A Nigerian man has been reportedly denied visa application after it was discovered that he owe a loan app a sum of N5,000.
According to a man, Leonard IB Marcus who shared the story, the visa applicant got denied because his Bank Verification Number (BVN) showed he owes a loan app N5k since 2020.
Explaining how one’s credit history can be ascertained, Leonard wrote: “Some of you don’t know your BVN is literally your identity.
“You use it to borrow money from a licensed loan app and for some reason you didn’t meet up payment since 2020.
“And you applied to leave the country for Canada or America….. The rest is OYO.
“These people will write to Beareau de change and have your bvn blacklisted except you payoff that loan, you don’t know what awaits you.”
DAILY GIST, however, could not independently confirm the authenticity of the story as at the time of this report.
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Ohekwuru Dave said: “Many people think this is a lie. “Try to apply for your credit report from a credit bureau so you can know your credit score and see all your details about your loan records. “It will save you a lot of embarrassment.”
Israel Ifeoluwa said: “Lmao . “Which embassy did you go to and your BVN was what they asked for? “Una go just dey find engagement up and down. “Most of this loan apps are not registered, they charge way too high.”
Jesse Peters Chimaobi said: “Na to collect 500k from fairmoney enter Togo or cotonou then Europe. “Dey whyne.”
Tokskob2008 said: “Big men in this country owe banks millions of naira even dollars sef yet they travel everywhere but it’s 5k loan that will make that “someone’s ” visa be denied
CJStarz said: “My own be say d interest wey that money don add on top go down dey run into hundreds of thousands”
Richard Jonah Jnr said: “Wetin concern me with VISA, if I pay Fair Money and Palm Pay make I bend.”
Florence Kendra Nnolum said: “It depends on the kind of Visa. “It’s not possible if it’s a student visa provided you have a sponsor. There wouldn’t be any need checking your statement of account or credit history.”
Opanka44(m) said: ,”It’s well with him. If no be sapa, why person go wan borrow 5k to pay 8k in just seven days?”