YankeeJJC:
there was nothing wrong na, I only asked to know

Toor...

YankeeJJC:
was this the same work u used to apply first time?

Bro, i sent you pm

TWoods:


This sad part is that you needed a web forum to realize you should always tell the truth on visa applications. What’s worse is that this epiphany isn’t about your character and what is right, but out of fear of the consequences from governments who take the truth seriously. When it comes to Nigeria, you’d have zero problems telling lies and committing fraud I suppose.

Different views bro

salsera:


Yeah you can travel without passport to Ecowas countries by road.

Misrepresentation is when you get visa or entry stamps for countries you have never visited. Such stamps are fraudulent and attract a ban if presented.

To add to seyewest comment.
DON'T GET VISA/ENTRY STAMPS JUST TO CLAIM YOU HAVE TRAVELLED TO PLACES YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN

Visa application forms require you to sign that ALL information presented by you is TRUE. When you get an 'agent' to fill forms or package on your behalf it does not ABSOLVE you of any consequence because it's YOUR NAME on the form not anybody else's. Agent loses nothing.

Thank you very much for your further explanation...
Meanwhile, i didn't have any stamp or visa of any countries in quotes...This forum has really helped me in many ways and i am now proud to be an advocate of "Visa profile must be truth"
Thanks

KaptainAfrika:
Don't bother applying, do you know if the agent has filled in something similar for other people and the embassy knows? here's a piece of advice for visa applications and other things in life, always be honest, if it will be given to you, it will be given to you but at least you were honest.

Please, how can one know for sure if his been "misrepresented" before applying again...knowingly or unknowingly?

seyewest:

Yes...

Bro, but it's possible one can travel to Ghana without passport...Now that i have traveled again to the same country even to Dubai with passport, does that mean i am not eligible to apply for America again?

What do you suggest i should do?
Thanks

bigbus:


Advice: Let your wife go alone.
"tomorrow"? and you start asking questions at quarter to... na wa for you o.
I hope you have told your wife about your past misrepresentation.

You need to come clean at the interview, tell them you misrepresented before, set your records straight. Not to do this is to court a ban, and most likely no chance at US/Canada visas. Setting the records straight would be an achievement, not a total loss of another N64k.

Please, explain to me more on my own experience...
I traveled to Ghana without my passport and filled it in my profile that i have been to Accra Ghana but my passport wasn't stamped. Is it a "misrepresentation" also

MrsDreamz:



I am not sure if mine has changed yet because I used an agent and she's the one that checks my account. Will confirm from her though. I got to know about this forum after applying, if not, I would have graciously done the whole application myself.
Anyway, God will favor our applications.

You and I are in the same cab oooooo...! Infact, i can do the work of Agent after i joined this wonderful forum.
It is well...my strength is the power of God

[quote author=seunopeyemi post=64852299]

No not the first application, I applied September 15th 2017 ,got a denied September 21th 2017 ,on bases of travel history, I had to go to south Africa for 6days, Kenya for 5 days and Belgium for 5days ,I went on all these trips btw October and November, then applied again Dec 2017 and got work permit in January


Please how can i start processing on Work Permit from start

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 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.

Wonderful one papi...

ladylco:


Yes it will definitely and it will even affect you and the kids getting the visa

Ok, thank you. So, now that i shouldn't reapply with my family...can i try Vacation visa this year December or i can only continue with visiting visa?

YankeeJJC:
was this the same work u used to apply first time?

Is there anything wrong with my Job?

LadyGuinivere:

After evaluating your ties and you feel you should apply, I advice you to apply without your wife. Though you will fill her details and she will try to over come the burden of misrepresentation alone after wards.
In the alternative, she can apply first and state the facts that you guys will apply later for convenience sake. She can state her case and see what happens. Either way, you all DONOT apply together. Unless you are stupendously rich and won't mind losing over 200k should fate not favor you.
That is the consequence of misrepresentation.

Thank you very much for this great response. I will definitely put your to max consideration.

YankeeJJC:
was this the same work u used to apply first time?

Yes

seyewest:

Can you tell us about your ties? please list it.

I'm a Farm Manager in my father's farm. (Integrated farming).
I have 2 kids.
......

Hello good people, please i need your advice on this matter...I'm married with two kids, my wife tried America Visa lottery 5 years ago and she won it. The problem is that, the agent that did it for her that time merged my wife with another man as her husband but they were both denied...everything happened while she was in school as a student and before we got to know each other. Now, i tried Visiting visa alone last year and was denied, so i am thinking i should try again with my family (my wife and my 2 kids). My question now is that, will my wife past profile details not going to affect the trial How should i go about it? What are we going to tell VO if question comes up regards the history. Thank you and God bless.