Eltappy:

9 months. I applied 04/04/2019. UKZN PhD.

understandably, there's no need for urgency. You still got your Visa in due time before the commencement of your PHD program which starts January. I think that's the reason for the delay.

Koval12:
understandably, there's no need for urgency. You still got your Visa in due time before the commencement of your PHD program which starts January. I think that's the reason for the delay.

lol...Due time ? I got offer of admission on 7th of March, I’d practically lost an academic session because of the delay.

Eltappy:

lol...Due time ? I got offer of admission on 7th of March, I’d practically lost an academic session because of the delay.

Have you finally gotten it?

anointeddove:
Good day brethren, i submitted my visa application on 22/11/2019 for a conference, till now i have not hear from them, i tracked it, it says under assessment, and the day of conference as passed on 30/11/2019, though i have visited SA this year and i did not over stay, please can they still give me the visa?

I submitted my application on 18th November. I haven't heard from them too.

elhafeez:


I submitted my application on 18th November. I haven't heard from them too.

Please when u get response let us know

Hi guys, what is going on with visas. Please if you have gotten visas or not please let the house know so we could at least put one and two together because right now it seems nothing is happening at all. And kindly state what kinda visa you applied for. Mine is study visa on the 11th Oct 2019 and no gist yet, officially 8 weeks.

Visa type : Visitors visa Date of application : 14 0ct 2019 Condition : under assessment

Pls is any one undergoing this wahala like me

yacha77:
Hi guys, what is going on with visas. Please if you have gotten visas or not please let the house know so we could at least put one and two together because right now it seems nothing is happening at all. And kindly state what kinda visa you applied for. Mine is study visa on the 11th Oct 2019 and no gist yet, officially 8 weeks.

Lol!
I submitted common Visit Visa since 17th Sept. I haven’t heard anything till date. When my travel date clearly states 13th Dec. I have left it for them. Maybe they just want to be looking at my fine face on my passport. Na them sabi!

I submitted my application on the15th of November. I haven't heard from them .

Na wa ooooooh, even if na delayed visa??

From my experience so far allow for at least 10-13 weeks from submission to collection.

My siblings whose applications I supported took over 10 weeks.

One of my in-laws submitted November 17 and got the visa today .Although visiting visa but she had Canada, USA,China and UAE visas before . The truth is if you dont have travel history your application maybe delay and scrutinized more compare with some one with visas from advanced countries . Moreover long term visas may take longer time because the medical aid & relevant docs will b verified properly .There was one particular year fake admissions letter and fake medical aid were submitted by applicants from Nigeria .Docs from Nigerian citizens are scrutinized more compare to other countries

Eltappy:

lol...Due time ? I got offer of admission on 7th of March, I’d practically lost an academic session because of the delay.

Almost 10 monrhs that is too much have u contact the embassy? Have you contacted the international school office of your host institution?

Eltappy:

lol...Due time ? I got offer of admission on 7th of March, I’d practically lost an academic session because of the delay.

contact international office of your school

samtol4:
One of my in-laws submitted November 17 and got the visa today .Although visiting visa but she had Canada, USA,China and UAE visas before . The truth is if you dont have travel history your application maybe delay and scrutinized more compare with some one with visas from advanced countries . Moreover long term visas may take longer time because the medical aid & relevant docs will b verified properly .There was one particular year fake admissions letter and fake medical aid were submitted by applicants from Nigeria .Docs from Nigerian citizens are scrutinized more compare to other countries

Baba see ehn, there's really no method to their ways o.

One of my siblings has extensive travel history with active UK, USA, and shenghen visas, her application took 13 weeks. My other sibling with just Ghana travel history had hers out in 10 weeks.

I just feel that these guys are just grossly incompetent. All it takes is an email to the issuing body for whatever documents they want to verify and they will get their response.

For my siblings, I used my bank details to support their application. I didn't get any single call from them to verify if I indeed invited them, my bank did not receive any call from them to verify if my bank statements were authentic.

They also didn't call them to verify any of the documents they submitted.
So what in God's name are verifying in ten months? It's just plain incompetence.

That's all

Exactly, my application along with my kids was denied around June due to certification of their birth cert and bank acct lacks credibility, am a business woman my acct runs very well every week with good sum of money, I submitted our first application with 1.8m but was denied. We submitted our second application doing the needful and my acct bal was 2.6m, no bulk money deposited, just my normal money flow, and last week I went to collect our passports and was denied again this time my acct is inconsistence. My brother in law has been to Dublin twice , south Africa twice and yet was denied last week due to inconsistency in his acct and he work with FAAN. I later called a well know tourist agent, they take pple to different countries for tour and I explained my predicament with the south Africa embassy and he said they denied ALL their applicant going for holiday on the ground of acct not been consistency. So it's not by ur travel history they just dont want us their country and note not only south Africa embassy same with Ireland embassy, Italy, and Belgium. Some of our brothers and sister in their country don spoil our image pass repair, and our govt con add fuel to it. If u have been denied twice just take a break, go to another country if u wish to cool ur brain off this dec. All will be well.

Baba see ehn, there's really no method to their ways o.

One of my siblings has extensive travel history with active UK, USA, and shenghen visas, her application took 13 weeks. My other siblings with just Ghana travel history had hers out in 10 weeks.

I just feel that these guys are just grossly incompetent. All it takes is an email to the issuing body for whatever documents they want to verify and they will get their response.

For my siblings, I used my bank details to support their application. I didn't get any single call from them to verify if I indeed invited them, my bank did not receive any call from them to verify if my bank statements were authentic.

They also didn't call them to verify any of the documents they submitted.
So what in God's name are verifying in ten months? It's just plain incompetence.

That's all[/quote]

I hope they Sha use their head oooh, in my letter of introduction I explained my account details in one paragraph just in case of this kinda story with account statements. I didn't attached too much paper work as not to complicate my app. Anybody with any other info please share with us..............

pls do they still book appointment before going to submit documents?

They are just topnotch incompetent & grossly inefficient. Even when you get to the embassy, the demeanor & attitude would let you know they are crude.

Other civilised countries would not treat you like this.

adespecial:
pls do they still book appointment before going to submit documents?

Nope

Geenosko:


Baba see ehn, there's really no method to their ways o.

One of my siblings has extensive travel history with active UK, USA, and shenghen visas, her application took 13 weeks. My other sibling with just Ghana travel history had hers out in 10 weeks.

I just feel that these guys are just grossly incompetent. All it takes is an email to the issuing body for whatever documents they want to verify and they will get their response.

For my siblings, I used my bank details to support their application. I didn't get any single call from them to verify if I indeed invited them, my bank did not receive any call from them to verify if my bank statements were authentic.

They also didn't call them to verify any of the documents they submitted.
So what in God's name are verifying in ten months? It's just plain incompetence.

That's all

You have a point .Well said however dont you think is a deliberate attempt to discourage younger people who may or may not overstay? I dont think it is incompetence but a deliberate act against Nigerian applicant .

samtol4:
You have a point .Well said however dont you think is a deliberate attempt to discourage younger people who may or may not overstay? I dont think it is incompetence but a deliberate act against Nigerian applicant .

With the way things are, I'm tempted to agree.
A Kenyan colleague told me this morning that her sibling's visit visa was approved in 72 hours. I was in sifia pains

Geenosko:


With the way things are, I'm tempted to agree.
A Kenyan colleague told me this morning that her sibling's visit visa was approved in 72 hours. I was in sifia pains

A colleague from another country applied for PR within 5days it was approved while a Nigerian application is taking almost 7months no outcome yet

Emiss4:
Getting a south africa visa is not difficult..the embassy offers 3 month visa,2- 3 weeks duration for processing,requirement 4 sa visa includes yellow cards,statement of account,valid international passport,2 passport photography,company's letter head(optional),invitation letter(optional),ticket itineary,and hotel reservation..4 more info and update u guys in addition getting a visa @ lagos embassy is difficult unlike abuja embassy..the duratin in lagos embassy takes time up to a month..

Thanks for the information
Please like how much should be inside the bank statement before submitting

Mobolajifanny:



Thanks for the information
Please like how much should be inside the bank statement before submitting

Hmmmm the information you quoted is outdated o.
Processing time on the average is around 10 weeks or more. To be in the safe side, have at least 800k to 1m in your account.

Geenosko:


Hmmmm the information you quoted is outdated o.
Processing time on the average is around 10 weeks or more. To be in the safe side, have at least 800k to 1m in your account.

You mean for study visa?

gabby227:


You mean for study visa?

Processing time or proof of funds?

CaptainDee:
Good day. Could someone kindly share the process for recalling one's passport. Thanks a lot.

Please can someone help me out with this information. Thanks

CaptainDee:


Please can someone help me out with this information. Thanks

go to the vfs center tell them you want to withdraw ya passport they we give you a form to fill
It take 48hrs

Geenosko:


Processing time or proof of funds?

The proof of funds