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wow this a great news here after a long break oo
please can you share with us documents you submittd for others to learn from
thanks

Candycandy24:
Just an update.

The BLS website showed on Wednesday that my passport was ready to be dispatched and the courier delivered it today (2 days later).

I got the visa. They gave the visa for one month, from the exact date of travel to Spain to the following month which is fine by me (about 30 days).

Good luck to everyone else that has applied.

thanks

Nikanne:
I think you should try especially as it’s a family application . The worse that can happen is they’ll say no.

May Almight God Help us All

please am inside this same shoe, we had our baby after the appointment date and i plan adding her on the trip
i plan to buy the visa fees and fill her ds 160 form and take it along when we going for the interview cause she is not even upto 1 year,
that we can leave behind
please what do you suggest to do

Nikanne:
Yes! I did the same. The lady doing the registration didn’t accept at first. After my interview, I explained to the visa officer and she went in and said it was fine but that my baby had to be registered. So we went back to the registration window to get it done

congrat

mercy2121:
Got my visa approval yesterday 12/5/2022

Location: Abuja
Type: student F1
School: Michigan Technological University
♡ First time, no funding

After the whole checks ✅
I was sitting and waiting for my turn. The VO(a white American lady) beckons on me.
Vo: Good morning
Me: Good morning
Vo: can I have documents pls
Vo: why are you going to the US
Me: am going for my masters degree program in Geology at Michigan Technological University Vo: have u been to the US before
Me: no
Vo: pls put your hands on the scanner for biometrics
Me: ok
Vo: have travelled out of the country before
Me: no, it's my first time
Vo: what will this degree do for u?
Me: my research interest in seismic interpretation and rock mechanisms which has a vital application to my workplace. This study is going to help me understand the earth system and the concept of mineral exploration.
Vo: nods her and and types on the system.
Vo: where do you work
Me: am a geologist at kabba Mines Limited. We spealized in mining and mineral exploration
Vo: how long have u been working there
Me: 4 years
Vo: How will u apply this study to your workplace
Me: with the research I will conduct on seismic interpretation, it will help me to understand the concept of mineral exploration which I will apply to various mining sites and to know the whole horizon sites... (stammering a little)
Vo: keeps nodding and typing
Vo: who's sponsoring you
Me: my husband, Mr Bleep
Vo: nods again, what does he do
Me: He's the CEO, Bleep company
Vo: why are you not travelling with husband
Me: he has some ongoing projects that he's surpvising and he can't abandon them.
Vo: have u got any issues
Me: no issues
Vo: that means you are travelling alone
Me: yes
Vo: what are your plans after your studies
Me: after my studies, I will be resuming as a senior geologist in my company
Vo: are they keeping the job for you or what.
Me: right now, am on a study leave, so when I return I will resume as a senior geologist. I was granted a study leave by my company.
Vo: so right now you are a geologist and when you return, you will be promoted to a senior geologist. That means this degree will give u a promotion (Vo, being interactive)
Me: yes, yes, yes.
Vo: do have family or relatives in the US
Me: No
Vo: do have any friends in the US
Me: no, am just going to my school contact.
Vo: how did you hear about Michigan Tech
Me. Through an online, when I was searching for schools that offer masters in geology
Vo: nods... and she says everything look good... brings out the white paper and said take this document, you will use it to collect your passport when it's ready....
Then she gives me back my I-20 form and says, keep this document carefully, you will need it at the point of entry. Goodluck!
Me: Thank you with a smile and I left the hall.

I wish everyone seeking for approval the best of luck. God will favour you.

wow that cool

jennyhumphrey:
Let me start by recommending @sokotogudali's cover letter. It was very detailed and I followed the same format. The truth is I made a decision to visit UK on 1st April, I had no earlier plans prior to that date, my bank statements were a mess, so I decided to explain every single income in my account as recommended by sokotogudali . I explained every single income in my account and son's account. My travel budget was also more than two times of my monthly income but not up to three times. I included the following documents:
1. Employment letter with introduction letter
2. Letter of invite with passport page of invitee and utility bills
3. Marriage certificate
4. Letter of consent for my son ( I am travelling with my son)
5. Bank statements(savings, salary and domiciliary)
6. Utility bill of my residence.
7. Husband's passport page
8. Son's birth certificate and result from his 2nd term exam and 3rd term calendar
9. My son's statement of account indicating his dad has sent the sum for his travel ticket
10. Letter of consent and sponsor ship for my son
11. A lot of family photographs
12. My work payslip
13. My previous visas
14. A 5 paged cover letter explaining my travel itinerary, my bank statements, my other income apart from my salary.

Above all let's pray for God's favour. My warm regards to everyone making this thread lively and contributing their quota

please can u help with document submitted
thanks and congratulations

jennyhumphrey:
Visa Alert

Visa: Standard Visitors Visa
Payment: 12th April, 2022
Biometrics: 20th April 2022
Branch: Ikeja
Transferred to UKVI: 20th April 2022
Received by DMC: 26th April, 2022
Collection email: 11th May 2022
Collected: 12th May 2022.

no mind that guy u met there e might be the one who delibrately cancel all

hostsleek:
my portal is still under review tho

na wa for them oo i only use 800k Balance to Apply for the brazil even then people were saying it too small

Allahadullahi for you

omariam:
Story Story o

First and foremost, I am grateful to God for everything, for d ppr, for strengthening me all thru d process. The wait was not easy at all o!

After God, na my beautiful ppl and Gurus on Nairaland o. As in, this thread had been amazing. From securing a supervisor (kudos to lekkiboboe, our walking google, ur coldmail samples really helped me), admission and funding, going for biometrics and medicals to ppr. I am super grateful to all our senior comrades and my current colleagues. You all are d BEST!

TIMELINE
UPFRONT MEDICAL: 22 NOV 2021
APPLICATION SUBMISSION: 22 NOV 2021
BIOMETRICS: 29 NOV 2021
MEDICAL PASSED : DEC 15 2021
Den d wait began.
Sent my New LOA ( deferral from winter to spring): 28 January 2022
Sent several emails, webforms, mailed IRCC minister in March, the response I got was d same with what I saw in the 1st GCMS note I ordered with medicals n criminality passed. But eligibility was blank. Mailed MP, but Mp said she can't help me cos I'm not yet in Canada. So I continued to wait.

But I kept sending mails and webforms.
Ordered for another GCMS note: 14 April 2022( still waiting for that)
ELIGIBILITY REVIEW: 27 APRIL 2022
On 5th of may, I sent another email to same MP with 'HELP!!!!! May 9 resumption!!! No decision after 25 weeks' as subject, and dis time she sent an authorization form to me and submitted my enquiry.
BVL/PPR : 11 MAY 2022
DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED
LOA/ funding letter
International passport
Bsc and Msc certificates
Birth certificate
Sop (3pages)
Sponsorship letter (notorized) from cousin stating that he will be supporting the funding I got from sch with 10k CAD.
Sponsor's personal and company account MBS.
Sponsor's CAC docs
Sponsor's work ID and Drivers license.
Photo with sponsor at my wedding in 2014
Family tree showing our relationship.
Applicants salary account and payslips
Family and wedding pics
Proof of fund LOE with a table showing my expenses (tuition and living expense) and my available funds. (Saw these on MUN website).
Land use charge bill n receipts to show property ownership ( since I don't have money for evaluation, the bill showed d value of d property)
Appointment, confirmation, and promotion letters ( for me and my husband)
Publications at work
Deceased parent property papers.
Marriage certificate ( Nikkai cert with plenty Arabic n small English)
Children's birth certificate
Pension account statement
Affidavit of one and same person due to name variation on my passport, birth certificate and marriage certificate. (Sent this through webforms)

Another thing that bothered me during d wait was that I declared having MSC already n I'm going for another one, though I explained why dis was so in my SOP.

I so grateful to God Almighty and I pray that everybody waiting will get their good news very soon. Amen.

AMEN CONGRAT

Futureukstudent:
hello everyone, I have been a silent reader of this particular thread since 2019 and I guess it is time for me to share my own experience.
(first visa interview)
LOCATION: Lagos, Nigeria.
2018
so I went to the embassy with my parents(I was in my mid-20s) this faithful day hoping for good news at the end of the day.
VO: Can I have passports, please?
(we handed it over)
VO: why are you going to the u.s?
DAD: for visitation. We are going to visit a family(note: this family in question is my aunt's husband and children, as my aunt just recently passed away as at then)
VO: where do they stay?
DAD: Houston Tx
VO: How is the person related to you?
MOM: she is my sister
VO: what is her name?
(told him)
VO: (typing) is she still there?
MOM: oh no she is late, it is just her husband and children
(to my dad) what do you do?
DAD: a bank manager in so so so
VO: how many children do you have?
DAD: 4
VO: and how old are they?
told him
VO: where are they?
DAD: they are here in Nigeria
VO: (typed for some time) I will be denying you a visa at this time, bla bla bla
(handed us the pink slip alongside our passport
NOTE: In the application form, we had stated the fact that I am the C.O.O of my dad's company


fast-forward to this year
LOCATION: LONDON
(I applied with another friend of mine who then got an earlier date, and did his interview somewhere else in the UK but was denied. he also tried to discourage me from going simply because he was scared for me not to be denied again in the space of 3years. stubborn me, I no listen. no, be my fault, I no fit let money waste. an deny them go deny person, e no remove anything for my body)

D-DAY
(Took all necessary documents except one important thing for biometric, my UK BRP that shows my status in the UK. I asked if I should give them a photocopy and she said when I get to the interviewer's cubicle I should let her know if she will accept the photocopy. meanwhile, I should sit and watch the screen till my waiting number is displayed. that was when the hot sh*t hold me from nowhere. as I no wan dy sweat in front of VO when being interviewed, sharp sharp I run enter toilet go clear 1 or 2. I came back waiting patiently for my number to come up but it didn't. then I noticed the hall was becoming empty so I walked towards the security man to ask what up, he made a call to find out and he was told my number was called twice but no one responded, but since I am here, my number will pop up in a min)

VO: hello can I have your documents, please?

VO: Why are you going to the U.S?
ME: For tourism
VO: Where in the US will you be going?
ME: houstin(Yoruba boy like me)

VO: What?

ME: Hostin Houston texas

VO: Ok you mean Houston
ME: (smiled sheepishly) forgive my accent

VO: what will you be doing in Houston?
ME: site seeing and visiting the NASA Space station

VO: So you are doing your masters here?
ME: yes

VO: what course?
ME: (told her)

VO: You started last fall?
ME: EHN?
(She repeated herself multiple times before rephrasing)
VO: You resumed last September?
ME: ooh yes I did

VO: Do you have anyone in the US?
ME: non that I know of
(she chuckled and repeated what I said like she doesn't believe me)

VO: In your last application, it shows here that you said have a relative in Texas
ME: oh well that was my aunt but she is late and I am not close to her ex-husband and her kids so I can't say i have relations with them(nodded as if she agreed with me)

(started typing)

VO: What were you doing in Nigeria?
ME: working as the c.o.o of bla bla bla

VO: What do they do?
it is an agro allied company

VO: What is agro-allied?
me: (explained to her while she listened attentively)
VO: So you stopped your job so you can get a higher qualification?
ME: NO, just took some space to get my master's degree so that I can go back home and take over the family business since my dad is nearing his retirement



VO: (CHECKING HER COMPUTER) do you have siblings?
ME: YES

VO: How many?
ME: 4

VO: you are the oldest?
ME: yes

VO: Where are your siblings?
ME: 1 is here, the remaining 2 are in nigeria


VO: When do you intend to go back?
ME: MY program ends in dec, so by January i ought to be back in nigeria

VO: won't you work a little before going back?
ME: (smiled) my dad actually want me back in the company as soon as possible, so i wont be staying back in the UK and besides i also have a personal company i am running

VO: (stared at me with interest) you have a company, what do you do?
ME: Into fish processing and dog breeding

VO: what is fish processing?(listening attentively like say she dy learn new thing)
ME: (Told her how we make dried fish and export abroad)

VO: Where do you export them to?
ME: UK U.S and canada

VO: who is managing your business for you now?
ME: my 2 sisters and my parents

VO: Where is the third person?
ME: He is studying here in the uk



VO: has he travelled before?
ME: NO, this is his first travelling out of nigeria

VO: (flipping thru my passport as if looking for visas) Have you travelled before?
ME: Yes, i travelled to the UK some years back with my mom(this is like 11+ ago)

VO: To do what? (stared at me in curiosity)
ME: for xmas holiday

VO: did your brother go with you?
ME: no he didnt

VO: OK i will be holding your passport, you will be contacted on how to collect it back. have a nice day.
ME: walking away like is that it? (local man was amazed)




IF THERE WAS ONE BIG LESSON I LEARNT, IT WILL BE THAT NEVER LET ANYONE DISCOURAGE YOU. ( NO PASS THERE YOU NO GO FIT PASS BECAUSE MR. A NO PASS) NA LIE, GIVE IT A TRIAL, PEOPLE HEAD DIFFERENT.

just as GOD as shown me favour, he will also show you all favour. cheers guys

dont worry your visa will be out soon just relax bro

Soraco57:
Afternoon, is the embassy issuing visas at all?

congrat

solid3:
Glory to God. Yes!

Visa Alert!!!
6 months visit visa
Biometrics 28/3/2022
Collection mail 11/05/2022.
Collected 11/05/2022
TLS Abuja

I've been a silent reader of this thread from part 4. I decided to read ALL the refusal letter so as to know what not to do. I would have been refused if not for all the contributors on NL. I has to file my company's annual return of almost 10yrs, I had to pay tax for the first time in my life

I submitted the following:

— 4 Landed property
— Tenancy agreement
— 2 car licence and proof of ownership
— CAC document
— Tax clearance certificate
— CAC annual return evidence of filling incase CAC does not update my company to active on their website
— 2 6month account statement, personal and business
— wife's employment letter
— Consent letter from wifey
— Children's school fees receipt
— wedding certificate
— Family pictures, wedding pictures office picture
— WhatsApp Chat of someone who funded my account several times
— Insurance savings stament of account
— Had to explain the several IOU I normally take from my company
— Hotel booking
— NYSC certificate

Thank you to all nairaland contributors.

lol coded man already

cucumbar:
don’t want to quote absolute figures. The total balance of account submitted excluding pensions was well over 100k euros if converted.

Told them I was going to spend 10 days .

WHat does your statement Balance you submited read?

cucumbar:
thank you.
Documents submitted:
Application form;
Introduction letter/itinerary;
Company introduction letter,
Staff ID card;
Employment/confirmation letter,
3 months pay slip,
Salary account statement,
Savings/ personal account statement (naira and dollar)
Mutual funds statement/embassy reference
Pension funds statement/ embassy reference
Income tax clearance ( as many as I could lay my hands on)
Paid tour ( one for each day)
Vaccine card

I dont think The Brazil Visa did oo
Cause i have someone here too a friend from nairaland land was given brazil visa and after coming back from Brazil he applied for france he was denied oo so for me i dont think it cause of the Brazil Stamp

i filled for a friend who has never travel before no stamp and first time he was Given so it only Gods know what they looking on applicant documents now for first timer

HRprof:
Congratulations
Your Brazilian visa sticker help you either you travelled with it or not it count, try and report to emabssy as soon as you return so that you would have issue next application.

COngratulation
i told others they are still given first timer so people can confirmed it now
kindly drop documents submitted to her others too

cucumbar:
-VISA Alert!!!!…just got my passport an hour ago.

-First timer!

-No travel history or VISa stickers of UK, US or any of the first world countries.

-only had Dubai stamp(visited In march) and Brazilian visa( haven’t travelled yet) on my passport.Copies of Visa Stickers/stamps of Countries I had visited( kenya, Ethiopia and South Africa) were removed at VSF.

-Single!

-Passport was retuned to VSF in two days, so I thought I wasn’t given the visa( going by the narratives here).

- one month Tourist visa given with an instruction to report to VSF on a particular date.

Thanks to the gurus on this thread. It was the easiest process since I have been applying for visas. I’m so happy.

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congratulation bro can u share documents submitted

abdulkabeer:
Glory be to God and Thank you to everyone on here I learnt a lot and was able to put to use.
Visa Alert
6 months visit visa
Biometrics 28/3/2022
Collection mail and collected 10/05/2022.
TLS V/I
Thank you everyone

wow that too much

mialate:
Many thanks Meljoe... Zenith.. she ended up with black market @N 638 per Euro.

this what all of them do dey dont want it to work

sociadoc:



I’m doing DIY they want to frustrate my life

make i come bro make u gist me oo

HOKIM:
My advice?? Do things the right way... go with open mind..no involve in fraud--> fraud marriage etc... just be natural and flow in the system...
There is another way not listed there... but it's an unwritten code.. I no fit talk am here neither can anyone that loves Brazil... you go know wen u reach and mingle with folks wen know road

thanks

bakol:
Passport
TB
PCC
Checklist
Primary applicant Passport and BRP
Marriage certificate
Photos in a single PDF file
Primary applicant Passport
Evidence of accommodation
COS
Offer of employment letter

why this place dull no france visa recently na wa oo

congrat
what are d documents submitted

bakol:
Visa Alert!!

From a silent reader. God blesses you all here for the great job you are doing. Got all the tips I needed from here to navigate the visa process from A to Z. Appreciate you all.

Biometrics - 7th April, 2022 TLS Ikeja
Transferred to DMC- 7th April, 2022
Received by DMC- 8th April,2022
Collection Email: 6th May, 2022
Passport Collected - 9th May 2022.

May God's Name be praised always.

Regards,

maybe in future am not planning on visiting anytime soon

HOKIM:
Congrats mate.... make sure you visit curitiba

DONE yesterday apppointment booked

QuackZulu:
Yeah the site is quite problematic. It gives error messages quite often and if you're unlucky you may have issues upon payment.

Just try using a PC and your browser should preferably be chrome- use the incognito mode, it may help (at least it helped in mine).

if u are in SA and U need RAND i have someone at WITBANK ARea that can do the exchange for u

WHo have successfuly Book Appointment for France Seem their site bad oo

Bro dont give up na

Soraco57:
What are the requirements for passport withdrawal

Thanks

Na them sabi i have 2 SChengen USED Visa on it different coutries dubai, south africa and another east africa

cucumbar:
is it that they no longer give 1 year?
Thought the standard was 1 year.

personal account is ok

isaaccharles34:
Hello everyone

Please I want to apply for tourist Visa to France. I have a registered company but I'm using my personal Account for my businesses. Will my personal Account statement be enough or must I have to bring company Account statement as well?

Please can anyone that recently applied and succeeded guide me through the process.

Many thanks.