Nollywood actor Alesh Sanni has sent a critical caution to Nigerians considering using agencies to obtain travel visas.
He made it clear on his Instagram page that depending on these services can jeopardise one’s capacity to maintain financial stability.
Alesh Sanni cautions against investing all of a person’s life savings in these services because the results can be quite disappointing.
He expressed anxiety about what would happen if a large sum of money was spent and the visa application was eventually denied.
He encouraged Nigerians to rely on proper documentation and to avoid spending excessive amounts on travel preparations, pointing out that agents do not guarantee visa approvals.
He wrote:
“Please, let me reiterate: avoid investing all your life savings in an agency for a visa application. It’s wiser to proceed with well-prepared documents rather than risk large sums of money. Consider the possibility of spending 20 million naira only to face a denial—where would you go from there?.
“Guys, pls, I won’t say this again, walai. Don’t use all your life savings for the agency to try a visa for you. Pls, stop this. Just try it with a good document, and don’t use millions for travel. Chai, this isn’t guarantee. Where do you wanna start from when you spent 20m to japa and got denied? Like how? Pls be wise.
No be agent go give you visa o. Pls be wise, don’t be foolish”.
He also drew attention to the current economic climate, mentioning that many embassies are increasingly selective about issuing visas.
“They won’t listen. Economy is bad to embassies aren’t giving visas anyhow. You people should not be foolish, them go just scam you”.
