hunee:
When did you submit this application.

I submitted my application like ending of 27th sept and received the letter yesterday.

Please the consulars number?

I want to visit vfs office in lekki to clarify this issue.

It is really upsetting, cus I even have travel history whiich means i have been travelling with the yellow fever cards.

VO are really unintelligent people and lazy!

Anniebam:


Every country has its ills, Nigeria is not an exception. Our image/reputation however precedes us. South Africa as a country is tolling the same route as Nigeria right now, their economy is deteriorating badly, crime rate is on the highest yet you will not see them come out to castigate their own citizens. The media is already doing all the publicizing we need regarding the ills in Nigeria so any opportunity we get should be used to promote the other side people don’t get to see.
That being said, he that has ear, let him hear, DO NOT MAKE SA YOUR FINAL DESTINATION. Selah.

Exactly at bolded....

dexydidi:



I submitted my application like ending of 27th sept and received the letter yesterday.

Please the consulars number?

I want to visit vfs office in lekki to clarify this issue.

It is really upsetting, cus I even have travel history whiich means i have been travelling with the yellow fever cards.

VO are really unintelligent people and lazy!

You can appeal physical applications, but not e visas. so please save yourself the stress and go to the portal to get the email address for vfs SA and request for informations and docuements to appeal. Goodluck.

Thanks so much for your reply and suggestion to get an affidavit. I will go to the highcourt tomorrow to get one sworn and proceed to submit the application. I really appreciate.

koffeed:


I know, it makes no sense as to why they are asking for death certificates of deceased parents to the extent of asking the same of your spouses parents if you choose the deceased option. You can possibly add an affidavit swearing that you don't have the death certificate of the "said" decease person and possibly explain that it's been such a long time with other factors included. Afterwards get the affidavit notarised and add it in replacement of the death certificate. Hopefully that should be enough.

For all those that are wondering, be prepared to be asked for death certificate validation if you decide to choose deceased for one of your parents or your spouses parents, as well as your spouse if he or she is deceased. Simple solution will be to avoid saying so for now until thy fix that error

hunee:


You can appeal physical applications, but not e visas. so please save yourself the stress and go to the portal to get the email address for vfs SA and request for informations and docuements to appeal. Goodluck.

My application was a physical application not an e visa.

Again please can I get the phone number of the consular?

Secondly, does anyone have the email?

Thank you all for your responses.

Carefully read replies. Appeal is open for your kind of application. I did not talk about evisa. Is consular the visa officer? Bro/Sis, Draft an appeal, if you are in Lagos, get a new yellow fever at the International Airport Toll gate, attach supporting documents and submit your appeal. But make sure you contact VFS first tommorow morning on how to go about this.

dexydidi:


My application was a physical application not an e visa.

Again please can I get the phone number of the consular?

Secondly, does anyone have the email?

Thank you all for your responses.

Goodluck

The South African High Commissioner operates from Abuja not Lagos. Another suggestion would be that you send a parcel of your complaint to Abuja whilst you are working on your appeal from Lagos. To fast track it. Address it to the High Commissioner,

High Commissioner: Thamsanqa Dennis Mseleku, HE Mr ... Street Address: D41004 European Union CRS, Diplomatic Zone, Central Business District, Abuja, NIGERIA.

@hunee and others.
I think South Africa visa is getting difficult this days. What's the possibility of getting visa for one that want to apply by November 10. When I will be back from business trip in securing family visa for December travel using sticker visa or EVisa. Please advice.

No comment. Just apply i wish you luck

vozkini:
@hunee and others.
I think South Africa visa is getting difficult this days. What's the possibility of getting visa for one that want to apply by November 10. When I will be back from business trip in securing family visa for December travel using sticker visa or EVisa. Please advice.

vozkini:
@hunee and others.
I think South Africa visa is getting difficult this days. What's the possibility of getting visa for one that want to apply by November 10. When I will be back from business trip in securing family visa for December travel using sticker visa or EVisa. Please advice.

For all those that are in need of a fast track visa for South Africa as in 14 days or less visa, id suggest go through the physical route of applying via vfs. This method unfortunately is considered the best route as well as the requirements are less. If you go through the evisa route be advised that the supposed staff that regulates this method is short staffed hence be prepared to encounter some delays. The other reasons to give yourself enough room per say almost a month for evisa route is that, this method is still new to the government workers and as such most of these agents are known to deny most applicants without any cause.

Between the month of July-September evisa from South Africa has denied almost 90 percent of Indians as well as 90 percent of certain European passport holders without any reason. Lithuanians are getting denied in excess. As of right now almost 98 percent of Pakistans are automatically rejected due to an incident that was recently discovered at the home affairs divisions. If it makes any difference numerous Pakistan passport holders(20 of them) were apprehended at the Johannesburg airpot for using fake evisa documents to get into South Africa. This disaster as of today has been a contributing factor to why most of us are facing rejections.

Its a visa thread. We dont wanna digress pls.

Moderators take note. We really are trying to get answers to questions here, not going back and forth with someone who has never probably never seen the walls of an airport and who is quick to bring delusional opinions from their weakened fragile egos.

If you wanna go back and forth go and open your own thread like the many ones you have opened in the past. Then pple who have time will respond to you and your dead narratives.

tannystacey:


Its a visa thread. We dont wanna digress pls.

Moderators take note. We really are trying to get answers to questions here, not going back and forth with someone who has never probably never seen the walls of an airport and who is quick to bring delusional opinions from their weakened fragile egos.

If you wanna go back and forth go and open your own thread like the many ones you have opened in the past. Then pple who have time will respond to you and your dead narratives.

Valid point Tanny, My sincere apologies.

@All

Please take this debate to politics section and stop derailing this thread.

Thank you

@justwise, let it is also be mandated to all the dubious currency sellers on this platform should be immediately banned anytime they post currencies for sale. You need to be up to the task, MR JUST WISE.

Thank you. I will try the physical route when I come back

koffeed:


For all those that are in need of a fast track visa for South Africa as in 14 days or less visa, id suggest go through the physical route of applying via vfs. This method unfortunately is considered the best route as well as the requirements are less. If you go through the evisa route be advised that the supposed staff that regulates this method is short staffed hence be prepared to encounter some delays. The other reasons to give yourself enough room per say almost a month for evisa route is that, this method is still new to the government workers and as such most of these agents are known to deny most applicants without any cause.

Between the month of July-September evisa from South Africa has denied almost 90 percent of Indians as well as 90 percent of certain European passport holders without any reason. Lithuanians are getting denied in excess. As of right now almost 98 percent of Pakistans are automatically rejected due to an incident that was recently discovered at the home affairs divisions. If it makes any difference numerous Pakistan passport holders(20 of them) were apprehended at the Johannesburg airpot for using fake evisa documents to get into South Africa. This disaster as of today has been a contributing factor to why most of us are facing rejections.

Why please?

hunee:
No comment. Just apply i wish you luck

Thanks a lot @koffeed for the responses.

It is wonderful to have great people like you on this platform.
God bless

koffeed:


1-You don't necessarily need the booking to last two whole weeks. you just need to be able to book with a reference number and a booking itinerary to showcase them. don't worry if it expires 72 hours if you don't physically purchase the ticket. You can use South African Airways on their website and choose the option pay later to get your booking.

2-As of today that information is categorically false. You will not be denied based on your visa being e-visa. initially in the early stages of evisa, most border agents at the airports had little knowledge about it hence why they needed to verify in South Africa be it Tambo airport, or any other airport but its been over a year now and I presume they've have the necessary training to get use to it by now. if anyone gives you trouble at the airpot just ask to speak to the supervisor. All airports in south Africa will give you access to the country provided you have your evisa paper document stating the validity of the visa, there is a bar scan code on it that they can now officially scan so you shouldn't have an issue, that bar code is the same as getting a physical stamp at the embassy.

3-South is not the only country practicing evisa so don't worry about layovers before reaching your final destination in South Africa. what's important is which ever country you transit through ensure that your Nigerian passport gives you a no visa needed to transit through that country, that's what is important. for instance if you need to go through Ghana you won't need it because of the Ecowas agreement but per say if you have to transit through Other countries in the south then verify online that Nigeria is visa exempt. Now if you need direct flight with little stress look into South African Airways as an option.

4- You do not need a police and medical clearance as a tourist visa. Now with that being said if you state on your evisa application that you've lived in another country for more than 12months the evisa system will ask you to include a police clearance for that country you resided in for more than 12months besides your actual country of citizenship. make Sure to avoid this part. Medical report is only needed if you decided to complicate things and say on the application that you have certain medical issues. Besides this medical report is needed if you are applying as a business visa which grants you long permanent stay to run and start a business in South Africa or if you are applying for anything besides tourist visa.

Cheers and pardon any typo you may come across on my reply. too exhausted to edit

abeylevels:
Thanks a lot @koffeed for the responses.

It is wonderful to have great people like you on this platform.
God bless

You are sincerely always welcome my friend. Cheers

Bank Statements for Evisa

As of October 9th 2023, I've been able to gather a few details from a colleague of mine at Home affairs concerning this nightmare. Please all those that are gathering bank statements for the purpose of evisa route unfortunately you do need actual bank official stamps on them and not a printed out copy stamp. Unfortunately South Africa few months ago has intercepted over 500 fake bank statements via the evisa route while they were conducting their quarterly audits through evisa. All these documents upon investigation came out to be fake and the banking institutions verified them as false statements.

She further elaborated that this indeed has caused a huge concern for the home affairs department as they are trying to weed out this sincere issue. Unfortunately the only method they are willing to accept as of now is the actual physical stamp with a date entailed in it showing that it was recently stamped and at the bank. The only option they are willing to consider is unless your banking institution has a verified reference code number like what the South African banking institutions are now offering. Also they do analyse the bank statements to see if your funds were recently dumped into your account or if your account has consistency regarding your funds. Depending on the days you intend on staying in South Africa kindly ensure that the amount equals the duration of your stay. they do consider your food, your lodging expense to balance out your account balance unless you are staying with a friend or your accommodation is paid for already.

I know most people have complained about the inability to obtain actual bank stamp with date on it but do your best to visit the bank after printing out the digital bank statements and explain to them that this is South Africa's request in order to obtain a visa, let them understand its urgent and ask to speak to the manager for such request. Rest assured each manager in most of these banks can actually provide you with the stamp and date and perhaps even his or her signature on that statement.

Hope this somehow helps gentlemen. cheers

You all be careful with the antics of newly registered persons here. before you know, they will soon start selling and advertising rands for sale. Watch out!

koffeed:


This code/error number you received has to do with how you uploaded the documents. Normally when the pdf or jpg picture isn't clear enough you will be given this error. also be aware that if you take a picture with your phone (example being a picture of your visa or passport bio) and upload the link you might encounter this error due to the image not being visible enough. Hope this helps mate

It is a 4.6mb pdf file. It is clear and legible to my own eyes. HACC replied, saying that "The error was temporary, please try again later''.

dynamicd28:


It is a 4.6mb pdf file. It is clear and legible to my own eyes. HACC replied, saying that "The error was temporary, please try again later''.

Glad they replied. Have you tried uploading it again to see if the same error message shows up?

koffeed:


Glad they replied. Have you tried uploading it again to see if the same error message shows up?

I successfully uploaded the 4.6mb file. Two more left, experiencing the same challenge with a 4.3 mb . The last file is currently at 8mb , we have been working to reduce it to below 5, it was initially 16mb, we shall continue tommorrow.

When I clicked "view", to see the 4.6mb file already uploaded, it took a very long time to open. I am inclined to agree with you rather than the HACC response. The error message has something to do with the file size or quality, perhaps the website struggles to accept files close to the 5mb limit .

The UAE visa application gave me the same file size/quality challenges during upload in early 2022, which I eventuality overcame. On a lighter note this application process has made me memorise my passport number due to the numerous logins.