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Yes . it was stated there. stamp not sticker.

Graceness777:
Were you stamped for all your duration of stay?

Ehn ehn. Na Pretoria i dey since i arrive o, i am ok here brother. Maybe when i come again, i go go round.

lymelyte:
u never see anything yet..wait till u get to cpt..

Mercydecy:
Thank you for the response. What were you asked at the port of entry?

Covid Vaccine card , Yellow card, Your Passport, Your visa and make sure you have login on dha. if an agent applied for you, get the password from him, because they will verify, your ticket, Hotel Voucher. No more, No less.

Mercydecy:
Hello, please which airline did you use?

Air cotedevoire. Book it on https://www.travelden.com/

Apply. Times running.

HowardWolowitz:
My conference just sent me a mail, I am one of the CA in the tournament. Can I still get the E-VISA? Tournament starting at the end Ist of April.

You responded with , "You are right"

Latana:
You're quoting the wrong person o. This reply isn't for me

1stGenAmerican:
Giving your information to an agent to apply for a visa on your behalf is a terrible idea. Whether your visa is approved or rejected, you’ll never know the exact information they really submitted making it nearly impossible to gain future approvals. Taking the time to learns and self-submit will save you trouble and heartache in the future. Be careful, good luck.

You have less information. I stand to be corrected. Qatar issues Visas to Nigerians Currently. Contact the right channlel and you get it done. As i also speak, I am in South Africa and i just arrived. So please take it easy with your remarks. They are too harsh. There are still good agents out there, maybe you met the bad ones and you are generalising. Bless you

Latana:
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Yes Pufframmy.
Very cool

pufframmy:
welcome hope ur stay was coool

mobilemykel:
Thanks for your response.
Did you apply through agent or yourself and how many months visa where you granted?
I can tell SA is beautiful from the pictures I've seen and how are you beginning to settle in ?

Did you go there for vacation or for work or study ?

Will be nice to hear about your experience so far too

Vacation, I applied myself.

SA is fine , but with alot of economic indifference.

Notwithstanding, you will enjoy yourself here if you do right.

From OR tambo to city to the parks. Everything here is beautiful.

mobilemykel:
Hi good to hear that you're loving SA. I hope to come join you there by the grace of God soon.
Where in SA are you?

Amen. Just be patient.

I am in Johannesburg

mobilemykel:
First of all, I want to say a Big congratulations on your Visa approval.

Please I applied for SA EVisa through an agent since on Monday the 13th and up until yesterday the 6th my EVisa is yet to be approved, pls what can I do about this? It's over 21 days now

And thirdly, please people in the house how much do Agents charge for south African visa because my agent charged me five hundred thousand naira (500,000.00) please is that so ? I have already given agent more that half of the payment

Asking this here will cause alot of uproar with your agent.

I usually don't intervene on issues like this because we were not part of this transaction and we do not know the terms and conditions of your agreement.

Moving forward. When I applied for my SA visa, it took a month and one week.

So please be patient ok.

SA is beautiful

OR TAMBO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

Hello Everyone.

I am loving SA.

I arrived yesterday.

nannanie10:
Many thanks to everyone for the responses.

Documents submitted include:

Completed application form
Invitation letter from OEM
MOU with OEM
Company Introduction letter
Company Bank reference letter
Company bank statement
Travel insurance certificate
Return ticket
Hotel reservation
Employment document
Marriage certificate
Academics/professional certificates.

God bless you.


General Question Please, if you are embarking on a short trip let's say 7 days, is it best to do a travel insurance that covers 7days or one month?

Someone asked this question some days ago

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Bursttt:
You better flight Air peace & SAA o!

Hanzat:
Hi Everyone,

I am trying to make payment for my UK visa application, but it keeps getting declined.
Has anyone had this issue recently, and how did you resolve it?
Thank you.

Please confirm how much you have in the account and be sure if you can process international payments with your card.

You have to use a dollar card. Be informed.

Restricted:
You understood the question i asked. Thank you sir...

lol. i understood too, sir.

I just felt it was not necessary to ask that question when the respondent said he got a refusal slip attached.

All the same, we are here to gather information and learn a thing or two.

Nice meeting you, Restricted.

Zazozhe2022:
43k I think

To be paid in cash on day of appointment?

The solicitors are back again. My sister, My brother.

You can see no one is paying attention to your questions.

Ask your relatives to come and ask themselves.

Na wa!

Visa fee for those who submitted via vfs recently . Please how much?
was transfer allowed or cash?

I will appreciate this feedbacks.

It does not matter. The applicant has received a refusal, that negates your question. However, they should appeal, if they choose so.

Restricted:
I wasnt referring to the Visa sticker stamp itself. There was this small stamp they usually put on the passport page when they refuse a visa. They were doing it years back. I dont know if they still do it or they have stopped.

djbaju:
I met one man at Ikeja centre some weeks ago on the queue he said you re required to pay I can’t just remember the figure

user fees exist for vi applicants. For Ikeja, it does not.

If you are applying from VI, You are to pay a stipulated 55 pounds fee. I do not think same applies for Ikeja center. Please correct me if i am wrong.

arasola2000:
I am on the tls website, please what is UKVI services and User pays

One painful thing about visa applications is the input and time devoted. Look at his presentation, yet, they give him some flimsy reasons. There are people who even did not submit this much and got visas. Above all, I want to ask. How much did you pay at vfs for visa fee, what is it in Naira or Euro. Please share. Also, if you are asked to appeal, I want you to do something.
Just make it known that, you will love to make it a memorable moment in a lifetime to visit france for your anniversary. Captivate the VO, and do not make it seem like you have ulterior motives. Good afternoon

tuborme:
honestly, I dont understand these guys. I submitted the following for 11 days vacation this easter
1. Fully completed and duly signed application form
2. passport photographs as per visa specifications
3. Original and copy of our international passports
4. Copy of our church marriage certificate
5. Marriage Affidavits of facts
6. Copy of our Children's birth certificates
7. Copy of itinerary for our flight reservation with return from Lagos to Paris (air france)
8. Copy of our hotel reservation in Paris covering the period of stay. (from bookings.com)
9. Copy of our travel medical insurance
10. Copy of our reservation for tours and dinner
11. Copy of PAID ticket(s) for museum and tours (over $250)
12. Copy of my personal day to day 3 months bank account statement GTB - 3million plus
13. Copy of my personal saved up 3 months bank account statement GTB - 7million plus
14. Copy of my wife's 3 months bank account statement ACCESS - 2 million plus
15. Copy of my company registration documents - limited liability
16. Copy of my wife's company registration documents business registration
17. Copy of our three years e-tax clearance certificates
18. Copy of our rent receipts of our business premises (4 different business premises)
19. Pictures of our wedding, family, Last UAE vacation and our business premises
20. Cover letter

I had to pay for these tickets beacuse they are being sold out during the Easter season.

I have landed properties and a house but their titles are power of attorney...none has a C of O....so I did not bother to attach them.
I also did not attach my company bank account.

On my own refusal paper... they wrote that the reason I gave was unreliable and that they are not sure if i will leave the schengen area after the duration (i laughed...)

On my wife's own they wrote that they could not verify the authencity of her supporting documents ( I did not get this at all beacuse all documents submitted are legit and authentic including her well run bank statements...no agents involved) She told them that I will be sponsoring her trip in the cover letter.

I strongly believe that these people have a sterotyped way of making these evaluations that make it difficult for self employed people to get tourist visas.

We are hoping to appeal for the sake of doing it but we are looking to travel to another (yet to be decided) location for the anniversary!
I will need suggestions on where we can go for this holidays... my wife does not want africa. I dont know how easy to get tousrist visa to turkey or thailand.

Restricted:
Omo mehn.....after reading this, i sincerely dont know what to say. Schengen VO's are the most unpredictable set of people and it is very difficult to understand the rationale behind their thinking. All these verifiable documents and they still think you wont come back. I can only imagine the stress and hard work that went into the application.

1. Did they stamp your passports for this recent refusal?

2. Have you ever had a schengen visa refusal?

1. Did they stamp your passports for this recent refusal?

How can a refused visa be stamped? definitely not.

pufframmy:
sorry about this i think the rate of Refusal Now is Much

pufframmy, Trust you good?

Maybe we ask the documents he presented and what was the conditions for refusal.

Your thoughts, so others can take one or two lessons.

Thank you alot and i wish you a smooth sojourn to the united kingdom

Amaka1976:
COS: 2nd of February 2023
Standard application: 13th of February
Biometric:15th of February
Documents submitted: TB,IELTS, Police clearance,Care Certificate
Application moved to DMC: 17th of February 2023
Application transferred to VAC: 27th of February
Application received by VAC:27th of February
Collection mail: 28th of February

Please advise timing for study visa applications. Can one begin the process of application now ?

Copied.

Amaka1976:
Work visa
Biometric 15th of February
It was approved 🎉🙏

Amaka,
Congratulations 🎉

There are many people here who would like to know how you started and what documents you submitted.

You can help share that information, if you do not mind.

Bursttt:
If you can write to the minister/ Director General or those top officials in charge of temporary residence permit ( all of them) in DHA. They will refer your complaints to them at Abuja and Abuja have no choice than to reply them or still finalize your application. Just put in all neccesary details in your email for easy understanding

God bless you. This is just what i was driving at. You need to know the appropriate unit to complain to , when issues like this arise.

You can write hacc@dha.gov.za , attach all your details including application number.

The Department of Home Affairs controls the activites of the embassies and can substantively be of help.

You also have the options of the other person (Bursttt) or maybe physical appearance at the embassy.

Regards.

Omocity:
Thanks for your advice but my application was done here in Nigeria and since September the visa decisions are now made by the consular officers in Abuja.My application was submitted at the end of September so my passport is at Abuja not DHA Pretoria .

Good evening all,
I applied for my visa since September and till now it’s still under processing.It’s a visitors visa section11.1(b)(iv)visa exceeding 3months (3 years visa).This is the type of visa issued to models.I have Being living in South Africa for years now and I normally come to Nigeria to apply for it,in the past years it took only 10working days but now it’s been 5months and it’s so frustrating and annoying being stuck in Nigeria cos my life is back in South Africa and am still paying bills (my rent &all) while am stuck here cos I thought I will only be in Nigeria for few weeks[b].I and my modeling agency [/b]have sent emails to the SA embassy in Abuja but no reply.Worst of it all is that they have my passport since September,I have fall in and out of depression.Please someone advise me on what to do please.Thank you

Dear Omocity,
You came here for advise. We can give you suggestions, but we can not profer solutions.

Be open to receiving them.

I just said, is your modelling agency resident in SA?
If they are, ask they visit the DHA and follow up.


You can get some substantial feedback through that process , that is if they are an SA based modelling agency.

But if they are not, you need to keep following up through the physical platforms, but still , if you feel frustrated, look for an internal person at the embassy to help out.

This is what i know people in your situations do, and they get results. You can visit the other threads, you find people with similar cases and how they were able to follow up the process through the suggestions they got on the platform.

All the best.

Omocity:
Good evening all,
I applied for my visa since September and till now it’s still under processing.It’s a visitors visa section11.1(b)(iv)visa exceeding 3months (3 years visa).This is the type of visa issued to models.I have Being living in South Africa for years now and I normally come to Nigeria to apply for it,in the past years it took only 10working days but now it’s been 5months and it’s so frustrating and annoying being stuck in Nigeria cos my life is back in South Africa and am still paying bills (my rent &all) while am stuck here cos I thought I will only be in Nigeria for few weeks.I and my modeling agency have sent emails to the SA embassy in Abuja but no reply.Worst of it all is that they have my passport since September,I have fall in and out of depression.Please someone advise me on what to do please.Thank you

To be honest.

I feel your agency residence in SA can fast track this for you.

It is not going to easy to get it done from Nigeria.

Contact your SA agency to visit DHA in Pretoria.

Just one call will put this right.

Omo, i am just reading all these comments about SA, and i am wondering, how do you guys arrive about somethings.

Let me first comment on the issue of timing for SA e visa . Mind you, i said "e visa".
In recent times, the processing time is usually around 5 - 6 weeks as highlighted above by one of the respondents.

Secondly, on the issue of documents, it is clearly stated on the portal,
You need apply and attach your bank statements that can cover the duration of your stay. The value should equate in rands.
So, what that means is that, look at your budget and your stay period, then determine how much you present as bank statements.

Mind you, do not try to act funny, the process is verified, especially when figures are attached.

Lastly.
During the process of review, you can send a mail to the dha contact center for a follow up. They respond in one way or the other. You may not get a feedback on mail, but they act on applications. I know for a fact. so be careful not to send too many mails, so it does not affect the procedure. You can get disapproved for that.


I advise that you use a longer date when applying because of the processing time. There are no emergencies for SA. Apply 1/2 months ahead in most cases.

The issue of documents, Please revert to the website as they are clearly stated there. You must also merge all your documents in one pdf to allow your review process seamless. Do not upload scattered documents.


So, going by all that is written, if you have done the right thing, BE SURE OF AN APPROVAL. Its simple.

Have a great day.