KaptainAfrika:
I think travel history just shows you are:
- financially buoyant
- well travelled
- you return home, after each trip
Travel history is PROBABLY not used as a criteria to judge the things, that will necessitate one's return to Nigeria. I can be well-travelled and have nothing tying me down to Nigeria, for example. IMHO.

OmoBendel24:


Go ahead and pay first, no ish.... You can also fill the form first. You however will need numbers from both to book your appointment. Regards

HenryWilliams:


Thank you for your quick response.
I'd like to know the numbers you're talking about .
Can I also google the websites for the application and booking or can it be done together in the same site?

OmoBendel24:


Go ahead and pay first, no ish.... You can also fill the form first. You however will need numbers from both to book your appointment. Regards

OmoBendel24:


Your passport will be accepted, but it's in your best interest to renew before you think of finally travelling

You can be issued a new passport anytime from six months to its expiration as loads of destinations round the world demand at least a passport valid for six months after your departure date from their country for them to grant you entry in the first place. Regards

OmoBendel24:


If for instance I'm a well travelled person with travel history of Japan, Germany, UK, France amongst others but I have my siblings, wife and children all living legally in Canada and go there to visit them twice a year briefly and normally always come back to Nigeria, why then will the VO grant me a visa to the US just to visit a friend? Will such decisions be easy for him to make or not? My family ties and travel history, which trumps the other here?

OmoBendel24:


Dear Captain, will advise here, be careful, don't go and unnecessarily downplay the place of travel history oh, it is part of the calculations of applicants ties oh. None of these ties in itself accounts for visa success, but rather, a combination of them does, even some are good in covering up other unavailable ties, e.g. good travel history for family ties, clear financial ability for family ties, etc. A woman with a child and husband for example has more ties in family area than a man with a child and wife, the likelihood of the man absconding without the child and wife is way higher than for a woman to do so to her child and hubby. Travel history has its place, a vital one at that even if we need not over-value it!

Codeblues:
Hello guys. I intend to travel in October 2017 for vacation can I fix my interview appointment for July next month. I hope the interview is not too early?

batuta:
Hello guys, want to apply for visa for my kids 7 and 5 years old to visit my wife's sister, who is American citizen. Want them to follow my wife's mum, who is travelling by August, she already has visa. How do I go about it, who will take them to the embassy for interview?

seyewest:


@Omobendel I'm with you on that... A single man who is well traveled and his earning is average can get a visa than someone who has not traveled out but earn good money the reasoning behind this is that the well traveled man has demonstrated at every opportunity to respect the immigration law of every countries he has been.

sihamey:



Thanks so much for your kinded responds, I appreciate.

LadyGuinivere:

This is my view as well.
A "non virgin" passport is better than a zero travel history fellow. Bearing in mind that the visa MUST be real, with actual travel and to a "better " country.
Yes. Folks with zero travel history get visas but IMO it's better to go to the us embassy with some thing the vo can look at and be comfortable.
That's not to say that if Osibanjos daughter goes to the embassy now without any prior travel that she will not be given. Why? Because clearly Nigeria is green for her and she will return. So for the applicant out there whom the vo cannot see his green Nigeria (sic �) I advise you to get travel history ist

KaptainAfrika:
1. I am beginning to wonder if the advocate for "travelling to UK or schengen areas" for family applicants isn't an agent. The VO has said that individuals and families, have been given visa's on so-called 'virgin passports', well if you have money, you can apply for a UK or Schengen visa, if you think that will help and then travel to those countries, but if you get the visa, it will be because of your ties to Nigeria.

2. Again, the grace of God is to empower you to live a godly life (as per Christianity), not to run to a country where their forefathers sacrificed a lot, so that their kids will have a better life. Nigerians stop misrepresenting God's grace. C'mon I wonder if our ancestors had seen the future, if all of them won't have gone into slave ships, just to save their descendant the shame.

3. A visa is a privilege, not a right; the VO has the final say, you may have all the ties but it is the VO that has the final say, and one of them has come to this forum, to say you don't need to 'disvirgin' your passport to get a visa. You can only improve your chances by having strong ties, but even then its 50:50.

Mikehk2:
Again I'm not soliciting for Schengen visa or UK visa or any form of visa . What I stated was that people should consider going to countries that would give you a sticker - visa instead of what neighboring countries ( GHANA, BENIN, TOGO etc) would offer which is stamp . FOR US EMBASSY PLS TRY TO GET SOMETHING WORTH TRAVEL HISTORY , assuming we all understand the importance of travel history to convince them we aren't running away and we have good things we can't swap anything for in Nigeria

OmoBendel24:


As long as such travel history isn't easily seen to be unnecessary and a deliberate attempt to con the VO, cool. Such example includes misguided personal trips (within 6, 9 to 12 months when you have never had even one before oh) to Dubai, SA, India and maybe Europe in quick successions by one who is supposed to be busy working particularly after being refused a US visa, no hard and fast rule though

LadyGuinivere:
@pepe4reps
First of: I am a lady. A fine burriful one at that o!!! . No muscle or any man thing. Lol

Yes. Travel to shengen country is good. BUT. Yes. BUT.
What is your purpose of travel? What are your other home ties. People with certain travel history were refused. I'm guessing because the vo looked at their whole profile and deciphered that the trip was just to "buffer up" their ds 160.
Do you have a good job?
What is your purpose of travel?
Are you married? Kids?
Have you misrepresented? Being denied before? Violated another country's visa terms?

These are ALL the factors under consideration. Not just whether you have travelled.
Let me paint a picture.
A security man. Earns 35k. Unmarried. Guess
Goes for an interview with Stephen travel history. If I were a vo, I know he can get paid 75k a month under the table for that same 'Gate Man job".
Will I give him a visa? Most likely not. Cos he's a flight risk IMO.
So u should consider all these factors before flinging your money

Mikehk2:
Again I'm not soliciting for Schengen visa or UK visa or any form of visa . What I stated was that people should consider going to countries that would give you a sticker - visa instead of what neighboring countries ( GHANA, BENIN, TOGO etc) would offer which is stamp . FOR US EMBASSY PLS TRY TO GET SOMETHING WORTH TRAVEL HISTORY , assuming we all understand the importance of travel history to convince them we aren't running away and we have good things we can't swap anything for in Nigeria

KaptainAfrika:
I forgot to add, they would still have your old profile/form on their system. So this one you are going to fill, does not replace the other one.

seyewest:


If people can get UK and EU why are they scared of US visa?

Mikehk2:


I wouldn't know... My emphasis is strictly on those considering travel history as one of the ties required for certain cases like mine .. People get US VISA WITHOUT travel history yet there are some cases that are hard to overcome without competent travel history . #myopinion

Mikehk2:


I wouldn't know... My emphasis is strictly on those considering travel history as one of the ties required for certain cases like mine .. People get US VISA WITHOUT travel history yet there are some cases that are hard to overcome without competent travel history . #myopinion

LadyGuinivere:
@9jastar evuls ! You are still talking abi? Lol
Mbok how them dey get Caribbean visa Mae we go.
We can carry Seye and Nwabendel as PA1 and 2
He he he
I dey my house. All the above mentioned can come and beat me. Lol

Mikehk2:
Again I'm not soliciting for Schengen visa or UK visa or any form of visa . What I stated was that people should consider going to countries that would give you a sticker - visa instead of what neighboring countries ( GHANA, BENIN, TOGO etc) would offer which is stamp . FOR US EMBASSY PLS TRY TO GET SOMETHING WORTH TRAVEL HISTORY , assuming we all understand the importance of travel history to convince them we aren't running away and we have good things we can't swap anything for in Nigeria

tshegs19:
Hello guys
In 2015, I applied for a B2 visa (while in the uk). I got a visa valid till November, this year. My plan was to travel after my masters in the Uk, but i got a job after here in Naija. & I can't get an annual leave till next year 2018. Please advise if I should renew the B2 visa before it expires (pls with steps to take) Or I should re-apply next year when I'm ready.
Thanks