it very mandatory to appear back ,i was given same letter too on my first Schengen from italy and another from France so you need to appear. as for the other letter it just given to you about condition of covid in their country and rules to follow, AT POE COVID card is not been check again, but will advise you to get one, no need of COVID 19 test
Zazozhe2022: Hello gurus in the house. I just got my first France visa. I followed this tutorial here from everyone and God made it possible. My question is that do have to present Covid 19 negative test? And I saw a paper attached to my visa that I should present myself to VFS upon return. Is it mandatory I go there when I get back?
congratulation on your first visa it could be nice if you share your timeline and document submitted for others too to learn from you as you learn too
Zazozhe2022: Hello gurus in the house. I just got my first France visa. I followed this tutorial here from everyone and God made it possible. My question is that do have to present Covid 19 negative test? And I saw a paper attached to my visa that I should present myself to VFS upon return. Is it mandatory I go there when I get back?
go to nin center to update ur DOB then go back there to the center
oluwaVaz: Hello everyone, I did my capturing on the 6th feb 2023 at immigration office owerri, I just check my application status online and it's showing that my nin details didn't match with my passport details, maybe wrong dob on nin...abeg wetin I go do next after dob correction on nin ?
Fasten your belt please, its a long shot and I believe this would encourage few people here....
Timeline
Application to Conestoga in November 2022, against Fall intake 2023. Got the LOA in 2 weeks
Program - Occupational health safety and wellness Duration - 1 year
I have HND in computer science and I presently work as aircraft firefighter (Pana Pana is going to Canada). I could remember coming here to seek for advice on my best bet and @lekibobo, @makano, @justmellow and @omiinii all advised that I stand a better chance going with anything related to my job. Lekibobo specifically mentioned OHSW at Conestoga. That was just all I needed to fire the shot.
I paid for my tuition deposit of 1500 cad same day I got the LOA using Aboki Dollar and tidied all my documents accordingly.
Visa application submitted - 20/12/2022 Upfront medical - 05/01/2023 Biometric done - 06/01/2023... Updated same day Medical request - 31/01/2023 Medical updated -03/02/2023 after sending it through mail and webform Correspondence - 07/02/2023 Passport request - 07/02/2023
Documents submitted
Client information
Using a table of contents Letter of explanation Resume Birth certificate (38) Affidavit of name confirmation ID cards (voter's card, National ID, drivers license, volunteering ID) Primary school certificate Secondary school certificate Neco result and scratch card ND certificate HND certificate HND transcript (student copy) (No NYSC - I did part-time ND & HND) Previous annual Leave approvals from work Church recommendation letter Previous place of work Letter of Appointment & pictures Spouse birth certificate Spouse NIMC Spouse Affidavit for change of name Spouse letter of moral support Engagement pictures Marriage pictures (2017) Marriage certificate Newspaper publication Pictures form office (I'm a public servant) Children birthday certificate (2 children) Children NIMC Naming and dedication pictures Family pictures Volunteering pictures Affidavit of return Utility bill
Proof of means of financial support Table of contents
Tuition deposit receipt (1500 cad) flywire Tuition deposit confirmation from school My MBS (zenith bank - 12 months) Bank reference letter Co-operative reference letter (Na there I collect money....8 million) Affidavit of loan repayment Offer of appointment ( my office) Confirmation of appointment Promotion letter (I have only been promoted once) Pay slips 5 (months) Bond letter Employer letter of Paid Leave Approval Employer Introduction Letter PFA certificate/SOA (I have about 1 million there) PFA reference letter Car documents (Corolla 04) Spousal letter of appointment (na teacher) Spousal MBS Spousal bank reference letter Spousal official pictures Letter of financial support (a friend) Bolt earnings and bolt financial transactions documents.
Let me mention that I did not include Police character certificate, land documents or other property documents because I do not have any of those things. It is true that 2 applications cannot be the same, sometimes too much of documents even can get Visa Officers confused. The above listed documents were all I submitted. It is good to read people's TL to be encouraged but some TL will get you intimidated and confused. My application was a self- sponsored. And all I submitted as POF was 10.4m
I am a first time applicant and I have never traveled out of Nigeria before. I never enter plane before self despite the fact that I work at the airport until last month that I went for medical and biometric. Travel history is not a criteria.
The total of my tuition for the 1 year is about 20,000 cad + 10,000 cad living expenses+ 3000 cad miscellaneous.
How I addressed POF.
My salary is around 100k. I knew for sure that it is too little to present as monthly earnings. what I did was to use all the 1.7m I had in 2021 to buy Toyota Corolla. I planned running bolt with it for a good 1 year before submitting my application. I explained that I drive my car on bolt platform on part-time basis anytime am off duty. Each month I make sure i make over 100k net profit from bolt. I submitted 12 months MBS to show that I truly make such money from bolt. I collected a loan of 8m from a co-op society, collected 2m from a friend because I knew the 8m won't be enough to show as POF. I wrote in the LOE that this my friend was a long time friend (classmate) which was true. He had sent money to me (vice versa) severally in 2022. I also showed pictures of us together in 3 different occasions (in school,at my engagement and at a function) and also included his international passport. Someone in Canada even advised that I should not include him that nobody gives anyone such money in Canada, that even parents don't give their children money. But I had no other story to cook because the money had already been sent to my account. I also made sure I paid 1m into my spouse account to augment her salary for her and the children's upkeep so the VO will believe that nobody go press my neck for money in Canada. In my LOE, I also mentioned that while I would be away, there is an arrangement on ground to employ a driver that will drive my car on a FULL TIME basis with weekly remittance of #30,000 to my account and to be managed by my spouse. The weekly 30k + my monthly salary+ other annual benefits from my employer resulted to additional 3m+ (about 10k cad)
How I addressed hometie
Apart from the fact that my family (spouse and children) and job are strong home tie. I became a volunteer with Red cross society of Nigeria just for the purpose of ID card and pictures, and I got that. I also collected a letter from my church. You can buy a pet (🐶, 🐱, 🦁, chicken 🐔) and add it to yours as hometie in your application. Include their vetinary cards and other documents.
Please note, keep your application as simple as possible, no allow NL use TL press your neck. Submit your application as early as possible so you can have peace of mind, and plan your departure well. All the experience I have today was gotten from here because I have been following since 2020. I also handled a friend's application last year. Submitted application Aug 16, 2022 and PPr Dec 26, 2022.... In all one cannot rule out the importance of prayers. I read here where people engage in different and lengthy spiritual practices. I also prayed and fasted for just 3 days and God got involved.
Submit your pending applications now......
I pray that God will come through for as much as many applications this year, especially those ones that that overdue/overstayed for a decision.
I'm available to answer questions hear....if you come to my TL for private engagement or documents, na billing ooooo.... Looking for Raba noww
pls how much u used as POF. in your second application thanks
joefit4gur: Congratulations. What was the duration of the course? one or two years? Was also recently denied, I don't think they got the first year tuition payment I submitted via webform too.
Bkoks: Hello all, Thought I should share my IW process here. I initially picked Abuja for my physical interview, filled the form in August 2022. When the 48 months extension news was announced, I was excited but sadly Abuja was really slow, after 10 days (Jan 5-16) of not getting a confirmation email to proceed, I switched to Lagos by creating a new DS 160 form got a new application number which I filled in the CGI portal, within 2 days I got a confirmation email. My visa expired Feb 6, 2019, so I had to get a date before Feb 6, 2023, on the 19th of January by sheer luck, I got January 24th for document submission. Timeline Submission at DHL office VI-Jan 24 Created- Jan 25 Approved- Jan 31 Issued - Feb 3rd. Picked up- Feb 7th
wish you best pls where is the center for the Alimosho , kindly help with the address of the location thanks
hapheey007: Hmmn, so I just did my application myself now and I chose Alimosho, Lagos as my centre. Wednesday is my capturing date. Fingers crossed till Wednesday.
the last time i went for submittion last year when i want to submit my brazil visa he said brazil not among the countries schengen count at frequent so i should keep the copy
HRprof: Do they list all the countries to qualify as travel history? I’m talking based on experience with VFS when submitting applications they remove any stamp visa and accept sticker visa which implies that most African countries and Dubai uses stamp on arrival not sticker visa on your passport so they are out of the qualification. If you have sticker visa on your passport to any country use it as travel history. My opinion though
LollyPo: Hello everyone! Been a silent reader So I submitted my usa form on thursday Went for submission/interview today! Visa was approved!
No documents asked although i went with bank statement, cac documents, marraige certificate and letter of IV!
Was asked - why i was going - how long i intend to stay - relationship with who i am staying with - what i do - reason for my extensive travel history - and why i was in canada and uk last yr!
Thats all Pls note- have got a valid canada visa, uk expired oct last year , valid china and multiple visas of different countries!
nope turkey is not among i think australia is among
meljoe: Please what countries qualifies for frequent traveller ? Is it just uk , USA and Schengen countries ? Is turkey among the countries for a frequent traveller ?
Name of Bank - Standard Chartered Bank Account No. - 0001855256 Account Name - International Organization for Migration (IOM)
Age range
0 - 4 years - #34,500 5 - 10 years - #36,500 11 - 14 years #40,500 Adult (15 years and above) - #46,500
Please note: Payment should be made before reporting for medical screening . Transfer payment is preferable, and for families, one bulk payment (transfer) is acceptable.
As long as your appointment booking was successful, you are supposed to have a copy of the appointment in your mail. You can send them a mail iomlagosmedicalbooking@iom.int or iomabujamedicalbooki@iom.int to confirm the status of your appointment.
99Good: If you applied for 10years passport validity and you captured in December at Alausa NIS office, I mean whatever time you captured in December and early January
Your passport is ready for pick.
All 10yrs validity passports for these periods has been cleared according to the PCO.
If you're in a hurry to get a passport, just apply for the 10years validity passport at Alausa it takes just a month to be produced.
nana101: I thought this was you saying you already got PPR? 22 by stanmorry(m): 12:40pm On Jan 22 My class was supposed to start on the 9th JAN. 2023. But due to Visa delay I had to defer my admission and the deferral was denied because, I haven't paid up the 1st semester tuition fee, then I was advised by CONESTOGA COLLEGE to re-apply in the same program, which I did re-apply as advised on the 12th JAN. And they gave me admission on the 14th JAN. Now before I could send the new acceptance letter to IRCC through webform my PPR came out. Got my PPR on the 17th JAN. WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO NOW PLEASE, YOUR ADVICE IS NEEDED
aekmanweb: What's the normal timeline for italy visa application? I submitted my application since 1st of Dec. 2022 and till date, I have not gotten any update on when my passport would be returned back. If anyone has had similar experience in the past or currently, please share your thoughts
can you kindly share documents submitted to help others too
Champora: It’s cool thanks, I applied for my visa and thankfully got it in around 6-7 working days. I applied on the 12th of Jan, it got sent to the embassy on the 13th jan, received an email from TLS that it was ready for collection on the 23rd and today 24th DHL delivered it to me. I’m quite impressed with the speed of delivery from DHL. I thought I’d share too as the thread has been so silent.
Thanks for all the information also shared earlier on. The staff were also kind and helpful in my experience at TLS.
JUCEleonu: I applied Jan 03rd and got a reference number and notice of onward transmission to DHA on Jan 04th. Counting from Jan 04th to today Jan 24th and it’s exactly 14 business days.
I sent VHS a follow up mail yesterday to which they responded saying my application is still under review but they have escalated it. As of this morning they sent another mail saying it is still under review… for context the 2nd mail this morning was probably still a response to my follow up email of yesterday because I sent it twice.
Bottom line is as of 05:20pm (6:20pm SAT) today, I’m yet to get an outcome for my application. My travel date (Feb 09th) is fast approaching and I’m one who likes ample time to plan a trip.
bayolino: Visa ALERT!!! Alhamdulilah! Alhamdulilah!! Alamdulilah Robil'Alameen.
Then which of the favors of the lord will I deny?? Absolutely none!
PPR for SOWP and Study Permit for 2Kids (7 and 4 years)
Application Submitted - 26th December,2022 Upfront Medical - 11th November, 2022 Biometric - 3rd January 2023 Medical updated - 11th January, 2023 Eligibility review - 11th January 2023. PPR for ALL - 23rd January 2023.
Alhamdulilahi
Document submitted: Letter of Invitation Spouse SOP Tuition receipt Enrollment Letter, ID Card, Visa Page & Study Permit MBS 1 Year & Bank reference letter Fixed deposit certificates & Pension Statement Spouse Certificates & Transcripts Spouse WES Evaluation CAC documents (Owned Company) Spouse Employment Docs (Same Company) and MBS Salary Landed Property documents 2 cars documents Marriage certificate & News paper Published Children birth certificates Family Intl data pages Family Pictures Covid19 Vaccine card
Nothing special just God o.. I pray that everyone awaiting decision on their applications get Approved soon. Ameen!
Applied: 14th October, 2022 Biometrics Updated to Passed: 14th December, 2022 Medical Updated to Passed: 24th November, 2022 Eligibility: Started around 9th January, 2023 (not so sure)
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