CFCman:

Well, genetic testing would be considered if the aunt looks way older than him. And that's a big possibility
But as the link says, DNA testing is quite expensive, so if the aunt presents convincing documentation that shows he is her brother, then the path could be clear for the application to proceed.

She's 37 (born here in Nigeria but raised in the US).. her elder brother (born in the US ) is 40 and am 28.

EgunMogaji

EgunMogaji:


And that na ordinary high school abi?

more beautiful than my school... Futminna

EgunMogaji.. abeg no dey use ORDINARY when describing things like this.. u won make I dey over imagine how their colleges or universities go be like?.. no koba mi abeg

EgunMogaji:


There are many divorced Nigerian women in US who are citizens.

Dem don bleach finish though

NA wa ooo ... dem won become white by force.. I no even like naturally light in complexion or fair ladies.. if you're not dark ..as in dark wella.. then forget it.
marriage dey fear me self.. God.. which person I be self.. abi I get fault?

EgunMogaji:


Student visa.

They can pay for your school fees and you can emigrate legally.

From there things can work themselves out. Maybe you'll fall in love with a USC, maybe you'll find the cure for cancer or HIV (Trump will personally come and officiate at your swearing in oath as a citizen)

For direct working visa, it's near impossible, but please don't let me discourage you.

lol... cure for cancer and HIV... I no even get cure for headache.. fall in love?.. hmm.. I dey fear those girls ooo.. especially those that are born and brought up there.

Still forward for a masters degree sha.

well.. thanks for the enlightenment.

EgunMogaji:


Yah all will be committing immigration fraud.

Potential penalties, lifetime ban to the USA (one can reasobanly include Australia, UK, Canada and all other countries that share data with the US on immigration). The USA relatives may face loss of their US citizenship as well as jail term.

Do the things the legit way, all the time.

I think Oyinbo that can go to moon, has built house in space, has rovers on another planet, and have spacecraft's that has left our solar system can figured out the simple Nigerian lies. They are not stupid.

American is a computerized society. Every single statement, form that applicants (your relatives in the US) has been archived in files by immigration and state department and can be used to process new forms. My Wife recently went for her citizenship interview and she was asked questions based on forms she filed out 4 years back in Nigeria.

PS: Not sure most are aware but state department employees are present on this forum answering questions and can read all these schemes that are proposed here.

I can see you know alot concerning the US immigration stuff.. but do you think my relatives over there could be of any help for me whenever am ready?.. I'm looking forward to going there to stay and work ... probably becoming a permanent residence.

I'm asking all these just to avoid mistakes and anything illegal.. I'm not ready to implicate anybody

thanks in advance CFCman EgunMogaji

EgunMogaji:


"Green Card Through Family
Many people get Green Cards (become permanent residents) through family members. You may be eligible to get a Green Card as:

an immediate relative of a U.S. citizen, this includes spouses, unmarried children under the age of 21, and parents of U.S. citizen petitioners 21 or older
a family member of a U.S. citizen fitting into a preference category, this includes unmarried sons or daughters over the age of 21, married children of any age, and brothers and sisters of U.S. citizen petitioners 21 or older
a family member of a green card holder, this includes spouses and unmarried children of the sponsoring green card holder
a member of a special category, this can include battered spouse or child (VAWA), a K nonimmigrant, a person born to a foreign diplomat in the United States, a V nonimmigrant or a widow(er) of a U.S. Citizen"

https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/green-card-through-family

Short answer is NO, there is no direct family relationship.

Long answer is YES, but you may already become a senior citizen by then

Your Aunt can file for your Dad. Not sure what the waiting period is for now. Then your Dad can file for you. There are significant waiting periods.

Benefits?

Well, an immigrant visa will entitle you to work and live in the United States. Some considerations. You have to live in USA more than outside and you'll get to pay taxes in the USA and also on income earned from Nigeria/overseas.

I am not an immigration attorney but I have direct hands on experiecne in both non-immigrant and immigrant visas.

Good luck.

wow wow!!! thanks so much.

na wa for visa application ooo.. but pls permit me to ask... what if my uncle or aunty decided file for me as an immediate brother and not as a nephew base on uncle and Aunty stuff?

the reason I said this is that there are lot of people (more than 10) living in the US who we're blood related bearing this same surname. though we talk once in a while through chat but I've never made mention of my interest of coming to the US someday base on the fact that am yet to finish school here, and I don't know how many of them has been granted American citizenship but am very sure of 2 or 3 of them.

so can anyone of them file for me as an immediate family I.e younger brother?

CFCman EgunMogaji abeg hope say my wahala no to much?

CFCman:


According to the law, it's not possible. It's only people with at least one US citizen parent, or a parent with a green card, or a sibling who is a citizen, that are eligible to apply for green cards.

thanks alot .. really appreciate your response

Chelseafan1:


Chai...see better gist na.

One of my aunts wey dey michigan been hook me up wif one AA, we been chat for Facebook sef, dey follow each other for IG, she dey find true love ,and she dey alryt gan but due to d distance, e no just easy, e for better if dem fit grant me visit visa.

NA she dey your profile so?.. don't tell she's the one.. u need visa pass any other person for now.

franknetter CFCman EgunMogaji pls is it possible for my Aunty or uncle who is a US citizen and bears same surname with me file for me through an invitation for an immigrant visa?.. what are the benefits that comes with such visas?

samuelkingz:

Bros me I yaff zero My mind to raise this money anyhow oh... av got a future of which naija is not in the blueprint.. once am passing out of this Nysc am gonna get a loan to finance My trip and pay back subsequently.. life is all about risks.. you never get to know Till you try @cfcfan and Franknetter Biko are there tings Like nairabet and thier outlets there in obodo oyibo??

lol..calm down Baba.. your blood dey hot oo..

Chelseafan1:


Abeg, make I try my luck for this type na, b4 I finish my program, I don find one sweet girl to date, make we dey run things.


How much do I need to start.?

make I hear say I follow oyinbo babe d first year I enter amelika .. I dey fear dem eh.. especially those whites. make dem no turn me to bill payer.

omoluabiguy:




First, you will need to do some US GPA equivalent (evaluation) for your grade to be converted to a 4.0 scale. Having done that, you'll know your stand in applying to US Schools "GPA-wise". You can use the WES free iGPA Calculator to get a rough estimate/figure OR you could go hard by sending your credentials to WES for evaluation proper.

That being said, once you know your GPA, you go ahead and scout for schools via google; check out their requirements and see which school you can meet up with. You should consider writing standardized tests (GRE,TOEFL/IELTS) and blast to compensate your GPA then you can go from there!!!

wow .. thanks so much for this.. God bless.. amen

firstking01:
Lol, every guy weather white or black at one point has done that intentionally or non-intentionally....but for you to know that i'm the one calling but refused to say a word after picking my call is just sheer wickedness...instead why not ask me to stop calling you huh??....y'all sucks big time.

for me I don't see any big deal picking a call from an unknown number, I pick my calls and when I discover it's a wrong number call I'd kindly tell the caller "you're calling a wrong number".

But it still baffles me how some ladies intentionally keep mute when they pick an incoming call. for me I see it as nonsense!!

firstking01:
YeaH, as far as you are a nigerian girl it surely sucks .

leave dem.. later dem go be like

ElizaVeta:
My dear.. Shebi you called first? Oya say hello nau?
and you're waiting for the other party...

so if your boss or your project supervisor call you'd wait for him to say hello first abi.. dey there.

I have noticed this attitude in some Nigerian girls. they're fond of picking a guy's call without uttering a word, waiting for the guy to talk first, for God's sake what's the essence of picking the call then.

For example, there is this girl in my area who happens to be a sales girl in a chemist's shop, yesterday she didn't come to work and I tried calling her just to know what's up with her, I was surprised when she picked my call without uttering a word, I was like "am i having an ear infection"?.. cos I couldn't hear her say anything then I said "hello" she now say hello too, then I asked "why didn't u talk when you picked my call at first"?.. she said that she talked but I know she didn't cos I couldn't hear anything at all. she was still trying to explain her flimsy excuses but I didn't even bother listening I dropped the call, she kept buzzing my phone I didn't bother picking nor returning her call.

This kind of attitude baffles me a lot and I've been forced to stop calling some girls on my phone contacts cos it's really absurd and annoying. I don't even know maybe you ladies are into fraud or something cos for me I do pick any incoming call on my phone be it Unknown number or private number so far I am not into fraud or any act of criminality.

Well .. don't know if it's your pride and ego causing all these.

FrankNetter:


Na s7 bro. But I be iOS freak o. I just dey use this one pass time

iPhone dey freak meself ooo ..lol..

una no get thrift collector there? I for say make u start your daily contribution now so u can get the iPhone 8 once it gets lunched.

Toppytek:
Gurus in the house.. pls I want to know how possible is it for someone with a low undergraduate CGPA (2.5 to 3.0) on the scale of 5.0 to go for masters in the US. for a course like project management... has anybody witnessed this .. pls I need to be enlightened.

thanks in advance

need info about this pls.. someone should be help me out.

FrankNetter:


That showcase thingy is actually very chilly. I don't think they pack and unpack any of the meats though, since the store is open 24hrs

which kind phone u dey use? borrow me camera I no need the phone just the camera

FrankNetter:


That showcase thingy is actually very chilly. I don't think they pack and unpack any of the meats though, since the store is open 24hrs

which kind phone u dey use? borrow me camera I no need the phone just the camera. I guess it's an iPhone or sammy

Gurus in the house.. pls I want to know how possible is it for someone with a low undergraduate CGPA (2.5 to 3.0) on the scale of 5.0 to go for masters in the US. for a course like project management... has anybody witnessed this .. pls I need to be enlightened.

thanks in advance

tescoman90:


dude!

any gist?

so dat tinz go swt small

as franknetter don get job to come nairaland dey hard am. no time to check time baba double your hustle.

cfcman any info?

Chelseafan1:


Is it visit visa too? Try hustle na, I finished service exactly a year ago, I never pull out my nysc certificate for where I dump am since.

I think u can talk to your ZI about it sha, you can travel out while serving na but e get procedure sha.
It's useless to me.

I go graduate next year but that yeye NYSC scheme dey vex me.. I just dey pray Buhari scrab am.

FrankNetter:



there is God in everything we are doing

lol.. abi na.. that reminds me .. how often do u guys go to church over there compare to the advert of our "religious industry" here?

FrankNetter:

Ehe, dem don call una now. Chelsea people. Yeye club
Bus parkers

e be like u MAN-U fan abi.
So United will be 6th on 6th April
They were 6th on 6th March, 6th February, 6th January, 6th December, 6th November, 6th October.
consistency

EgunMogaji:


The roads are bad but some Nigerian drivers are vehicle destroyers.

My building site in Elebu is on a very bad road (iCast area). I drive gently and can't believe how many asshats overtake me and basically pound their cars into the road.

if u don't increase your speed at times even on a bad road you'd see a lady not even a man insulting u for being sluggish.

that's Naija for u.

CFCman:
My professor's son will obtain his PhD at the ripe old age of....26!!

This guy, according to my prof, was accepted into FIVE ivy league schools.

abeg no dey bring this kind news come here.. I take God beg u.. I still dey pray make Buhari cancel that yeye scheme called NYSC.. to me its just a waste of time. I don already old.

CFCman:

The folks in the lounge here are mostly Chelsea fans, so I'm in good company

up Chelsea!!... I no just know wetin dey worry Costa.. abi em don dey follow olosho for England ni?.. Make Arsenal dash me Sanchez abeg.

CFCman:
Watching the Chelsea game

FrankNetter:


Same here

CFCman:
Watching the Chelsea game

Smart TV I guess

signature2012:


Was only making a banter,don't take things too personal.

Bossman:
Changing the shocks is not a common occurrence here at all. May be on a car that has been driven hard a lot and has lots of miles. Let me give you a scenario. A friend of mine bought a brand new 2010 Acura MDX and shipped it straight to Nigeria with only 47 miles on it. In early 2013 his shocks were gone! He was in town and went to the Acura dealership to inquire about the shocks. The service guy said it's absolutely impossible for the car to need shocks. He said unless may be the car was dropped from a 4 story building and landing on its tires. Of coruse, he was not aware that the car was being used in Nigeria until my friend explained to him. The sales guy just could not believe it. Of course, they do not carry such items in stock, so they had to order it. The roads are just so bad in Nigeria. I can't even imagine enjoying a luxury car there.

that was why I asked franknetter how often their car's shock absorber is being changed there. person go hustle by "Tokunbo" car for Naija.. our road go still help u spoil am.

I later confirmed the year model of the car.. it's a 2010 model.

signature2012:


Was only making a banter,don't take things too personal.

Bossman:
Changing the shocks is not a common occurrence here at all. May be on a car that has been driven hard a lot and has lots of miles. Let me give you a scenario. A friend of mine bought a brand new 2010 Acura MDX and shipped it straight to Nigeria with only 47 miles on it. In early 2013 his shocks were gone! He was in town and went to the Acura dealership to inquire about the shocks. The service guy said it's absolutely impossible for the car to need shocks. He said unless may be the car was dropped from a 4 story building and landing on its tires. Of coruse, he was not aware that the car was being used in Nigeria until my friend explained to him. The sales guy just could not believe it. Of course, they do not carry such items in stock, so they had to order it. The roads are just so bad in Nigeria. I can't even imagine enjoying a luxury car there.

that was why I asked franknetter how often their car's shock absorber is being changed there. person go hustle by "Tokunbo" car for Naija.. our road go still help u spoil am.

I later confirmed the year model of the car.. it's a 2010 model.

oyb:


this is what i was talking about on a different thread where i was against internship with artisans. you are in your formative years, an you can wind up with the create three problems after solving one mentality.

u never see where some car users dey economise... just this afternoon a man came asking for used engine oil otherwise known as Black oil.. he said he's gonna use for his car's gears.

people just find it difficult buying things that are needed by their cars.

it's not our fault oo .. the wish of our customers is our command ..

EgunMogaji:


We'll make good friends.

"Eni to ba je gbi, lo nku gbi"

"Omo ti oba niya, ki nda egbo eyin"

that's just it oo...

"ohun toba le ju ogede lo emi o le je o"

make dem con hear say dem deport person from a foreign country... that's just like rustication from a college.

ferhyntorlah:

Wise decision. Keep your life dreams to yourself and self alone.

yeah.. thanks