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broshowfar:
Yes they require your passport at the port health vaccination. For passport photograph go on the vfs south africa website and see the specifications. It has to be a white background. You can use your ruler or tape to measure the length or breadth. Or give the photographer the specifications. South africa uses same passport specifications as nigeria but the background has to be white. Please if you value your sanity just do everything from home. Gather all your documents, all photocopies and just go there submit and leave.

@ broshofar Thanks

Please help me send the snap copy of ur yellow card I want to see how it look like,so that I will not mistakelly collect wrong one.i can even show them when I get to where I want to collect it.

Secondly, since you are the sponsor of the trip do you include your wife statement of account or you use only your account for all. Applicant s?

Thirdly,pls when you get to south Africa, pls don't ignore this platform because I will still need some job information from you over there maybe we too can go for long term visa or working visa.

broshowfar:
Collect your yellow card vaccination at Port health Authority just by the airport toll gate when going to MMA2 local airport. It is #3500 per person and for children they dont require just show immunisation card. The new immunisation for kids covers yellow fever. Yes you can collect your documents when it is ready at the vfs office. We chose sms so when its ready they would let us know and we would go there. Also when applying if everyone is applying under same catergory like visitors apply as a group on vfs so all your documents are kept together as one and then only one consular officer attends to it. It is better that way and faster since you all share same documents like bank statements and others

@ broowfar thanks a lot

Is it true that ur passport number wil bel written on the yellow card?

Pls how about there photograph requirement do they accept the one you snapped from home?

Or do you have the idea of there price for photograph because sometimes if snapped from home they may not accept it

djbaju:
Good day house, please what do you advise I do at this situation, where do I need to adjust. Thank you

Hello sorry for the refused

In your case they said you don't have family,in my own case I have family with three children they said I will not come back if I go,can you see that this people are just playing us,I was refused on the second of this month.but I send complain to home office,that is what you can do send complain to home office,that you not satisfied with the eco verdict


Where do you applied ikeja or vi?

Alagbarasunny:
VISA ALERT
Biometric: June 27th
Mail to receive passport: 10th July
Passports picked up with visa: 11th July
6 months visit visa. Family of 5

Many thanks to everyone here for the many information being shared. I benefited a lot from it. Cashmadam, Davodguy, Giselle and other gurus.

Documents submitted:
1. Letter from employer stating names all family members traveling , with their passport numbers.
2. Evidence of salary package
3. Five month’s statement of account( salary account). Only salary inflows.No any other inflow.
4. Marriage certificate and Children birth certificates
5. Previous travel passport pages ( Been to Dubai with wife in 2016 and 2017)
6. 3 years Tax Clearance
7. 6 months payslip
8. Property valuation documents and properties title documents.
9. Letter of Explanation of statement of account( basically because I used the average of all my salaries( which varies) and all my expenses within the 5 months period. I also had an extra inflow from employer which is not on payslip). Had to explain everything in the letter.
10. 7 days Travel itinerary and budget
11. Cover letter.
12. Letter of sponsorship for wife.
13. All my financial evidence was uploaded for wife, me being the sponsor.
14. Letter from Children schools.
15. Parents consent letter for the children
16. Family pictures.

I also ensured my travel planned budget is like 50% of my account balance. This is all I can remember now. I hope this helps someone out there as well.

@ Alagbarasunny congratulations

1)Please how much in pounds did you budgeted for the 5family?

2) where did you applied ikeja or vi?

broshowfar:
Yes your account. balance is sufficient. What they require is consistent inflow and outflow of cash. As for the center please u beg you print all your documents before getting there so all you need do is submit and get the hell out of that place.

Ok, Thank you

1) please where did you collect your yellow card vaccine and is how much per/person?

2) Please do you know if they have documents collection center because I don't want to pay for courier service I want to come and collect my document by myself when it is ready for collection

broshowfar:
At the VFS office they said it has to be signed by the ministry of foreign affairs. We also had done a court wedding at lagos state local government registry.

@ broshohfer thanks


The wedding certificate issue by local government is it stamped and signed by lawyer? And they still turned you back at the day of appointment


Because I mail there customer service and they told me that they will accept the court marriage affidavit issue by badagry high court, how true is these?

I hope is not a decieve so that they can turn us back on the day of appointment ,and the appointment fees will be their benefits

Africankel:
You can all travel together, everything depends on how well your application is.

@ Africankel thanks again

I will be applying with two accounts personal account and business account,the personal will have 5m closing balance is it okay to sponsor 4family?

The business account is the account I registered with my POS and carry company name,base on daily transaction, because we do POS withdrawal business, if I printed for 3months with a balance of 5m, the pages will be up to 100pages,I hope this will be okay?

2) Is the Vfs office has documents collection center?

broshowfar:
Thanks everyone i received my refund today

Friend congratulations

Justice prefilled at last
Minus refund, how much is visa fees resulted to?

Which type of visa did all of you applied for?

@ Afrikankel thanks everyday

Please to apply for holiday visa which one do you think has high chance of been granted, between me apply alone and live my family as home tie Or apply together with my family.

Which one has high chance of been granted?

broshowfar:
What you need to do is look for someone you know in abuja or you go there yourself to the federal ministry of internal affairs. Print your marriage certificate and then take it there. They would help you sign two times at the bank and stamp it thats all.

@ broshofar thanks

Going to Abuja or having someone will be stressful, I have court swan marriage affidavit issue by Lagos State high Court,give me the phone number of there costumers service,I want to confirm from them if they will accept Court marriage affidavit.

@ Cashmadam and others


After I was refused last week I have lunched complain to uk home office since on the 3h July 2025 ànd they have not replied up till now,those it means they are still working on my complain? Or what do you think?

broshowfar:
We didn't. We arrived early infact they tried to put us in premium we refused. They said do we want courier service we refused and still they added it to the total bill. The only charge we wanted which was sms was removed and not added. Why would you courier me a service when i live within close proximity to the center. Vfs is reaping people off. Before this whole mess we booked interview and was turned back because of a marriage certificate that had to be signed by a the ministry all the way in abuja. What sort of mess is that. Finally we found a way to get the certificate. We tried again to book appointments only to figure out you can't change visa type if you make a mistake #60,000 on booking appointment wasted without refund and now we show up at the center and were defrauded.

Hello friend

Is a good news has they were ready to make refund.

Please where did you later got the accepted wedding certificate that you use? I will also need it because I only have church welding certificate

broshowfar:
I just called the vfs office to confirm how i was overcharged at vfs office after paying my booking fee online. Please is it true that if you go and print a missing document within the office in lagos they automatically cancel your appointment and put you into premium service.

I have called the customer care line and from all indication i was overcharged and they are lying about it. My parents also paid a booking fee online and still went to the center and paid another service charge + visa fee.

The customer care person even requested to call me offline rather than the official customer care line saying it has a time frame. Please this is happening to nigerians at vfs office lagos. Is there a way to fight this?

Hello friend


Let me ask you, before all of you enter the office of Vfs do they collect ur appointment letter and tick all ur names on there on line printed appointment list?

If they did that means they have received al ur payments and you don't need to pay

broshowfar:
Hi, i paid #29400 online to book an appointment for each person. So for three of us we paid #88200. Each persons booking appointment was done and paid for online. When we got to the vfs lagos they still asked us to pay the same #29400 each for three of us again plus the visa fee. They called this service charge. What i am confused about is that is this correct? After paying to book an appointment for 3 people each at #29400 they still asked us to pay another #29400 each again at the vfs office.

See my friend this is a scam from there staff or Vfs, what you will do is to ask for refund since they said there site has technical issue,

Normally since you have paid to book appointment is only visa fees you have to pay at Vfs canter by POS it was even stated in there website go and check it

Africankel:
Holiday Inn - Johannesburg Sunnyside Park by IHG. https://www.ihg.com/holidayinn/hotels/gb/en/johannesburg/jnbss/hoteldetail?cm_mmc=GoogleMaps-_-HI-_-ZA-_-JNBSS

Kindly note that you'll be required to input your card details during booking. Ensure you use a card that doesn't have any money

@. Africankel thank you God will bless you for us

This one is good

Africankel:
1. For a family, you should probably look at 7 days.

2. DO NOT pay for a hotel until you get a visa. I pay for mine because I've been to SA many times and I'm almost guaranteed a visa.

I'll check some hotel and post here for you

@ Africankel thanks sir

I will be expecting the hotels that I can make reservations without paying

broshowfar:
Hi everyone i went to the vfs office to submit my application today and i have a few questions. I paid the sum of 29400 for 3 people online to book an appointment. When they got to the center they were asked to pay an additional service charge of 29400 again for the 3 of them and then on the receipt they added courier service #8962 and premium lounge #18000 which was not selected when the booking was made to the applications. We were never put in any premium lounge.

All in all a total of #138,400 was charged for 1study visa and 2 accompanying visas at the vfs office in lagos.

Is this the right fee or was i overcharged at the center. The fees on the receipt i was given also do not add up as the staff that attended to us said changes have been made and they havent updated their website with the right payment.

@ broshofar

Let me ask you did you enter with appointment letter printed on there site if so you don't need to pay any money except visa fees, because the price you pay online will show on ur appointment letter

1) is the courier service of 8962 for three of you ?

2) is premium service also for three of you ?

@ Africankel thanks again

Please I just saw another better hotel that allows 4guest 2aduilt and 2children,the total charges for 5Nights is ZAR1700 and we are to make down payment of ZAR850

1) is the number of days we choose to spend for family holiday still Ok?

2) Can we make this payment with Naira master Card?

@ Africankel thanks again


Please I saw one hotel that allows only 2Aduilt as number of guest, and we are apply with 2children, can we book this type of hotel in the name I and my wife? Hope it will not affect ur application

Vitra:
Thanks a lot @Africankel for your assistance.

Sticker visa arrived today.

Application date: June 25th, 2025
Passport got delivered today: July 8th, 2025

Applied for a vfs evisa on the 4th July because I was worried the sticker would take time to be processed. It is still pending. Should have been patient o.

@ vitra congratulations


1)Please what is the name of hotel you use?

2) Do that accept free reservation?

Cnachy:
Hello house, I read and followed this thread quietly for a tourist SA visa for a family of 5.

VFS Appointment and submission: 13th June, 2025
June 20th, got email that applications had been processed and in transit back to VFS for passport delivery.
June 24th, received back passports with sticker visas.

Special thanks to everyone taking the time to guide people in this group. Your efforts are making a difference.

@ Cnachy Congratulations

1) Please what is the name of hotel you booked for your family of 5 and is how many ZAR?

Please am also prepare for my family of 4, to go for holiday,I will need help.

@ Africankel thank you for always been there for us


I am a self employed but I will be paying my self salary of 750k monthly from my business account to my personal account.

1) is this salary not too small to be use to apply for south Africa holiday visa with family of four?


2) can I submitted but business account and personal account for the visa processing?

Africankel:
1. Take your time to search, there are cheap hotels.

2. You can add your wife's account.

@ Africankel thanks again

But my wife account those not have up 100k in her account as closing balance, since i am the sponsor I will put copy of my account in her application as sponsor account,and also put her account in her application.

1) I hope this low balance in her account will not affect the visa outcome?

Africankel:
Check for hotels without prepayment on booking.com, copy the hotel name and book directly from their website.

Thanks Africankel for been there for us God will bless you More and more


1) I have try the hotel as you talk but the price I saw for booking direct is too cost like the one I saw is 1500euro, meanwhile my statement of account will be 5m,is like hotel and flight have taken all the money in my account,what are we spending when we reach south Africa

2) I will be applying with my wife and two children and I am the sponsor, is it necessary we add my wife statement of account?

Africankel:
1. Form is correct.

2. Family photos may not be acceptable. Your marriage certificate and especially birth certificates of your child(ren). Please download the checklist on VFS website.

3. Do not use Hampton. You will not be refunded if your visa is refused. I book and pay because I have 90% guarantee of my visa being issued. Search for hotels in the exact area you want to stay. Sandton is an expensive area.

4. Yes

@ Africankel thank you very much

1) please, I will still need ur help about this hotel, where I saw cheap hotel and no payment for reservation is booking.com,and they said they do not want booking.com, please help me send any any cheap hotel that accept reservation without payment?

Africankel:
1. Book directly from Ethiopian Airlines website https://www.ethiopianairlines.com/ng, prices are quoted in Naira. Moreover, you are not making any payment, so don't worry about the price. You can look for cheaper flights when you have your visa.

2. Refer to No. 1

3. Refer to No. 1.

4. The form is on VFS website, take your time to navigate and read through

Thanks again @Afircakel


1) below form that I download at Vfs site, is it the form?

2) do they accept family photos as part of supporting documents?

3) I was making reservations at Hampton Hilton hotel and they said I should make payments, but if visa is refused , those that means the money is gone?

4) Do they accept 3months bank statement for a self employed business man travelling for holiday trip?

@ Africankel thanks and remain blessed

Thank you I have gotten the place for 29400, that means am in a wrong site before


1 I try to search for flight prices from Lagos to Johannesburg in south Africa see the price I got for 4perssangers, 2Adult, 1infant and 1child see it below,is this true?

2) if this price is true, help me convert it to naira?

3) how can I make flight reservation from Ethiopia airways, I have there app can i do it on it?

4) send me the site where I can download there application form?

Africankel:
1. Service charge in Abuja ₦29,400; Lagos ₦29,400; Port Harcourt ₦49,400. Statutory visa fee is ₦10,400. There may be another charge for courier.

2. Your closing balance will fly.

3. I have no idea where to get the yellow card in Lagos. In Port Harcourt, I once got from a Local Government Secretariat. In Abuja, I got from the Federal Ministry of Health. So I suggest you go to your Local Government Secretariat or Ministry of Health.

@ Africankel God will bless you as you response

1) But when I log on Vfs global appointment site what they gave me as service charge is #58,824.00 see it below, or am in a wrong site?

2) about flight reservation,how can I book flights reservation that can be confirmed since most flights cancelled there reservation after 24hours?

3) pls give me the name of hotel you use during your own time, because they said we should booked directly with the hotel, with third party of booking.com

Africankel:
1. Visa fees + service charge should be around 50k

2. As of recently, you should have ₦1m and above.

3. https://visa.vfsglobal.com/nga/en/zaf

@ Africankel thanks for ur response


The service charge is #56500 which is close to what you said

1) How much is visa fees we are going to pay at Vfs global center?

2) please will 4.5million naira closing balance be ok for family of three ?

3) can we do the yellow fever vaccination at Lagos state general hospital in ur Area?

@ hunee, imustreturn , Afrikana and Gurus in the house

Pls I need answer to the following questions

1) how much is current South Africa visa fee for holiday visa in naira?

2) how many months bank statements they accept for holiday visa?

3). Is there application file online or submitted at Vfs office? And also send me there site for application form and appointment site

@ Marcgrace and other Gurus in the house

I need ur help and guidance

I applied for tourist visa to Netherlands in France in the year 2014 and the application was denied with reason that the purpose of travel is not reliable.

Last year January I applied for Spain tourist visa with family of three and wew refused with the same reason that the purpose of travel is not reliable

Pls house I need ur guidance on how to apply alone at this time for France, can I apply for France? Consider the past denied record.

Am a business man.