Applying for UK Visas in Nigeria: The Truth

You can apply for a visa up to 3 months before your date of travel to the UK. But its advisable that you don’t confirm your travel arrangements until you have received your visa. The average turnaround time in the British High Commission Abuja is 15 working days so best to apply at least 1 month before your intended travel date.

If you are applying as a General or Family Visitor, you should provide documents that:

• support the statements that you make in your visa application; and
• Show that the information in your application is true.

For every document that you provide, you must include the original document and a photocopy. This includes a copy of your passport bio-data page (the page containing your photograph). Please ensure that the photocopies are of good quality and can be read easily. If you do not provide a photocopy of each document, they might not return your original documents to you.

To apply for a visa, you must complete and submit a visa application form. You are advised to book an appointment at one of the visa application centres.

You must complete and submit the application form online.

 

If you apply online, you will need to print out and sign your completed form. If you do not have access to a printer when you apply, you will be able to log in and print out the form later.
The visa application centre (VFS)

To complete the application process (even if you are applying online), you are advised to book and attend an appointment at the VFS office nearest to you in Abuja, Lekki (Lagos) or Ikeja.

New UK Visa Application process in Nigeria

A lot of people are unaware that all applications for UK visas in Nigeria must now be made online. Yes. This means that application through hard copies will no longer be accepted.

The procedure will involve three steps.

First, all applicants will have to visit www.visa4uk.fco.gov.uk and fill the online application form.They will then be required to make an appointment online for a time and date to submit their application form to the Visa Application Centre (VAC) in Abuja.
After this, they will be required to attend VAC interviews at the selected time and date.

One is advised to make appointments at the time of making the online application.  Will be sharing more details about applying for UK Visas in Nigeria subsequently but for the benefit of anyone who wishes to apply verify this new information, please visit http://www.visa4uk.fco.gov.uk/ApplyNow.aspx

Federal House of Rep member denied visa by American embassy in Abuja!

He arrived at the Consular office of the United States in Abuja last week in a flowing agbada, bearing his self-importance on his lapel. By the time he left, however, a member of the House of Representatives from the South West cut a pitiable sight: He had been denied visa.That was after he had banged tables and engaged consular officers in a hot argument.
The lawmaker, names withheld, flew into a rage when asked to produce his Certificate of Return, usually issued by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to successful election candidates.

In response, he repeatedly told the consular officer: "Don't you know I am the lawmaker of the Federal Republic of Nigeria?" He banged the table several times, and the official told the Nigerian “Big Man”: "Do you know that I reserve the right to deny you or to approve your application?"