Make the application of the Polish Student Visa easier for Candidates in West Africa

The Issue

For prospective candidates who have successfully gained admission and met tuition requirements for various Polish universities for the 2021/2022 session, the next step (visa application) has been a dead end for us. 

The process for booking a visa appointment with the embassy involves calling a phone number - just one, every Thursday from 9am. 

Hundreds of candidates like myself spend productive hours dialling this single phone number. Personally, i place at least 1500 calls every Thursday and all I'm getting is a "User busy or Unavailable"

I've read it's not healthy to be on the phone for too long, something about electromagnetic waves but it's a price candidates are willing to pay to achieve their dreams, not to mention the stress and the painful waste of time and hope that one of the thousands of class placed will connect.

We believe the Embassy have their reasons for subjecting candidates to this stress but i know there are better ways to go about it. Technology has made life easier for us, why is the Polish Embassy doing otherwise? It's so unfair.

We deserve BETTER!

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The Issue

For prospective candidates who have successfully gained admission and met tuition requirements for various Polish universities for the 2021/2022 session, the next step (visa application) has been a dead end for us. 

The process for booking a visa appointment with the embassy involves calling a phone number - just one, every Thursday from 9am. 

Hundreds of candidates like myself spend productive hours dialling this single phone number. Personally, i place at least 1500 calls every Thursday and all I'm getting is a "User busy or Unavailable"

I've read it's not healthy to be on the phone for too long, something about electromagnetic waves but it's a price candidates are willing to pay to achieve their dreams, not to mention the stress and the painful waste of time and hope that one of the thousands of class placed will connect.

We believe the Embassy have their reasons for subjecting candidates to this stress but i know there are better ways to go about it. Technology has made life easier for us, why is the Polish Embassy doing otherwise? It's so unfair.

We deserve BETTER!

The Decision Makers

Polish Embassy, Abuja, Nigeria.
Polish Embassy, Abuja, Nigeria.
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