₦airaland Forum

MackyNaija:
Yes, tried buying an Avalon, e hard me to find dark interiors so I switched to a Camry...

The 2012 model year and it's facelift in 2015 are ugly to me so I moved a step higher.
Motor for America no be big man, if you work hard, you go ball hard.


I believe in continuous improvement... Below is my newest addition, the 2018 Camry SE - problem No 6.

Just 3 years after leaving Naija see elevation. If you still dey 9ja you for done maybe buy 2008 Camry dey celebrate.. this one na 10 years increase

Beautyaddy:
Hmmmm....very unfortunate this happened to you.

BTW, do you and your ex-boyfriend have kids together?



And your response with the highlighted statement...I hope it didn't also count against you.

What’s the best answer for that question??

nextlevel2222:
Thanks.

Congrats to both you and select500, please what can you advise someone do to keep oneself busy during the time of waiting for green card

Tunmise100:
Thanks for sharing your personal story @MackyNaija. I also had a similar experience since coming to the United States where you get return on investment for all your learning and schooling. I had interviews with different companies from the Almighty Facebook to Goldman Sachs to Visa USA Inc. and many more. I hope fellow Nigerians understand that your destiny is relative to your territory. Enough Said!

Why una Dey hide... come and share story and ginger boys jare

MackyNaija:
3 years ago I posted....

Today I remember my Friend and Brother, who passed on about 100 days ago.
He showed me that selfless men can still be found...

True help is when someone who stands to gain nothing from you renders you assistance...
To everyone reading this, lend a helping hand to someone in need.

With a heavy heart I say - Rest on "The Don", I believe you are in a better place. I will forever remember you!

Painful, but I hope his soul rest in perfect peace

MackyNaija:
Immediately the worldwide lockdowns were announced, I created a 6 month plan on how to save myself.

Partly from economic uncertainties associated with the virus and a dissatisfaction with my Engineer I position - my company catch me for cheap because I had no prior Yankee work experience.

In the midst of the ginger to deliver myself, our most senior engineer retired - likely had over 60years experience in the industry.
What did my company do? They gave me 60% of his tasks - me? Still at Engineer I?

In my head - these people go soon know what's up.

Gtg sleep. Tomorrow we continue..

Welcome back Boss, Fire on abeg.. Hadampson, Senior man is back oo

With the recent happenings in Naira, Mackynaija I want to congratulate you again, you really left at the right time

Please can I get your phone number let’s talk

NiklauseFred:
Jaycew
niklausefred
subomi007
danny6552
skylane
lamboladee
Richdee1
SaintHillary
vhuqnl
Joohan
Hadampson
Paccus

You guys should check out this thread!

Thanks Bro, currently eating everything in it now

folarinstr:
But some are still applying, pls why?

You can apply of course but they most likely will put it on Administrative processing

folarinstr:
Thats why i want to know if CR1 is among the banned visas

yeah, it’s banned for now

Petyprincess:
They should probably start from your house mtchew.

Everytime government this government that!! People striving for themselves nd traveling out have two heads abi? Y'all are the reason Nigerian immigrants makes y'all feel inferior because your mentality is so so.....!!

Next time if you want Nigeria to be wiped out just mention your household nd others like you!!

Are you not the girl that was looking for white man/European on Facebook why are you anti-immigration all of a sudden?

Hadampson:
Thanks alot bro for the mention. I can't follow this thread without calling my people so lemme summon them here without wasting time

Jaycew 
NiklauseFred 
subomi007 
danny6552 
skylane 
lamboladee
Richdee1
SaintHillary
vhuqnl
Joohan

Abeg they always include me Hadampson

nextlevel2222:
Thank You!

I wish you Success for your green card

nextlevel2222:
Hello everyone, I want to give update on my journey so far. It was really a long depressing journey.

RD I-765, I-485 September 12th 2019

BIO October 22th 2019

RFE Nov 12th 2019 for long birthday certificate and recent tax.

RD for RFE December 13th 2019

I called last of the week in February 2020, I can't remember the day precisely to expedite my case.

Expedite request received and evidence request was sent to me.

On the 6th of March 2020, I submitted my evidence through Fax.

My case was denied outrightly on March 13th 2020 due to not submitted the recent tax for 2018.

I filed for MTR, with tax 2018, 2019. RD April 7th 2020.

September 9th 2020 MTR was reopened and approved with I-765.

The card was sent and delivered on 13th September 2020.

The waiting time is crazy but it will surely come. Hang on there guys.

Wow, your experience was crazy, congrats you have the card now

Gudnexvincent01:
Yes! Been following this thread for a while now. Now he’s ready to visit but I want to know if the Nigerian Embassy in the US is open for visa application now. He keeps calling and gets no answer. Can he go ahead and apply online?

do you have any information with regards covid19 protocol.. will a visitor to Nigeria need to do covid19 test and isolate when in Nigeria??

ayogabriel:
* Their isn't uber or taxify in pH for now. Not to my knowledge.

* Any clean car from 2005 upwards will fly for the business but it has to be sharp A/c tight.

* You need a good phone for the business android 7, but not all apps will work efficiently on them

* You only get to work at your leisure

*companies collect 10-20%. Depending on the type of job.

*The app calculates the fare per km and waiting time.

*Some investors give cars out on hire purchase you can contact me for availability at no charge.

Do you know anyone giving car out for hire purchase, I am interested??

Justwise you deleted my former post what did I type wrong? Or rule that I broke?

Drenimarcus:
@justwise, please I will like to have this thread locked or if possible deleted. I can tolerate anything but bringing my wife or my family into this is not acceptable.

I would appreciate if this is done.

Thanks.

You suppose to know that guy, I think he’s a white supremacist that goes about Nairaland angry when he sees people coming to America.. I thought you remember him from that K1 thread

You abandoned us in your old UAE thread

Drenimarcus:
If someone ever told me that by 2020, i will be a PR in the US, i would say the person is a descendant of the devil. Yes, i had ambitions to leave Nigeria but how? where? with which resources when i was basically managing my mom's store, and the last kid in the Uni looking up to me.

I have always been an advocate of "not gonna have my own kids go through what i went through", they deserve a better life, my mom went through a lot of me and my little ones and she sure deserves to be pampered but how can you pamper your parents when Nigeria is all frustrating your efforts. You have the societal vices alla noose about to choke you and kill you. If you the Federal government doesnt introduce policies to cripple you, your state govt will, sars will, phcn will, mosquitoes will, your landlord will, your so called friends will, your family(extended or nuclear) will.

When people say Nigerians deserve automatic place in heaven, i for once say yes. Nigeria will be 60 years and no hope for the youths, how can you say people are the future and no policies to enable the so called "future".

I have read your comments on other threads, it’s Great to read your story from your own Thread.. I hope we can read more of your movement to USA and how you stabilised yourself in terms of jobs and education after moving

Timiofak:
At the time of her birth both of them where in the u.s with student visas, which is a non-immigrant visa... Which is also the same visa category as visiting visa’s so she is an anchor baby technically. If we trace America back in time with DNA’s the real Americans, are less than 2 percent I'm talking about native Indians, right now both white, black, Latino, Asian e.t.c who claims America as there country are most likely children of immigrants and slaves. So it's very basic America is a country of immigration... That's what makes it great, makes me laugh at conservatives on their crackdown on migration, without immigrants America can never be great, the diversity makes it great.

Her parents came into the country legally

zeelo2014:
I think you got most parts of the etiquette right, the handshake(pre covid) and eye contact. Speak slowly cos of accent, pick up their choice of words. Naija's English is more British-like, e.g pants vs trouser,booth vs trunk etc
You might say hi to your neighbors if you just a bought a house on the street if not no need for that.
Any hairstyle or clothing works, nothing too loud and check with your employer's dress code. Stay away from discussing your religious or political belief, be liberal at all times.

Why must a person be liberal at all times, what if a person is conservative??

LMay:
23kg max not 25kg if Turkish Airlines. That is, 23kg each in two places. That's for your main luggage.

8kg max for your cabin luggage.

Total of 54kg!

UKMigrant has touched on food items to bring on. Let me help with luggage packing tips, you might need them.

Tips

You're not allowed to put food or sharp objects (cutlery, blade, pocket knife etc) in your cabin luggage or carry on (hand bag/laptop bag), so pack smartly.

Tightly pack all your clothes, shoes, books, or weaves (if female) into your cabin luggage. Instead of folding clothes passively or mindlessly like we do when arranging our closet, roll each tightly into a bunch.This will squeeze out air & give you more space in the box to squeeze more clothes into. You can watch YouTube videos to learn this technique.

Now you're left with food items, sharp objects, and any cream/perfume exceeding 50ml (Only liquid of less than 50ml per bottle is allowed in the cabin luggage). Now arrange all these carefully into your main luggage.

For food items, put into ziploc bags or transparent polythene bag like pure water bags. Put different food items into each and label appropriately...e.g Melon, Ogbono, Ugwu vegetable etc.

For ladies carrying weaves, discard the packs to make your luggage relatively lighter.

Palm oil is not allowed. Don't even bother!

You don't necessarily need an industrial scale to weigh your luggage. Buy a regular domestic scale. You know the ones "Check your weight" guys carry around? Yes, that one. It's less than 2k.

To weigh, first stand on it and check your weight. Write it down or memorise it. Now put your luggage on your head and check your combined weight. Subtracting your own weight from the combined weight will give you the weight of your luggage.

Your allowance per main luggage is 23kg but aim for 21kg or max 22kg at home. Why? The scale at Murtala Mohammed Int'l Airport is forward by about 2kg. You don't want to stress yourself with reshuffling at the airport or trashing stuffs you bought with your hard-earned money. Pack smartly from home!

Airport staffs are not smiling again. Before they allow you pass/check-in a 23.9kg bag, you'll beg tire. Anything above that, they'll tell you to go obtain a ticket of $150 per overweight bag upstairs! You don't need that wahala in your life.

What else?

Remember I asked you to stuff all your clothes & books plus shoes into your cabin luggage? Trust me, it would have exceeded 8kg by now. You know the box itself will add to the weight as well.

Let me give you orijo.

1. Your laptop bag is not weighed. That's an extra space to put clothes, books, laptop (of course), charger etc.

2. Your hand bag isn't weighed either. If you're a lady, that's a plus. You can carry a laptop bag + your handbag alongside the cabin bag.

3. If you're eleru town council like me & you've utilised all available spaces yet you're still not within allocated kg limits, fear not. There's still a way.

Leave your original cabin luggage with somebody (eg family/friend who followed you to the airport). Let them act like they own the bag while they simply stand by it.

Check in your laptop bag as your Cabin Luggage. They'll tag it and return it to you while the two main bags are passed to cargo. Now remove the tag and stickers on your laptop bag and place it on your original Cabin Luggage you kept with your escort. You're done!

With these tips, you'll have a smooth sail luggage wise.


Extras....

Depending on how light or fancy you want to travel, those silly Echolac boxes are not your friend. 1) They'll add to the overall weight 2) They're not durable. Most would be damaged (broken handles, broken wheels, torn surface areas, etc) before you arrive your destination. How would you even lift a damaged box? You'll place it on your head maybe

Invest in a quality box. Might be pricey but it will last for years and save you from embarrassing situations. I don't know if/where those are sold in Nigeria. I bought mine in the abroad. This is my 5th year of usage and I travel very frequently. It's still intact.

If you're low on cash, buy those very strong bagco ghana must go bags as main luggage. Not the usual ones. This one is a bit recent & it comes in one color - grey! More like a grainy white mixed with black. It costs about N1,500 per bag. Nothing to be ashamed of. You wont even see it until your final destination after you check it in at MMIA, so you can still form posh in transit with your cabin luggage. Regular travellers use it a lot. It's very light and durable. For your information, they sell it in the abroad too. So what? In fact, its a life saver for people whose boxes get damaged at the airport. Just that they'll pay a few extra thousands more to procure it at the airport.

No use am as cabin baggage oooo. You'll look like Osuofia in London. Hehehe. Joking. Use a correct small sized box as cabin/hand luggage.

Third option is to source for lightweight boxes (rare) or lightweight travelling bags with wheels (looks like a piece of cloth with wheels attached when empty. The box-shaped compact ones are heavy).


Wishing you a safe flight!

Nice one

Viper2205:
You will need some pots of money in your bank account sir for you to be eligible

make him leave him wife for USA, go find wetin for Germany??

Iamshiizy:
The problem is my wife lives and work in philly. So just moving to go school in a marriage that we have barely spent 2 months straight in the last 4 years. So my sentiments are if i can pursue a second degree in Philadelphia, then i can know i have a stand too for prospective tech works. I like dollar too ooo

Omscs is fully online but you receive exact same degree as people on Campus you can do it anywhere in the US.. there is also oms analytics if you are interested in data analyst/science roles.. Cybersecurity from what I have read value experience and certifications far more than degree.. having a masters without experience from helpdesk, network technician etc is almost a waste.. if you want to do Cybersecurity go and start from CCNA

MackyNaija:
Doing good, hope you are too.


You can never get used to it if you were not born here or if this wasn't your first landing spot on entering the US.

Me wey don buy gas $1.70 for Texas, how I wan take get used to $3.50 per gallon??

My guys for Texas and Oklahoma still deh pay $600-$900 for rent. My own na $2,200 for 1bedroom... Abeg how I wan take manage this one!??

I try not to complain about it More Than 5 times DAILY
Na to comot I deh work on now, complaining does not change anything.

Suspect same thing.. if you no dey FAANG the stress of California no worth am you go dey stay very far from your work so house rent go reduce small. I think Texas or Chicago are the best states??

Iamshiizy:
Big man, followed this thread judiciously, I’m at the verge of completing my Ir1 visa, infact I’ve completed the nvc stage, if not for covid19, I’ll already be in the US i have a Bsc in computer science from futa, though a 2.2 ... haven’t really worked with it in the last 5 years since graduation, i just dey street dey run various businesses. So my wife hinted upon getting to the states, i should get an msc from temple university, drexel university or even penn state, in software engineering. I like the idea and feel i can bag good grades and something in Silicon Valley in the coming years, do you think i have any chance with my low bsc grades ?, or i can kuku start again... computer engineering (4 years) try to get a perfect gpa, then proceed to fight for Msc in cyber security or any othere reliable field (2 years). I kindly need your input sir, big ups ������

If your GPA is above 3.0.. try Omscs by Georgia tech.. $7k for a masters from a top school like Georgia tech is good deal and the acceptance rate is very high about 70-80%, the question be say you fit carry the load??