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Re: I Finally Got To America-thanks Nairaland! by hartson(m): 5:59pm On May 06, 2016
jwillng:


Are you still in Miami? I must visit there one day!

@jwillng how is life out there?you are still cruzing and enjoying every bit of that wonder land.

alert me o!!! whenever anything shows up concerning the mail I sent you.

big ups man
Re: I Finally Got To America-thanks Nairaland! by johhnnie(m): 5:25pm On May 07, 2016
please, any nairalander in camp spring , maryland or closer kindly mail me on adedayo_adeyefa@yahoo.com. I just got here and this place quiet die. Thanks! Or generally nairalander s in the east coast. kindly mail me. I already have a phone line. Thanks!
Re: I Finally Got To America-thanks Nairaland! by kingsilly(m): 11:54pm On May 07, 2016
johhnnie:
please, any nairalander in camp spring , maryland or closer kindly mail me on adedayo_adeyefa@yahoo.com. I just got here and this place quiet die. Thanks! Or generally nairalander s in the east coast. kindly mail me. I already have a phone line. Thanks!

You dey find who to make noise with

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Re: I Finally Got To America-thanks Nairaland! by johhnnie(m): 2:21am On May 08, 2016
kingsilly:


You dey find who to make noise with

you really won't understand. my host is an indoor person. she can be indoors for a whole life time. been sleeping since I came here!

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Re: I Finally Got To America-thanks Nairaland! by Nobody: 2:52am On May 08, 2016
johhnnie:


you really won't understand. my host is an indoor person. she can be indoors for a whole life time. been sleeping since I came here!
Enjoy the rest now before hustling sets in.

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Re: I Finally Got To America-thanks Nairaland! by NONNYG: 10:22am On May 08, 2016
johhnnie:


you really won't understand. my host is an indoor person. she can be indoors for a whole life time. been sleeping since I came here!
sleep for like a week first b4 u enter street

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Re: I Finally Got To America-thanks Nairaland! by tpiah01: 3:33pm On May 09, 2016
Solitin40:

Am I blind or I can't read English i can see that I am a devil a moderator even said that he hates this page must I talk ok will have noticed me


you are?
Re: I Finally Got To America-thanks Nairaland! by go4value(m): 10:37am On May 10, 2016
[quote author=jwillng post=45351756]
Replied.

please send me the report also....or anybody that have recieved abeg talk2godwing@gmail.com
Re: I Finally Got To America-thanks Nairaland! by Nobody: 3:54pm On May 10, 2016
smiley
Re: I Finally Got To America-thanks Nairaland! by Nobody: 3:54pm On May 10, 2016
Here, bank tellers (cashiers) earn around $12/hr on average.

Dentists, and other medical specialists make over $100k annually.

Software engineers earn $60k/year.

However, most highly-skilled salary workers now effectively work 50-60 hours a week. I'm talking about lawyers, professors, school administrators, software engineers, Wall Street bankers etc

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Re: I Finally Got To America-thanks Nairaland! by tpiah01: 4:38pm On May 10, 2016
is the op or someone on the thread in one of those professions?
Re: I Finally Got To America-thanks Nairaland! by goldtooth: 11:05pm On May 10, 2016
CFCman:
Here, bank tellers (cashiers) earn around $12/hr on average.

Dentists, and other medical specialists make over $100k annually.

Software engineers earn $60k/year.

However, most highly-skilled salary workers now effectively work 50-60 hours a week. I'm talking about lawyers, professors, school administrators, software engineers, Wall Street bankers etc

I have read articles online that say software engineers and IT guys earn six figures ie over $100k except for they are entry level or freshers then they earn $60-$70k annually. That is my motivation oo. How much do phd holders and professors earn?
Re: I Finally Got To America-thanks Nairaland! by ab3458(m): 6:08am On May 11, 2016
Please can someone send me the report too mailenessy@gmail.com tnx in anticipation
Re: I Finally Got To America-thanks Nairaland! by claremont(m): 12:17pm On May 11, 2016
CFCman:


Dentists, and other medical specialists make over $100k annually.


This figure is before tax and people should be aware of that. In UK, anyone who earns that is subject to 40% tax, so take home pay is about £65k per year. To be honest, after tax consideration, there is not much difference in the pay of someone who gets £60k per year and someone who gets £100k per year.

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Re: I Finally Got To America-thanks Nairaland! by Nobody: 2:10pm On May 11, 2016
jwilling copy me. invaluable.pen@gmail. com
Re: I Finally Got To America-thanks Nairaland! by Getrich47(m): 2:37pm On May 11, 2016
Jwiling send me too. raylincoln89@yahoo.com........... Thanks
Re: I Finally Got To America-thanks Nairaland! by Nobody: 4:27pm On May 11, 2016
jwillng:


Will check now!
Re: I Finally Got To America-thanks Nairaland! by charzyh2: 11:23pm On May 12, 2016
maternal:


Canada is a bilingual country. You can get by with English, especially in Montreal. Their are a lot of Nigerians in Quebec.
Please, check your mail. I sent you PM
Re: I Finally Got To America-thanks Nairaland! by rydow(m): 9:48am On May 13, 2016
I dey find Job ooooooooooo


If u get any available, Holla @ Me. Nah Boston I dey bt can come anywhere sha.

Thanks.
Re: I Finally Got To America-thanks Nairaland! by barbiee: 2:05pm On May 13, 2016
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Re: I Finally Got To America-thanks Nairaland! by omotech: 4:05pm On May 13, 2016
@jwilling, pls i need this info & report thanx omotech07@gmail.com
Re: I Finally Got To America-thanks Nairaland! by kellykings84: 7:34pm On May 14, 2016
Hey, am in Boston too. We could hook up if dats ok wit u.

rydow:
I dey find Job ooooooooooo


If u get any available, Holla @ Me. Nah Boston I dey bt can come anywhere sha.

Thanks.
Re: I Finally Got To America-thanks Nairaland! by Nobody: 1:11am On May 15, 2016
Tuesday, November 8 is the general Election Day

- 34 US Senate seats will be up for grabs that day
Re: I Finally Got To America-thanks Nairaland! by RichYoungNigga: 4:45am On May 15, 2016
You're still new in America.
Do you know where Reading, Pennsylvania is ??
Have you been to Bronx New York ??
Have you been to little Haiti in Florida ??

Ajegunle is better than those places i ment.

There are places you can't go to in Santa Monica, California and in Chicago.
Let's talk about crime, Chicago is just a city, not even a state and they are world murder capital, 500 thousand people lose their lives yearly in Chicago.

Come, i go carry you go Camden, New Jersey or Alabama, you go know say Nigeria is heaven

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Re: I Finally Got To America-thanks Nairaland! by Shakitibob0: 6:52am On May 15, 2016
RichYoungNigga:
You're still new in America.
Do you know where Reading, Pennsylvania is ??
Have you been to Bronx New York ??
Have you been to little Haiti in Florida ??

Ajegunle is better than those places i ment.

There are places you can't go to in Santa Monica, California and in Chicago.
Let's talk about crime, Chicago is just a city, not even a state and they are world murder capital, 500 thousand people lose their lives yearly in Chicago.

Come, i go carry you go Camden, New Jersey or Alabama, you go know say Nigeria is heaven
baba but Nigeria na rubbish ooo....

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Re: I Finally Got To America-thanks Nairaland! by castrokins(m): 9:45am On May 15, 2016
Hi @JWillng And @TWood, Help A Brother. Send Me The Report Via umanah8@gmail.com

God Bless You Richly
Re: I Finally Got To America-thanks Nairaland! by NoobSaibot1: 11:21am On May 15, 2016
I need useful tips and advice from experts here on my proposed trip to the US. TWood Jwillng Smartmugu and others, please chip in and assist a brother.

Here is it.

I once applied to visit the US for a conference about 3 years ago but was denied visa. My application was submitted by my late Dad who indicated I was married in the form. I'm aware all my info is with the US and I have no intention of denying the info. I regret that he did though as I like to be truthful always.

I currently earn about 200k and I plan to attend a bosom friend's wedding scheduled for the ember months. I'm planning my annual leave for then. My friend will be sending me an invitation letter.

My question is, what documents will I require for the application and how do I go about it?

In as much as I used to harbor plans of living in the US, currently realities have made me to shelve the idea. I'm fairly comfortable here and not interested in relocating to the US. Periodic visits will do me. My career is on course in Nigeria so I'm not up for the stress of relocating. In fact, I have no intention of staying beyond a month.

I'm single by the way.

What are my chances?

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Re: I Finally Got To America-thanks Nairaland! by RichYoungNigga: 12:42pm On May 15, 2016
Shakitibob0:
baba but Nigeria na rubbish ooo....

I've been to every state in Nigeria.


Don't worry, i go show you the pictures of America you don't see on Tv

Do you know that people still live in the forest in America ??

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Re: I Finally Got To America-thanks Nairaland! by Shakitibob0: 1:10pm On May 15, 2016
RichYoungNigga:


I've been to every state in Nigeria.


Don't worry, i go show you the pictures of America you don't see on Tv

Do you know that people still live in the forest in America ??
I do not know sir but it is possible. Civilization cannot be attained 100% in all countries and everyone knows this

Naija is lame and I do not even know if she will try to crawl soon

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Re: I Finally Got To America-thanks Nairaland! by SmartMugu: 1:16pm On May 15, 2016
NoobSaibot1:
I need useful tips and advice from experts here on my proposed trip to the US. TWood Jwillng Smartmugu and others, please chip in and assist a brother.

Here is it.

I once applied to visit the US for a conference about 3 years ago but was denied visa. My application was submitted by my late Dad who indicated I was married in the form. I'm aware all my info is with the US and I have no intention of denying the info. I regret that he did though as I like to be truthful always.

I currently earn about 200k and I plan to attend a bosom friend's wedding scheduled for the ember months. I'm planning my annual leave for then. My friend will be sending me an invitation letter.

My question is, what documents will I require for the application and how do I go about it?

In as much as I used to harbor plans of living in the US, currently realities have made me to shelve the idea. I'm fairly comfortable here and not interested in relocating to the US. Periodic visits will do me. My career is on course in Nigeria so I'm not up for the stress of relocating. In fact, I have no intention of staying beyond a month.

I'm single by the way.

What are my chances?
I may be wrong, but I think it's fairly easier to get a US visa these days than in the past. I mean it like about 15 years ago, getting a US visa was something huge. Some folks would even go as far as celebrating because they got a visa.

These days, it appears everyone I knew back then comes to the US whenever they like. I even have a notorious friend that comes here like once a month for the past two years for just pleasure. This year alone, I think I may have had about 6 old friends visit me, and I'm expecting about 3 more in June. I guess I was somewhat famous for the wrong reasons back in school in Nigeria and old friends still remember me whenever they're in the US.

Flashing back to when I knew the people that visited, none had a visa before or never thought about getting one. But now, a visa is really nothing to them. Some have even visited at least 30 countries in Europe, North America, and Asia.

What I noticed about these set of people is that they are actually doing well in Nigeria themselves and have no reasons to abandon their families and their lives in Nigeria to become what the US government terms 'public charge'. You may want to Google that up to understand their thought approach.

I think the idea is pretty simple. Most governments don't want visitors to become liabilities to them, and all you have to do is prove to them you won't become a liability to their government.
How you can prove that to them could be proof that you're married (if you are or if you've already told them you are), bank statements showing your financial standing, proof of landed properties in Nigeria, proof of income of you're employed, stock earnings etc. You don't have to have all, just something to show you're ok in Nigeria and have no reasons not to return to your country. Everyone can say that verbally, but all US relies on is 'documented proof'.

If you're based in Lagos or know people in Lagos, I think it makes it much easier for you if you don't have all these documents. I said that cos back then, boys in Oluwole in Lagos Island can get you any travel document you need. That used to be one of my hustles back in Nigeria. I lost contacts with all the boys I knew there over the years, but it's easy. You don't even need a travel agent to do all this yourself. Just get some contacts with a trustworthy person in Lagos Island, and they'll hook you up with the right people. Unless thongs have changed now. You won't need this if you have legit documents to show them at the embassy, but back then most people around me visited Oluwole to generate travel document - bank statement, marriage certificates, divorce papers, proof of employment, proof for landed properties, etc for prospective travelers.

When you get your visa and you're enroute, please remember the same concept applies until you get out of the airport anywhere in the US. I mean you do need to still show the immigrations you have no plans to become 'public charge'. After stepping out of the airport, you can decide to change your mind and do what you really had in mind.
I stated that because I had friend that visited and got deported right at the airport here in Atlanta. I waited for hours outside the airport to pick him up, he didn't show up and I had no way to know if he missed his flight or something. I got a call from him in Nigeria a few days later telling me he got deported right at the airport. I thought that must have been painful, considering the stress he went through to get the visa in the first place (especially the ugly long queue at the embassy), the cost of of the flight etc.

I think it was his fault. It's all pyschology. That was his first time visiting the US. At the port of entry, he was asked a simple question that he failed. He already told them at the embassy he just wanted to visit, and had succeeded in meeting their requirements, got a visa and messed up at the airport because he forgot the lines he started with.
At the port of entry, he was asked "You said your friend is waiting for you outside and you'll be staying with him through your trip. If your friend offers you a job while you're here, would you take it?" A sane response would have been "No, because I have a family, a good job, many properties etc in Nigeria and have no reasons to leave them for any reason". Instead, my friends response was "Why not, I can do any job. I'm a very hardworking man. I even have a masters degree..." That statement automatically ruined his chances and he got deported because he forgot the lines he started with.



Good luck bro.

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Re: I Finally Got To America-thanks Nairaland! by NoobSaibot1: 1:42pm On May 15, 2016
SmartMugu:

I may be wrong, but I think it's fairly easier to get a US visa these days than in the past. I mean it like about 15 years ago, getting a US visa was something huge. Some folks would even go as far as celebrating because they got a visa.

These days, it appears everyone I knew back then comes to the US whenever they like. I even have a notorious friend that comes here like once a month for the past two years for just pleasure. This year alone, I think I may have had about 6 old friends visit me, and I'm expecting about 3 more in June. I guess I was somewhat famous for the wrong reasons back in school, and old friends still remember me whenever they're in the US.

Flashing back to when I knew the people that visited, none had a visa before or never thought about getting one. But now, a visa is really nothing to them. Some have even visited at least 30 countries in Europe, North America, and Asia.

What I noticed about these set of people is that they are actually doing well in Nigeria themselves and have no reasons to abandon their families and their lives in Nigeria to become what the US government terms 'public charge'. You may want to Google that up to understand their thought approach.

I think the idea is pretty simple. Most governments don't want visitors to become liabilities to them, and all you have to do is prove to them you won't become a liability to their government.
How you can prove that to them could be proof that you're married (if you are or if you've already told them you are), bank statements showing your financial standing, proof of landed properties in Nigeria, proof of income of you're employed, stock earnings etc. You don't have to have all, just something to show you're ok in Nigeria and have reasons not to return. Everyone can say that verbally, but all US relies on is 'documented proof'.

If you're based in Lagos or know people in Lagos, I thinks it makes it much easier for you if you don't have all these documents. I said that cos back then, boys in Oluwole in Lagos Island can get you any travel document you need. That used to be one of my hustles back in Nigeria. I lost contacts with all the boys I knew there over the years, but it's easy. You don't even need a travel agent to do all this yourself. Just get some contacts with a trustworthy person in Lagos Island, and they'll hook you up with the right people. Unless thongs have changed now. You won't need this is you have legit documents to show them at the embassy, but back then most people around me visited Oluwole to generate travel document - bank statement, marriage certificates, divorce papers, proof of employment, proof for landed properties, etc for prospective travelers.

When you get your visa and you're enroute, please remember the same concept applies until you get out of the airport anywhere in the US. I mean you do need to still show the immigrations you have no plans to become 'public charge'. After stepping out of the airport, you can decide to change your mind and do what you really had in mind.
I stated that because I had friend that visited and got deported right at the airport here in Atlanta. I waited for hours outside the airport to pick him up, he didn't show up and I had no way to know if he missed his flight or something. I got a call from him in Nigeria a few days later telling me he got deported right at the airport. I thought that must have been painful, considering the stress he went through to get the visa in the first place (especially the ugly long queue at the embassy), the cost of of the flight etc.

I think it was his fault. It's all pyschology. That was his first time visiting the US. At the port of entry, he was asked a simple question that he failed. He already told them at the embassy he just wanted to visit, and had succeeded in meeting their requirements, got a visa and messed at the airport because he forgot the lines he started with.
At the port of entry, he was asked "You said your friend is waiting for you outside and you'll be staying with him through your trip. If your friend offers you a job while you're here, would you take it?" A sane response would have been "No, because I have a family, a good job, many properties etc in Nigeria and have no reasons to leave them for any reason". Instead, my friends response was "Why not, I can do any job. I'm a very hardworking man. I even have a masters degree..." That statement automatically ruined his chances and he got deported because he forgot the lines he started with.


Good luck bro.

Thank you for your prompt response, SmartMugu.

What I can glean from your post is that it pays to stick with the storyline I started with. I guess that's the way to go then. I have discussed this with my friend though and he's of same opinion.

I'm not interested in any Oluwole docs. I plan to use all legit documents and will even get letters from my employer if need be.

I just want to know my chances, hence my inquiry. I'm quite ok with life here. Going to US for business or pleasure will do just fine. My kids can school there when I start a family though.

I forgot to add that I've never been outside Nigeria before. I welcome more opinions.

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