Dear all, please I need your advice, I recently got Canada tourist visa which I have gone and back to Nigeria. I want to apply for my family members, my question is in terms of funds available to spend during the proposed vacation.How do I fill the amount for the family, do I break it down to individual expenditure I.e separate amount or the total amount for the family should be penned down for all I.e same amount across board. Thanks for anticipated response.
@all, please I need your advice, I recently got Canada tourist visa which I have gone and back to Nigeria. I want to apply for my family members, my question is in terms of funds available to spend during the proposed vacation.How do I fill the amount for the family, do I break it down to individual expenditure I.e separate amount or the total amount for the family should be penned down for all I.e same amount across board. Thanks for anticipated response.
Got my white paper today. Interview time - 8.15am Arrived - 6.30am Venue - lagos
Me - gd am VO - gd am VO - where are you going Me- xxxxxxxx VO - why are u going Me - Easter holidays VO -how long Me-3 weeks VO- why xxxxxxx Me- have been to xxxx severally so decided a change of state. VO- Where do you work. Me- xxxxxx VO- how long ME - Over 30 yrs VO- Are u married ME- Yes with two kids. VO- are these your boys Me - Yes VO- Have you travelled with your family before ME- Travelled with my wife but not with the kids VO- turn to the kids, what class are you KID 1- JSS3 KID2- awaiting admission to the university VO - to Kid 2 what are you doing in the meantime and when will u enter college KID2 - Preparing for Post Jamb ME- asked him i can interject. VO- Yes ME- ASSU is the cause of the delay VO- started typing for what seems to be aged and asked did you say you worked again Me- empahised xxxxxx VO- bla bla bla bla give me white paper.
Hope this helps Don't cram any answers just say the truth as it is.
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Dampops: I think the moderator of this thread should call people to order... folks are glaringly posting details of purported visa agents on this thread and nothing is being done. I think this negates the DIY mantra of this entire forum...
@chairperson should be sanctioned, if there's anything like that. Best of luck with your interview, by the way
Ykc2: any homeless american person is a former felon or drug addict ,how many of Nigerians are homeless in america? I dont think you will see cus they know what they came there to do,some homeless people in america are living fine than some conditions of nigerians living in lagos
Not entirely true, pray you don't have a set back financially and voila one is on the street homeless.
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Same with my flight when we landed in Washington DC.
The clapping is normal, I think. It's not easy flying a plane for long hours and making a successful landing. The clap is a sign of thank you for doing your job perfectly.
lol, dont think so, flew with other airlines turkish and emirates no clapping oo
We used Ethiopia airlines and as a result had to stop by at Adis ababa. this was basically my first time of using a plane, and I felt strong nausea especially during take off. I felt my head turning onionon. but still had to maintain that all was normal.
flight to ethiopa was an enjoyable one. took us over 6hours to get to Adis Ababa at the speed of over 720km/hr. was afraid through the flight, so had to stay awake all through. watched some blockbuster movies from the small tv in front of my seat b4 retiring to the videos in my phone and then musics.
The Ethiopians are really amazing people, and have consistently made a beautiful home out of their country. the view from the sky was glorious as everywhere was lighted up.
They have a much more super airport compared to Lagos international airport and they are very proud of their achievements.
I took some pictures before and after landing in Adis ababa
reminded me of my own experience in 2017. Took Ethiopian airline to IAD, nice experience. The funny thing is that when we landed at IAD people started clapping kinda odd.
Anskid: We love football, sometimes when some results don't go our way we cry, some lose appetite, some don't talk to their partners.
I've got a few such moments ... As a Barcelona fan, the Roma and Liverpool comebacks made me almost sick.
But the first time I truly cried was when Nigeria lost to Switzerland in the 2009 FIFA U-17 World Cup final hosted by Nigeria. I was very young and hated everything. Life seemed worthless after the defeat, lol.
Share yours.
1994 Worrld Cup 2nd round fixture between Italia and Nigeria
chimauga: MY ORDEAL AT SOEKARNO-HATTA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT JAKARTA, INDONESIA
There is this derisive impression about Nigerian passport holders in most of the International Airports in different parts of the world, especially in Indonesia. The Immigration officers molest, exploit and forcibly take huge amount of bribes from Nigerians and threaten deportation if one refuses to give in. This happens even when one has not committed any offence. They show no respect to one’s Status so far you are carrying Nigerian passport.
On the 17th June 2019, I was once again greeted with harassment by Indonesian Immigration officers. The ugly incidence spurred me to take up a fight against their intimidation of Nigerians. I know that what they are doing is a corrupt practice and we are their major victims. No matter how our country is, we do not deserve such discriminatory extortion.
So, on that day, I arrived Soekarno-Hatta International Airport Jakarta, Indonesia, in an Emirates Airline from Dubai (EK0356). On disembarking from the Aircraft, I was walking to the queue when an immigration officer halted me. He asked for my passport. As he saw a Nigerian passport, he took me to their office and handed my passport over to his colleague. I greeted the officer sitting down in the office. He ignored me. Three times I greeted so he could say what the problem was but he remained silent and kept deaf ears. So I stood waiting for him to break his silence. I was standing, waiting for what I do not know, for 30 minutes before he muttered any word. Finally, he asked of my hotel reservation, return ticket and my Visa receipt, which I presented all to him.
The next question was, "do you want to go into the country?"
I said "yes".
He replied, "Calculate the fare of a one-way ticket from Jakarta to Abuja and give it to me to permit you entry".
I pretended as if I didn't understand what he was saying. The next thing he did was to google the cost of a one-way ticket with his mobile phone and showed it to me that it was $1,200usd (N432,000). I kept silent, trying to make a sense out of his embarrassing demand. But he didn’t stop there. He threatened to deport me by making copies of my travel documents.
At this point, I remembered my sad experience on the 9th October 2018 on this same Airport for refusing to bribe an Immigration officer with $200usd which nearly lead to my deportation. On that fateful day, they had already handed me over to the security and airline staff, reconfirmed my return ticket, checked in my luggage for eventual deportation. Had it not been I was able to place a call to my visa sponsor who intervened immediately by calling the airport Immigration boss and pleaded on my behalf, I would have been deported for no reason and would have lost huge sum and time. To the glory of God, the deportation was reversed. Meanwhile, this is a country I have been traveling to for 12 years without any infraction of their laws in whatever way. I never overstayed my visit, never broke any law, never even accused of any offense. My only offense was carrying Nigerian passport.
With that bad experience, which I was not ready to have a repeat of, I decided to be soft to this one demanding I should bribe him with $1,200usd. He later came down to $500 (N180,000) after a prolonged pleading. I immediately gave him the money but copied his name and saved it in my phone.
On the 21st June 2019, I prepared petitions which I addressed to the following parastatals: 1. Kedutaan Besar Republik Federsi Nigeria (Ambassador, Embassy of Federal Republic of Nigeria) 2. Direktorat Jendral Imigrasi (Comptroller of Immigration) 3. Direktorat Saber Pungli (Anti-Financial Fraud) 4. Pengaddan Dugaan Pidana Korups (Anti-Corruption).
First, I visited the Nigerian Embassy, met with the Ambassador and handed over my petition to him. He summoned an emergency meeting with all the Embassy's senior staff. He appeared very impressive. He commended my courage and promised to follow it up.
I stepped out of the Embassy and moved to Indonesian Immigration headquarters. On my arrival at the Immigration, it was difficult to gain access to meet with the overall Boss, the Jendral (comptroller), but when I claimed to be a Nigerian diplomat, they let me in. They ran security checks on me, gave me a form to fill my purpose of visit. I filled "High Rate of Bribery and Corruption Scandal Going on at Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta". This form must have caught the attention of the Immigration boss as he didn't hesitate to request for me.
I gave him my petition. He read but couldn't believe that such was going on in their Airport. I provided the name of the Staff, which I copied into my phone. He typed the name in an application in his Laptop and it displayed the photo image of the Immigration officer. I confirmed the picture was that of the man who collected bribe of $500usd from me. He thanked me for coming up with such information, which he said no one had ever brought to his desk. He made a promise that he would investigate the report and invite me for an update within 48 hours.
In less than 24 hours of my report, I was invited by the Immigration boss. Upon my arrival to his office, I was given a VIP treat. The Jendral, that is the Immigration boss, started with an apology on behalf of the entire Immigration and Indonesian government. He went further to tell me that the officer who extorted money from me accepted he did it, and implicated four other senior “intelligent” officers who were involved in the indecent act. He narrated that the five senior officers had been dismissed immediately, that their dismissal letter would be given to them at the end of our meeting.
A sealed envelope was handed over to me. Inside the envelope were an apology letter and a sum of $1,600usd. The Jendral did not know that the money enclosed in the envelope was above the amount they collected from me. He was so amazed when I told him the money was in excess of my money. He decided to confirm it himself and discovered that the corrupt officers at the Airport enclosed all the money they forcibly collected from Nigerians on board the Emirates Airline that conveyed me to Jakarta that day.
That was how I salvaged other Nigerians who arrived the Airport from that moment onwards. I was told Nigerian passport holders are now being attended to with full respect at the point of entry. The era of $500 to $1,000 bribe for nothing has been defeated.
Funny enough, the Nigerian Ambassador to Indonesia, who I first reported this case to, did absolutely nothing about it. He once told the Consular General, Emabassy of Nigeria, Indonesia, to inform me that they were still trying to get an appointment with the Minister of Foreign Affairs in Indonesia. Two months gone and they are still booking appointments. If I had waited for them, my money would have gone and our citizens visiting Indonesia for businesses would still be suffering intimidation and extortion. This is why nobody cared to report this crime to our Embassy because they all know that the report will be swept under the carpet.
In the photos are the petitions (with different addresses), Immigration form (Purpose of visit) and Immigration Letter of refund.
@OP I think you should send a letter to the Nigerian Officials, attach the apology letter etc to it to shame them.
I got my B2 visa finally and I have been preparing my visit to the US. I fly from Lagos to New York (JFK) next week Wednesday. I saw in some threads that there are US customs border agents in Istanbul. (I will be flying with Turkish). If at all I get screened in Turkey, does it mean they stamp your passport there and no need to be stamped in US?
Sorry it's my first time visiting the US but I have never had issues travelling within Africa and Spain.
God bless.
No CBP check at Istanbul, it I'll be done when u get to the States. Passed Tru Istanbul recently.
Teshoma111: Good afternoon people. I am a first time traveler to the US. I intend traveling in the last week of sept, into first week of oct. I see tickets are way cheaper then. Please will the weather still be favourable (that is warm)?
Just Google the state you are going to for what the weather is like during the time you intend to get there
warriboy21: so guz this is my last post. a summary video of the whole tour
Thanks for following me till this time and i hope u had a nice time?
its a one minute video
next im planning to revisit the new york and niagara falls
will surely let you know
las las en nothing really de all dis places... all na packaging
esp california, i was kinda dissapointed with what i saw. indiana sef get greens pass am.
anyways america is a very nice country to live in sha.
God bless America God bless Nigeria and God bless all of una wen de plan come here. HE will do it for you as HE has done it for me in Jesus name AMEN! AMEN
Nice one? but why LA? that must be a long flight? which airline and where are you guys coming from. I will like to fly to LA when next I'm traveling to U.S.
CBP: Passport please Me: Gave the guy CBP: Why are you here B1 or B2 Me: B2 CbP: Lookup please (same for my wife) Me : looked into the camera CBP: took my finger prints Ĺ CbP: how long are you staying Me: xxxxxxxxx CBP: stamps my wife and I passports Me: collects and walked out in to the chilling weather
On the contrary, if your lay over is more than 4hrs you will be allowed if your tickets indicates the free tour of turkey. Turkey is running a program whereby tourist on long layover can experience the land
indigenous234: It's simple guy,, take a bus to sokoto, cross the Nigerian border then take another bus to Niger Republic from there, connect to Libya, cross the Mediterranean sea and viola you're in Chile.
Abroad dey hungry you after you Don vote for Buhari Finnish abi?
I think its high time this unpatriotic Nigerians should be called out. They have name tags, for evey harassment and extortion we should call them out as it is being done foe the police.
Travel / Re: Canada Visit/tourist Visa Discussion. by olumig(m): 3:50am On Oct 14, 2023 