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hapheey007:
So, I and hubby went for our interview on Nov 5th.

Here is our transcript.

V.O : Good Morning
Hubby and I: Good Morning

V.O : Why are you going to the U.S
Hubby: Vacation and honeymoon

V.O : What will you be doing during your vacation
Hubby: Visiting ........ doing ......

V.O : How old is your marriage
Hubby: 6months

V.O : What do you do for a living
Hubby: Graphics Design

V.O : What do you do for a living
Me: I am an Education Officer

V.O : Any kids
Hubby and I: No

V.O : Any travel history
Hubby and I: No

V.O : Unfortunately, you do not qualify for a visa at this time, the yellow slip will explain further.
Hubby and I: Thanks

salsuz:
please house,
I applied for uk visiting visa to go visit my boyfriend for two weeks.
Please i applied for a visiting visa to go visit my Boyfriend in UK. he is a EEU member who stays in UK. he also sent his supporting documents.
My bank statement for salary read 18,000naira while my other bank statement read 1m.
he is sponsoring my trip for the two weeks that i will use there.
I submitted all my payslips for six months, intro letter from employer, my tenancy agreement, my employment, confirmation and promotion letter, work identity card, leave form, pictures my boyfriend took with my family in UK, my boyfriend's employment letter from his agency, his bank statement, his proof of tenancy, his int passport data page, my flight itinerary and hotel booking, invitation letter.
But i have been seeing trends on your page that its impossible to grant a visa to visit boyfriend unless he comes to Nigeria to visit me then i will use our pictures to apply for a fiancee visa.
please what do you think?

Also i got repeated mail from TLS contct yesterday to come get my decision, does it mean it has been approved? with the repeated mail?

demmysoft:
Thanks bro,
The ban was due to minor error, I used my friend mother's account with my account that I was working under her as one of sales rep, and she was aware and informed. Unfortunately, the embassy called her and told the embassy she was busy that she will call back. Meanwhile, the woman was an illiterate. she later called me that somebody called her from embassy and asked after me, but said she will call back because she was busy attending to customers. we later called the embassy but refused to pick the call.

That was then 10 years ago, but now my status has change seriously, I have been to schegen countries like 4 times now. Infact, I just came back from Belgium on business trip and I would love to visit UK, I used and always use legal and real information if not for just that error.

Lisbon1:
This is meant to be paid after a visa approval, right?

Solomon2580:
Are you going to pay it on getting there or after your visa has been approved?

kizonero:
Hello gurus in the house, I greet you all. I just returned from Dubai on the 6th of this month. I really thank God and you all for the heads up. All I read here indeed helped me. I promise to share every every of my experience over ther. Still working on it though.

Please guys I notice that my passport was not stamped (exit) at the sharjah airport. When I now try to ask one of the security men ther, he said I should worry that it was done electronically. So my lovely people could it be for real?

Coz my main intention of traveling was to get that travel history thing for future purpose. I hope this will not cause a big problem for me.

Has anyone observed or gone through that method before??

Fatimahil25:
Hi everyone!!! Remember me? my story is above.

So today I decided to give back. You know by gisting you guys? I was granted a USA visa and this is how it went.

After all the chaos outside and security men screaming are you with your 40,700 naira if not go back oo!!! Are you with your cell phones?? Yen yen yen. But trust the older ones not to hear word lol they entered and were eventually turned back at security check point. Any way back to my story!!! So I can’t exclude the fact that I prayed and keyed into other people’s testimony in church. This is how my interview went.

Windows 7
V.O - Good Morning
Me- Morning
V.O - where are you traveling to Fatima
Me - ............
V.O - purpose of travel
Me - yearly vacation
V.O - Are you traveling alone?
Me- No, I am traveling with my parents
V.O - when is your intended day of travel
Me - ..............
V.O - How many days will u be spending
Me: 8 - 10days
V.O - What other countries have you travelled to
Me - America and Dubai severally
V.O - when did you visit America?
Me - 2010/ 2011 ish
V.O - who did u go with?
Me - My mom, I was a minor then
V.O - yes you were 17
Me - okay.
V.O - Any siblings and where are they?
Me - One in Dubai ,others here inclusive of myself.
V.O : what do u parents do
Me: ................
V. O - are you single
Me - yes
V.O - do you have kids ?
Me - no
V.o - how long have you been working in .....
Me - 2 to 3 years
V.O - Whats your position in the company
Me - i was a ……...but recently got promoted to ………...
V.O - so you are visiting your friend in ......
Me - No I am traveling with my parents for vacation but to visit my dads friend
V.O - I see we issued you a visa when your visa expired as a minor, why didnt you use it?
Me: I was a student in the university,the university was off and on strike ,I couldn’t risk being over seas and having to hurry back because the strike has been called off. Education is key right?
V.O - smiled . Ok I will be issuing you a visa, have a safe trip.

abimbola01:
https://punchng.com/cbn-stops-treasury-bills-sale-to-individuals/

healthserve:
While the Emefiele-CBN's directive is to limit funds in the system for alternative purposes I.e investing in the real economy/sector, its the 21st century and Nigerians being smart will exploit the loopholes.

Since the CBN limits dealing in T-bills to big organizations, its only a matter of time before these " big organizations " create their own banking system to collect funds from individuals and invest them on their behalf.

The obvious alternative is investing in other economies, but then its an excellent move to me by Emefiele. Real Sector Investors helps to create more jobs and promotes circulation of wealth/money better.

Its only a matter of time to address the dichotomy between the digital economy and the real economy. Good move CBN. For once, I'm proud of Emefiele.

crestking:
I haven't picked the passport up yet, if it happens that the agent picks the passport up for me, how do I confirm the visa on the passport is real ?

how can one verify if a visa is real or fake I mean?

can an agent even pick the passport up, or it has to be the applicant himself?

crestking:
hello beautiful people

my UK visa was prepared by an agent, so how can I confirm if this visa is genuine: how do u co firm a genuine UK visa?

thank you in advance, cheers.

shortgun:
Oga, we are talking about Trusted n Tested Heavy Duty trucks that has outlived even their makers and u are telling me about Hino.
Hino ko..Gino ni.
Have u seen Hino abi Gino trucks transporting hardcore, gravel or sharp sand anywhere in Nigeria?
If ur answer is yes...post pictures.

I am using Nigeria as example cos any vehicle brand that can survive bad roads, kazeems, adulterated petrol/diesel for more than 50 years deserves some accolades.

The first generation of that Mercedes Benz tipper u see all over the country was manufactured in 1959..it's older than Nigeria
U still see flat boot, V-boot,190E Mercedes cars produced over 40yrs ago competing with ur 2017 Japanese on the road.
I don't know another definition of durability.
Is it that u guys are truly ignorant or choose to be in denials.

seye4nii:
Naah waah oo almost 3 pages have been reading about Dangote. Otedola, Danfo and lynol Business am sure there is a forum dedicated for all that please let make a point and move on to what this forum is dedicated to we need to have knowledge about what is happening with TB now afterall you all just flexing on each other KILODE NOW

FrLukas:
You do know that the reason he is calling Nigeria a zoo is because people like you always call Nigeria a zoo, right?

You sell your family members cheaply, you will never buy them back dearly. That is a Yoruba proverb.

psychologygh:
I have nothing against Nigeria buh the level of hatred that Nigerians on this forum and online have against Ghana, a very peaceful country who has no issue with any African country and love for Africa unity through our greatest first president Dr.Kwame Nkrumah is mind boggling. It's only Nigerians who hate Ghana among all African countries and the funny thing is most African countries have issues or suspicion of Nigerians buh they tend to forget all of them and throw all their hatred against the only english ally of them in West Africa. They say Ghanaians don't respect them which I find very funny because they Nigerians don't even respect any African. They insult and hate everything Ghana. On this forum for example they mostly fish out Ghanaian negative news,post it on their front page and pour out all the hatred they have on Ghana with all forms of insult .There's about just 4 Ghanaians who mistakenly discovered this forum on Google including me and they insult us everyday any time we try to defend our motherland which they insulted unprovoked.

psychologygh:
in fact apart from 24/7 electricity and very good educational system and very good roads and free health care insurance nationwide and the most peaceful and safest country in West Africa and a market of 30 million people which is the second largest economy and market in West Africa and constant flowing tap water and very good infrastructure and the fastest growing economy in Africa of 8% and 100% free education from Nursery to Senior High School,Ghana has no opportunities again apart from these ones.Stay away from Ghana all of you.

Spanishmilf:
CORRECT

skdfu747:
The question is what percentage of weak profiles get granted?
Because you know only one person that was granted a visa does not mean that majority of weak profiles get granted.
By the way, the person you are describing must have cooked up a simple lie at the interview for the visa to be issued.
There was no way a person with a weak profile would have been honest for that visa to be granted so stop talking about grace here.
The fact is he lied then visa was issued.

Abstract2019:
Hi all,

I submitted my application for a tourist visa at the VFS Lagos on the 27th of August, 2019. My Passport is still being held up at the South African Embassy. Each time I track my application via the VFS Global website, all I get is "application is under assessment at the South African High Commission, Lagos". I have sent a mail to the DG's mailbox shared here, but got a response about four days later that my enquiry has been forwarded to immigration.

I don't understand why a Tourist Visa application to an African country will take this long to process.

Larry42242:
Hello Everyone
I just got a visa to leave Nigeria and the Visa would start counting from the 30th of November and i have already booked a flight on the 19th of November, would i be allowed to fly and get to the country where i'm going to? or i should reschedule and wait till the 30th of November??

Adjo10:
I can really understand your frustration. In most embassies in Nigeria, our own fellow Nigerians working there are the problems. We don’t like to see our fellows move forward. They probably sit there and see people getting their visas and traveling every day while they have not had the chance to do so. I’m sure the Nigerian employees there are not allowed to give birth in Brazil as a employment policy because of that they try to frustrate others.

It shall be well. Africans, we are our own enemies

Sgeze:
Hello House, I need an advice from any guru in the house. I haven’t travelled or applied for a US visa before but I have several visas on my passport for a travel history like 3 UK visas, 2 Schegens (France and Spain) South African visa, Dubai stamps. Am sure I could say that is some travel history, though I know for a fact travel history doesn’t guarantee a US visa. But these travel histories I mention are on one passport and that passport expires March 2020. My question is if I apply for a US visa with a brand new passport, will I be allowed to take in the old passport into the embassy? What if my luck could been that the VO asks me if I have ever been out of the US and I tell him several places, would he ask me to bring in my old passport for him to sight? I would appreciate this answer from anyone so I can apply please help a brother. Thank you

Naijaarchive:
Is he in school yet? Does he get the chance to mix up with other kids of his age or other people? Mixing up really helps a child LAD alot.... Your baby is fine.... He even humm... how cute

AngelicBeing:
"I am married with 2kids in one statement and the next statement is l am not legally married "
I am not surprised, that is why the US EMBASSY don't trust anything or document or word of mouth from Nigerians, because the few bad eggs have stained the reputation of the country with an everlasting black and red paint, which in my opinion is beyond redemption, what a shame

TWoods:
And you wonder why Nigeria never changes. You lie just as easily as you breathe. Looks like you’re never going to visit the US in your lifetime.

EkperemoEgbabi:
Bra... Your English gan fit crash treasury bill interest rate

salford1:
Kijiji is just a classified website where the buyer and seller arrange a meet up location for transactions Not sure of the best alternative to that in the UK, Gumtree maybe?

Ilekokonit:
A visa does not guarantee an income ANYWHERE on earth.

A visa also does not guarantee that they will allow you to enter their country at their airport.

If they are not convinced that you are a genuine visitor or student they will return the person back to the country of origin on the next flight.

At age 50 MOST immigration officers at the point of entry will have serious doubts as to the genuineness of your intentions to actually study as 50 years is classed as middle age when you are expected to have finished ALL your studies including PHD.

Someone I know who was 25 and had a first class degree was granted a course related visa to the UK but was denied entry at their airport and deported back to Naija as the immigration officer was not convinced he was gonna go back after the course and all the money spent was wasted and this was at a time Nigerians were not flooding their embassies with visa applications.

Forget going abroad to start afresh as any country abroad worth going to ALL SHARE INFORMATION about people they have denied visas and you don't want to waste that N2.5m on pursuing a visa that may swallow up N2.5m with no visa to show for it at the end of the day.

Stop throwing good money after bad as the grass ma seem greener on the other side but because Nigerians don't tell you the truth about what they do to earn a living abroad, people back home think they are better off going abroad. BIG FAT LIE.

Moreover, at 50 you may be able to compete with a 30 year old mentally but you can't compete with one physically as that is not natural and you don't want to be in the position of Nigerians abroad around 50 years old or older (male and female) who have died of heart attacks whilst at their menial long hour jobs. These guys had no choice as they could not come back to Nigeria empty handed and so without work permits, age not being on their side and overworking their bodies, they died due to over work as the spirit was willing but the body was weak and middle aged as they were over 50 years old or there about.

AT ANY AGE YOU have to think of using use your brain to earn a living and not your muscles meaning that you have to work smarter and not harder and at any age you have no reason to leave Nigeria for a foreign land if you can not apply for a Highly Skilled Migrant Visa which is only given (with limited quotas) to people with qualifications AND work experience in fields where these foreign countries have a skills shortage e.g Doctors, Nurses, IT personnel, Engineers, Tax Accountants etc.

Some Nigerians actually got good jobs with Multinational companies in Nigeria and got posted all over the workd with their employer handling their visa processes but this happened when they were in their 20's and in your case as being an employee in Naija is not an option the ONLY option seems for you to start a small scale business or a few small scale businesses and see how it goes and forget what people around you may say. Your qualification can not always feed you in Nigeria.

Do you know the number of Nigerians stranded abroad but can not come back home due to shame and empty pockets after wasting their most productive years abroad ?

If it is people around you including family members or your spouse that are making you feel as if you haven't achieved as much, then it is better to avoid their company or relocate away from them to a cheaper state in Nigeria where N2.5m is still big money and can start a lucrative business because if you keep hanging around these so called friends, family, in laws and out laws, and they help you finish that N2.5m you WILL now see human beings for who they really are with their poison tongues.

The same people you spent the N2.5m on WILL turn round and call you lazy.

And don't let fake visa or visa lottery criminals dupe you of your money because a visa lottery is just that - a lottery at times with a one in 14 million chance of winning as evidenced by the limited number of people that win the lotto in Nigeria.

If you know the number of people in Nigeria that can open a business wit just N50,000 you will marvel.

The simplest and guaranteed business you can start with a fraction of that N2.5m is a restaurant / Mama Put or just a pepper soup joint and if it means relocating to a cheaper state in Nigeria to open it then do so before you finish business capital that God has given you on daily living and chasing a visa that does not guarantee an income ANYWHERE on earth.

Finally there are a lot of Nigerian in those countries you want to emigrate to that do not have the equivalent of N2.5 million in their bank accounts both home and abroad combined. Most of the money they earn abroad is used to pay for income taxes, health insurance, rent, mortgage, water bill, Gas, Electric, community taxes, tv licence, travel and all the things you see on TV that makes those countries work and look appealing.

If some of these Nigerians get N2.5 million Naira equivalent in their bank accounts today, a lot of them will come back to Nigeria yesterday.