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You have to state cogent reasons why you need a one year visa. Yes, state is there and attach all previous visas.

Sojeezy247:
Congratulations!

Please what category of visa did you apply for was it frequent traveler(long term) or short term,what additional documents did you submit and did you request specifically for a year visa in your introduction letter?

Bammybestowed:
Please what the current rate for naira to Rand?
Is there anyone who changes money in Capetown, preferably a meet up transaction.
Lastly, is there any app one can use to change naira to Rand?

Mukuru

Africankel:
Hehehehe, no wahala. My PA will reach you 😁

Congratulobia.

👍

Africankel:
VISA ALERT!!!

Applied: May 13, 2025
Passport Request: May 20, 2025
Passport Submitted: May 23, 2025
Delivered by courier: May 29, 2025

One year multiple entry visa issued.

ADDENDUM: I have an existing three months visa expiring in July, 2025. Received multiple SA visas in the past - I've lost count. 🫣

You for credit me na for this hint wey i give you, You don join our league now
Send my malt money o

Cover letters don't determine visa approvals in all cases; these are just supportive documents.


In my opinion, keep everything simple and attach documents that are relevant to your application.

I have attended several interviews, and speaking from experience.

You did be suprised that, the person you least expected are the ones that usually breakthrough.

Understanding this dynamics is important.

If you like carry all the documents in this world with account balance running into millons, it still doesn't guarantee an approval.

puffmama:
Yes he needs to let them know oh ..I presently have long duration valid visas -. UK, US , Canada and Schengen and I don't fail to mention that .
Apart from properties, strong ties can be family, commitment to church/ mosque..list it .let then know. Nothing like too much information . Infact anyone without a strong cover letter has a high risk of rejection for Schengen. Its only US that does not require a cover letter.

In one word, keep your application simple yet detailed and hope for the best.

Shalom

Horlaidey007:
Good day all. Please i need advice for UK Visa application application
1. Self employed with Business registered with CAC. however, do not have a company bank account operate with personal bank account
2. Sibling will be inviting so accommodation and feeding is sorted
3. Married with 3kids but traveling alone
4. No travel history
5. Holiday is for 2weeks
Kindly advice on how to go ahead with the application to avoid visa refusal. Thank You
CC Giselle237, justwise ,cashmadam CornOak, Hunee Ashirioluwa

Thank you.

I will advise you, with the increasing spate of refusals not to attach cac if you will not tag your bank statement.

Better to apply as an employee for your/an organisation and say you are working as XYZ.

Attach employment letter too to proof that.

Work on your payslips but be sure it reflect what you have on your bank statement.

Typically, irregular monies in your account can cause refusals.

Explain with a letter if need arises, avoid lengthy explanation, tabulating can help give analysis of your finances.

Attach proof of ties to Nigeria.

Other supporting documents.

Technically, don't mention on your application you have someone in the UK, you are a first time applicant.

Others can add something too. Goodluck.

Imustreturn:
wahala dey o

So don't too happy about visa thing till the end o.

No be small thing, collect visa and pray to pass immigration

Goodluck on your reapplication.

Imustreturn:
even rwanda dey send people back airline supervisor told me himself. When my guys where going two months ago. He gave them hint on what and what to say. Green passport done go oh

No lie . Even with your sa visa , I know people that was deported back last year.

Either way, you can collect SA visa and not use it to enter there. Lol

Imustreturn:
e tire person ooh. This one wah last year them just dey dash person visa anyhow...

Everything na season. Now, they are saying , not everyone will come to SA.

Go to Ghana, Rwanda or Tanzania for your tours. Leave SA alone.

Lol

Imustreturn:
my guy see response ooh.

I called the lady to ask her if she removed funds from the account she said yes... could that be the reason?

Can I reapply immediately?

SA visa con hard pass Schengen visa.

BabygirlFash:
In my personal opinion (I stand to be corrected), the purpose of including a cover letter is to share additional information/clear any doubts in the mind of the VO. Looking at this letter, all information shared can be found on your checklist/application form.

I agree with you.
However, these are not parameters for visa decisions
Flow with the trend.

You can see the spate of rejections of late. This is summer period. There's a workload, visa officers around this time will typically not have time to be reading long texts.


I am advocate of supporting documents. Once your documents are solid enough it's OK.

Remember too that most of these details are already stated on your visa form.

I already said earlier. Visas are applied for technically and strategically, so always have that at the back of your mind.

Shalom

jetzyams:
Hi Hunee
I just got this response today from the Embassy on my staffs evisa.
Why do you think it was rejected, do you think I should appeal or just wait for the outcome on the physical VFS process.
Thanks, looking forward to your thoughts
Much appreciated

Re apply but attach the recent reference letters and 3 month bank statement.
Goodluck.

popone:
Thank you once again 🫡


I've done further trimming and the letter is now shorter and simpler. Kindly see the attached image

Man. You like Rhetorics. Lol


'Must you tell them " I have strong ties to Nigeria"

Please make your letters very simple.

Thank you.

Yashita:
First of all, browse “public universities in France” to know.

Next, browse campusFrance (https://www.nigeria.campusfrance.org/) and follow prompt according to the desired course you are going to take and the schools that offer them, there you’d know which public uni offers your desired course. This is because, not all unis or public unis might offer your course.

Thank you for guiding.

popone:
Thank you.

I've worked on the cover letter to reduce the amount of irrelevant information using your sample as a guide. I'll attach two screenshots. The version 1 is the previous version and the version 2 is the latest one.

I really want to highlight the strong ties to home country (the text after my list of attached documents) because I'm a young single male traveller. The reason for this is based on what I've read online, visa issuing officers are always looking for the slightest chance to deny the application of applicants with my profile (young, single, male) so one has to provide enough proof that yes, I'll return home after my trip in order to further convince them.

But, I'm still looking forward to your opinion on that as well.

Thanks once again!

Version 2 is okay


Title *** is enclosed. Why repeating again? Avoid rhetorics na.




**These professional personal
**** I also own .....

You see those lines/paragraphs .

Please remove it.

Attach your documents. Supporting documents should be sufficient.


Please use this letter I gave as a guide.

popone:
Thank you.

I've worked on the cover letter to reduce the amount of irrelevant information using your sample as a guide. I'll attach two screenshots. The version 1 is the previous version and the version 2 is the latest one.

I really want to highlight the strong ties to home country (the text after my list of attached documents) because I'm a young single male traveller. The reason for this is based on what I've read online, visa issuing officers are always looking for the slightest chance to deny the application of applicants with my profile (young, single, male) so one has to provide enough proof that yes, I'll return home after my trip in order to further convince them.

But, I'm still looking forward to your opinion on that as well.

Thanks once again!

Version 2 is okay


Title *** is enclosed. Why repeating again? Avoid rhetorics.

Yashita:
Public schools are cheap schools, just learn French and apply to be taught in French. Some of these public schools even collect the same school fees from both native and international students.

Me, I’ve been learning it since December 2023.

Incredible. Please recommend public schools in France for degree or diploma programmes. I want to pass to a relative urgently.

You guys should please recommend cheap schools in France for technical, diploma or undergraduate.

Una biko

popone:
Wow, this looks very simple, thank you for sharing.

So, you've been using this format to get France visas?


Also, the Tax document you mentioned in number 4 of your list, is it the company tax document or your personal tax?

Hi, Goodevening.
This is what and how your letters should look like.
You can also use same as guide for company , vacation leave letters too.
Simple and light.
You can attach sufficient documents as support.

Tax document can be personal or company ,the one from JTB OR FIRS is fine.

Please tag me if you need further information.

Africankel:
I don't think this news is credible. It is not reported by any credible media outlet. More so, Zambia itself doesn't refund visa fees when an application is denied, so they are not in a position to ask other countries to refund visa fees.

You see. What goes around comes around. In all, we are talking about the recklessness of most of these foreign missions.
They are raking billions of naira with these rejections annually and to me, it is beginning to look like a franchise.

Grant 10 visas
Reject 100
That kind of ideology.
They have quotas. We know
The People suffer.

My own advise to anyone who cares to listen. If you don't have any pressing need to travel, sit down in your country o
Even the abroad sef is not easy
You must be vast in alot of things to survive out of your home country.

Continue to tour Ghana, Senegal and the rest, do local and regional trips to build your passport.

Else, be ready to handle the outcome of any visa feedback.

Shalom

Africankel:
Its really a sad thing. I believe they don't do their job diligently. Imagine my staff's visa was refused a day to an event citing that the event had lapsed - how can an event that has not happened lapse? They also didn't take into account an updated information (sent by courier) notifying them of a change of date. They were just determined to deny the young man a visa. I should add, that they contacted the event organisers like three weeks before to verify the invitation, which they did, only for them to deny the visa after how many weeks.

We sent an appeal, they ignored. We had to begin using diplomatic channels, that was when they called the applicant directly from the High Commission to reapply, that they won't reopen a closed file This was on a Friday, and event was on Tuesday, just a few days away. By this time we had already applied for evisa for him (which was later denied) on the grounds that they couldn't reach the event organisers to verify the invitation. 🤣🤣🤣😅.

I was in Brooklyn, home affairs department sometime ago. That is where vfs office is in Pretoria. I saw things. The system is quite corrupt. The people approving these visas , I also don't think are stable for these positions they hold. Since when I have been applying for visas, I think home affairs is the most disorganised and unstable.

They don't allow you appeal a visa for their mistakes! Very complex and notorious agency.

Go to their Facebook channel, even their own citizens that applied for ID since 8, 9, 10 years, them never see card collect.

Botswana, Namibia organise pass South Africa walahi.

The SA home affairs department is enormously plagued with corrupt practises and that is the result you are seeing.

I read a report online , that Zambia president is asking foreign missions to start refunding applicant with failed visa applications.

South Africa has one of the most complex visa departments. They deny your visa for no just reason. Check the pages back back, you will see different complaint

Africankel:
Forget appealing and reapply. We sent an appeal for someone recently, they ignored. After putting pressure on them through 'official' channels, they called and asked the applicant to reapply, as they don't reopen a closed visa case.

Standfit, re apply ok but attach a cover letter by your lawyer as support and explain what you did better on the fresh application.

Goodluck

standfit007:
CSV.

Didn’t get any reply from you. Could you kindly reply?my email

Bro, text here please .

I got your email pop up, what is good. Which visa category you are on?

standfit007:
Hello good people. Please do you have a lawyer to use for appeal? I need legal service to package an appeal. Anyone can assist …was submitted in Abuja

I tire o, Kel has been to SA more than 12 times i think

Africankel:
Being to SA twice shouldn't be something to brag about. Them too no send your papa. If you like have heaven and earth, they'll refuse you if they want to.

E be like say the guy never apply for visa much like that , hin just start. Make e go ask people wey dey don deny 4/5 times. You come here con dey make mouth.

Apply for Schengen, apply for Canada, UK, Yankee, na that time you go know whether na by your transactions.

On france section, someone presented 40m bank balance recently, them refuse the visa.

No be by your money @Hiikayauto or whatever you have, that one na your own.

Visa no be like that oo, I wish you well.

This new bot introduced by seun has been doing wonders

austino677:
I guess your post are been blocked

The thing dey over work.

IT's fine. We are learning.

popone:
Thank you very much. I'm much open to criticism.

In fact, I've been a long-time lurker on this thread and eventually had to create an account on Nairaland so that I can get help from others in looking at my files and docs.

Thank you once again. I'm glad you found time out of your own schedule to even reply to strangers on the internet.




July 10th

It is constructive criticism my brother. Please accept it in light heart, In the end, i want you to succeed. I see you sent me a mail, unfortunately, i dont have access to it now

popone:
You went really hard on me lol

I like it tho. I've just reasoned too that if I had too many files to process, I'll likely not read my own letter due to 'too much unneccessary story'

So, I've trimmed it down a lot and still made sure it mentioned key details I would like to highlight.

I will do my best to ensure you have a proper application submitted and hope you succeed. When is your biometrics?

Just give me 2hrs, I will share a typically sample of what your introductory letters should look like.