holamiday:
I don't understand your reasoning. I'm not saying i can't apply for a visa or i can't go to America. I'm saying i can't go as far as begging the interviewer for that visa.

& mind you, i'm not even sure i know what a visa lottery is.

sumbidee:
Well, sometimes, dening people at first visit is always a stategy used by the us consulate to get u wondering y u were rejected and wanting to alter or change ur story or alter an information on ur ds form. Nd if 1 falls to those traps, that ill b a reason for continuous rejections

yemyem2:
Advice please... I was denied US visa in 2008; someone actually filled the application form for me. I havent re-applied since then but intend to apply again next year. Though, i av been to few other countries recently. My problem is i cant remember many of the application form contents back then (initial application;2008). Will this affect my next application? Thanks and God bless

Jeolight:
I'm still a student collecting my parents allowance. can't afford that now.

geeworld1:
for the 1st tym in 2 years am the 1st to comment (FTC)...am feelin on top of the world ryt nw





ok u guys can comment abt the topic nw

bushdoc9919:


Actually, they do.

Many Western countries want people from all over to come to their country....and even become citizens....especially as the population is getting older...and their young people are not having any children.

The catch is....you have to be the right sort of person to enter their country. You have to especially show that you would be a contributor to their economy.....not a drain on their economy.

So, want to live in the US? Work hard, train hard, fight easy at the visa portal.

holamiday:
What nonsense! I pray throughout my life, i never have to beg someone for the chance to enter another country. I love Nigeria to a fault and i'm not freaked about anywhere else. If i really need to travel somewhere else, for school perhaps, i still wouldn't beg anybody...i'd rather forget about that school.

NIGERIA is the best place to be.

EbolaParasite:


Your post would have been excellent comeback and would have shut me up IF AND ONLY IF you had excluded that last line. you don't know what visa lottery is abi? There is God oooo

dammilotun:

Just normal questions like why I wanna go to the USA,why am I going for a course different from my first degree.my plans when I finish in school.That was it.I got it.

dotman2460:
I was there a week back around 6:30am. We all waited patiently for the first interview and hoped that if his/her visa was granted the goodluck would rub off on the rest of us....for where?

It was a lady and her interview took place in booth 7. She claimed that she was going to attend a seminar sponsored by a company she distributes for here in Nigeria. After the VO found her not eligible for the visa, he was about handing over her documents when the lady said, "Oga, please hold on to it, my interview can't be over". Then VO repeated that "you are ineligible", while he was saying this, the lady keep on explaining how many clients she has, how much she makes... vo repeated himself, Lady also repeated her self. At that point everyone laughed so hard. The lady left a few seconds later.



My own unusual experience.

Same day as above. While waiting in line outside, I discovered that I was feeling some fresh air around my toes, on both feet. When I looked down, the sole of my shoe was coming off from the front. Horror!!! I've not even entered the Consulate yet. Why me? With each step I took, more of the sole was coming off, got to a point I couldn't lift my feet to walk, I dragged them, I was already in the interviewing area at this point.

I kept on praying for this little incidence not to cause any visa denial. It didn't. After it was approved, I majestically walked out with half of the sole of my shoe gone. When people waiting outside saw me, there laughed, and I thought within myself......"dey laugh me, make you no go face your own interview"

Daresh:


That is not how Delta works. Atlanta is their hub, and they do not go direct to Canada from Lagos. You MUST , I emphasize the MUST, disembark clear immigration, and do a plane switch. You cannot clear immigration without a visa. This is my job, I know how it works. He's a liar

Greatpooss:
My experience was @ US Embassy, Abuja. I could remember while at the point of interview, just because a person was denied visa, all other applicants were busy running to the toilets in order to join other queue for interview by other interviewers. I couldn't withold tears running down my cheeks when I was denied visa @ the front of the embassy 3times in 2011.

rallymento:
My experience at the US embassy in Ghana...........
Consular: why do wanna travel?
Me: my pastor said I will be given an American visa.
Consular: your pastor?
Me: Yes
Consular: lemme see your documents
Me: ok,have it.
Consular: where is ur statement of account
Me: I don't have any
Consular: why?
Me: because I serve a living god!
Consular: well mr. Namadi I don't believe in god but come to .......... in Accra to pick up ur visa.
Me: ok, thanks
................na so my people

EvilSeeed:



As long as your basic stats have not changed that much (without justifable reasons)..

Examples;

1. Name. (if you are not married, your name should ideally remain the same..)
2. Age.
3. History up until your last application.. So any information you provided in 2008 about your past should still be consistent in 2015 as you cant change the past (eg. School or qualification, old addresses, etc) stuff like that. Things can change from after 2008 like your job or school or address e.t.c..

holamiday:
If a visa lottery is analogous to a money lottery, then i know what it is. Otherwise, i don't know what it is. Seriously.

AncientJerk:
i feel inclined to share.... i don't see why getting a US visa is a do or die affair for so many. the truth is that most of the times the consular officers can tell when you're lying and when you don't intend to return.

i just happened to be interviewed by a guy who grew up in the very same small town (this is a very tiny town down south, imagine the odds?)i was intending to visit and somehow overheard someone call him John. in the course of time after my arrival, i met this old guy who got into a conversation with me and asked where i was from and i told him and he was pleasantly surprised and told me he had a son working in the US embassy there.... i asked him if his name was John and the old man almost started crying.... i told him to say thank you to John for me. the John guy was probably my age mate at the time....no more than 24 i think

eventually i came back as planned on the same day as planned and everyone at work was asking me why i returned and i guess with that i got to understand why the embassy officials can be so ruthless in denying people. sometimes these guys ask seemingly silly questions but beware, they are masters in psychology.

while i was being interviewed, some lady next to me was asked "do you intend to come back" she said yes and was given the visa...obviously everyone would say yes but the answer to that question lies not in what you say but in what your body language tells the interviewer and body language interpretation is a pretty accurate science these days.

p.s i live i a different African country

ElijahFobs:
I was denied january 17 dis year...I was not bothered and d nxt tin i did was to apply for canada visa n it was granted...so i made my trip to ontario via Delta airline n had stop over in atlanta in US..so my dream of goin to america was achieved... dem denied me buf I stil enta deir land witout dem visa.

holamiday:
Don't worry, by God's grace that phase will soon pass away. May God keep you.

Nogen:


Il y a des gens qui comprennent et parlent bien français monsieur. Racontez - nous de ton expérience à l'ambassade américaine s'il vous plaît!

yemyem2:

Thanks a lot...God bless u. But am afraid, there is a problem here. My passport then doesnt bear my real dofb. My present passport which i recently got after the old one expired is right on my dofb. I dont just know the way out of this. Any subsequent advice will be appreciated pls. I think i was so naive back then.

ElijahFobs:
I was denied january 17 dis year...I was not bothered and d nxt tin i did was to apply for canada visa n it was granted...so i made my trip to ontario via Delta airline n had stop over in atlanta in US..so my dream of goin to america was achieved... dem denied me buf I stil enta deir land witout dem visa.

datalossvictim1:
CFCfan

why una dey dodge this thread ? Oya oo come and gist us.

CFCfan:

Well, I've never had any funny experience at the Consulate in Lagos. I applied for my last US visa in 2005; the interview wasn't particularly a tough one.

I was only asked the name of the secondary school I attended, the profession of my sister in the US, and my reason(s) for traveling.

Then my visa and that of my father was approved.

Daresh:


That is not how Delta works. Atlanta is their hub, and they do not go direct to Canada from Lagos. You MUST , I emphasize the MUST, disembark clear immigration, and do a plane switch. You cannot clear immigration without a visa. This is my job, I know how it works. He's a liar