₦airaland Forum

I was in Seychelles last week with my wife and as a Nigerian I would advice anyone going there to have everything CONFIRMED or you'll be sent back on the same flight that you came in with. She's Swede(E.U citizen) and am Nigerian. We were to spend a week there and for some weird reasons the agent who booked our ticket had a wrong returning date which made the immigration delay us at the airport for almost an hour and even had to confirm the account balance on my ATM before we could proceed in (They needed that to make sure I can change the airline ticket to match the 7 days we were to spend, despite the tickets were business class and our hotel was a 5 star). Long story short, my Nigerian friend who is a resident was waiting for us and whisked us to the hotel.

The country is nice generally. Very high standard of living and very expensive too. The citizens called Seychellois are more or less Europeans and mixed of about everything (Indian,African, Arabic and the rest). Everything but the public bus (SPTC) is expensive. The roads are clean and unwind in between rocks and there are various developments going on there. Victoria is the capital and for some reasons you'd think you're in Europe because of the modern setting. There are very few Nigerians there, probably 30 at most. They work in schools and some are on dependent visas(Once you marry their citizen you get that and yes their women like our men). Most Nigerians I would say (90%) are sent back upon arrival. I've been a witness to that. Once you have the green passport you'll be extra scrutinized and ultimately sent back.

I would advice any Nigerian going there to hustle NEVER to try it. If you're going for genuine reasons, that's fine but if you're going thinking you can cheat their system I'll say never try it. It's a small country of 90K people and everyone know each other. Once they sense you're not one of their own you'll be reported and get sent back. I met a Nigerian at a night club with my friends who had a 2 weeks visa and went to extend, he was given just an additional 2 weeks. I really wish Nigerians can stop trying to enter these visa free countries tho. Long story short we had a blast, had our wedding and our marriage certificate was dropped at the hotel after 2 days.