hello fam how would i know if my visa is out i applied for a tourist visa on the 5th of this month and i just received an sms saying my processed application is ready for pickup ,pls how would i know if it is positive

Go and collect your passport you'll see if it's positive

greeners222:
@cmagnum please how did you booked a valid hotel. Through all I have been reading all this embassy no longer accepts booking.com or hotel.com reservations again. Please enlighten us.
Thanks

What I did was to view thru booking.com for hotels in Paris, then googled them to get their website ( I used google chrome so I can translate to English). Then I booked direct from the website. Now here’s the trick, u will be charged the first night as deposit. But I advice you book months to trip, as you can cancel reservation few weeks to the expected arribal date and you will be refunded in full.

For me, I used classic hotel Paris bastille ( tho the hotel is full and no more available space) it’s 132/122€ per nite with buffet breakfast. I booked two weeks since October. When I go the visa in November, I changed my reservation to the first two days and completed the days with Airbnb booking. You can cancel all and get full refund as long as it’s some weeks or days to your expected arrival date.

Pls make sure you read the hotels cancellation policy. This is VERY VERY IMPORTANT....

DonTee07:


This is not true, I used Booking.com and I got my visa. I never took my letter of employment to Chamber f Commerce to attest nor did Inadd income tax clearance.

I feel you should just submit basic document and some should be showing your strong tie here. All the best.

This argument has been had on this thread several times and I read thru them all before applying for my visa. The bolded part is the most important of the whole visa application. If you like pay for hotel and flight, if you don’t have valid documents to show strong ties in naij, I doubt if you will be given the visa. But for me, after I read the argument on here in earlier post, I felt like after documents and all have been added to your application, a paid hotel reservation will serve as a strengthener to you application ( this mayb wrong, but it’s my own thought). But because these bookings.com reservations and it’s like get canceled after two days, then it’s more like u didn’t do any reservations then ( still my own thoughts tho). Like I said, you are 100% correct abt having strong ties, but the question is what is the definition of strong ties to different VO and for different people.

Thank you

Good day everyone,
I intend to travel to France next year February (3rd), I will be going for a training but I don't really have a strong travel History (Kenya and Ghana), please do I stand a chance?. also my passport is about expiring, the passport has a schengen Visa 2015 which I did not use (Visa came late due to election), should I just present the renewed passport and not attached the old one that has the unused Schengen visa and entry to Kenya and Ghana. Please I need the house advice

U don't need to attach ur old passport... Just make a color copy of ur visa and data page of ur old passport and include in ur documents.. Thats all...

Thanks for the response, also is there preference on the location to submit the application, Abuja or Lagos which is better?

DonTee07:


Its less than a month. All the best in your application.

thanks

egofrey:
Thanks for the response, also is there preference on the location to submit the application, Abuja or Lagos which is better?

it depend where u reside.. U can submit anywhere it's depend on u and ur location.. Best wish

Cmagnum:


This argument has been had on this thread several times and I read thru them all before applying for my visa. The bolded part is the most important of the whole visa application. If you like pay for hotel and flight, if you don’t have valid documents to show strong ties in naij, I doubt if you will be given the visa. But for me, after I read the argument on here in earlier post, I felt like after documents and all have been added to your application, a paid hotel reservation will serve as a strengthener to you application ( this mayb wrong, but it’s my own thought). But because these bookings.com reservations and it’s like get canceled after two days, then it’s more like u didn’t do any reservations then ( still my own thoughts tho). Like I said, you are 100% correct abt having strong ties, but the question is what is the definition of strong ties to different VO and for different people.

I must agree with you to a significant level. ...Do booking.com cancel reservation after two days? I doubt this except the person filled an invalid credit card details. Strong ties varies and millions in your account does not serve as strong ties...we can say, How much do you earn monthly? how long have u been at the job? self-employed? how long has the coy been in existence? how many people are currently on the companies payroll? landed properties, family(Spouse and children), Are you presently studying? aged parent or sibling depending on you?
Above, be prayerful. what works for VO A might not work for VO B.

austinelex:
hello fam how would i know if my visa is out i applied for a tourist visa on the 5th of this month and i just received an sms saying my processed application is ready for pickup ,pls how would i know if it is positive

congratulations, Go and pick up your visa.

kunzzy4me:
U don't need to attach ur old passport... Just make a color copy of ur visa and data page of ur old passport and include in ur documents.. Thats all...

This is quite misleading. If he doesn't attach the old passport, they will not accept the copies of visas included. It is clearly stated that if you will submit previous passport copies of visas n markings, the passport must be attached.

egofrey:
Thanks for the response, also is there preference on the location to submit the application, Abuja or Lagos which is better?

if you stay in South, please go to Lagos for submission but if anywhere North, go to Abuja. Your place of residence determines where you will submit. All the best.

DonTee07:


congratulations, Go and pick up your visa.

amen i claim it and i must testify on this thread

Thanks everyone who has contributed to this tread, those their visa granted / denied . I learn a lot from you guys . my visa was approved after about 29 working days

I applied for the France family reunification visa visa since August it the fifth month now I havnt had anything despite that my application has been accepted by France immigration and I was told to apply with the same document my mum used in applying for me over there .plsss who knows how many month France family reunification takes

what documents did you submit do you have any travel experience and how much was in the SOA you submitted finally was it a business visa or tourist

Jesse777:
I applied for the France family reunification visa visa since August it the fifth month now I havnt had anything despite that my application has been accepted by France immigration and I was told to apply with the same document my mum used in applying for me over there .plsss who knows how many month France family reunification takes

Takes an average of 6 months

Thanks soo much I was alresdy worried and scared as I didn’t hear anything all this while

They will ask you to attach the old passport. That happened to me too.

egofrey:
Good day everyone,
I intend to travel to France next year February (3rd), I will be going for a training but I don't really have a strong travel History (Kenya and Ghana), please do I stand a chance?. also my passport is about expiring, the passport has a schengen Visa 2015 which I did not use (Visa came late due to election), should I just present the renewed passport and not attached the old one that has the unused Schengen visa and entry to Kenya and Ghana. Please I need the house advice

One year, but you cannot stay more than 90 days at a time, i believe.
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tessytessy:
They will ask you to attach the old passport. That happened to me too.

..those stamps on ur old passport doesn't count.. I just submitted today. With new Passport.. When I did thesame by putting copies of my travel history to Ghana.. And the likes.. They just remove everything and gave back to me

Please, can anyone in the house help me out? I'm having issues getting my dad's employment letter attested by Benin Chamber of Commerce. On getting to their office I was told my dad's employment letter cannot be attested, reason being that his office is a Government owned establishment. I was told that it's only private coy that can be attested; only after being registered with CAC and also as a member of the chamber. Please I don't know how true this is.

Does it mean an employee in a Government establishment doesn't need his/her employment letter attested before applying for a French Visa?

johnsonm2g:
Please, can anyone in the house help me out? I'm having issues getting my dad's employment letter attested by Benin Chamber of Commerce. On getting to their office I was told my dad's employment letter cannot be attested, reason being that his office is a Government owned establishment. I was told that it's only private coy that can be attested; only after being registered with CAC and also as a member of the chamber. Please I don't know how true this is.

It’s not really a criteria to get your employment letter attested before you can apply for visa at France embassy. You can just submit it like that

Thanks for the prompt response

yusfaith78:


It’s not really a criteria to get your employment letter attested before you can apply for visa at France embassy. You can just submit it like that

kunzzy4me:
..those stamps on ur old passport doesn't count.. I just submitted today. With new Passport.. When I did thesame by putting copies of my travel history to Ghana.. And the likes.. They just remove everything and gave back to me

Ghana is no worthy travel history in this context. An expired passport with any of the UK, US, Canada and Schengen visas/travel history in it counts for something, and will be accepted by them alongside your application....

bogolobango:
what documents did you submit do you have any travel experience and how much was in the SOA you submitted finally was it a business visa or tourist

I have been to China and Europe , statement around 5m. tourist visa

hello fam i just got denied a France visa reason is intention to live the member state can not be ascertained as a mater of fact i submitted a genuine documents i was just given a white paper stating the reason but i was told i could appeal within 2months,so my dear people does dat appeal of a tin really work how long does it take for the to consider the appeal

my there people i just got denied a France visa i was just given a white paper stating the reason is intention to live the member state can not be ascertain ascertain but they also state i can appeal within 2months,so my lovely pple in the house does that appeal of a tin really work,how long does it take for an appeal to be granted also can an appeal go a long way for them to give me a visa my there pple pls i need a good and mature reply

austinelex:
my there people i just got denied a France visa i was just given a white paper stating the reason is intention to live the member state can not be ascertain ascertain but they also state i can appeal within 2months,so my lovely pple in the house does that appeal of a tin really work,how long does it take for an appeal to be granted also can an appeal go a long way for them to give me a visa my there pple pls i need a good and mature reply

Sorry about that. Appeal is a waste of time, i will suggest you get somebody with experience to help u look into your application to see if there’s something you did wrong then you can reapply.