trusting you will return... Even with 200m in bank account e no guarantee anything..

Before I became so called Dutch.. I was denied by US 6 times, Canada 4 times, Norway, Hungary the list is very long... Same documents... until a nice German man said yes to me... Believe what you want oga...

"Luck" is not what's delaying visa processing time and that you should know. If not, there wouldn't be complaints everywhere, same French Visa used to take less than a week, then 1 week, before they moved to 2 weeks around March last year, around August - September last year it turned to 4 weeks. Now, it's more like 45 days+.

DrXavierIyke:
Oga relax no one is comparing history. I swear I don't understand Naija people sometimes. I have a Dutch Nationality and yes I used to know the visa officer at the embassy personally.. But she was posted out and they brought in some mad people... I am not an influencer but I travel every month to Naija + on most of my trips my mum comes with me. So even your so called influencers no reach my mama side... So calm down abeg....

Now, you're explaining what's up. You didn't explain all these in your previous post.
I don't have issues with you baba. I just needed to explain what the reality is on ground and you shouldn't just dismiss people's experience with the visa processing here as "luck", you're a Dutch so obviously your family's experience would be different. I am glad they got theirs without issues.

DrXavierIyke:
I applied on the 21st of April for my parents and sister.. Last my parents applied 2 years ago, it came out in 2 days... So all of these is luck.. Depends who is checking and how fast they are... Visa na luck... Every other thing na just thing... My parents are regular travelers... Their first visa was 6months.. 2nd 1yr and 3rd was 2 yrs and now they expect to get 5yrs... But it was usually fast.. Since it was for the Netherlands via France embassy... Any other person applied the 21st?

Yours is the first anomaly we are seeing here in a while, not just here, all over the internet. Popular influencers who probably have more travel history than your parents have also been waiting for close to 7 weeks. Someone I know called the consulate and he was told if he wasn't informed it now takes "45 days" but he can send an email to the consulate to request for his passport.
This is not my first Schengen Visa BTW.

Dejoks:
7weeks of waiting.. no update yet.. hmmm

As I no see anything today, I don comot my mind.

Dejoks:
Hi everyone.. has anyone received pickup message this week?

It looks like we don't have people who applied on the 10th and 11th here. By God's Grace, 12th of March gets their pick up email tomorrow.

Dejoks:
Same here…. No update yet

I never expected the wait to be this long. Lesson learnt sha. I will be applying 3 months early next time.

Any update from anyone today?
I am still waiting for mine.

kaycodes:
I have gotten the notification for pick up, but I'll have to wait until Monday for DHL to deliver to me at my location before I know the outcome.

Oh thanks for the update. You got the notification today abi. So let's say they're done with 9th of March, it's looking more like it is taking 45 days now. 45 days for me falls on Monday. Hopefully we see people who did between 10th to 11th give an update.

Any update today? ( -_-)