France Visa for Nigerian Citizens

[Table:default] [Table:default] For Nigerians documents ONLY, the applicant will be charged in the local currency at the prevailing rates. - Verification fee for “Documents issued in the rest of West Africa” will be required to be paid in Euro only - Please note: - *All costs provided are for per document/per check basis. - Turn Around Time (TAT) depends on the local authorities of the country in question. Enquiries to VFS Global or to the Embassy do not speed up the verification process. Please, be prepared for a Turn Around Time of 60 days and beyond. - Turn Around Time (TAT) commences on receipt of exact payment and complete documents (Without any discrepancies; mispellings, additions or omittions in names, wrong dates and legibility of documents). - Additional logistic fee will be applicable if VFS Global will have to manage the task of returning the documents to the applicants by any other means than personal collection from VAC. - If additional documents are required during the process of verification as advised by the Issuing authority, time taken to complete verification will be adjusted and will be subject to fulfillment of the required documents - On successful completion of the verification process, you will be notified that the final report has been submitted to the Embassy. On receipt of the e-mail confirmation, you would need to follow any of the below mentioned process: - Submit the original documents (unlaminated) to VFS Global, Abuja either on Monday to Thursday except holidays between 08:00 hrs – 15:00 hrs. - OR Courier the original documents it to the following address: VFS Global Visa Application Center, Finland Document Verification Team, 3rd Floor Sterling Bank Plaza, Plot 1083 Mohammadu Buhari Way, Central Business Dis 900103, Abuja, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria. - Important Notes: - Do not delete/amend/replace any documents, once the same are uploaded on the verification portal, as this may impact the verification process. - You cannot submit the physical documents (unlaminated) to VFS Global until the verification process is completed. - Please feel free to contact us for any information regarding Finland Verification Service process: - Phone: +234 81 5018 8800 (Monday to Friday except holidays 08:00 – 15:00). e-mail: info.finlandverification@vfshelpline.com (mailto:info.finlandverification@vfshelpline.com) After payment, please upload (https://finlandverification.vfsglobal.com/) the following for verification: - Copy of Email received from the Finnish Embassy authorizing you to send your documents to VFS Global for verification - Completed and signed Application Form - Duly filled and signed Authorisation Letter - Deposit Slip or Telex Copy of Payment from your Bank - Originals copies of documents (unlaminated) bearing the stamp/seal and signature of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the originating country - Photocopy of the documents (Legible copies) - Photocopy of data page of passport (Legible copies) Once the documents are verified and report shared with the Embassy, you will receive a confirmation of the same after which you are requested to submit or courier original documents to VFS Global, Abija. Please write on the envelope “Legalisation Application for Finland” and post it to the below address: VFS Global Finland Document Verification Centre Sterling Bank Plaza, 3rd Floor, Plot 1083 Mohammadu Buhari Way, Central Business District, Abuja-Nigeria Legalization by The Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the country of origin must be done on original documents Accepted exceptions in documents from Cameroon and Ghana: For documents originating from CAMEROON, certified true copies (CTC) of the documents duly stamped and signed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will be accepted for verification but the original documents must be sent along for verification. Please note that we shall not commence the verification process if the original documents are not sighted. For documents originating from GHANA, we accept original documents accompanied with letters of certification from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Judicial Service in Ghana.