₦airaland Forum

Marshall6:
@hunee. Thank you
@Africakel please I assist with the link. Thank you, Sirs

Africankel:
Lol. I used Intercape, those people slow die. I'm travelling by Easter.

Africankel:
It's actually more than 4 hours. I think I left JHB by 10:30am and arrived Gaborone by 7pm. They have speed limits so the travel time is longer than what Google map says.

There's really nothing to see in the capital. Those interested in wild life will have to drive 13 - 15 hours up north to Karsana, it is amazing!!!

Africankel:
There's no fixed validity. But single entry has a maximum validity of one month, and three months for multiple. I paid for multiple entry the last time but was only given two weeks to enter (I was stamped in at the border for 5 days, coz that's how long I told them I was staying), But you cannot stay beyond 30 days.

This time I paid for single entry, but told the Consular to give me a minimum of one month to enter Bots (unlike the two weeks I got before), we'd actually become friends.

The visa is not sticker, just a stamp, same with Namibia and Jamaica.

Address is Oguta Lake, Maitama. I can't remember the house number.

Africankel:
I'm actually not a fan of eVisa, thus have little or no knowledge how it works, @hunee can help in this regard. But since your travel date is in May, you should apply for a sticker visa as you have ample time to get it approved.

Africankel:
The Embassy is Abuja, little or no information on the Internet. But here's their telephone number:- 07034103830

Application is fairly straightforward... Basic visa documents. Hotel, flight, 6 months statement, evidence of work, two passport photos, itinerary (very important), introduction letter. Visa fee is 10k+ for single entry, 16k+ for multiple - they however advise that as a tourist, always apply for single entry, coz they don't see why a tourist needs a multiple entry visa.

Africankel:
STICKER VISA DELIVERED TODAY

Application:- January 12, 2024
Call for Passport:- March 4, 2024
Passport submitted:- March 4, 2024
Passport delivered by DHL:- March 6, 2024

Validity:- 3 months, multiple entry.

This would be my 9th SA visa....

Botswana also called me the same March 4th to bring my passport for stamping. Submitted it today.

Mzyetty:
We both applied for Visitors Visa. I am guessing because her travel history is extensive and she has plenty active visas on her passport( US 5years, Canada 10 years, UK 10 years.

Mzyetty:
Guys please help me. What can I do?

I submitted my application to VFS on the 1st of February and I am yet to get my passport or visa. Travel date is on the 8th of March. I'm supposed to be in Cape Town for an event on the 11th and then return on the 15th.

I applied with my boss and she got hers within 10days, 1 year visa and mine is still pending.

Please is there a number or email address I can call or send message to?

please help guys.

Africankel:
Ayo, them don call me yesterday to bring passport for my January application. Hopefully I go receive my passport back today or tomorrow.

Marcgrace:
Hello, has anyone had an experience with France visa refusals due to previously unused visa ?

In 2023, I got a one month France visa but I wasn't able to travel. After then my France visas have been refused based on, "There are reasonable doubts as to your intention to leave the territory of the Member States before the visa expires".
Although I have been to France once on a 3 month multiple visa of which I stayed only a month and returned back.

I do not understand why my visa refusals are based on reasonable doubts as to your intention to leave the territory of the Member States before the visa expires while I have already had France visas twice ?

Milito:
BLS is not efficient. The place is like a local govt office. They too usually hoards appointments.

Marshall6:
@hunee. Please I need a response to this. Anyone who could assist with this too, please do

antobogdan:
@hunee. Oh please, stop with the nonsense.
They have "quotas"? So you admit they take the money from the applicants and give decisions arbitrarily, regardless if the conditions are met or not?
And you dare to defend them and call me "unprofessional/unethical" for exposing these fraudsters?
Come on, have some decency, or do you work for them?
Please do not mislead people, this EVISA system is anomalous, it is a bad joke. It is better to be avoided all the time.
The employees that revise these applications are either incompetent or plain bad-intentioned.
I have heard that for some countries there is no tax, well in that case it may be worth applying, but only if one has many months before the actual trip, and do not put any hope in their fairness. Anyway they approve/reject them on totally arbitrary basis., just like at the lottery. So, if one wants to test their luck, they can apply.
For the ones that are required to pay the visa fee, pay with Wise and if the rejection is absurd, first contact DHA, and then file for a chargeback with Wise. My chargeback case was approved in under a day, but of course i sent them a 45 page pdf proving that i met all the conditions, they absurdly rejected and even had an unprofessional attitude.

As for me, i clearly said i do not apply again ever to this stupid eVisa system. I have two options: either apply at the nearest consulate, or just cancel the tickets. IT seems luck is on my side, because i have received recently a schedule change from the airline and i can get a full refund. Maybe that is the best idea. And i will choose another country that respects its visitors. These idiots from SA behave like they do the visitors a favor by granting them a VISA. When the visitors just come to spend their money in that failed country with a rate of criminality among the highest in the world, you have to "watch your back" every moment...Isn't it ridiculous? A joke of a country where people live in average just 50 years...
Anyway, i just wanted to visit Cape Town for only 7 days, and in the winter...it was not even the best time, so i can simply cancel the tickets and go to beautiful Namibia instead, a country that is much more safe and you are not treated like a piece of dirt from the street by the retarded coruupt authorities like in SA. And visa is on arrival.
Well, i do not want to get too long, but, beware, these guys from eVisa department are totally unprofessional, do not apply there for eVisa, just go to consulate or VFS.

oluayebenz:
@hunee. What's the process, stop supporting what's not right

antobogdan:
@hunee :Sorry, i do not agree with anything you said!!
1. Very unprofessional and unethical is only what that DHA employee wrote to me.
2. No, a normal/civilized/developed country has a clear procedure to grant/reject visas and follows it to the letter. Especially when they take your money in the form of the fee. They don;t just reject/approve them on an arbitrary basis like South Africa does.

So, please, do not come with things like this, i am not at the first visa application. I obtained the United States Visa just in a couple of minutes(they didn;t even asked for any bank statement, and it is for 10 years!!). I obtained an Australia Evisa in a matter of days. But these are developed states not failed states like SA!!!

3. Reapply on their absurd evisa system? Only if i have no respect for myself and my money for the fee...

I don;t get how someone could support what DHA does. But again, i don't know what country are your form, maybe this is the way of thinking there in Africa, that a country has its right to treat visa applicants like trash...maybe that's why the continent still stays in misery and undevelopment....
And yes, i will publish that print screen everywhere, in fact it is already on its way to many travel sites/media etc. So everybody knows that they treat applicants like shit, and to not waste their money and time with that catastrophe evisa system.
Thank you!

And not, i am not mad anymore on the stupid DHA, especially as i have already obtained my tax fee back with a chargeback procedure.
I am only writing this so it is one more case that proves their absurdity.

Abbaselder71:
Dear Nairalanders.
I applied for my PCC at the police headquarters in Kano. After the biometric capture, I received my PCC via email later that day. I printed it out and got it authenticated at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Abuja. I wasnt given any hard copy of the PCC. I want to know if the Spanish Consulate in Lagos will accept it that way.

Anonymousmouse:
Consulate not bls

Africankel:
1. Do not pay for tickets until a visa is approved. Reservation for him alone will suffice.

2. How old is he? If he's 18 and above, the hotel booking should be done in his name.

3. No need for the property documents. Your cover letter should however be detailed. And properly outlining your sponsorship of the trip.

Anonymousmouse:
Someone please help

Abbaselder71:
No, that is not the case. The company will only send you the authorisation of residence permit. The visa application procedure and the required documents are determined by the embassy/consulate