JECU:
Pls help me with this questions. Since is difficult to get visa being single cos dey think u will not return, I was married but now I am seperated from my husband though not official yet just verbally.Can I still claim married and use my husband name since I have all the proof.

Note : my passport bears my father's name.I want to know if it will make my application to be denied if I use my husband name to fill my form.Can one use 2 names provided I have back up proof and I won!t be denied visa.
I want to attend my brothers graduation ceremoney on may and I intend to come back.

Which is the name on your interntional passport? That is the name you MUST use. However there is a column where u can fill in any other names u hve answered. If the name on ur aplication does not match the name on your pasport, u will not be allowed in.

Are u legally married? If yes then u pick that option. Unless there is a column for separeted? I don't knoww bout that...

chloe7:
Sabrinaqueenzy 11th March don reach sharply how time flies, thank God for Journey mercies and every, enjoy America
E remain me and oganlalasokun

Yes oh thanks at chloe7 .....
Wishing you guys save flight to America

Beniyoha01:


1) Use tha last or most recent (could be BSc, MSc, PhD)
2) just state the latest one. VO's can see all your denials
3) Do not lie, they have your records due to your past applications. Just tell them you have relatives but u ain't staying with them (check past interviews here and you'll see such examples)

Thank you for your response it's the issue of telling lies the problem I have is that I don't have the addresses of the family that I have in the USA that is my problem and I don't want call anyone to send address and details and he or she will feel u are going to be a burden to them. I just want to know if it's okay for me just say no relative over there or I will say yes and also claim I don't have the details the so called family I need assistance family

wunmi38:

Thank you for your response it's the issue of telling lies the problem I have is that I don't have the addresses of the family that I have in the USA that is my problem and I don't want call anyone to send address and details and he or she will feel u are going to be a burden to them. I just want to know if it's okay for me just say no relative over there or I will say yes and also claim I don't have the details the so called family I need assistance family

Hi Wunmi,

It's as simple as saying: YES, i do have relatives but i don't have any plan of visiting or staying with them.
Even at POE you'll state the same thing and you will not have any problem, you don't need to have their address or know anything about them as long as you've already told the VO that you aren't staying with them.... Kapich!

Beniyoha01:


Hi Wunmi,

It's as simple as saying: YES, i do have relatives but i don't have any plan of visiting or staying with them.
Even at POE you'll state the same thing and you will not have any problem, you don't need to have their address or know anything about them as long as you've already told the VO that you aren't staying with them.... Kapich!

Exactly!
Please consider telling the truth as Ben suggests.
It is not compulsory to make up a lie!

oganlalasokun:
Pls can I carry the following items while I travel, I'm passing through JFK. These r the times....
Elubo( yam flour), gaari, grinded egunsi, peak powdered milk, golden mourn, grinded dry pepper, maagi, powdered Milo, aboliki ointment, ogi (pap), ewedu leaf, indomie noddle that is onion flavoured
Many of these items are being sent through me to someone. Pls won't I have issues at JFK poe ?
Thanks all

If this is your first travel to U.S and you intend to take all these items with you to U.S you are on a long thing... You will be grill by custom or quarantine. Just think am

LadyGuinivere:

Which is the name on your interntional passport? That is the name you MUST use. However there is a column where u can fill in any other names u hve answered. If the name on ur aplication does not match the name on your pasport, u will not be allowed in.

Are u legally married? If yes then u pick that option. Unless there is a column for separeted? I don't knoww bout that...

Yes I am legally married.I have my marriage certificate with me and change of name newspaper advert.which option are u talking about.

Better still,can I feel my form with d name on my passport but fill married on d options,then have my marriage certificate and wedding pictures to prove that when ask if I am married.
What do u think?

JECU:


Yes I am legally married.I have my marriage certificate with me and change of name newspaper advert.which option are u talking about

Marital status
Single
Narried
Divorced
Widowed

JECU:


Yes I am legally married.I have my marriage certificate with me and change of name newspaper advert.which option are u talking about

Marital status
Single
Married
Divorced
Widowed

LadyGuinivere:

Marital status
Single
Married
Divorced
Widowed

Better still,can I feel my form with d name on my passport but fill married on d options,then have my marriage certificate and wedding pictures to prove that when ask if I am married.
What do u think?

@LadyGuinivere, Can a US citizen accompany his mother for an interview at the embassy. Because she will not be able to understand the VO because of the accent and the mother can't communicate in English.

JECU:

Better still,can I feel my form with d name on my passport but fill married on d options,then have my marriage certificate and wedding pictures to prove that when ask if I am married.
What do u think?

Have u taken a look at the form? If not please do.
Your passprt can be in your maiden name though u are married. So no better still,that's the only option available to you. Fill the name as on your passport and fill married and go with supporting documentation.
Btw single people get visas

diamondsare4eva:
@LadyGuinivere, Can a US citizen accompany his mother for an interview at the embassy. Because she will not be able to understand the VO because of the accent and the mother can't communicate in English.

The US embassy has interpreters in all the major Nigerian Languages. All she needs to do is ask for one.
So no, only the applicant will be allowed in. No other person

LadyGuinivere:

Have u taken a look at the form? If not please do.
Your passprt can be in your maiden name though u are married. So no better still,that's the only option available to you. Fill the name as on your passport and fill married and go with supporting documentation.
Btw single people get visas

Thank you for ur response

Thank you.

diamondsare4eva:
Thank you.

UWC
Cc Jecu

patostical:
Thanks again my good people @ Beniyoha01, Lady General' a true general in this', just wise, Rahm,Seyewest,Chloe7,OmoBendel, LagosNIV, Banky222 and all those who have contributed in one way or the other to make this thread a success. Did my interview at Abuja and the transcript went thus:

VO: hello
Me: good afternoon ma.
VO: ur passport pls.
Me: OK. Gave her and she scan just the bar code on confirmation page only and begin type for about 20sec.
VO: why are u travelling to Florida?
Me: Taking my family for Xmas vacation." I made a mistake there, instead of Easter and my wife just pinch me for back, I think she thought I mean Easter because she didn't ask again.
VO: have you travel as a family before
Me: yes we have
VO: which country have you visited together
Me: UK, UAE and south Africa. All this while she is just busy typing and didn't check our passport.
VO: what do u do sir
Me: An a wireline operator in bla bla bla oil servicing company, eket.
VO: how much do u earn
Me: 550k monthly
VO: madam, you r a medical doctor?
Wifey: yes ma.
VO: what do u do
Wifey: Am a medical officer in A&E department, FMC keffi.
VO: what does the gall bladder do?
Wifey: gave her the answer with all the medicals jagons
VO: how much do u earn
Wifey: 215k
VO: are u pregnant
Wifey: yes, the VO was still busy typing as she ask her questions and we give her answers.
VO: when r u due
Wifey: October
VO: do you intend to seek medical care in the US?
Wifey: Yes I do but not on this vacation trip.
VO: what about in the future
Wifey: yes
VO: your visa have been approved, gave the white paper and said direction to get ur passport in 2-3 business day is in there.

That is it oooh house. I thanks you guys. Wish a prospective applicant God's favour because is not about how prepare u r or how often u hv travel but God's favour. A couple was denial visa because their children all went to the US with a visiting visa and then seek asylum using boko haram as reason. The couple's were denial on the ground that the two of them may go there and do the same thing, even with plenty talk from the man, the VO still gave them the yellow paper. So pls pray and have genuine intentions and ur visa will be approved.
Sorry for the long story oooooh.

A big congratulations to you! welcome onboard.

so i was given a b1/b2 visa, which i intend to use in a couple of months time,(vacation with hubby) .somthing happened along the line, and am thinking of doing a short course in photography in the usa.
pls how do i go about this?

1. i learnt that one cant do studies of any kind on a b1/b2 visa...is tis true?
2. i will go for the vacation with my hubby, as planned....and since studying on a b1/b2 visa ia wrong, do i come back to nigeria and apply for a change of visa..or is it something i an do there while in usa...the course duration is about 8months to 1yr

.

mommatriplets:
so i was given a b1/b2 visa, which i intend to use in a couple of months time,(vacation with hubby) .somthing happened along the line, and am thinking of doing a short course in photography in the usa.
pls how do i go about this?

1. i learnt that one cant do studies of any kind on a b1/b2 visa...is tis true?
2. i will go for the vacation with my hubby, as planned....and since studying on a b1/b2 visa ia wrong, do i come back to nigeria and apply for a change of visa..or is it something i an do there while in usa...the course duration is about 8months to 1yr

Short courses (those ones akin to conferences) are allowed.
But 8 months to one year? Nope. Remember u can't stay more than 6 months at a stretch
Apart from the fact that its not legal.
Apply for the appros visa in Nigeria. That's my opinion

LadyGuinivere:

Short courses (those ones akin to conferences) are allowed.
But 8 months to one year? Nope. Remember u can't stay more than 6 months at a stretch
Apart from the fact that its not legal.
Apply for the appros visa in Nigeria. That's my opinion

ok, thanks...but since i already hv a valid b1/b2 visa......what do i do?
apply for f1 visa? n cancel the b1/b2 visa after my summer vacation trip?

Gdeveng all. Am a jjc here. My husband. Baby ND I applied for a b1/b2 last week and got next week for our interview. The issue I av now is dat in d application we only stated dat we are going on vacation. I am pregnant and wld want to av my baby in d USA. Do u think one can tell d vo.dat we are going on vacation and we intend to have our baby there as well Dats when asked y we are going to d USA?

temiabdul:
Gdeveng all. Am a jjc here. My husband. Baby ND I applied for a b1/b2 last week and got next week for our interview. The issue I av now is dat in d application we only stated dat we are going on vacation. I am pregnant and wld want to av my baby in d USA. Do u think one can tell d vo.dat we are going on vacation and we intend to have our baby there as well Dats when asked y we are going to d USA?

I'll advice you not to complicate your chances.... If your pregnancy is pronounced and would be due in the next 3 or 4 month then your application is faulty. You ought to have corresponded with a doctor/hospital prior to now.

But if your pregnancy is still in its 1St trimester and not glaringly pronounced then it's safe to tell the VO that you are pregnant and you hope to birth in the US but not on this particular trip.


For more info on birthing in the US use the bellow Nairaland link.

https://www.nairaland.com/2655925/give-birth-usa-cost-procedures

temiabdul:
Gdeveng all. Am a jjc here. My husband. Baby ND I applied for a b1/b2 last week and got next week for our interview. The issue I av now is dat in d application we only stated dat we are going on vacation . I am pregnant and wld want to av my baby in d USA. Do u think one can tell d vo.dat we are going on vacation and we intend to have our baby there as well Dats when asked y we are going to d USA?

Beniyoha01:



I'll advice you not to complicate your chances.... If your pregnancy is pronounced and would be due in the next 3 or 4 month then your application is faulty. You ought to have corresponded with a doctor/hospital prior to now.

But if your pregnancy is still in its 1St trimester and not glaringly pronounced then it's safe to tell the VO that you are pregnant and you hope to birth in the US but not on this particular trip.


For more info on birthing in the US use the bellow Nairaland link.

https://www.nairaland.com/2655925/give-birth-usa-cost-procedures

Please let's not water Down the advice we give here or create grey areas where none exists. She is pregnant. She intends to birth in the USA. Pretty str8 forward if I say. No A and B scenario.Let's not also forget this thread is read by the VO's and this underhand move will piss a reasonable man off as being crooked.
Wht worked for A may not work for B. But preparation always pays off.

@Temi. It is perfectly legal to birth in he US and yes u can tell the vo u want to give birth in the us. U just have to work very hard in the next one week to be prepared. Preparation is key
Follow the link that Benny posted and ask your questions. But kindly read the very ist page of the thread there ist. U may find most of your questions already answered. Especially as your question is kinda a commonly asked question and folks may not be very nice if u don't catch up on the basics ist

LadyGuinivere:




Please let's not water Down the advice we give here or create grey areas where none exists. She is pregnant. She intends to birth in the USA. Pretty str8 forward if I say. No A and B scenario.Let's not also forget this thread is read by the VO's and this underhand move will piss a reasonable man off as being crooked.
Wht worked for A may not work for B. But preparation always pays off.

@Temi. It is perfectly legal to birth in he US and yes u can tell the vo u want to give birth in the us. U just have to work very hard in the next one week to be prepared. Preparation is key
Follow the link that Benny posted and ask your questions. But kindly read the very ist page of the thread there ist. U may find most of your questions already answered. Especially as your question is kinda a commonly asked question and folks may not be very nice if u don't catch up on the basics ist

My advice was based on the premise that airlines don't fly heavily pregnant women neither will a VO grant such knowing that she's heavily pregnant and going to birth.

Secondly, my advice that she tells the VO she hopes to birth in the US but not on this particular trip is on the premise that she has not corresponded with a Doctor and in such a case the VO might just think she wasn't prepared or intends to use Medicaid. True there are special cases of people who got their visas without a doctors correspondence but IMO it's better to be well prepared and informed than not

By these i don't think I've erred as insinuated, Good Morning all!

Beniyoha01:



My advice was based on the premise that airlines don't fly heavily pregnant women neither will a VO grant such knowing that she's heavily pregnant and going to birth.

Secondly, my advice that she tells the VO she hopes to birth in the US but not on this particular trip is on the premise that she has not corresponded with a Doctor and in such a case the VO might just think she wasn't prepared or intends to use Medicaid. True there are special cases of people who got their visas without a doctors correspondence but IMO it's better to be well prepared and informed than not

By these i don't think I've erred as insinuated, Good Morning all!

there's always an exception to every rule of law, the bolded isn't always so all the time as heavily preggys have gotten visas and 36 weeks gone mama's have flown and also some airlines don't bother about flying heavily preggys while some won't even carry from 28 weeks upwards

chloe7:
there's always an exception to every rule of law, the bolded isn't always so all the time as heavily preggys have gotten visas and 36 weeks gone mama's have flown and also some airlines don't bother about flying heavily preggys while some won't even carry from 28 weeks upwards

I don't think we should advice people based on EXCEPTIONAL CASES but based on standards and protocols....
Anyway, the onus is on her to take or do what suites her.

If the standard practice is to correspond with a US doctor and if it also says 3rd trimester pregnancies should not be boarded on a plane then where did i err?

Beniyoha01:


I don't think we should advice people based on EXCEPTIONAL CASES but based on standards and protocols....
Anyway, the onus is on her to take or do what suites her.

If the standard practice is to correspond with a US doctor and if it also says 3rd trimester pregnancies should not be boarded on a plane then where did i err?

i'm not advising anyone i'm only saying there is an exception to the bolded paragraph that's all

It would be useful to remind her that she also still has to pass the Point of Entry.
If she is obviously pregnant with no doctors contacts and possibly insufficient funds.
She might have problems there even with a visit visa.

(Many others have.)

worry359:
It would be useful to remind her that she also still has to pass the Point of Entry.
If she is obviously pregnant with no doctors contacts and possibly insufficient funds.
She might have problems there even with a visit visa.

(Many others have.)

Exactly my point of view.... reason why i broke it down to her current pregnancy state, if you read the birthing thread you'll see loads of cases and advice that supports my post. but my advice was made to seem like MISINFORMATION.

Beniyoha01:


Exactly my point of view.... reason why i broke it down to her current pregnancy state, if you read the birthing thread you'll see loads of cases and advice that supports my post. but my advice was made to seem like MISINFORMATION.

Oh no! Your advices are always spot on dude. I silently follow this thread and always looking forward to your posts. Though I have my visa & have birthed in the US, you are a good read

Trust me you have a lot of silent followers too.

@Benny I had no intention to insult or otherwise. Just pointed out that in this particular case, the poster says she wants to birth in the us. That is her purpose. A friend of mine and her husband applied pregnant and said we may or may not birth in the US. They were refused. I can't speak to the mind of the vo but if a vo reads the fact that a poster says I actually wanna birth in the us and then sees an applicant next week saying I may/may not use the visa for birthing purposes.....do u see the ish?

Visa and airline rules are different. Delta has no policy on carrying preggars. So the issues are absolutely seperate. E concern the applicant about how she wan fly. Doctor's corresponsdence can be gotten in 2 days and travel plans made overnight. Its one thing to get a visa, its another to have a smooth entry if any...
Please I have no personal grouse with u and always holla u unto paddy levels even thou na here be our playground. I just differed with your opinion.
Ok. Before we ( plus me)forget, there's a special thread for birthing...