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Goodlordwoodliu:
I applied for UK visit visa middle of last year but I was rejected.I was indisposed for about four months so I couldn't go to Lagos to collect my passport.

Now this year I want to apply to another country but UK embassy are insisting that my passport have been sent to Abuja immigration office because I failed to come and collect it on time.I have confirmed from an immigration officer in Abuja that no passport of such nature was sent to them.Yet this people are still insisting that's it in Abuja immigration office. I don't know what to do anymore.
I would have applied for a new passport but passport are now expensive to process.

Please what should I do?

Quick one to do is to declare it missing and get another passport, simple. You wont see that passport again as its is missing, where is another issue.

Unfortunately, no embassy can safekeep your passport forever. All passports are properties of Nigerian Immigration Service after all, and they've rightfully returned your unclaimed passport to the right authority. Go to NIS and sort it out, this is your mistake, nobody else's, so also take some responsibility for leaving your passport uncollected for 4 months, and even declining to arrange courier collection.

Goodlordwoodliu:
I applied for UK visit visa middle of last year but I was rejected.I was indisposed for about four months so I couldn't go to Lagos to collect my passport.

Now this year I want to apply to another country but UK embassy are insisting that my passport have been sent to Abuja immigration office because I failed to come and collect it on time.I have confirmed from an immigration officer in Abuja that no passport of such nature was sent to them.Yet this people are still insisting that's it in Abuja immigration office. I don't know what to do anymore.
I would have applied for a new passport but passport are now expensive to process.

Please what should I do?

Call Sowore

Goodlordwoodliu:
I applied for UK visit visa middle of last year but I was rejected.I was indisposed for about four months so I couldn't go to Lagos to collect my passport.

Now this year I want to apply to another country but UK embassy are insisting that my passport have been sent to Abuja immigration office because I failed to come and collect it on time.I have confirmed from an immigration officer in Abuja that no passport of such nature was sent to them.Yet this people are still insisting that's it in Abuja immigration office. I don't know what to do anymore.
I would have applied for a new passport but passport are now expensive to process.

Please what should I do?

Most embassy do send passport to Immigration headquarters Abuja, I had witnessed it once, the UK embassy suppose to have send you an email to inform you.

The topic is misleading. Your passport is with Nigeria Immigration. As soon who handles visa applications, I can tell you for a fact your passport can't stay beyond a certain period in either VFS or UK High Commission (note, not embassy!). The process of getting that passport back is longer than getting a new one. The choice is yours.

nedekid:
Oh, I am just seeing this, so you used an agent. Fine, was it the agent that told you your visa application was rejected? If he told you that, it means he collected your package from Vfs global, he opened the package and saw your passport along with the rejection letter, there is no way you know if a visa was rejected (as at last year) without picking up your package, in that case your passport is with your agent, it means for reasons best know to him, he does not want to release it to you.

Don't write trash with such confidence. When you don't know a thing, ask questions. The agent didn't collect any package from VFS. Don't make sure incriminating statement. The agent probably used his email and the decision was sent to the email and that's how he knew he was rejected

nedekid:
Bros there is nothing like rejected email (atleast not last year), the only way you know when you were granted or denied is when you go to vfs office, collect your sealed nylon envelop containing your passport, it also has a paper alongside if there is refusal explaining the reason.

You do not receive any email from them telling you that you were granted or denied

[b][/b]. The only email you will receive is one telling you to visit vfs to pick up your package as a decision has been made.
If you chose to pay for courier service, the the package will be dispatched to you, only then will you know the decision when you open it.
Now for the agent to have said you were refused it means he picked up the package on your behalf, because how else would he have known the embassy decision?

The way some of you write trash with so much confidence leaves me in shock! So many spurious claims in this your write up. Let me claim the misinformation you are presenting. When you drop off your passport at VFS after your biometrics, your application is processed at Sheffield. Your passport is taken to the UKVI section of the UK High Commission in Abuja through DHL. After your application has been processed at Sheffield, the relay their decision to UKVI. If the application is successful, the sticker visa will be stamped on it (this was before two weeks ago). The UK High Commission sends back your passport through DHL to VFS office you did your biometrics or to your destination if you paid for courier. It is VFS that will tell you that your passport is ready for collection through a predetermined email you used in filling the form.
On the other hand, if your application is rejected, UKVI sends you an email that your application was rejected and they will state the reasons too. Less than 24 hours later, VFS sends you another email that your passport is ready for collection or your passport is sent to you if you used courier service. It is therefore false and misleading to say that there is nothing like rejection letter or that the only way you know if you were rejected is when you open the package.

Guy jejely report to police and Nigeria immigration then do new passport but make i warn now you go spend money o.

Goodlordwoodliu:
I applied for UK visit visa middle of last year but I was rejected.I was indisposed for about four months so I couldn't go to Lagos to collect my passport.

Now this year I want to apply to another country but UK embassy are insisting that my passport have been sent to Abuja immigration office because I failed to come and collect it on time.I have confirmed from an immigration officer in Abuja that no passport of such nature was sent to them.Yet this people are still insisting that's it in Abuja immigration office. I don't know what to do anymore.
I would have applied for a new passport but passport are now expensive to process.

Please what should I do?

When you bring things like this online you'll get a lot of suggestions including from illiterates who know nothing about international travel.

If your passport isn't picked up after a certain period, it is sent to the Nigerian Immigration Service in Abuja (to be clear, this is standard practice - and I know someone who was in same situation last year). Rather than sit in your house seeking for solutions that WILL NEVER COME, fly to Abuja and pick up your passport. I'm sure it's laying there somewhere.

Goodlordwoodliu:
I applied for UK visit visa middle of last year but I was rejected.I was indisposed for about four months so I couldn't go to Lagos to collect my passport.

Now this year I want to apply to another country but UK embassy are insisting that my passport have been sent to Abuja immigration office because I failed to come and collect it on time.I have confirmed from an immigration officer in Abuja that no passport of such nature was sent to them.Yet this people are still insisting that's it in Abuja immigration office. I don't know what to do anymore.
I would have applied for a new passport but passport are now expensive to process.

Please what should I do?

Goodlordwoodliu:
I applied for UK visit visa middle of last year but I was rejected.I was indisposed for about four months so I couldn't go to Lagos to collect my passport.

Now this year I want to apply to another country but UK embassy are insisting that my passport have been sent to Abuja immigration office because I failed to come and collect it on time.I have confirmed from an immigration officer in Abuja that no passport of such nature was sent to them.Yet this people are still insisting that's it in Abuja immigration office. I don't know what to do anymore.
I would have applied for a new passport but passport are now expensive to process.

Please what should I do?

....check with the ministry of foreign affairs, I had the same experienced

pek:
The way some of you write trash with so much confidence leaves me in shock! So many spurious claims in this your write up. Let me claim the misinformation you are presenting. When you drop off your passport at VFS after your biometrics, your application is processed at Sheffield. Your passport is taken to the UKVI section of the UK High Commission in Abuja through DHL. After your application has been processed at Sheffield, the relay their decision to UKVI. If the application is successful, the sticker visa will be stamped on it (this was before two weeks ago). The UK High Commission sends back your passport through DHL to VFS office you did your biometrics or to your destination if you paid for courier. It is VFS that will tell you that your passport is ready for collection through a predetermined email you used in filling the form.
On the other hand, if your application is rejected, UKVI sends you an email that your application was rejected and they will state the reasons too. Less than 24 hours later, VFS sends you another email that your passport is ready for collection or your passport is sent to you if you used courier service. It is therefore false and misleading to say that there is nothing like rejection letter or that the only way you know if you were rejected is when you open the package.

You are right, I just made enquiries and conformed that email is sent telling you of denial, Guess they have updated it over the years. In the past you had to pickup your passport to know if it was successful or not. As at last year you receive an email telling you a decision has been made and you should come for pickup, I guess that means a successful application, but if denied you receive an email telling you it was denied.
I am not familiar with the

pek:
Don't write trash with such confidence. When you don't know a thing, ask questions. The agent didn't collect any package from VFS. Don't make sure incriminating statement. The agent probably used his email and the decision was sent to the email and that's how he knew he was rejected

You are right, my post was made based on outdated info on how it was done years ago.

Saturnalia:
You were indisposed for about 4 months? But when you wanted to apply for the Visa, you weren’t indisposed?

My friend, this is your cross, carry it!

Na people like you be part of the problem for this country.

First thing I’d do is stay calm and get everything documented. Sometimes embassies mix up internal storage locations or old records, so it’s not always as clear as they say.

I’d go back to the UK visa application center you used and ask for a written confirmation of where your passport was last recorded and who signed for it. Also escalate it directly to UKVI support with your reference number, because they can trace internal movement better than local offices.

Goodlordwoodliu:
I applied for UK visit visa middle of last year but I was rejected.I was indisposed for about four months so I couldn't go to Lagos to collect my passport.

Now this year I want to apply to another country but UK embassy are insisting that my passport have been sent to Abuja immigration office because I failed to come and collect it on time.I have confirmed from an immigration officer in Abuja that no passport of such nature was sent to them.Yet this people are still insisting that's it in Abuja immigration office. I don't know what to do anymore.
I would have applied for a new passport but passport are now expensive to process.

Please what should I do?

Carelessness. Wetin mek u no go Cary your personal belonging till after 3 months, do you think UK embassy is now a warehouse that you can just dumped your passport after you are been denied a visa, only for you to come after 3 months and start disturbing them? I go carry am tie suya if an me self. Yooobishi. Tueh

Saturnalia:
You were indisposed for about 4 months? But when you wanted to apply for the Visa, you weren’t indisposed?

My friend, this is your cross, carry it!

You have nothing to offer. Which kain advice be this?

Don't believe them, they want to use your passport to commit unimaginable crimes, no gree for anyone, go to the embassy and show them shege, show them you know your right, cause a serious scene, so when the officers come they'll tell you where and who they gave, don't just come online and para, go to the embassy and show them this is not their country and your passport is government property either they explain further or give you your passport, nothing more nothing less

Is this sarcasm?

gare:
Call Sowore

dellaziz:
Is this sarcasm?

you de ask me question? you never ready to collect back the passport