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tok8: We just want to thank God and Nairalanders for the versatile information from the forum. My wife and I had a successful interview today. My wife is d main applicant. We’ve bin prayn for that black American Lady @window 13 but it was a white American lady that did d interview 4us @window 16 and she has already denied 2 families and asked anoda family to come back. Our interview lasted for 20mint and it goes thus:
Me&wife: Good morning
Co: Morning and gave us our forms to sign
Co: both of u should do finger print
Me&wife: we did
Co: ask me to go and sit while she attends to my wife.
Co: pls can u swear
Wife:she did
Co: your highest educatn
Wife: Bsc
Co: your last semester courses
Wife: did
Co: can u talk about d courses
Wife:she did in details
Co: talk about ur final year project
Wife: did
Co: relationship btw ur course and project topic
Wife: did
Co: where do u work?
Wife: did
Co: your job description ,function and relationship btw ur course & ur work?
Wife: did
Co: are u married, when did u marry, where &how did u meet ur hubby
Wife: did
Co: where did u serve, where did ur hubby served, ur hubby occupation
Wife: did
Co: she collected d wedn foto book and asked questions about d pple in d pic and asked 4d venue?
Wife: did
Co: congrats…..pick up ur visa nxt week.
The co didn’t call me at all… I only went to meet her may be I can pick up d visa for both of us. Indeed its God’s favour. She even asked my wife if our parents have been communicating b4 wedn. Im so proud of my wife becos she lectured the co on her course . pls be bold and read well and above all be prayerful. Thank u all

Congratulations! Your wife was very lucky cos among interviews I have read for DV 2013 this one is complex. Just thank God ur wife is smart

danieldinho: house help me thank BABA GOD, am a first time poster on this thread, U guys are the bomb when it come to dv visa my big bro did his interview at window 14 conducted by the white lady he was successful thanks to all nairalander who share there success story it really helped my bro i wld sy last nyt was the longest night i had experience. his experience co. APART FRM SCSCE WAT DO U DO
HIM. AM A FISH FARMER
CO.tell me abt fish farming
him. he did
co. ow many workers do u have
HIM.just me is a small farm am bringing up
CO. SMILE u knw alot abt fish farming congrats ur visa is approve

him. smile and jokingly said i wld teach them in america ow to train cat fish the africa way
CO. BROUHT OUT A WHITE FORM CIRCLE IT TELLING HIM TO GO THE ADRESS TO COLLECT IS VISA NXT WEEK THUR.




HELP ME CELEBRATE OH WITH MY BRO THANKS TO ALL NL THAT SHARE THERE SUCEESS STORY WISHING ALL THE NL WAITING FOR THERE OWN INTERVIEW SUCESS

Success Again? Wow! am soo happy!!!!!!!!!!!!! congratulations

jidedon2000@yah:
Glory be to D LORD for not letting myself and wife down during our interview today 6th DEC 2012.We left the hse by 4;35am and got to the embassy around 5;51am OMO see crowd outside the embassy,we went through the d security checks which lasted 4 15 to 20 minutes,finally got inside the embassy.God really favourd myself and wife at the embassy cos we ve been praying 4 favour frm GOD and this Black American lady @ window 13 aech tym in our prayers,forumites GOD answers prayers ,wth faith myself and wife sat directly opposite the window 13 on the first roll and b4 we knew it she called our number we both smiled and thank GOD we were actually the 3rd person she attended to. The interview goes thus.
CO.. GOOD MORNING
WIFE AND I .. ...
CO....GAVE US FORMS TO SIGN
CO....WHO WON?
WIFE......I
CO.....WHERE DID U PLAY
WIFE ..FRM AN AGENT
CO...OK
CO....U LL TAKE AN OATH AND SIGN
WIFE AND I ......
CO WHAT DO U DO?
WIFE.........
CO ...HOW LONG
WIFE ......
CO. WHAT DO U DO SIR
ME ......
CO....HW DID U MEET
ME........
CO.....WHERE
ME......
WHAT TYPE OF MARRIAGE
ME.....CHURCH AND TRADITIONAL
CO...HW MANY PPLE WHERE IN ATTENDANCE
WIFE........
CO...ANY PICTURES
WIFE.. BROUGHT OUT PHOTO BOOK ALBUM STARTED FLIPPING THROUGH
CO....WAOOOO U HAD A LOVELY PICTURES AND A WONDERFUL WEDDING
CO...CONGRATULATIONS ,U CAN PICK UP UR VISA AT THIS ADDRESS.
THAT IS GOD AND FAITH AT WORK.........FAITH WORKS WONDERS

This forum is blessed. Am so happy 4ur family. Congratulation!

idoo4love: tk a bus going to ojuelegba @ ojuelegba tk a bus going to ogunsanya bode thomas drop at d last bus stop or u tel d bus conductor u re going 2 NYSC SECRETARIAT frm there u ll gt NPC....just

Nice description

Idi Amin: I had a successful interview yesterday. After the security checks, i paid my visa fees inside after which a black lady collected my documents.

I was later called at window 14 4 an interview by a white lady and guess what, she was so nice to me.

She took my finger prints and made me took an oath to say the truth and i signed my DS form.

Co; can u tell me ur education background?
me: told her.
co: are u married
me: not yet
co: {smiles} kids?
me (laughs) none
co: do u have anybody in the us
me: yes i have now.
co: smiles) put it down in that space
me: i did}
co: where do u work
me: i told her
co; Where do u work
me: i told her
co: u work as wot?
me: i told her
co: i like that{smiles and circles an address} ur visa has been approved congrats. go to the circled adress in 2weeks to collect ur visa.

It was all house, America here, i come

Another success story am so happy 4dat! Congrat!

docbunmi: Thanks everyone. We had a 7am appt and got der @ abt 6am. We were third in line but I had to go back to drop my baby's milk and water outside cos its not alloweD. We went thru all d security checks and by d time we entered d interview hall, it was 7:11am. We paid N163,500 for d 3 of us and after abt 15mins a Nigerian woman called us @ window 13 and asked for my hubby's educational papers, our marriage cert and birth certs and police report. We were already told to open d sealed medical reports @ d gate before entering. Anyway, at this point we had a bit of issue wit my hubby's neco, d original was not in d package! Instead we packed a color copy dat looks just like d original! See shock and confusion,we asked to go get a scratch card outside but we were refused dat we cnt go outside again. Anyways we offered up some prayers and waited. Then d CO came and we were d first pple attended to
CO: good morning
WE: good morning
CO: asked for d payment slip and told us to sign and take d oath. Here, my baby was babbling and I told d CO dat "see, my baby is taking d oath too" and everyone laughed. From dat moment, it was smiles and jokes galore
CO: asked my hubby who played d lottery for him and my hubby said I did it for him and she asked me if dat was true and I agreed and went further to tell her d date I played it. She then asked my hubby wat he does for a living and asked him to explain exactly wat he does. She then asked wen we met and my husband and I told her d story, completing each odas sentences and she was just smiling. She assked wat job I do and I told her I am a doc and specialize in family med. She asked if we had pics and we showed her our wedding photo book and she loved d yoruba attire of d engagement. While, we were still flipping thru d album, she printed out a white paper and circled d first addy and said " dats fine, ur daughter is lucky to have parents so in love like u guys.congrats and welcome to america, go pick ur passports and visa nxt wk @ d circled addy. We said thanks, smiling and as we turned to leave, my baby picked up d black phone to put it in her mouth and d lady started talking baby talk to her dat even d pple waiting were laughing with us
The lesson here is dat though we had some scary moments, we kept our heads and were positive.
Success to everyone else too
Ire na akari o

Congrat! dats lovely

I nominate Temmitanny DV lottery Tread

gog123: Hello Forumites,I am a guest in this forum, I have been reading all you postings since it started and have learnt a lot from it. I watched all the quarrels, arguments, fights,the happiness and congratulations.I have also decided that it will be selfish of me to read all the posting and not share the reason why i have been following this post.My sister and the husband with 3 kids won the lottery and had their successful interview today. The husband is the principal applicant, we were having so many doubt because his highest qualification is olevel but decided to put it in the hands of God, not only is he Olevel but he finished secondary school in the early eighties with two credits without math or english.Later in early 2000 he did Neco with only 3 credits including only english.
I have been preparing them with the questions I get from this forum, this is also where I found out that visa has gone down to $330, I knew last year was $819. I have also headrd a lot about this black angel at the embassy, he said she was the one that attended to them.To cut the long story short, this was how it went.
Co: Raise yr hand and say after me ...
Husband: Repeated after co....
Co:What is your highest level of education?
Hus: Olevel
Co:Are these your children?
hus: Yes
Co: I want to see their picture when they were babies
hus: He brought out the oictures and handed it tho her.
Co: How long have you been married ?
Hus: He told her
Co: where do you work and how long have you been there?
Hus: answered
Co: what is your job there?
Hus:Answered
Co: (Asked the wife) what kind of marriage did you do?
wife: Answered
Co: Smiling (Left and came back with a white paper telling them where and whhen to collect the visa/passport.)
That was it,infact he thought the black angel was just verifying things before the real interview will start not knowing she was already done with him. When they called to tell me, it was still like magic to them but when God is at work, there is no much story, it flows like you were made for it.From what I have seen so far if you can proof that you have at least attended secondary sch, the visa will be yours. Pls rejoice with me. US is a land opportunity, if you are hard working you will make, I am riping mine.The land is enough to contain all of us from naija,just about 3 states here will cover our land area, until our own govt will learn their lesson and change if they will. Encourage yr relations to play and continue yr good work on this forum.I wish all the upcoming interview success.

Congrat to ur inlaw. You hav done a nice job by sharing their interview experience. Thanks

kk

saddy101: My interview experience!
I got to the embassy around 5:25am after waiting for some for some hour full of fear, a young man came and call and call us to form a queue, immigrant and non-immigrant. Then I submitted my appointment letter and security check stuff... I proceed to the embassy to make payments (#54,500) and I also submitted my original doc (Medical result, NECO and WAEC cert plus NPC birth cert). After waiting for several hour, I was called to window 13 and this black lady American welcome me with smiles and me sef open my 32 teeth thumb print and oath thingy follow!

Interview...

CO - Tell me about your work
ME - I did... In brief
CO - Are you married?
ME - No
CO - Congratulations your visa has been approved and she return my original doc and gave me a paper "go to this circle address to pick your visa!" Dear forumitte, that was it... filled with joy and I give God all the glory. Thanks to you all

Dats a very good opening for December! All glory to Almighty God for his favor upon U. Congratulations!!!!!!!!!

chirpywest: Hi guys,
Wanna wish all here a very big goodluck.I had my interview yesterday and it was absolutely succeesful. I went there around 7am with my wife and met so many pple but later had my way in.did normal security check and blabla process.
No question to my wife. Mine was very brief.
Co: congratulations for winning dv lottery.
Me:thanks a lot.
Co: tell me your education history.
Me: told her.
Co: when did u got married?
Me: told her
Co: why did you choose to study economics?
Me: cos of my biz experience.
Co: any child in marriage
Me: no for now
Co: I wish u guys goodluck
Me: thanks
Co: what a wonderful combination in your marriage.
Me: thanks
Co: congratulations, your visa have been approved.
Me: thanks a lot.
That's it guys and nothing more.

Wonderful! dats good. Congratulations!

Gbabe 2: Good afternoon peeps.I am really thankful to you guys.I must confess u guys are doing a great job.@Kemzone,Adesojiaderemi,temmytamy,gentiger and everyone you are all wonderful people.
I had my interview this morning around 9.15am to 9.19am and it was a pleasant experience and divine favor of God at work.
We (0i and my wife)got to the emabassy around 6.30 am.
We followed their normal security checks and the routine.
Next thing i paid in dollars though i had alternative of over 130k in naira in case she has issues with the dollars i presented.Well no issue,we proceeded to another that collected all our documents (NPC,Marriage cert,my bsc,Hnd Ond and Waec certificates,Police Report and Medicals.I presented the other certifications which includes my ACCA Cert,CIA Cert,CrFA cert and CISA certificates but she didnt collect any of except the required ones)
About 35minutes after a black american lady showed at the window 13 and started the interview for the immigrants.Later another CO showed at the window 16 before a white blonde girl later showed up at window 15 respectively.
Enough people had issues with the currency and visa fee payment and i had to extend a good gesture to a family like that.I am so sure they visited this great forum for once.
The black american gave a family of three visas and 3 individuals as well.She was so friendly that all prayers then was that God let us have our interview with this young lady.Obviously,it didnt cost the lady anything to grant everybody that came to her visas.I must tell you,you guys must just pray she is not on holidays when its your turn (just kidding)
Exactly 9.15am she called us to her window.
Me and Wife : Good mnorning.How was nite
CO:Fine thank you (with a charming smile)
CO:You are here because you won a lottery
Me and Wife:yes
CO:Do u promise to say the truth and just the truth
Me and Wife:Yes we do
CO:Your finger prints
Me and Wife:We did it.
CO:You have a Bsc
I:Yes i do
CO:Have u travelled outside nigeria before
I:No
CO:Where do you work and what do you work as?
I:I Told her my place of work and dat i do work as an internal auditor
CO:To my wife.What do u do
My wife:am still looking for job
CO:Are u guys married
I:YES
CO:Any pictures
I:YES
CO:Can i see them
I:I brought the album out and we flipped from beginning till the end.
CO:Congratulations you should go to this address next Wednesday to pick up with that radiant and charming smile again
Me and Wife:Thank you so much and enjoy your stay in Nigeria.
CO:Thank you i try my best.
Folks that was all.It was like a chat all through.
Really grateful to God and all u guys here.U are all doing a great job here.Kudos.
Lessons learn t.Pray to God and dont fidget.Prepare your documents and commit the rest to Gods hand.We are all going to be successful IJN.Again i greeted almost all the staffs i came across including the security guys there.its not necessary but trust me you might need them later and you don't need any embarrassment or delay whatsoever.
Have a blessed and favourable interview.
Cheers

Wow dats great! congrat to ur family

gunners4u: @ibrahim, if u ar coming 4rm oshodi enter lekki/ajah bus, drop @ 2nd roundabout maruwa bus -stop. Then cross & ask. Not 2 far 4rm d bus -stop.

Simple description good!

abesin01: just had my interview about an hour ago.Thank God and all the forum members for their support .I must confess I gained alot from the forum.

The only question was my job description and why I didn't continue working where I served.There after she congratulated me and gave me my collection slip.
I wish others awaiting interview success.Thanks for your prayers.

So happy 4u. Congratulations! dats God in action

chyk2020: yesterday i and my wife were given the congratulatory message by a black American lady at window 13. who was very friendly and we found favour of God in her sight.
My exp.

brief.
co. gd morning
me nd wife. gd morning
oath and finger print.
we were given our forms we sent to kcc to sign
co> when did u get married
co> what type of marriage
me> trad and civil.
co> what do u do in Nigeria
me> i called the company where i work nd what i do there
co> where is your company based
me> Abuja.
co> how many people were in attendance of your wedding
me> so many people
co> many is not a number i want a number
me> about 150 people.
co> do u have picture for that
me i brought out our wedng pictures and beging to open until i get to a place he saw many people he now ask me to stop
co> any picture for the civil
me i showed her my civil wedng picture
co> who are those in one particular picture, she asked my wife
wife> told her.
co> who is this guy, she called his name that is my host
me> my cousine brother.
co> congratulation your visas has been approved

Congrat!

abesin01: I pray for favour as I go for my interview 2mao.I will be back to share the success testimony in Jesus name.
Thanking the forum in advance for the wealth of information availed.

Good-luck! The Almighty God will favor u. Go wit faith and confident . "DO NOT BE AFRAID" "JUST BE HONEST" IN ALL UR RESPONSES TO THE COO AND YOU WILL GET UR VISA APPROVED

Q

hituneu: I applied married

ok good. I asked that becos with d interview experiences that I have read on d previous treads, interviews for married couples are little bit easier if "the primary applicant" applied as "married" and is usually tough if "d primary applicant" applied as "single" and now claiming married. So for ur own case just gather every evidences dat shows u are really married, you and ur husband should learn each other very well.(An intimate question like "When was the first time u had intercourse wit ur husband" might arise)that's y u both needs to know each other very well. Go to 2012 Tread and read from Page no. 1 to the last page u will learn from lots of interview there.

hituneu: what is the AOS and how much is s330 in nigeria cos the interview will take place @ lagos,have been married for a year now but no kids.

Did u applied as Married or Single?

Ibracadabra: It all started last year. In fact it was february 2011. I was so happy when I got an email saying I had won the DV visa lottery. I went crazy with joy- screaming out my lungs in excitement- only to find out it was a SCAM email! My heart sunk and my face fell when I was told that KCC doesn't send emails and that winners are NOT chosen in february. It was emotionally traumatic. I couldn't believe SCAM people had gotten to me- and even though their mail didn't ask me to pay anything; I eventually confirmed it was a fake letter after logging in with my confirmation no.

This experience made me swear I would never apply for this visa lottery thing. I was angry with everybody- including myself and my friend in America who applied for me that year.

So- October last year, the same friend in America called me and asked for my details so he could register for me again.. But I still felt bad about d scam so I told him I wasn't interested- but he persisted and I said to him impolitely, "Shay u get my details last year- use am again"

I didn't know he even registered- and I forgot d entire gist until May 2nd when he called me screaming on d fone... I asked him what happened and he told me I won.

I couldn't believe my ears. I was like, "won what?... Did you register for me?"

That was how I won o... I immediately used DHL to send d completed forms to KCC on 6th May and they confirmed reception... I kept praying, reading and that's when I fell in love with Nairaland and this forum in particular.

I can beat my chest and say I read every single page of both the 2012 and 2013 forums and this helped me prepare perfectly for today...

I woke up today by 4 am... I got a cab and got to d embassy by 5:05am and there were 5 ppl already waiting for d embassy to open. I was happy I was early, but eventually that didn't mean I got interviewed early. There was a lot of bureaucracy, lines to follow, tags to collect, I even had to drop pay N300 to drop my fone with one mallam outside.

We were searched at least 3 times and then we moved in to wait. They collected our original and photocopies. In fact d guy that collected my credentials finished from my school... So he was very friendly- and at that moment; I remembered all d prayers u guys said for me- and I knew it was God at work. I mean: how often do u meet your alumuni at d embassy? His cheerfulness settled me mentally and I waited for d interview proper.

I was called to Window 14 and a pretty blonde was d CEO. She gave me my form to sign and took my fingerprints.

This is how it went:


CO: Swear to say d truth, d whole truth and nothing but d truth

Me- I do

CO: Congratulations on your Visa Lottery

Me- Thank You

CO- tell me about your educational background

Me- okay, where do u want me to start from? Nursery? Primary?

CO- Umm. Primary

Me- took her through my educational background

CO- Why did you study Microbiology?

Me- as a kid; I always wanted to b a scientist and we watched a lot of Discovery Channel and Crime TV- so that spurred as kids to excel in sciences

CO- (smiled when I said Crime TV), so tell me- what do u do now?

Me- I told her

CO- when u get to America, what do u wanna do?

Me- I'll further my studies and probably specialise in pharmacology

CO- Hold on one minute (she started typing)... Your Visa has been APPROVED. (She encircled an address on a white paper) next wednesday Ĝø and pick it up. Congratulations

I was smiling like an idiot and she smiled back

CO: Oh you should try modelling. I think you'd have a shot at it

Me: Thank you (my head wan burst)

CO: Oh hold on: have u been ever married

Me: No

CO: any kids?

Me- No

CO: Ok, have a nice day

That's all folks... I'm going to party tonight

Soo nice! Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!

Ibracadabra: I cannot believe the amount of love shown me on this forum thus far... I almost wept when I saw all your prayers and good wishes... God bless each and every one of you just like he has blessed me...

My visa has been APPROVED!!!

And trust me- my testimony is one of d greatest you have ever heard... I'll give a very detailed account of my successful interview experience when I settle down...

God heard your prayers for me- and for that I can't thank you enough!

Am soo happy 4u. The Lord is really Good may his name alone be glorified!

Ibracadabra: I'm warming up for tomorrow's interview... Any final tips/reminders? Pls keep me in your prayers

Wishing u God's favors as u go

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I like dis. thanks

Gunners I thank GOD for U! CONGRATULATIONS!!!

tok8: @gunners. From Obalende take bus going to falomo,when u get to falomo,ask for Raymond njoku street no25. Trekable from falomo. All the best and make sure you get there before 10am.

I like dis thanks

papatee2: I had my interveiw on wed. 7th of nov. And it was successful. All thanks to God and nairalanders. I was d 1st to b interveiw as imigrate. Co cald my tally no around afta 10am. Co-good morning. Me- morning. Gave me a form n ask me to sign which i did. Co-are you married. Me- no. Co-do you have kiddies. Me- no. Co- have you ever been out of nigeria. Me- :-):-). Co- have you been to usa. Me-:-):-) co- what are you doing in nigeria. Me- studin. Co- which skul. Me- :-):-) . Co- what course. Me- agric. Co-did you choose dat. Me- no. Co- so y did u accept it. Me- cos d future is bright. After dat we started talkin about it and laughin dat nigeria university are something funny. Then she brought out a paper and circle an address indicating where to pickup my visa while tellin me welcome to america. Infact other people there did'nt belive it was interview because of d way we were laughing. They tot i knew her and we

Congrat

malcon: God is great. I had a successful interview today.
i arrived lagos u.s. embassy at exactly 10mins to 6am. when it was 6:30am,a guy came to announce that all non-immigrant for 6:30am interview should queue up. shortly,the guy then came to announce for 7:00am interview for immigrant category in which i belong. lucky enough, i was the first person in the immigrant queue category. after all thier series of announcement ranging from opening the medical envelope,what not to enter in with and series of security checks,i was finally ushered in. note, while you move from one point to another, make sure you secure all tally number given to you. after paying the 330dollar which was 54500naira,i was called to submit all my credentials. i submitted all i came with and the lady took just the needed ones e.g nysc cert, degree cert, neco cert, npc birth cert,epassport,three passport photo,one photocopy for each credentials and also the police and medical report. in summary, interview started after waiting for like 1hr 50mins. i was the first to be interview today in the immigrant category.

co; calld my tally no
me; good morning sir
co; do you swear to say the truth
me; yes i do
co; collected my payment slip and took my finger print
co; what do you do for a living
me; i'm a lecturer
co; what institution
me; ...... institution
co; when did you finish secondary sch
me ......yr
co; what do you teach
me; i lecture yr1 students strength of materials and yr2 students water supply and sanitary engineering
co; are you married
me; no sir
co; what institution did you say you work
me; ...... institution
co; what institution did you attend
me; .......... university
co; are you married
me; no sir
co; what course did you study
me; civil and water resources engineering
co; gave me dsp230 form to sign
co; congratulation.
me; thank you sir
co; gave me a visa collection paper to go to the address as stated on friday next week for my passport and visa.

many thanks to all members of these forum, success awaits everyone of us. but note, honesty is just the secret.

Congrat to u!

Kemzone2003: Preparing for the Interview

Below is a checklist of documents to bring to your interview. Please assemble them in the following order and bring original documents:

1.For Principal Applicant (DV Winner):

•Appointment Letter
•Two photographs (2” X 2”)
•Passport
•Birth Certificate
•Divorce Decree (If Applicable)
•Marriage Certificate
•Police Certificate
•Academic Certificates for all degrees
•Photocopies of all the above documents
•Postal Address in the U.S

2.For DV Winner's Spouse (Husband/Wife):

•Two photographs (2” X 2”)
•Passport
•Birth Certificate
•Divorce Decree (If Applicable)
•Police Certificate
•Photocopies of all the above documents

3.For Children(Less than 21yrs Old):

•Two photographs (2” X 2”)
•Passport
•Birth Certificate
•Police Certificate (If child is above 16 years)
•Photocopies of all the above documents
Note: All civil documents issued in the local language must be accompanied by an official translation in English

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godcherisher: DV Experience Testimony

Alhamdulillah, All praises go to GOD.

Exactly one year after submitting our entry to the DV 2013, we got our visa delivered by courier today. As a token of appreciation for all the insightful information I have been able to gather from this forum I would like to share with you our whole DV 2013 experience.

Thursday, November 3, 2011: Application to DV Lottery 2013
This was the second time I applied since 2008 and it was the first time I entered my wife as an applicant. t all started on that date at exactly 1:37:46 PM EDT when I entered two separate applications for my wife and myself. It was quite stressful because I remembered that it was the last day to enter the application and I was on a business trip overseas but somehow I really wanted to give it a shot. I called my wife and elder daughter to ask them to send me scanned copies of their passport pictures and passport numbers. After much tweaking on the photographs to match the required specifications as per DV guidelines, I managed to complete the submissions.

I carefully saved the confirmation numbers, sent them to my private email and put a reminder in my outlook to check back on the result by May 1, 2012.

May 1, 2012: Selected and 1st NL
On that day, I attempted to check but the server was quite busy so I waited till the next day. At first, I checked with my confirmation number and I saw the message “ENTRY HAS NOT BEEN SELECTED”. Without much conviction, I checked for my wife and oh my god, the page looked different and I immediately new that she was selected. She was on a long phone call (women) and I waited patiently for her to finish. She completely forgot about the fact that I even applied for both of us so I let you imagine her surprise when I told her that she was notified by KCC. When we saw that about 100000 people are preselected but only 50000 visas were available we immediately rushed to collect the documents needed to pursue the application. We took pictures, completed the forms, checked diligently that everything was OK and sent the forms for my wife, my two daughters (my third daughter is already US citizen by birth. We lived there for about 4 years in the past on a L1 visa, which is inter-company transfer).

May 1, 2012 – August 17, 2012: The long wait
Her confirmation number was quite low DV2013AF00005XXX, so we knew that we should start gathering our documents as soon as possible especially with the nomadic life we have had (we lived in about 6 countries for the past 20 years).
However, we didn’t want to do it to early because we knew that some police certificate for instance are only valid 3 months from the issue date and the medical is only valid for six months. Therefore, we waited till we got our 2nd NL which arrived on August 17th 2013 which stated that our appointment is scheduled on October 3 at the US consulate in London . From that moment we started rushing to get all the documents pending and made arrangements for our medicals at Knightsbridge doctors in London. Everything went well but we started realizing that time was flying fast especially for the documents we had to get from countries where we had limited connections available.


October 3, 2012: DV Interview at US Consulate in London
We had our appointment at 8:00 AM so we left home (we live in London area) very early in the morning to be on time for the interview. Before arriving at the embassy, we stopped at a pharmacy nearby to consign our bags and non-essential effects for the interview. We found already a small queue ahead of us but most of them were non-immigrant visa. We handed our 2nd NL and the reminder letter we got from the US embassy two days before the interview and quickly passed the security check (airport style baggage scan)

At the reception, we were issued a calling number (I906) and were directed to a large waiting hall where we found lots of people waiting. Again most of them were non-immigrant visa and US citizen coming for their passport renewals.

At about 9:00 AM we were called at a window where we met a nice and friendly lady. She requested the notification letter and went to check if our medicals were sent by the Doctor’s office. After a while she came back with an envelope containing some XRay CD which she handed back to us stating that we should keep them and be ready to present it if ever it was requested at the port of entry She started collecting our documents in the order specified while asking few questions at the same time and scribbling some notes. I noticed that she had also the pictures, which we sent to KCC back in May and realized that there was no need for us to bring additional pictures.
Everything was in order except that we were missing one police record from one of the country where we were living before.
She then asked us to go pay the DV visa fee at the cashier which I did using my debit card. After that, she asked us to go wait in the hall again for somebody to call us for an interview.

At about 10:00 AM, we were called at another window for the interview. It was a young person who was conduction the interview. He asked my wife to step forward as the principle applicant and asked us all to raise our hand and perform the oath.
Here is how a short synopsis of the interview:
• C.O: Good morning, blablabla
• Wife: Good morning, blablabla
• CO: When did you play the lottery
• Wife: about a year
• C.O: Did you pay somebody for that
• Wife: Surprised, looked at me (for advice) and I nodded no because I was suspecting this to be a trick question
• C.O: What did you study
• Wife: XYZ
• C.O: One of your kid is US citizen, how come
• Wife: We lived there for more than 4 years while my husband was assigned there
• C.O: I have to cancel your current non-immigrant visas (Each of us had a 10 years B1/B2 visas which were still valid at the time of the interview). He stamped the visa pages with “CANCELED WITHOUT PREJUDICE”
• C.O: Called my elder daughter and asked her what she is doing
• Daughter: XYZ
• C.O: Please sign this paper to swear that in case you are issued a visa, you will not get married before going to the US
• Daughter: signed
• C.O: All your documents are in order but I will have to follow due process and wait till I receive all police records before granting the visa. He then gave us a blue sheet saying that the visa could not be approved today and indicated that we need to submit to them the missing police records along with our 4 passports as soon as possible through a secured courier service (DXSecure).

During the whole interview, I kept a low profile and let my wife responded to the questions without intervening since she was the principle applicant.

October 17, 2012: Sent missing documents and passports
We finally received the police records 10 days later and it was picked up by the courier service on Tuesday 17th for delivery to the US embassy. They also gave us a tracking number to allow us to monitor the progress on our application.

November 2nd, 2012: Visa processing completed
I was systematically checking twice a day to see if there is an update and even sent an email to the US consulate to inquire about the progress of our application to which they replied:

“Thank you for your email.

We can confirm that your documents have been received and your application is under final review. We regret that we are unable to guarantee that the visas will be issued by a specific date. Please be assured that you will receive the documents as soon as possible.


Sincerely,

Consular Information Unit
U.S. Embassy, London
CONS/CIU/GS

This informal method of responding enables us to respond to you within a shorter time. No record is being made of this correspondence. If you need to e-mail us again, please return this e-mail.


This email is UNCLASSIFIED.”


On November 2, I received a text message saying that the documents are ready for collection on November 5. As I couldn’t bear the waiting anymore, I immediately called the company to arrange for a delivery on Saturday at a premium fee.

November 3rd, 2012: Visa delivered
Today, exactly one year since we entered the lottery, the courier arrive with a big sealed envelope containing 4 envelopes each labeled with our respective names along with our passports. I checked with my wife the visas and they are all valid for six months.

We often spend xMas period in US and we have already made arrangements to travel to Atlanta during that time in order to activate our green card. We are looking to move sometime in the summer once the kids have finished school and to give us also time to prepare our departure smoothly.

Congrat am happy 4 ur family

bobshina: NEWBIE:

Hi , This house has been so helpful and i just owe this great forum by sharing my interview experience for others to gain from as i've also benefited immensely from the forum.
I give all glory and thanks to God for HIS favour over us . I did my interview with my family and it was successful.
I did on same date with brigthmon at the same time but different window. I guess it’s d only 2 of us they interviewed for dv within the 1 hour spent there. We were calm and tried to listen to questions being asked other people that were interviewed.

*2NL submitted at the gate
*Security Check Points
*Made DV Payments
*A guy called to submit the Originals and Photocopy of all our credentials

Then after waiting a while,CO Called my wife’s number to d window

This is how the questions goes: just about 6 questions in all (me & wife):

Co: Good Morning
we: Good Morning

Co: where is ur payment slip
we: gave to him

Co: Right Hand up and Promise you will tell me nothing but the truth
we: we Promise

Co: Take your finger print
we: we did

Co: asked me to go and sit down for a while
Co: why have you not been working?
My wife: answered him---applied for some but yet to get one.

Co: asked again : why have you not been working?
My wife: answered him---applied for some but yet to get one and because of my present pregnancy, my husband told me to hold on for a while.

Co: what are the Subjects you did in your WAEC? Note: my wife used NECO(6 credits) but we also filled WAEC(only 2 passes) in our form ds 230.though we did not attach the WAEC result but they asked for it---just to be sure we have d 12 year elementary schooling.
My wife: answered him

Co: how did you study for the exams?
My wife: Told him--- reading at home, in d library and group discussion with course mates

Co: asked my wife to call me
Co: how did you meet your wife?
Me: I told him------ through her sister who was my classmate

Co: when did you got married
Me: I told him

Co: do you have any picture you took together?
we: we brought out 2 albums (wedding) and opened one for him page by page . We opened about 4 pages and stopped. He said we should open more pages and we did.

Co: Kindly sign the column on the form (Form DS-0230 Part 2 )
we: signed

Co: he waved to our son and asked : is he your only son and we said yes?
Co: congratulation. Your Visa has been approved. You are welcome to America
Co: he circled one of the 2 addresses on a white paper, gave it to us and asked us to go picked our visas on the address
we: thank you .

And that was it !!!!!!!!!!

Please, go with all your certificates but make sure you put the required ones in one envelop and others in another envelop. I wonder what would have happened if we don’t have my wife’s WAEC result with only 2 passes that was demanded.

ALSO, PLEASE BE HONEST EVEN IF YOU HAVE ISSUES. THEY ARE ALSO HUMAN BEING.

I really thank God for this and everyone in this forum that have been contributing in one way or the other. We were over prepared using all the information we gathered from this great forum people. This forum has really helped us and we really give thanks once again. I also pray that everyone here we surely share the same success story.(AMEN)

GOD BLESS 9JA , GOD BLESS USA

NOTE: AFFIDAVIT OF SUPPORT OR STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT WAS NOT DEMANDED THOUGH WE HAVE OUR STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT WITH US JUST IN CASE.

HOUSE PLS, MY WIFE IS 7MONTH/3WKS PREGNANT AND A SON. WHICH AIRLINE DO YOU THINK IS REASONABLE TO BOARD, THEIR LIKELY CHARGE AND HOW DO WE GO ABOUT IT PLS?
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THANK YOU ALL

A very big Congrat to your family. Ur wife pregnancy carry favour nobi small

I Hate 9ja: @ obama i think 5pm 9ja time by sat. @ ebykings high school degree

Awww thanks so much am so grateful for ur quick response