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thankfulgal6996:
Visa Alert‼️

Just to encourage someone here.

I just picked up my visa from Tls this morning

I was granted 3months with 30days stay multiple entry.

This is my second Schengen visa.

The first one was in 2022 I got 1 month with 15days validity with single entry.


This group have been very helpful, you don’t need any agent once you follow the guide in this group.

Thanks so much for all the people who has contributed to this thread.

aurorae1:
Ayy Félicitations !!!

1. I'm glad you were able to call her out and get it addressed. I'm non-confrontational especially towards a teacher/lecturer, but I hope she corrects it moving forward. She is GOOD at what she does.

2. I used the other and more popular site formation-tcf by Ayoub and yes it WAS everything. Free past questions in EE and EO and the subscription for CO and CE. This part is compulsory (in my eyes), if you want to take TCF... Won't say more...lol

3. A moniker had spoken about the keyboard in use for the exam, and I adjusted accordingly. Downloaded the french version of the QWERTY keyboard on my phone and laptop and dropped the usual AZERTY. YES to needing to click the accents on the screen, what a time waster! Hopefully they correct this.

4. Information is power. I wish you'd had more time with those packs. A month with them is golden. I'll also not say more here...

5. As for the B2 haut et bas, it's more TEF although there's a balance now with the new format, although I hear IRCC is yet to implement it.
What you need is the score not just the CLB, you need 450 and above for CO and CE, 10 and up for EE and EO.
Anything lower even if it's B2 won't cut it.

For someone who got serious with this in September, you've done great!!! Rest easy and sleep well tonight
Looking forward to celebrating with you!!

DerFuhrer:
Congratulations on completing the exams and I hope the results are as you desire when you receive them.

I’m a little confused about the part you said you needed to write accents with a keyboard, I was under the impression that the EE is pen and paper based while the CO and CE are are computer based MCQs. Could you please clarify why you needed to enter texts that require accents with a keyboard?

thelma76:
In the spirit of transparency and sharing, j’ai voulu vous partager que j’ai passe mon examen aujourd’hui. If I could go back, what would I do differently?

1. I’d stick to Madam Bizang (but only because her foundational classes are exceptional). I know someone had raised a complaint about her attitude and I mentioned it could be due to a barrier in language and culture. However, I eventually got a glimpse of what this person had described which honestly demoralized me and I had to call it out to her.

2. However, in addition to coaching and the immersion (French podcasts etc) I’d honestly focus fully on using the past questions packs on réussirTCFcanada point com. I’ll tell you for free that a lot of the questions in EE and EO were all in their past questions which made these sections super breezy for me. Sharing some at the end of this message. There are 30 combinations for CO and CE, and I am willing to bet that if someone can finish these 60 combinations, you wouldn’t get less than C1 if you have a good memory and are super intentional about the mock exams

3. I’d request an adapted keyboard. The keyboard being used at AF Lagos is despicable. The keys are stiff and most times, you have to go back to correct what you’ve written because the keys are jammed somewhat. Also, adding the accents is tougher because you have to consciously pause and select the accent on the screen. A candidate who had written previously had requested for this during his registration and he received a wonderful adapted Azerty keyboard during the exam to all our envies.


4. I cannot repeat this enough. Practice the exam packs on that website over and over and over again for all épreuves! My only regret is not starting them earlier than last week. Even for CO and CE, saw a few repeated questions.

Things to note: you don’t control the time with CO. Each question has a set duration so you have to wait till the timer runs out to go to the next question. It would have been preferable to have control over the pace of CO. For CE, you control the pace.

Finally, I got B2 in both CO and CE but now I heard there’s a B2 “haut” and B2 “bas”. And I didn’t pay attention to the scores because I thought the grades mattered most. Additionally, I had to leave the room immediately after, so little to no time to take note of it. Now I’m anxious because I’m not sure I got B2 haut as I can’t remember seeing any 500s in either scores. I guess we’ll wait and see in three weeks as they advised. I’m super anxious and don’t even feel as relieved as I thought I would.

Finally, practice past questions till you’re sick of it!! I wish I had and if I have to rewrite this, I wouldn’t fret at all given this experience I now have. Again, it’s me…the one who started actively learning in September…I think all things are possible with a little determination. I’ll definitely try again if that’s required eventually!

Ziongirl:
Good morning guys. I’ll be traveling to France and my fiancé who’s in Spain will be joining me in Paris. In whose name should the hotel booking be? Mine or his or can we have both? (He’s the one sponsoring my trip). Also, I’ll be going from Nigeria to france and from Spain back to Nigeria (i plan on visiting Spain and I’ve booked my return flight from Spain to Nigeria). This is not a problem yeah? Lastly, do I need to show travel itinerary at the point of entry?

Queenyetun:
Thank you.

Milito:
Is there a direct flight from Lagos to Spain?

aurorae1:
I saw it and didn't even know what to say.
It's highly disappointing. Furthermore they believe Nigerians will say nothing, take it in stride and still struggle to raise the money. It's plain extortion.
We need these bodies to charge naira rates for these exams, we don't earn in Euros.
I saw a change.org petition for it today, dunno how much good it'll do but I did sign up.

NwunyeAlberta:
The price has changed. It's 700k as of this morning 😓😓😓

Nielda234:
Hello,
Has anyone recently applied for a visa using this TLS. I don’t know why they changed it from VSF. This is my 4th visa application and it usually comes out in 3-4 days. It’s been over a week and nothing yet. I’m tracking it and it’s saying processing. I don’t get. Did anyone else’s application take this long?

yemmywesey:
Which Nigerian card did you used

nneteb:
You have just 3 days activities, if your stay in France will be more than 5 or 10 days, I will advice you not to list out your activities by days, just details out places you will visit in a paragraph

Queenyetun:
Good morning Thelma. I really need to connect with you so you can put me through please.

hunee:
France will be granting visa as if they are giving you maternity leave
which one is 10days, 5days. after paying over or close to 100k

Congratulations Thelma.

beautyuche:
Hi, Congratulations on your visa. Can you kindly share the template you used for your cover letter? Thank you.

Queenyetun:
Congratulations Thelma
Did you reserve tours for the purpose of the visa application?

Sholly2003:
Hello everyone, a friend forgot to include her travel itinerary in the document she submitted, I want to know if this can affect the outcome of her visa or if there is any remedy to this.

Zazozhe2022:
. How did you book hotel reservations for free please? They keep asking me for money in the card

Zazozhe2022:
And again why they stingy with Visa so. The 3 rd time they still give you 1 months. So how do you qualify for a 1 year visa . Is it after 5 times wey you don go come back? lol or you have to specifically ask for it on your application?

Ziongirl:
When did you submit your application and when did you get a notification your passport was ready for collection please?

Queenyetun:
See ehn, I was confident I was going to get the visa. I had less than this balance when I got a Uk visa.. don’t know why France is moving mad
I pray you get yours.

Queenyetun:
I submitted the following;
Letter of introduction from my employer
Letter of employment
Pay slips
Statement of accounts with 6.9m closing balance
Travel insurance
Return Flight tickets reservation
Hotel reservation
Itinerary
Cover letter
Previous visas (Uk and some Asian countries)
Entry and exit stamps
Leave letter
Reference letter

I have never stayed beyond 8 days in any of my trips which is always within my visa validity… so I really wonder why they doubt that I will return

Awesomemama:
I agree with u. As much as you as a student have to put in alot of work, a great teacher pointing you in the right direction and guiding you does a whole lot of good.

79733139:
Okay, let's assume you are a genius or you are at the upper end when it comes to "knowing how to learn", the main issue is you and NOT a "magic teacher"... let me assume everything you wrote is true, less than 5% of the population is on that level, so it is unrealistic for "regular people" with a full-time job living in Nigeria to advance super fast.

I said something like this in 2022, guys please if you are thinking of learning French or you have just started learning French "Be very WARY of unrealistic stories!" - They are almost always just marketing gimmicks pushed by "magic teachers".

Silvaplum:
I sent a mail to you over a week now, kindly respond.

agathacally:
I’ve picked up the passport with the visa

It was 10 days validity so it expires in 3 day 🤣🤣🤭. Waste of money and effort

They also asked me to report back when o come back from my trip. So I told them at TLs that I won’t be able to travel so they noted it

I’ll apply again . Hopefully they give me . This one wasn’t my fault


Thank you Thelma , If not for your reply, my passport would still be sitting at TLS
It was issued since 5th October