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I really need to change my profession, 450k per month salary kai. Back to ze matter:
1. Its good that folks from his company have gone to the US for the same training and come back, it should count for something.
2. He will be asked some questions, e.g. why the US?, what he intends to do after the training?, why was he picked? etc. He should also be weary of tricky questions such as "what will you do if you get a job in the US?", "What will you do after the training?", "what will you do if you win the lottery in the US?".
3. He should be confident and bold, and look into their eyes.
All the best...ehhmm is that Orijin non-alcoholic?

concho:
1. working for 2 yrs and some months .
3. last people that went for the training used b1b2.
4. single
5. has only traveled to our village *SMILES*
6. maritime society of Nigeria
I await your reply sir , while i cool off with these bottles of orijin.

Okay, its not an F Visa then. Geez. Na wa o!

Mbamto:
I disagree @the bolded
Do you know how long the training will last it the nature ?
My colleagues have gone to America on a training that lasted for weeks, days etc in a B1B2 Visa, sponsored by my Office. Infact I have lost count of the number of beneficiaries, but well above hundred and at different periods. Purpose of visit clearly disclosed to the VOs and so far, nobody has ever been denied (both singles and married) All went and are back successfully, many more are prepadvise to go next.

Wetin carry F visa come here , let's try and advice based on what we know not what we assume please.

I will advise concho to read all parts of this thread very well and fill the form correctly pleaee
Only God knows your chances

To be honest, no one actually knows his chances (was spoofing with my response) but lets look at his profile

1. He is working, for how long?
2. He earns 450,000...that's good
3. Maritime training in the US...that will be a study visa, like F1...please check the student visa thread.
4. He is single.
5. His travel history, where has he travelled to? (not required though, "virgin" passport owners have gotten visas)
6. Who will be sponsoring the training?

concho:
boss,
thanks for the response . We will be glad if you can tell us the reasons behind your verdict sir?.
NB, this is not a protest against your opinion please.

"THANKS FOR SHOWING INTEREST IN VISITING THE US..."
I would advice you not to reapply for sometime.

crownofwealth12:
[color=#000000][/color]Hello,im a silent reader here,went for my interview of 8th of dis month 7:00am with my hubby but was denied..i have been wondering what went wrong
This is d transcript
Vo:Good morning
HUBBY AND I:Good morning sir
We passed our passport
Vo:why are u going to the US
Us:vacation and honeymoon
VO:where are u going in the US
Me:Orlando In Florida

Vo:Are u married
Hubby And i: yes we are
Vo:congratulations
Vo:Date
Hubby and I answered together
VO:how long are u staying
Hubby:14days
Me:2weeks
Vo:have u travelled before
Hubby:yes..to United Arab Emirate Dubai
Vo to hubby:What do u do?
HUBBY;im into real estate and property management
Then the VO focused on Me
Vo:what do u do?
Me:im a textile merchant
Vo:where do u import from?
Me:I buy from Lagos here Idumota
Vo:how many staffs do you have:?
Me:i answered 1..sales rep
Vo:thanks for showing interest in visiting Us..u arent eligible u may apply next time
People on d queue were suprised cos d vo hasnt given anyone visa dat day...

We just walked out silently
Wen i got home i cried because we didnt lie and the confidence was there..

Please Advise...what can we do to amend dis and how soon can we reapply

He has no chance of getting the US Visa.

concho:
Greetings to every body in the house.
My brother graduated in 2015 and got a job with maritine society of nigeria in the same 2015. His current salary is 450k . Now, he want to go for a maritine training in the states .
MY questn is this ; what are his chances of getting the visa, considering the fact that his only tie is his job and he is still single. HE is in his earlly 20's too .
thanks

I think it will save you a lot of heartache and headache, by going through immigrant route. The VO's are on here, and are daily sieving for people like you. What story are you going to tell them, that they have not heard? Also do the right thing. By the way, there is a forum for US Visa immigrant category.

Rep01:
Ahhhh Ahhhh why are you talking like diz, I join dis forum simply bcoz I want 2 have more knowledge about how to travel down to USA, but I was so embarrassed with your respond towards my move @ otunOba15.. pls note dis, this forum is to educate one another not to embarrass each other.. if I may ask, can u plz tell me d illegal aspect of it.@otunba ? I need better respond from better and reasonable nairalander... THANKS

Lols he must have been a legendary TRAILER JAMMER...LOLS

OmoBendel24:
Na you? Well, na one guy wey no dey take prisoners at all, him own na to finish offender plus non-offenders sef

They may not be performing for money, but such competitions involve cash prizes...like I said I am not sure.

OmoBendel24:
That's a P visa! Are they artist performing for money?

If this is the case, you guys can still reapply. I think the visa category thats relevant to you, includes the organisers applying for visa's on your behalf, then you attend the interview. Its like the one they do for musicians, coming to do tours in the US.

beezyblaze:
Yh exactly.... Twas after the denial.. The organizers started calling and mailing the embassy........something they could have done before the appointment date.
Smh.

Okay lets reason as a VO together.
You first appeared with your family, for vacation, denied.
You then reappeared alone, for vacation, denied. The VO is probably wondering why go alone, why not with your family (just a guess).
- Either they are not satisfied with your family travel history
- Or financial ability
- Or both
How about you and your family travel out, especially to countries, whose visa application processes are "not easy". And then much later, reapply?

okanla:
Both times are on Vacation

Who is worry359 ? lol

OmoBendel24:
KaptainAfrica! Worry359 incarnate....

Sorry about that. The US Embassy dey craze atimes e.g when they denied visa to the Afghan girls going for a recognised competition. Maybe you guys applied for the wrong visa? I know its not a B1/B2 for a sporting competition, I may be wrong. Sorry again about your denial, they are other countries willing to support your dreams. All the best!

beezyblaze:
Yh yh... Ikr... But the team have traveled to Germany and Denmark for competitions...in which they won... We even took the trophy along....but we weren't allowed to take it in....
Well what I'm after now is a link or connection that will get me an academy or amateur team.

IF THERE IS ANY ISSUE WITH YOUR APPLICATION, IT WONT BE BECAUSE OF "PRINCIPAL SPONSOR".
- YOU APPEARED WITH YOUR FAMILY, FOR WHAT PURPOSE?
- YOU APPEARED ALONE, FOR WHAT PURPOSE?

okanla:
Good they House, I would like to know if it is possible to change the principal sponsor, l had Appear twice and was denied first time has a my family wife and two kids which l was principal sponsor then.

Second time alone also denied, but is it possible for me next time to to change the sponsor of the trip to her since she is civil servant while i have my own business.

"now I'm home tho...thinking of my next step.... I just really want to be out of this country before next year.... Even if its an amateur team or football academy."

THE VO WAS RIGHT TO DENY ALL OF YOU. EVEN IN COMPETITIONS ORGANISED BY REPUTABLE BODIES LIKES THE IOC, ATHLETES HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO ABSCOND. WITHOUT A STRONG TIES TO NIGERIA, YOU WONT BE GIVEN A VISA.

beezyblaze:
My interview was on the 6th 8:30am... At Abuja.
We went as a group..... Soccer team..from lagos . 16 players and 4 officials....to participate in a tournament on the 20th of this month at Houston Texas.. .... Copa rayados.
We all got denied flat....i wasn't even surprised... With the way pink slips were flying about...i already lost hope...with about 30 people that were interviewed before us... Just one white slip was issued.... And i was already calculating how millions of naira was burning In matter of minutes... Smh .....my coach was the first to be interviewed...by a young African American Lady.....he told her its a group appointment...she said its none of her business... That everyone must be interviewed individually.....well.... It didn't take up to 5 minutes for us all to be interviewed and denied. ...we all met outside... Entered our bus... Straight to our lodge.... No one said a word....some were almost crying while some were already crying. .....phones were ringing... our parents calling.... No one could answer. ...we were all heartbroken.. Thinking about it now.. It's kinda funny.... But trust me... Then.. It wasn't one bit..
now I'm home tho...thinking of my next step.... I just really want to be out of this country before next year.... Even if its an amateur team or football academy.

YOU WERE ASKED IF YOU HAVE A RELATIVE IN THE US, IN THE FORM, YOU SHOULD HAVE SAID YES, EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE NOT GOING TO STAY WITH THEM. MOST CASES THESE ARE A DISADVANTAGE, ESPECIALLY IF THEY ENTERED ILLEGALLY. OTHERWISE IT IS ALWAYS ADVISABLE, TO ANSWER THE FORM QUESTIONS TRUTHFULLY.

del5545:
My transcript:me and my wife

Vo:Gud am
Me:gud am
Vo:who is she to you asking about my wife
Me:she is my wife
Vo:when do we get married
Me:last year
Vo:do we have baby
Me:we are still expecting that
Vo:where are we going to
Me:Chicago
Vo:she started typing,where are you working
Me:told her where I work
Vo:what was my position at my place of work
Me:I told her
Vo:how much is my salary
Me:450k
Vo:asked my wife where she is working
My wife:told her
Vo:how much is ur salary
My wife:250k
Vo:typing for some mins then she asked whom my sister in US is related to between me and my wife
Me:she is my elder sister
Vo:started asking me what we didn't fill on our ds 160 form.how long has she been in US
Me:more than 9years
Vo:what is the mode of how she went to US then
Me:she went to US through US American lottery then with her husband.
Vo:type on her system for like 2 mins and then issue us somthing like blue paper and said sorry she can't grant us US naw that we should try some other time.
I asked her why she didn't asked us why we are going to US,the Vo said with all what we've said,she can't give us the visa.
Me:thank you and we left the place.
My questions:with all the answers I gave,why did she still denied us the visa?
Forgot to add
Vo:for how are we staying in US
Me:3weeks
With all the evidences we went with like my sister's invitation letter,her evidences that she is a citizen of US and other letters,the Vo didn't asked for any of it and she denied us the visa

KEYWORDS: "Vo: madam are u pregnant" +
My opinion:
1. This VO feels that your family should have gone on a vacation to other places, before applying for the US Visa.
2. But, if you re-apply again as a family, with the same purpose within the same proposed time of travelling, you may get it (unless the next VO feels the same way).
3. VO's have biases that influence their decisions.
4. For no reason, should your wife re-appear there and say she's now going for childbirth, because you were asked and you said no.

Yesbody:
This is my transcript below

The security lady directed us to window 9
But the white guy at window 5 was interested in my family and called upon us

So went to window 5

Vo: Good morning
Me: Good morning
Vo: Y are u going to the US
Me: we are going for vacation and tourism
Vo: where do u work
Me: I work with so so and so as a ............
Vo: how much is ur salary
Me: 620k monthly
Vo: have u travelled out of the country b4
Me: no, this is going to be our 1st trip
Vo: madam are u pregnant ( my wife was carrying our 2yrs old daughter )
Wife: no sir
Vo: have u travelled out of the country b4
Wife: no
Vo: sorry u are not qualified to be in the us......

This interview was not up to a minute

The vo did not ask about my job duties nor my wife job or business
My wife monthly income is 300k

What could be wrong with this transcript ?

You are rejected either because Your ties are not strong enough or your credibility is damaged.

fadafada1978:
Good morning gurus in the house, me age 31, my wife age 26 and my only girl age 5 and i am the manager of my company for 4 yrs now and my wife is also working. i earn 650k per month and our leave have been approved for xmas period and we will be spending 14 days. and our appointment have been schedule for the end of this moth. I have also traveled to Ghana for my training/seminar, which my wife have also traveled to 3 diff Africa country due to work related. I had my interview with my wife and child last Friday and visa was denied...........here is our transcript:


VO: Good morning
Me and wife : Good morning
VO: can i have your pp
Me: I gave him the 3 pp (but still have my wife old pp with me that have her traveling history)
VO: why are you traveling to the US?
Me and Wife: we are going for family vacation
VO: Have you traveled out of Nigeria before?
Me: Yes (was flipping tru my pp to check )
Vo: Madam and you
wife : Yes, and mention the 4 African country she have traveled too ( but was flipping tru my wife pp to see if she have really traveled but did not see it.
VO: what do you do?
Wife: I am a bla bla with blaa blaa
VO: u say you work for bla bla and you said you have traveled ( and was still flipping tru my wife pp to confirm)
Wife yes
vo: sir what do you do?
Me: I am the blaaa for blaa bla company
Vo: what is your company into
me: and i xplain
vo: you say u are going to Georgia and you say u dont know any body, frnds or family ?
I and Wife : No, we dont know anyone, i now said that but we will be staying in a hotel which we have made a hotel reservation already.
VO: type for 2 mins and say I am sory you are not qualify to travel at this time. you can try and reapply any time
I and Wife : thank you...........

pls i need to know what is wrong here......though me and wifey have decided to travel to kenya or SA for our vacation this December since we were denied for the 1st time and plan to reapply for by February......

Nigerians see this as an attempt by a South African company to mess up a Nigerian company that has the potential to overtake them, will you cheer the South African football team over the Nigerian football team
NIGERIANS SUPPORT TSTV, REMEMBER THE PEOPLE KILLED BY SOUTH AFRICANS IN SOUTH AFRICA...LETS GIVE DSTV A BLACK EYE!

You won't even be able to watch that station, it would be scrambled because it would be illegal to view. Support TSTV. DSTV didn't start out perfect, but it had the support of the government and people of South Africa. But supporting our own is very hard for Nigerians to do.

TRAVEL ALERT: EMBASSY OF NAIRALAND
PLEASE BE ON ALERT, THE US JUST EXPERIENCED A TERRORIST ATTACK (THE TERRORIST USED A TRUCK/VAN). IF YOU SEE A CAR TAKING A PATH THAT IS UNUSUAL PLEASE FIND THE NEAREST SAFE SPACE, UNTIL IT IS SAFE AND CONTINUE YOUR ACTIVITY.

Yes he was.

1Sharon:
So the principal was screwing her?

We once had such a case. This respected principal came from the private sector, to take over my nieces school. There was this girl that kept on being reported for discplinary action but she was always let off the hook - the principal complained that she was a big man child, which was true.
One day, they did head-count and she was not in the hostel, sharply they went to report to the Principal...only to find the girl holding onto the desk, while her grandfather's age-mate was behind her...

Great transcripts so far!
Please can you let us know if this is your first time applying, or you have applied before, or you faced a ban before, or you came clean before. I think it helps people understand the context of your transcript. For example, I was banned for 10 years, I applied for a waiver, got approved, attended the interview got my visa e.t.c.
THANKS!

Simple get recognition from Russia and China. And invite them to build bases there. CHECKMATE.

In the words of a former president, "America, will know." (Sorry, I couldn't resist.)

Yesbody:
The Americans have a lie detector installed at the embassy
If you lie, they will no, if u speak the trust they will no, even when u are trying to speak the truth and u mistakenly lie they will no as well , so just try to be real

First of all, all western countries now share data. So no point hiding anything from them. That being said, you have to first apologise for the oversight, and in detail list out the denials and the corresponding legal references. If there's anything else you guys have hidden from them, this is an opportunity to let them know.

pappy0080:
Hello House

Please I need urgent advise on my Canada TRV application. I submitted a family package on the 29th of September 2017 online. I got a letter today : Procedural fairness addressed to my wife stating that she did not disclose her previous visa refusals at US embassy in June and September this year. Though she answered "yes" in the section 2b & 2c on the form for visa denials but she only made comments on previous Canada Visa refusals only. The Visa officer gave us 15 days to respond to this letter with any representation. She has got US visa before but renewal was approved. She didn't withhold the US visa refusals intentionally, she thought since it was Canada visa application and after answering "yes" to the question, explanations concerning Canada refusals should be ok. My question is: After responding with reasons for non disclosure of US visa refusal , will our application be automatically denied ?? Has anyone ever encountered this same circumstance and visa got approval after sending reasons for non-disclosure? I am very worried, please anyone with experience about this matter should advise. Thanks.

THE WICKED RUN, WHEN NO ONE CHASES THEM.

It doesn't mean that you don't have a legit reason to go to those countries, but a lot of people have "disvirgned" their passports by having these countries stamps on them - fake or real, fake as in having agents stamp on them, real as in travelling to them because its cheap, there's no visa required and it gives them some sort of travel history. If you have no travel history, you can still get the visa. IMHO.

richardsfoster09:
chai i just did recently. i will just be hoping for the best then.

This is my opinion oh:
THEY SEEM TO NOT LIKE "I TRAVELLED TO GHANA/BENIN REPUBLIC/TOGO FOR ANY REASON"

She's right, reapply as an adult, you can reapply any time.

XtensionG:
I'm a silent reader of this blog, I went for my B1/B2 visa interview today and I was denied, actually I applied together will my mum and her visa was approved...i don't know why I was denied..i have a travel history.... I was denied by a black lady in window 5..and she said I should apply later alone because I am an adult...how soon can I apply again ?

No, he won't get the visa.

prettyynx:
Male
No travel experience
A caterer that barely earns 150k a month
Single

Any logical chance of him getting a tourist visa ?

You apply for visiting visa - B1/B2. She applies for a birthing visa - B2. There's a more relevant forum on how to go about the birthing visa.

bvc:
LadyGuinivere and all the kind contributors please advice. My wife and I plan to have our babies(twins) in the US due in may 2018, we got married in this year so our passports bare single status. For our honeymoon we traveled to Dubai (our only travel experience ). I run a training agency, while my wife works in a bank.

We are told that we can either apply now for Christmas vacation, make the travel before the end of December. And then travel with the same visa in may for delivering.
Or
Apply for medical visa, providing proof of contact with a doctor(which we don't have) and wait till may to travel.

Please which is better? Traveling in December is not very convenient, but if its a better option we can take it.
If the medical visa is better, please can anyone help us with doctors and requirements we should have handy while applying.

We have family in Houston Texas, should we ask for invitation and if yes, what should be the format?

Thank you