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BROAD OVERVIEW

It is important to understand the reason why people leave their home land and go
to a strange country. Leaving behind their relations, friends and loved ones. This
is just a result of the struggle to survive and the search for greener pastures.
In Nigeria today, the population is growing faster than the
government or the organized private sector can provide jobs for them. Every year,
less than 10% of the legible for employment are employed. For this reason, people
head abroad in droves in search for economic emancipation. Most Nigerians go to
UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain and until (September 11, 2001) USA. The main
thing about going abroad is packaging.
Packaging is arranging your documents to meet the visa
officers or embassy staff of the country you want to go to. Nigeria and Nigerians
are regarded as poor, corrupt and as a result highly migrant. This means that
given the opportunity, they will leave their home country for another. So many
Nigerians have entered Europe in the last 10 years that the various embassies in
Nigeria are wary of giving visas to Nigerians. For this reason, you have to go the
extra mile to convince them that you will return to Nigeria after you visit to
their country.
In the last 10 years, more than 6,000 medical doctors have
immigrated to USA. Indeed, they have an association of Nigerian doctors in the
USA, which have 4,000 duly registered members. Most people who travel to Europe,
earn better than their counterparts in Nigeria. For example, the minimum wage in
UK is 5 pounds per hour. This is equivalent to N1, 250. This is what the least
paid person in England earns. In Nigeria, it is N50 per hour, N7500 per month. It
is for these reasons that people travel abroad, as anywhere is better than her
(Nigeria). A list of minimum wages per hour in the world’s most developed
countries can be found at www.worldfactsandfigures.com.
However, if you have a good job in Nigeria in which you earn
up to a N100,000 a month, then you do not have any reason to travel abroad. In
Nigeria, the people are friendly, the weather is nice most parts of the year and
when you earn money, people respect you. In Europe and the rest of the world when
you earn money, people don’t accord that respect that is due to you, the weather
is harsh and cold most times of the year. Besides, what most Nigerians in Diaspora
complain is that they miss Nigeria, they miss home, their village, their friends,
their families and even phone calls are not able to totally remedy this.
Be it as it may, before one decides to go abroad, he would
have carefully thought over the matter before proceeding with his plans. There is
no doubt that when you find yourself abroad, you will earn more money than you are
earning in Nigeria. But you should consider the fact that the standard of living
in these places is higher than it is in Nigeria. In England, a bottle of beer is 4
pounds, which is N1000 as against a bottle of beer that is N150 in Nigeria. The
cheapest meal in UK is 1 pound, which is N250 while the cheapest meal in Nigeria
is N50. For this reason, the living, the living cost in Europe is higher than in
Nigeria, so this should be taken into consideration when calculating the net
income of somebody in Europe.
Indeed, some travel to Europe to get a good job and send money
home and to come back after some time, others go to Europe to raise money to come
back to Nigeria to invest their capital.
Others go to Europe, and after some time may become importers,
shuttling between Nigeria and one European or Asian country. These groups of
people are the ones who come back to Nigeria 4 times a year. There is the last
group who go to Europe or America and never come back. There are always reasons,
he may be in jail or her may have married a foreign wife for real, and as such has
settled into the way of life of the people of the country he finds himself in and
forgets about Nigeria.
There are a lot of well-developed countries that are not in Europe which have a
fair share of Nigerian immigrants and are still liberal to Nigerians in giving
visas. These include Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Indonesia and Malaysia. These
countries are among the most developed in the world and are nice to immigrants
from Africa, particularly if the immigrants from Africa, particularly is the
immigrant belongs to the skilled labor class. It is time for Nigerians who want to
travel abroad to face these countries and divert there attention from countries
like Spain, Germany, France, UK, USA, Holland, Belgium and Austria which have
received a fair share of Nigeria immigrants and are wary about giving Nigerians
visa. So it is becoming increasingly difficult to get visa into these countries.

SELECTING A COUNTRY TO TRAVEL TO

When one is selecting a country to travel to he should take the following into
consideration
1- Ease of getting visa
2- where you know or have people
3- the type of work you Want to do
4- the type of business you want to do
5- the social atmosphere of the country
6- the minimum wage of the country

1- EASE OF GETTING VISA

Some embassies of some countries are used to having Nigerians applying for visa
and as a result at the slightest suspicion of your motives, they deny you visa.
Examples of these countries include, Switzerland Luxembourg, Germany, USA, and
France among others.There are some others who do not see Nigerians everyday and as
a result are more liberal with their visa to Nigerians. However, their generosity
should not be misunderstood. They have not seen Nigerians queuing up in their
embassies looking for a short 1-month visa, when in fact they want to immigrate to
the country for good. They are only liberal because Nigerians have not begun to
flock to their embassies in Lagos and Abuja .examples of these countries includes
Australia, New Zealand, Malta, Cyprus, Brazil, the Caribean, Indonesia and
Malaysia. Getting the visa of these countries is easier than that of most western
European countries.
3-THE TYPE OF JOB YOU WANT TO DO

If you are a skilled worker, if you have university degree or any post-secondary
diploma or qualification, then it is better for you to go those countries that
have a great need of professionals or skilled workers. The following countries
have acute labor shortage and are seriously looking for immigrant skilled workers.
these are Australia , new Zealand ,south Africa ,Canada,Ireland,Sweden,Denmark,and
Germany .if you just have a secondary school cerfiticate,then only two types of
jobs is open to you-unskilled labor and hustling. Unskilled labor jobs are jobs
that require manual and not use of brains and intelligence. For example, washing
of plates, picking of fruits, working as a security man, working as a waiter or
barman etc. hustling means doing anything that is barely legal. you can find out
more about what this means from people .most people in South Africa, Spain,
France, Malta, Holland, Belgium, and Austria are into hustling, .however, that is
not to say that people do not work in these countries in the unskilled labor group
.the problem is that those in hustling make more money than those in unskilled
labor occupations. However those in hustling are the ones who came back to Nigeria
every Christmas; but they are also the people who came back dead from South
Africa, or end up in the numerous European jails. It is always better and safer to
go to Europe with some kind of qualification. Some countries accept unskilled
workers as immigrant or seasonal workers examples are Sweden, Finland and Ireland.
However were, most European countries will accept immigrants who have manage to
enter their country as visitors to work as unskilled workers

UK ha a holiday makers scheme, in which they allow citizens of most common wealth
countries including Nigeria to enter their country and work with a work permit for
a period of 1 year while on holiday: but recently because of the high volume of
applicants, UK has banned holidaymaker from Nigeria from entering the country if
they are between 18-30years.
Other countries have holidaymakers’ scheme but for most of them, Nigeria are not
eligible.

4-WHERE YOU KNOW OR HAVE PEOPLE.

Nobody in Nigeria today can say he does no know anybody abroad. Indeed, some
have brothers, uncles, and cousins, close friends or relations who are abroad.
Sometimes, these people help their relations or friends they want to help cross
over .these people, if they really want to help [sometimes they may not], they
will arrange a letter of invitation to the country for a short visit from a
legitimate citizen or permanent resident of that country. They can also help in
sending the money for ticket. They can arrange a lady you can marry on contract
basis, to acquire your papers in the new country to avoid problem with police and
immigration. They can also arrange employment for you waiting on your arrival.
They can provide a place for to staying the few weeks. They can also provide
specialized advice on the immigration and police of the particular country. These
two particularly are the worse enemies of any immigrant to a new country. is going
to a country where you already have or know people is an added advantage but not
necessarily a guarantee that you will be given visa and that you will not run into
problems. It will only make it settling down easy.

5- THE BUSINESS YOU WANT TO DO

there are some Nigerians who move to Europe not necessarily because they don’t
have job or because their business is not lucrative, they move to Europe because
they are not satisfy with their job, income or their business earnings. There have
been a lot of bankers who earn over N90, 000, who resigned and went to Europe
simply because they know they will be richer than they were in Nigeria.
There have been the cases of businessmen who make over N50, 000 in profit who sold
up their stock or put somebody in charge and migrated to Europe and America .this
is just as a result of search of greener pastures .it is an urge to earn more
money.
These groups of people normally go to Europe with more than N700, 000 in liquid
cash or capital. Normally when they get there, they engage in business enterprises
normally they don’t engage in normal work. example are people who go to brazil and
import coffee to Nigeria, who go to UK and import used books from England, who go
to Germany and import used cars and machinery, who go to Spain and import wine,
tiles and marble, who go to china and import electronics, who go to France and
export African arts works from Nigeria, who go to Australia and export African
trinkets and local jewelry from Africa. The type of market that exists for the
commodity you want to import or export will determine the country you want to
settle in.

there are a lot of Africans in London ; that means there is a market for African
dishes .some go there and set up very lucrative restaurants for Africans in UK .
Some just export bitter leaf and melon to UK, France, Germany, USA and all other
places that have a sizeable population of African immigrants.
Most countries encourage people to come and establish these kinds of business in
their country. Indeed, is easier to get visa than most other type of visas. So
kind of business you want to engage in will determine the kind of country you want
to go to.

6- THE SOCIAL ATMOSPHRERE OF THE COUNTRY

Some countries have better atmosphere than others do. By social atmosphere, we
mean the attitude of the local people [the natives] to foreigners, the attitude of
the police and immigration to foreigners in general and blacks in particular .the
attitude of the government towards immigration, the number of black people in the
country: the ratio of immigrants to local population.
Germany is known to be a very racist country with bad attitude towards
foreigners’ is common in Germany and in Austria to be walking in the streets and
the police will ask for your papers. If they are not upto date you will be
deported instantly without being allowed to take personal effect from your house.
England is getting jittery and immigration has become an issue in
elections. This is because the foreigners in England are increasing everyday.
France is clamping down on immigration; this is because 40% of their total
populations are immigrants and descendants
The Scandinavian countries [Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland] are nice to
foreigners; and immigrants who are able to get into those countries are generally
comforted,
Indonesia, Ireland, Scotland, Australia, New Zealand, WE overseas territories and
British dependencies do not really mind immigration from Nigeria. This is because
Nigerian has not really begun to go there like they go to Western Europe.

Central Europe as receptive to Nigerians, the countries in central Europe is

Czech, Estonia, Croatia, Poland, and Greece.
Nigerians have not really started going to Eastern Europe and their people are now
member of the EU and their economies have started to boom and they accept Nigerian
degrees for employment. Countries in Eastern Europe are: Romania, Ukraine,
Bulgaria, Hungary and turkey.
The social atmosphere is important because it will determine whether you will be
comfortable in the country like UK or you will be living like a fugitive like in
Germany.
7 THE ECONOMIC WEALTH OF THE COUNTRY

Some countries are richer than others, just like Nigeria, in spite of all its
problems and poverty is richer than Cameroon, Niger or Togo. Just like Nigeria is
poorer than South Africa, Egypt or Tunisia. A medical doctor in Nigeria earns more
than a medical doctor in Togo but less than a doctor in South Africa.
A nurse in USA earns more than a nurse in France. A measure of the wealth of
most nations is the GDP Per capital income per head .it can be found at
www.worldfactand figures.com. It is what the average worker in that country earns
in a years, although it fluctuates, it shows roughly which countries are richer
than other the others. What it all means is that if you can find yourself in USA,
instead of Spain, you will make more money than you would have made in Spain. If
you find yourself in Portugal instead of UK you will make less money than you
would have made in UK. However, this affects only workers and not business people
or hustlers.

8—THE MINIMUM WAGE OF THE COUNTRY

The minimum wage of any country is the amount which will be paid to the least
worker for an hour of work done. here, it is stipulated in hours normally the
least paid are unskilled laborers and normally these unskilled laborers in most
countries earn more than medical doctor and professors in Nigeria .for example,
the minimum wage in England is 5pounds per hour .if this is multiply by 10 hours
of work for 30days it totals up to 1500pound, which is N375, 000 per month. A list
of the minimum wage of the countries can be found in www.worldfactand figures.com.
The list of the minimum wage of the country wills invariable affect the amount you
will earn in the country. A country with a low minimum wage will pay low wage; a
country with high wage will pay a high wage.

THE VERY FIRST STEP

When you make up your mind that you are traveling abroad. When you have decided
that you will go to another country to earn money, there is only one step you can
make.
The very step is to go and obtain your Nigerian passport. This is easily
obtainable these days at any state headquarters of the Nigerian immigration
service. Their offices are found in every state capital and they can process your
passport there as they all have the machines and materials. The official price is
something close to N6, 000 but what they ask you to pay fluctuates from N8, 000 to
N10, 000, or unto N20, 000. Rarely can you obtain a Nigerian passport at the
normal price.

before you go for the passport, you may need a letter of identification from
your local chairman, though not in all cases .this letter of identification can be
obtained in most cases, if you can get your traditional ruler to attest to knowing
you, or the president of your town union or by submitting a letter from a clergy
man stating that the facts written on your baptismal card which contains your town
of origin as true. You can also go to the hospital; why\ere you were born to get a
letter from them. All these you can take to your local government of origin for a
letter of identification. Even if you can’t provide any of these just go to the
local government secretariat, there is a way things work in Nigeria. You can sort
it out. The next is the Yellow Card. This card is a WHO issued card, which states
that you have been inoculated against all preventable diseases. This is a
preventive measure the health body has put in place to make sure nobody transmit
disease across the border.
However, some countries may insist that you surrender to a health check up upon
arriving or at designated hospital here before traveling. From here, what you
decide to do next depends on what type of visa you want to apply for. For student
visa, you have start getting your academic documents together.
The business visa, you have started assembling your bank statements,
correspondents with business clients etc.
Tourist visa you have started assembling proof of employment letter income tax
clearance , proof of employment letter of appointment and other proof s that
you have strong ties to Nigeria.
For skilled workers visa, you need a letter of appointment by an overseas
employer. All steps to follow in each individual case will be treated extensively
in another section.

TYPES OF VISA

A visa is a stamp or a seal that permit you to cross international boundaries

where such opermit are required. it comes in various forms and directions. A
Nigerian has to have a visa to enter any European / American country. a visa is
different from a permit . a permit is a document , seal or stamp that allowas the
holder to do what the seal stipulates.

TOURIST VISAS.

This is a visa that allows the holder to visit a country from a period of twio
weeks to three months. it has no work permit.the idea is that a tourist comes to
spend his money in the country adding something into the economy of the country .

TRASNSIT VISA.

MISTAKE YOU SHOULD NOT MAKE

There are certain mistakes you should not make if you want to successfully
travel abroad. As you already know, Nigerians are a highly migrant people. This is
because of the poverty and unemployment in Nigeria. As a result wherever we go
particularly in Europe, we are a highly suspect people. Until recently, when we
travel to Europe, at the airports entry clearance officers will say “Nigerians,
this side please!” this has been stopped but it still shows how foreigners look at
us .the most important thing is packaging: for your ability to convince the
embassy official depends on how you were packaged. The following are very
important.

Do not go to the embassy with your document incomplete .if the tax clearance
certificate is missing, it will make the difference between a visa granted and a
visa denied

Do not go through a travel agency unless they give you a money back guarantee.
Most of these agencies are just there to rip you off, for usually there is nothing
they can do for you, you cannot do for yourself. Professional advice is usually
free from the websites listed which help people travel out. You can get the e-mail
of a Nigerian in the country you want to travel and he will help you out with
practical, realistic advice. Besides, most travel agencies don’t deliver and they
don’t have money back guarantee.
USE ONLY A TRAVEL AGENCY THAT HAS A MONEY BACK GUARATEE OR WHOSE POLICY IS
PAYMENT ON DELIVERY.

• If you have bought a visa, travel through Port Harcourt Airport, the
security is less tight than in Lagos or Abuja Airports. Before you pay for a visa,
make sure it is original and not fake.
• Ask a lot of questions about visas, this way you will learn from other
people’s experiences and mistakes
• If visa is denied you, do not go to the same embassy again with a new
passport unless the date of birth and the name have been altered. This is because
once you apply and submit your passport name, number, and photograph are scanned
into the computer. If you apply again with another passport with the same details,
the computer will detect it. Not only will you be denied visa, but you are also
run the risk of being handed over to the police. If the embassy stamps visa denied
on your passport and you have any reason to reapply go with a different passport
with slightly altered details like name and date of birth or go back with the same
passport hope for the best.
• Do not go to the embassy with an insufficient bank statement. This is a
primary cause of denial of visa, especially for student’s visas. Try as much as
possible to go to the embassy with an account statement that covers your supposed
expenditure with cash remaining in excess.

AMERICAN

USA

The USA is the richest country in the world with a per capital income of $35,000
and a federal minimum wage of $7.00 per hour. The country is located in the
northern hemisphere in the continent of North America between Canada and Mexico.
It has 50 states and 5 overseas territories namely; Guam, Virgin Island, American
Samoa, Puerto Rico, and Northern Mariana. Its population is made up of 15% blacks,
805 white and Hispanics 2% and 15% Asians. Its total population is 290 million
people.

TYPES OF AMERICAN VISAS

B1 &B2 tourist visas duration 3month * 6months

E1&E2 treaty trader’s duration 2years
F1 student visa duration [1-5years]
1&1 skilled worker visa duration 3years
1&2 temporary skilled visa duration 3years
J1 exchange visa duration 2years
K1 fiancé visa
K3&4 relative visas
L1 executive and manager’s visa duration 3years
O1 extraordinary ability
P-1 athletes [5years
Q-1 cultural exchange
R-1 religious exchange
TN trade NAFTA.

The best way to get into USA is to marry a US citizen. This is possible through
web dates and other such dating forms on the internet. However, it is till
possible to get into USA with any of the above visas, if you are well packaged.
Another way is by applying for further studies of training. The cost of these
varies depending on if the university or college is publicly or privately owned.
If it is publicly owned, it is cheaper. But people still enter America by going to
their overseas territories.
These are Small Island in the pacific with very small population. For this reason,
they are looking for immigrants. They use American dollar and have high standard
of living. It is easy to get a visa going to these places. You have to apply at
the American embassy especially for the overseas territories.
The states of Alaska and Hawaii are also under populated and are looking for
immigrants. It is easy to get into US if you can find a reason to such a visa into
any of those low populated states.
However, you must realize that since September 11, 2001, the USA was bombed,
things have not been the same. It has become more difficult to get their visas
.USA has a lot of churches and they are always organizing one thing or the other.
There is a way of getting a visa into USA
Business visas into USA are easy to get, as their government does anything to
foster commerce. Transit visas are also easy to get if you can get a visa of
Caribbean Islands. In fact, most of them don’t require a visa form Nigerians
particular those in common wealth.
Once you get a transit visa, you can get lost and disappear into the country
while you are waiting for connection flight to the Caribbean.

EUROPE

UNIITED KINGDOM - UK

UK is one of the wealthiest countries in Europe with a per capital income

$24.000 and minimum wages of E5.00. The country is located in the northern
hemisphere of the European Union. it has 13 overseas dependencies namely :
Ascension , Island , Bermuda ,British Antarctic Territory , British Indian Ocean
territory, British Virgin Island s, Cayman Islands , Falkland Island , Gibraltar,
St. Helen , South Georgia , Turk and Caicos Islands. Its population is made up of
94% whites 3% Asians. Its total population is made up of 60million people.

TYPES OF UK VISA

Student visa
Highly skilled migration program visa
transit visa
visitor’s visa
medical visa
Holidaymaker visa
Relative visa
Business visa

United Kingdom has so many colonies that are members of the common wealth. Most
of these nations particularly those I=of Africa and Asia are suffering from
deprivation and are trooping to the UK. For this is wary about given visa; unless
they are convinced that the visa applicant will return after the visa expires.
However, packaging yourself well can solve this.
In deciding the visa to apply for one has to check very well to see which visa
category he has a higher of succeeding. UK like most European countries is not
meeting their labor requirement from domestic supply. So, quite as they are not
encouraging immigration they actually need immigrants. For this reason, the most
popular ways of entering UK is by student’s visa, marrying a British citizen and
by holidaymaker visa.
whatever your qualification , you can get a student visa if you have written
WAEC , you can apply for short six months course on basic skills, or you can
apply for undergraduate program through UCAS [ their equivalent of JAMB ] or if
you have a degree ,you can apply for postgraduate studies. You will be required to
pay a minimum deposited before you will be granted visa.
A lot of girls and boys in Nigeria were born in the UK when their parents went
for studies in the UK, marrying any of these people are an automatic visa to the
UK.
If you can get proof that you are still a student in a Nigerian University and
you apply for visitor’s visa during your holidays after being invited by anybody,
the embassy will grant you visa believing that you will return to Nigeria to
continue your education/ studies. Even if you are not a student, you can arrange
the documents
You can make a friend on the internet, who will invite you to marriage
engagement or just for a social visit.
You can be diagnosed for an illness in Nigeria and you can apply for a medical
visa for thorough medical check up or treatment with supporting documents from any
private hospital. But normally they will expect you to pay up front the cost of
the treatment before you start coming to the UK.
You can also be corresponding with social, religious, cultural and international
bodies. if they have a provision for registration, register for a conference ,
seminar or workshop comes up, they will invite you with a valid invitation letter
you can get a visitor visa into UK, but you have to prove that you have a stable
job here or they will not give you visa.
You can also devise your own scheme in ways to beat the UK immigration, as the
more original your idea, the better
You can look for a company that does business regularly in the UK, and arrange to
have them send you on a purchasing visit. Visa in this way is very easy. The thing
is getting a company that will aid you.

LIFE IN THE UK

There is an abundance of jobs in the UK, and the police do not engage in the spot
checks for ID as they do in other countries like Germany. This is probably because
there are so many black people in the UK and you don’t know who is who.

IRELAND

Ireland is a small country with zero% unemployment and they are seriously
looking for immigrants they have population of 4million and a GDP per capital of
$27,000 and a minimum wages of $7.20 per hour. It is better to go to Ireland with
some qualification.

TYPES OF IRISH VISA

Skilled visa
Visitor’s visa
Medical visa
Holidaymaker visa
Tourist visa
Fiancée visa
Business visas

However, because e the country is small, the police are more efficient and they
deport illegal immigrants from time to time. But generally, there is plenty of
work for anybody with any kind of qualification, who is willing to work.

SPAIN

Spain is in the southwest of Europe. It has a low GDP and a minimum wage. But it
is better than South Africa. It has a population of 40million people. There are a
lot of Nigerians in Spain.

TYPES OF SPAINISH VISA

Transit visa
Territorial transit visa
Stay visa
Residence visa
Journey visa
Special visa
Multi circulation visa
Refugee/asylum visa

Spain is a member of the European Union and used to be a world power like
England. However its power and economy declined in time. It has a low minimum
wage, but still a developed country. They have different kinds of visas, which are
all obtainable. Most people disappear into Spain by territorial transit visa. They
first obtain a transit visa to Latin America, and then obtain a transit visa to
Spain. Upon arrival in Spain, they disappear.
Another way of traveling to Spain is by Trans Sahara crossing. Most people
cross the Sahara and cross into Spain on rubber rafts. This is a very risky
journey but it is the cheapest way of traveling to Europe. It is best donor with
four other people, to create to create party of five. There is risk of running
into Tuareg and Berber robbers in the Sahara. That is why it is safer to cross
with other people. But people who get caught are sent to detention camps, from
where they are deported back to Nigeria. If you are caught during this, on no
account should you say you are from Nigeria; instead say you are a refugee fleeing
conflict in Sudan, Sierra Leone, Liberia or any other country suffering from civil
crises / strife, where they cannot take you back to. If they believe you, they
will provide accommodation and employment for you as a refugee. The crossing is
best done at night.
To reduce to risk it is better to go through the West African coast from Lagos
to Accra to Abidjan to free town to Dakar to Canary Islands. From Canary Island
you can enter a plane to Spain nobody will ask you for papers. It is an overseas
territory of Spain.
Spain has other strings of island in the Atlantic Ocean close to the West
African coast which processing a visa from there, and getting a passage to Spain
is easy.
DENMARK

Denmark is in northern Europe. It belongs to the group of countries called the

Scandinavian countries. It also belongs to the European Union. It has a population
of 5.3 million people- 95% Danish; other ethnic group comprises the remaining 5%.
$30.000 and wages of $6.50 per hour.
They are still liberal in giving out visa to Nigeria for there are not too many
Nigerians in Denmark. It has one of the coldest weather in Europe apart from
Greenland.

TYPES OF DENMARK VISAS

Working visa
Asylum visa
Student visa
Short visa
Immigration visa
Tourist visa

Denmark is a member of the European Union but it uses its own currency and it’s
not a party to the scheme visa agreement. Anybody visiting Denmark must come with
Denmark’s visa. The Danish people are friendly and there are a lot of jobs in
Denmark. But Denmark is very cold and the winter there last longer than that in
most other European countries except maybe Russian and Ireland
They give visas to Nigerians readily because the migrant Nigerians have not
started going to northern Europe like they go to Western Europe.
There are not many Nigerians in Denmark and they have a very small population.
It is difficult to settle in Denmark. All they do in Denmark is to engage in
legitimate labor. They have a minimum wages that is okay. The country has produced
one or two millionaires who made it big in Danish country.
Denmark has an embassy in Abuja and they give visas readily because Nigerians
have not started going there in doves. They are liberal with their visas. Once you
have one or two supporting documents. You can apply for any of the various
categories of visa.

SWEDEN

Sweden is in northern Europe. It is a very wealthy country and the indigenes

are very friendly to black people. There is relatively no racism in Sweden and it
is easy to get a job in Sweden. They have a population of 8.8million people .with
$23.600 and $6.90 per hour.

TYPES OF SWEDEN VISA

Entry visas
Visitor’s visa
Business / conference visa
Work permit visa
Performing artist visa
Au pair visa
Self employed visa
Research visa
Sports visa
Seasonal employment visa
Student's visa.
 Sweden is a well – planned country and they are very careful to see that
immigration into their country is controlled. For these reasons some of the
gimmicks people engage in other countries to get visa may not work in Sweden
But visitor’s visa and business visa are easy to get, sometimes, particularly
during summer they experience acute labor shortages. For this reason, they have
granted a new category of visa called seasonal employment visa. But you have to be
employed by a Swedish employer before you can be granted this kind of visa
Au pair visa is also very popular for eastern European and African women. Other
men and women work in Sweden and keeping nannies or baby sitters can be expensive.
So the government makes provision for families to take in a studying towards some
qualification; who lives with a family .the point of these is that the girl or
woman takes care of the little children if and when the couple has to go out
particularly at night.
Not all these visas come with work permits, so one might get a visa, which may
not allow him to work. Most Swedish people speak English. This is as a result of
their long association e=with England over the years.

BELGIUM

Belgium is a small country in Western Europe. It is between France and

Holland. With $22,300 and $7.20 per hour. They speak Dutch, Flaming and French.
With 22.3million people in population. They are comprised of 55% Flemish,
33%wallon and 12% mixed. There is a lot of Nigerian in Belgium and their visa is
easy to get.

TYPES OF BELGIUM VISA

Working holiday visa
Student visa
Scheme visa
Van Der Elts visa
Medical visa
Highly skilled visa
Tourist visa
Visitor visa
Business visa

Belgium speaks French, German and Fleming but a sizable part of the country
also speaks English as an international language. It is used to be save haven for
Nigerians. They were generous to Nigerians with visa. Today there are a lot of
Nigerians in Belgium and getting visa has become somewhat more difficult
When Tokunbo cars started to enter Nigeria in the late eighties, it came from
Belgium.

HOLLAND

Holland is a small country in Western Europe. It has population of 16million

people. With $23,700 and 45.50 per hour. About 94% Dutch, 25black, 4$Asia and
3%Arabs. They speak Dutch.

TYPES OF HOLLAND VISA

Business / self employment visa

Working visa
Temporary residence visa [MMV]
Short temporary visa
Student visa.
GERMANY

Germany is large country in Western Europe. They speak German. It has $22.400
per income and $8 per hour. And about 82.3million people.

TYPES OF GERMAN VISA

Permanent residency visa [Green Card]

Highly skilled visa
Student visa
Scheme visa
Working holidaymaker visa
Van Der Elts visa
medical visa

By and large as a result of their population, Germany is one of the largest

countries in Europe. For this reason, they can absorb a large percentage black
without anybody noticing unlike a small country like Ireland. But Germany is a
very racist country and is easy to get deported from Germany. The police in
Germany carry out statutory identity checks on anyone they see that looks like an
immigrant. If you have no valid ID, they put you on the deportation flight to
Lagos. This is the reason why once a Nigerian gets into Germany the first thing to
do is to engage in contract marriage to get papers.
However, the good thing is that Germany gives Green Card to people who have
been in their country for some time who have a skilled job
They also have low tuition fees for education and many go for educational
purposes. It is a very easy way of getting into Germany and Australia. But they
are wary of immigrants and you have to be careful you convince them otherwise,
they may reject your application, even if you have paid fees
Germany hates immigrants who come into their country and refuse to go. So once
they’re suspicious of your motives, they will deny you visa. It is left to you to
produce evidence to prove that you have sufficient ties with Nigeria as to come
back after your visit.

A very popular way of getting into Germany is by enrolling in a language school

to study German for a period of time. The German government encourages cultural
exchange between their country and other countries.
It is always good to put forward documents that you are married when applying to
the German embassy. Besides, new concept keep coming out everyday and it is always
good to be in contact with the embassy in the country while processing your visa.
He will help you by giving you bits of information you may need.
But like it has been emphasized throughout this work your won ingenuity is
required to get a visa. The more original your concept, the better your chances.

FRANCE

France is in the northern hemisphere. It has per capital income of $22,130 and
wages of $6.90 per hour. 60% whites, 40% Arabs and blacks. It is predominantly
catholic country. About 60million people in population.

TYPES OF VISA

Medical visa
Business visa
Student visa
Tourist visa
Visitor’s visa
Working holiday visa
Scheme visa

France amended its immigration law in 1993 because of the multitude of North
Africa and West Africans who poured into France from its former colonies. The
result of this is that 40% of France population is made up of immigrant or their
descendants. An evidence of this is the dream team of France that played France
1998 and Europe 2000 very few of them were white while most of them come from
former colonies and territories of France.
Today, it is very difficult to get into France. This is the reason why you
rarely hear of Nigerians in France. In facts, the easiest way to get into France
now is by scheme visa. But even at that, the French immigrations execute thorough
checks aimed at illegal immigrants in their midst

France has a lot of overseas possession in form of islands in North Africa, West
Africa and the Pacific Ocean. These islands are mainly inhabited by black people
or Asians who are the natives or indigenes of these islands. It is therefore easy
fro Nigerian to enter their island and make his way to France. But a working or
possible knowledge of French is required. It is now the least difficult way to
enter France.
Other ways include claiming citizenship of countries. France does not view as
highly migrant these countries include, Senegal, Tunisia, Tanzania. These
countries are as backward as Nigeria but there re more jobs and employment there
so the people are not so keen on traveling out.
So if they apply for French visa, they are given because they are level 2
countries and not level 4 countries like Nigeria or India or Bangladesh. But all
these need a working knowledge of French.

EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

These are Hungary, Poland, Greece, Romania and Czech, Slovakia. They are not as
rich as their Western Europe counterparts but immigration into these countries is
easy. this is because Nigerians has not started to remember these countries .so
for not it is easy to enter these coutries since they are now members of Europe
they will experience a wage increase and economic boom.
Some of theses countries will soon relax internal border control between them
and member states of the Europe. This is part of the scheme agreement, which gave
visa to the scheme visa.
There visa schemes are like those of most other European countries. People are
need for jobs in these countries and they have not started internal immigration
reduction. The problem with most of these countries is that most of them don’t
understand English and they speak only their languages namely polish, Czech,
Slovak and Greeks unless one takes time to learn this language. Communication will
become an affective barrier preventing the person from doing anything worthwhile.
Most of these countries have started to experience economic boom and growth.
Visa will be easy to get as they are not used to the ingenuity of Nigerians when
they need a visa from a country.
However, embassy officials in Abuja know what is happening, that there are no jobs
in Nigeria. So it is better to take your chances in the embassies of the country
in foreign countries.
However, some of these eastern European countries should be avoided. Some of
them like, Montenegro, Serbia etc are prone to internal and external strife. It is
not advisable to be in the country when there problem start. This is because
nobody, not even the government can guarantee your safety.
And your safety is the most important of all; more important even than the money
you came looking for in Europe.
 But, some like Greece, Hungary, Romania, and Estonia are stable and can make a
Nigerian rich, if he plays his card well. But note that the black population in
most of these countries is not much and this will influence the kind of thing you
will engage in.
Remember that 10% of Nigerians who went to Europe are in jails fro various crime,
charges and offences.

ASIAN

INDONESIA

Indonesia is located in the southern hemisphere in the south of the Asian

continent. It has a per capital income of $1,700 and a minimum of $2 per hour. Its
population made up of 3% whites 7% Malays and 90% Asians. It has population of
234million people.

MALAYSIA

Malaysia is located by Indonesia in the southern hemisphere, income $3,700 and

minimum wages $3 per hour. 2% white, 59% Malays and 39%Asian. About 23 million
people.

TYPES OF VISA

Company sponsored visa

Limited stay visa
Permanent stay visa
Service visa
Tourist visa
Social/ cultural visa
Business visa

Malaysia is one of new boom economics in south East Asia; mainly as a result of
American involvement and favorable government policies. With a population of 23
million people, they cannot provide all the support staff to sustain their
economic growth the Malaysian miracle brought for them. Nigerians have been more
willing to provide the short fall in staff. Malaysia accepts Nigerian
qualifications and Nigerian graduates can get there and work without needing to
beef up their qualification. Even WAEC holders get jobs, which are not necessarily
unskilled labor.

The best way to enter Malaysia is by application to a company operating in

Malaysia. If the company is interest end in employing you they will sponsor your
visa by applying for your work permit. This is called company sponsorship visa.
Once you have a letter of appointment and work permit from the company, you simply
walk to the embassy and get your passport stamped with a visa.
Limited stay visa is a visitor visa and you cannot work with it. However, a lot
Nigerian traders travel to Malaysia for trade since they are one of our principal
trade partners. The Malaysians recognize them, so they’re liberal with visa to
Nigerians the chances are that whatever visa category you apply for it is most
likely that you are going to get it.
Permanent visa is only granted very skilled workers or people with outstanding
ability. So it is now left to you to prove that you belong to one of the two
groups.
In general Malaysian visas are not difficult to gets they are not yet in such
high demand by Nigerians.
NEW ZEALAND

New Zealand is located in the southern hemisphere beside Australia. It has a per
capital income of $13,100 and a minimum of $4 per hour. Its population is made up
of 13% white, 21% natives and 6%Asians. It has a small population of about 4
million people.

TYPES OF NEW ZEALAND VISA

Holidaymaker visa
Visitor visa
Employer sponsored visa
Business visa

Most of New Zealand visas are like Australian visa. They even have an acute
problem of under population.
They have deregulated there economy and given visa to a whole lot of jobs. This
has created a labor need. However, New Zealand is not rich as most of other
developed nations.
But it is one of the easiest countries to enter. Nigerians have not started to go
there because of this, they give Nigerians visa. But it’s important to understand
that is cost about N380, 000 in flight ticket to go to New Zealand and you have to
go en route South Africa and Australia. Permanent residency and citizenship is
easy to get in New Zealand. It takes only a few years if you don’t commit any
offence and you have a stable, paying job.
They have a booming tourism industry and a lot of hotels. One of the easiest ways
to get into new Zealand is by employer- sponsored this kind of visa is easy to get
once; you get an employer to send for an appointment letter or employment letter
and to process your work permit.
Business visa too is easy to get as they have fully deregulated their economy and
are looked for investors who will add something into their economy. They are into
farming and you can arrange to visit one of their farms with the view to setting
up your own in Nigeria which raw materials and products from New Zealand.
Nigerians are not eligible for holidaymaker scheme. But you can use your
initiative to devise what to use to apply for visa.

AUSTRALIA

Australia is located in the southern hemisphere. It is a continent and one of

the largest countries in the world. It has a per capital income of $19,000 and a
minimum wages of $10 dollars per hour.
Its population is made up of 80% whites, 1%Australian and 4% Asians. It is very
underpouplated. Its total population is 19million people

TYPES OF AUTRALIAN VISA

Working holiday visa

Visitor visa
Student visa
Spouse visa
Employer sponsored visa
Permanent visa
Employer nominated visa
Skilled visa
Skilled independent visa
Australia is one of the largest countries in the world but it is under populated
with only 19million people. It cannot meet its labor recruitment. So it is
seriously looking for immigrants. But they want only skilled workers with post
secondary qualification. They do not want unskilled workers who will become
liabilities. They have Green card scheme in which they award on a point system.
The minimum point is 60points.
Australia is one of the largest countries in the world but it is under populated
with only 19million people. It cannot meet its labor recruitment. So it is
seriously looking for immigrants. But they want only skilled workers with post
secondary qualification. They do not want unskilled workers who will become
liabilities. They have Green card scheme in which they award on a point system.
The minimum point is 60points.
. To score 60 points your occupations must be listed in the priority occupations
skill, immigrations skill shortage list [ISSL] occupational shortage; list [OSL].
These occupations are mainly in the sciences, engineering and technology. Artisans
are also needed and this list can be found at this websites
www.nationalvisa.com.au
www.skillclear.com/au

If your occupation is in the these lists apply for immigration visa or permanent
residency, you will get it. Even if your occupation is not there, select an
occupation here and arrange the corresponding papers.
You can also seek for an employer who will nominate you not necessarily for
employment but for visas. He will nominate you for employment on the grounds that
there is a shortage of labour in your foiled. The Australian embassy will give you
a visa.
On entering Australia they will give a work permit and allow you to seek for a
job.
You can also go to Australia as a student this is the easiest way to get a
GREEN CARD in Australia the immigration law allows international student to apply
for permanent residency even while still studying.
This website www.immigration.govt.au will also help to get you more information.
You can apply for skill visa if your occupation is in the shortages occupation
list {SOL} or Sydney and other areas shortages occupation list {SASOL}.
Australia is a country most immigrants go to and they don’t have to start
getting stressed up about getting their papers. The government will give it to you
wit a big thank you. Besides, they have not started to watch out for Nigeria. So
the chance to go to their embassy will get a visa.

HOW TO TRAVEL IF YOU HAVE NO MONEY

There is a category of people who want to travel abroad but they have no money
to do so or finance it.
It is not a must that you must have money you can initiate the visa application
once it comes through, getting money will not be so difficult.

Student visa
a student who wants to go for a degree program short courses or that
graduates studies should apply only to the welfare countries [England, Norway,
Denmark and Sweden] these countries do not pay tuition fees and they allow
international student to work because they don’t pay tuition fees all you need to
get is just your ticket fee and a fat bank statement. However, it is very
competitive since they don’t pay school fees. Many people are applying,
Pakistanis, Indians, Bangladeshi, Brazilians etc. The category of student’s visa
is given to everybody as long as you have written WAEC you can apply for short
courses, foundations courses or undergraduate program. The most important thing is
getting the admission.
 Other western European countries have the tuition fess which you can afford.
With as little N250, 000 you can enter Germany, France or Cyprus on a student
visa.
A graduate can leave Nigeria for these countries, which have little or no
tuition fees to pay .the very first step is to search for schools on the internet.
All schools maintain websites. You won’t really spend any money. A lot of
countries offer this immigration visa. you can apply for as many as you like
example are : Australia , new Zealand , Canada, Sweden, and virgin islands etc.
but remember you have a skill of some sort of some secondary qualification. This
type of visa is slow and steady but it is very safe and you will get it in the
end. It will not cost you anything.

Athlete’s visa

This is the newest visa reigning now. People arrange their portfolios and assign
themselves imaginary clubs in Nigeria and advertise themselves to division two
clubs in Europe. Most of the time they give these clubs impressions that they are
willing to play for any amount. These clubs in turn, ever ready for whom to
exploit, will call them for tests and will send them invitation to come for test
in Europe. once the players land they get lost after the test s. these visas are
easy to get but you have to restrict the clubs you approach through the internet
to ones in the country where you know somebody. This will make things easier for
you.
Soccer is a big thing in Europe and clubs are ever ready to shop for new players
because they can make more money out of them by loans, transfer and sales. this
particular risk will not cost you much just some hours on the internet contacting
clubs , then your flight ticket to the country for the test which if you are not a
good player will fail the test.

Holiday visa

There are many ways of getting invited by a white European or American for a
holiday visa. This could be by web dating or any such arrangement. You may ask the
girl to invite you to visit her country for a week. If she does by sending you an
invitation letter, packaging depends on you.
This is an easy way of getting into Europe. Most Nigeria arrange for these
letters to be sent to somebody the may want to help in Nigeria to travel out.
By no=w you should know that this is the commonest visa Nigerians USE TI TRAVEL
OUT OF THE COUNTRY.

Conference visa

If you belong to any international organization; from time to time they have
conferences, workshop, seminar or crusades. They will send you an invitation
letter to go to the embassy. But with the problem are that most don’t package
themselves well when going to the embassy. package yourself will prove to them
that you will return, you can prove this by arranging assets you have here like
cars , a steady job , landed investments, a marriage and maybe 2kids etc all
these are just evidence t o pr=over you will return.
PREPARING TO GO TO THE EMBASSY

Packaging means producing documents to prove something. These documents vary but
below are a lot of most of the documents taken to the embassy during visa
application.
1- International passport
2- bank statement [ company and personal]
3- letter of sponsorship
4- invitation letter
5- admission letter
6- income tax clearance certificate
7- pay slip
8- letter of appointment
9- letter form bank
10- declaration of assets
11- assets documents
12- certificate of in co-operation
13- memorandum of understanding
14- marriage certificate
15- child birth certificate
16- partnership agreement
17- business corresespondence
18- certificate of qualification
19- letter of employment
20- evidence of payment
21- curriculum vitea
22- portfolio
23- work permit
24- destination visa
25- medical report
26- yellow card

Note: nobody can take all the documents stated above to the embassy. You can only
take those required in your own case or visa application.

International passport:

This is the documents issued to all Nigerian citizens in request the official cost
is about N6, 000 but somebody who wishes to procure this should budget about N10,
000 or more. It is on this document that the visa is stamped. It contains all the
details of the bearer including, passport, date of birth, height etc.

Bank statement:

This is the document issued by the bank, which the owner of the account banks
with. It contains all the transaction for the past six months. There are two
types: personal and company bank statement.

Letter of sponsorship

This is a letter issued to a prospective traveler by a would be sponsor that the

issuer will sponsor the bearer .it starts with TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.

Invitation letter

This is issued by a legal resident of a foreign country, inviting the bearer to

the foreign country for a visit for a particular reason. It is usually sent by
post and not E-mail and contains the address and the phone number of the sender.

Admission letter

A letter form school or training establishment, which is admitting the bearer to

training or academic program. It is either international, conditional or
unconditional admission letter. Only unconditional and international admission
letter can be taken to the embassy and honored for visa reasons. It carries the
date of the commencement of the program, its duration, the name of the
establishment. The training fees if such are required. It also carries the amount
paid or payable.

Income clearance certificate:

This is the evidence that the owner of an account a prospective visa application
has been paying his or her taxes, in his or her particular country of residence.
Since most developed country like USA does not joke with tax, it is a prerequisite
for visa application. It shows that you are cleared as a tax-paying citizen.

Pay slip

Document that states how much you earn and get paid every month for visa
procedure. It is the latest one that is required. It contains your rank and step
your basic salary and other allowances par month and per annum. It also states how
much you have been paid for that year.

Letter of appointment

This letter is also the same thing as letter of employment

Letter from bank

This is a letter issued to the owner of a bank account that intends to sponsor a
particular person or a particular venture. It guarantees that cash will be
transferred accordingly when there is demand for it.

Declaration of assets

This is usually obtain from a court of law or registry in form of an affidavit

that the bearer owns a particular assets or assets with evidence to prove.

Assets documents

This comes from the receipt certificates of occupancy, etc. it proves that the
bearer actually owns these things.

Certificate of incorporation

A certificate in which a company, organization or firm is registered. It is the

ultimate proof in law that such an entity exists and contains the names of the
owners in directors and its address.

Memorandum certificate

This is a business document detailing a merge about to be gone into business

agreement about to be executed. It normally bears the signatures of two parties.

Marriage certificates

This is a certificate that proves that a union has occurred between two people, a
man and a woman, who by mutual consent have agreed to be man and wife / husband
and wife. It contains the name of the two people in question. The date of the
marriage and the witness of the marriage, the place and the reference number in
the court registry. It valid as long as there is no divorce .it is a very
important document in visa application.
Birth certificate

This is a document that ultimately proves the existence of a being. It states its
date of birth, place or birth, place of origin, and the names of parents, if they
are identifiable.

Partnership agreement

A document providing that two individuals have go into a particular business

together.

Business correspondence

These document from two parties that show that they have been corresponding to go
into business together. It is normally required from people applying for business
visa.

Certificate and qualifications

These are academic document showing what you have attained. They include WAEC
Certificate, First School Leaving Certificate, Senior School, Certificates,
Training Certificates, Workshop Certificates, Ordinally diploma, Degree
certificates, Post Graduate Certificates etc.

Proof of payment

This is the same thing as receipt of school fees or payment of purchased of goods
or payment for a business transaction or payment for a training, seminar, work
shop or conference.

Curriculum vitae

This is the paper produced by you stating your details like date of birth, place
of birth, school attended and certificates and qualification obtained. Lifetime
achievement like marriage and children etc.

Portfolio

This is evidence of work done. For film director and actors. This come in form
of video evidence of film directed or acted. For engineers this includes designs
or the actual product itself. For other professions it includes hard evidence of
achievements and awards.

Work permit

This is given to people applying for skilled immigration visa or employment

nominated visa. It comes from overseas.

Destination visa

This is an already stamped visa in a passport. It is required, when applying for

transit visa.

Medical report

This is a report of an illness dully signed by a qualified medical doctor in an

accredited government hospital. It states what the patient is suffering form and
that he will get better medical services outside the country.

The various categories of visa require various documents as outlined below

Note: all require 1 – that is international passport

Besides, the various immigration websites and the embassies of the various
countries will lift categorically.
A- TOURIST VISA
2-4-6-7-8-14-15

B-STUDENT VISA
2-3-5-6-7-8 IF YOU HAVE JOB 9-14-18-20

C- SKILLED WORKER VISA

2-6-7-8-14-15-18-21-22-23

D- FIANCEE / SPOUSE VISA

14

E-RELATIVE VISA
3-4- AND EVIDENCE OF THE RELATIONS B/W THE TWO

F- EXECUTIVE OR MANAGERS VISA

2-6-7-10-12-13-18-21-22

G- EXTRA ORDINARY ABILITY VISA

4-10-11-14-15-18-21-22-23-

H- ATHLETES VISA.
4-8-14-15-21-22

I- RELIGIOUS WORKERS VISA

3-4-7-18-21-22

J- BUSINESS VISA
2-4-6-7-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-16-17-20

K- PROVINCIAL NOMINAL VISA

2-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-18-21-22-23

L-EMPLOYMENT NOMINAL VISA -

2-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-18-21-22-23

M- TRANSIT VISA
20

N- HIGHLY SKILLED MIGRATION PROGRAM VISA

2-6-7-8-14-15-18-21-22-23

O- VISITOR’S VISA
2-4-6-7-8-14-15

P-MEDICAL VISA
20-25
Q- HOLIDAYMAKER VISA
8-10-11-14-15

R- SCHENGEN VISA
2-6-7-8-9-10-11-14-15-18

S- IMMIGRATION/ IMMIGRANT VISA

2-4-6-7-8-9-10

T- AU PAIR VISA
4-518

U-RESEARCH VISA
2-5-6-8-9-10-11-14-15-18-21-22

V- SEASONAL EMPLOYMENT VISA

4-6-8-10-11-19-22

However, it is not a must that all these documents have to be complete. This is
just a guideline to work towards.
Visa application vary from country to country just be ready to provide most of
their documents to increase your chances of getting the visa.

GOING TO THE EMBASSY

In the morning you will go to the embassy, wake up early. Prepare -, so that you
will not be hassled, stresses or harassed. Cross check all your documents and make
sure they are complete.
DO NOT GO TO THE EMBASSY IF YOUR DOCUMENTS ARE INCOMPLETE.

When going to the embassy dress like what you claim you are, do not claim that
you are a student and yet you dress like a banker .dress like what you say you
are. It is well known fact that businessman particularly those from eastern part
of the country dress in native attire when they want to dress to the occasion. If
you are a skilled worker, dress like it; short and trouser and a pair or shoes,
and not in a suit or in native attire.
Be self-confident, look at your interviewer in the eyes, do not furtive glances
about. Is the sign of a desperate person, nervous person or dishonest person? This
you must not let your interviewer know what you are telling him or she is not the
same thing that you have in mind. You must carefully hide all those tale signs and
body language that might give you away. Radiate self-confidence, be comfortable
and do not be intimidated by your surroundings, visit the embassy and make ordinal
enquires. This is to take in the environment and not be intimidated by the
embassy.
Have a nice hair cut and carve your mustache and goatee if you have one, wear
new clothes. This is to give an impression of wealth. If you impress your
interviewer, it will increase your chances of getting visa. Practice your question
and answer the right things. When the embassy official asks you questions, answer
confidently looking at him or her in the eye.
 DO NOT BE AFRIAD, NERVOUS, OR FRIGHTENED

This will make the embassy official to be doubtful of your motives of coming to
his or her country.
All papers can be arranged, arrange your papers; make sure they are all
complete. Appear calm and make sure you give them the impression that you have
something on ground.
Be careful of these kinds of question which the embassy official may ask you.
Do you like Nigeria?
Do you like America?
Would you like to live in Germany?
How long will you stay in Holland?
There are extremely likely and tricky questions and the purpose of
these questions is to have an insight into your mind. The first one of the
question is yes with a capital Y you must love your country otherwise you would
want to immigrate.
Do you like America?
This is extremely tricky and the answer depends on you, but make sure you don’t
give them the impression you want to stay in their country. You could answer that
you don’t really know=w if you like America that you have not thought of it.
Would you like to live in Germany?
Unless you are applying for immigrant visa, the answer to this question is No.
if you make mistake and answer yes, you will be denied visa. You should prefer to
live in Nigeria; that you will return after your visit.
How long will you stay in Holland?
The answer to this question should depend on what you are going there to do and
should not be as long as your visa is valid.
After answering all these questions the next thing to do is to wait for the
decision to be made of two things, only one will happen. You will either be
granted visa or you will be denied the visa. If you are denied the visa, there are
other ways of still getting visa .these processes are called rebounding. These
include
(1) Protesting to the embassy that you have been unfairly denied visa. Most
people because of guilty conscience never use this if you are denied. You should
protest. Your case will be reviewd. Rarely is any reviewed case denied the second
time.
(2) Going to the embassy with a fresh passport. Some people go the embassy with
fresh passport with slightly altered names ads slightly altered date of birth.

If you are denied visa do not lose hope, keep trying most embassies will inform
you as to the reason why you were denied visa if you correct these mistake /
things, you can rebound to the same embassy or another for visa. The important
thing is to keep trying. Some had apply our to seven times before they were
granted visa.

ARRIVING IN THE NEW COUNTRY

At the Nigeria airport, the airport officials [Nigerians] check your passport and
document to make sure they are upto date. If your documents are incomplete, please
make sure you have ready cash on you to settle these people. If the visa and the
passport are not yours, make sure can definitely settle them. Make it a point of
duty to travel through Port Harcourt as the procedure and security is lesser
there.
When the plane lands in the country of your destination, you will all disembark
from the plane and walk across the tarmac [area surface of an airfield] to the
arrival lounge. There they will check your papers and your passport and stamp the
date of arrival on it .the entry clearance official will ask you some routine
questions. Like how long you staying? What is your business in the country? Is it
business or pleasure? please be extreme careful in answering these question as the
entry clearing official has the right to turn you back if he feels you are not
genuine . However, this power is rarely used, unless you are criminal or
terrorist. Nevertheless, adequate care should be taken in answering these
questions.
Procedure varies from country to country; in some countries they will proceed to
search your luggage physically or electronically or both, check out the lists of
contraband goods in the immigration website of the country before traveling ,
that way you will not fall into the mistake most first time travelers make.
If you are entering a country for the first time, please make adequate
preparation to see that somebody already resident meets you there. This will save
you the inconvenience of getting lost [this is possible], entering the wrong bus
or train.
If for any reason, you will not be met make sure you have understood the route
you will take to get to your final destination in the country.
It is not advisable to just go to a country you don’t know anybody or have any
facilities on ground especially if you just entered with the wrong visa. This is
because if you came in with one month visa, you start from the day of your arrival
to run around to have your passport regularized.
It is always good to have a spare Nigerian passport when traveling out just in
case. But the passport should be posted to your destination. Not sent by courier.
Courier companies check what they are delivering for you and none will agree to
send a passport to another destination for any reason. In fact, the Nigerian
postal service will only do this because they will not open the sealed envelope,
and as such are not even aware what is inside
As soon as you arrive, change your clothes to look like the average man on there
streets: and start to learn the language intensively. This might be your only
survival factor later.

REGULARIZING YOUR IMMIGRATION PAPERS

Many a times, Nigerians arrive another country with the wrong type of visa. Some
want to immigrate and they enter with one- month tourist visa; which will expire
before they know what is happening. You need the help of Nigerians abroad to
regularize your papers. This will take the form of declaring yourself as a refugee
/ Asylum seeker. In this case you have to throw away your passport and tell a
convincing tale. But you must be coherent in your story and claim the nationality
of a country that is currently distressed and has been distresses for sometime.
example are Sudan, sierra Leone, and Liberia etc. but if you must claim refugee
status, you must be ready to do background work into the ethnic background of the
country including ethnic groups [one of which you must come from etc.Another form
of paper regularization is contract marriage to get permanent residency. this
marriage will last as long as it takes you to get your papers.
Another form is visa renewal. Some people go to Europe with 6months visas and
keep renewing it very 6months .this means every six months, they are back in
Nigeria and reapply for visa. Now, because they have never overstayed their visa,
it will be granted them each time they come back and apply. This is a little more
expensive as you will be incurring return ticket fees.

ONE LAST WORD

Going abroad or traveling oversea is not do or die affair; neither is it a full

time job. Whatever you were doing before, the best thing is to continue doing it
until your visa is granted.
Do not make the mistake most make. They discard their means of livelihood all in
the name of traveling abroad. If the plan fails, they find that they are in a
worse situation than they were when they started out with plans to travel abroad.
Just continue doing what you were doing. So that if it doesn’t work out you will
not loose much. If you borrowed money to travel out. Keep it out the back of your
mind that the money must be paid back, if somebody sure tied you; make sure you
relieve this person of this obligation as soon as possible.
When you get there, remember it is not your country, no matter how beautiful the
country may be. Remember that you will never be 100% welcome, as a result of being
a foreigner or being black. Always look homeward towards Africa in general and
Nigeria in particular. This is because no matter how corrupt this country might
be, it is still home; and you will realize that if you are wealthy in Nigeria, you
will enjoy this country.
always remember to remit part of your earning to Nigeria, always remember those
starving , poor and hungry members of your family, who you can help by just
sending a few hours’ earning to.
Always remember that you must have landed investment in Nigeria, these buildings
must acts as your provision in later years as you cannot remain in another man’s
country forever.
Remember to save for the rainy day preferably in Nigeria here as this is the
only place your money will be safe if you are deported.
Always remember to stay low- keyed as in doing so less people will notice you.
Always dress like the people you are in their country to avoid attracting
attention to yourself.
Try as much as possible to learn the language of the country you are in as soon as
possible. This is because there is no better symbol of an immigrant as that who
can’t speak the language of the country.
And always believe and have faith in God. This is the most important of all.