AfonjaBoston:


A discussion of dissent opinion is going on, NOT an ARGUMENT

Two different things

seyewest:


My view is that, he should work on his travel history, this will make it easy for the V.O to issue him a visit visa. For now he should forget about traveling to U.S and start working on his non-existent travel history.

OmoBendel24:


But he's not arguing with you na. He's only saying he's America born, dazzol! Surely he can't be conferred citizenship on that ground because of the pecularity of his case. I can't even understand how his parents, and our parents, just let the US and the UK go like that, no visits, nothing. Diplomats for that matter oh!

Our parents of old sha. Well, Nigeria was very good for them then sha.

AfonjaBoston:






If I was you I wouldn't keep chest beating on this place of birth matter or reference it during a visa interview unless asked and rather get an attorney to look at possibility of PR reinstatement of a minor ( if your attorney is smart in this country there is always a lacuna that can be taken advantage of )

if this pulls through you can keep it and still be shuttling both countries while living in naija(do with sense) I did this for many years untill . . .

Also if you have not been back to the states since you got back when you were 2 years old. It will be pretty interesting to see how the dice goes. Like someone said a 50-50, I would say depending on the VO it may either be a long interview or a straight up ineligibility based off some interesting "proof of ties" index or checklist they run on

Best of luck and be smart

TheCongo2:


Was your dad a diplomat in the UK?

OmoBendel24:


No sir.... Schooled there for some 6, 7 years in the 60's into the very early 70's right before I was born (almost giving up my details there now though), and actually came back home with wifey, and two kids born in the UK. They literally fought with everything to get back in the UK in the 90's because they never went back there for over two decades and almost lost trace of pointers to claiming citizenship, wasn't smooth at all compared to what the process is today.

TheCongo2:


I assume they are in the UK now, right?
Anyway, Africa of the 60s was just as good as South Korea or Canada

TheCongo2:


The funny part is that if he enters the US he can freely lives as a US Citizen if he wants to. A birth certificate is all it takes to prove your US citizenship. There are loophole in the system that makes it possible for any child born in the US to get a US passport.
In his case, he was unfortunate to fall in the hands of the State Department through the embassy who did a thorough search. The States Department is the only agency that has record of who works as diplomat in the US and when. No other goverment agency in the US has record of the diplomats in the US.

Iyamilele:
Hello all,

I recently had my interview, my intention was to give birth in Texas, so we applied as a Family, we were 5 in number(my hubby, me, my mum and my two kids) I decided to take my mum along to assist me over there with my 19months toddler and also when the baby is born (it would have been her first time of traveling with us eventhough she has travelled to Ghana twice). Our bank statement was way more than our budget.

Below is my transcript,

Kindly help find out what went wrong

Me and hubby: Good morning
V.O: Good morning, can i have your passports
V.O: all five of you are traveling
Me and Hubby: Yes
V.O: have you traveled as a family before?
Hubby: Yes, we have been to Dubai and also visited the UK and I have also been to the US
V.O: (flips through my husband's passport) what do you do?
Hubby: I'm a engineer with a Telecoms company
V.O: How long have you been there?
Hubby: 10 years
V.O: how much do you earn?
Hubby: told her
V.O: Madam what do you do
Me: Im a caterer i cater for events and parties
V.O: how much do you earn?
me: i told her
V.O: Do you have staffs?
me: Yes, 4 of them
V.O: why are you going to texas?
Hubby: We are going for Vacation and my wife is also going to give birth there
Me: Childbirth and Tourism
V.O: what is your budget for this trip
Me and Hubby: $20,000
V.O: Can i see your bank statement?
Hubby: ( He hands it over to her)
V.O: (she just scanned through and continues typing)
V.O: Sorry you are not qualified at the moment ( hands us the Pink paper)

We were among the last batch of people interviewed, I also noticed the V.O seems in a hurry to close for the day, because she didn't even sit while interviewing us.

Please Gurus in the house, help pinpoint what went wrong.

Thank you.

Iyamilele:


Our bank statement was way more than our budget.


Me: Childbirth and Tourism
V.O: what is your budget for this trip
Me and Hubby: $20,000

seyewest:


so we're now second hand material abi

Iyamilele:
Hello all,

I recently had my interview, my intention was to give birth in Texas, so we applied as a Family, we were 5 in number(my hubby, me, my mum and my two kids) I decided to take my mum along to assist me over there with my 19months toddler and also when the baby is born (it would have been her first time of traveling with us eventhough she has travelled to Ghana twice). Our bank statement was way more than our budget.

Below is my transcript,

Kindly help find out what went wrong

Me and hubby: Good morning
V.O: Good morning, can i have your passports
V.O: all five of you are traveling
Me and Hubby: Yes
V.O: have you traveled as a family before?
Hubby: Yes, we have been to Dubai and also visited the UK and I have also been to the US
V.O: (flips through my husband's passport) what do you do?
Hubby: I'm a engineer with a Telecoms company
V.O: How long have you been there?
Hubby: 10 years
V.O: how much do you earn?
Hubby: told her
V.O: Madam what do you do
Me: Im a caterer i cater for events and parties
V.O: how much do you earn?
me: i told her
V.O: Do you have staffs?
me: Yes, 4 of them
V.O: why are you going to texas?
Hubby: We are going for Vacation and my wife is also going to give birth there
Me: Childbirth and Tourism
V.O: what is your budget for this trip
Me and Hubby: $20,000
V.O: Can i see your bank statement?
Hubby: ( He hands it over to her)
V.O: (she just scanned through and continues typing)
V.O: Sorry you are not qualified at the moment ( hands us the Pink paper)

We were among the last batch of people interviewed, I also noticed the V.O seems in a hurry to close for the day, because she didn't even sit while interviewing us.

Please Gurus in the house, help pinpoint what went wrong.

Thank you.

OmoBendel24:


Yeah truly, Nigeria go better sha.... Also, they too like dad are back home to Naija with part of their family, but without making the "mistakes" he made oh . No way!

Iyamilele:
Hello all,

I recently had my interview, my intention was to give birth in Texas, so we applied as a Family, we were 5 in number(my hubby, me, my mum and my two kids) I decided to take my mum along to assist me over there with my 19months toddler and also when the baby is born (it would have been her first time of traveling with us eventhough she has travelled to Ghana twice). Our bank statement was way more than our budget.

Below is my transcript,

Kindly help find out what went wrong

Me and hubby: Good morning
V.O: Good morning, can i have your passports
V.O: all five of you are traveling
Me and Hubby: Yes
V.O: have you traveled as a family before?
Hubby: Yes, we have been to Dubai and also visited the UK and I have also been to the US
V.O: (flips through my husband's passport) what do you do?
Hubby: I'm a engineer with a Telecoms company
V.O: How long have you been there?
Hubby: 10 years
V.O: how much do you earn?
Hubby: told her
V.O: Madam what do you do
Me: Im a caterer i cater for events and parties
V.O: how much do you earn?
me: i told her
V.O: Do you have staffs?
me: Yes, 4 of them
V.O: why are you going to texas?
Hubby: We are going for Vacation and my wife is also going to give birth there
Me: Childbirth and Tourism
V.O: what is your budget for this trip
Me and Hubby: $20,000
V.O: Can i see your bank statement?
Hubby: ( He hands it over to her)
V.O: (she just scanned through and continues typing)
V.O: Sorry you are not qualified at the moment ( hands us the Pink paper)

We were among the last batch of people interviewed, I also noticed the V.O seems in a hurry to close for the day, because she didn't even sit while interviewing us.

Please Gurus in the house, help pinpoint what went wrong.

Thank you.

seyewest:


$20,000 is not even enough... Childbirth alone will gulp at least $16000, plane ticket, accommodation, feeding, local running etc... will take around $15000.
You should have applied alone or with your husband then the kids, your mom should come last.
You did not plan this thing well.

AfonjaBoston:


She carry mama join body like say she is going forever.
Oyinbo done look am unto " why in the world do you need your mama if your husband is going with you" unless he is gonna be working instead of vacationing

If she had about 50 to 70k she may have been granted. The conversation was flowing untill that point she saw the statement

Another thing is whether the money in there represents a flow of transactions overtime or a one-time lodgement

Fela4ese:
congrats to u guys

Yinkagbo:
Great job you guys are doing here......me, wife and a child want to apply for a tourist visa, as my baby would be a year old soon and I want his first birthday to be done in USA.....i am a business man, I have transport bus,bikes for transport, a bar,into fish farming, own hostel and a residential building(thou no CofO as at now,but I have the survey plan and the floor plan) while my wife is a tailor and sell tailoring materials, she has two workers....i was in uae 2013 thou single as at then.....please house, how can a describe my duties in box provided in ds 160..and what is my chance....

seyewest:


Well Done.... and Congrats.. Enjoy your trip.

Kennosy:
Please need urgent advise,!

my friend interview is in 6 week from now, dough she is yet to submit her data information forn already filled form, but she had someone filed d form for her. And the information goes as follows
Her visit purpuse is to attend her cousins wedding, and she is not booking an hotel, because she intend to stay in her cousins place for the period of 10 days thru the wedding ceremony , dough the wedding ceremony will be taking place in Huston while the cousine stays in Arizona. She is concern and worried if not booking an hotel might make the VO consider her not legible for the Visa,


Please help ...... gurus in the house.

seyewest:


What is the meaning of Dough?

This is the meaning of Dough in dictionary and google:
a thick, malleable mixture of flour and liquid, used for baking into bread or pastry.
"add water to the flour and mix to a manageable dough"

2.
informal
money.
"lots of dough"

Yinkagbo:
Great job you guys are doing here......me, wife and a child want to apply for a tourist visa, as my baby would be a year old soon and I want his first birthday to be done in USA.....i am a business man, I have transport bus,bikes for transport, a bar,into fish farming, own hostel and a residential building(thou no CofO as at now,but I have the survey plan and the floor plan) while my wife is a tailor and sell tailoring materials, she has two workers....i was in uae 2013 thou single as at then.....please house, how can a describe my duties in box provided in ds 160..and what is my chance....

TsunamiHot:

They’re denying entry into the US to pple who have stayed in the US for up to 5 months on their US visiting visa and they’re denying it straight from Mutala Mohammed Airport. It happened to a friend's mum, she spent 5 months in the US on her last visit. The airline refused to allow her board and directed her to the embassy, las las she was informed it was because of the duration of her last visit...not sure if the visa was later cancelled or revoked (don't have that info yet).

People, lets be careful...Trump is changing things e.v.e.r.y.d.a.y.
Just thought I should share it here.

TsunamiHot:

They’re denying entry into the US to pple who have stayed in the US for up to 5 months on their US visiting visa and they’re denying it straight from Mutala Mohammed Airport. It happened to a friend's mum, she spent 5 months in the US on her last visit. The airline refused to allow her board and directed her to the embassy, las las she was informed it was because of the duration of her last visit...not sure if the visa was later cancelled or revoked (don't have that info yet).

People, lets be careful...Trump is changing things e.v.e.r.y.d.a.y.
Just thought I should share it here.