VisaOfficer:


From what you've written I see no reason why you shouldn't continue your application. Even if you're unsuccessful, the application wouldn't have an adverse effect on future applications (unless you were found to have committed fraud -- which it doesn't sound like you're contemplating!).

Your Nigerian police certificate has unfortunately expired (we consider them valid for 12 months from issuance) so you would definitely need a new one.

You write, "If we have unforgivably broken the rules, let them just come out and say it instead of misleading me to go on with the application and getting denied in the end." Legally, we're not allowed to do that. You haven't paid the fee yet, so we can't adjudicate your case; and anyway, we can't adjudicate your case without seeing you in person. We're not trying to mislead you; but it IS up to you to read and understand the rules before you come to your interview. And it seems to me that you're making every effort to understand the rules! Again, from what you've written here, I see no reason to give up.

VisaOfficer:


And then this Visa Officer disappeared for a whole week... (sorry o)

No, there's no adverse consequence at all. You're free to stop your Diversity Visa application at any time, with no repercussions.

I think that if you choose to continue, the officer will be most interested in making sure that you really are married to each other NOW and that you did not omit any spouse and/or children who existed at the time of your original entry. But it's up to you. Whatever you choose, it won't affect any future visa applications.

Good luck to you!

Pasdeprix:
@Ndeedee,
Hey! I never said we were perfect as a country neither does it mean that Poland has more resources than Nigeria, read my comment as a country we are rich and we have the resources and can be better if only our govt n people will do whats right no one would need to beg for visas to such countries as you mentioned. There is money in Nigeria but circulatuon is poor, but in Poland the little resource is well utilized. Then Our people still compound issues by going out there to give the country a bad name and image, which we have to avoid. Everyone traveling out want to give themselves the best opportunity but then not everyone is genuine. All Im trying to say is if you're not sure of what you're coming here to do, getting it done, packing your bags and leaving when your time is up don't bother coming to cause problems for these people and disgrace your country. it's good that even we should respect ourselves.

For the kind of treatment genuine people going there receive, it just goes to show you how we r seen . didn't state all I passed through to get here just for that simple reason of not to discourage dozens who want to come. Which is why I have been doing my best to give information and help to anyone who's coming here. Eventhough I haven't heard you who has lived here for years render any advice to your brothers trying to come here.

You can recommend all the polish gals you want my advice is guys shouldnt come here looking to marry polish gal n get papers it doesn't work, if it worked for you probably you can advice on that as a method of entering into Poland and living here. You don't need to disrep Nigerian gals cos u r living with one polish gal wen the heat is on she'll fling u out on the street. Our gals are beautiful with all d curves in the right places, just love n take care of their needs n u will be dir king. None is gonna wake up one morning n tell u she's fed up then call the Policja to deport u!

Everything that is sweet has its bitter side! You have painted them all good n I have said their ills now everyone is aware of both and can make better informed decisions bearing both sides in mind.
Don't get me wrong I have met a few very nice people! who are not biased by colour or race n I have had a taste of the other side if you haven't which I doubt. Ask about the skinheads!

Don't make irrelevant comparisons, Next Top model is an international contest I'm sure if it were left to some of them they won't let (in the language one of them used) "a slave", to win that contest. Who's the Nigerian mayor ruling in Poland give his full name it's worth knowing if this your info is authentic n you have proof!

Like i said earlier We have our own problems as a country, which we have to correct. Goodluck
NB: Poles have integrity issues wen dealing with them make sure to have everything properly documented to avoid trouble !

Let's not forget the aim of this thread, you can open a new thread to discuss polish people n Nigerians, politics n all.

All visa related questions are welcomed! We're here to help.

Pasdeprix:
Some Nigerian guys come here and start lukn for Polish women to marry! Those ones r cheap n luv black men. Some guys come here to do drugs. The polish people are afraid of Nigerians! Very much afraid. They r poor and so don't want anyone to come n constitute nuisance in their country. You won't blame them!

Most of their people are rascists only doz who have traveled that r more welcoming!

Nigerians give the country a bad name abroad, they think d grass is greener on the other side. Forget Poland! Go to UK their people do the shitty jobs dir! Wash plates in restaurants, sweep, waiter, and so on. For cheapest of labor not even minimum wage. It's because of them UK wants out of EU.

There is money in Nigeria if only Nigerians nt just d leaders wud stop being greedy n do the right thing. They wud even come here to wash plates in our restaurants!

Guy, take it easy. You can't just be handing it out to your hosts like that. While I agree with you that the grass is not greener here and that if any of our Nigerian brothers here have an opportunity to go and study in places like UK, USA, Canada they should take it, I quite disagree with the attitude you are attaching to it as if this is the worst place in Europe. If you think it is that bad here in Poland, why not cross over to our neighbors here Ukraine to see how life is there talk less of places like Russia.

These guys need your and my advise based on experience from living here. Let's try to guide them.

Yes Polish people do shitty jobs in UK, Germany and etc but have you stopped to think about why that is? These guys had a very very very rough past experience from their superpower neighbors Germany and Russia. Since joining the EU at least their politicians have been able to negotiate some good deals for their people which gives them the right to go to other European countries to work while the home state develops and they are really developing. If Nigerian politicians can attain even 1/20 of what Poland has attained for it's people, we won't be in the same situation as we are in Nigeria. Yes Polish people go to places like UK and other EU countries and do the nastiest jobs so they can live a better life when they return to their country and why not if their country has negotiated such possibilities for their people but have you been to these same countries like UK and seen what your fellow Nigerians that use Visas to come in do there for economic activities? If you have then you won't be knocking the poles on what is their right.

I also disagree with you on what you have said that most of their people are racist. Yes there are racist people here. Guess what, there are racist people also in places like Germany, France, Austria, Switzerland, the UK, the USA and even Canada sef. You have to actually understand what racism means before you label someone as being racist. Majority of Polish people are not Racist, they are only scared and curious because many of them have never seen a black man other than in TVs. Sometimes they run away from foreigners because many of them can't speak English and they feel very embarrased about it which is not really their fault.
How come a black Nigerian-Polish girl(both parents are Nigerian but she was born in Poland) won the top model of Poland contest? I'm the only black man in the Southern Poland city I live in and have been for a while now. The South of Poland is the most backward in all Poland and even I won't agree with you that most people here are racist. Try learning the Polish language and see how the perception of many of those you come across will change fast even those you call racist.

Polish people are not afraid of Nigerians. They can't even tell the difference between a black South American from a black American or from an African man. They are afraid of the new experience of meeting a foreign person from a far place with a different skin than they are used to. Yes there are race related incidents where one would be treated bad because he is not like them but guess what, even in Nigeria our politicians have institutionalized it where we do the same to each other because we are from different tribes. (How does one justify a person working hard to score 280 in the JAMB year 2002 intending to study Computer engineering at the University of Lagos, being stopped from the merit intake by the cut off for this school which was 282 and told to wait for a 2nd list...only to be told that they cannot be offered that course when friends from the region that scored way lower than me in the range of (230-250) were all taken in that 2nd list under the silly ideology of "catchment" .)

And I beg to differ with your position that Polish people are poor. Maybe to you who may be a Pounds/Dollar/Euro millionaire they are poor, but when you look at it from within their economy, they are not poor. There are avenues for all classes of people here to live within their means. Nobody is poor per say. Those "poor" guys to you whom you see washing dishes in UK do so for a reason. Did you know that based on their currency(remember they smartly refused to join the Euro Zone), if a Polak were to work in the UK for a good 3 years consistently in a dish washing job that pays the minimum-est wage in the UK, when they return to their country, they would be able to finance with equity the purchase of a house or a 2-3-4 bedroom flat, a car , still have some savings, register in a school here which is cheap for them and then get a better job in their country by when they are in their late 20's.
Look at the demographics of their people and try to study their age of self sufficiency in this new generation (e.g people buying apartments, cars etc). Many of those that leave their country by age 20 , then come back within 7 years and are situated(get the necessities of life, own accommodation, own car, savings that can last a long time, and a job to pays the bills till they at least finish studies) before they are even 25-30 years of age. If you were opportune to be here like 8-9 years ago I wonder what you would have said if you call them racist.
In Nigeria, many people live up to the age of 50 without being able to buy or build accommodations in their villages. Many others die sef without being able to build a house. Yet a typical hardworking Pole leaves for the UK or to Norway with rights their government got for them and you a Nigerian who probably has lesser rights in those environments badmouth them. I really don't know what metrices you use in arriving at the conclusion that Poles are poorer when compared to Nigerians. Or do you use our typical Nigerian oppressive attitude to weigh wealth? Polish people are not behaviorally like us in that regard. If one has a flat/house of his own, a small car, and a job..they are contented and only live to pay bills.

About Polish women. I really wonder why you seem to radiate hatred for them. If you don't know perhaps you need to be told. Polish women are the best(not second best) in the entire EU and I am not making it up. Guys from the UK, Germany, Switzerland even the USA come here to look for the women of their dreams. I don't know what kind of women you are used to meeting but you can take it from me based on my experience having lived for a good part of my life in Nigeria and short whiles in a lot of countries like the UK, USA, and some EU countries. What positive attributes in a woman are you looking for which you won't find in majority of Polish women? You really can't be serious about your criticism of their women. Judging from your attitude and view of them which seems to be cast in stone, I wonder if this might be the reason they show you the negative side of them only. I myself have had a few bad experiences out of thousands of experiences with women from here but if I sum up my experience with all the ladies I've been with in Poland. I'll recommend a Polish lady as a wife before I would even a Nigerian lady.

Poles are not as bad as you paint them. They are one of the few European countries where if you are nice, to them most people will reflect same to you. How else can you explain the fact that a Nigerian could rise to the position of Major of a city here and even break into their parliament?
Instead of knocking the Poles, maybe we should copy them and many of the ideas that work for them here. If many of their ideas are borrowed from Nigeria..you and I wont be in Poland.

Remember that our brothers in Nigeria are only looking to develop themselves in Poland and to take advantage of any opportunities they come across here since Nigeria seems to have none of such except if you are connected somehow to the political class. I was once like them but the difference is that there were no Nigerians to give me advise before I came here and that was even before Poland signed the Schengen agreement. Let's restrict our criticisms of what we think a place should be and just give them advise and some tips on how to live in Poland if they get the opportunity to come out here.

VisaOfficer:


Good morning! http://poland.usembassy.gov/poland/contact_plu.html gives their e-mail address as NIV_krakow@state.gov .

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worry359:
You should know that there is NO DV for 2015 or any time in the future. (Too many Nigerians and the quota is full.)
DV 2014 will finish at the end of this September, all outstanding applications will close and be scrapped.

VisaOfficer:

If you've lived in Nigeria for more than a year after your 16th birthday, you'll need a police certificate from Nigeria. You won't need a police certificate from the U.S. unless you've been arrested there... although in that case, it will show up in our records anyway. http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/immigrate/immigrant-process/documents/submit/documents-to-submit-to-nvc.html has more information about police certificates and other documents.



Don't worry about it. If your wife is the primary applicant / Diversity Visa winner, you won't need to show your own academic credentials at all.



Personally I *think* you should be okay with your old registration of birth. Just explain to the officer how long you've been in Poland, etc. etc. If the officer wants anything additional, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it. But it really sounds to me like you're in great shape and shouldn't have much trouble! Let us know what happens!

p.s. And congratulations on your marriage and baby! Too exciting!

Adeboy007:

Thanks man, its just God oo ..... its been a while, am sure u are doing good too

Ibime:

Actually wrong. . . supposed to be 2802. . . I missed a multiple of 7