Getting a Visa to South Africa in Lagos

My husband and I just arrived at the South African consulate to get me a visitor’s visa. It was only a few minutes after seven, but there were already 200 people waiting outside the gate. A commotion broke out in the middle of the street as we got off the car. Here and there men were shouting, pushing, and taunting each other.

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Visa Tales

As a Filipino living in Pakistan I quickly learned that applying for a visa to other countries has become more and more complicated. And I’m not even saying that applying for a visa in my own country was easy either. When I lived in the Philippines, and when the US still had bases in Clark [...]

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