Dwebb55:


Thanks for the information. Also learnt that Virgin is making plans to start flying in from August. We should however note that the best confirmation is from the Nigerian authorities!

Ohh nice!!

Dwebb55:


Thanks for the information. Also learnt that Virgin is making plans to start flying in from August. We should however note that the best confirmation is from the Nigerian authorities!

So international travel might begin in August.

faithzy:

So international travel might begin in August.

Hopefully earlier than August. Turkish Airlines, Kenya Airways and other airlines have outbound flights from Lagos as at July 10th

ExpressBooking:


Hopefully earlier than August. Turkish Airlines, Kenya Airways and other airlines have outbound flights from Lagos as at July 10th

Wow, I need some clarification, after you saw your AVAST number on the list, we're you sent a mail for confirmation?

ExpressBooking:


Hopefully earlier than August. Turkish Airlines, Kenya Airways and other airlines have outbound flights from Lagos as at July 10th

Does any have a confirmed flight to Ireland?

Preye21:
My agent shared this with me, hope it helps




One of our irish University partners shared the below with us. "I was on a call yesterday with Visa manager, Enterprise ireland and all the colleges and universities in Ireland.

Statistics from the EI office and consultants in Ghana showed a worrying increase in coronavirus cases in Nigeria and Ghana so please stay safe, follow protocol and hope we all make it out the other side.

Visa manager David O’Rourke said plan is for VFS to open on Monday 22nd June

Documents will be processed at VFS as usual, then sent to Embassy in Abuja where a colour photocopy of all documents will be taken and couriered to Dublin to be reviewed by the 3 ladies that went back to Dublin from Visa office when coronavirus broke out. These 3 ladies will be reviewing Study Visa applications from Nigeria and Ghana only. Only Study Visa's will be processed. No other visa's will be looked at. Study Visa's have full priority and will have extra people resources. They said that 8 weeks is the processing time and it shouldnt go beyond this.

I asked about Appeals from Jan 2020 and they said they had about 120 appeals that they will start getting back to people next week. However he said that people wont get Visa stickers in passports until Nigeria has been put on approved list of countries that can arrive into Ireland.

However he will process Visa applications and students will be told whether their visa application has been successful or not. Then once travel is confirmed and open, Visa stickers will be issued in passports back to students.

That’s the generalist gist of what was said yesterday on the call.

There were some other questions about whether allowances be made because of currency devaluation and so sponsors accounts may not now show required sums. There is no change to Visa - sponsors would now need to show €10,000 for living expenses for students year of study.

Also questions about students paying in instalments of €6000 then payment plan. They said that even if a college allows this, the sponsor at point of Visa application still needs to be able to show the full tuition fees and living expenses regardless how they are allowed pay it by the college. (NOT THAT MOST SCHOOLS REQUIRE FULL PAYMENT – THIS HASN’T CHANGED)

EI in Lagos noted that there is about a $7 billion backlog on foreign currency in Nigeria and its very difficult to get Foreign currency at the moment with people having to resort to the blackmarket for a reasonable rate

Ghana consultant also noted that the foreign currency in Ghana was a major problem"

I hope this helps.

Has anyone gotten a mail from the embassy, stating if their application is successful or not?

faithzy:

Does any have a confirmed flight to Ireland?

Check Turkish Airlines and Kenya Airways for Lagos to Dublin on July 10th. It's $605 for one way flight

ExpressBooking:



Check Turkish Airlines and Kenya Airways for Lagos to Dublin on July 10th. It's $605 for one way flight

Did you get a mail from the embassy after you saw your AVATS number on the list?

BabajhideySammy:

Did you get a mail from the embassy after you saw your AVATS number on the list?

Embassy has been closed since then

faithzy:

Has anyone gotten a mail from the embassy, stating if their application is successful or not?

I haven’t applied yet..

Preye21:


I haven’t applied yet..

I know, it seems we are very few that applied for April 2020, just only two people from this thread

faithzy:

Has anyone gotten a mail from the embassy, stating if their application is successful or not?

I went to VFS Lekki on Monday (22nd), they’ve not started accepting visa applications for Ireland yet. Although they have for some other countries, if I can remember correctly Denmark, Norway and Italy only. I heard they will start on Monday (29th) I’m not sure though.

Will the airport be opened by then

ExpressBooking:



Check Turkish Airlines and Kenya Airways for Lagos to Dublin on July 10th. It's $605 for one way flight

The PTF announced today that a test run for the resumption of local flights will be done on Saturday and if successful, a date for full resumption will be announced next week.

Let's keep our fingers crossed!

Gladitor01:

I went to VFS Lekki on Monday (22nd), they’ve not started accepting visa applications for Ireland yet. Although they have for some other countries, if I can remember correctly Denmark, Norway and Italy only. I heard they will start on Monday (29th) I’m not sure though.

I have submitted my application, I'm asking about application status

faithzy:

I have submitted my application, I'm asking about application status

Keep checking weekly decision reports, you will see when a decision is made

ExpressBooking:


Keep checking weekly decision reports, you will see when a decision is made

True, I don't remember my AVATS number, the phone I saved most of files including it crashed. So I'm banking on mails from the embassy.

faithzy:

True, I don't remember my AVATS number, the phone I saved most of files including it crashed. So I'm banking on mails from the embassy.

Embassy won't send you mail. Meanwhile you lost ur AVATS number?,its surprising. There should be an email back up for your completed visa application form. There is a white slip given to you at VFS global that you were supposed to give to UPS courier services to pick up your passport, you lost that too?

ExpressBooking:


Embassy won't send you mail. Meanwhile you lost ur AVATS number?,its surprising. There should be an email back up for your completed visa application form. There is a white slip given to you at VFS global that you were supposed to give to UPS courier services to pick up your passport, you lost that too?

Email back up as in how??
I have the white slip, when am I supposed to give them the slip?
Perhaps they have been replying my mails with update

ExpressBooking:


Embassy won't send you mail. Meanwhile you lost ur AVATS number?,its surprising. There should be an email back up for your completed visa application form. There is a white slip given to you at VFS global that you were supposed to give to UPS courier services to pick up your passport, you lost that too?

After completing the application, you don't get a notification in your mail or did anyone get?

Hi guys good morning. I’m new here. Please this may sound like a rookie question but I just want to know how often study permit visas are approved/refused here. I heard it’s way easier to get Irish study visa but just want to know how true that is. God bless as you respond.

faithzy:

After completing the application, you don't get a notification in your mail or did anyone get?

After application there is a summary page before you print. You were supposed to save that page as a draft on your email for future reference. Then if you have white print out check your AVATS number there. It's an 8 digit number that ends with a 2.

I was reliably informed that the embassy does not convey the result of visa decision via email. I haven't seen anyone that was informed of a visa approval or refusal via email. (I could be wrong, but I haven't seen)

Yads97:
Hi guys good morning. I’m new here. Please this may sound like a rookie question but I just want to know how often study permit visas are approved/refused here. I heard it’s way easier to get Irish study visa but just want to know how true that is. God bless as you respond.

It's not any easier. There has been serious and Alarming refusals now. But get an agent or someone with plenty of experience to guide you, you could be lucky.

ExpressBooking:



After application there is a summary page before you print. You were supposed to save that page as a draft on your email for future reference. Then if you have white print out check your AVATS number there. It's an 8 digit number that ends with a 2.

I was reliably informed that the embassy does not convey the result of visa decision via email. I haven't seen anyone that was informed of a visa approval or refusal via email. (I could be wrong, but I haven't seen)

I don’t think the AVATS number is on the slip given to us from VFS, atleast I cant see my AVATs number on my white printout.

Also are documents dispatched after the weekly list comes out?

BabajhideySammy:


I don’t think the AVATS number is on the slip given to us from VFS, atleast I cant see my AVATs number on my white printout.

Also are documents dispatched after the weekly list comes out?

Ordinarily once a positive decision is made on your application, it automatically locks your visa for printing at the visa production section,afterwhich they dispatch. But currently they are not printing and dispatching approved visas because of the lockdown.

On the white print out, there is AVATS number if you actually know what it looks like. It is written there as Bank receipt number, directly below your passport number.

ExpressBooking:



After application there is a summary page before you print. You were supposed to save that page as a draft on your email for future reference. Then if you have white print out check your AVATS number there. It's an 8 digit number that ends with a 2.

I was reliably informed that the embassy does not convey the result of visa decision via email. I haven't seen anyone that was informed of a visa approval or refusal via email. (I could be wrong, but I haven't seen)

Sadly I didn't save it as you said.
Probably your right, they have not been totally
affirmative, but I have and idea of where I stand and also know people who are rejected their documents have been dispatched to them.

ExpressBooking:


Ordinarily once a positive decision is made on your application, it automatically locks your visa for printing at the visa production section,afterwhich they dispatch. But currently they are not printing and dispatching approved visas because of the lockdown.

On the white print out, there is AVATS number if you actually know what it looks like. It is written there as Bank receipt number, directly below your passport number.

I don't think your right, cos the bank receipt number starts with 92

ExpressBooking:


Ordinarily once a positive decision is made on your application, it automatically locks your visa for printing at the visa production section,afterwhich they dispatch. But currently they are not printing and dispatching approved visas because of the lockdown.

On the white print out, there is AVATS number if you actually know what it looks like. It is written there as Bank receipt number, directly below your passport number.

Mine is different, my bank receipt number ends with 0

faithzy:

I don't think your right, cos the bank receipt number starts with 92

I don't know about yours but the white slip from VFS global Abuja, has my AVATS number as the Bank receipt number which is in between my passport number and Type of entry. My slip was as at last year July, I don't know what yours looks like.

I don't t know how ur visa application fee was paid but mine was cash inside the Vfsglobal there maybe that's why they referenced my bank receipt number as my AVATS number

ExpressBooking:


I don't know about yours but the white slip from VFS global Abuja, has my AVATS number as the Bank receipt number which is in between my passport number and Type of entry. My slip was as at last year July, I don't know what yours looks like.

I don't t know how ur visa application fee was paid but mine was cash inside the Vfsglobal there maybe that's why they referenced my bank receipt number as my AVATS number

It is very possible they have changed the whole thing.
Ours was submitted this year, and we paid cash as well

ExpressBooking:


It's not any easier. There has been serious and Alarming refusals now. But get an agent or someone with plenty of experience to guide you, you could be lucky.

Alright thank you.

BabajhideySammy:


It is very possible they have changed the whole thing.
Ours was submitted this year, and we paid cash as well

Yes, probably they have changed the method.