keycash:
14th of May

I guess they sent you a pre-rejection email before that, I'm sorry about the outcome of your application, take your time to evaluate your next line of action, in all, don't quit. I'm rooting for you....!

keycash:
They did not email me

When did you submit your application..?

MadeMan01:


Hello bro,
Sorry for the refusal. Do t give up. Re-apply.

In my case I tried to appeal but VFS told me I would pay appeal fees which was almost equal to new application, so I did not appeal again. Luckily for me the day February 6 2024, I got my refusal, VFS Abuja portal was open, I was able to book again against March 21 ,2024 so I have enough time to gather extra support documents and also, i wanted to reapply in Lagos to avoid spending air fare and hotel Costa to Abuja. However from that Feb 6 till date , I have not heard of VFS open for appointment in Lagos or Abuja. So I ended up travelling again to Abuja on March 20, did VFS application on March 21 and returned to Lagos on March 21. This week is the third week since I applied, so I am optimistic. My first refusal came in 6 days from application, today is 18 days from my second application.

I noticed when I first applied,most of the people attending to clients were new trainees. I knew because they kept moving them from desk to desk and I over heard a supervisor telling them that one someone will come and train them in another room and some of the girls at the desk said, " Thank God" , meaning they were not ready in confidence on what they were expected to do. What annoyed was that the experienced lady who attended to me first time removed some of my docs like past UK, France and Portugal visas and said its not necessary, that Portugal embassy has my records . I also think my letter my not have been good enough.
In my second application, nothing was removed, the woman who attended to me did not remove anything.

Check your PCC , if it is not expired, reapply if you can get appointment, but VFS now has become something else to get appointment date. I was lucky I booked the Abuja date for appointment as I was thinking if I get Lagos date, I will ignore the Abuja appointment, but I have not been able to get Lagos appointment. Even someone who was willing to exchange or sell her appointment to me, VFS said appointment was not transferable, so I went to Abuja. I am hoping for the best

Please I sent you a PM, kindly respond sir, I have something I want to ask you about Portugal JSV.

lululovesblue:
There was another thread made about her and everyone assumed she had gone to cheat on her husband with her secret boyfriend, with a lot of people wishing d3ath on her. Anyone who wished for her safe return was called an sIut and d3ath was also wished on them. Now it's come out she was depressed. I truly wish she hadn't seen it as the only option. RIP. Please check on your friends and family members and remind them they're not alone, so they don't feel taking their life is the only option they have.

The type of humans on this platform and their way of thinking is quite scary, most of them already wished her death without knowing anything about the story, I couldn't my eyes while i was reading all the nasty comments.

tensazangetsu20:


You will get the visa in Jesus name. No fear and you will also find a lot of favour in Portugal when you land there

Thank you very much, I really appreciate. God bless you.

tensazangetsu20:
Third day of work and it's still unbelievable to me. To be honest, my current job is something I have been chasing all the way from Nigeria. I got into Salesforce back in 2021 and have been trying to get a Salesforce job but it was so impossible in Nigeria. I just focused on my frontend I was doing then. At least I had a job and it paid really well at least by Nigerian standards.

I won't lie despite all my research about Chile I was so scared when I was coming here. Even my whole family thought I had gone loco. Only my uncle in Belgium supported me. His reason being a country with visa free travel to the US, Canada and Europe can never be a bad country. He sent me 2000 usd back then which was what I used to pay my rent for a year.

At this point, I am super contented with everything I have. A good job in a good company and I live in a very solid country. Chile is so amazing for me and I absolutely have no regrets that I made the move. I have been so exposed to so many opportunities here and I haven't even spent up to a year. I have interviewed with even the equivalent of the central bank of Chile whereas I don't even know if my own countrys central bank even recruits.

For anyone trying to relocate, I only have one piece of advice: be a man of value. Strive to create value. Research on what people want, try and learn them and try to use what you have learnt to build value. No country in the world is easy but some places are more difficult than others.

Congratulations to you brother, it's been a while I heard from you. I'm, glad you're doing very well in Chile, contrary to what naysayers were saying.

I have an appointment with Portugal embassy(VFS) this month, I hope to be granted the visa and tow a similar path to yours.

I admire your wealth of knowledge, tenacity and resilience in pursuing your dreams and aspirations.

Wishing you all the very best....

MadeMan01:

VFS is different from Embassy. VFS is just an agent to filter applicants, coordinate and arrange applications to reduce crowd at embassies where they do not want to deal with applicants directly. VFS has no say on decision. they are errand boys to the embassies

Is there anything like interview at the VFS? I heard you'll just submit your documents, make payments and that's it...

Rip brother, may God comfort your family and grant your soul eternal rest....

nuruoniwo:


Does it means they open the slots once in a month??

It's most likely...

nuruoniwo:
Well its possible those people in charge are hinting some people about the time the slots will open, you know Nigeria now. They will still always do backyard arrangements all just to make money. We have to keep checking till we are lucky to find slots.

Yeah, you're right. And I guess there's no other appointment till next month.

streetwise2015:
Some appointments slots came out few days ago but before you know it. it was all booked ..Still hopefully and looking for appointment..it’s not easy to get an appointment..May God help us all

That's true, I know some people that booked appointment slots, before I could go online, everything was gone. The whole thing is tiring, checking everyday, yet nothing....

But is there a way people know there's going to be appointments or something?

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How are those people doing it? Cos It's frustrating...

Even Nylon follow dey suffer tinubulation...😂😂😂

Yvngex:



My Brother, you will surely succeed. 🙏🙏

Amen, thank you bro...!

Gerrard59:


Travel agents cannot arrange a work visa for you. You apply to a company based there, go through its recruitment process and if successful, the firm applies for a visa on your behalf.

As for digital marketer, sorry, but that is not a field western companies seek to employ foreigners, especially from Africa.

If I can't find job visa sponsorship as a digital marketer, I'll apply for job seeker visa which will enable me get into those countries and apply for onsite digital marketing jobs, I believe I have options with any of the routes.

femi4:
Go for work visa, that way , you hit the ground running. Study visa is expensive, you can be miserable with academic stress and trying to meet up with shool outstanding balance

Thank you, I think it's better too...

Sunnyrado:
You can go via red cross program,

Can you explain to me how it works?

ednut1:
shebi its easy why you never run am?🙄. Immigration policies when they left and now are they the same?

I'm working on it, doing my best and I believe it'll work.

Yvngex:




That's great to hear, you can also be of help to many of us who wants to do the same as you did.

I'm still in the process, I don't know it all....

Knoble22:


Chairman, can I also dm you, I need some info about a Portugal or Malta student visa... many thanks

I don't know it all, you can find everything you need on nairaland and YouTube.

If you feel you still need to PM me, go ahead then.

Emmanuel30a:
You are not serious, I have seen death warrant; your death warrant? No be juju be that? Who among your tribe or family ever traveled out of Nigeria? You wan do wetin your grandfathers&forefathers no do... Which kind pikin b dis?

Please what do you mean?

BigDawsNet:
Work is better... it's pretty hard to get
Study is good... it's pretty easy to get

Work is better... fastest way to Permanent residency
Study is good ... buy you hav to find a job after Study or you return back to ur country

Thank you, I think I would prefer work, I'm working on it already.

thesolutions:
This question is the reason the world fears Nigeria. We can not be honest about anything.

What's wrong with the question?

ednut1:
From what you wrote up there you don’t qualify for work visa dont let agents deceive you. Most beta countries give work visa to people with scarce skills like tech, nursing, doctors, accountants etc. not every tom dick and harry. For the hustler work visa like farm workers- many of them dont even have Nigeria on their list of countries . Even the ones that say you can come temporarily and come search for jobs they know Nigerians have bad record and economic instability at home they no even give you visa to enter. If work visa was easy most Nigerians wont go with study visa.

What is your occupation by the way

Work visa must not be in Tech or high professional jobs, as long as an eligible company can provide you employment with documents to support your visa application, you are good to go. I have friends who relocated with work visas and they are not into Tech, Nursing and the rest. BTW, I'm a Digital Marketer...!

Doodoo10:
Can we link up on how to go about this. I want to apply for my siblings who are still in Nigeria. I am currently residing in the UK.

Okay, send me a PM.

MzFancy:
Hello Nairalanders,
I noticed there's little information about studying in Malta on here .
Over the years, UK has been one of the easiest and fastest pathway to Japa , some even end up settling there permanently, but considering the high exchange rate now , it's clear a lot of people can no longer afford UK . Students already in the UK , keep dropping out everyday because they can no longer afford the tuition.
After extensive research, I found out Malta seem to be an affordable alternative pathway to Japa ,from there you could move to other places, or end up falling in love with the country and settle there permanently.
Whatever the case may be , please let's help ourselves with information concerning Malta (especially the study route ).
.

You'll find more information about Malta on YouTube than Nairaland.

Sibaa:
I can relate. It becomes stressful. This has landed me in a state of confusion.

I was using this travel agent who happened to be close friends with my big mummy. I Started conference visa stuff with him. He was not ready to start any telling of required documents to anyone until yiu have made a deposit of N1m.

I made deposit of N1m last year October. And he sent me long list of documents I am to start hunting. One of which is still pending.

According to the instruction, he was not going to submit any application until all documents are completed and after submission, if the visa is approved , then you balance a certain amount of money. But if the visa is denied he will refund you 550k

Those documents were too stressful and were making me travel to abuja n back and all that. I decided to give it a pause cos I was on a project at the the time and travelling up and down was costing me too much idle time with my team and subsequently affecting productivity, hence cost of running project became higher.

I came across another japa opportunity while yet still waiting to secure the last set of documents. This was different and it just requested few documents which I already had it clicked.

I am seeing worried how best to approach this man to refund money. I need it to prepare for my next trip. I pondered on it for days didn't know how to inform him. Alas, I informed him last 2 days that I have gotten an.oppoetunity somewhere else and that it was just few documents left to submit which I will need funds to sort out. The man just replied" Glory to God , congratulations keep me posted" and that's all.

I replied with " thank you sir".

I kept mute,after some minutes he sent me a message saying, when I arrive there I will help him secure some contacts in that country for him to start introducing to his clients. I said sure sir.

He did not say anything again since that chat. Could it mean he's forgotten I paid him or what could this mean?

Please guys what is your advise how do I present my point to him? I have the record of the transaction receipt I sent to him.

Help me come up with a strategic approach please I need the money to use it for one or two or things please

Thank you



I've been in a dilemma for some time now, trying to choose which pathway I should use for my japa plan.

I would prefer to go with a study visa(to Portugal or Malta) as I'm more familiar with the process and can do everything myself without much help, and it's also easier to get the visa.

My problem with it is that it's quite expensive, and it will take some time for me to start doing full-time work to save tangible funds and cover up the sources I used in getting the japa capital.

On the other hand, a work visa looks great, but I'm not familiar with the process (I will most likely seek assistance from travel agents I know in person), I don't know the possibility of getting a good job within the time-frame the visa will last.

With study, I'll have to target countries with favorable PR requirements, but with a work visa, I will go for any good one without considering much about PR possibilities.

My major motivation is financial, please which one should I go for

How legit is work visa, looking for jobs on arrival. I need your opinions. Thanks in advance.

Wow, your case is really a difficult one. You shouldn't have given him such a huge amount of money upfront. That was how an agent requested I should pay 1.7m upfront for a job visa sponsorship, and wasn't willing to open up to me about the whole process. I had to ditch them, started looking up for info here on Nairaland and YouTube, luckily I got a lot of reasonable info. I'm about to start the process doing it on my own. I'd hope more experienced people can respond to your question and tell you what to do.

48 laws of power....crush your enemy completely.

pansophist:


When people say there is enjoyment in nigeria, it's about the communality, food, being the default, lack of civic responsibilitiee, and "freedom in chaos" such as hook up, bribery, abusing others ( eg sales girl, house boy) etc

Apart from these, I don't know exactly how Nigeria is fun. If one have adapted to their new home, it's far better fun than what's obtainable in naija

How can you enjoy a place with no light, dirty beaches that's not free, no free museum, architecture, library, etc?

And a preventable situation such as bad roads, dumb police officers and bad medical care can kill you in an instant?

Also, your money can only go far in a functioning society. It takes me about 20euros to fly from Amsterdam to the Spanish islands in Africa (Gran Canaria) , but can same amount take you from Lagos to Abuja by flight?

If I dump you in the desert with a million usd suitcase, your money becomee useless, just because the desert can't convert your cash to value.

It's the same thing with being wealthy in Nigeria. Hopefully the drugs you bought for headache is not fake. Imagine paying for your death.

So no, there is no enjoyment in a dysfunctional system. Just that human natures will adapt to bad situations and create fun in it. Just as the kids in the ghetto are having fun, but it's not good life.

I always like how you give a detailed analysis of issues here.

KingAzubuike:
Good players no dey football again unlike the late 90s down to 2010. Those periods you can call one thousand and one world class strikers, midfielders and defenders. These days to mention just 5 players that fit in that category na war

You're very correct, since messi left Barcelona I stopped watching football, I miss the barca, Madrid, premier league, and the UCL of old.

The new generation players are trying, but it's nothing compared to players of old...!

I have a travel agency that said they can do Finland job visa sponsorship for me with 5-6m.

They'll get me an admin job with sponsorship letter to apply for work visa.

How can I know if they can do it or not....?

Bosses, please help me, I know agents are not to be trusted.

Godtemi:


Let me back up your advice with a real life adivce

If you re IT guru. Please don't let anytime stop you. Go as soon as possible.

If you have experience in IGaming. Malta is your God's calling destinations

If you re accountant guru. Please go to Malta.

But if you don't fall in that categories.

Please get your international driving licence, and package your CV with delivery/logistics experience.

This is how you can get a part time job easily.

I was able to guide few indians with this. To apply in the logistics company that gave me job. And they will be the one to process your work permit. The HR fex for me. After the long process and expenses. And I decided to decline the job and move to Canada.

And Thank God. I never regret the move. In just 11 months of landing in Canada. We bought our first house.
WHEN GOD GUIDE YOUR STEP. To others, they will think you re fools.

I will advice him to pray, and let God guide him.

But please!!!!!!! carry your international driving licence!!!!!!!

I'm into digital marketing, does it have good prospects in Malta?