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tohyorsih:
It's Hadampson on the beat

Toyo baby, how have you been

I traveled to jiangsu last week but i no see you

Ever questioned about the importance that visa interview has in getting your Schengen visa approved?

Behind every REJECTED Schengen visa stands a REAL REASON for it. It is important for you to be aware that there are things you should avoid during a visa interview. Not everyone is able to see the importance of getting to directly meet with diplomatic officials in a Schengen visa interview. Most of the visa applicants put away their effort and energy in collecting their documents of visa application. This way, they often fail to give the needed significance to the visa interview.

Well, the situation is this! There is a great chance for you to have an impact on your visa application. Leaving a good impression and presenting yourself properly during the appointed Schengen visa interview is important too! (But, make sure to NOT neglect the importance of the visa application documents as well!).

The officials of the Embassy or the Consulate of the Schengen country, where you apply for a visa to, will expect from you to demonstrate certain interview qualities and performances that distinguish you from a failed candidate.

Being a visa candidate, so, requires from you to identify which are the common snappish elements that might ruin your visa interview. Only then you will be able to perform a successful visa interview by avoiding to get trapped in such weird situations as it is the visa denial.

That is why, together, we will go through the common Schengen visa refusal reasons. Additionally, we will offer you suggestions on how to avoid making mistakes that lead the diplomatic office to give you a Schengen visa rejection stamp on the passport.

1) Lateness

When you appoint the visa interview, the embassy or consulate will tell you the exact date and time of it. One of the bad opinions the embassy creates about you is incorrect and neglectful candidate, because the tardiness on your appointment. Instead, try to arrive at the embassy or consulate where your interview will take place, at least a few minutes earlier. This will help you calm yourself down and relax when giving your answers to the interview questions. What is more, because finding a free parking lot often is a time-consuming thing, we suggest you to get a taxi instead of your personal vehicle. Also, make sure to leave home early enough, counting the traffic jam.

2) Inappropriate Answers

Another element, that provokes visa officials to not take your application seriously, is not having enough preparations for the interview. If you are not able to predict what Schengen visa interview questions are, you will not be able to give genuine and well-thought-out answers for visa officials. Well…the fact is that typically, when you do not know what questions you will expect, there are risks of giving inappropriate answers (made-up, unacceptable, mistaken, incomplete, or goofy answers) knowing the amount of tension you carry with you in an interview session.

That is why it is essential for you to be familiar with the common Schengen visa interview questions, to properly plan in your head your answers early enough, early enough before the visa interview date. You can also write down your answers if that helps you recall them easily during the interview session (Make sure to not take them with you in the interview and do not sound programmed when giving your answers).

It is also important that when a visa officer asks you a question, do not take too much of time in giving the answer, otherwise this can be perceived as a lack of truthfulness.

3) Skipping Questions or False Answers

Whenever you apply for a Schengen visa, the interview is simply a way for the diplomatic office to meet with you and understand more in depth if the information provided in the visa application form is correctly and frankly offered. Trying to avoid answering questions of the visa official, does not protect you at all, let us say if the question is sensitive to you. Also, giving fake information does not give you any good result, as the diplomatic office will reconfirm all the information you provide during the interview and in the application form.

Instead of avoiding or falsifying the answer, you must be open and direct with the visa official whatever the question is. Keep in mind that the diplomatic office has the authority to check over your travel history to schengen area

4) Inappropriate Appearance

What else might penalize your visa application is the way you appear during your interview, including your outfit, shoes, makeup, temperament, body posture, even the amount of perfume you wear. Remember that the first impression is everything and, usually, you cannot get the second chance to leave the first impression, so give it the needed importance instead of trying to improve it another time.

It is considered an unwanted element of your interview if you dress carelessly or informally, with unrefined and showy clothes, accessories or tie. Showing you have a sense of consideration for the event of the interview by wearing proper formal clothes and shoes with minimal accessories is the way to go. Also, minimal makeup and slight perfume smell are also supporting elements in leaving a good impression of a serious visa candidate.

Another important component of the Schengen visa interview is the body posture and mimics you make during the question-answers session. A face that expresses fear and uncertainty, as well as a body that is not sitting properly, might lead visa officials to consider you a worthless and dishonest candidate. If you lean back you might be considered arrogant, leaning forward – aggressive, if too laid-back you will be perceived as a lazy individual, while armed-crossed tells you are trying to resist and defend yourself from the questions.

In its place, try holding a neutral body position by sitting tall and keeping your arms open to show you are open and ready for a fair interview.

Avoiding the eye contact with the embassy official during the interview also does not help at all. This is also one of the things that make you an inappropriate candidate to be given a visa, as it is usually perceived as a lack of seriousness.

Instead, keep the normal eye contact when listening questions or giving answers, by avoiding odd and consistent eyeing.

5) Incomplete Supporting Documentation

As aforesaid, the reason the diplomatic office invites you for a visa interview is because it needs to prove you have offered frank and correct information on your visa application.

Appearing in the interview half or inappropriately equipped with the needed documentation to support the accuracy of the information provided in the visa application form, will absolutely decrease your chances to get a Schengen Visa. Such behavior, might demonstrate your insignificance given towards the given visa requirements.

Instead, make sure to consider early enough all the visa requirements. Find out early enough which are the documents that the diplomatic office recognizes as a prove your education, your marital status, your booking accommodation flight reservation language skills and more. Prepare these documents in one place (folder) at least a day earlier the interview and make sure to go through the checklist of requirements, to make sure you haven’t forgotten any of the documents.
Take the folder with you with documents well-organized, together with needed copies. Let the visa official understand that you know well visa requirements and that you are familiar with all documents within the folder, by offering documents in order, quickly as he/she requires. Getting lost in the folder by NOT knowing what are the documents in it, will make the worst of impression.

6) Unnecessary Information

If you have been asked a question, make sure to understand it well. Exaggerated answers and not required explanations are not supposed to be given in visa interview. The visa official is not interested in losing a day hearing everything about you – unneeded and irrelevant information. The official only wants to get specific and clear information that directly asks you.

Avoid losing a sense of your talk, by trying to impress the visa official with too much of the talk. In its place, keep your answer short, simple and assessable, by holding the regular flow of the interview. Remember that the interview should be natural and with no need for imposing moments.

7) Nervousness

What destroys your answers during the interview, is appearing there full of nervousness. Even though your visa application and supporting documents as well as your physical appearance are as they should, a bad energy, nervousness, over-confidence might be destroyers of your interview.

Speaking too much of your successes, shaky noise, pointing yourself or the official with a finger, unstable eye contact and other negative gesticulations because of the anxiety you experience in the interview can cause for the official to end it fast.

To avoid such an uninvited situation, we suggest you relax and calm your nerves early enough before the interview. Try to not overstate the interview concern, instead, consider it an approachable meeting.

8.) Disagreeing With The Visa Official

Arguing with the visa official during the interview session is another reason why the visa interview might go wrong. Increased tone of voice, bad approach towards the visa official only shows you are a destructive individual that does not have respect for the authority that representative of the diplomatic office enjoys.

In its place, in case you have any objection about what the official dialogues, use a very sophisticated language and a calm tone of voice when clarifying the exploratory issue.

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HighPriest0:
Wow... Couldn't find any

Okay... Go to page 39 of this thread and scroll down to the end.. You will see it there

HighPriest0:
Guys I need info about the city of Jena... Life, jobs, etc.
Hadampson, please help a brother out.
Do your thing

Boss, i have copied alot of information about Jena from the old threads to this thread.

Try and search for them

bellong:
When the word Visitor is attached to a visa, it doesn't have any working right whatsoever. Only him knows where he got his idea from.

There are other temporary visa with working rights which may also have limitations but visitor's visa is definitely not one of them.

Thank you very much sir

4mykids, don't be deceived, you have heard it from the boss

zicoraads:
African Americans, to be honest, don't really help their cause.

That doesn't mean we should support the discrimination against black going on in the United States

obojememe:
no wonder police tend to shoot at blacks anyhow

So, you are using that to judge the discrimination against black

United States of gun violence

Ugosample:
what is your point?

Good question

Godsknight:
you guys are just quoting figure any how... where is the job? how many workers earn 200k per month in Nigeria?

It's just an assumption boss

God, Nigeria needs help

The rate at which these lazy bastards rape minors nowadays is alarming

1Sharon:
Yh some

Oh.. I didn't know

Thanks

Suspect33:
guy why? see as i dey laff like craze man for road

Na the truth i dey yarn bossman

livebyday:
I do not feel offended by the word ngozi , but others might and that's my Concern .

Thank you for doing the needful

Cheers

One love bro

Thanks for your understanding

dingbang:
better to be in a 200k job in rivers than a 200k job in those northern states where your life is at stake

In terms of safety, you can't compare River State to the likes of Kano, Jigawa, Bauchi, Sokoto and Zamfara.

livebyday:
Must you attack a particular tribe ?

Does any Nigerian tribe speak Swahili ?

Rule. 2

cc:
Lalasticlala
Mynd44
Yokiti
Ogbeche77
Crazyman
Dominique
Seun

I'm not a bigot bro

I only used NGOZI as an example.

Some Nigerians speak Swahili. You don't have to come from Kenya or Tanzania before you can speak Swahili or any language at all

Apologies if you feel offended by the word NGOZI. I will edit it now and change it to an English name... Shalom

Topmaike007:
I disagree with you, with 200k you can live a normal Life in Lagos and still pay bills,e.g staying in a place like Surulere,Iyana ipaja,Agbara, Morogbo,Ijanikin,Ijesha,Mushin and many more.not compulsory to stay in lekki or Ajah

I can't stay in all these areas you mentioned bro

1Sharon:
Congo

You mean people from Congo speak Swahili as well??

Mustsucceed:
No sir ....it depends on area in Russia even in Germany .There are areas where as blacks you are advised not to attempt going

Which area in Germany

Racism of a thing is very much alive in western countries as well.

Bro, what i meant to say is that there is discrimination everywhere, even in Nigeria.

@Mustsucceed

enemyofprogress:
many are called but few are chosen

How's Canada today

samirus:
How many of your friend are having 200thousand job here in Nigeria, please tell me I want to know o, if not for connecting or anything

I'm just saying sir. I know it's not easy to see a 200K job in zoogeria

Cyberknight:
I see this topic has made it to the front page, which is fitting, because I'm sure there are a lot of us Nigerians in your shoes, with varying degrees of a desire to check out like Andrew.

I will add one other thing to what I said earlier - checking out (excuse the 1980's reference) is doable, but with your children as a package, rendered more difficult. I strongly advise you to take a trip to your preferred destination or indeed any developed western country and look around and/or put your ear to the ground.

Life is organised and regulated, but not easy. It is perfectly common to see people living in the urban centres (and as a fresh immigrant you must live in an urban centre because that's where most of the jobs and the racial tolerance are) who are working but can't cover their (especially housing) bills and end up as the "working poor". Homelessness is never too far away in such cases, because you know the way the oyibo system is - family ties don't work the way they do here - and unless you have guaranteed accommodation, it is oh-so-easy to end up knocking on the door of a church for a place to sleep even while you have a pay cheque in your pocket.

And also, while we always hope for the best, we always are advised to contemplate the worst. If things take a (hopefully temporary) downturn at some point in one's life over there, it's easier to seek help alone, maybe crash in a church or on a friend or coworker's couch for a few days, than if you had 2 children in tow. Etcetera.

When things look bleak for a while, sometimes depression and other mental conditions are not too far away. In a foreign land, without support and with two dependent children to deal with, it can be easy to succumb.

This is not to discourage you but to get you to look at your alternatives clearly. Also, I see that you are divorced. You have to get their father's consent to relocate with them legally, so you might want to start working on that too.

Lastly, I've 3 children of my own. I'm not female, but saying that men think differently about such situations than women is only true to the extent that I would leave my children behind if I were you.

Not because I love them any less than their mother, but because I'm operating on cold hard reason and not emotion and realise that, just like when the aircraft instructions tell you to put on your own oxygen mask before helping any young child who cannot do so themselves, you can only help your children if you yourself are alive, and in a condition to do so, and the best way to achieve that is not to over-encumber yourself.

Spot on... Thumbs up

FlyingTOMATOE:
200k job in Kwara ? Graduate entry level? Where in Kwara?

I go like apply

In odo eku

Omega30:
Tut mir leid

If NewBea catch you ehn

NewBea:
Must you speak german in every thread?

Yes sir

Do you have any problem with that

She said something in German and i replied her in German.

Joromi12:
canada is. From april 2019 have they not been calling 100 pple With 80 points. How man wan meet that point

Some people dey make that point bossman

Na only hardships for zoogeria wey fit ginger person and person go make the point one time

oluwaahmed:
My brother do your research, Australia officers different classes of visting visa. There's work visa, that's ones similar to express entry, then visiting visa where u can work as u visit. Research bro

Okay sir

Oga bellong is it true

deflover:
Keep arguing till u reach there
U no say na lies una dey like

Okay sir

How many countries have you lived sir

frozen70:
It comes with a price tag

Which she is fully ready to pay

J111333:
Yes, she can try US asylum if she must relocate with the kids.

And you think it will be approved in trump regime

moneymins:
out of all comments am reading so far, [b]you are the only one with Brain. How are we sure she is even the biological mother of those kids, what about their father?[/b]

And others are brainless abi