Favourablegirl:

Thanks dear for these information, It is going to help My family and I we are a family of Five and will be traveling all together, as u said all we need is to have a host who has a good heart. I hope my host well accept us all at once because we had some medical problem which had to be solve before we travel.

There is no situation too big for God. People were discouraging me looking at the cost of moving a family of four at once, but with God, I got here and God Has been kind, with honesty, it is better here in an organised system. If your host is nice, you too need to throw away pride and whateva u are in Nigeria behind you and be tolerance to manage the situation. I dont kno how old ur kids are, u need to control them, like I do on my own Tom n Jerry i came with.

Thomby2k12: My dear brothers and sister, please my brother has been issued his DV-2013 visa, and we need to make payment for the green card fee ($165), I have a GTBank Account and I have activated the account for online transactions, how can I use the Mastercard to make the payment?
2. The address we filled as where we wanted his green card to be sent is no longer his destination, is it possible to chnage the address at the port of entry?
3. I have trying to conduct a seacrch for cheap airfare online. If I make the booking online, how can i make the payment?

looking forward to your answers to these questions. Thanks

Wat is needed are the number on the card and the expiry date. But why cant u open a dom account with the same GTB and get Dollar Visa/mastercard, so that in case there is crediting e-error u can resolve it fast. However, be ready to print out the response as evidence in case of wrong debit and as evidence. I paid for mine with that and ther was no issue. the money got to them. To be on a save side, b4 leaving nigeria, I applied for a GTB bank statement of my card account to show where it was debited without credit, stamped and dated by GTB

I am here to give some useful information to people who av already got their Visa and planning to travel and those just filling their form which is meant for Kenturky. Without repeating what I av noticed other people hav mentioned, please:
1. On ur form, when you get to the section asking if you want SSN to be allocated before your arrival, pls indicate NO. From my encounter, If you fill it YES, it will officially take at least 3wks to get the Sola Sola but if you say NO and on entering the US, u quickly go to the social security office direct to apply with the entry stamped passport and ur birth certificate, it will take them 1 to 2 wks at worst. Because of the delay time involve for the immigration office to send ur application to Social Security office.
2. The US Federal Govt Shutdown affected the social Security office, so if u ar travelling in Jan to around Feb, make sure u bring enough savings to spend in case they shutdown again. If they do, sola sola will not be available for you to get a job until shutdiwn is called off.
3. As regard people u live with, it depend on individual, in my case, i went with as a christian family of four, and a single muslim brother ( who I met once in an attended event in Nigeria) offer to accommodate us with whole heart. Even wen the shutdown affected me, he lend me some money to support (because he saw that i neva wait for him to tell me before i buy things into his house to supplement cos of our presence, even a bed because of my family number), i never bought fuel into his car and he takes us to wherever we want to go and even to church on Sundays( so far with work with his work n class schedule), despite he is a muslim. Just make sure u ar closed to ur God n get someone of good heart and who has stay US enough to hav understand how to survive here till u balance n be of good character. Also be submissive irrespective of ur age and wateva u were in Nigeria
4. Beware some Nigerian here kno the cost of nanny or labour is expensive, so they may chose not to show u the way, so that u will be helping them at home to do domestics or use you for their businesses at a cheap price. Insist on getting at least the minimum obtainable in the related labor sector or find your way up by looking for job on ur own or seeking help elsewhere, wakeup before using u upto 1yr without counting dollars.
5. Read a lot related to new immigration on USCIS site before your arrival so that you will be equipped more and limit ur reliance on what people tell you
5.Finally, for career chosing ones, Evaluate you WAEC, Degree and job throgh the US online evalution companied like WES, etc or at least get a copy of you WAEC/NECO certificat and Degree transcripts before your arrival to make things work fast.

I wish compliance will help someone, and if u hav any question relating to settling down faster,to my own knowledge/situation, I came in here with my family of four and i can tell you, only by putting God before ur steps u can survive. Once u survive,it would be In God We Trust all the way. Be free to ask for clarification

@ALL: Join me give Glory to GOD. On April 16, I got to the interview timely with my family of four, as early as 6.20am before the 7am appointment were called to queue up. All protocol observed.

With the knowledge gathered on Nairaland, all documents were well arranged with photocopies of each and questions answered. Even the complain of the laminated NYSC certificate was tackled.

But to my surprise, despite the fact that my two kids were all around me, the CO requested for the pictures of my babies at Birth, shortly after birth or of their mum in their pregnancy, which was not among the album we went with. At that point we were given a form to request for another appointment date when we have them ready for presentation.

April 24 was eventually given to present them, so I went with the pictures taking at the naming ceremony,with the wall framed pictures of my family. Within 2 minutes of the assessment of the pictures, we were granted the Pick up date and venue for the VISA.

Glory be to God

@Femo Glory be to God. Tiwa naa a a ja sope

gunners4u: Our God is Good

Glory be to God Almighty! Tiwa naa a a ja sope.

026IX: All I can say is dat its a 50-50 chance.... Cos in as much as marriage after selection is considered questionable...there is no law dat says u can't get married after being selected.....its up to him to decide wat to do, but he bear d 50-50 odd in mind...... My opinion..

It doesn't worth taking such risk.since it is not even stated on d KCC form, d wife name will not even appear on the Notifictaion of Interview letter, so she wouldn't be admitted into d interview arena. And if d guy should raise it, he may likely be placed on AP. Even adding baby was not easy wen I called b4 filling d baby in my KCC sent form

Spoondar: Gentiger and other forum friends, i have this friend of mine who got selected and he is yet to get current in june i hope so. His issue is that he insist in marrying his girlfriend they've dated for 5yrs now, currently she might be 2 months old pregnant for him. When he entered the eDv he entered single, sent forms to KCC as single and now he is determined to marry the lady and fill the forms again to include her. I have warned him but he is really thorn and doesnt know what to do. Kindly give me the best answers for me to copy them and paste to him to read from you people, thanks.

Since d KCC form was filled as single, it is better d guy should even not go there at all.

Spoondar: yes the principal applicant can go first then the beneficiaries will follow later

Don't 4get dat d Medical report too must not expire b4 u go. So if u av done d medical far earlier d interview dat granted Visa, even if Visa is there but medical expire, they wouldn't allow dem in

jidex001: Forum.. I am sorry for the late response.

I left my phone @ home that why I have not spoken since.

My Visa was approve.

I got to the embassy @ 6:15am.. I waited till 9:45am before I was called in. Collected the payment slip, when thru the security and straight to the hall where interview is being conducted. I paid payment, submitted mine document. And I was waiting for my number to be call. I meet couple of guys.. We just started chatting like as if we have know each other for long time. With great believe that our visa has being approved. Suddenly my number beep @ counter 13 about 12 :15pm.

Me: Good afternoon Sir.


Co: Good afternoon and how are u doing.
Me: fine and u.
Co: Raise up ur hand...bla bla bla.
Me: yes I do.. Finger print.
Co: Wat do U do.
Me: Schooling and working.
Co: What d name of sch
Me: lasu sch of part time.
Co: he ask about my work.
Me: I told him designation at work
Co: he ask full meaning of my designation.
Me : I told him.
Co: Hope u are finding it easy.
Me: yes and it cool.
Co: He asked that what d relationship btw the person I am going to stay with and I.
Me: family friend.
Co: where is ur parent.
Me: lagos.
Co: do u stay wit them.
Me: Yes.
Co: he asked about how many brother and sister I have.
Me: 3brothers and 1sister.
Co : just said congratulation.. And he gave me d white sheet. On how to pay d 165dollars.

The co was already tired.. We were just about 4 of us remaining.

Glory be to God almighty. Big thanks to my name sake jidedon, leripa and to other great people in this forum

Congratulation Bros!

@Allybert]Bros, how much did d Medical cost and which of d Hosp did u use to hav d Vaccination card.

[jben5966]hello house gud day 2 my love one i did my medika yesterday the money i spend on medika na 2 much i spend 100,000 nira for family of 2kid, one is 5yars second is 5month i did @ children practice 25 Raymond njoku str ikoyi omo i wan die yestday because of the money is how i spend it oooooooo.
me and my wife spend 43
my son 5yers old spend 21
my baby girl 5month old spend 37
pls o god help me on my interview day.[/quote]

@Jben5966n dat 100k is relatively cheap. Pls did u submit d kids Immunization cards or evidence to hav dat rate?pls respond. Cos I am iin ur shoe and about to select where to do mine. Ur response can save me 66k

[quote author=jben5966]hello house gud day 2 my love one i did my medika yesterday the money i spend on medika na 2 much i spend 100,000 nira for family of 2kid, one is 5yars second is 5month i did @ children practice 25 Raymond njoku str ikoyi omo i wan die yestday because of the money is how i spend it oooooooo.
me and my wife spend 43
my son 5yers old spend 21
my baby girl 5month old spend 37
pls o god help me on my interview day.[/quote

@Jben5966. Bros I am in ur shoe, u better thank God u had it.ur information may save me 64k if u truly spent 100k.Pls were you able to present the kids Immunization cards?Pls respond so dat I can quickly dash there to save money for myself.

Leripa: Good morning to you all and have a blessed weekend.

Happy New month to you Bro! I av got the interview date at last.

Gentiger: Happy new month pals. To all those awaiting 2NL, interview date and departure date, Match forward in this new month of March and possess your possession.

Thanks! and u too

@Leripa,the range is 125XX.The last Visa Bulletin is 12150. What about urs?

@Leripa Thanks! I hav submitted the forms. I also added my second baby I had after feeling the form who was not in the Application form.

Gd mrg gbogbo house! I am new in here. I played lottery but na d one i used my wife name for na him enter. She has B.Ed in Economics but she used both WAEC & NECO. Pls can anyone tell me if NECO GCE/SSCE, combined with WAEC, is acceptable at the VISA Interview

Thanks! Yes, I meant the case number

Pls does anyone knos d range of Dv lottery rank number slated for interview in January in Nigeria.my last five digits ar 125**. Can anyone scheduled for Interview in Jan or Feb 2013 in Nigeria tell me his or her range of No?I submitted my forms but yet 2get interview date.