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No Sir. Withdrawing my passport soon.

Good morning house ,
A friend of mine applied for south africa e visit visa through the ehome website. they sent him a rejection letter telling him his travel date has passed he wanted to travel early this month but got the letter about 6 days back. There was delay in responding to his application that was why the travel date elapsed. How can he apply for administrative review , because it was the fault of the consulate as a result of delay in processing.

Jxool:
Good day good people. I applied for South African visa since May but finally got response yesterday concerning my application but since I try to login to the website https://ehome.dha.gov.za/epermit/dashboard/dashboard I can’t login and it’s giving the error I attach in the first picture.
The second picture is the email I received which am not sure if they issue me the visa.

Please anyone who gave same issue and later rectify it should please guide me so I can login.

Thanks so much

If you’ve still been unable to log in, send an email to DHA customer representative at hacc@dha.gov.za (with an image of the error message) and/or call +27 0800 60 11 90. They can attend to e-visa queries.

D27finny:
Please help
I am trying to book an appointment for evisa
But a mail was send that after 2 days my appointment will expire if I dont pay the service fee in a bank
I thought all payment are to be made at the vfs center on the day of submission, pls has anyone experience this?

For e-visa application, you can either apply through DHA via this link: https://ehome.dha.gov.za/epermit/home or apply through VFS via this link: https://southafrica.vfsevisa.com/

Did you apply for your e-visa through any of these platforms? All documentation and payments are to be done online through any of the platforms you choose to use. No appointment or physical submission of documentation is required. Please read the FAQs/How to Apply pages on each of the web links to get more details about the process. Good luck.

Genlit33:
Good morning house ,
A friend of mine applied for south africa e visit visa through the ehome website. they sent him a rejection letter telling him his travel date has passed he wanted to travel early this month but got the letter about 6 days back. There was delay in responding to his application that was why the travel date elapsed. How can he apply for administrative review , because it was the fault of the consulate as a result of delay in processing.

Did the e-visa rejection letter mention that your friend can appeal? If it did, then your friend may follow the procedure of appeal mentioned in the appeal letter.

If the letter did not indicate that he can appeal, I would suggest that he should reapply with a new travel date if he is still interested in visiting SA (to be safe, 3 months before his intended date of travel).

Also, if the purpose of his travel is not dependent on a fixed timeline (e.g. scheduled training, scheduled meeting, etc.), he can make his travel period longer (10-15 days or more). Of course - a longer travel period will require a bank statement/other evidence of sponsorships that can cover the period of stay etc.

I’ve heard appeals could take long to be treated (if at all you can appeal), and in your friend’s case, blaming the embassy for the delay may not do much for your appeal since delaying visa processing time is unfortunately “common practice” with SA embassy/DHA.

Tryhard:


I heard Lagos embassy isn’t treating visa applications for now, even new applications are forwarded to Abuja for processing. I guess that’s why yours is stucked.

I do not think that's the reason why it was stucked because I applied for the same category of visa in Abuja since March 17 and I didn't hear from them as well.

shigo04:


I do not think that's the reason why it was stucked because I applied for the same category of visa in Abuja since March 17 and I didn't hear from them as well.

Nawa o, Maybe it’s the category itself then because as long as study visa takes some people on this thread have applied for it like 2/3 times and got decisions 2/3 times for just this year alone. My advise is to contact the embassy in Abuja or VFS and ask Howfar because it’s just too long. Plus Lagos is closed and the pressure is on Abuja Embassy I guess that might be contributing to the delay even at that it’s too long.

Maz8:


Did the e-visa rejection letter mention that your friend can appeal? If it did, then your friend may follow the procedure of appeal mentioned in the appeal letter.

If the letter did not indicate that he can appeal, I would suggest that he should reapply with a new travel date if he is still interested in visiting SA (to be safe, 3 months before his intended date of travel).

Also, if the purpose of his travel is not dependent on a fixed timeline (e.g. scheduled training, scheduled meeting, etc.), he can make his travel period longer (10-15 days or more). Of course - a longer travel period will require a bank statement/other evidence of sponsorships that can cover the period of stay etc.

I’ve heard appeals could take long to be treated (if at all you can appeal), and in your friend’s case, blaming the embassy for the delay may not do much for your appeal since delaying visa processing time is unfortunately “common practice” with SA embassy/DHA.

My advice is to reapply, appeal takes 6-12months and that’s if they will even attend to your appeal. I’d advice you to Reapply like 1-2 months before your date of departure because now this is festive season and application is high even at this moment. Goodluck

Ok thanks.

Tryhard:


My advice is to reapply, appeal takes 6-12months and that’s if they will even attend to your appeal. I’d advice you to Reapply like 1-2 months before your date of departure because now this is festive season and application is high even at this moment. Goodluck

Maz8:


If you’ve still been unable to log in, send an email to DHA customer representative at hacc@dha.gov.za (with an image of the error message) and/or call +27 0800 60 11 90. They can attend to e-visa queries.

Thanks for the heads up I try to do that but no reply to the email even till now. I will try to send the email many times and see if they will reply.

Thanks once again

pufframmy:
i have someone in witbank u can contact him for that he do exchange rand to naira

Can you pls assist me the contact as I need to do some exchange..pls it's urgent. thank you. My mail: live2wise@gmail.com

Please I need rands(25000)in exchange for naira..Anyone?

ok sir will share u his number but i dont want to go against the forum rules

dec0four:

Can you pls assist me the contact as I need to do some exchange..pls it's urgent. thank you. My mail: live2wise@gmail.com

hello house...please what the current exchange rate?rand to naira.uote author=lymelyte post=118586730]Please I need rands(25000)in exchange for naira..Anyone?[/quote]

VFS now accepts applications without submission of your passport. They will call for passport stamp when they make decision�

Really is it in Lagos own my appointment is Thursday.

mountmos:
VFS now accepts applications without submission of your passport. They will call for passport stamp when they make decision�

Please how can one make hotel reservation directly with hotel since they said no 3rd party

Tryhard:


My advice is to reapply, appeal takes 6-12months and that’s if they will even attend to your appeal. I’d advice you to Reapply like 1-2 months before your date of departure because now this is festive season and application is high even at this moment. Goodluck

Gernny:
Please how can one make hotel reservation directly with hotel since they said no 3rd party

Go directly to their hotel website like Houghton hotel, Johannesburg marriot or any hotel in the city you’re going to, then make reservations or better still if you have a friend or relative in JHB or SA, tell them to write you a letter with their phone number, email address, house address and duration of your stay, attach it with a recent utility bill that shows that house address and their SA ID or intl passport and their visa/permit if not a citizen of RSA. all should be stamped by a SA police not more than 3 months and then bank statement if the person is responsible for your finances in SA if not don’t attach it then yours must be attached.

mountmos:
VFS now accepts applications without submission of your passport. They will call for passport stamp when they make decision�

Fr? This must be recent now oooo. Like this week

Gernny:
Really is it in Lagos own my appointment is Thursday.

What category of visa you apply for ??

IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL SOUTH AFRICA APPLICANTS
This is to inform all applicants that effective 14th November 2022 at the instruction of the Embassy/Consulate VFS will no longer withhold customers international passports when lodging visa applications.
We are thus requested to return international passports to clients immediately after visa applications are lodged.
Applicants will confirm on the checklist that he/she received his/her passport(s) whilst the visa application is in process.
No client should insist on submitting his/her international passport while lodging visa applications.
International passports will be requested for as part of the adjudication process by the High Commission or Consulate General ONLY.


Source: VfsGlobal Website for NGA>ZAF

Tryhard:
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL SOUTH AFRICA APPLICANTS
This is to inform all applicants that effective 14th November 2022 at the instruction of the Embassy/Consulate VFS will no longer withhold customers international passports when lodging visa applications.
We are thus requested to return international passports to clients immediately after visa applications are lodged.
Applicants will confirm on the checklist that he/she received his/her passport(s) whilst the visa application is in process.
No client should insist on submitting his/her international passport while lodging visa applications.
International passports will be requested for as part of the adjudication process by the High Commission or Consulate General ONLY.

Source: VfsGlobal Website for NGA>ZAF

This is because of the massive backlog they are dealing with right now. They are aware that applications are taking longer than usual to process and don’t want to hold people’s passport for too long.

Meanwhile, if anyone submitted a long term visa (over 90 days) application between 12 Jan and 31 Aug this year (as your application may have been forwarded to Pretoria for adjudication) and has not received any feedback, please send an email to IMSqueries@dha.gov.za.

Tryhard:


Nawa o, Maybe it’s the category itself then because as long as study visa takes some people on this thread have applied for it like 2/3 times and got decisions 2/3 times for just this year alone. My advise is to contact the embassy in Abuja or VFS and ask Howfar because it’s just too long. Plus Lagos is closed and the pressure is on Abuja Embassy I guess that might be contributing to the delay even at that it’s too long.

I’m not sure Lagos is entirely closed. Last I checked with VFS, they mentioned something like Lagos consulate staff are reviewing the applications from Abuja office. I think perhaps a call to VFS will clarify further.

Good development

Tryhard:
IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL SOUTH AFRICA APPLICANTS
This is to inform all applicants that effective 14th November 2022 at the instruction of the Embassy/Consulate VFS will no longer withhold customers international passports when lodging visa applications.
We are thus requested to return international passports to clients immediately after visa applications are lodged.
Applicants will confirm on the checklist that he/she received his/her passport(s) whilst the visa application is in process.
No client should insist on submitting his/her international passport while lodging visa applications.
International passports will be requested for as part of the adjudication process by the High Commission or Consulate General ONLY.


Source: VfsGlobal Website for NGA>ZAF

Nice

Tryhard:



Go directly to their hotel website like Houghton hotel, Johannesburg marriot or any hotel in the city you’re going to, then make reservations or better still if you have a friend or relative in JHB or SA, tell them to write you a letter with their phone number, email address, house address and duration of your stay, attach it with a recent utility bill that shows that house address and their SA ID or intl passport and their visa/permit if not a citizen of RSA. all should be stamped by a SA police not more than 3 months and then bank statement if the person is responsible for your finances in SA if not don’t attach it then yours must be attached.

Please, what will be the major content of the mail

Maz8:


I’m not sure Lagos is entirely closed. Last I checked with VFS, they mentioned something like Lagos consulate staff are reviewing the applications from Abuja office. I think perhaps a call to VFS will clarify further.

Yes, if you applied at VFS Lagos, They will forward it to High Commission in Abuja. For all Visa Categories. And they also mentioned that applications will take longer than expected due to high volume of applications received & the turnaround period of courier services from Lagos to Abuja and Vice-Versa.

Rachyekong:
Please, what will be the major content of the mail

What mail

Maz8:


This is because of the massive backlog they are dealing with right now. They are aware that applications are taking longer than usual to process and don’t want to hold people’s passport for too long.

Meanwhile, if anyone submitted a long term visa (over 90 days) application between 12 Jan and 31 Aug this year (as your application may have been forwarded to Pretoria for adjudication) and has not received any feedback, please send an email to IMSqueries@dha.gov.za.

This mail...

[pmquote author=lymelyte post=118025661]Please I need help gurus. Who has been able to pay tuition fee with CBN form A from nigeria to south africa? How long did the process take?
Please how did u get ur evisa..Im new want to start the processing..kindly help

Is there any other alternative with cbn rate? Please help.[/quote]

Please I want to process an SA evisa..how do I start..please help..just got admission into a university in South Africa