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Ok,so i went to my visa interview on Mon,June 23rd at the Lagos consulate with my mum n we were granted visa. Thanks to all the gurus in the house, i learnt alot from this thread.The interview went like this


We got to the consulate at about 6:10am for a 9:30am appointment and joined the queue at 8:40am,we didnt get to the sitting area till like 10:30am and got into the interview hall minutes after 11am and got interviewed at few mins to 12pm. So many applicants were refused especially people that applied alone. I saw families been granted visas,students in uniforms and even elderly people. They kept asking everyone if they had travelled outside the country before, they didnt care whether it was an African country or not, they were particular about that question. Although they still refused many ppl with travel history, a lady told them she has been to Italy,Germany,China,Dubai etc,they still refused her. A woman even argued with the VO that there should always be a first time of doing everything now but he said he has refused her. They didnt wanna see any docs
To God be the glory,we were granted and it went thus
Consular: hellooooo (with a smile)
Mum n I: Good morning
Consular: I think i have just one passport with me here (pointed to me n said) yours
(We earlier made a mistake of picking different tallies but the person that did my fingerprint said We should go together whenever any of our tally numbers was called)
I: its a family application,we r applying together ( at this point,the VO said he would try n get my mum's passport,he came back like 10 secs later with the passport.
VO: how are you two related?
I: she's my mum
VO: oh ok. I see you are going to New York.
I: yes, Brooklyn New York
VO: why are you going to new york?
I: we ve been invited to attend the annual thanksgiving and harvest prog of so so so from so so so date to so so so date
VO: who is inviting you?
I: its a church prog so the church
VO: how does the church know you are here in Nig?
I: oh,its the church leader thats inviting us
VO: how is he related to u? Is he family?
I: no,he's just our church leader
(He nods his head)
VO: who is the sponsor of the trip?
I: i would sponsor myself and my mum would sponsor herself
VO: what do u do?
I: i own a bridal store,i sell bridal dresses and wedding gowns
VO: i see you ve been to UAE
I: yes, twice
VO: what did u go to do there?
I: business and sightseeing
VO: would u be buying dresses from the States when u travel?
I: no, i have an agent that does that for me here in Nig so i wouldnt
VO: who would you be travelling with?
I: my father and my brother
VO: do they ve their visas yet?
I: yes (attempts to bring out the visa pages but he waves me down)
VO: do u have employees that work with you?
I: yes
VO: how many of them?
I: 8 of them
VO: (all the while typing, raised up his head and packed both our passports n put them on one side) i would approve your visas,pls pick them up on Thurs at the circled point
I: thank you (forming not to care) lool. All the while my mum was just smiling to him beside me,he didnt ask one single question about her. It lasted for less than 2 mins

Suave64:
Hi I would like to know if I would be allowed to transit through the UK. I overstayed and left voluntarily, but through the assisted program. I.e. my ticket was bought for me. Right now I live in the Caribbean where we do not require a visa to go the the UK and want to visit Nigeria, but have to pass through London. Would that be a problem?

Castalia:
So can i sponsor myself?

erico2k2:
@Castalia
Reason is cos you have just got a reason to go there, ie, you could state the occation on your application and they could in turn invite you and states dates,time and location of teh event in question.,by doing so you've just spread your tentacles lol dunno if spelt right.

janezkonc:
if you have where to sleep, you have residence, as long as you have visa and paid accommodation. you want 1 years residence permit, you must have one year visa and one year paid accommodation. it is simply so. if you are mega rich, in some country you get residence permit for 10 years, so called C visa in switzerland.
even people from Romania and Bulgaria, who are part of EU, are deported back if they don't have where to sleep. they don't need visa, but they need money to finance themselves, in other case, they face deportation.

obalukan:
Thank you.

obalukan:
I'm traveling to schengen countries next month and I wanted to know how easy and possible it is to get resident permit within one month of my visa.

Please I need serious contribution to this topic.

Thanks.




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