₦airaland Forum

For y'all coming to SA to hussle I'll advice you not to come. I am currently in Nigeria and been to SA twice and I'd say it's one of the best countries in the world especially Capetown which boasts many infrastructures you'll NEVER see in the rest of Africa. One thing though, if you are looking to go to other countries from SA, I'll say you NEED a form of resident permit which MUST be issued in Nigeria. For example if you're a student and you really go to the school then applying to USA etc is not a problem. The South Africans DON'T travel abroad. Only few of them do and when they do they stick to the rules of their visas. Their passport is visa free to many European countries for example Ireland and the USA Embassy in Capetown or J'borg will give you a 10 years visa unlike Naija where you get a 2 years. South Africans don't go out of their country looking for 'greener' pastures on visitors visa, they'll apply for work permits etc from their country if they feel they need to work so the embassies there do not scrutinize their applications as they are very honest when it comes to visa applications. Anyway I hope y'all get what am saying since I know SA is a last resort for anyone leaving Nigeria. If you're going in order to go to another country, make sure you have any form of permit from Nigeria and the rest is easy.

Just to add to what I've written because I saw someone asked why Nigerians are been deported at Point of Entry in South Africa. The reason is most Nigerians are not tourists. They intend to come and stay. The immigration officers already know this and they target and single us out whenever we land. Even Ethiopian airlines collect a repatriation fee of $150 from every Nigerian passenger and it's refundable after 5 working days if you do not have any issues with the immigration.

South African visa is easy provided you have the required documents. I used an agent for my first visa to be honest since I never really knew how the process works. Went there with my wife and we were almost bounced back at the airport. They bounced about 10 Nigerians in front of us that day in J'oborg without asking any questions but they didn't bounce us because my wife holds an EU passport. Nigerian passport is finished everywhere! Anyway fast forward to last month I applied myself at vfs, paid the fee and paid for the hotel with my international credit card (Since Buhari don finish the financial sector) also included the properties we own in Capetown and I got my visa the date I put I was gonna travel. I still haven't used the visa due to other commitment. One thing I noticed tho was the huge crowd at the vfs collection center. There were about 200 of us who came to receive their visas!

Make SURE your hotel is PAID FOR!!! Do not go with a booking.com or hotel.com reservation. They denied people like crazy. I don't know what Nigeria is turning into. They only give according to the number of days on your hotel. I booked 14 days hotel stay in Stellenbosch Capetown and I was issued the exact two weeks multiple entry. And please beware of agents since South Africa verify bank statements now and your hotel reservation. I know from people who I saw were refused. They asked for their genuine bank statement to be submitted before they can issue them a visa. They also included a white paper between their passport explain why they were refused.

South Africa is an AMAZING place to live in!!!! If you live in Capetown you'd never want to go back to this crazy hell of a place called Nigeria. I see reasons why Nigerians don't want to return but it's also necessary we go through the right procedure of staying permanently not by overstaying our visas.

Hi all. Got a question. I've got an appointment coming up next week and for some reasons when I was filling up my appointment I put the wrong visa type -B1 instead of B1/B2 even though my wife told me but I was in a hurry. I called the embassy the next day and the dude told me the B1/B2 is the same category and I should tell the VO during interview. So my question is should I tell the VO before the beginning of the interview? And has anyone had this issue? My appointment is already set up so no way I can change that. Even though I missed earlier one because of work. My DS-160 was filled correctly with the correct visa type, just the appointment part was wrongly filled and I'll be the only one needing the visa since my wife is a EU citizen. She's pissed as Bleep lol. Help me out house.