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Bussyme: Are you sure that NABTEB is acceptable at embassy?

YessWeeCan: I arrive at the embassy by 5.00am, we waited for about an hour b4 we where ask to line-up in two lines one for immigrant and the other for non-immigrant, pass through all the security check. I was call to submit my doc in win 17 then sat quietly waiting for the last stage.

win 15 started first followed by 14 then 16 and 13 respectively. b4 i was called, win 15 already denied 4 out of 6 applicants he interviewed, this made me comfortable an anxiety seems to set-in, win 16 granted 1 denied 2 while win 13 grant 1 ask another to go a doc.

i was interviewed at win 14 the black angel, she already granted all 3 before me, she is just so nice though drained me for over 15mins, i did enjoy it cos she did that smiling all through.

INTERVIEW PROPER
me: good afternoon, and how was ur week-end
co: fine, buy it's still morning yet
me: haa alright
co: what is your date of birth
me: i answer (note:there was an error on the month of birth on my cert)
co: ok what is ur highest level of edu
me: waec
co: what year
me: 2003
co: why did u register for waec and gce same year
me: i don't want to take chances
co: what is ur best subject
me: phy
co: what is ur grade in phy
me: c6
co: what topic in phy
me: laws of motion
co: pls hold-on
me: ok (she was talking to a colleague) in few mins
co: sorry for keeping u waiting
me: no prob
co: so what are u doing now
me: i am a student
co: what sch
me: lasu
co: what course
me: computer sci
co: which campus
me: ojo
co: when where u admitted
me: i answered
co: what topic did u do last
me: we are on strike
co: what
me: ASUU is on strike so we are not on campus
co: b4 ASUU strike what topic
me: software practice
co: what software did u use
me: i just mention some programming language. BASIC, FORTRAN, PASCAL we yet to do JAVA
co: when will u finish
me: i answered
co: any ID
me: i showed her
co: ok so what are u doing at the moment
me: i teach
co: where
me: i answered
co: what are u teaching
me: computer fundamental which include excel, access, ms-word
co: returned my cert to me and thereafter handed me 2 white paper trying to explain how to pay but i no dey listen again o
co: congrats
me: thank u
na so GOD take change my story to Glory o
Maryland here i come

osashilton: Pls I want to find out my chances, my mum was a dvlottery winner 5yrs ago, now she is applying for citizenship and wants to file for me, considering my age now that I am 29years, what are my chances and how long is the filing process now puting my age as a factor

Tobi henryo: Hi house ,am a bit worried here,I was interviewd on july 16th dis year wIth ♍♈ husband by ​the̶̲̥̅̊ guy@window 14.He said ♍♈ pregnancy ws over 7months dt we wl av to come back with the baby for our visas,bt wot I̶̲̥̅§ givin me concern now I̶̲̥̅§ dt Freshies experience dt he said he's wife was also heavily pregnant and yet they were issued visa immediately and were askd to come for the babys visa later.so how come ours wasn't done dt way though we wr given a note to come wit ‎​the̶̲̥̅̊ babys medicals,visa fee,passprt and all.pls wl appreciate evryones contribution.thanks

Yusmash00: MF, Where are you from? When did you join the forum to start dictating? I hope you know the meaning of the MF i called you.

rcha: Does the 2NL for the DV Lottery comes on first document sent first the 2NL comes?

Freshie: Hi, pls I would like for you to read as carefully as you can. I am not an authority so I can't claim to have all the answers but I will tell you my personal experience. Personal, as in me and my wife, not that I heard the story from someone.

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU SHOULD KNOW IS THAT THEY LOVE HONESTY.

I feel excited about having to share this cos it ended well. I filled in for the 2013 entry like everyone else in 2011. I no even get girlfriend then. Results came in October 2012, I had a girlfriend I was hoping to marry (I had known her as a friend since 2008). I already sent the forms back to them as single last November before I proposed to her this January.

We got married in April and I immediately started worrying about what would happen to our new marriage if I had to travel without her and our expecting baby, I could not imagine it. I used to have nightmares! Of course I got a lot of different advice from people: I was told that if you filled as single and show up as married, they could get suspicious and deny you the visa. I let fear creep in and I did nothing about it. (If I knew better I would have contacted them telling them my status had changed and sent them supplementary forms for my wife). Everyone said I should go as single (there is a BIG problem here when you want to file later and they discover your marriage certificate then says you were already married at the time of your interview and you failed to mention it).

I did medicals, police report and birth certificate alone and went for the interview on August 14. Some said I should take off my ring but I said I would not deny who I am so I kept it on. Remember that I was also praying that something would happen that would permit me and my wife to travel together, I didn't know how it would happen but I kept hoping. I also took my marriage certificate just in case they saw my ring and asked for proof I would show them so they would not deny me my visa. When I got into the interview room, the lady that checked my documents saw my ring and asked if I was married. I said "I am now".
Officer: Ok, where is your wife?
Me: She's at home
Officer: Isn't she travelling with you?
Me: I would love that very much but I filled the form as single so I don't know how that could happen
Officer: You could travel with your wife, we don't say that because you won the lottery that you shouldn't get married or move on with your life
Me:
Officer: Where's your marriage cert?
I gave it to her and she said "Hold on let me make a copy of it". When she returned,
Officer: I can't get that smile off your face right? I'm sure you can't wait to tell her
Me: I sure can't!
Officer: Here are the forms you submitted last year, I need you to edit these categories to include your wife's name, date of birth, place of birth and date of marriage. Here, use this pen.. (I felt I was dreaming!)
Officer: You just get successfully interviewed by the CO first
Me: Thank you!
(She even told another colleague of hers and both of them were looking at me and smiling).

My interview with the CO was interesting. The guy drilled me like no other, and he made me feel very stupid with the look on his face when he asked why my wife wasn't here and I said I was told it would complicate matters.
CO: I can't believe I'm hearing this. Who told you that? We expect that you should notify us in the event your status changes. This interview surely can't be concluded until we interview your wife! You will need to come with her and with proof of relationship(photos).
CO: What do you do?... Where do you work?... Tell me some websites you have done (since I said I was a web designer)...
CO: Your name isn't at the bottom of the website, how do I know you did it?...
CO: When can you come back with your wife for another interview?...

When I got back home, a lot of my folks were skeptical that the opportunity had been lost. One even said, "When they see your wife's tummy now, anyway let's see"
We used last weekend to quickly go do police report and medicals. We also printed almost 40 pictures of the proposal day, the trad, the registry wedding, pictures from last year when we were still dating.
On the day of our rescheduled interview August 22, we even forgot my wife's visa fee of $330 at home!

At the end of the day, we were granted our visas, and even advised not to travel immediately cos my wife is heavily pregnant. Another CO joined the one interviewing us and told us that we should have the baby here, then send an email and they will immediately invite us to come with the baby's birth certificate and passport picture so we could be issued a letter to permit us travel with our baby. Last week was awesome for me because yesterday, August 24 was my birthday! God truly showed himself.

So here's my advice to you:

Say the truth, let the woman swear an affidavit at the Ikoyi High Court that her age was incorrectly entered by the person who submitted the entry (you see, they don't expect you to have done everything yourself), let them get married and keep enough pictures of the ceremony. They should also get pictures from before they got married to show that some relationship existed before marriage. Then get all the required documents ready. Lastly and most importantly, pray believing that you're talking to a living God, don't pray with fear.

The bad thing about lying now is that you will have to remain on your guard for the rest of your stay there. The day they discover you lied, you will be in trouble. Another first hand experience I saw same day August 22 was a woman shaking with tears of joy after she was granted a non-immigrant visa. She lied about something in the year 1982! Yes, that long ago! The CO just asked her a question and she came out clean. CO told her "if your answer was not this, we would be having a very different conversation right now so I say congratulations, your visa will be ready at this address..." Apparently she had been banned for many years from entering the US.

So my brother, that's my advice to you. I hope you take it. All the best to your sister and husband!


Sorry for the extremely long post!

tycoon77: Mr man stop mentioning that word (RUBBISH) on dis forum...

westcodes: Forgive my paranoia but it seems some of the guys posting here asking unnecessary questions also posted on the dv2013 thread as winners. It's confusing, I'm not singling anyone out but looking at some folks profile just gives this impression. I might be wrong though.

biggie1o2: hello House, i need your advice on this.
my younger sis won the lottery for 2014 through an agent, we have collected the details we need from him but he used her wrong date of birth and place of birth. she already has an int'l passport so we are thinkin of redoing a new passport for her.
the issue here is that her fiancee wants to do traditional marriage and court marriage go they can go as a couple, but am looking at the possibilities of it working out at the interview because the dates of marriage will be after she should have submitted the forms back to KCC cos they are about fill the form. so house your advice is reallyu needed here. should she fill the form as single and they proceed with their marriage plans or should she just do everything as single applicant and let her fiancee will follow her on a later date.
your advice pls

kaygee1977: He will...if God can take control of mine with "K" leg and make it to perfection. ..He will take care of yours too. Amen. God is not a man to lie neither to get tired. He will take charge and make you a VICTOR tomorrow. Amen!

Rianatb: Hypertension!!!!!! my 2NL av not come,my case number is 14**,and have summitted my document on 16 of july delivered on 31st of july,people av been recieving there own 2NL,my chest is doing somehow,GOD be wit me

seubis: Hello house,I need ur advice,I just called KCC to confirm when am I likely to receive my 2NL but the lady told me that my application is stil undergoin processing,that I shld call back in two or three weeks time.hope I m safe.though I sent my forms on the 3rd of june and it was delivered on the 6th of june.I m worried becos my case number is very low 2014AF000002XX.

komakan: I reside in Abuja then I have to travel to Alagbon in Lagos to get my police report. Dat is not correct. You get it in ur area where U hv lived for six months ur vicinity. I hv lived in America for 6months and Sweden. So I hv to fly there to get police report. Let us be careful with d message.

tolubillion: Hello house i need ur help to know the weight in Kg to carry on emirates airline for 4 of us(two adult and 2kids.planning to leave soon.tanks

John Morgan: Thanks.

lagbabe: Hi every1,my 1st time on this forum really,av been reading thru nd av seen some pple contribute positively,peeps like buklan4real,Obatide,kevwe_flex,viktorr etc.I was selected,my case no is 2014AF0000967*, wen do u think my no wld be current nd be called for interview?plus does any1 av an idea d hospitals for d medicals,not in any rush though,just wanna av an idea,I hear dey'd want d medical report from renowed hospitals like reddington hosp,st-Nicholas etc.

Just curious.

Lakeside4christ: Pls my gud pple i nid ur advice here...i won in d 2014 visa lottery nd my case num is 13**.bt my prbl is dat i dnt av money 2 process it nd dats bcus i dnt av anybdy dat can help me...sum pple av advice 2 go nd sumbdy dat av money so dat we can merge 2geda lyk husband nd wife bt am afraid bcus dey said dat if dose pple get dat we are nt legaly married on d interview day dey wil not giv us visa nd i dnt want 2 lose dis opportunity...pls my gr8 pple i nid ur respond urgently please!

John Morgan: 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
•Medical Report
•Academic Certificates for all degrees
•Photocopies of all the above documents


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

•Two photographs (2” X 2”)
•Passport
•Birth Certificate
•Divorce Decree (If Applicable)
•Police Certificate
•Medical Report

•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)
•Medical Report
•Photocopies of all the above documents
Note: All civil documents issued in the local language must be accompanied by an official translation in English.
VISA FEE REMAINS $330 EACH

The questions will be based on what you filled in the forms you sent to Kentucky, your academic qualifications, your relationship with your wife and kid. Please make sure that all details are consistent starting from the online lottery application, DS 230 and all your documents. Any inconsistency will throw up suspicion for fraud.

Good Luck.

John Morgan: 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
•Medical Report
•Academic Certificates for all degrees
•Photocopies of all the above documents


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

•Two photographs (2” X 2”)
•Passport
•Birth Certificate
•Divorce Decree (If Applicable)
•Police Certificate
•Medical Report

•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)
•Medical Report
•Photocopies of all the above documents
Note: All civil documents issued in the local language must be accompanied by an official translation in English.
VISA FEE REMAINS $330 EACH

The questions will be based on what you filled in the forms you sent to Kentucky, your academic qualifications, your relationship with your wife and kid. Please make sure that all details are consistent starting from the online lottery application, DS 230 and all your documents. Any inconsistency will throw up suspicion for fraud.

Good Luck.

akintunde95: my case number is 2014AF0045254 now pls when ll i be interview.....

akintunde95: my case number is 2014AF0045254 now pls when ll i be interview.....

femishow2005: @kevwe_flex Nice responses. i like them keep it up . God Bless you

lagdude: Thanks boss,really appreciate,my wife's CN is actually 2014AF0009***,necessary documents are intact but can one go ahead with the medical report without the embassy telling us to do so.thanks so much,await your urgent response.

seubis: Hello house,I m dv 2014 winner with case no 2014AF0002xx.I tried to check on the entrance status check to know if the 2NL has dropped but unfortunately when I entered my confirmation number and other details but the response I got was that the account is locked.pls I m worried because I still checked it yesteday morning and I still saw the 1st NL but when I tried to check back yesteday nite I was told the account is blocked.pls I m worried.help!!!!!!!

Stillluvnaija: Stillluvnaija:

Thanks for the all round advice. Well really hope we are not compelled to have the baby here (not a problem if the CO insists but would make a lot of sence if the baby has US citizen straight from birth) if we get the visa and have enough time to travel before the Nov due date for the baby. Would possibly make payment at the hospital in the US and hopefully that would motivate the CO to give us the visa and allow my wife to travel asap to have the baby.

femishow2005: @Stillluvnaija Avoid suspicious desperation from the CO

lagdude: Thanks for all round attention,first i need to know the meaning of 2NL,i think the embassy will notify the selectees on the hospital that you will have your medical and also necessary documents that will accompany the selectees for the interview and where is NPC's office in Lagos that i can authenticate our birth cert.
Thank you boss

Vikktorr: Well, I heard removing the lamination might destroy the certificate. Never tried this before though?

abiodunraufu: Does anybody know when and how selectees who are current for October will be notified?

Stillluvnaija: House, My wife has finally become current in Oct.(20140000052**) I have three questions.

(1) When i sent our Forms to KCC in May (after i found we were selected) i included a physical passport photo but i read on the net that the passport should be submitted electronically (i guess via scan). Can someone advise it they anticipate any issue with this. I just printed the forms i filled online and submitted the hardcopy with the hardcopy passport to KCC via courier.

(2) I have original birth certificate do i still need the NPC certificate even though i am not the principal applicant? My wife is the pribncipal applicant and plans to get NPC certificate since she does not have the original birth certificate from birth.

(3) My wife is pregnant and due for delivery on 10th Nov and we would like to have the baby in the US. As i dont know yet when our interview would be in october, i wanted to understand from experienced members how long it takes for visa issuance after the interview.

I would appreciate your advice on this and May God continue to bless you.

lagdude: Thanks for the info, but is it tha KCCDV has sent the forms to the CO here in Lagos or Abuja because October is just like 1 and half months away,like how many months will the selectee be given to prepare their documents for the interview.
thank you.