Dear NLs,

Happy new month to you all.
Please I have an issue with communication...sometimes I speak well,other times I don't. But I want to improve on my weakness so as to be able to communicate more effectively at all times and at all levels.
I garnered that the Lagos school of English & Maths is into the business of helping people improve on their communication skills but all efforts to get their contact details proved abortive (no e-mail address, no phone number, no office address etc). All I know is that the school belongs to Prof. Ebun Clark. Please anyone with useful information about this school should kindly provide it.
I also heard that ''Spik Rait Sound Rait'' does the same too but I think their fees is too high (250k flat).
Please if you know some other good schools that can add value, kindly suggest...

Many thanks to all for your contributions and suggestions.
I have made up my mind never to change my ID nor give any false info as far as this issue is concerned.
I guess I will have to forget about schooling in the US and look elsewhere (maybe Canada or Australia).
Whenever I am ready to reapply, I will do that using my correct details without any fear.
If i am denied visa, life goes ON! However, my reapplication will not happen until i have waited for 10 years between when my first application happened and when my next application will take place. Going by my calculation,it's just about 3 years away.
The rationale behind the time frame is borne out of the fact that I will have moved on with my life and probably got some other things done before giving US another thought rather than wasting my time on US visa afterall it's not the only country with good educational system and standard of living.

@sensiosu, like i previously suggested, I think you should give the ''waiver of inadmissibility stuff'' a trial since your spouse is an American citizen.

Once again, I appreciate you all for your brotherly concerns, Please let's keep robbing minds.

sensisosu:

@happylive

my sister, i also have the same problem right now and i am getting depressed about it,

i once applied for a tourist visa and was denied because i couldnt convince the consular and since then i have travelled to several countries in europe and i am about getting married to my fiance who is an american citizen, right now i dont know what to do with the discrepancies with the age and name on my new passport which is the correct information,

i am lost here and we have applied for a k1 fiance visa and the petition is in their system, i think i might just go in there and tell them the truth than lieing and if found, it might lead to more complications,

Hi Sensisosu, I think you have a better chance than me since your fiancee is an American citizen. I mean, he can apply for ''waiver of inadmissibility'' on your behalf with the help of an attorney or sth like that.
Just google ''waiver of inadmissibility'' and you will see a lot of relevant information about it. I think someone also posted a link to that effect sometimes ago; if you read through the previous post am sure you will see it.
I wish you all the best.
N.B, I like the fact that you were bold enough to share your issues as i believe no man is infallible. I have received some negative comments because i shared my plight on this forum. However, a lot of other members have been very encouraging and I APPRECIATE THEM FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.

@Ola boy, thanks for your post.

Yes, I will try my luck some day though am still thinking about how to go about it. Believe me, I am not desperate to migrate to US but i wish to do my masters at Kelogg/Columbia and that is why i am so bothered. Besides, i see myself being sent to US on training sooner or later and i am scared of anything that will make my employer doubt my integrity, you know!

The main reasons why i am taking my time are:

1. I would not want to be embarassed by being handed over to police for falsification of information.

2. I would not want to be banned from entering US or blacklisted and stuff like that you know.

Funny enough , i have contacted some US immigration lawyers via email but none of them has responded so far. I guess it's a hard-boiled issue for them too.

Dear folks,

Please I will like to connect with Nigerians studying in Canada and Australia especially MBA students.

I have some enquiries to make and i am also in need of your advice.

Thanks,

Dear all, I quite appreciate all your suggestions and responses from the depth of my heart, I was thinking of something and thought that i should throw it open as usual. My husband and I want to apply for US visa say next year and see how it goes. If we are denied, we would apply for ''waiver of inadmissibility'' on the ground of on false/misrepresentation.
Please does this make any sense to you? I have done some findings on the topic as adviced by someone and i think it's something that is worth considering.
Kindly advice,

Thanks dear all for your inputs.

@Thecongo, kindly post your story, i hope i will learn one or two things from your experience. Believe me, we are not scared of being denied visa if we attempt it again but being handed over to the police for document forgery is our major concern. Our biometric details were taken.

@vicjustice,i just checked out the link you posted. i like the additional information that you added to your application[i], * "Though i have honestly filled the form with as much information as i can genuinely provide, but the DOB of *** is highly uncertain as there exists no national database (in Nigeria) to keep such records and therefore, in the absence of such, i would like to state that the DOB provided is not to the best of my knowledge."[/i].
Men, you are very smart!!!

Nice thinking Imperiouxx,i actually forgot to mention that it was not e-passport and that means i cannot use it again. In the event that i need to use my new passport (which is e-passport), how will i explain the discrepancy in the date of birth to the consular? i don't want to be embarrased by any police for forgery of documents, you know? To me, the marriage certificate is not really an issue because i still got married to the same person but at a different time so i guess we can always use the 'arranged' one.

Thank you all for your advices and suggestions but i am still open to more though.
Some people have criticised us for our action while other sounded with empathy (i appreciate all) but let me ask you a very simple and sincere question? As a human being, how many people on this forum will see this kind of opportunity and will not try to grab it? i mean someone applied for DV lottery on your behalf just because he has your pix and you won just like thatIt's a rare opportunity i must confess but i guess God's plans are always different from ours. if we had not being denied visa, this issue would probably not have occured and nobody would have known what we did to have gotten US visa for PR.
remember that all we are trying to do is to stay clean otherwise we could still apply for US visa anytime with our old passport and information (in US database) and i don't think they will detect anything but we just don't want to continue to lie. It's not as if we are desperate to enter the US but am just trying to see what our chances are in trying to correct these anomalies.
My main concern now is that if my organization sends me for a training in US, how am i goin to defend myself? i guess i will have to make use of the old passport while i use the other new one for other travelling to other countries. I know that this may sound reasonable to some people but believe me, this is not what i want to do but in the event that i need to do it,i guess am left with no choice.
Finally,does anyone have any idea why the consular did not stamp on our passports?nothing to show that we were denied visa,he just returned it to us plain,

Dear all,

This is my first post on this forum and i hope i am welcome to join my fellow noble brothers and sisters in the house.
I have a peculiar issue which i will like to share with the house for advice.
Few years back, my husband and I won US DV lottery but we were denied visa due to an honest mistake (they claimed that the shortform of my husband's name did not jive with the full name on his credentials and because of that,we were denied visa).
However,i must mention that the consular did not stamp our passport at all,rather it was returned to us the way we had given them to him(i.e returned untouched).
If that was all about my story,it would have been better but there is more to it.
As at the time we were applying for the DV lottery,the person who made the application for us (in our abscence) did not ask for our personal information so he just used generated dates of birth for us. we did not know this until we saw a print out of the application page. We had to ''arrange'' documents to match what we had on the application form and also ''arranged'' a marriage certificate because we had not gotten married then (though we are now).
Ever since, we have not been happy and we decided to go for another international passport with our correct personal information.although we have applied for visas to another country with the new passports but was denied (not a worry for us per se) but the issue now is that we want to stick to these new passports that we have which carry our correct personal information.
I am aware that US embassy frowns at inconsistency in supply of personal information so also with other embassies but what can i do?
Should i stay away from US for life or is there anything that i can do to right my wrongs
Please note that our biometric details were duly taken at the embassy during interview.