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07-26-12 04:28 #661
Posts: 235Visas
Guys, the reason that the NIS have been cracking down on visa applications recently is because so many expats have been caught living and working in Nigeria while having entered the country on a tourist or business visa. There's nothing different here to the immigration policies of our own countries.
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07-25-12 23:59 #660
Posts: 188Corruption is unknown in Gemany
Originally Posted by Interracial [View Original Post]
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07-25-12 18:33 #659
Posts: 250High rejection rate is also due to the expectation to receive bribes
They also have a high rejection rate because these 'new' officers expect a bribe in return. I have never been rejected for a visa when applying to the Kenyan embassy in Rwanda. But when I went to Nigeria I was rejected immediately. It has to be because of Nigeria.
Originally Posted by Mercenario [View Original Post]
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07-25-12 16:20 #658
Posts: 188Originally Posted by Roman Guy [View Original Post]
But since the beginning of 2012 there are special immigration officers of the "NIS", who handle all this stuff. They are like watchdogs.
(NIS = Nigerian Immigration Service) VES told me today after I had asked, that more than 50% of all visa requests for Nigeria are refused compared to 10% before 2012.
THANK YOU, STUPID NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT!
If they don't want tourists, they should fly a flag in front of each embassy and consulate: "No tourists wanted. Stay out".
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07-25-12 08:12 #657
Posts: 863Troubles With Visa
Originally Posted by Mercenario [View Original Post]
I know Nigerian people here at home in Italy but I prefer not to demand for any invitation letter from their relatives because the price to pay might be to high:money or worse, something like "carry this or that to my family in Nigeria (20 kg of shoes, cloth, tv, telephones, pc,.).".
I try to contact two guest houses in Lagos and propose them to pay two or three overnights in change of a receive or invoice to be used as warranty or guarantee to get a visa (embassy told me it is ok.).
The point is that since a couple of days I try to contact Hotel Ritz (warning Ritz and not De Ritz) and Famoss both in Ikoj but no of the phone numbers I have, are available.
Can anyone of you check those two spots and send me a valid extreme of them? (via pm in case of email or phone or fax).
Address are: Ritz 41, King George V. Famoss 59 Lawson St.
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07-24-12 16:37 #656
Posts: 188No visa!
Originally Posted by Mercenario [View Original Post]
It seems that Nigeria does not welcome tourists, which is very stupid and especially in my case, because I'm a quite wealthy guy spending always al lot of money in the country. What a pity!
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07-23-12 16:43 #655
Posts: 188Thursday night.
Originally Posted by Desert Sandman [View Original Post]
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07-22-12 19:11 #654
Posts: 156Originally Posted by Blackwhite99 [View Original Post]
Sandman
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07-21-12 19:39 #653
Posts: 188Nigerian Passport
Originally Posted by Carlos3000 [View Original Post]
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07-21-12 19:37 #652
Posts: 188Visa difficulties
Originally Posted by Interracial [View Original Post]
I took the early flight to Berlin and was the 1st white face there, waiting more than 1 hour for the opening of the visa office. I was attended by a german employee of the embassy. He went through my documents, nodded until he saw the invitation. He told me that it will be difficult. Then I had to wait another hour until they started with the inverviews. Again I was the first. I middle aged black lady with a very beautiful traditional african dress attended me. She told me immideatly that she does not accept the invitation, because my female friend has not enough credibility. I asked her what this means. She replied, that the embassy wants to be sure, that only people who have no financial interest (=scam) in foreigners invite them. Such a person can be an European living in Nigeria, a Nigerian with an international passport and a so called bank account statement or a Nigerian who lives in Europe.
The rest is history. Try to find a Nigerian with an international passport! If you know 1000 people, maybe 1 has such a passport.
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07-21-12 18:18 #651
Posts: 235PM'd you with the owner's contact.
Originally Posted by Mercenario [View Original Post]
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07-21-12 16:52 #650
Posts: 250Your refusal is also due to corruption and the expectation to pay
I have never been rejected for a visa to Kenya until I went to Nigeria where my visa was rejected to enter Kenya. I suspect in Nigeria with the high levels of corruption and the expectation that you must pay for the service. I cannot speak for Berline but I would not be surprised.
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07-21-12 15:17 #649
Posts: 88Mr M, why don't you have the friend you are visiting get a Nigerian passport and then invite you. With the right amount of money, a Nigerian passport can be gotten in two weeks. Something to think about considering the amount of money you have invested so far.
Originally Posted by Mercenario [View Original Post]
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07-21-12 14:47 #648
Posts: 188Originally Posted by Blackwhite99 [View Original Post]
Today the friend of a friend who could issue the invitation said that he won't make it, so I'm without a invitation now and it seems that there is no chance for me to travel to Nigeria. BULLSHIT! . And I have already paid for the flight, vaccination.
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07-21-12 09:25 #647
Posts: 235There's nothing different here. Any visa application from any country will require proof of residence of the person who's inviting you.
Why don't you just ask the La Playa to send you a letter of invitation, assuming you've already made a reservation there?
Originally Posted by Mercenario [View Original Post]