Hello House.

I hope you can help me. Been trying to track my application. When I get here https://www.vfsvisaonline.com/Global-PassportTracking/Track/SelectCountry?q=shSA0YnE4pLF9Xzwon%2Fx%2FL0Zw6pOIHwtNWdHCtqAfK0%3D

I choose my country but nothing happens. Even after i click go.

Has anyone tracked recently? how do you do it?

Thanks so much

Mofe22:
Hello House,

Please I need your help quite urgently. If you get the email from TLScontact saying your visa has been assessed and in the same minute you get another email from the same email address saying it is ready for collection. Does that mean you have been refused? My reasoning behind it is that after being assessed, they don't bother to take any time for visa printing so it is sent straight to you. Please advise on this.

I look forward to all the help i can get

thanks

Hi House, I am the person who sent this email about the timings of the emails from TLScontact. I was not able to go to collect the passport until today as last week was very busy for me and yesterday was a public holiday. However I am pleased to report that i received my 5 year visit visa!! After applying I found the visa timelines very helpful so here is mine


Application Centre- Ikeja. (The VI centre is closer to my house but I was told that the Ikeja centre processes faster)
Docs submitted and Biometrics- 24th Nov 2016
Application received by UKVI - 25th Nov 2016
Application received in Sheffield - 28 Nov 2016
Application assessed by UKVI - 7 Dec 2016
Application ready for collection -7 Dec 2016
Visa Printed - 2 Dec 2016

Thanks to all those who replied me when I was anxious and worried. It really helped.
I wish those waiting for their response good luck

Hello House,

Please I need your help quite urgently. If you get the email from TLScontact saying your visa has been assessed and in the same minute you get another email from the same email address saying it is ready for collection. Does that mean you have been refused? My reasoning behind it is that after being assessed, they don't bother to take any time for visa printing so it is sent straight to you. Please advise on this.

I look forward to all the help i can get

thanks

Pelumiv:

Just a brief rundown of Legalization. It is a way of checking if your Nigerian Certificate is genuine and equivalent to that of Italy. It carries a stamp from the Consulate in Nigeria to show that it has been verified and belongs to the said person. I hope you get an idea of what that means by now.
Ciao

Thanks for the explanation! My certificate is not from a nigerian institution. I studied my undergraduate degree in the UK. Does this make a difference?

Thanks for all the responses so far! Im sure this question has been answered over and over again. But can someone please explain to me what exactly legalisation is? And the process of doing this? Also why is it necessary?

Thanks so much!

newacca:

What's the name of the school? I guess it's a private school. (Vocational school). Pls let the house know if the is the case, my wife had similar experience.

The school is in florence. It's called Polimoda.

Hi Guys,

I am new to this forum but I was hoping you guys can help me out. I got admission to a school in Florence for April 2015. I applied for my visa in January 30th 2015. The documents I took with me were passport, form , letter of sponsorship from my dad, his bank statement, hotel booking, documents from school, birth certificate, copy of my dads visa page, copy of my former schengen visas, copy of my undergrad certificate and transcript and two passport pictures. I went to the consulate on the 30th and I was able to submit and I was told to come on pick up my passport in exactly a week which was the 4th of February. I got the visa which was for a year although I applied for nine months. Now this is my question, I am reading all this stuff here about legalisation and getting things stamped. I am worried because I did none of this. I hope this won't cause an issue later on?

Thanks in advance for your help!