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justdre: Pple shld nt quote a long post again let's just drop our congratulatins mssg just an advice doh


Hen hen n to d prince of nairaland n my one n only boy I say congrats to u u are well sited...God was on ur side d devil tried u bt God was by ur side..pls serve him d more broda....once again congrats adeboy007

Dre U spoke my mind,Haba!how wld pple quote such a lengthy post,Abeg for d sake of pple using fones,pls simply drop ur comment nd tag Adeboy007's name so we'd know it's for him,its not funny scrolling all d way down.

007 mi,i'd say it again,I am sooo proud of U,dat all av got to say!

Thank God,He alone has all d praises.007,ur visa approval was well deserved.weldone dear.

My great e-family,no doubt it's been a very long time av commented here,though,i read thru,its all cos of preparation here and there.But today,i had to drag myself here to send my prayers,word of encouragement to ever1 having their interview today especially my dearest 1 nd only,ever greatest member here who selflessly attend to pple's questions nd request,no other 1 than Adeboy 007,my dear,Today,Lagos go shake,even though U are not a Lagosian,Lagos go know say 1 guy like dat collect LPR visa today,I know u are there already,God is dr with U,U shall come out smilling,it shall be a Chat not an interview.I anxiously await ur good news o!To our July babies,it has started well,it shall end well nd also all d august members to be interviewed,protocols/rules wld be proken becos of U all,Success is Ours.007,u know where we wld meet after Ur Chat,meet me dr,d drummers are outside o,waiting to usher U home.

[quote author=kevwe_flex]Visa Bulletin for February as applies to March cut off

Nigeria is 9,400[/quote]Tanx for the info,but this pple are moving slow just like a snail.it is well share.Congrats to those that are current.

[quote author=adesojiaderemi@]Let me start by saying this, if you are so dull in naija before coming to US you may find it very difficult to solve things out, if you are those who believe in "oh I got my uncle some where" you may be disappointed when you arrived here. Just like your host said, having a car is not a luxury here it is very important because no one is ready to bear a long term burden of giving people ride. However, I don't expect you to rush in to getting a car without securing a means of paying your monthly auto insurance bill. On the issue of baby sitting your kid; depending on who gets job first between you and your spouse then you have to work out your schedule to meet your needs( if you don't want to work for babysitters)for now. If you work days shift your wife can work 3rd shift or vice versa, if your kid is 3yrs old, locate a head start programme for kids in your area, it is free bus, meal and your wife may also work as volunteer with them till she is able to get a job.If your wife knows how to weave and plate here.. that is a cool money bro..[/quote]Tanx bro

I must confess after reading from thread 0-82,i am impressed,nd the fear of what might happen wen one relocates to the state,that fear has disappeared cos right here on nairaland dv2013,sm1 posted a link of how life is so rough nd tough for immigrants,pic if some places where pple stay nd sleep,seeing that,I was sick the whole of that day thinking,cld this be true.But reading this experiences especially,the experience of sm1 like @Ibracadabra,who got his flight info here,who got idea on how to get his SSN,GC,Driving license nd got a job from pple on this forum like adedejiadesoji,temmytanny,tiwana etc,great kudos to you guys.Nevertheless,there is 1 thing I'd like to ask here,I am the principal applicant,my hubby nd I already have a host ready to help,who told us to come with money to get a car cos it won't be easy moving around.Our POE is illinois,Chicago,now my question is,we are a family of 3,if me nd hubby gets a job,wts the school/daycare arrangement is
in that area,that is if we av anybody in this forum residing there,what's it like for a family whom husband nd wife works,what happens our daughter? I'd also like to add,is making hair lucrative over there as another source of income?


Thumbs up guys!

@westcode,any news on the next bulletin?

Adeboy007: Good day My wonderful E-family...... Pls i need to ask Little questions against tomorrow

1.. I want to go to NPC Office to get my Long Birth Certificate (Attestation of Birth).. do i need to collect affidavit from High Court, Ikeja?... cos a friend told me dat is not necessary for d affidavit since am not changing/manipulating my dat of Birth, .. How tru is dis?

2.... Wat are d document to hold along with me wen going to NPC office for my certificate and how much will it cost me? should i use 2 x 2 America size Passport photography?

What is PM dat u guys are talking about.. i only no d one of BBM like DP display picture, PM profile Message.. am I wright? so wat is PM and how do i make use of it cos i need to connect to some people even on my BBM, Facebook, Messenger, if possible Watsapps..

please i need a respond on time cos i intends going for d Birth Cert.. tomorrow Wednesday as earlier as 7am... all though am not yet current due to my CN which is 165**, just want to start preparing for my Civil Doc.

PM means personal message not like the personal message on BBM,u can send a PM to som1 here by clicking on the person name,it den shows up the person's profile where u'd see send a message to dat person,click that,it then takes u to a page wr an automated message is designed to link up with the person,click send then an email is sent to that person's email Addy which he'd reply nd u'd get in ur email too,u guys can then connect from there on.uhmmmm,too much long story baa!dats the best way I can explain it.

chijen2: Please can anyone describe the NPC office to me in Lagos? I only have affidavit of birth not the birth certificate. Please how do i go about getting it from the NPC office? Please someone respond. I'm new in this forum so i don't know how to use these buttons.....

its on babs animashaun road,census,surulere Lagos.

Where are u going from?

Adeboy007: Good day My wonderful E-family...... Pls i need to ask Little questions against tomorrow

1.. I want to go to NPC Office to get my Long Birth Certificate (Attestation of Birth).. do i need to collect affidavit from High Court, Ikeja?... cos a friend told me dat is not necessary for d affidavit since am not changing/manipulating my dat of Birth, .. How tru is dis?

2.... Wat are d document to hold along with me wen going to NPC office for my certificate and how much will it cost me? should i use 2 x 2 America size Passport photography?

What is PM dat u guys are talking about.. i only no d one of BBM like DP display picture, PM profile Message.. am I wright? so wat is PM and how do i make use of it cos i need to connect to some people even on my BBM, Facebook, Messenger, if possible Watsapps..

please i need a respond on time cos i intends going for d Birth Cert.. tomorrow Wednesday as earlier as 7am... all though am not yet current due to my CN which is 165**, just want to start preparing for my Civil Doc.

Yes,u need affidavit from the court!it is part of the requirements.

U shld go with 2passport of any size,with affidavit,3k,nd a typed letter like an application letter which wld include the following info:

1 ur name,date of birth,place of birth,state of origin,local government of origin

2 ur father's name,state of origin,local government of origin.

3 ur mother's full names,state of origin,local government of origin.



When u get there,they would show you the format of writing the letter,u can type it opposite the office.

It's take 2weeks.


Hope this helps!

femishow2005: Oops lol that can't happen. Pls let's encourage them cos it's not easy despite their work schedule..it's a selfless service . Many didn't look back the thread when they settled but few who did pls let appreciate that. I hope you @lagbabe will be few who will look back when you get to the states lol ..just kidding

@femishow,Pls dnt make it sound or look like I dnt appreciate what they are doing okay,haba!big ups to ever1 who have contributed on this thread,@adesojiadedeji etc,u guys are doing a great job.I hail o.when I finally get to the State,I'd make sure I make an impact in sm1's life,not only on this thread,it'd cut across.

femishow2005: Hmmm! Ok you're right from one angle. Telling him to ask google isn't funny tho.

Why I said from one angle is that we all esp dv 2014 should endeavor to try and read this thread from the very first page ,it'll really help! I'm 100% sure that majority of the questions asked by Pipsland78 have all been addressed. Nevertheless they've promised to try answer as much as possible.

Cheers

he cld have referred him to past thread,dat'd av been enuf.I av read the thread from 0-82,am following with full force,I just hope when I have my own question,I won't be referred to google

exteababa: abi o. anyways everything he needs to know about usa in online, he should go and google. life made easy!

a simple response to some or any of the questions will help rather than make jest of the guy,u guys have been there,done that,that's y we ask u did things,it won't hurt to simply respond to it rather than ask him to go Google it,we all know how to google for info.remember u were 1ce a novice/jjc before now nd am sure u wld av seek for some help somhow somewhere.

[quote author=adesojiaderemi@]O ga o!! I guess you are a teacher or lecturer, I don't even know how to start answering the question sef.[/quote]all u need do is answer any one u think u can answer,reason for this thread is to ask questions bugging ur mind or whatever u aren't sure about,hoping sm1 wld have possible ansas to it.

[quote author=kevwe_flex]Good evening to you and to everyone. Trust we all went to church today (#lastsunday2013). Obatide, in response to your quoted post, ‘Life after successful interview’ I really commend you in seeking opinion in creating a thread. As you know, you have the freedom to creating thread except duplicate thread without seeking our opinion, if you remember a day we were chatting, I told you you have a good heart because of something you told me. I will categorically state it here without fear or favour that indeed, you have a good heart for doing that. Again, in creating another thread to extend discussions on the following listed below:
Flight booking
Comprehensive list of what is expected to travel with
Clothing and wears
What of life and career in USA
Driving procedure
Issue of Hosts
I think there is already a thread that has really exhausted it (click here), I think doing this will mean we the DV2014 wants to have our own which is not bad too. I think there are wealth of information and experience there) which is an encyclopaedia in its own. Those guys there especially adesojiaderemi@ has so much experience that they are willing to share.
So I don't know if creating another thread would mean a duplicate but I applaud your efforts. Others can contribute.

Peace![/quote]nice 1 by Obatide,u are always thinking ahead.I have checked the thread kevwe talked about nd I think it's a good 1 to join,it's a good place for jjc like us to read thru nd learn from.Obatide,if in ur own volition u wish to open anoda thread,all good,just broadcast the link to us,ideas are never too much,but I believe that Adesojiaderemi's thread is a nice piece.

[quote author=kevwe_flex]Ok Empty Hen: 765001675251[/quote]yeeeey!am the fastest finger for this Empty hen o.thanks kevwe_flex.

[quote author=kevwe_flex]Wow! A lot have been happening here. A day away is like a week. My laptop has issues and I've been busy. Wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a prosperous, visa-approved and testimony-filled New Year. In the spirit of the yuletide, I share this: glo: 103214138182077
Fastest finger first. More coming. If u are fast, let us know.

PEACE![/quote]how kind of you kevwe,abeg send mtn naa,lemme be the fastest finger

ItyRoyal: breaking News!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

OBATIDE'S VISA APPROVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GLORY BE TO GOD!!!

Congrats to our own guy,Obatide.I knew do visa was yours already.am so happy for your family.

okeymen: Ok so this is how it goes... Obatide wakes me up at 4am to prepare, we dilly dally and lazy around till 6am before we leave the house and get there before 6.30am just as they started calling people so we we joined the queue and were last at the time and I said 'oh good so we can sit back and watch other interviews and have more to put on nairaland' but that was not to be. There was a couple that almost didn't show up with anything and said they just got a call to come that day. Well u know they can't be part of this forum so be grateful u are. We were just a few minutes on the line when the kids started complaining they wanted to sit down cos we had done so much the day before on quadbikes, jetskies and go karts (men Lag na fun place sha) so I cld not blame them. By the time we collected our blue tags to cross the road to the embassy proper, my son asked if we had finished .
The only person that wasn't so nice there was the lady we paid the $330 to. It was like nothing I had imagined. We were called to submit our documents and I saw the forms I had sent to KCC earlier right there. We ended up submitting 3 sets of passports instead of the 2 others are asked for but they returned all the ones we submitted to KCC. Please be sure u have up to 6 months validity before ur passport expires or u may have issues.
The kids and I were all asleep in the hall when our number showed...we didn't even know the interviews had started cos it turns out we were the first. When we did, we packed our stuff, carried the kids and staggered to window 16, where we met the famous pretty black american lady and after the oath and finger prints

Co: so u played the lottery urself
Me: yes I did
Co: highest bla bla
Me: bsc
Co: where?
Me: UI
Co: oh I love that school
Me: really? How nice
Co: its a good school
Co: where do u work, what sort of company and what is ur role
Me: blah blah
Co: ur wife?
Me: blah blah
Co: so when did u get married?
Wifey: blah blah
Co: any family photos?
Me: lots of them
Co: I just need a few...ok so pick up ur visa from blah blah on monday and don't forget there are holidays next week. Congrats and welcome to yankee and that was it Folks. Glory to God in the highest and thanks to my friends on nairaland who will commit their personal resources to ensure we all come out successful. So despite making a mistake as to when we got married (of course we corrected it at once) and looking sleepy and tired, God stood up for us!

Congrats!So nice to hear your story.

westcodes: 11000
is very low. I know for a fact that a big jump always occurs and the learned from another forum pinpointed March as that month. I'm not saying we should take their word as gospel but those guys really know their stuff. So let's chin up and keep faith.

Mr westcodes,Pls wts ur CN? Applied as married or single?

phatzyka: How come everyone is silent. Is it because of the bulletin? Abeg let's live our lives normal. I believe strongly that at God's time evryone's interview date will be scheduled and they will go and get their visas. I believe stongly in God that my family will make it for April 2014 interview and we will be given our Visas. Hello house, any one home?

am home!!!I won't hesitate to say that the bulletin touched me but it's nothing to worry about,life goes on. Congrats to pple with der visas,all the luck to those waiting on interview and safe trip to those traveling soon,we shall all meet at the top.i just pray the bulletin moves faster than this

Yoggybear: I can sight couple here o Lagdude and Lagbabe . I wish everyone going for their interview today a resoundingly success. I can only be God

hmmmmmmmm!!!

ukemeglitter: Hello guyz get ready cus all EYES is on the Bulletin.

Good thing is gonna happen.

God will surely favour us. Amen!

my eyes are glued to this forum and the bulletin Site,I keep refreshing every minutes.anyway,am predicting the cut off to be 10,000 may it be so.somebody shout AMEN!!!!

penielnig: Helloo people,Visa bulletin for JANUARY out with Nigeria retaining 8000 cut off number..so much wait to do.....

please wts the source of this information?cos the Site still says coming soon.

Malcolm28: Good day Forumites, please permit me to give a detailed account of my experience at the embassy during my interview on 3rd December. Been very busy on some other issues that why its coming a bit late.
We left the place we were staying at Anthony Village at 4:30 am to avoid the morning traffic to the Island. We actually got up at 3:00am to get the kids ready. Arrived the embassy at about 4:55am. There were like 5 other persons waiting. My Mother-In-Law drove us there so she had to look for a place to park and was directed to a parking lot that can be accessed by car only through Obalende (but open to the embassy by foot, so people can park there and have close proximity to the embassy surrounding).
While waiting, around 5:30 my wife and mother-in-law retreated to the car to feed the children again so they don't get cranky when the process begins.
We were called to move out and join the queue for screening at 6am.
After the 1st screening where they make sure you don't have phones on you, etc, We were made to all pile around the 2nd point where a lady came to address us stating the 2 broad visa categories and how the process will run. We were at this point separated into Immigrant and Non-Immigrant categories. She also talked about timing of our interview etc. We were then told to bring our interview notification letters and open our medicals at this point and fix in our passports which we all did. There were repeated warning about what must not be found on us. My wife explained to them about items for the kids but they would not bulge. They insisted that we can only take in biscuit for the kids. My wife had to go out of the time 2 times to return items to my Mother-In-Law who was waiting in her car at the parking lot.
We eventually went through the 2nd Screening were the bags and everything was thoroughly checked. We were then issued blue slips, a small form to fill in your name and address, email and telephone #, we were also given a sheet payment (Please ensure you keep every sheet given to you so as not to have issues when they are demanded).
We went through a 3rd screening again after which we were ushered into the main embassy building. We were asked to remove our belt, shoes and our bags were again screened at this point before we were allowed into the interview hall after picking a slip that gave us our number for the day (B415).
On getting into the hall, the security man asked what Visa category we were for, and told us where to sit and where we would make the payments, Immediately my family found a place to sit, I proceeded and made payments (N218,000) for 4 of us (at rate of 165/$).
Immediately I was done paying the fees, my number blinked in window 14. I was asked to come for submission of documents. That lasted for about 5 minutes, the guy would asked for one document after the other, I would produce them and give him, he would ask for duplicates I would give him, friendly black guy. After that process, I went back to sit. My daughter was all over the place, walking and playing. my wife held my Son do there wasn't any issues. Many Children were crying, tried to help one Women whose Son was crying profusely but to no avail.
For a while there wasn't any activity at the windows, (they were probably reviewing the documents we submitted).
At about 8:30, the interview process began at window 14 where an old woman was interviewed and placed on administrative processing because she couldn't provide some details to the CO even with the help of a Yoruba interviewer. I thought I was gonna be interviewed at this window since my documents were collected here. The man at Window 16 was also there and interviewed a pregnant lady who I think filled to go an unit with her husband. It took a while for the process to be over and I could remember the scare of window 16 and was wishing that my interview did not take place there. Shortly after the lady left, my number appeared at window 16 and my wife called my attention to it.
Went there with my whole family, my daughter was sleeping at this time so I had to pick here while clutching the documents too.
The process process went thus:
CO: Are to XYZ (pointing to each of us)
We: Yes
CO: Asked me to raise my hand a swear to tell the truth and nothing but the truth
Me: I did
CO: Asked to take our finger prints (me and wife)
We: We did (left hand, right hand (4 fingers) and then both thumb
CO: Gave us our forms to sign (asked that one of us sign for the children on yellow marking)
We: Did that
CO: Asked when we got married
We: Both me and wife responded in unison
CO: Asked me have I been married before this marriage
Me: No
CO: Any Children apart from this 2
Me: No
Co: whats your highest qualification?
Me: 2 Masters Degree
CO: I can see the MBA is the most recent. When did conclude the course
Me: Told him when I completed the program and submitted project
CO: Tell me about you project
Me: Told him about the project and the major findings
CO: He was nodding and smiling and very happy with my analysis of the project and the findings
CO: Brought out 2 sheets and tells us this is where you will be collecting your visa on Tuesday next week. Tells me to not bother coming with my family to collect the visa. Also suggested I nominate someone to pick up the Visas for me since I don't live in Lagos. Then said congratulations.
Me: Was kinda taken aback! Thanks him and leaves
As we were about to exit, I heard my name. Turned around to window 16 and the CO motioned to me
Went back.
CO: Please can I have the receipts of visa fees payment?
Me. Reached into my pocket and gave him the receipts. He collects one and gives me the other
Me: I tell him I almost forgot to update my details on the place of residence when I enter the US. I then hand him a sheet of paper containing the address. He promises to update the info for me.
The whole interview process lasted for about 3 minutes.
We then walked out of the embassy.
It can only be God! The process was swift just like I had prayed to God it would be. And the fact that it was window 16! The dreaded window 16? God works in awesome ways.
For those waiting for their interview or awaiting 2NL, God will do it.
Congrats to the forumites who were in the same venue with me that morning. We were the family of 4 I was wearing a brown trouser, with and blue stripped short and a navy blue blazer jacket, my daughter was wearing a red trouser while my wife wore a black suit. We were the ones echoing peoples numbers when they are called, Remember?
Thanks so much to everyone here who prayed with us, I understand so many people were praying for us. @Obatide and Glory2Glory, God bless you specially, you were there. Thanks everyone. We will continue to keep in touch and we will all see in the US.

this is a well detailed experience and I have picked 2-3 nest thing most especially about documentation and handling kids.Congratulation to u and ur family.

[quote author=buklan4real@yah]Tink we shud have it ova dere; cos our interveiw dates are diff. nd might wants to leave ealier....

members pls, contribute[/quote]not a bad idea too,we can keep in touch till this fiscal year ends and have the time out over there,am I making sense?

ItyRoyal: Hmmm.......thinking....@Obatide, Lagbabe, Kevwe, buklan4real@yah, G2Glory, what do you think?

uhmmmm,not a bad one,am game.

[quote author=kevwe_flex]I contacted the moderator on permitting us to drop contact here, but he declined and says we should make use of the nairaland email system which I have used to contact some of us here like @buklan4real as well. I think by the time we get our contacts, we can also connect via facebook, instead of creating another group in there. That's my take on it.

Peace![/quote]great!I got ityRoyal's pm nd we are about exchanging numbers nd BBM pins,I'd also send to some pple nd would expect from more pple too.I think we should be able to come out wit something fantastica!!!

ItyRoyal: @Lagbabe.....You are on point!!! God bless you and God bless my adorable wife and God bless all the wives that have brought us these uncommon fortunes....you ladies are a wholesome package from heaven....we will forever cherish and love you.

a big AMEN to all your prayers for madam.

ItyRoyal: @G2Glory....i am full in support of this suggestion, it's also in line with what Kewve and Obatide suggested earlier. but my concern is; how do we maintain this close contact since we are not allowed to drop personal contact details within the forum? my suggestion: can we open like a group forum in any of the social medial and advise interested members to register ?....there we can exchange personal contact details and discuss more freely? it's just my thinking - others may have better suggestions.

i totally agree with opening a group forum on any other social media,it makes sense.Since the rules here doesn't permit us to exchange personal contacts.for instance,buklan4real is on my whatsapp contact nd we talk very well could even call her if I need to.shout out to u @buklan4real.

G2Glory: Not a double entry at all. It was my wife that won as well - What an interesting thing God bless all our wives for this wonderful blessings they brought to our different homes.

i gbadun dis your comment o!husbands that their wives are responsible for bringing this uncommon Favour should forever be dotted on and pampered for they have brot to the family a lifetime opportunity on a platter of gold.Speaking on behalf of all wives selected,can I get a Holla!!!

bukiemma: Congrats I'm so happy for u... I key in2 ur success IJN.... Dec 9th loading, May God help us all, Amen!

hey!got your pm,nd I av replied.tanx