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5 Visa Application Tips Every Nigerian Should Know

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Visa applications don’t have to be the tedious process that they can sometimes be, as long as you have the right information on the things to do to aid a smooth visa application process. Jumia Travel, the leading online travel agency, shares 5 visa application tips that can aid a smooth and possibly successful visa application process.</div>
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<b>Ensure Your Documents are Well Organized</b></h5>
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Make sure documents are properly arranged and in order, both the original documents and the photocopies. This is so it can be easier for you to retrieve relevant documents on request during submission, which can help to greatly reduce your anxiety during the process and improve your composure.</div>
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<b>Try to Apply Early</b></h5>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Much like ensuring your documents are well organized, applying early helps eliminate the anxiety and stress that comes with late applications. During your visa application process, an important thing you will be assessed on, especially during the interview, is your level of composure, and eliminating minor things that can interfere with or compromise your ability to remain calm and composed should be top of mind. It is thus best to put in your visa application early, so no matter how long the visa processing takes or the delays that come up, there will be no need for you to panic or be agitated.</span><br />
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<b>Visa Agents Cannot Guarantee You A Visa</b></h5>
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You would think that most people would know this by now but many of us still fall prey to scammers that erroneously make us believe that they can guarantee us a visa provided we do this and that, or pay so and so amount. Basically, for a successful visa application, you need to be able to show proof of your genuine intent and your financial capacity to sustain yourself for the duration. There is no agent that can do this for you or guarantee you this regardless of how much you pay them, the best they can do is help fill the necessary forms properly and see that you have all the documentation required. At the end of the day, the consul will typically decide on your application based on your documents and your responses to the interview (where it is required, like in the US).</div>
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<b>Try To Show Proof of Strong Socio-Economic Ties</b></h5>
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Try to prove that you have strong socio-economic reasons like a good job, investments, sufficient funds etc., to return to your home country at the end of the specified period for the visa. In fact, being able to prove this is so important that according to the US Embassy, the 214(b) of the U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) states that “Every alien shall be presumed to be an immigrant until he establishes to the satisfaction of the officer, at the time of the application for a visa . . . that he is entitled to nonimmigrant status . . .” So visa officers really only just want to make sure that after your trip is over, you will return back to your country, and the best way you can do that is to prove that you have strong socio-economic ties in your home country that can encourage you to return. Some evidence of strong socio-economic ties that are considered are business ownership, employment, social and family relationships etc.</div>
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<b>Avoid Mistakes in Your Visa Application</b></h5>
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Avoid slangs, big grammar or ambiguous phrases that can lead to avoidable mistakes on your visa application. During the application and even during the interview (where it applies), you should try to keep your responses ‘short, simple and straight to the point’. It is much easier to avoid mistakes this way. Also, during interviews (in cases it applies), be sure that your answers are in line with what is written on the forms submitted.</div>

Travel Tips 5 Visa Application Tips Every Nigerian Should Know

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Steps for US Visa Interview at the US Embassy

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You are required to arrive at the US embassy at the date and time your appointment was scheduled. Individuals who has incomplete forms will not be attended to. Individuals who require special needs are required to contact the embassy 2 days before the interview date so arrangement for assistance will be made.</div>
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You may be required to stand in a queue outside the embassy when you get to the consulate for your interview, this is because only visa applicants may enter the embassy. Before you are admitted into the consulate, you will need to show your original passport, appointment letter, and Visa application fee receipt to the security staff.</div>
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Electronic equipment, cell phones, bags, sprays, perfumes, liquids, backpacks, bottles, food, sealed envelopes, sealed packages, and dangerous items are not allowed inside the consulate. There is no available space to keep these prohibited items, if they are brought, you may have to dispose them. Water and bathrooms are available inside the consulate.</div>
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When you enter the embassy, you will go through a security check, which may include a full body metal detector scan.</div>
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After the security check you will be given a token for your interview. You will then go for the fingerprint verification process. An officer will take your fingerprints to verify the fingerprints taken at the Visa Application Center (VAC).</div>
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After fingerprinting, you will be required to be seated in the waiting lounge area. Your documents should be ready and kept at hand. When your name is called, you will be asked to go to a particular window number. Move towards the window, greet the interviewer with a smile, and follow the instructions that will be given to you by the interviewer.</div>
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The interviewer will be behind a window, you will be able to speak through a microphone. A speaker is provided through which you can hear the interviewer. A space below the window will let you give your documents to the interviewer when asked.</div>
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The interviewer may ask questions and check your documents. Answer truthfully and confidently. Answer only the questions you are asked. The aim of the interview is to check if all information presented in the application is correct and to make sure that you are eligible for the visa.</div>
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If your application is approved, you will know immediately. The officer will say "Your visa is approved". Your passport will usually be delivered to your mailing address by courier within 3-4 business days.</div>
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If your visa is denied or put on hold, you will be informed. You will be able to pick up your passport after the interview.</div>
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Applicants who do not appear for their US visitor visa interview appointment are "No-Show" applicants.</div>
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If you are a No-Show applicant, your visitor visa fee receipt will be deactivated. You will need to wait for two working days, after the scheduled interview date, for your visa fee receipt to be reactivated, before scheduling a new interview appointment.</div>
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The visitor visa application fee receipt is valid for 1 year from the date of payment and requires you to go to the Embassy / Consulate for visa interview at once. So as long as you reschedule your interview within 365 days, the same visa application fee can be used.</div>
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If there has been a significant change in your situation (e.g. travel plans, employment), a new DS-160 needs to be filled. The saved version should be used to update your information and submit the new form. This will create a new CEAC barcode. Schedule a new appointment on USTravelDocs website with a valid US visa application fee receipt, and follow the same steps you used in scheduling the previous appointment.</div>

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How you can get a Finland Visa in Nigeria

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Instructions for applicants applying visas to Finland in Nigeria</div>
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In Nigeria, visas cannot be applied from the Consulate of Finland in Lagos. All applicants need to apply from the Embassy of Finland in Abuja.</div>
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If you plan to stay in Finland for three months, you can apply for a visit visa. However, if you plan to stay for a longer period, you need to apply for a residence permit from Finnish Immigration through the Embassy of Finland Abuja.</div>
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A Schengen visa can be granted for up to 90 days.</div>
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An appointment must be scheduled in advance by visa applicants. The visa application can be done three months before the intended travel date and the visa application is valid for three months from the application date. An interview will be conducted for all and their fingerprints collected.</div>
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The visa fee should be paid to the Embassy bank account before you schedule an appointment date. The fee can be paid either in cash to any Standard Chartered bank in Nigeria, or by international money transfer to the Embassy bank account. The receipt that shows proof of payment should be scanned and attached to the e-mail and in that same mail, you are required to request for an appointment date.</div>
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All necessary documents both original and photocopies should be brought to the embassy. The photocopies should be attached to your visa application form and the bio-data page of passport. E-mails (invitation letters, etc.) should not be sent in advance concerning any visa application's attachments. Documents can only be presented at the time of your interview. The Embassy cannot guarantee that any requested documents sent without reference number to the Visa Section, are included in the visa processing, and those documents remain your responsibility.</div>
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The duration for processing a visa is a minimum of 14 days and average processing time 30 days. During holiday, duration of processing is based on the number of applications that have been received and it is advisable to book the interview appointment early even if a visa can be applied for earliest 3 months before the planned travel.</div>
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During the interview, the Embassy might need other documents to back up visa applications. When the visa applicant submits the documents, the reference number must be noted on the delivery note. The visa reference number is given to each applicant at the time of personal interview by the visa reception.  If the reference number is not noted, there will be delay in processing.</div>
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<li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; vertical-align: baseline;"> A complete application form, dated and signed by the visa applicant. For minor individuals, a legal guardian signs on their behalf</li>
<li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">An international e-passport which is valid at least three months after departure</li>
<li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">One recent passport photograph, colored on white background taken without headgear.</li>
<li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">Previous passports, if any</li>
<li style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; vertical-align: baseline;">Copy of flight reservation including return flight. Do not buy flight tickets before you are issued a visa</li>
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- Salary slips, personal bank statements for the last three months, regular incomes generated by property</div>
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Travel Tips How you can get a Finland Visa in Nigeria

Instructions for applicants applying visas to Finland in Nigeria In Nigeria, visas cannot be applied from the Consulate of Finland in Lagos. All applicants need to apply from the Embassy of Finland in Abuja. If you plan to stay in Finland for three …