This news flying around has it that USA and Canada have allegedly restricted Study Visa Applications from Nigerians.
The main cause of these Visa rejections/restrictions is yet to be ascertained.
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So Canada rejects Study Visa applications coming from Nigerians because the administration has some deep-rooted biases against Nigerians?
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I think Nigerians need to fix Nigeria and stay home for now as many Countries have restricted Nigerians from entering their countries at will.
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On Canada Visa Refusals…
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A member of the association of Nigerian professors in Canada opined that these issues linger because of the kind of representatives we have back home.
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While there is over 90% acceptance for students from China, Japan, etc.
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It’s about 11% acceptance for Nigerian applicants even when Nigerians are among the most qualified.
Maybe because China and Japan have more economic benefits for Canada and a few sanctions from the leaders could alter a lot in Canada’s business ecosystem.
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This to me still feels like;
Fix your nation, boost your economy so as to have something tangible to offer the world, and then they’ll take you seriously.
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Back to the story…
This doesn’t affect just Nigerians only. African applicants usually get stereotyped like this because of some reason.
So when I said “Develop Africa and shut it off from the world” I was actually right.
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On USA visa refusals…
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It was revealed that the US rejects visas based on the fact that there are many Nigerians currently overstaying their visas in the US
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In another opinion, your visa application might be rejected even if you’re married, have a son, and are fully qualified!
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Reason => you’re seen as a quick link to bring more people to the US. And taking you out of the US could mean putting a stop to the progressive life of those depending on what you send home monthly (Most Nigerians send as much as 75% of their paychecks to Nigeria after paying their rent in the US)
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I read a similar post on how corruption is making US consular office refuse visa applications from Nigerians based on different fraudulent practices engaged by the travel agents.
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It was even mentioned a particular section in Abuja where forgery is the order of the day.
In the same epub, I read how easy it was for travel agents in Abuja to manipulate even the signature of the president, business registration documents, house ownership documents, etc.
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I was also shocked to learn the consular officers across the nation wonder how Nigerian travel agents are able to book appointments when the appointment schedule system is offline.
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How Nigerians are paying over NGN 1.5m for an American visa that shouldn’t cost more than NGN75k
Now the effect is that
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Migration is part of human nature. Is staying back home the solution to this problem for Nigerians?
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Until the Nigerian government fixes Nigeria, the citizens will continue to suffer neglect in foreign frontiers.
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Building our country Nigeria is the best solution but how do we go about that when corruption has eaten deep into a lot of people’s bones.
