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Hello there, please does anyone know if one can claim a refund for a Passport renewal fee - if one makes a fresh application.

Melezenawii:
I have been screaming “Omo!!” in disbelief!

Nigeria has left me in total shock!

WITHOUT LEAVING MY HOUSE, PASSPORT WAS PRODUCED IN TWO DAYS AND DELIVERED TO MY DOOR! 😱

Here’s the gist. I randomly realized that the Nigerian passport of someone VERY CLOSE to me was expiring in a few months time and we needed to get it renewed ASAP. So I took on the responsibility to get it done.

I started contacting a few folks to see if they had any “connect” at the Nigerian Embassy in Washington DC or the Consulate in Atlanta, GA, because I’ve always dreaded the thoughts of renewing a Nigerian passport due to many gory stories I’ve heard about the process.🥶

Anyways, I got a few advice on what to do/some connects as well. But what stood out to me? A couple of folks said they renewed their passports without leaving their houses and got it done and sent to them in 1-3 months. Ehn!! Of course I’ve read some good stories online but as with our dear Nigeria - “seeing is believing.”😏

After much agitation, fear and doubt, we decided to use the contactless renewal system.

We filled the application online, took the biometrics with our phone, uploaded a passport photograph and boom!

Payment time! I was like “God Abeg o - I no get time to go fight with anybody for that office o” 😣🤣

We paid $230 for booklet fee and $100 for contactless fee (PS: there’s a $50 money order to be paid too). We sent the old passport to the Nigerian Consulate in Atlanta, Georgia and USPS showed that it arrived there 3 days later.

After some days, I went to check the tracking number, it was still processing but no sign of the new booklet being shipped to me yet.

Yesterday! I checked the application online portal, to my surprise, it was on the last step. I saw:

“✅ Passport Produced, Ready for Collection” and last step

“✅Passport Issued/Collected”…

I didn’t believe it and I told myself it must be an error because that was way too quick 😂

was like ahh! Let me check the USPS Mail Tracking code first … Lo and behold! It showed that the Passport will be delivered to my house that same day by evening.

I first shouted “What!!” “How”! I was in disbelief because it was too fast and too hassle-free to be true! Something that you’d need to pay bri^e and wait almost for eternity to get? And now, it’s showing I will get it so quickly without leaving my house or paying anyone?

Wait for the biggest shocker! Being curious, I checked the tracking history, and I saw that the passport was produced in only 2 DAYS after my shipped file of money order and old passport arrived the Atlanta Consulate and on the third day it was given to USPS to send to my house. And USPS delivered the old and new passports to my house safely, as seen in the photo.
So, I know we’re quick to criticize Government but this is me giving you your flowers, Honourable minister,
@BTOofficial
and the
@nigimmigration
.

I hope that other public services will be as efficient as this and that bad eggs won’t spoil this good work.

https://x.com/Naplaymaker/status/2021909403532722249

🤎🙂‍↔️ https://t.co/MTJ5obkPvA pic.twitter.com/lEt1LW6Gwb

— Nigeria Immigration Service (@nigimmigration) February 13, 2026

Things might have changed, however, they’d ideally ask basic questions about your course, your university and other things you might want to do during your programme. So it’s more about getting to know if you know what you’re traveling to do.

Ifeyinwa, could you please share the earliest available date for Biometrics capture while you were applying? I’m trying to find out if there are dates available within a one-week timeframe.

IfeyinwaKris:
Please, has anyone done the UKVI interview before? Please, what questions were asked?
My interview is for tomorrow, please help

They might be opening up the slots gradually. If you don’t want to opt for the paid service, then I’d advise you keep checking the website intermittently.

Sylvia202:
Hello house..
I'd been having difficulty booking an appointment online at Ikeja UK visa TLS.
I couldn't see a slot to pick a date. Everywhere is just blank up until next year dates.. no slot, no dates, no time.
I don't if there's something I didn't do right..
The only slot I saw is for super priority visa.
I am applying for standard visa

Please help. My time is already running out as it is.
Thank you

- Your spouse needs to apply to her school(s) of choice. You’d see more info about the admission requirements (on the school portal).
- If she’s granted an admission, the school might ask her to make a part-payment of the tuition, and possibly request for proof of fund (this could be an bank account statement showing that you have certain amount of money to cater for your basic needs in the UK). N.B: This might not mean all the money you’d need from start-to-end of her study.
- Once provided, the school would then send her CAS (Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies) and an Unconditional Admission Offer Letter.
- It’s the CAS and other documents she’d then use to process her Visa (as the main applicant) while you also apply as a dependent.

I know this might look brief, but you can use each point to understand the process. Other persons might want to add to the above mentioned points.

Zyzman:
Good day Everyone
I am entirely new to traveling ish.
I intend to relocate to UK with my Spouse
I want to know the neccesary steps to take. She would be studying while I woke in UK.
Please I need your help guys, Enlighten me the steps and cost involved.

Thank you so much in advance

I think your better bet is to try it to confirm if it'd go through.

Dinoforyou00:
Yeah yeah you’re right. Thank you for that. But I don’t have access to any of these.

Is paying with naira mastercard reliable on booking.com. I heard naira mastercard doesn’t go through. Please is this right

You can confirm this on their website

BolaT53:
Good morning everyone please who has traveled with Virgin Atlantic? Do I need a Covid test?

Many thanks. The portal has been updated; VAC has received the passport.

Kayma2000:
As soon as possible (they claim)

In my case, it has taken 3 months since a decision was made on my application. The delay is no joke.

If you experience delays, raise UKVI enquiry via paid email and wait patiently.

Hello there,

Please do people get rejection info via email or they only get to know after the passport is delivered (for those who choose Courier service)?

I don't think there is any available slot for the regular booking. You might need to go for other options.

adexxxx:
Hello Guys,

I have been trying to book a regular visa appointment at TLS Ikeja, but I can't find any date. Does this happen often?

All I a seeing here is Flexi Appointment

Hello there,
Please how long does it take for the VAC (Visa Application Centre) to receive the application after the DMC (Decision Making Centre) makes a decision and transfers it to them?

Hello there,

Please how long does it take for the VAC (Visa Application Centre) to receive the application after the DMC (Decision Making Centre) makes a decision and transfers it to them?

You'd need the letter to get your BRP when you arrive in UK. I'd suggest that you try the possible means to sort out the letter here (before you travel).

DhammiBB:
Hello guys,

Pls I hope a get a favorable response. I got my visa since 23rd December and I am to travel on 6th of January. But there was no brp letter in my envelope. I sent a paid mail on 24th December for the BRP letter to be sent to my mail and no response from UKVI since then….. pls can I travel without the letter..?

Hi there, please would TLS permit someone else to pick my Visa (on my behalf)?

Hello there, please does the Standard Visitor Visa appointment (with TLS) have an interview session (like the Student Visa)?

Thanks for your suggestion, Debbieeeeeee. Apparently, there are no slots available for "Flexi." As a result, we thought of going for the "Premium Lounge" option.

Debbieeeeeee:
Book flexi if you want to attend as a family and have your stuff packaged in one jacket

It's probably the time before the regular opening hour. You can pay for it if you're not available for other possible slots.

Oma6090:
Please what does prime time mean? I keep seeing 8 o'clock slot for prime time.... Can I book it and pay the required fee?

That makes sense. Many thanks, Benicetome.

Benicetome:
Yes, they will.

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Hello "house," please would TLS attend to couples together (as a single entity) if they got the same biometric time/slot?

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1. He was born and named Myles Egbert Munroe in 1954 into a poor family of 11 children in Nassau, the Capital of Bahamas, a nation not up to the city of Osogbo, Osun state, Nigeria in terms of population.

2. As no one is a christian by birth but by re-birth, he became a christian at age 13 and never turned back from following Christ.

3. He was once the dullest student of his class in his High school but repositioned himself and became the best graduating student of same class in the same school.

4. He attended Oral Roberts University (ORU) with the honor of Bachelor of Fine Arts Education and Theology in 1978, had his Master's degree in Administration at the University of Tulsa in 1980 and also served as Adjunct Professor of the Graduate School of Theology at ORU.

5. He authored and co-authored over 70 books and Biblical-related study guides before death.

6. He founded the Bahamas Faith Ministries International in the early 80s before he was 30 and pastored the ministry for more than 30 years until death.

7. Due to his immense contributions to the United Kingdom, he was awarded with the honor of the Order of the British Empire in 1998 at age 34.

8. He is more popular even than the Bahamian Prime Minister in and outside the Bahamas.

9. His only wife Ruth Munroe who bore him two children {Myles Jr. (Chairo) & Charisa}, served as co-pastor with him at BFMI and died with him in the plane crash that took their lives and eight others on Nov. 9th, 2014. Two days before the incident, Ruth said to her close friend, Angela (wife of David Burrows, the incumbent president of
BFMI), "my purpose is to serve my husband". Indeed, she died fulfilling that.

10. A week before his death, Dr. Myles Munroe spoke of death on the Jeff Koinage live TV show in Kenya and was quoted as saying, "I love the phrase, 'It is finished'! I want to die because there is nothing left for me to do. I have done what I was born to do". Sounds like the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, likewise the great Apostle Paul, after they finished their earthly mission.

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