szczescie:
Hey guys DO NOT PAY ANYONE that promises to give you DATE FOR VISA INTERVIEW.

They are ALL FRAUDSTERS every single one of them.

They are prowling on twitter and other social media handle of the Polish embassy, they make complaints or claim to have gotten solution to their own issues

They then refer you to ANOTHER ACCOUNT or PHONE NUMBER of “someone that works in the embassy” my guy it’s ALL A SCAM.

PLEASE DO NOT FALL FOR IT, I can post some of their phone numbers and social media handles here if Nairaland mods will allow.

In conclusion: Don’t pay anyone to fix visa interview date for you it’s all a big scam

One of them his full name is Edeki E m m a n u el Tega it is his GTB account that the money is paid into
Na scammer

Edit: he has deleted his Facebook

Another one is @ grey emp_ (one word no space) on twitter that one changes his name and DP regularly

98 percent of travel agents na scam.Me I dey try dey process my things myself or if at all I will work with an agent..it will be pay after service.No agent can influence the decision of the Embassy to grant you their visa.ttake note.Forget all those we have an insider things,or I have 10 slots remaining 2 and person go soon pay for am so be fast about it.forget dem.be wise,agent cannot chop my 10naira.

szczescie:


I asked my employer about it

“I need a Letter of extension because the expected arrival date in Poland has passed (since February 2022)”

But they sent me something along the lines of:
“We don't have any similar documents. Usually, the delay is not an issue for the embassy to process the documents as your work permit is valid till the final date(which is in 2023).”

But they assured me that if I could get a copy of someone else’s later or any sample at all, they will make it for me.

Thank you so much. This is helpful indeed.

szczescie:


Wow you’re really lucky your timeline is so short and straightforward. Have you requested an extension from your company?

No, I called but, the person who answered kept speaking polish.

I just learnt now that the extension is not necessary at all

szczescie:


What document did you not have?

Health insurance
Flight reservation
Proof of funds

Happychioma:


Health insurance
Flight reservation
Proof of funds

Ok No problem na those are not big deals especially the health insurance you can do it online sharp sharp on axa mansard site

For flight reservation that’s also not an issue

For proof of funds I’m using my statement of account

The issue maybe getting another appointment date, how is it going to be.

For those sending me emails here I’m sorry I can’t see them, I see the notifications but I don’t know how it works.
I can’t find the message anywhere just type whatever you want to type here. I will respond to the best of my ability as time permits.

szczescie:
For those sending me emails here I’m sorry I can’t see them, I see the notifications but I don’t know how it works.
I can’t find the message anywhere just type whatever you want to type here. I will respond to the best of my ability as time permits.

Pls do you people apply the work permit yourself or with the help of an agent?

akzamani:


Pls do you people apply the work permit yourself or with the help of an agent?

I used a recruiting firm (sent CV and passport bio data page and other information)
And I also applied directly to the companies.

There are some good job sites like pracuj you can get on to find vacancies and job offers

Forget, people still get appointments o.my friend got appointment today.

chuksogb:
Forget, people still get appointments o.my friend got appointment today.

Congrats to him, no more rejection letters �
When did he apply?

chuksogb:
Forget, people still get appointments o.my friend got appointment today.

Can you please drop the site he used to send his application.

Aaaaarghmed:
98 percent of travel agents na scam.Me I dey try dey process my things myself or if at all I will work with an agent..it will be pay after service.No agent can influence the decision of the Embassy to grant you their visa.ttake note.Forget all those we have an insider things,or I have 10 slots remaining 2 and person go soon pay for am so be fast about it.forget dem.be wise,agent cannot chop my 10naira.

Thank you for this, I just wrote to the embassy thinking they're the real ones only for the person to tell me I have to pay for the appointment fee so they can fix me. Immediately I knew they are scam. But I have sent my details to them already hope it's not going to affect me

szczescie:


Ok No problem na those are not big deals especially the health insurance you can do it online sharp sharp on axa mansard site

For flight reservation that’s also not an issue

For proof of funds I’m using my statement of account

The issue maybe getting another appointment date, how is it going to be.

I have reapplied shaa, but I'm yet to get a data.
I wish I had this info earlier

Happychioma:



I have reapplied shaa, but I'm yet to get a data.
I wish I had this info earlier

Poland no Dey Issue work visa for now.

I did mine, the list had about 10 names of people to be interviewed on the day.
Only 2 + me = 3 showed up

[It’s possible that the validity of the documents entitling some of the absentees to come to the embassy has already expired or something else I can’t explain but I’d love to know]

My time was 10:30am
5 others were slated for earlier (8am-ish) but only 2 showed up and they had both left before I came.
I suspect this was the case because on the list only those 2 were marked present and their details filled, out of all the people whose time was earlier than mine but everyone else was left blank even though their time had passed.

It was minutes past 9am and I was called in, I was shocked I had assumed I’d have some time to relax and collect my thoughts, I also erroneously assumed the crowd outside were all for visa interview. Only to find out I was the only one present for the interview.

They brought a list and asked of my name and time. I pointed it out to the guy: I was number 5 or 6 on the list.
One Naija security instructed another: “Tell them someone is here for 10:30am”
The white security: “Ok let him in, tell him to come”

It was all good, I entered; I had no chance to explain myself just quick fire questions about 10 questions and that was it. I answered everything to the best of my ability.

The lady went through my documents returned one original, she was pissed I stapled my passport photograph “did you get that information from the gate?” She yelled.
I replied “I did that long before I arrived abuja, I’m the only one for interview at the gate and the form said…” she wasn’t interested in my explanation she proceeded without letting me finish.

The thing pain me small because I felt I hadn’t said the most important thing I wanted to say but I kept it in. played it off.

I was going to say the form CLEARLY states ‘Passport’ with a rectangle for passport and the list clearly states colored 35*45 passport photograph with white background so it was only logical that I or someone else would place the passport on the area designated for passport. You can’t tell me in all the years that embassy has been there I am the first or only person to have placed a passport on the place marked Passport.

This wasn’t some cheat, hack or expo, or even something I thought would be of any real importance. The date of arrival I had thought would be off more importance was scuffed aside like it was nothing. She gave me the document to change something and sign. Write something else and sign.

So that passport Thing was the only notable stormy water or rough play incident, she took off the passport photo and gave it back to me and stapled the second passport to the form

She had succeeded in destabilizing my train of thought, I had to slow down and started repeating my answers twice, and more slowly. I felt she may have assumed someone coached me at the gate and maybe I crammed the answers, since I may have been giving all the answers they wanted to hear.

By 10:08 I was out already. Still no one else came for the interview till my ride arrived and I left at almost 10:20, you’d think anyone scheduled for 10:30 would be at the venue at 10:20 latest.

There were a lot of people present when I arrived earlier but most of them were there to complain and non of them was allowed in for various reasons ranging from no appointment date yet to late arrival and more.

But the number of people there to complain scared me. All the seats were taken some had to stand.

By the time I came out every one of them had left or were leaving out of frustration except one guy who was sitting, [another cause for concern especially for someone such as myself who needs to take a flight to abuja and book a hotel to do anything at the embassy].

All in all I felt it was too easy and I don’t like when things like these are too easy because it’s a little nerve wrecking it feels like a set up, maybe it’s PTSD from my days in University where certain lecturers would give us questions like “what is law” “give 10 definitions of law as test questions for 10 marks” and at the end of the day the whole class would fail because it was a trap or only meant to prove something to us and make us buy a handout. Especially when you know the lecturer has been placing emphasis on names of those who bought the handout and saying things like “you can’t pass this course without this book”, away from my PTSD of easy questions.

To me it seemed easy because I love politics, government, history, general knowledge, geography (I hated geography in school because of the teacher tho) and all that stuff so nothing was challenging to me. As I was answering them I said to myself are you sure this woman will not say I got all these answers from the gate too if she said that about fixing passport photograph to a place designated “passport”. This lady may be paranoid oh or it is just tactics to through me off. Because everything else up until then was 100% smooth.

But then I saw maths and my heart sank, alarm started blowing in my brain I had to calm myself down took 3 deep breathes solved the first and 3rd they were very easy (they had the least number of signs) but the middle one was more technical with plenty signs (x/and divide) so I needed one extra breathe it was also doable and I submitted

Now we await the outcome.

You know how something to you is such a big deal, you’ve spent months or even years gathering and preparing but to the people in charge or on lookers, the guys who determine your fate you’re just another statistic, just another days job, I mean to you it’s months or years of work and preparation to them it’s just another 10-15 minutes in the office LOL that’s the reality of things like these.
Or another more gruesome example is how to the mortuary attendant it’s just another dead body but to someone else it’s a loved one with many shared experiences, dreams, hopes, aspirations etc. etc,

That’s why I hate when things like these are too easy and the indifference is to the max, although it’s better than certain other outcomes. So we take solace in that.

For those who have been lucky and filled with grace to get to this point, my wish for us all is that same grace and luck continues to carry us till the very end. -BB

Infodino77:


Poland no Dey Issue work visa for now.

Why do you say so?

szczescie:
I did mine, the list had about 10 names of people to be interviewed on the day.
Only 2 + me = 3 showed up

[It’s possible that the validity of the documents entitling some of the absentees to come to the embassy has already expired or something else I can’t explain but I’d love to know]

My time was 10:30am
5 others were slated for earlier (8am-ish) but only 2 showed up and they had both left before I came.
I suspect this was the case because on the list only those 2 were marked present and their details filled, out of all the people whose time was earlier than mine but everyone else was left blank even though their time had passed.

It was minutes past 9am and I was called in, I was shocked I had assumed I’d have some time to relax and collect my thoughts, I also erroneously assumed the crowd outside were all for visa interview. Only to find out I was the only one present for the interview.

They brought a list and asked of my name and time. I pointed it out to the guy: I was number 5 or 6 on the list.
One Naija security instructed another: “Tell them someone is here for 10:30am”
The white security: “Ok let him in, tell him to come”

It was all good, I entered; I had no chance to explain myself just quick fire questions about 10 questions and that was it. I answered everything to the best of my ability.

The lady went through my documents returned one original, she was pissed I stapled my passport photograph “did you get that information from the gate?” She yelled.
I replied “I did that long before I arrived abuja, I’m the only one for interview at the gate and the form said…” she wasn’t interested in my explanation she proceeded without letting me finish.

The thing pain me small because I felt I hadn’t said the most important thing I wanted to say but I kept it in. played it off.

I was going to say the form CLEARLY states ‘Passport’ with a rectangle for passport and the list clearly states colored 35*45 passport photograph with white background so it was only logical that I or someone else would place the passport on the area designated for passport. You can’t tell me in all the years that embassy has been there I am the first or only person to have placed a passport on the place marked Passport.

This wasn’t some cheat, hack or expo, or even something I thought would be of any real importance. The date of arrival I had thought would be off more importance was scuffed aside like it was nothing. She gave me the document to change something and sign. Write something else and sign.

So that passport Thing was the only notable stormy water or rough play incident, she took off the passport photo and gave it back to me and stapled the second passport to the form

She had succeeded in destabilizing my train of thought, I had to slow down and started repeating my answers twice, and more slowly. I felt she may have assumed someone coached me at the gate and maybe I crammed the answers, since I may have been giving all the answers they wanted to hear.

By 10:08 I was out already. Still no one else came for the interview till my ride arrived and I left at almost 10:20, you’d think anyone scheduled for 10:30 would be at the venue at 10:20 latest.

There were a lot of people present when I arrived earlier but most of them were there to complain and non of them was allowed in for various reasons ranging from no appointment date yet to late arrival and more.

But the number of people there to complain scared me. All the seats were taken some had to stand.

By the time I came out every one of them had left or were leaving out of frustration except one guy who was sitting, [another cause for concern especially for someone such as myself who needs to take a flight to abuja and book a hotel to do anything at the embassy].

All in all I felt it was too easy and I don’t like when things like these are too easy because it’s a little nerve wrecking it feels like a set up, maybe it’s PTSD from my days in University where certain lecturers would give us questions like “what is law” “give 10 definitions of law as test questions for 10 marks” and at the end of the day the whole class would fail because it was a trap or only meant to prove something to us and make us buy a handout. Especially when you know the lecturer has been placing emphasis on names of those who bought the handout and saying things like “you can’t pass this course without this book”, away from my PTSD of easy questions.

To me it seemed easy because I love politics, government, history, general knowledge, geography (I hated geography in school because of the teacher tho) and all that stuff so nothing was challenging to me. As I was answering them I said to myself are you sure this woman will not say I got all these answers from the gate too if she said that about fixing passport photograph to a place designated “passport”. This lady may be paranoid oh or it is just tactics to through me off. Because everything else up until then was 100% smooth.

But then I saw maths and my heart sank, alarm started blowing in my brain I had to calm myself down took 3 deep breathes solved the first and 3rd they were very easy (they had the least number of signs) but the middle one was more technical with plenty signs (x/and divide) so I needed one extra breathe it was also doable and I submitted

Now we await the outcome.

You know how something to you is such a big deal, you’ve spent months or even years gathering and preparing but to the people in charge or on lookers, the guys who determine your fate you’re just another statistic, just another days job, I mean to you it’s months or years of work and preparation to them it’s just another 10-15 minutes in the office LOL that’s the reality of things like these.
Or another more gruesome example is how to the mortuary attendant it’s just another dead body but to someone else it’s a loved one with many shared experiences, dreams, hopes, aspirations etc. etc,

That’s why I hate when things like these are too easy and the indifference is to the max, although it’s better than certain other outcomes. So we take solace in that.

For those who have been lucky and filled with grace to get to this point, my wish for us all is that same grace and luck continues to carry us till the very end. -BB

God bless you for sharing this infor with us,my friend have interview on the 29th this month.

Infodino77:


Poland no Dey Issue work visa for now.

please explain more,we need to knw why cos someone picked visa on may.

chuksogb:
God bless you for sharing this infor with us,my friend have interview on the 29th this month.

You are welcome, congrats to your friend, it will go well nothing to worry about.

How can I apply to get work too in Poland

szczescie:


You are welcome, congrats to your friend, it will go well nothing to worry about.

I sent you a PM.

akzamani:


I sent you a PM.

I don’t know how to view PM

I don’t know how much your fees are
But Poland is Cheap compared to most other countries you’ll find especially in Europe and North America.
That money will not take you all the way for a student visa but will do a lot for you, almost all the major things infact.

Consider that
Proof of funds alone is like 1.5m to 2m
Flight ticket 300 to 400k if not more
Insurance is 35k
Visa application fee 80euro

There are other things to consider too like police report, transport to the embassy and more
Also as a student you’ll need to apostille or legalize your documents or whatever it’s called at the ministry of education or foreign affairs go to the student visa section you should see more info about that.

If you will get more money in the next 6months or there about then you may be able to do it all but if no money is coming in just this 1.5m I seriously doubt you’ll be able to do it all.

Also have in mind that VISA INTERVIEW at the polish embassy is not even guaranteed talk less of the VISA APPROVAL itself.

At the embassy I saw MANY people who came to complain and last year both online and offline I saw many students who wanted to get refunds back because they couldn’t get a visa interview let alone the visa itself and for many of them their schools had already commenced.

So essentially it’s a gamble; I mean they call it a “Draw” for a reason, so when you apply just remove your mind. If you plan to check every week or have people who will nag you for wasting 1m and getting no immediate result then it’d be a really difficult couple of months for you. [I’ll show you a screen shot of my “sorry you were not drawn this week”, and as long as it looks I deleted some of them and some weren’t covered in the screenshot, if not it’d be longer]

And consider the fact that the ‘raffle’ draw is held once every weekend to select about 8 or 10 lucky applicants out of the thousands in the pool and we only have 4 weekends a month on average.

Consider this we only have 52 weeks in a year (some people’s documents are valid for 6months (6 months work permit), some documents like the Nigeria police report or certificate of good character only valid for 3 months.
Here is the maths
If the embassy calls 10 people per week for interview
And accepts all 10 (which is impossible but let’s pretend) that will be 10 applicants accepted * 52 weeks = 520 applicants granted visa out of the thousands in the pool/draw
What happens to the others not drawn at all in that 52 weeks and their documents expires?
You have to have the full picture before going in.

[and according to my own hearsay from last year(this is not fact oh, even if it were fact things may have changed for the better or for worse) I heard they only gave 1 or 2 visas per week then] at the time I was speculating that it may be because they had reached their limit/target/cap for the year.

So before you start you should be as prepared as possible have all these in mind, have as many of the requirements as you possibly can, have things you feel you need to help you succeed, and also be prepared to lose it all if it doesn’t go your way.

Because the truth is there are people who were qualified, they had everything but they were never called for the interview at all till their documents expired. [i’ll add a picture of someone’s else’s application being removed from the system because his documents had expired]

My advice for you would be find the country that is most suitable for you, whose requirements you can meet and go with that, if that country is Poland then go ahead. Don’t let anyone or any of these things discourage you because it’s not easy for Nigerians in any embassy at all. And the truth is the more time you waste being indecisive the tougher things get.

You can see that everywhere when I first thought of traveling abroad TOEFL was 60something thousand naira when I wanted to apply it was 70 thousand today it’s getting to 80 thousand luckily I didn’t need it.

It’s the same for flight ticket the price has kept going up, its the same for the requirements at ALL embassies in Nigeria catering to Nigerians.

Example; the amount you need to put in a German blocked account has just been increased

As at 2014 Poland didn’t require insurance and one other thing I can’t remember now for their visa interview today the list has grown, they not only want you to have insurance but they want you to use specific insurance companies they approve and listed on their site and the insurance should have a specific duration, even the amount in the account for prove of funds as at a year or 2, people on this very thread used 500 to 600k as Proof of funds and were given national visas to Poland as at this year I don’t know of anyone who has entered Poland using less than 1m I have a feeling even that will also go up in future that’s why I recommended 1.5 to 2m to you.

So regardless of all the hurdles I told you about earlier still try and apply if you are convinced it’s the best chance you have or it’s the most suitable for you and you are willing to endure. It may be Poland or any other country you prefer but the truth is the earlier the better. Of all the countries visa processes I’ve been tracking over the years Germany, Poland, Canada, Estonia, and others not one of them became easier with time instead they ALL kept getting stricter and stricter.

If you go back to 2012-2013 and tell Nigerians that in future Poland embassy will take 6 months to even give them visa interview and they will be getting that interview by raffle draw they will laugh at you and ask you if poland is USA and if it is American visa lottery they are applying for. American visa lottery itself is a topic for another day.

So bro, The best time to plant a tree was yesterday the next best time is today, if you are serious to travel 1.5 should be enough to accomplish alot with in that regard. I wish you all the best, Goodluck.

Guys please was there a draw yesterday, did anyone get a notification of not being drawn, coz I didn't.

Hello guys, just got a notification today regarding my visiting date, I see a lot of negativity here but pls don't be discouraged, got mine on the fifth week after my application.

Sheddyb23:
Hello guys, just got a notification today regarding my visiting date, I see a lot of negativity here but pls don't be discouraged, got mine on the fifth week after my application.

good luck

Good evening. Please I will like to know more about the legislation of document I have been trying to book appointment for the pass 4 week but it keeps telling me that there is no available date. Please is there a particular date where people are been given to make appointment cos the embassy are making me frustrated right now . And also can I send my documents to someone in Poland to help me legalize it?

Infodino77:


Poland no Dey Issue work visa for now.

Abeg, who talk so? I'm yet to get that announcement. Or how did u know? There has been drews, mine was even drawn but it wasn't successful

Sheddyb23:
Guys please was there a draw yesterday, did anyone get a notification of not being drawn, coz I didn't.

There was a draw last week Saturday. Draws are done only on Saturday's. If u didn't get any message on Saturday, perhaps the next message is ur appointment

Happychioma:




Abeg, who talk so? I'm yet to get that announcement. Or how did u know? There has been drews, mine was even drawn but it wasn't successful

Hi,

Please, have you received any email regarding the draw results this weekend?