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BarristerAlarig:
The other guy was right. You're wrong. Nurses get green cards immediately they are sponsored.

That doesn't make sense. They still have to go through the process. They will need a form of work authorization before they get green cards, which could be in the form of an H1B, TN visa (applicable to Canadians only), etc. They then have to get an employee-sponsored I-140 immigrant petition sponsored before they can apply for an adjustment of status. What part of this is wrong?

Please see this link and educate yourselves pls... https://www.shusterman.com/nurse-immigration-guide/

internationalman:
Wow I'm just hearing it for the first time..

As an immigrant visa applicant who's awaiting interview, are my chances of joking the US army high or slim when I land there.

Is it very cumbersome to get in as in the case of Nigeria army.

Lastly would you advice I join citing the benefits and the disadvantages?

Depends on age. You can enlist up until 35 and you must be commissioned by the age of 31. It's not difficult to enlist (almost every city has a recruitment office you simply walk into), it's harder to get into a military school if you want to be a commissioned officer. But not impossible.

There are a lot of benefits to joining the army. You can retire fully after 20 years of service and you are entitled to a pension and healthcare the rest of your life. The GI bill allows you to go to college for free. Many home mortgage lenders reserve special offers for active military or veterans... you are basically a god here.

internationalman:
How can you join Armed Forces if you are first of all not a green card holder or a citizen..

I may be wrong though

There was a program that allowed foreigners to join as long as they had certain skillsets e.g. specific second languages. You were guaranteed a green card if you were picked... The program has long since closed.

Gerrard59:
Additionally, from the US immigration website, slightly above 1000 Nigerians petitioned for H1B (chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/data/h-1b-petitions-by-gender-country-of-birth-fy2019.pdf). Meanwhile, more than 11K Nigerian students are studying in the US – the highest from Africa (https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/06/number-of-nigerians-studying-in-us-increased-by-93-in-10-years-erudera-com/). So, where the remaining 10K+ go after their studies? Dem no see work? If they got employed, how did they become citizens/permanent residents?

One might suggest a PhD, but not everyone has the time, mental strength to undergo the degree

https://twitter.com/bradchattergoon/status/1554906852852465665?s=20&t=y6XsFbta5Y9pvIQcFzGHGA
https://twitter.com/anthonyjdella/status/1615817810311278592

So fellow Nigerian students who have now naturalised in the US, how did you do it?

Ask any questions you may have.

atom080:
It's quite easy through nursing... As a foreign nurse, once you're employed in the states, you'll be given permanent residency(green card) once you get there..
And to be honest, nursing and other medical courses are the best bet...
I see you emphasize most on physical science and engineering courses, but these has limitations on their own side...

This is not true. The path to permanent residency is relatively the same across the board. Your employer would first have to keep you on an H1B/or some sort of job visa, get a permanent labor certification for you from DOL and then apply for adjustment of status through the EB1, EB2 or EB3 routes, whichever is applicable to you.

Najdorf:
Forwarded
20-01-2023
Window 10, Abuja Embassy
3rd Attempt
Vo: Good morning
Me: Good morning ma
Vo: Have you ever traveled out or to the US before?
Me: No
Vo: When did you leave high school?
Me: I left high school in December 2020, after which I took the SAT and an online AutoCAD course where I learnt how to create 2d and 3d design models. I currently intern as an automotive assembler at Innonson Vehicles Manufacturing Nigeria, Nigeria's first indigenous car manufacturing company that specializes in the production of cars with utmost consideration of Nigerian roads, to provide more efficient and suitable products at more affordable prices. My roles at Innonson are to assist the engineers to gather the equipment and devices that are used to assemble the parts and components of cars, generators and bikes. I also assist the engineers to carry out tests to ensure the assembled devices operate as they should.
Vo: oh, everything checks out...(looking at her screen, guess she was reading my ds160)
Vo: Tell me why you decided to go to Howard
Me: I chose Howard because (Vo cuts in)
Vo: Did you apply to other schools?
Me: Yes, Drexel University in Pennsylvania and Hofstra University in New York. But I chose Howard (Vo cuts in again)
Vo: I see your uncle was sponsoring before but now it's your mum. it's changed...then she started typing
Me: Yes. it's a thing in the yoruba culture that anytime an aunty or uncle has been helped greatly by another family member, he/she sees it as his/her responsibility to reciprocate the energy. In my case, my parents were the ones who sponsored my uncle's university education, so he took it at his responsibility to sponsor me to study anywhere in the world. But my mum is more than capable to sponsor me.
Vo: what does she do?
Me: (About to talk) then she says nevermind. She was looking at something on her screen, I guess she was reading my ds160. I put in what my mum does in my previously denied section.
Me: Can I go ahead to tell you why I chose Howard?
Vo: Sure
Me: I chose Howard because it's curriculum emphasizes on experiential learning, which would allow me to make use of its well equipped research centers and laboratories, most especially in the field of Nanotechnology and artificial intelligence. With this, I'll be able to transfer knowledge and make an impact when I return back to Nigeria to work at Innonson where I currently intern.
Howard also resonates my love for African American culture and heritage, and is in fact one of the highest producers of African American graduates in the US who set out to do many great things in the field of STEM. I don't want to be an exception to this as I'll be returning to Nigeria to use my degree from Howard to contribute to the future prosperity of engineering here in Nigeria.
Vo: oh, wonderful
starts typing...she then said "I like your watch"
Me: oh, thank you. I could also get you one. She started laughing then I smiled
Next thing. your visa has been approved!

lmao, she think say I fit afford original hublot watch, don't kill me please. Confam Original fake😂

Fantastic interview. The benefit of knowing exactly what you want to do, why you chose your major and college and how you plan to apply your acquired knowledge. Congrats!

deelizabeth93:
They didn't specifically point to one thing. They sent the generic mail they send if a result is cancelled. We have told them to provide evidence but I think it was because he had 6.5 the first time and had 8 the second time (he wrote the 2nd exam less than a month after the first thus was because of his passport expiring at the time) prolly they think its impossible to have that leap less than a month.

They did point to a specific point - reasonable evidence of fraud and this is not a generic mail at all. It is highly unlikely that they will make this claim without going through a painstaking investigation. It is incredibly hard to go from a 6.5 to an 8 within a couple of weeks on a language test.

Komphyyyy:
Good evening everyone!

Pls i need some advice
Attempt: First
MBA
Date : 16/11/2022
Status: DENIED
Me: Good morning Officer
Vo: Good morning. Pass me your passport and I120
Me: (pass)
VO: I see you are going to University of maine
Me: yes officer
VO: who is sponsoring you?
Me: my Aunt
VO: what does she do?
Me: She is currently working as an Investigative Money Laundering Analyst at ******* bank, USA (my aunt lives in new jersey and i have a bank statement of $80k)
VO: Typed for some seconds and gave me the blue paper
Here is the twist: i deferred to summer semester, paid another visa fee and was lucky enough to have gotten another date for mid february 2023.
But someone said i shouldn't have written on my ds160 that my sponsor lives in the US and advised i put her nigerian address which i feel will be misrepresentation. I even declared that i dont have an immediate family memeber in the us but i have other relative in the us (obviously my sponsor). My question is -Should i get another sponsor here in nigeria and request for a new i120 (will be pretty hard tho) or should i just go ahead with what I've submitted?
Also, i used the sane passport photograph for this new application but i plan on going with a a new one. Will it be okay?

Pls help a brethren

Like others have said, what is the cost of your MBA? If your MBA costs $40,000/year (theoretically), it is not feasible that your aunt will be financially capable of sponsoring you despite having an $80,000 bank balance. She has a family to support and will not be in a position to put all her funds into just your tuition.

crispviv:
Please does anyone know a whatsapp group for new people travelling to Canada

The people that know are not here, they are on whatsapp.

Kellion56:
Please help me with answers friends

Hello ,House … please I’m travelling with Egyptair in February…can anyone tell me what is the Covid rules for Flying With this airline to Canada…

And again I mistakenly sent my agent my infants Nigerian passport details to book our flight instead of his Canadian passport..I found out later I was supposed to use his Canadian passport not Nigerian..please house hope no issue with this. Please reply friends

I honestly feel this post is here simply to let people know you’ve made it into Canada and your child has a Canadian passport. Other than that, I cannot understand why you haven’t simply called Egypt air to ask what Covid rules you need to worry about or at least checked on their website?

fekeoshomoshi:
hello everyone, kindly help a sister.

I have an interview for first week in March 2023 for B1/B2 visa. I am a teacher in a private school owned by a family member. My uncle in the US gave me an invitation to US to come learn how his children school run their curriculum and come back to Nigeria to implement that system in the school where I currently teach. My plan is to travel during the holiday and come back to Nigeria before resumption.

What are the likely questions to expect from the Visa Officer during the interview?

Thank you for your help.

Post this on the US visa thread.

habeeb246:
You need f1 visa

Not sure you fully understood her post.

Mickey2135:
Does anyone have info on express passport
Heard you can get them 3 days after you start your process

Do you know the website or anything because Nigeria websites aren’t straightforward

If Nigerian websites are not reliable, which other g CTountry websites are you expecting to provide reliable info on how to get a Nigerian passport? Perhaps you should consider driving to the nearest immigration office?

FreeStuffsNG:
Could this woman have been killed by someone else?
I hope the ballistic test of the bullet(s) extracted from her has been done.

You’ve watched too many foreign shows. This type of clever detective work doesn’t exist in Nigeria.

ahiboilandgas:
3 bedroom is living large ? That means na face me I slap you you currently dey! Aspire to move from 3 bedroom apartment to duplex no to shared room in .uk.

Only in Nigeria do you live in a duplex, not because it’s convenient, but because it’s a status symbol… and we wonder why the mad rush for foreign visas.

Paulheyman:
Dear op and respondents
Based on the Japa syndrome, these are my dilemmas:
1) I got an offer of a postdoc in US for a 2yrs stay with possible offer of becoming a faculty member (I am not sure if I will be taken as a faculty member). The pay is $65k/annum

2) with the recent offer of a QTS visa by UK for qualified teachers. I am also very much interested based on variations in the number of years US (2yrs): UK (5yrs - so I heard)

Note: I want to get into the US or UK using (but not limited to) the academic root and possibly diversify later on

These are my challenges
1) I am a sickle cell patient. I hope I am not taking much risk based on my health? How's the health system in US compared to UK?
2) on skills: I officially left music production in 2014 to focus on my academics. So, on skills, how lucrative is music production in both countries?
3) Based on academic skills: I can perform most computer based simulation in chemistry/biology including DFT experiments, molecular docking, molecular dynamics simulation, and other computational chemistry/biology techniques with little or no difficulties
4) I would love to switch probably from class room teacher to a full time lecturer (if UK is found worthy). How possible and easy can it be?
5i) How lucrative is teaching job in the UK?
5ii) Do the country (UK) permit home lessons?
5iii) Can I combine class room teaching with other side hustle

*** My intention is to stay there for ten years and come back and invest but if I find their land fruitful, I will stay a little longer than expected


I need guidance please!

Take the US postdoc offer. Publish 2-3 papers and apply for permanent residency by the end of year 2 in EB1B category. Your computer skills give you a huge edge. once you get a green card, you can do whatever you like.

Applying for a US visa should be relatively easy for you. Your school can apply for a H1B visa (you bypass the lottery since you’re working for a school program). Once it’s approved, you merely go to the embassy to stamp the visa. Don’t lose the opportunity… your educational profile is very impressive.

Your postdoc job comes with good healthcare benefits too so you should be ok.

ahiboilandgas:
mr i too know is it now 1400 USD per day in Firs directors level ! 2200 USD per day in pencom .that the DTA outside other add on . I never add NSWF . Dey there. If u like Ban me as usual.

Estacode = stealing money

That’s why Nigeria never changes. Most of you in favor of staying in Nigeria do so only because you have access to the state treasury.

ahiboilandgas:
BDC workers and exchange rate ! My brother got a job in Firs level 9 don't know the salary but am sure is above 200k ! as an auditor and career progression to director tax No glass ceiling! Instead of using the Msc degree ( 13000) euro to be doing caregiver (dead end careers) we encourage to come back to live a decent,prestigious and progress life ! The small savings he made working in the horrible weather in Ireland he used it to buy a car and got married and rented a family apartment! He thinking of opening is Audit firm in Nigeria and source for job in Large cooperation using his experience from FIRS. have you not heared that 70000 university worker's in paradise UK are going on strike! Do people strike in very rich Nation like qatar? the .uk citizens you are selling everything to go and meet cannot raise the 20000 pounds for MSC. JAPA to .uk if you are rich on scholarship or want to do stem subjects.

They don't have to. They built a country that allows them to pay a fraction in taxes and get that MSC for free or at ridiculously low rates. The 20,000 pounds tuition fee is for folks like you who should not be allowed to come in and enjoy the fruits of their labor since you did not contribute a penny in taxes to their society.

How did your brother get his job? By connections?

Your problem isnt that you arent smart, its that you have been raised in a completely dysfunctional society. Let me explain below:

quickly:
You are not very smart, i will give you eg look at Kanye west he and his wife are rich. They are asking him to pay his wife 200000$ every month for upkeep. If he defaults he can have an asset seized or go to jail. Very easy to bankrupt a person because of their simpish legal system that is gayish at heart.

The judge sets child support payments (end when the child is 18) based on your income. Kanye earns approximately $180m/year. It means that at worst, Kanye takes home a minimum of $9m/month after taxes. A child support payment of $20k/month is a mere 0.2% of his total income. If you earn $40,000 per year, no judge is going to ask you to pay half of that a month in child support.

quickly:
Im comparing Nigeria to the west , if you build a house in Nigeria there nothing like yearly property tax. That property tax is determined by the size of your house and where you live. What is the need for the tax after buying something outright.

This is why Nigeria remains a hell hole, your ability to think critically is virtually non-existent here and it’s clear you don’t understand how taxes work in the west. Property tax isn’t a tax on the cost of your home. It’s the cost of everything you enjoy by having your home situated in that location. The property taxes you pay in the US goes to maintain schools (K-12 schools are free in the US), roads, fire service, 911, local hospitals, recreational facilities, etc. You may not pay any property taxes after you buy your house in Nigeria, but you spend far more than that to send your kids to expensive private schools, build/maintain your own borehole, fuel your generator, maintain your roads. You are your own fire service, ambulance and 911 service. Good luck to you.

quickly:
There is still income tax over earnings you make in a year. So its a system of compounded taxation. There is still VAT, state tax, county tax.
If you profit from a business, you will pay gains tax etc.

Part of your federal income tax in the US goes to social security and medicare. It means you have guaranteed retirement income and medical coverage after you turn 65. In Nigeria, once you turn 65, you are on your own. See any Americans dying on queues to get their retirement income? Me neither.

State income taxes cover unemployment insurance. What that means is if i lose my job, i can get paid a percentage of my last paycheck for 2 years while i look for a job. Does that exist in Nigeria?

Yes western countries levy several taxes, but these taxes have their benefits, benefits that do not exist in Nigeria.

quickly:
As per the woman matter even if you hire a maid to take care of the children and they are in daycare. you are still in debt to your spouse.

If you put your children in daycare while your wife stays home watching TV all day then you married a bad woman. Sorry.

quickly:
Thats why i am telling you in the West you basically have to pay to live unlike in Nigeria where you can enjoy the fruits of your labour in peace without massive and compunded taxation.

You seem confused. In the US, my total taxes represent less than 40% of my total income. That leaves me with plenty of disposable income to enjoy life. An added advantage is all the everyday freedoms i take for granted - excellent and responsive healthcare facilities (even your presidents don't trust your hospitals), good roads, security, constant water, gas and electricity, peace of mind, excellent schools for my child paid for with my taxes... exactly what are you enjoying in Nigeria? Can you pick your car and just do a cross country drive for fun?

quickly:
There are some old retires that have lost everything they worked for because they couldnt keep up with the taxation and guess what if you dont pay you will have lawsuits against you. Dont answer the lawsuit either jail or confiscation of your asset.

This isn't true. Retirees pay taxes conmmensurate with what they earn - either social security, 401K or pensions. Compared to old retirees in Nigeria, retirees in the US are living in eldorado.

This is not a very smart way to look at things.

quickly:
its not in the long run.

In western world the system is designed against men. Especially black men who is on the bottom of the totem pole

None of this is true. The system is designed to protect the weak. Nigerian men are used to a culture that permits abuse. It's always a shock to the system moving to a society that gives the weaker spouse the power to stand up to your abuse. Black men are no more at the bottom of the totem pole in the West compared to Nigeria.

quickly:
The free things u get if there is any free thng. If you buy a house and pay it off after 20 years . They can still take the house away for u for tax lien.

The idea that you get anything for free in the West is a misnomer. Nothing is free.

Paying a house off after 20 years makes sense. It's why westerners don't feel the pressure to steal government money... since they can easily own a home while making payments commensurate with what they honestly earn. The average Nigerian family can never buy a house just on their salary alone. Your house can be taken away if you fail to pay your tax... that is a good thing as it keeps everyone honest. Your comparison is to a Nigeria where there are no consequences for failing to pay your tax. That's why the country is a hell hole.

quickly:
A person spent 20 years to pay off a house. Government said he has to pay 10000$ tax every year. this is after his retirement.

As against Nigeria where you can decide not to pay tax and no one does anything? As i said, the western adherence to the rule of law is why you're dying to get visas to come here.

quickly:
One day his wife can decide to divorce him and legally she can take over half off the money in this account even if she didnt work one day.

She worked every day, taking care of your kids and home. That isn't free.

semmyk:
Can't agree more. Absolutely, a way longer route to PR. PS: Some come in via 0-1 and stayed back via EB-1,2,3.

... require a sponsor ... | that's where nuances of 0-1A come in. Very trick. Hence, if EB-1A, EB2NIW is sure, why not. Much better option. By the way, that is the objective of this thread.
@All: Kindly note this thread remains focussed on EB-1, ,2, 3 petition towards PR

[one nuance of 0-1] FAQ from USCIS
Q: When an agent performing the function of an employer files a petition, are contracts required with the employers where the beneficiary will be employed?
A. No, in the case of an O petition filed by an agent performing the function of an employer, a contract is not required between the beneficiary and the entities that will ultimately use the beneficiary’s services.
Q. Can partially or fully self-incorporated persons petition for themselves in the O classification?
A. The regulations require that an O petition be filed by a U.S. employer, a U.S. agent, or a foreign employer through a U.S. agent.
Q. Can a foreign employer be a corporation owned by the beneficiary?
A. Yes, but the petition must be filed by a U.S. agent. A foreign employer may be a corporation owned wholly or in part by the beneficiary, but the foreign employer must utilize a U.S. agent to file the petition. A U.S. agent petitioning on behalf of a foreign employer must be authorized to file the petition, and to accept services of process in the United States in proceedings under section 274A of the Act, on behalf of the foreign employer. ... ...

The O-1 visa is a waste of time since you can use the exact same info to get an EB2NIW.

Karen2024:
You must be very stupid!!! Who gave you the monopoly to exhibit this stupid attitude here?

You sure you want that list of schools offering English in the US? This attitude isn’t the way to start…

Adigun055:
Hello sirs/ ma. I greet you all.

My fiancee was given a conditional admission into Boston university MSc to write a prerequisite Maths course, from the email we shared it was said that the course can be done in the school or a regionally accredited institution...I believe that means the course has to be done in the US/UK.

Is it possible she request for financial aid even tho she is not fully admitted as the conditions states she will only be offered unconditional admission if she gets a "B" in the maths course, and i believe she will have to pay for the course as well based on one of their events attended.

She is considering taking student loan in case the school doesn't offer scholarship.

Pls advice.

She won’t be offered aid with a conditional admission. She should go elsewhere if she can’t afford it.

Najdorf:
Imagine..."Answer it yourself"

I don't get this unnecessarily bitter attitude you guys carry. Please I am not the source of your problems

I'm still open to anyone willing to share something constructive

Where's the "bitter attitude"? You're the one who still can't figure out how to get admission... not me bro... perhaps because you're still here waiting for "something constructive" you could have figured out in the 5 minutes it took you to type out your response.

Najdorf:
Oya you guys have the strength to bash people for their questions so biko answer mine. I would not be asking this if I had family members that had gone through the US Visa process before.

Answer it yourself... or wait until your servants arrive.

TrueNigerian300:
Please I have a returning student who came for the last year,would be going back two weeks after resumption due to emergency by ending of this month. The point of entry is New York will he be allowed to enter the US?

Thanks

To avoid stories that touch, ask him to get a letter from his school (preferably his ISO) detailing why he is coming back late and that this was approved.

Lawal1555:
You guys should take it easy on people

It is also intelligent to know that one will encounter different characters with funny questions on a public forum. Hence the person is not stupid simply he is ignorant of one thing or the other.

There are ways you could advise them to self-search or handle their situation, not the manners that are considered abusive

If you find their questions silly or inferior, it will do you no harm to scroll away.

The problem is this thread is getting choked by the lazy and shiftless... many people who could provide value no longer bother to come here if all they get are questions like "how can i call the US embassy". Let's get real...

shollyshine:
and what's the purpose of this forum if not to ask questions. If we ask every questions google a right thinking person should know that there is no need for the thread again. And sometimes if you don't have anything meaningful to say about a post it won't cost you anything to scroll away.

This thread would long have ceased to exist if the kind of “questions” you’re asking is what it was set up for. Asking how much Toefl costs and where you can find a center in Lagos is a waste of everyone’s time and bandwidth. It is a question borne out of unqualified laziness. A simple google search would have shown you the answer. Leave the thread for weightier questions that are of benefit to more than just you.

JaySterling:
There is nothing wrong with your transcript
Your answers are 100% okay
And this has nothing to do with the fact that your school was resuming on the 7th and your interview was on the 4th

Every V.O knows that a student can request for late arrival letter from their school and if that was the problem, she would have asked you to tender your letter of late arrival
Also, after an interview, it takes only 3 working days for visa to be printed on your passport. So your visa would have come out on that same 7th and you can pickup and travel on the 8th which is not late

The only reason why you were denied is because the USA want to reduce the number of Nigerians they issue visas to. They are basically denying everyone whether you have been to the US or not

I was denied last year, I had a full tuition waiver and had been to the US and Canada between 2015/2017 and I was denied for no reason

The sooner Nigerians realize that USA don’t want we Nigerians in their country, the better for us.

I applied for UK and I got it easily

You have no clue what you’re talking about.

Sisib15:
Hello everyone,

A school I applied to asked me to send my passport bio data page before they can review my application. However, the problem is that my passport has expired and i have requested for the renewal since August.
Please how do I respond to the mail so that the school can start reviewing my application.

There is no way to respond to them without sending them exactly the documents they asked for.

LaCotti:
Hi everybody,

I got accepted into two MPH programs in the USA: Tulane and NYU to start this January.

The decisions came in December last year. I’m yet to get the i20. One of the schools sent in an affidavit of support to fill. Total estimate is about 65k USD (30 m). I want to use my dads account as my sponsor/guarantor. The problem is he has only 7m in his account. I don’t know if I can also use my late mums account. She has 5m in that account. Also what are my chances of even getting a visa as resumption date is very close and I don’t even have i20 yet.

I’ll appreciate all suggestions and comments.

Thank you.

Don’t bother, you cannot afford the cost of your education. It’s already too late to apply for a visa in time for a January start date.

Ayodelemerit:
Geography 4.04/5 Nigerian scale...kindly put me through the course of study (perhaps I want to divert from geography) and which uni comes with full funding? I was sometimes told I can do PhD straight

Please help me, thanks

You are the classic example of the failure of the Nigerian educational system. A 4.04/5 GPA and yet you need someone to "put you through the course of study", you're not even sure what you want to study, whether it should be a masters or PhD and the uni you would like to attend? embarrassing.