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Let us look at the countries with the most rejected Schengen applications per capita.

Cape Verde recorded the highest number of Schengen visa application rejections in 2022, with 844 rejections recorded for every 100,000 people, while the total number of applications filed by these nationals reached 17,572.

SchengenVisaInfo.com reports that 5,055 visa applications filed by Cape Verdeans were denied in 2022, representing 28.7 per cent of all applications filed, indicating that every third person in the country had received a visa application rejection in 2022.

Kosovo and Suriname follow the list as second and third countries with the highest visa application denied per capita, with 722 and 548 denials per 100,000 inhabitants, respectively. This means that every ninth Kosovar and fifth Surinamese has received a negative decision on their application, as the Schengen Statistics data reveals.

In addition, it is estimated that 11.2 per cent of Kosovo’s population was denied visas, accounting for 13,674 applications compared to 20.1 per cent of Surinamese nationals, totalling 3,416 applications.

Furthermore, the United Arab Emirates had 442 rejections per 100,000 people, while 22.4 per cent of the population were denied visas, indicating that every fourth person received a refusal in their application. In total, 42,105 applications filed by Emiratis were rejected in 2022.

The other three nationalities that followed next for the most rejected applicants include Algerians, Tunisians and Lebanese. In total, 393 visa applications were rejected per 100,000 people in Algeria, followed by 392 rejections recorded among Tunisian applicants and 340 among Lebanese.

In general, 45 per cent of the population in Algeria was denied visas in 2022, followed by 29 per cent of the Tunisian population and 18.3 per cent of the Lebanese population, with the two latter nationalities having 48,909 and 18,232 rejected applicants, respectively. The number of denied applications is especially high for Algerian citizens, who received 179,409 negative answers.

Consequently, Algerians have scored the highest expenditures for rejected applicants, with €31.93 million spent and are the nationality with the highest number of denied applications for 2022.

The list of top ten nationalities with the highest rejection rates of applicants per 100,000 inhabitants is further concluded with Qatar, Morocco and Armenia, which had between 200 and 350 rejected applicants.

More specifically, the 325 rejected applicants are recorded for 100,000 Qatari nationals, indicating that 8,837 visa applications were denied, accounting for 11 per cent of the total population that were denied visas. In other words, every ninth applicant from Qatar was denied a visa application last year.

While every fourth Moroccan received a negative answer on their application, the total number of denied applicants reached 119,346 in 2022. This means that 45.7 per cent of the population was denied visas, and rejections per 100,000 people reached 315.

Moreover, 283 people in Armenia were denied a visa per 100,000, concluding the list of the top ten nationalities with the most denied visa applications per 100,000 people.

The share of the population denied visas in Armenia reached 12.7 per cent in 2022. This means that every eighth person in Armenia was a rejected applicant – one of the highest rates in this list.

I am surprised Naija no dey up there

Source:https://www.schengenvisainfo.com/news/these-are-10-nationalities-with-most-denied-schengen-visas-per-capita-in-2022/?dicbo=v2-W1DPl1K

Gerrard59:
Interesting comment you have there.

However, at the bold, the cost of living has ballooned such that many young adults are not interested in marrying. This has resulted in low birth rates across many countries, especially in the developed world. The UK where you reside, has witnessed birth rates plummet drastically. So, while marriage is good, the costs involved are too high to bear. In return, some see the need to be single while others opt for DINK status (Dual Income, No Kids).

Before, I thought young Oyibos were just stoopid or overpampered, but having witnessed/read how the cost of living affects people's lives, I understand why many are putting off marriage - which affects childbirth rates.

If young people in Canada, the Netherlands, South Korea, Singapore etc., are putting off marriage, I understand their plight. E no easy.

The cost of living is increasing geometrically and it is mounting pressure on households but that shouldn't discourage getting married and having a family. Marriage requires planning and a concerted and conscious effort from both parties involved. Marriage doesn't require lump sums of cash saved and stashed, it only requires frequent cash-flows for sustenance. People often think that not having a wife and kids will make them richer, however I have seen 47 year olds without wives and kids yet they don't have duplexes neither do they drive Porsches.
The society exists in a strata, and if you live within your strata planning in marriage because less stressful. For example, there are no tuition costs if your kids will attend public schools from primary to secondary and we also have public universities in Nigeria. Hence the cost of training a child becomes less burdensome.

Persephone1:
To start with we can focus on individuality. Knowing oneself, self development, pursing purpose and writing one's name in the sand of time. These things can be hindered when one put kids and wives first. Do you wonder why we Africans aren't among Scientists, Economists, Sociologists or Psychologists who made discoveries and postulate laws and theories the world study today? It's because we labor ourselves with too much when we ought to be free and innovative.
The African structure as a whole limits individualism and self discovery. It is only a settled mind that's not thinking of how to work and earn money that will think of how to create and make life better. That is the bedrock of innovation. We are trained to think in a way, act in a way, live and die in a way. That's not the essence of life. It is expected of an individual to find his or her purpose and fulfill it and that includes women.

Depression in UK and USA isn't only from lack of family or relationships, there's quite a lot to make one go insane in these countries. Whites to start with aren't mentally or Psychologically strong like blacks. Little things get them depressed that why you see thier governments spending millions on mental health. Most of the citizen tax goes into Mental care but it's not mainly as a result of Lack of family. A business folding up can send a white man to psychiatrist hospital while a black man is thinking of the next business to do after his fourth failed attempt. It's Nature not really Family .

Like I have typed marriage is good, it's the right structure to raise children in. It's good to own a home but it's shouldn't be the main and only reason one exist.

Having a purpose in life is great and marriage should be part of that purpose. Family should be an integral part of that purpose. One of the most intelligent being to walk this earth is Nicola Tesla, I doubt we would ever see anyone as intelligent as Tesla on this planet, yet he died miserably without wives and kids. No matter the respect that you command in your office, nothing gives a woman more fulfillment than coming home to hear mummy welcome and the kids rushing to throw themselves at you.

I am an advocate of hard work myself, my wife and I made first class and my MBA was with distinction and I can longer count certifications. I had what someone people will call a fantastic career in Nigeria before I relocated due to work demands, changing jobs or getting a promotion never made me happier, what did was watching my daughter take her first baby steps, infact I declined overseeing some weekend functions that could quadruple my earnings because I couldn't trade it for watching my daughters tennis practice.

There is no legacy that is bigger than forming a fantastic family and watching that family blossom and thrive. Finally we are not stronger than the whites mentally, we only have a better family support system than them . Family is a vaccine against mental health. Family is a shock absorber

Persephone1:
Yes he does ooo, he said you lots are not happy but will come online to deceive young minds like mine. So henceforth I won't want to read your posts anymore.

Lol Marriage is good no doubt,but I believe it shouldn't be the whole essence of a person's existence. We focus so much on marriage in Africa that we let a lot go rot around us. It is well. it's just conditioning and African mentality. A true believer would understand will that God deal with people individually, his plans and time for everyone differs. Reminds me of Rebekah Brown. Lol.

You are the second person I will be arguing this with. I'm not tall! I'm just 5'5. Yes I'm not short for a lady but not tall. I'm petite if we don't pay attention to the front

Most of them are always looking for who to tame and change nah . I read a thread not long ago, that one wants to know if he can change a hook up lady to wife material . Wife material wey dey so gown and pray inside church,he no see them

I naturally will not contribute but I where you said "We focus on marriage and let a lot around us rot" got my attention. Hence I would like to ask what should people channel this essence or energy that we are channeling on marriage on? We like to use the Western world as a yardstick, I have lived in both the USA and Northern UK, and one thing infact the only thing the average white man values about Africans is our marriage and our sense of family. Forget about the white you see on TV, everyone should get married, marriage is important, because after 45 it begins to get lonely. My wife was a financial expert but she switched to clinical psychology cos we saw the huge market for it. The statistics for people depressed, and miserable with mental health issues alarming. We are currently seeking licensing to open a full mental health home in England and Scotland. The more egalitarian we become should not mean that the fundamentals of society (marriage and family) should be jettisoned. As Africans we do not understand what we are doing, we don't have the supporting structures the whites have yet we are looking at their family disorientation as a form of emancipation. It will end badly.

greatiyk4u:
Lintel is not a beam so not a structural member
Which one be 2D structures again?
What is crack and what is shearing?

In standard structures lintel run only across window and doors openings, shikena

In bungalows without both columns and beams, what is the function of lintel there?

Sincere ignorance is dangerous

you don't know what a 2D structure is and you are an engineer? sorry I thought I was discussing with someone grounded in engineering. Let us end it here.

greatiyk4u:
Lintel is not a structural member
Cracks is the same as shear

You don't have deep knowledge of the words you use here
Bending moment and shear force
Monolithic structure
Dead and live load

Since na project finance you did, I wont argue further with you......

The beams and columns are structural members, a lintel is a beam. This is quite basic, I wonder the type of engineers we are raising this days. Cracks can occur due to flexural and shear stress that doesn't imply every crack will lead to shearing or simple cracks or settlement cracks will lead to shearing. These are basic 2D structures we are discussing here. Please don't go out and tell people that a Lintel is not a structural member so that you don't embarrass yourself.

Gerrard59:
So comfortable dishing out numbers without backing them with a reputable source of evidence?

Okay apologies, perhaps I should have said the numbers were based on the number of people I interacted with.

greatiyk4u:
You are amateur in the field
Is cracks not clear sign of structural failure when it affects the structural members?
Learn this today, lintel is not a structural member in a building a reason why it is not considered during design of structures......its main function is just for demarcation of windows and doors....the so called chained sometimes can lead to collapse of structures.

Shalom.

Lintel is a structural member. The Lintel is a horizontal beam and not a demarcation. If you are good with your theory of structures you would have learnt about bending moments and shear force. I will reiterate that some cracks resulting from uneven settlement are not threatening. Cracks can even occur due to poor quality of mix. Cracks that are threatening are cracks due to stress from the live loads, external pressure (wind) and the dead loads (from poor structural calculations) those are the cracks that leads to shearing.

Using the Lintel beam to make the building a monolithic structure is an effective way to make the structure stable .

My area of expertise is project finance, however I took engineering courses in my undergrad days and I was very good at it

greatiyk4u:
Pathetic
Most of these collapses of building are caused by differential settlement of the strip foundation
Seconded by wrong usage of the right reinforcement and placements


Either you consult a good Engineer and get it right or simply know that you can't eat your cake and have it.

differential settlement can only lead to cracks and this can be partly managed if the lintel is used effectively to chain the building and make it a monolithic structure. However what we have here is a foundation failure

Coldie:
Bro that's not possible.

In a house of 5 Nigerians u can only find one illegal so. I know it's not possible.

That one illegal is the 1 or 10% risk takers

I have been to Texas, and Chicago. Almost all the Nigerians I met came through visit. Even the Nigerian lady (Nurse) that attended to me at a hospital in Texas told me that her only legal document was the RN exam she recently aced. She came in as a visitor in 2012. I can comfortably tell you that it is ratio 4:1

Coldie:
How I knew was based on the recent news that yoruba has been added to us driving license test.

Yoruba the biggest was at 145k, igbo the second was at 95k.
The third was benin at around 20k.

No matter how u add or subtract or divide theres no way this number can give u over 1m.

Prove me wrong

the number of illegal Nigerians in the US is 4 times the legal population

ecolime:
So many bad news from folks couples travelling out these days.

Na the men I blame.

Some people think they know their partner until the day of reckoning

Zupay:
Nice one but you no go fit padlock am, as assistant husband go dey handle intimate affairs while your side chick in the country you are in, would be handling yours as body no be firewood.🤣🤣🤣🤣

He doesn't understand...

Unless you want to Marry a full-time house husband. What you are preaching, you do not practice unless you are a jobless man. The man that preached this do not practice what is up there.

Aaaaarghmed:
I can never carry a woman abroad..u go dey Naija,while I dey abroad.i come for visit in Naija.you come and visit me in Europe.simple.highest ,I open big shop for you in Naija.mk she just die the matter of relocating to meet me,if not we go divorce straight.i no need any further BP for this life.i struggle extra to be where I am.

Both of you will be committing adultery at some point in life. How will you distribute your children?

grandstar:
I personally feel it's best you marry someone who is already sojourner there. Both of you know what to expect and he or she won't exploit you for papers or for money.

Also, both couples can be so fixated on making money that they neglect their both marriage and their children. Remember the primary purpose for emigrating was for a better life. That reason at times supercedes all else, stabbing themselves all over with many pains. (Read 1 Timothy 6:9-10)

Neglecting children is bad. What they don't teach you at home, they teach you outside.

These neglected kids enter into crime. They are associated with knife crimes. My younger brother who is now in Wales called them "the scourge of England." It is just sad.




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You want to Marry a sojourner? Your will open a new book of Lamentations

lastkingsman:
Politics

there are Female senators and deputy governors, and there is no law prohibiting females from becoming a governor or president

bluskyee:
Money is a serious issue when you live abroad. This is because you both work and earn and there are bills to pay. Sometimes the wife might even earn higher

Absolutely true

ednut1:
Men are mostly to blame. They tie their manhood to money. Imagine dating a lady while she was in university while you were working. You paid her bills, sponsored her finances during NySC, paid for the marriage. You didn’t allow her do any better work or you were earning more and she contributed nothing. Suddenly you are moving abroad where you need two income to survive.

The woman who has never paid bills or spent her money will still say a man is the provider in many cases. Some may agree to contribute but the man who has never done house chores or cooked while in Nigeria will not assist in house chores. Then resentment and hate enters leading to divorce. I know 5 people in my circle/ friends wey their marriage don scatter. The thing shock me.

It is very difficult for someone who has not been tested with the responsibility of paying bills to automatically understand what it means to be jointly responsible for maintaining a home. That is why there are credit ratings

lastkingsman:
It takes two to tangle. Both men and women are to be blame. Our society doesn't give much opportunities to women compared to men, hence the free time women have they use it do house chores while men provide.

The issue is just men adjusting in doing home chores and women contributing significantly to the house budget but no both parties want to maintain default settings.

Also issue of infidelity is a deal breaker.

Can you please tell me one advantage men have today in terms of opportunities that women don't have?

DenreleDave:
Good question but people won't ask bcox they are tribally motivated

Until we know the root of the problem, we can fully solve it



Not possible. We cant only believe what Allen tells us until the British tell us the reason

Which one is no reason

Stop acting like a kid..

The British have not given a feedback on the application.

Cromagnon:
Exorbitant rent that has nothing to do with bringing more money in is not investing and has nothing to do with career.
But do you, as it's your money
Same way he is doing him with his money

Exorbitant is a relative term, rent is not supposed to be an issue, ever since I started working, right from my early years in banking, every coy I worked for pays housing and furniture allowance in January, leave allowance in August, 13th month in December and bonuses in March, why won't you get yourself a befitting accommodation with good amenities? you can also share a flat with a colleague if you want. He said he earns in FCY and works for a foreign organisation, hence I expect his standard of living to be befitting.

madridguy:
Not because I am a Muslim, because I am a Africa man. Sir, if you will listen to me, this might sound like a joke to you, but i would want you to set up another family here in Nigeria. It is very important for your old age.

I guess you are in mid-late 20's, you see, when you are younger it is easier to rationalize and make certain decisions. Immediately after graduation, I worked in 3 different Coys, and I got queried for insubordination, twice. When you grow older, you become hasty in making decisions. How are you going to look at your son and explain to him that you got another family because of his mom naggings. What about your children? Unless you were raised without affection or you have witnessed or grew up in a polygamous home then you can sleep without your kids around. I would make so much money extra if I give up one of my weekends to do some oversight functions, but I can't trade that for my daughter's tennis practice. Now imagine me not seeing my daughters for a week, even if you pay me $200k, I would decline. My parents are lamenting everyday that we don't see, my siblings and I ensures they travel every quarter to spend time with each of us. Family is not what you just create and recreate

Cromagnon:
you are a spendthrift

Maybe, Maybe not, however, as a young person you have to spend on your career it is a continuous improvement project

madridguy:
Matured people like you are crying day and night in western country as we speak with the kind of treatment they're getting from their wife Small boy claiming mature man.

My wife was already a senior in Advisory in one of the big four, before we relocated. Hence we never had issues with managing finances nor she having any troubles submitting when were in Nigeria. Okkk, I can confirm that you are a Muslim and can have multiple families without worry. You are good to go.

madridguy:
Baba, immediately I have the plan to relocate abroad, the first thing I will so is to set up another family. Once the one we travel abroad start misbehaving, I will just quietly carry my bag, leave her with the children and continue my life with my second wife back home.

I will never accept any woman to lord over me as abroad women are use to be doing.

When you see someone reason like this just know the person is immature

yewit37486:
You cannot project your assumptions on others, that's the point. How do you know where he lives is unsafe? Did verybadmouth tell you that? Do you know him personally? Live and let live, it is his LIFE, and he made his decision to live where he lives based on factors he knows, respect that.

Btw, he works remotely, so where does entering BRT come in here?!!

Well if you work for a high valued organisation wether in Nigeria or abroad this is the first basic orientation you will be given. When I worked in Nigeria, the coy I worked with will not allow you to enter bike 🚳 let alone bus. Infact how would you even think of it. Well I guess he is working with a mushroom startup abroad. Let me let you know for free no sensible organisation abroad will let you work remotely without thinking about the security and data you have. Before I relocated, the Coy told me point blank we cannot guarantee safety of our data in Nigeria. It is either you relocate or you forget about it. For a 250k apartment in Lagos? Let me allow you rest biko, I cannot stress further.

yewit37486:
You simply can't conclude without knowing the full details. What if he decided to live in a cheap place in order to fast track his savings to buy his own place? What if there are family considerations in his choice to live where he lives?

if you earn well and you work for a valuable organisation please don't think like this please 🥺. Look if you work for a valuable organisation you have access to sensitive information I. Your computer, the Outlook or slack on your mobile has sensitive data, you cannot be boarding BRT or bus to work, what if your phone gets stolen or you get robbed? What if your work gadgets get stolen? How about the safety of your life? How can you live in a neighborhood without adequate private security? If you earn well forget about rushing to go build a house think smart and focus what is in front of you. You can buy a duplex for 120m with 60m down payment and get the remaining finance from the bank. Why are you thinking like a civil servant

verybadmouth:
I leave in a very affordable area for now. I prefer to leave here coz of their constant power supply. I can actually afford to leave anywhere I want. I just prefer to spend less on rent and focus on other projects

When you begin to get better pay you will relocate don't worry.

verybadmouth:

I no talk sey money no dey there oo. Bill sef no be small thing. As you dey collect, you dey spend. I'm a mobile app developer here in Nigeria and work for a US company remotely. Bro, it pays me here. My rent is just 250k yearly in Lagos. I have people that pay over 1 million monthly in London. They are crying

For you to be a developer and pay 250k rent, then you must be getting paid badly, when I lived back then in Lagos a decent apartment on the mainland around Ikeja I was paying 750k far back. Saying you will stay in Nigeria and be working for a US firm is myopic, if you have the means of relocating.

I am not going to type an epistle, I will just go straight to the point and ensure you get it right the first time.

The main reason for cracks in the holy matrimony especially for Nigerians living abroad is Finance. The second is lifestyle (infidelity, drugs etc), I may not have a solution to the lifestyle issues but I think I have a silver bullet for the financial issues.

Firstly if you are not yet married, this will be 💯% useful but if you are married, you may need to tweak it a bit to be useful.

Please 🙏 if you know at some point in your life you will nurse the ambition of travelling out of the country, DO NOT MARRY DOWN 👇. Marry a man or woman on the same financial level with you, it is very important, make I talk am again... Marry person wey una dey the same salary range.

The truth is if your wife earns in the same range like you in Nigeria, and yet she is SUBMISSIVE, take the marriage to Indochina, it will stand like the rock of Gibraltar and flourish like the biblical cedars of Lebanon.

Many people underestimate the value of CASH. Look my friend, cash is power 🙏 and power is intoxicating. How can you bring in someone who has never earned 100k in her life abroad and she undertakes some trainings, six months down the line she is making over $4k/m and you 🤔 it will be business as usual as the money increases and accumulates over time?

I have mediated in a handful marriages abroad, but the one wey dey make water 💦 💦 commot for my eyes na when you will see a full grown man begging wife wey you pay ticket for to come aboard. The truth is when you come abroad power may/will change hands, do not test such power with someone in an unfamiliar terrain.

Finally as women will say, it is better to cry in a RR than in Keke Napep, it is also better to come in with a financially stable partner so that if things do not work out at least both of you contributed financially hence you share your estate and life goes on

I did not proof read this, swallow all the grammatical errors in peace ✌️

Racoon:
Tufiakwa! Even If I move over to the UK, I trust God for my marriage to remain intact because happiness in marriage depends on the love, respect, and understanding you have with your wife.

To avoid this, ensure your wife is working in Nigeria and makes good money (that way she sees money as nothing) . If your wife is not used to having her own money and you immigrate to a good country and she starts earning well, brother there is bound to be a problem, if you like marry Martha, cash is power and power is intoxicating