Getting the visa sorted.

Today I had to go to London and hand in my passport at the Nigerian embassy for the work visa that is required to do the three months charity work. 

Getting up at 7am for a student, who’s used to getting up a few hours later was a bit of a struggle, however, could have been worse as some other people were travelling from Scotland to get their visa’s sorted. It was a pretty easy process for me, although it was clear the lady from the on-boarding team had put a lot of effort in. Saying ‘each person’s paperwork took her an hour and a half each”, meaning all I had to do was sign a form and hand in my passport plus have my photo and fingerprints taken.

One point I would like to make is the price of the visa; as I am going with VSO meaning the cost of the three-month visa has been covered by them. Still, it was ridiculously overpriced at £146, when compared to the Visa I bought to go to India which cost £60! Also, the man asked the lady for £10 CASH for each person, we are pretty certain this was an official/unofficial bribe. Think I'll have to this concept of bribery over the next few months.
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All that's left for me to do now is to get my visa cleared and then VSO will be able to book and tell me the flight details... plus I need to get the massive pile of clothes and sun cream into a suitcase.  

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