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shookie:
hello house,i was refuse a visiting visa in march while i was on leave and now i got an invite for my friends wedding in USA.i am married,good job but no kids yet.
what are my chances?

Post your march transcript let guru here evaluate it.

Eweren:
Hello guys I'm back good New I got white paper �oya let me give u guys story about my 8.30 appointment that's how I saw blue paper everywhere today on my line I just gave up but guess what my case was different . Travelling history matters a lot oh.

Congrats.Transcript!!!!

GreenArchitect:
I have always promised my wife an unforgettable vacation right from when we were dating and we've done quite a lot locally.In 2013,we planned a South Africa trip that got cancelled last minute by me and a Dubai trip that was also cancelled due to my tight work schedule.So I promised her and the kids that 2018,it was going to be Disney.We scheduled the interview for April,secured a date and
off we went to Lagos.Here is our transcript (window 4)
Wife and I - Good morning
VO - No response
Me - (in my heart) ah ah oh girl,I'm greeting you na.
VO - passports please
Me - hands over the passports
(There was a situation with my kids.My 1 yr old was fast asleep on my shoulders,my wife placed my four yr old on to deck in front of the VO and my 5yr old wanted same treatment.He kept interrupting the mom with this demand as she was answering the VO's questions.)
VO - Where in the US are you going to?
Wife and I - Orlando,Florida
VO - Have you travelled before?
Me - As family,no but I have been to Ghana.(the trip was work related)
VO - What do you do for work?
Me - I'm the principal Architect at xxxxx company.A partnership I founded and head.(I go on to explain what we do).
VO - How many years have you been running this company?
Me - 16yrs.
(She types)
VO - What projects are you currently handling?
Me - Explain in detail all three(3) projects.
VO - How many staff members do you have?
Me - 19
(She types again)
VO - (turns to my wife) Ma'am,what do you do for work?
Wife - I work with xxxxx state government as senior registrar(wife goes on to elaborate on her duties)
VO - How long have you worked there?
Wife - 9 yrs
VO- (moves back to me)Do you have any relatives in the US?
Me - Yes a relative I haven't heard from in 20yrs.
VO- Where is your relative residing in the US?
Me - Right now,i don't know.
VO- Where Will you be staying in the US?
Me - Walt Disney world dolphin resort(I had reservation booked and printed.She didn't ask)
VO - You said you studied Architecture?
Me - Yes.
VO - Where?
Me - told her university for first degree and the one for masters degree .
(She keeps typing)
VO - (repeats an earlier question)How many staff members do you have?
Me - 19.Nine(9) in the head office and 10 at the outstations.
VO - Where is the head office?
Me - told her
(She types again)
VO - do you have any bank statement showing you can sponsor this trip?
Me - hands over my bank statement(account balance a little over N11m)
VO - scrutinizes my bank statement page by page.I mean real scrutiny .She then puts it aside.
VO -When did you travel to Ghana?
Me - March 9-11
VO - picks up our passports,arrange and rearranges them (as if contemplating and debating within her).Kept shuffling the passports and flipping through them casually.Picks up my bank statement again and resume scrutiny as if looking for something.Nods her head twice and starts typing.
VO - Thank you for this information but I ll be refusing your application as we find you ineligible at the moment.You may reapply if you feel your circumstances have changed.
Returns our passports with the blue paper and my bank statement.
Me - (In my heart)Jesu!! After all this grilling.

My wife was disappointed.She suggested we reapply immediately for another interview.She feels the interview went well , that the VO wasn't friendly and was fishing for reasons to refuse our application.We have applied again and secured a date for last week in August and sincerely I'm not keen anymore but my wife and kids want this Disney experience like oxygen itself.

What could possibly have gone wrong?
Cc: ladyGuinevere,Seyewest,et al.

That Skimmy lady @ window4 again? Hmmm

Success2011:
Thanks for the wonderful works. I've been meticulously following this thread for a while. Please, I've a question. I've a booked appointment at the Consular Office in Lagos in a few weeks. While booking my appointment, I ERRONEOUSLY ticked REGULAR in the Visa Priority column. Moreso, I was supposed to tick the column to show I was earlier refused a visa in the last 6 months. Truthfully, it was an oversight.
However, in the DS 160 Form, I correctly accepted been denied a visa earlier and went ahead to write why I presumed I was DENIED then by the VO. Hope this disparity won't pose problems for me? Thank you House. God bless you guys richly. Amen

Are you sure these
PREVIOUSLY DENIED & REGULAR visa priority option is not a new development?. Because, I didn't see anything of such(previously denied option) while schedule appointment some months ago.

onyxo76:
One thing observed during my interview yesterday was the fact that quite a number had no business applying for the visa, a particular lady was bragging to the VO how she earns about 500k from her business on a good month when all she put on from head to toe was not even up to 10k ! the VO rejected her and she started making a scene and was walked out of the place.

Chai Dr pastor,So you still have time to value someone from head to toe during interview,The Lord also tells you to value that?Isookay!

Pipedreams:
what of if they ask for proof. like my offer letter and confirmation letter

Please,be sincere enough in your application. It's better to be denied knowing you are truthful than to get it knowing you lied.Lie always comes back to hurt big.

Pipedreams:
what of if they ask for proof. like my offer letter and confirmation letter

Please,be sincere enough in your application. It's better to be denied knowing you are truthful than to get it knowing you lied.Lie always comes back to hurt.

LadyGuinivere:
@ayekunle thank God we are getting to a meeting ground

Let's go back to the op
He filled a form
Filled his work details and salary.Listed ALL HIS INCOME.
Went for the interview.
Was interviewed based on his details. He himself said I am an education officer.... Not nnpc. Not CBN. HE didn't say I have a fish farm somewhere or I'm paid DTA. Even if his person in the US is Malia Obama, he still has to prove ties.

He was denied. He came here asking for opinions. I make bold as to assume I can understand cosade's mind set when he made the comment. Remember the comment wasn't made as a sweeping declaration or on its own. It was with regards to the particular fellow that asked.
If from the form he filled and his answers at the interview that he earns 600k, then will the VO import side hustle and sponsor join? I'm not here to talk about civil service, but limiting my scope of argument to the guy that asked a question. If the vo saw all his details not to talk of the fact that he faltered to even answer the work he does, then I do not believe the vos discretion was wrong as all.

Whenever one does as a side hustle, if it's not included in the ds 160 or divulged, then the assumption that he earns his fixed salary remains status quo.
Every person that jumped on the attack cosade 's opinion ship failed to appreciate that simple fact. Transcripts should be treated case by case and objectively without sentiments. Without mixing issues. Or comparing the op to Lagbaja next door....

So let me even ask, do you think a person whose total annual salary is 600 k will find it easy to over come the burden of proof vis a vis flight costs and other expenses? For a vacation?

LadyG
I posted the transcript.Honestly,no one has attacked 'Cosade Baba' it's clarification. I said I stammered not my salary is 50K.I am not account officer so I won't go into salary details.More so,not all graduate are employed based on 'grade 8' there terms and conditions for every recruitment. I think this is what those who know about civil service rules are trying to express!!
Thanks to everyone for yha opinion!!!

seyewest:
oh I see Allowances is now a fraud... I will end it here.

Brother, Thanks for ending here!!!
Cosade Baba,Thanks for your opinions too!!

LadyGuinivere:
Exactly! Hd has his reason yet he prefers speculations. If only all the folks here knew the reason for their refusals

Thank You!!!!

# I so much love this thread#. I went for my interview on 28 March @Lagos and was denied,please help me evaluate it and tell me what's wrong# This is my transcript:

V.O: Good Morning Sir
Me: Good morning, how is work today?
V.O: Pass me your passport
Me: Have it ma
V.O: Where are you going to in USA?
Me: Atlanta,Georgia (VO Nodding head and typing)
V.O: Why are you going there?
Me: To visit my aunty,more so do some sight seeing to zoo Atlanta, High museum of art Atlanta(Vo was nooding head like its okay I don hear) ,Fernbank science centre.
V.O:What does your Aunt do?
Me:Laboratory Scientific at ..........
V.O: Where do you work sir?
Me: ..... State Government ........ as a clerical officer(Note in my state(board) they refer Education officer as clerical officer) While saying this I stammered a bit however with confident and she stop typing and look straight into my eye.
V.O: (Still look at my eyeball )How long have you been there sir?
Me: 7years
V.ONow typing and looking at my eyeball) Are you married?
Me: Yes with a kid
V.O: How old
Me: .years
V.O: Why are you travelling alone?
Me: My wife is a nurse at .... she is busy,So she can't make the trip
V.ONods and typing) Thanks for telling me that.
V.o: Have you travel before?
Me: Yes,to Ghana for my friend graduation


Next thing na blue paper ..V.O: Sorry reapply,