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Re: My Experience At US Embassy In Lagos Today by wildikeman(m): 2:41pm On Mar 26, 2015 |
pekeyim:wats dis one saying 1 Like |
Re: My Experience At US Embassy In Lagos Today by Nobody: 3:14pm On Mar 26, 2015 |
AJOT99: After 30 years I am longing to come home. Came home to marry 2 years ago, came home to buy land 2 weeks ago. But the palava wey I enter with omo onile, area boys, thieving land agents, greedy sellers... ehn... you guys have a lot of work to do to entice us. Thank god for my resilience and good old fashioned Yankee genuity. 2 Likes |
Re: My Experience At US Embassy In Lagos Today by GboyegaD(m): 3:17pm On Mar 26, 2015 |
Acidosis: Are you saying spending 3 weeks in the U.S. is equivalent to his annual salary? He's been denied and all we write here are just our opinions. |
Re: My Experience At US Embassy In Lagos Today by Royals1: 3:39pm On Mar 26, 2015 |
thank you everyone for ur contributions. Howeva d issue is every one wit his or her opinion. If am specific, pple will giv it as excuse for refusal, if am xplanatory, pple will say i talk too much as xcuse for my refusal. So its lies in God hand. As for d guy dt says i lie on invitation, if u will like to see it i will show it to u, only if u request sha, just like d VO did not ask for it. Every document of my cousin is with me but she neva asked about dem. Anoda thing dt i see again is travelling xperience which i dont have, it might be d reason for my refusal. But whocheva way, if u are fortunate thank God, if u are not struggle continue, its not a do or die, i ave my job here dt i can still survive with. I can reapply again someothe time. 1 Like |
Re: My Experience At US Embassy In Lagos Today by simdam500(m): 3:52pm On Mar 26, 2015 |
Op am sorry I'll support the invitation method |
Re: My Experience At US Embassy In Lagos Today by thegreengooner(m): 3:57pm On Mar 26, 2015 |
The contributors who are seemed to be harsh on the OP are actually telling the truth. igmatt2002: This is very correct. Also, the point about spending nearly all your annual salary on a three week trip is valid. Build up travel history, demonstrate greater ties to Nigeria.... |
Re: My Experience At US Embassy In Lagos Today by NovusHomo(m): 4:23pm On Mar 26, 2015 |
qbd2: Lol. Nigerian asking for US visa as a tourist. Una no go kill pesin. 1 Like |
Re: My Experience At US Embassy In Lagos Today by hrykanu231(m): 6:50pm On Mar 26, 2015 |
Reaper231: The yellow Mazda, I drove in Atlanta along with my GrandPa some years back. Guess we carried u too. Because the guy used the number ur using...pls do me a pm if ur the one 1 Like |
Re: My Experience At US Embassy In Lagos Today by unamama(m): 7:25pm On Mar 26, 2015 |
Royals1:in most cases, they look at your face to know if u r desperate about travelling out or not. once they sense any atom of u being despirate, they will deny u d visa. u must appear very calm to them. then, telling them u r going to visit your cousin remains unnecessary to them, whether with or without letter of invitation... when I went for an interview with them, I behaved like I was forced to come for the interview. they saw on my face that I wasn't desperate and I need not convince them about avin d visa. reason is cos, someone shattered my morale that morning by telling me that I stand no chance of getting d visa, since its my first attempt. He gave me himself as an example that it was his 3rd attempt. but it actually helped me to appear to the vo as if I no longer need d visa, and d interview lasted for just 2mins. then d vo asked me to come back after 2 working days to get my passport. funny enough, d vo never asked me for any document or evidence or statement of account or whatever u can call it. it was a pure oral conversation for 2mins. 2 Likes |
Re: My Experience At US Embassy In Lagos Today by samael: 7:35pm On Mar 26, 2015 |
You were answering questions not asked,these guys at the embassy get iritated easilly,bear in mind they attend to quite a number of people amongs are nut heads that make them go nuts too. VO:how long are u staying there Ans: 2weeks. simple VO: how much do u earn Ans: 180k. simple VO: Are you married? Ans: Yes. simple They don't like it when you want to create other questions for them. God's command next time. |
Re: My Experience At US Embassy In Lagos Today by rallymento(m): 7:42pm On Mar 26, 2015 |
omo una get money ooooo. To travel go USA na like 450k for Lufthansa. Plus hotel accommodation and transportation for 2weeks na like 300k. Plus shopping things like anoda 300k. Nna menh! I will use that money and bring in 40ft container of used television and sell to for my Alaba shop! 1 Like |
Re: My Experience At US Embassy In Lagos Today by unamama(m): 7:42pm On Mar 26, 2015 |
Royals1: its not really about the travelling experience, I went to the embassy with a virgin passport that has UK's denial on it. but the vo saw it and never asked me anything about it. I av never travelled but I was given d visa. sometimes, its God's grace, I don't want to call it luck. 1 Like |
Re: My Experience At US Embassy In Lagos Today by unamama(m): 7:49pm On Mar 26, 2015 |
[quote author=muhamm3d post=32034832][/quote] travelling agent or no travelling agent, the VO will deny u if he or she wants to deny u. will d travelling agent stand there with u? all my friends that consulted all sorts of travelling agents failed, as far as it the us embassy. I got mine and I never consulted any travelling agent. 1 Like |
Re: My Experience At US Embassy In Lagos Today by Nobody: 7:58pm On Mar 26, 2015 |
NovusHomo:I don't understand what uve just said. Does that mean a nigerian can't travelto d us on a tourist visa? |
Re: My Experience At US Embassy In Lagos Today by unamama(m): 8:00pm On Mar 26, 2015 |
heryyy:yes u do. your previous travelling history shows u av a tie to your country. just make sure that when next u reapply, u av a strong reason for travelling. not for visiting this tym or for tourism. tell them u r probably going for your m.sc, I can assure u they will give u d visa. 1 Like |
Re: My Experience At US Embassy In Lagos Today by Reaper231(m): 10:31pm On Mar 26, 2015 |
hrykanu231: At*kpa tstd. U r sighted 1 Like |
Re: My Experience At US Embassy In Lagos Today by Nobody: 10:43pm On Mar 26, 2015 |
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Re: My Experience At US Embassy In Lagos Today by Sagamite(m): 10:59pm On Mar 26, 2015 |
pendusky: Evidence that you are reetarded and mentally ill. Continue hallucinating. 2 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: My Experience At US Embassy In Lagos Today by kukuruku156(f): 1:13am On Mar 27, 2015 |
justwise: bros you can be funny in your own way. |
Re: My Experience At US Embassy In Lagos Today by guiddoti: 1:44am On Mar 27, 2015 |
Royals1:I dont know if this is marginalisation or bilateral agreement, a chinese friend was given ten years visa. |
Re: My Experience At US Embassy In Lagos Today by guiddoti: 1:59am On Mar 27, 2015 |
pekeyim:How do you mean? one cannot save enough money to travel for two weeks. I think green passport holder has query to answer consular. Its just too bad for genuine applicant to be denied without careful investigation. 1 Like |
Re: My Experience At US Embassy In Lagos Today by GatJokez(f): 3:47am On Mar 27, 2015 |
justi4jesu: Very true, I have been researching what it takes to apply for Nigerian visa as an American. They seem pretty strict with their visa requirements. For example, the applicant has to send a copy of flight itinerary to Nigerian embassy along with other requirements. How crazy is that? Why would I want to buy a plane ticket not knowing if I'll be approved or not. What if you're not sure about exact travel dates? So, yes, coming to visit your homeland is not easy either. I think all countries that impose such strict visa and immigration laws are out of line. We are all human and should be able to travel and migrate how we want. I guess this would not benefit government pockets, huh. |
Re: My Experience At US Embassy In Lagos Today by GatJokez(f): 3:54am On Mar 27, 2015 |
MadCow1: no not a lie... at least the US ones. |
Re: My Experience At US Embassy In Lagos Today by onatisi(m): 3:59am On Mar 27, 2015 |
Royals1:your travel experience wasn't the problem ,na by force to go another country first? There are hundreds of ppl who gey visas on virgin passport. Secondly forget the issue of salary or not ,that point would have been valid if the vo asked for your bank statements and said the money wasn't enough,these vo don't have the luxury of time as ppl here think. They look at u and after 2 mins they have already made up their mind. The truth is it just wasn't ur day,your time will come .on the point of letter of invitation ,the vo didn't even ask for it !!!!! The VO didn't even look at it ,was the vo a lady? Maybe she had a bad night with her boyfriend,it seems immediately u entered the place she made up her mind. Most likely cause of ur refusal must be the way and manner you answered those questions , confidence is very important when facing these VOs ,look them in the eyes ,be bold and confident about what u are saying. The simple truth of it is you can never be scared of telling ppl who you are if truly you are who you claim to be . I will post a link about someone that got a visa on virgin passport while others with travel experience were rejected. www.nairaland.com/2215258/american-visa-last 1 Like |
Re: My Experience At US Embassy In Lagos Today by techie(m): 6:58am On Mar 27, 2015 |
The us uses a points basee system. Even before they interview you they have already pre qualified or failed you. The questions they ask you is for verification if yiu have pre qualified. I have been rejected and also recieved visa and I could tell the difference |
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