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Dottune:
I got a response this week on Monday, mine took over a month, I submitted my application on the 21st of August and got an email to pickup on the 22nd of September.

Thank you

Chelseaboy101:
Guys ! Please which center has the earliest date ? Lagos or ABUJA ? And if I've created TLS profile and chose Lagos as my place of submission.. Can I possibly change it to Abuja ? How do I go about it please ?

ANy help with this please?

I've also tried to create another application and choose Abuja location but it didn't work.. Visa reference invalid and says phone number already used for another application. I'd appreciate any input on this , please .

Hello Guys,
Please can someone quickly confirm the amount to be paid at Lagos Tls upon submission for a tourist visa.
Appointment has been booked, Please respond quickly anyone?

Dottune:
I got an appointment in August and that's probably because I was classified as a frequent traveler.
The trick one of my colleagues used in the past as a first time traveller was to check in the midnight, sometimes people reschedule from their earlier date to a later date, so that makes some earlier slots available.

Okay thank you!

Please house

In my introduction letter do I need to declare that I was refused Schengen visa last year since this type of question was not ask in the France visa application form?

Chelseaboy101:
ANy help with this please?

I've also tried to create another application and choose Abuja location but it didn't work.. Visa reference invalid and says phone number already used for another application. I'd appreciate any input on this , please .

Yes, to do this, you have to delete the application made for Lagos. Once you delete it, then you will be able to apply for Abuja. If you have submitted that of Lagos, then it's not possible to delete it again, you will have to wait for 15 days post creation date when it will be automatically deleted from their system.

I submitted my document on Tuesday, I made the booking on Monday. I think you can get a next day appointment in Abuja except if things have changed.

I was offered as a contractor

Dottune:
In your offer letter, were you offered the remote job as a full-time staff or a contractor?

hemekhar:
Gurus in the house, please assist.
I have a remote job and i get paid directly to my dorm account, in light of the tax restructure, the advice is to register and use my company account as companies have a N50m non-taxable annual threshold, my question is, would this affect my application as my contract letter and payslips are in my name? i cant meet the company to draft a new contract in my company's name, would this be an issue? or would a cover letter be sufficient to explain it?

Thanks in advance

Any discrepancy is a recipe for denial.

Thank you so much. Yes, I've submitted the application made for Lagos.

mrphysics:
Yes, to do this, you have to delete the application made for Lagos. Once you delete it, then you will be able to apply for Abuja. If you have submitted that of Lagos, then it's not possible to delete it again, you will have to wait for 15 days post creation date when it will be automatically deleted from their system.

I submitted my document on Tuesday, I made the booking on Monday. I think you can get a next day appointment in Abuja except if things have changed.

Chelseaboy101:
Thank you so much. Yes, I've submitted the application made for Lagos.

I see. I just received mail that my document is ready for collection.

Timeline:
Booking date: Monday
Appointment date: Tuesday
Collection date: Friday (today)

All within this week. I don't know the outcome but I am hopeful that it's positive

mrphysics:
I see. I just received mail that my document is ready for collection.

Timeline:
Booking date: Monday
Appointment date: Tuesday
Collection date: Friday (today)

All within this week. I don't know the outcome but I am hopeful that it's positive

Congratulations in advance

mrphysics:
I see. I just received mail that my document is ready for collection.

Timeline:
Booking date: Monday
Appointment date: Tuesday
Collection date: Friday (today)

All within this week. I don't know the outcome but I am hopeful that it's positive

I have just collected my passport with my multi entry Talent/Research Visa appended.

Thank you all for the support and information shared.

God bless

wow, share us your timeline. are you a frequent traveler?

mrphysics:
I have just collected my passport with my multi entry Talent/Research Visa appended.

Thank you all for the support and information shared.

God bless

mrphysics:
I have just collected my passport with my multi entry Talent/Research Visa appended.

Thank you all for the support and information shared.

God bless

Congratulations are you frequently Traveller because is last week I submitted my application in Lagos has Frequently Traveller am still waiting for their Response

mrphysics:
Yes, to do this, you have to delete the application made for Lagos. Once you delete it, then you will be able to apply for Abuja. If you have submitted that of Lagos, then it's not possible to delete it again, you will have to wait for 15 days post creation date when it will be automatically deleted from their system.

I submitted my document on Tuesday, I made the booking on Monday. I think you can get a next day appointment in Abuja except if things have changed.

Wow mrphysics I still remember your thread back then

hunee:
wow, share us your timeline. are you a frequent traveler?

Already stated my timeline. See below:


Timeline:
Booking date: Monday 22/09/2025
Appointment date: Tuesday 23/09/2025
Collection date: Friday 26/09/2025

Not a frequent traveller bro. Where poor man like me dey travel to?

Fathy001:
Congratulations are you frequently Traveller because is last week I submitted my application in Lagos has Frequently Traveller am still waiting for their Response

Thank you. I submitted in Abuja and it's usually faster here.

mrphysics:
Already stated my timeline. See below:


Timeline:
Booking date: Monday 22/09/2025
Appointment date: Tuesday 23/09/2025
Collection date: Friday 26/09/2025

Not a frequent traveller bro. Where poor man like me dey travel to?

Congratulations again

I have already wish you success before you open ur parkage

Please share the documents you summited for research visa?

onile1975:
Congratulations again

I have already wish you success before you open ur parkage

Please share the documents you summited for research visa?

Thanks.

I submitted the following documents for a research visa:

1. Admission Letter
2. Research Agreement
3. Convention D'Accueil. This is same as (2) above only that this agreement is a form from the embassy. It will be signed by the researcher and the school representative
4. Proof of funding
5. Award Letter
6. Proof of Accommodation (This was an attestation because I don't yet have an accommodation)
7. Insurance (Three months)
8. Flight reservation
9. Motivation Letter
10. Access to the lab. This for me was important even though with or without it, the outcome would have been the same.
11. Evidence of CVEC enrolment.

Basically, I added every document that I have. Didn't want to give room for "had it been I added this or that."

Lol, na big boy you b na , a whole physicist? Set awon Albert Einstein

mrphysics:
Already stated my timeline. See below:


Timeline:
Booking date: Monday 22/09/2025
Appointment date: Tuesday 23/09/2025
Collection date: Friday 26/09/2025

Not a frequent traveller bro. Where poor man like me dey travel to?

Congratuloba. Safe trip, tho would have loved you share your document checklist, but that is fine.

All the best.

How much was the bank statment can you give the range thanks
congratulations

mrphysics:
Already stated my timeline. See below:


Timeline:
Booking date: Monday 22/09/2025
Appointment date: Tuesday 23/09/2025
Collection date: Friday 26/09/2025

Not a frequent traveller bro. Where poor man like me dey travel to?

I would suggest you do, because they have access to that information, you can highlight it and tell them to look at your current application based on its merit and not on your previous refusals.

onile1975:
Please house

In my introduction letter do I need to declare that I was refused Schengen visa last year since this type of question was not ask in the France visa application form?

hunee:
Lol, na big boy you b na , a whole physicist? Set awon Albert Einstein
Congratuloba. Safe trip, tho would have loved you share your document checklist, but that is fine.

All the best.

I think he shared it already, see it below. He also applied through Abuja, I guess that also helped.

mrphysics:
Thanks.

I submitted the following documents for a research visa:

1. Admission Letter
2. Research Agreement
3. Convention D'Accueil. This is same as (2) above only that this agreement is a form from the embassy. It will be signed by the researcher and the school representative
4. Proof of funding
5. Award Letter
6. Proof of Accommodation (This was an attestation because I don't yet have an accommodation)
7. Insurance (Three months)
8. Flight reservation
9. Motivation Letter
10. Access to the lab. This for me was important even though with or without it, the outcome would have been the same.
11. Evidence of CVEC enrolment.

Basically, I added every document that I have. Didn't want to give room for "had it been I added this or that."

mrphysics:
I have just collected my passport with my multi entry Talent/Research Visa appended.

Thank you all for the support and information shared.

God bless

Congratulations baba.

Dottune:
I think he shared it already, see it below. He also applied through Abuja, I guess that also helped.

My bad..

Sorry, I missed this, thanks dotman
Well, hmmm. In my opine, I really do not think point of application matters, it's only that it can be a bit fast if you apply from Abuja like I mean processing time. This is why many usually opt for Abuja.

Unlike lagos.

We wish him well. That is a major visa he attained because it is for highly skilled persons.

hunee:
My bad..

Sorry, I missed this, thanks dotman
Well, hmmm. In my opine, I really do not think point of application matters, it's only that it can be a bit fast if you apply from Abuja like I mean processing time. This is why many usually opt for Abuja.

Unlike lagos.

We wish him well. That is a major visa he attained because it is for highly skilled persons.

Absolutely Right Congratulations Bro. May God help us from Lagos Delayed Application

Goodevening all,My visa was denied last week.I was really sad coz I felt I was supposed to get the visa.Reasons for refusal.
(1) ... The purpose of stay is not reliable..
(2)There are reasonable doubts that you will not return to your home country when your visa expires.I applied for a 8 day visit to Paris
Pls how do I correct these reasons?

Docs submitted
Visa application form,signed
Employment letter
Leave letter
Work ID card
Work introduction Letter
Utility bill
Cover letter
Marriage Certificate
Land docs
Travel Itinerary
Dummy flight
Hotel booking
Payslips
Salary account Bank statement,#7.2m
Pension statement roughly #4m
Family photos
Kids birth certificate
Travel history (African countries)
And other docs I can't remember as I type here now

Pls shld I appeal? how do I go abt the appeal?
Shld I reapply immediately?
Shld I apply thru conference or I shld still reapply thru Tourism?

Pls help a brother pls

hunee:
My bad..

Sorry, I missed this, thanks dotman
Well, hmmm. In my opine, I really do not think point of application matters, it's only that it can be a bit fast if you apply from Abuja like I mean processing time. This is why many usually opt for Abuja.

Unlike lagos.

We wish him well. That is a major visa he attained because it is for highly skilled persons.

Yeah I am really impressed.

I was actually referring to the processing speed too.

Fathy001:
Absolutely Right Congratulations Bro. May God help us from Lagos Delayed Application

Another Isaac Newton , would be Albert Einstein in the making . Cc @mrphysics

Lagos according to stats has always been like that. It could also be a strategy for some persons, the work load somewhat affect visa outcomes. It is best to go somewhere with lesser traffic.

It is all about calculations too. Mr Physics won again. 🏆
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Yeah I am really impressed.

I was actually referring to the processing speed too
Cc @Dottune ,thanks bro

Looks like we have many science student in the house.

Lol. Have a great weekend guys. See you next week.

ohlordhavemercy:
Goodevening all,My visa was denied last week.I was really sad coz I felt I was supposed to get the visa.Reasons for refusal.
(1) ... The purpose of stay is not reliable..
(2)There are reasonable doubts that you will not return to your home country when your visa expires.I applied for a 8 day visit to Paris
Pls how do I correct these reasons?

Docs submitted
Visa application form,signed
Employment letter
Leave letter
Work ID card
Work introduction Letter
Utility bill
Cover letter
Marriage Certificate
Land docs
Travel Itinerary
Dummy flight
Hotel booking
Payslips
Salary account Bank statement,#7.2m
Pension statement roughly #4m
Family photos
Kids birth certificate
Travel history (African countries)
And other docs I can't remember as I type here now

Pls shld I appeal? how do I go abt the appeal?
Shld I reapply immediately?
Shld I apply thru conference or I shld still reapply thru Tourism?

Pls help a brother pls

African countries are not A list countries that count as travel experience.

Unfortunately, you can't even do Qatar now

hunee:
Another Isaac Newton , would be Albert Einstein in the making . Cc @mrphysics

Lagos according to stats has always been like that. It could also be a strategy for some persons, the work load somewhat affect visa outcomes. It is best to go somewhere with lesser traffic.

It is all about calculations too. Mr Physics won again. 🏆
‐‐----------------------'
Yeah I am really impressed.

I was actually referring to the processing speed too
Cc @Dottune ,thanks bro

Looks like we have many science student in the house.

Lol. Have a great weekend guys. See you next week.

Good evening bro. I hope these words are not for me?
I am doing my best and not aspiring for anything beyond me. I am not as good as you think.

hunee:
My bad..

Sorry, I missed this, thanks dotman
Well, hmmm. In my opine, I really do not think point of application matters, it's only that it can be a bit fast if you apply from Abuja like I mean processing time. This is why many usually opt for Abuja.

Unlike lagos.

We wish him well. That is a major visa he attained because it is for highly skilled persons.

I don't think the emboldened is true. If you are going for a PhD, you can apply for the Talent - Research Visa. The difference with the student visa is that with this visa type, your family can join you without needing much documents and they can work if they are above 18 years.

Additionally, you'd be given an initial 3 months visa. When you arrive in France (within the 3 months), you will apply for a resident permit and you will be given a 3 years visa. This way, you won't need constant yearly visa renewal.

Most research is treated as work, and you will sign an agreement with the lab/school that would be hosting you - contract/research agreement.

Lastly, I have a scholarship, that also helped. There's nothing special about me bro.