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NurseGrace:
He is a civil engineer . No other skill asides that. And he is of the opinion that I should accept the job in the UK mainly because of the kids.

I don't think you husband is prepared because with you working the bulk of the work will be with him, including taking care of the kids. Cos your entry level job as a nurse is peanuts .

5 and 7 year olds? SMH

NurseGrace:
Please I need to make an important decision in my life and I need opinions expecially from people in the Uk. I am a Nurse in Nigeria who just got 2 job offers, the 1st is with an oil company in Nigeria with a monthly pay of 5million monthly and the second is a job in UK with the NHS. Please I need suggestions please, if you were in my shoes which will u choose. This decision is very important to me. And by the way I am 35yrs with a husband who is a civil servant here and 2 children (5years and 7years).

Take the oil and gas job immediately.
Do at least two years and build your income, invest and save money in USD and naira. Live on a tight budget no frivolities.

If you still want to practice nursing abroad then study the various countries and their application options that the environment works for you.

Your husband's career and work opportunities is important. Note even as an engineer he can not work as a n engineer abroad unless he gets he gets a post graduate course in that country and goes ahead to meet the accreditation for professional engineers in this country. These acteditaton will require vetting his work experience which is almost impossible if it's is foreign and they have no way to assess.

NurseGrace:
Please I need to make an important decision in my life and I need opinions expecially from people in the Uk. I am a Nurse in Nigeria who just got 2 job offers, the 1st is with an oil company in Nigeria with a monthly pay of 5million monthly and the second is a job in UK with the NHS. Please I need suggestions please, if you were in my shoes which will u choose. This decision is very important to me. And by the way I am 35yrs with a husband who is a civil servant here and 2 children (5years and 7years).

Take the oil and gas job immediately.
Do at least two years and build your income, invest and save money in USD and naira. Live on a tight budget no frivolities.

If you still want to practice nursing abroad then study the various countries and their application options that the environment works for you.

Your husband's career and work opportunities is important. Note even as an engineer he can not work as a n engineer abroad unless he gets he gets a post graduate course in that country and goes ahead to meet the accreditation for professional engineers in this country. These acteditaton will require vetting his work experience which is almost impossible if it's is foreign and they have no way to assess.

ogbeni94:
Hello everyone,
I am confused about how to apply for an H-4 visa on the new portal. Do I need to create new login details for each dependent? I tried adding them while creating my own H1B application, but I got an error saying group applications are not allowed.
Gurus please help

Are you applying from Nigeria?
I think it might be the same process if you were applying for a visit visa and wanted to add dependents.
I'd say create new accounts for each

DWJourney:
Please guys, does anyone know how long it takes to get your card "Green Card" after entering the States with your immigrant visa? I know the timeline might be different from state to state, but I will appreciate it if anyone can share their experience with the state of Indiana in particular, or any other states.


Thanks guys

About 3weeks or so.
Have you paid for the green card yet?
If you haven't you should get mail from USCIS saying that you not paid and requesting you make payment.

By the way your visa in the passport is actually valid for 1year from the date you entered the US. So if you need that you can use it as soon identification/permit to work

Drebal:
Hello guys , my parents got denied this morning - age 60&65

Second appointment, first was 2019

Why are you going to the USA ?
How many children do you have ?
Where is the rest of the children?
What’s your son’s address ?
What state ?
Are you retired ? Yes

Denied !!

Currently , they have a pending green card Application that’s lasted a year .. could that be the problem ?

Thank you.

There is typically a perception that having an Immigrant petition means your NIV will be denied. That's not true. I had a few US NIVs during my immigrant petition. Other people on this same forum have also said the same..
Immigrant petitions can take awhile if not for
some categories up to 20years.

I mention this so that you know it does happen, people do get NIVs.

You might want to look at other things,
Was there a place in the DS160 that asked if anyone had filed immigrant petition for you. Did your parents answer yes to that question?
Do your parents have travel history ?
Was there any other question they asked your parents that they didn't mention to you?

However if your parents Priority Date is close on the visa bulletin then you can wait it out. This depends on what stage it is, though
has the petition been approved?, are you at NVC stage with documents all submitted and documentary qualified?. There have been longer wait times for Lagos consulate to give interviews for all immigrant categories since COVID.

Remvibes:
Hello everyone, hope you’re having a good day. I recently arrived in the U.S. on a K1 visa and can’t work legally at the moment. Does anyone know of any job opportunities, possibly under-the-table work? I’m currently in Virginia. I would greatly appreciate any help or leads. Thank you!

There's a K1 thread you can share there. Other K1 applicants can share.
I'd also you do the marriage as quickly as possible. Just book at the court house quickly so you submit your paperwork asap. That will let you work officially asap

Exhausted03:
I tried reaching out to the embassy, the numbers i got online didn't go and their bot auto-replied my email telling me to make inquires in their Visa Navigator. I did and it ultimately led me to the usvisappt website.

The website was changed (26th August). The new one( usvisaappt) is not fully set up, no family based visa is listed in it yet. I got in touch with the customer service but I was told to wait till F4 is included in the site, then file a complaint about my visa & passport retrival.

If I could just get in touch with the embassy I wouldn't be running this rats race which I doubt will be fruitful.

Please if anyone has a number or a functional email that an actual human is in charge of, please help. My mum is sick and depressed, we lost my dad a few months ago and I just want her to leave here as soon as possible, even if we don't tag along, things are too much on her & this is all I can do to help.

Worrying about this won't help, it does no good.
You need to slow down and not be anxious.
Your passports will come out.
Relax..I know this sounds hard but it is necessary o. Your mum can not be sick.
Worrying will raise BP o!. This is the time to use whatever amount of faith you have. If you are not anxious everyone else will be confident

Occupy yourself with other stuff, to keep your mind busy.

Belle777:
I arrived NY yesterday morning.
At the port of entry I was taken to another room where I waited with other people for about 5 minutes while an officer had my passport with him.
I told him I had a question and he said "ok?"
I said "there used to be a huge package immigrants carried when travelling..." He said "Yes. Everything is done online now."

Welcome to the East Coast

ayodebola:
@Taal17
@bonawaja
Hi all, update on our F4 application.
We got a mail from NVC today that an account has been created for my wife on CEAC website. Login details were sent to her that she will be uploading some documents required and making some payment required too.
Please how long does it take for them to verified the documents uploaded?

What next step should we expect after this and what will likely be the timeline between uploading the documents and the next step that might be required. Thank you.

Complete this step first. This thing can't be rushed.
You need to complete what they asked you to upload. Make all the payments then you will be told when you are documentarily qualified if all your docs are satisfactory .
Then it's the wait for interview date..we can't say how long that would be yet.
Your PD has to be current though before you are get interview date.

adeolaspecial:
I don't even have a water meter. My toddler is under 2 and have no access to taps. We wash adult clothes once a week and hand wash easy baby clothes. Called them and they said its the building they use to calculate how much I'm being billed.

Wow .what kind of system is that

Lexusgs430:
Did you run out, for fear they might call you back....... 📞🏃🏃🏃😂

Wait..how does this work?

trollx:
Yes, he can . That's if he marries the step mom and continues from where the dad stopped. Then enters the US through the 90days rule. Yeah!

I'm going to guess this is tongue in cheek right?

Cos the guy is already married.

OP,
If your husband wants to travel he should apply for visit visa and see
His step mum and other siblings do not give him any advantage or rights to stay in the US

Jeboy:
Yes those that landed before Aug 28 with Visit visa amd applied for LMIA based on job offer will be excluded from the new Law. The update mentions that as exception.

But the truth is how feasible is such process for LMIA when it takes a long process by administration and bottleneck not also undermining the huge cost involved?

I understand you. LMIA is a long shot.

the OP however hasn't even gotten the visa not to talk of landing in Canada .

beautyuche:
Thank you for the clarity. My next question is this :
If an individual got a date last year with another country’s passport and a different surname and now in Nigeria has gotten the Nigerian passport but has a different surname on the Nigerian passport. Now the individual will rather have the visa on the Nigerian passport rather than the other country will this be accepted at the embassy?

Please note both passports are available

If the initial application was done in Nigeria then No
I would consider this a new application because the passport nationality is different and surname..

Unless you can update your DS160 form. You would still have to explain change of surname

adeolaspecial:
I do not have a water meter installed. Averagely, I could say we spend less than 8-10mins in the shower (though madam spends a little bit above that as per women). And we're very moderate in water usage in the kitchen. We never leave the tap running.

There are no leaks whatsoever. This bill is just way too high.

Could be how you use washing machine or dishwasher.

Do you wait till it's full before you wash or wash whenever there's a dish.

You have a toddler too so, they tend to just open taps for fun 😊

Nedkenzim:
Good morning everyone.

My mum was supposed to have her interview last Friday, 23rd but on getting there the people at the entrance turned her back because apparently, her profile was updated the previous day because the appointment confirmation codes didn't match and it needed to be updated. She was asked to check back on the website after 3 working days. Now the old website isn't working anymore and she also hasn't received any mails either.

Gurus in the house, what could be going on and the way forward?

Will she be rescheduled by them or she has to get another appointment date on her own?

Will they see it as a missed appointment? And if it is, how do we go about it?

I waited this long to bring it here because I hoped she would get a mail as the old system is no longer available.

Thank you.

Just wait , you should get the mail soon enough.

3 working days just ended yesterday.

affoncad:
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Isn't it Dj4all?

Does it also means we that those that has filed their application before the cancellation can still convert visit to work visa?

Check the post you replied..I quoted what was written .

affoncad:
1.the new policy did not concern you since it visit visa you applied and you not going canada to change to work visa

2.Write to ircc that you paid for biometic and request new biometic letter

And lastly Note that the processing time for a Visitor visa remains at 6 months. However, approval has become increasingly challenging due to the current circumstances in Canada, where many individuals including 700% raise in nigerians that are claiming asylum on a Visitor visa. As a result, the rejection rate has risen significantly.


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Well based on the fact that she already said she wants to convert visit visa to work visa it concerns her.
See the last part of her post

fluffydec12:
His dad used to come to Nigeria with his wife and their only daughter, tho the dad has other children in the US. As the first son, his father's properties here in Nigeria was transferred to him by inheritance. He has a good report with his black American step mum, but how does he leverage on the good communication he has with the step mum

Read up on family immigrant visa. Only his siblings who are adults can file for him under that. However that route has a wait time of over 10 years

Nothing can be done from step mom

fluffydec12:
Thank you, but can an invitation letter from the step mum, hold any water for visiting visa. And what are his chances with a visiting visa?

I can't tell you of chances.
His Dad is late
Step mum he has probably never met and neither did she raise him. He's an adult who is married.
Visa is based on him and his own circumstances

WatchYourSix:
Family will be in Nigeria for burial by tomorrow and will be around for another one month or so.....thats why biometrics will likely be in nigeria

If they take time before responding to you no

Apply in the uk

fluffydec12:
Can he get green card through his step mum that is a black American and still living in America?

No

https://www.usvisaappt.com/visa/country?country=NG


This should be it.
Someone shared this on the USA visit visa thread

Mopresh0645:
Hello everyone,

I currently live in GTA Ontario and considering moving from the city I am currently to London Ontario permanently with my family. I would appreciate if I can get people's opinion about living in London Ontario, is it an affordable place for family?, is it affordable to buy a house?, How is the Nigerian community like?, The job market?, The cost of living?, Safety?, Childcare subsidy in the region?

I would appreciate a response from any Nigerian currently in London Ontario

You might find people in the living in Canada thread.
Ask there

Shueld06:
Do you know if they have opened a new US visa appointment booking website? The old one is no longer active

I believe they did a change on Aug 26

justwise:
Create one.

Hahaha
Even juniors suppose don become seniors by now.

fluffydec12:
Good day, pls don't read and pass your advice would be of great help on this matter. The father to my sister's husband lived and died in the US, he was a citizen .

However, due to family intrusion(father's family didn't want their son to marry my inlaw mother) my sister's husband was born outside wedlock, so the dad didn't make any move to help his son relocate because of so many family problems, little communication

My in-laws father was married to an American woman who is still living in the US, she is a direct opposite of her husband towards my inlaw. The question now is what are his chances of being able to relocate to the US, can he get a green card as a child of a dead citizen( my in-laws father was buried in the US). Pls we need clarifications, pls don't read and pass, help!

No, his Dad is late. He is also an adult now.
There is nothing he can do to get citizenship through his late Dad.

There are other pathways to get to the US. e.g student

chidiakwari:
F-2 can leave and be back anytime they want. They necessarily do not have to stay.

I didn't say they couldn't leave on F2 but
IIf OP wants them to stay then he should do F2

DWJourney:
Hello everyone, the veterans!

Please, my immigrant visa is approved and I am here to seek guidance on life generally in the US, especially how to make a decent income based on my educational background. I'm in the Environmental sector with a handful of experience in waste recycling and facilities management. Is there anyone here that has made a good career in the Environmental science sector? Do I need to do any sort of certification to land a good job in this sector? I see people talk a lot about either being in IT or Nursing to make a good money in the US, are these the only areas someone can thrive? I am also open to any beginners friendly business that can bring in money, your suggestion will be appreciated.

The USA they say is the land of opportunity and I believe that will be for people with rightful information. Please, I would appreciate it if people here can attend to my questions and give me a lead. Please bear with me if my writeup is not well put, I'm new here.

Thanks to everyone in advance.

Get your certificates of education and take them with you.
Try to also get you student copy of you transcript if you can.

Some jobs would need your foreign credentials evaluated so you might need the original with you.

For your work experience please identify those who would verify this experience when you need a reference.

Now about your career choice.
Use you free time to research your sector and what career options are in your state. That's the state you are going to live in.

Civil service is a good place to start. Most states would have an agency responsible for waste collection and management.

Also look for companies doing environmental protection eg.waste cleanup, testing of effluent

Use LinkedIn and follow organisations in your field especially if they have presence in your state.

Look online for tools to rewrite your CV in away that's more acceptable in the US. Consider removing references to location of your previous jobs in the description eg. Say you worked with Gtbank ..no need to put Nigeria or Abuja. I say this because if this may count against you don't want it there. You can always answer location in interviews.

Lastly in the area where you live you might want to look into community colleges or universities that have certificate or short term courses in your field. US based education maybe give you an edge.

I'd also add that you can start with recruitment agencies in your area..they usually have contract jobs which are short term and can give you a foot in the door for US experience.

One more thing, it can take awhile so have a lot of patience to continue your career. Whilst you wait find regular jobs that can put food on your table .

In experiences I know it took some minimum of 54 applications to land a job in their career others more like 150 and some of these people did Masters in the US.