₦airaland Forum

Gbolah21:
How do you go about it please, it’s still showing slots not available

Gbolah21:
Hello, please has anyone been able to book appointment for first timer at Lagos center? it’s still showing no slots available

hammiid:
I planning on flying twice to Paris because the visa is multiple entries

I'll be spending 10days each due to my business over there

Before leaving for France
I have paid for 6 month UK VISA THROUGH GOV.UK
For my Uk Visa
Schedule appointment for 29th Jan on TLS connect

So with my recent Schengen Visa I'm sure of getting the uk visa

hammiid:
Yes I'm not first timer
Frequent traveler

Appointment letter
Application form
Hotel Reservation 7days
Itinerary from France Airway for me and KLM for my friend
Insurance 3month Allianz
CAC Certificate
A cover letter signed by my secretary with company letterhead to the consular about my travel
Bank statement with 2.1m bal though I deposited a week before appointment date
My previous Italy Schengen Visa 2019

hammiid:
Thank you
The application was successful
Got an appointment for 17th Jan for me and my friend.

Got a text message our application was recieved by the embassy on the 18th Jan

Got another text message on the 20th Jan our passport is dispatched to our address provided

Got our passport today 21st Jan from the Courier UPS

Visa Issued to me and my friend
Though we got 30days multiple entries visa

HRprof:
It takes me to my email and I will not still see the nairaland message. I have several messages showing on my dashboard here but is annoying I can't read them. I have tried it now same thing.

DonAmos123:
PPR ALERT JANUARY 20 2022
3rd time applicant.

1st application: January 22 2021
Upfront medical: April 2021
Salary account: 6m
Savings account: 11m
Refusal : May 2021 (purpose of visit, travel history, insufficient funds)


2nd application: July 2 2021
Did GIC, paid part of my fees 5000CAD
Still yet was refused Aug 12 2021(insufficient funds)
Salary account: 3m
Savings account: 5m

3rd application: November 15 2021
Literally submitted the same documents from my 2nd application.

Medical request: January 13 2022( My upfront medical from 1st application was still valid so I just resent it)

PPR January 20 2022

cucumbar:
Please, how long does visa processing takes on the average after submission at VSF?

uchman:
Hello,
Did you add letter of invitation to your application?

bblaze50:
after waiting for 3 months I decided to withdraw my passport
so I sent out an email to vfs office only to get a message from them that my passport is ready for collection

Processed Visa Application Reference no. SAAB/7/01 is ready for collection at The South Africa Visa Application Centre 3rd Floor Sterling Building Plot 1083, Mohammadu Buhari Way Central Business District ABUJA on Wed Jan 19, 2022, Collection timing is from 10 am to 4 pm.

Regards,

VFS Global


only for me to go there this morning and they said its not with them it must be with ups. Immediately i went down to ups they also said it has not gotten to them yet. omo i just weak i just need my passport back

feelgoodstuffs:
My Company Registration in Nigeria/Gambia
Marriage Cert
Child Birth cert.
Bank Ref and statement. Balance 4.6m
Vaccination card
Flight booking from Ethiopian airline
Hotel reservation from Booking.com
Trip itinerary
Introduction letter
Travel health insurance
Copies of SA & Turkey visa and permit

@pufframmy… you have been to France so you don’t need to worry at all, na one year straight for you too

Gbolah21:
Hello, please how much is the appointment fee ?

haywhy17:
First attempt
Zero funding
37k COA
Abuja


Vo good morning

Me good morning ma (while I passed my documents)

Vo you are going to the university of Maine for masters degree in animal science

Me yes, with concentration in animal nutrition.


Vo what do you do?

Me I'm a research assistant at xoxo company where I research into improvement of livestock fed hay and forages.


Vo what will you be working on at the University of Maine?

Me (I stuttered and at this point I thought I had blown it.) I will be evaluating the effect of experimental formulation of experimental diet on livestock
(this was total rubbish from what I had in mind I had to just join something to make sound legit)


VO tell me about your thesis

Me (I already gathered some momentum here) I will be working on use of fungal enzymes to develop nutritive additives to improve profitability in livestock production.


VO Who is funding your education?

Me my brother mr kazeem , who is into oil and gas business. He also has real estate business and he currently oversee the family business.


Vo what is the family business
Me we are into agro allied business

Vo (while typing voraciously for about 10 seconds rose her head and asked "you work with the federal government?

Me yes ma.(thinking I already blew it.)


Vo I will be holding on to your international passport . (Then she said those words people claim to not hear )

I remember picking the word passport and i-20. The moment I noticed she took my passport and didn't use her left hand to pick the blue paper, my mind was screaming "it's a lie"


The atmosphere was really bad today Chelsea FC just full Abuja embassy today. I would say 1 out of every 20 that went in was given white paper. I had to pinch myself if I wasn't dreaming.

This visa thing is not even by how fluent you might think you are. I was shaky throughout. At a point I told myself "Ayo, tiẹ ta". At that point I forgot what my thesis is about...I saw guys that were very fluent and even confident... na Blue paper dem collect.

PS- I don't work with the federal government. FG being helpful to my life for the very first time. It was nice doing business with Nigeria for almost 3 decades...

Who go dash me correct jacket wey fit hold -20⁰C. Maine is not for the weak.

haywhy17:
First attempt
Zero funding
37k COA
Abuja


Vo good morning

Me good morning ma (while I passed my documents)

Vo you are going to the university of Maine for masters degree in animal science

Me yes, with concentration in animal nutrition.


Vo what do you do?

Me I'm a research assistant at xoxo company where I research into improvement of livestock fed hay and forages.


Vo what will you be working on at the University of Maine?

Me (I stuttered and at this point I thought I had blown it.) I will be evaluating the effect of experimental formulation of experimental diet on livestock
(this was total rubbish from what I had in mind I had to just join something to make sound legit)


VO tell me about your thesis

Me (I already gathered some momentum here) I will be working on use of fungal enzymes to develop nutritive additives to improve profitability in livestock production.


VO Who is funding your education?

Me my brother mr kazeem , who is into oil and gas business. He also has real estate business and he currently oversee the family business.


Vo what is the family business
Me we are into agro allied business

Vo (while typing voraciously for about 10 seconds rose her head and asked "you work with the federal government?

Me yes ma.(thinking I already blew it.)


Vo I will be holding on to your international passport . (Then she said those words people claim to not hear )

I remember picking the word passport and i-20. The moment I noticed she took my passport and didn't use her left hand to pick the blue paper, my mind was screaming "it's a lie"


The atmosphere was really bad today Chelsea FC just full Abuja embassy today. I would say 1 out of every 20 that went in was given white paper. I had to pinch myself if I wasn't dreaming.

This visa thing is not even by how fluent you might think you are. I was shaky throughout. At a point I told myself "Ayo, tiẹ ta". At that point I forgot what my thesis is about...I saw guys that were very fluent and even confident... na Blue paper dem collect.

PS- I don't work with the federal government. FG being helpful to my life for the very first time. It was nice doing business with Nigeria for almost 3 decades...

Who go dash me correct jacket wey fit hold -20⁰C. Maine is not for the weak.

Gentlesoul3268:
Hello pufframmy, Please explain how you go through with your BTA? Do you first fill he form online before heading to bank?

Hope the flight you booked through wakanow didn't give you any issue when you wanted to use it for BTA at the bank

Please guide me one of my sister wanted to fly by next week

Gentlesoul3268:
Hello pufframmy, thanks for your update, pls check your email address attached to nairaland I wanted to contact you

Thanks

Keet18:
Big thanks to Olawaxx22 and Tope2530 for coming to pick me at the airport
Saved me a lot of money and stress
Took metro(train) from the airport to my apartment at republica
Though the place is far from naija
Left naija 7pm on 16th and got here 9pm(naija time) on 17th
If not, taxi for don cut my neck
There are still good Nigerians out there

Gist plenty shaa
POE was smooth

feelgoodstuffs:
I am a silent reader here.

I submitted: January 6th
Collection mail yesterday: January 17th.

Thanks bro @Keet18 for encouraging me to apply and everyone here for their comments.

São Paulo loading……

Wow I just look at my visa clearly, valid for one year for the first time. And I only applied for 10 days I guess is because of my traveling history

bblaze50:
please I need help on how i can withdraw my southafrica visa,
my passport has been held for 3month now
no email
nothing
omo make them chop their south Africa I just need my passport back.

if anyone can help please, I m ready to pay. I just need my passport back

Gbolah21:
Hello everyone, please I’d like to know if appointment is still available for first timer at Abuja ? Thank you

Sus4:
Much appreciated.. but about the business account, Its a business name i registered with cac , so i thought i can't open a business bank account with it , I can only do that with full business limited liability . The previous visas I got were with this business name certificate

cucumbar:
These embassies actually verify statement of account o.

My bank just called me that I should forward the statement of account I used in applying for Brazilian visa so that they can verify and respond to the embassy.

Fingers crossed!!

pufframmy:
Now 8 Weeks today,
Pick yours Now Location Alakuko Lagos

EffuaF:
Thank you for the detailed post. I am also applying for a long stay visa (work), what type of travel insurance did you get from AXA and what’s the cost?

abduloau:
This is an update regarding my long stay visa (Passeport Talent Researcher) application at the VFS centre in Lagos
I applied on the 23rd December, 2021 and my VISA was issued on the 5th of January, 2022.
Below are the documents I submitted:
1. International passport
2. Two copies of data page of my international passport (black and white). I saw so many people making coloured copies of the data page and I really don't know why.
3. Two copies of the online visa application form (blank and white). Try to avoid those agents beside the VFS building. They will mislead you just to make money. The guy convinced me to print the first and last page of the application form coloured (500 each). Upon entry, the lady that attended to make asked me to make a photocopy of the application form. I had an extra copy with me so I gave her the black and white copy.
4. The original copy of work contract agreement sent from France
5. My degree certificates; bachelors, MSc and PhD.
6. Covid-19 vaccination status
7. Axamansard travel insurance (Three months as advised here). I emailed VFS prior to buying the insurance policy as to the minimum duration required for the travel insurance. They responded that it is discretionary. I can buy any month I like.
8. Two coloured passport photo with a white background. I actually paid and took the picture at the VFS centre. I tried to avoid stories that passport does not meet the requirement.

What I did not submit
1. Travel history. One of the agents beside the VFS building told me to make coloured copies of my travel history but I refused because of the cost implications. Although I had black and white copies, the lady returned it back to me.
2. Flight reservation. The consulate called me twice. I missed the first call on the 2nd of January and they called back on the 5th to ask when I was travelling.
3. Police report.
4. Letter of introduction.
5. Hotel reservation.
6. Bank statement

My advise is to follow the instructions on the printed online application form for the documents required and try to avoid those agents beside the VFS building.
I wish you all the best of luck in your visa applications.

pufframmy:
any successful applicant here

Abacino007:
Visa approved yesterday at the Abuja Embassy

My 9th attempts.

THE SIEGE IS OVER..

Transcripts coming soon..