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Travel › Re: General South Africa Visa Enquiries by yinksob002: 1:17pm On Feb 06, 2015

Yes you can carry those items since they are non metallic. Orientation programme is important in d sense that you get enlightened about your programme, the school rules and other necessary info that will aid you in settling down at d institution.

Kentrasso:
Pls I need to know how important orientation program is and an answer to the question of bags for travel. Can I take cookwares from nigeria that are not metallic like non stick pans and cutlery

Travel › Re: General South Africa Visa Enquiries by yinksob002: 10:04am On Feb 06, 2015

Visit agoda.com, you can get cheap hotel bookings in joburg and take advantage of the half price friday bookings

eluquenson:
Thanks a lot, pls can you recommend a site where he can pay for hotel which is relatively cheaper in Joburg.

Travel › Re: General South Africa Visa Enquiries by yinksob002: 5:55am On Feb 06, 2015

Like Manager007 rightly said, if no condition is stated, it means your brother can visit SA for other purposes asides d conference. However, I would advise him to do a paid hotel booking whenever he is set to leave to avoid being denied entry upon arrival. All the best

eluquenson:
Thanks for the info. My question is how will he know the condition of the visa as it is not stated on the visa the condition Whether strictly conference or visiting visa.

Travel › Re: General South Africa Visa Enquiries by yinksob002: 6:17am On Jan 19, 2015

yinkaabeegs:
Thanks bro. I understand you perfectly well. There's no reason to get carried away cos I have previously visited SA on three occasions. Thanks for the advice though.

Congrats... welcome to mzanzi and dont be carried away by wot you see in SA but feel the country and learn to stay alive and safe...

Travel › Re: General South Africa Visa Enquiries by yinksob002: 8:49pm On Jan 17, 2015

Finally arrived SA for my masters prog at wits university few days back. Thanks a great deal to TYPOP, Samtol4, Chemashie and other nairalanders for their useful advice and contributions all the way.

Pls let us all remember to be good ambassadors of Naija here in SA. I will always ensure I contribute my own quota in assisting others on this forum.

Thank you all and God bless.

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Travel › Re: General South Africa Visa Enquiries by yinksob002: 9:03am On Jan 05, 2015

My bro.. Na so he be.

Air ticket fares have been on the rise since December.

chemashie:
This is way to go! They should help keep the money, it will sure come in handy later. Getting a cheaper fare on SAA from MMIA to PE is not easy. Can't believe I'm paying 157k as against 134k I paid last year.

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Travel › Re: General South Africa Visa Enquiries by yinksob002: 9:51am On Jan 03, 2015

Thanks

sultan003:
If it is braamfontein, auckland park, melville areas, Accomodation is relatively ok .. To get cheap rates, Start scouting now check gumtree or Olx

Travel › Re: General South Africa Visa Enquiries by yinksob002: 7:45pm On Jan 02, 2015

Hi nairalanders, Is there anyone going to Wits or UJ in January or anyone currently living around its environs that we can rent a room together and share d cost. I learnt rent will be on the high side BTW Jan &Feb due to the influx of newly admitted students. Thanks

Travel › Re: General South Africa Visa Enquiries by yinksob002: 2:43pm On Dec 29, 2014

I don't know about Abuja but in Lagos, that is what is obtainable up till early this month cos i met someone at the SA embassy in lagos who went through the process recently. He was given an option to choose from viz a viz:
i) Wait till the study visa expires and get a repatriation refund or;
ii) Process it now but with a condition that the visa will be cancelled as it is yet to expire.

The deadline of 28th Feb 2015 is to enable concerned parties to process their request on or before then, otherwise it will be forfeited to the state.

chemashie:
It seems you are not current with the repatriation refund policy. You have to request for the repatriation refunds on or before 28th of February, 2015. I will be going to Abuja to collect mine before going back to SA.

Travel › Re: General South Africa Visa Enquiries by yinksob002: 8:18am On Dec 29, 2014

If you request for a refund of your repatriation fee before your study permit expires, the permit will be cancelled once the repatriation fee is refunded.

Otherwise, you may need to wait for your study permit to expire before requesting for a refund of the repatriation fee.

abaeli:
Compliment of the season my people!
Plz I heard that repatriation fee is being refunded but dont know how true it is, hope it wont affect permit on passport sha, as anyone gotten his/her own? kindly lead me on requirement to get it or details about it. thanks

Travel › Re: General South Africa Visa Enquiries by yinksob002: 8:15am On Dec 29, 2014

I will advise you to go for 12 months to avoid unnecessary denial or delay.

preshuzpearl:
Hi guys. About the study permit to south Africa, will it be okay if I pay have medical insurance for 6 months and renew it when I get there?

Travel › Re: General South Africa Visa Enquiries by yinksob002: 9:44am On Dec 24, 2014

There is no point withdrawing your passport after this long wait. Be assured that you will get it before mid January. I am aware the embassy had some technical issues before going on break and that could have possibly caused the delay. As a result, a friend of mine had his study visa delayed as well and was asked to check back on the 9th of January 2015.

Exercise more patience and all will be fine.

All the best

dabigbangishere:
Hey nairalanders, I submitted my visa application at VFS, Lagos and today makes it 4weeks with no update from this guys. Anyone with idea and what I can do or who to contact to get my passport back?

Travel › Re: General South Africa Visa Enquiries by yinksob002: 7:20am On Dec 12, 2014

Not at all. The embassy is currently dealing with a lot of applications but am sure you will get a response from them before they go on xmas break.

dabigbangishere:
I submitted by visa application on the 26th of November and till now, I've not heard anything or received any text from them. Could this be a problem that I won't be getting the visa since its taking a long time right now.

Travel › Re: General South Africa Visa Enquiries by yinksob002: 5:36pm On Dec 11, 2014

Of course they do have records of previous applications just like other embassies.

However, since you didn't overstay during your previous visits, you may be lucky to have that part overlooked or they may not even notice it going by the volume of applications they treat on a daily basis.

Just relax, i believe it will come out fine. All the best

dabigbangishere:
I am having a big issue here so I need someone with experience to please respond to my post. I've traveled to SA about 2 times and I never overstay... I applied for a visa sometime last year and I was refused so I tried to visit again so while filling the form, someone convince me to fill that I have never been refused before which I foolishly did. Will this affect my chances of getting a visa? Also, do SA embassy have records for applications ever submitted? I will appreciate experience response and no immature talks.

Travel › Re: General South Africa Visa Enquiries by yinksob002: 7:16pm On Dec 09, 2014

You are actually right.

However, a minimum balance of N400,000 to N600,000 should be okay. Note that the embassy places more emphasis on your acct turnover rather than your closing balance.

Waleabimbola:
I think they want 6 months bank statement... I am not really sure.
let other people enlighten you on this issue please so as not to be misinformed.

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Travel › Re: General South Africa Visa Enquiries by yinksob002: 6:02pm On Dec 08, 2014

No, They don't.

drealsheggs:
Good day to everyone, please does anyone know, if South African
Embassy here in Nigeria also conduct an interview for anyone who is going for a visit just like other countries like, UK, USA, does? .please kindly
enlighten me on this people, as your advise is highly
welcomed. Thank you house in anticipation of your responses.

Travel › Re: General South Africa Visa Enquiries by yinksob002: 6:52pm On Dec 04, 2014

It means your hotel booking had already been cancelled at the time your application was treated.

This may be as a result of the fact that you cancelled your hotel booking before your visa application was processed or the booking was automatically cancelled by the hotel since you failed to turn up on the arrival date which i presume is the date below.

Always try to apply early next time.

Best of luck.

extrovert6:
Hello house I applied for visit visa to attend a conference, but the conference ended on d 28 of Nov but my documents was processed on d 1st of December by d embassy. They denied me with reason being "bookings cancelled"
Can someone explain the meaning in case of another time

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Travel › Re: General South Africa Visa Enquiries by yinksob002: 7:17am On Dec 04, 2014

You can still submit before 19th Dec.

Note that the dates referenced below falls on a weekend.

kma:
Hello everyone.please when does south african embassy lagos close for the festive period.I want to submit a study permit on the 13/14th dec.hope its nt too late.thanks

Travel › Re: General South Africa Visa Enquiries by yinksob002: 7:13am On Dec 04, 2014

If you live in Lagos, i will advise you to visit their embassy at 24, Molade Okoya Thomas street, Victoria Island, lagos and obtain a checklist of documents required. That will afford you the opportunity to meet with the officials and get proper clarifications on other issues relating to the permit in question.

All the best

eddiebruk:
Good day everyone, please is it possible to get a South Africa Business Permit from Nigeria, and what will be the required documents, because i cant find any information of such on VFS or the High commissions website.

Travel › Re: General South Africa Visa Enquiries by yinksob002: 11:03am On Dec 02, 2014

For those documents stated below, the dates will not count against you. However, ensure that your bank statement reflects a current date because embassies now insist that your statement print out date must not exceed ten days prior to submission.

Secondly, the medical report/radiological report obtained in nigeria should be issued within the last three months prior to submission of your application.

Regards

Aboderinkay:
The letter of acceptance, medical certificate, letter of introduction from my employer etc already dated and am yet to be true with Med ins -momentum

Travel › Re: General South Africa Visa Enquiries by yinksob002: 9:50am On Dec 02, 2014

What sort of documents are you talking about? Can you be more specific

Aboderinkay:
I want to find out if date on the documents will not count against me at the embassy. Some have been dated for the past one month while am yet to receive others .

Travel › Re: General South Africa Visa Enquiries by yinksob002: 9:44am On Dec 02, 2014

The required minimum BTA amount is $1,000. In case you don't have up to that, just tell them at the immigration desk that you have additional funds in your bank acct and would not want to take the risk of carrying such an amount about (Hold your ATM card oh). Being a first time traveller, they may try to intimidate you but make sure you stand your ground and be bold in your response.

The cost of flight to SA depends on the airline you intend to use and the period cos a friend of mine just booked a flight yesterday on wakanow.com for N96,000 approximately.

You can check wakanow.com or flysaa.com for further details.

All the best

ay01dot123:
Hello. Please I don't know how much SA flight is gonna cost me and like how much I need to hold for my BTA. I'm going there to visit a friend and I'm planning to stay there for 2month. I've not traveled out of Nigeria before. Just got my international passport. What else is needed to be done?. I need your prompt response sir.

Travel › Re: General South Africa Visa Enquiries by yinksob002: 9:37am On Dec 02, 2014

That amount is small oh..Unless you have funds in your bank account in addition to that.

qalifa:
Please can I use R500 as my BTA

Travel › Re: General South Africa Visa Enquiries by yinksob002: 6:46am On Nov 27, 2014*

Yes. For study permit, you apply directly to the SA embassy.

Best of luck

Shine1177:
I just registered with Momemtum this Monday online and it took less than 24 hours to get my registration confirmed.

@ yinksob002
Did you say you applied directly at the embassy? I need not go to VFS right?

Travel › Re: General South Africa Visa Enquiries by yinksob002: 6:53am On Nov 25, 2014

The waiver applies to both study and visitors visa

opsy4real1:
is it applicable to all categories of visa? Or only waived for study visa

Travel › Re: General South Africa Visa Enquiries by yinksob002: 8:29am On Nov 24, 2014

For study visa, the visa fee is N8,600 but you will pay bank charges of N1,575 bringing the total to N10,175.00

You will need to photocopy your yellow card (Front and Back) and you don't need to pay for the same flight reservation. One your visa comes out, you are free to choose your desired airline

HankVoight:
Evening,
1. Please in respect to flights booking; do I need to pay for the flight before I submit my visa application? If No, am I to pay for the same flight reservation I submitted to the embassy which has a 72 hour reservation holding since i choose the 'pay later' option OR can i move on and pay for another flight on a later day?
2. how much is the visa processing fee for study permits; is it 8,600 or 18,000?
3. Do I need to photocopy my vaccination card?

Thank you for your help.

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Travel › Re: General South Africa Visa Enquiries by yinksob002: 8:18am On Nov 24, 2014

Its official and i can confirm to you that repatriation fee is no longer required for study visa cos i just submitted my application last week. The newly amended immigration law in SA clearly states it. nx[/quote]

Travel › Re: General South Africa Visa Enquiries by yinksob002: 2:33pm On Nov 23, 2014

Yes

extrovert6:
Yinksob! Was it a visiting visa too?

Travel › Re: General South Africa Visa Enquiries by yinksob002: 8:56am On Nov 22, 2014

You may be lucky to have it processed within a week cos av seen pple who get their visas in less than a week but most times it takes about two weeks or more. The balance in your sponsors acct is okay provided he has a good acct turnover cos that is what matters most. All the best..

extrovert6:
Pls I need a reply my people

Travel › Re: General South Africa Visa Enquiries by yinksob002: 3:55pm On Nov 20, 2014*

1) it should have a return date cos the embassy presumes that you are coming back to naija on completion of your studies. Also, you don't need to pay as its just a flight reservation not booking 2) To be on a safer side, pls do a full year medical insurance to avoid being turned down at d embassy 3) Repatriation fee has been cancelled so you don't need to pay for it. All the best

HankVoight:
Ma pple, I need your help.
I'm applying for a study permit and I would like you guys to help me answer dis questions please;
1. Will the flight booking that I will be submiting be one way or shud it have a return date? Must I first pay for the flight before I submit?

2. If I pay 6months for medical insurance can I still be issued a visa?

3.Do d still ask for repartiation fee?

Abeg help na johnny just come I be.

Travel › Re: General South Africa Visa Enquiries by yinksob002: 3:48pm On Nov 20, 2014

No he can't. Let him get a letter from d school accommodation office to that effect. Some schools may ask u to pay a token as confirmation fee while others may not. Alternatively, you can check out private accommodation online such as" student digz" to know how to go about it. Personally, I will advise you try out d school option because the idea of hotel reservation cannot work for study visa at all. Sorry for d late response as I haven't been online for sometime. All d best

opsy4real1:
...also can he use hotel reservation as proof of accomodation? kindly educate and advice on how to go about the proof of accomodation after all things are done.

Travel › Re: General South Africa Visa Enquiries by yinksob002: 5:08pm On Nov 19, 2014

It cost me a total sum of R4,188 for the medical insurance using Momentum health.

Regards

opsy4real1:
thank you very much for ur promptness in response. I realy appreciate...how much does the insurance go for? Just an idea

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