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News and Notices
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Dear Applicants, please note the seats for appointment for Long term Visa Categories are open till July 2012. |
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Good news for short term visa applicants: From 1 March, 2011 onwards, no more prior appointment to be taken for submitting visa application at VFS centres in Nigeria.
Short Term Visa applicants can walk in between 8am to 1.00 pm in any working weekdays into VFS centres (Lagos or Abuja) with all relevant fees and submit visa application same day.
No application submission is allowed for short term visit visa on Thursdays in Lagos Centre.
For Long Term Visa applicants, existing prior appointment system continues. |
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Important Notice: Applications for all applicants with old machine readable passports will no longer be accepted from 30 October, 2010. All applicants are henceforth to provide the new bio-metric passports. |
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Visa processing timings: NO visa can be issued before 10 days from the day of transmission of the visa request into the Schengen system (and not from the date of the submission of the application to VFS or this Consulate General). Since all documents attached to the visa applications have to be thoroughly investigated and verified, applicants are therefore recommended to submit their application at least 25 calendar days before the expected date of departure in case of "frequent travellers", and 40 calendar days in case of "first time travellers".
Scope of travel (official duty, attendance of conferences or training) has no impact whatsoever on the technical delay of visa issuance.
Thank you for your cooperation and understanding. |
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Courier fee for Abuja application: Kindly be informed that a separate courier fee N6,798.00 will be paid per applicant with effect from June 18, 2010. |
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Important to note: The application for a Schengen visa has to be made in the Consulate of the country where the main purpose of travel lies. Therefore, please check your travel plans before making your application. In case you are planning to travel to multiple Schengen countries, please make your application to the Consulate where you are going to stay for a longer time. |
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As of 21 December 2007, nine European countries (the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, Latvia, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia) have joined the Schengen Agreement. This means that the Schengen area includes now 25 European Countries: Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. New regulations have been established and the visa processing time has lengthened to two weeks.
Any inconvenience ensued by this new regulation is deeply regretted. |
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Passport Validity: Dear Applicant for any tourist/Business or Conference application, your passport validity should be minimum 9 months from the date of departure for Italy. |
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Very important points for applicants of family reunion visa and work permit visa
(Valid as from 1 November 2011)
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The “Nulla Osta” for FAMILY REUNION and WORK PERMIT are valid for ONE YEAR from the date of issuance. |
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Therefore, applicants are informed that VFS is not authorized to accept any visa application if the appointment has been booked after the expiry date of the “Nulla Osta”. |
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No application would be accepted by VFS if ALL the requisite documents are not submitted. |
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All the documents pertaining to the applicant (birth certificate; attestation of age; marriage certificate; parental authorization to travel; etc, etc.) MUST be duly LEGALIZED by the Consular Section of this Consulate General. The validity of these documents is ONE YEAR only from the date of legalization. |
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The certificates (STATO DI FAMIGLIA; CERTIFICATO DI RESIDENZA; etc, etc.) issued in Italy by the Italian Registrars (COMUNE) must be in original and they are valid for ONE YEAR only. |
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Applicants for work permit visa, with a new passport, MUST submit a photocopy of the passport used by the Italian employer to obtain the Nulla Osta. Moreover, if the old passport is reported lost/stolen, a photocopy of the passport should be accompanied by the Police Report pertaining to its loss/theft. |
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Family Re-Union visa: Dear Applicants, please be informed that before applying for " Family Re-Union" application on our website, make sure that you have all documents' legalized and your passport should have proper validity of 18 months from the day of your application, otherwise your application will not be accepted. |
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Passport collection notice: Dear applicants, please be informed that for any collection of passports, applicant himself or herself needs to visit the visa application center in person. Otherwise, passport would not be handed over. If in an event that husband and wife applied together, for any collection purpose, they have to come either together or separately to collect their individual passports. |
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Short term applications: First Time Short Term Visa applicants are advised to apply for their visa at VFS at least 2 months in advance to avoid delays. |
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Appointment at VFS: Please be informed that applicants need to come to the centre ten (10) minutes prior to their scheduled appointment for any long stay visa application at VFS Lagos centre. Kindly be informed, Long Stay Visa applications are only accepted at VFS Lagos Centre and only on Thursdays. |
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