Hi all! I would beg that we share our Point of Entry experience here, whether, USA, UK, etc...Just share them here to help others...I will be traveling soon too to the USA, so I wouldn't like to mess up. Hoping this thread will be helpful to others...but if it wouldn't, then there is no need to leave it open, I'll simply close it. But i think it will

awe2015:
Hi all! I would beg that we share our Point of Entry experience here, whether, USA, UK, etc...Just share them here to help others...I will be traveling soon too to the USA, so I wouldn't like to mess up. Hoping this thread will be helpful to others...but if it wouldn't, then there is no need to leave it open, I'll simply close it. But i think it will

Wonderful. Definitely it will.

But i would like to warn you now. Please never carry or take anyone's baggage. This is to avoid story that touches heart.

Some people might be carrying drugs.

Lol... definitely, I won't even think of it! I go tag my bag well well lolz cos i no wan miss my egusi, cray fish, azu gbam gbam, garri, etc

Nice Thread.

My POE transcript.

IO: Why are you in the UK?

Me: Business meeting and to carry out pre-shipment Inspection of equipment at XYZ Tech Ltd.

IO: What type of equipment?

Me: Mechanical Engineering Equipment which my company ordered from XYZ Tech Ltd, end user being a State Government University inn Nigeria.

IO: What company again?

Me: Sir, I don't understand, do you mean the company I work?

IO: No, the host company in UK.

Me: XYZ Tech Ltd.

IO: And you're staying for 3 days (He checked that on my landing card)

Me: Yes sir.

IO: Flipped through my passport again and saw a refusal stamp, then looked straight into my eyes.

Stamped my passport and said "enjoy your stay in the UK"

POE experience at singapore...

me: hello

woman: hi...where is your guardian ***because i'm so small ***

me: no guardian ma'am...i live in malaysia

woman: studying?

me: yes, university of sunderland

woman: what are you here to do in singapore?

me: tourism research homework and singapore sightseeing

woman: first time in singapore?

me: yes

woman: how many days would you be spending?

me: 4 days 3 nights (tourism students style )

woman: where's your e-visa and hotel booking?

me: *hands it in*

woman: *stamps me thirty days* enjoy singapore

woman: *calls in another guy from ICA* saying "get his school details he is just 20 years old without a guardian

me: **in my mind me thinking if i can survive alone in malaysia what is in singapore...**

ICA guy: enjoy your stay in singapore...

me: ***dashes away like flash***

POE UK Experience.

Customs Officer: (Black woman, not smiling) Passports pls...

Me: (Gives her passports was entering the UK with my daughter)

Customs Officer: Whats the purpose of your trip.

Me: Vacation

Customs Officer: Where will you be staying?

Me: (tell her the address)

Customs Officer: Can you lift the child up let me see her face

Me: (Lift her up for her to see)

Customs Officer: Are you her mother?

Me: Yes

Customs Officer: What date did you give. Birth to her?

Me: (tells her the date, the hospital and that I even had her thru a CS on xmas day)

Customs Officer: Will your host be coming to pick you?

Me: Yes

Customs Officer: (stamps us in)

Enjoy ur stay in the UK.

POE Mozambique. Visa on Arrival.

Woman: Hi how are u

Me: Am fine and u?

Woman: Great. What can I do for u?

Me: I want Visa

Woman: Pass me you passport.

Me: ok and pass pp

Women: Wait let me do consultation. I will be with u

Me: ok
After 2 minutes

Woman: where is the yellow card

Me: Here and passed

Woman: ok fill this form

Me: ok. Filled form with the help of some local guys.

Woman: can I have the application fee

Me: pass money to her

woman: Please stand here for digital photo please

Me: ok
After photo taken

Woman: Here is your pp and visa.

Me: thank u.

Nice thread

henrychubayo:
POE Mozambique. Visa on Arrival.

Woman: Hi how are u
Me: Am fine and u?
Woman: Great. What can I do for u?
Me: I want Visa
Woman: Pass me you passport.
Me: ok and pass pp
Women: Wait let me do consultation. I will be with u
Me: ok
After 2 minutes
Woman: where is the yellow card
Me: Here and passed
Woman: ok fill this form
Me: ok. Filled form with the help of some local guys.
Woman: can I have the application fee
Me: pass money to her
woman: Please stand here for digital photo please
Me: ok
After photo taken
Woman: Here is your pp and visa.
Me: thank u.

How many months visa were you given?

poshstore:
Nice thread

Thanks! I hope it will help a lot of travelers out there

following

awe2015:

How many months visa were you given?

30 days Visa on arrival

Turkish Republic Of Northern Cyprus
Ercan Airport... 9:00am
Point Of Entry
Police: Merhaba Translated to Hello
Me: Hi

Police: Your passport please
Me: Take it

Police: Brought out form and said check for your name
Me: I can't find my name

Police: Since you can't find your name and today been Sunday, we will need to detain you till Monday b4 we will contact your school to know if you are a student
Me: For what? Thank God i have return ticket... In fact, i want to go back to Nigeria

Police: You are not going back to anywhere... We are going to detain you till tomorrow
Me: See me see trouble oh

Police: Bring your phone and said follow me to your room inside the airport...
Me: When i get there, i saw some people from Mozambique, Zambia and Algeria that have been detained because they don't have visa

Me: After 30minute in the room... I called one of the police to help me get a sim card and airtime and after which, i called one of the staff of the school who came to Nigeria for presentation of their school and she apologize and saaid i shouldn't be offended and that it because they didn't know i was coming on Sunday and that they wanted to send my name to the Airport on Monday and that she will called the police and in the next 30minutes, they will allow me into the country. Not up to 15minutes, The police collected my passport, stamp and handed it over to me and said they were sorry and that it is their norms there. I said no wahala... The staff called me that she was going to send a bus to come and carry me from the airport

TOPIC SENTENCE: Don't travel on weekend for your own good.. Meanwhile, when you get to your destination. Kindly share as well.

This should be on the front page tho.

fados4sure:
Turkish Republic Of Northern Cyprus
Ercan Airport... 9:00am
Point Of Entry
Police: Merhaba Translated to Hello
Me: Hi

Police: Your passport please
Me: Take it

Police: Brought out form and said check for your name
Me: I can't find my name

Police: Since you can't find your name and today been Sunday, we will need to detain you till Monday b4 we will contact your school to know if you are a student
Me: For what? Thank God i have return ticket... In fact, i want to go back to Nigeria

Police: You are not going back to anywhere... We are going to detain you till tomorrow
Me: See me see trouble oh

Police: Bring your phone and said follow me to your room inside the airport...
Me: When i get there, i saw some people from Mozambique, Zambia and Algeria that have been detained because they don't have visa

Me: After 30minute in the room... I called one of the police to help me get a sim card and airtime and after which, i called one of the staff of the school who came to Nigeria for presentation of their school and she apologize and saaid i shouldn't be offended and that it because they didn't know i was coming on Sunday and that they wanted to send my name to the Airport on Monday and that she will called the police and in the next 30minutes, they will allow me into the country. Not up to 15minutes, The police collected my passport, stamp and handed it over to me and said they were sorry and that it is their norms there. I said no wahala... The staff called me that she was going to send a bus to come and carry me from the airport

TOPIC SENTENCE: Don't travel on weekend for your own good.. Meanwhile, when you get to your destination. Kindly share as well.

Mehn, that was so embarrassing!

youngbilly1:
This should be on the front page tho.

I guess justwise is currently working on that...lol

awe2015:


I guess justwise is currently working on that...lol

It shouldn't necessarily go to the front page.

Let us keep it alive and be more detailed to make it very interesting.

Example:

Q: Where do you work?

A: XYZ bank and not bla! Bla!! Bla!!! Or I told him.

Thanks

Informative!!

POE Uk

woman:morning
me:morning
woman:you forgot to fill your occupation on your landing card
me:sorry for that and filled in home maker as my occupation
woman:who is sponsoring ur trip
me:my husband
woman:what does he do
me:Real Estate consultant
woman:are u travelling alone
me:yes
woman:do you have any family in the UK
me:no
woman:what do you intend to do in Uk
me:I intend to go to picadilly circus,use your tour bus,go to Birmingham palace and also go for shopping(These are d ones I can remember ooo but I know I said more things)
woman:stamps me in
enjoy your stay!!!

lol there shouldn't be any problem if your documents are valid, but due to the corruption of NIS you'll go through some barriers, just look for someone to pass you through, give him like 5k and you're good.

POE - Malaysia

IO separates students from non students. I fell to the non students category.

IO - drop ur pp in that basket
Me - I dropped it.
IO - where's ur quarantine card
Me - I submitted my yellow card. (They took it to the quarantine unit for assessment.)
IO - picks my pp from the basket. what's ur name
Me - XYZ
IO - what do u do?
Me - I'm a PC with XYZ coy
IO - that's an X coy
Me - yes. it's an X/Y service coy
IO - why are u here
Me - on a visit to see Malaysia.
IO - do u 've ur hotel bookings
Me - yes.
IO - stretches hand
Me - hands it over to him.
IO - how long are u staying
Me - four days
IO - how much do u 've
Me - I said 2600$ based on tips from an officer in MMIA. Although, I'd 1300$ cash. Mnyle I used my union debit card for most payments during my stay.

IO - stamps my pp for 2wks stay and hands it over to me.
Me- thank you.

interesting one op.

donciccio:
POE - Malaysia

IO separates students from non students. I fell to the non students category.

IO - drop ur pp in that basket
Me - I dropped it.
IO - where's ur quarantine card
Me - I submitted my yellow card. (They took it to the quarantine unit for assessment.)
IO - picks my pp from the basket. what's ur name
Me - XYZ
IO - what do u do?
Me - I'm a PC with XYZ coy
IO - that's an X coy
Me - yes. it's an X/Y service coy
IO - why are u here
Me - on a visit to see Malaysia.
IO - do u 've ur hotel bookings
Me - yes.
IO - stretches hand
Me - hands it over to him.
IO - how long are u staying
Me - four days
IO - how much do u 've
Me - I said 2600$ based on tips from an officer in MMIA. Although, I'd 1300$ cash. Mnyle I used my union debit card for most payments during my stay.

IO - stamps my pp for 2wks stay and hands it over to me.
Me- thank you.

interesting one op.

Nice one,but what wld u have said if he had asked u to show him the cash?

BOWOTO:
lol there shouldn't be any problem if your documents are valid, but due to the corruption of NIS you'll go through some barriers, just look for someone to pass you through, give him like 5k and you're good.

Uhmm...who are you referring to?

pls house I need ur advice.during my interview last week I stated my purpose of traveling was for graduation ceremony and vacation.the graduation date Is 3rd October.my problem Is that if I decide to travel in a month time, just for vacation purpose ,since am into business hope they won't be any problem at the p point of entry

mama777:
pls house I need ur advice.during my interview last
week I stated my purpose of traveling was for
graduation ceremony and vacation.the graduation
date Is 3rd October.my problem Is that if I decide to
travel in a month time, just for vacation purpose
,since am into business hope they won't be any
problem at the p point of entry

Which country?

mama777:
pls house I need ur advice.during my interview last
week I stated my purpose of traveling was for
graduation ceremony and vacation.the graduation
date Is 3rd October.my problem Is that if I decide to
travel in a month time, just for vacation purpose
,since am into business hope they won't be any
problem at the p point of entry

Circumstance do change, if for any inconvenience reasons you did not make the graduation, you simply explain them to the entry officer in u.s (cbp). It is same rule in most advance countries.

Good Luck

awe2015:
Hi all! I would beg that we share our Point of Entry experience here, whether, USA, UK, etc...Just share them here to help others...I will be traveling soon too to the USA, so I wouldn't like to mess up. Hoping this thread will be helpful to others...but if it wouldn't, then there is no need to leave it open, I'll simply close it. But i think it will

Cc: lalasticlala

cozybunch:


Circumstance do change, if for any inconvenience reasons you did not make the graduation, you simply explain them to the entry officer in u.s (cbp). It is same rule in most advance countries.

Good Luck

thx alot

cozybunch:


Circumstance do change, if for any inconvenience reasons you did not make the graduation, you simply explain them to the entry officer in u.s (cbp). It is same rule in most advance countries.

Good Luck

thanks