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Snazzygirl: Yes o, I dey Omaha. We must def hook up. I will PM u. There are Nigerians, but quite few so you might not see any for a long time. It makes me miss Houston. It's so weird...lol.

Wow! A NLder in Omaha? This is like d miracle of the century! PM tins shortly

Snazzygirl: I use Zenith too, and it works just fine. You don't have to get a token to swipe your card. Token is majorly for internet banking transactions like bank transfer. You just need to make sure you swipe your card at one of the major retailers. Not all POS accept international cards, but 95% of the major retailers with[b] lots of stores[/b] do. BTW, you coming to Omaha?? School?

Are u in Omaha? Not seeing any naija here o. I dey UNMC we can hook up and grab a beer if u in town

imperiouxx: @MsNas, again, call me with your new number ma'am. Thanks!

@winbyforce, nice to meet you sir.

@idawz, welcome.

@All thread members, hope y'all doing great! Cheers!

Great connecting with you too bro

streetMic: I use em too though n it swipes perfect. did u activate ur internet banking ? did u get the token ?

You use zenith? then what is the problem? They didn't give me any token o although I buy things via the internet regularly. Paid for my connecting flight to omaha online,in my room. I hope say I never enter one chance with all this card wahala

jejelady: Try kroger. They take card purchases for money orders.

I think zenith bank is blocking the transaction.

MsNas: My own works perfectly at Kroger and Walmart. I was tryna look for a solution for him, cos he said his Zenith Bank card doesn't work at Walmart and I'm not sure of they have a Kroger where he lives

I just went to bakers now,same story.I'm not sure if its a Kroger subsidiary.I just tire. Any swiping that requires inputting my pin doesn't work. That bank no try at all,couldn't get PTA for travel from them. Had to go to another.

MsNas: Western Union ke? Do you guys have a walmart around there? If yes, go there and walk to Walmart Money Center, tell them you wanna buy money order. You can use your card there. I'm aware that some stores like "Harp's" only accept cash for Money orders. But I'm sure Walmart and Kroger accept card for money order.

Go to walmart, bro.

That Walmart money ordet thingy didn't work with my zenith bank mastercard but I swipe d card for other things. Is there any other way? I just tire for naija banks. They even blocked my card after I started swiping,had to call them b4 it was unblocked. I really need my money

imperiouxx: We're all like that too and I'm trying my best to stay connected.

Hope you're doing fine sir?

I'm trying to cope my brother. Too many assignments Americans love assignments die I'm not an assignments person but i dey adjust sharply. We should hook up on fb you know.

imperiouxx: I was never a minister but I'm trying to help others in a way I could like every other races in the US.

The Indians and Chinese will always stay ahead of the Nigerians in the US.

They don't joke with the simplest information they get from one another and they listen attentively to those who have been in the system. This makes life easier for them but the Nigerians are scatter everywhere with different kind of predicaments.

The US visa is like an invitation to the river to fish, it won't teach how to set hook and line and start fishing.

You only learn how to fish better by either looking at others doing it or listen to others who have done it.

Surviving in the US goes beyond obtaining that ordinary visa..... It's people...... the right set of people.

I don't have people here mehn! Na only me waka come

bbdd: Yay wes evaluation complete
3.4 /4

Our testimonies must be complete in this thread. There shall be no case of serial denials Ijn

I'm glad it all worked out fine in the end .

Hi all, arrived safely in Omaha,Nebraska yesterday . Does anyone know any naija student staying in/around UNMC? Pls link me up guys. I'm looking for a roommate. Thanks.

I hope someone is taking a closer look at Fatmata and Tata. There must be something in their genes that made both mother and child survive the deadly illness.

domex007: Hello house!
Can I use the same passport photograph I used
for my previous interview on 18 december?

I think it's best to get a passport photo that is not more than 6months old.Please take a new photo.

MsNas: Please don't even quote JP Clark! You started living in Ibadan when? '08? I was BORN there. 70-80% of which people? So just 20-30% of the rest of the Ibadan populace live in Alakia, Samonda, Old Bodija, New Bodija, Apata, Ring Road, Oke-Ado, Oluyole Estate and Extension, Gbagi, Iyana Church, Airport, NNPC, Mokola, Sango, Bashorun, Agodi-Gate, Iwo -Road, Idi-Ape, Odo-Ona, Ologuneru, Eleyele? I can go on and on. How many places have you been to in Ibadan? How many people do you know in Ibadan? Please set your sentiments asides and don't talk what you don't know. I respect you more than that.

Okay o,I don surrender Even Lagos the megacity has two-thirds of its population living in slums. Some of the places you've mentioned have slums attached.

vicadex07: Thunder fire that your mouth for Quoting JP Clarke...Who is JP clarke to utter such about Ibadan. Haven't you heard of fiction b4?

Ibola's always talking trash they no nothing about. You people should go about your own business first...last I heard, the Igala people are commiting genocide on your land; slaughtering ibolas like chicken.

Cool down guy! I have been living in Ibadan since 2008,I know what I'm taking about;more people live in the 'slum areas'.The city is transforming very rapidly though.

daryoor: lagosians lagosians, my dear megalomanics, you guys will be talking as if lagos is a paradise. yes there are hoods with rusted roofs here in i.b, but they dont make up to 20%

why i.b is better than lagos?

i wake up 7 and get to work by 8

after paying my 3 bedroom flat rent i still have a reasonable saving


i leave work by 4 and get home 4:30 (no hold up)

there no fear of law enforcement (lasma, kai...) trying to milk me of my hard end cash


okadas everywhere for easy movement.


some people be here talking bout how cool lagos is, but the truth's that they ain't gat the means to enjoy it.

More like 70-80% bro! Go to the real Ibadan in d slums and see for yourself. Even JP Clarke admitted it: ''Ibadan,running splash of rust and gold,flung and scattered among seven hills like broken China in the sun''

Splasshhh: Thanks much but I'm worried he might think less of me

He won't baby . Playing hard or easy isn't what makes men place value on women. Do you know what you're worth? Go grab your man

VisaOfficer: For your situational awareness. Please note that the names below are only a few of the Diversity Visa imposters who were unfortunately detained by Nigeria's Police Special Fraud Unit in July....

http://www.punchng.com/feature/super-saturday-crime/visa-applicant-lands-in-police-net-after-boyfriend-helped-forge-visas/

Visa applicant lands in police net after boyfriend helped forge visas

July 26, 2014 by Kunle Falayi

Some visa applicants nabbed at the US Consulate-General in the month of July have been handed over to the Police Special Fraud Unit in Lagos for prosecution.

According to SFU’s spokesperson, Ngozi Nsitume, a petition from the US Consulate Lagos on July 9, 2014, alleged that one Adegbola Esther appeared at US. Consulate-General for a Non-Immigrant Visa Interview with forged Canadian Turkish and Angolan visas showing entry and exit stamps.

But investigation was said to have revealed that the visas were forged by Esther’s boyfriend, one Oloni Olawale, after she paid him N100,000 for the three fake visa, to facilitate approval of her US visa application.

In another case, the US Consulate-General alleged that on July 10, 2014, another applicant, Akinlade Olugbenga, appeared for a US Immigrant Visa interview with fake name – Awoleye Tope, an individual said to have won a visa lottery.

“The suspect knowingly and fraudulently appeared at the US Embassy to steal the identity of the real winner of the diversity visa lottery,” the statement said.

A day after Olugbenga was nabbed at the embassy, another applicant, Adewole Fatimah whose real name was Adeniyi Motunrayo, was alleged to have appeared at the embassy with one Adewole Oluwaseun for a diversity visa interview. Motunrayo was said to have attempted to steal the identity of the real winner of the diversity visa lottery.

It was the same case of identity theft against applicant Omoyemi Olaiya, whose real name is Samuel Ojo and Ibenne Nkem whose real name is Ogundipe Emmanuel.

Like a harvest of fraudulent applicants, the SFU said one Babatunde Abiola and Babatunde Adenike was also nabbed for presenting forged bio-data, wedding pictures, marriage certificate and fake result to the embassy even though their real names are Oguntimehin Olanike and Aderoju Eunice.

Nsitume said, “One Aderoju Qasim and Aderoju Eunice presented forged bio-data and fake documents to the US Embassy for immigrant visas. Their real names are Oyewole Tunde and Abelese Olayinka. Both suspects fraudulently appeared at the embassy to steal the identity of the real winners of a diversity visa lottery.

“In this same month, one Christiana Omagu, a female Nigerian–American citizen, appeared before the US Consulate General to process a US passport for a male child. Investigation revealed that the suspect and her husband, Donald Omagu, were not the parents of the child, but only needed the passport to traffic the child to US.

“Finally on July 17, 2014, one Idrisu Martins, an impostor appeared at the embassy for an immigrant visa but investigation revealed that he was not the winner of the diversity visa lottery he appeared to claim.

“Investigation is on-going on these individuals. All suspects would be charged to court soon to serve as a deterrent to other intending visa fraudsters.”

Copyright PUNCH.

I feel sorry for the real winners of the visa lottery though. They may not even be aware till this moment that they've won the lottery . Downside of using agents to apply when you can do it yourself for free. May the enemy not take away our glory.

bartino: hello guys,pls how can I pay the transcript evaluation money to WES from Nigeria?

You can pay online using your debit MasterCard.

bbdd: Haaaa!!!
Thank you sir
You have a pm sir.

Replied bro.

bbdd: Bro I contacted my school
The transcript office people said I should wait for 2 weeks before they can even get the wes verification request letter and that I have to pay for courier after its done .
The mail will first go to student affairs then registrar before going to records.

I was just weak.

Someone is trying to extort money from you bro! You don't need to pay for any courier fee since Univ of Ibadan replies WES on verification via email. Very few schools send the verification through regular mail. Perhaps you can get some perspective from my experience since i did both UG and PG at UI:
1. I applied for my transcripts from student records(UG) and PG school. They both wanted to send it through courier separately but i told them at the student records that i'm also sending my PG transcripts to the same place,so they took my UG transcripts to the PG school. PG school sent both transcripts in one package-so i just had to pay for courier service once
2. WES sent verification request letter with photocopies of transcripts (took about 2weeks to get to Ibadan) to student affairs,it passed through the registrar's office,then landed at the student records. students' records detached the PG part and sent it to PG school for verification. One lady at the records said I will have to pay for verification if i want the reply to WES sent speedily.She said UI sends reply via regular mail but I could pay for courier to make it very fast. I challenged her that other schools reply WES via email,"why should UI be different?" . She just kept quiet afterwards. No be my 8k she go chop I had gotten all the info i needed from nairaland
3.I just followed up on both schools to know when the verification was complete. Got an email from WES shortly afterwards that my transcripts had been verified and my evaluation would be ready in a week.

Amefrica: To God be the glory!

This journey actually started last year October. US denied me 3 times. Oct 3, Oct 22 and Jan 3 I was placed on administrative processing then finally denied after some weeks.

Ferdimako, I really thank you. You let me develop interest in Canada, so I joined the thread and quickly caught up.

After getting vast experience I decided to apply, which I was denied on May 10, I didn't give up, I re applied a week after my app got refused. I'm glad to let y'all know my Canadian Student VISA has been approved today..

To those who we started this journey together (most now in US) I thank you all.

Special thanks to Ojap, Imperiouxx, Bigfrancis, RickyRozay, MsNas, Kofsy, Walspring, Graviton, godG, Babysimzy, Bimbola85, Gr8ever, Johnnyp, Lisadem, Fadinus infact I no fit mention yall finish..

#Resilience #Perseverance #Persistence #Prayer

#TeamCanada

#TeamUSA
#TeamMinnesota
#TeamFinalDestination

Love y'all

We love you too! Congrats Amefrica! At last,the persistence has paid off. Enjoy your studies.

Hello house. Have a question if u guys don't mind. Can u use a zenith bank naira MasterCard to buy money order from Walmart? Hear its possible with a GTB MasterCard. Thanks.

Marriott1980: Yes it is usable. ...I have one that I use all the time...you only have to pay some charges which is just like $3.

What about zenith bank mastercard? Any idea if it's usable?

Hello house. Have a question if u guys don't mind. Can u use a zenith bank naira MasterCard to buy money order from Walmart? Hear its possible with a GTB MasterCard. Thanks.

Congratulations to all the Nairalanders who recently got their student visas! Na beta tins we go dey hear for here o

Vic-jay:
I have thought about that, it shouldn't be a problem. after all its worth doing. Even if its not Canada or usa.

Ok. I know some dental schools in the US admit foreign dental graduates into an accelerated program to obtain the US DDS degree and make it easier for them to practice there. Dunno if any US med school will do that(don't know much about that bro).

Vic-jay:
That's serious. Never thought of that. So there is no way you can go in directly. Was already aware of MCAT but thought it was only for medical related who want to further in medicine. Thats time consuming, needed to go before 2014 ending.

Vic-jay

What you want go hard die. Finish med school first,enter USA,pass the USMLEs,complete a residency program -that's the easiest route for foreign medical graduates. Ur folks must be really loaded for you to have thought of studying medicine in the US o Very expensive venture

drdee4cash: Hey guys, pls I need help. Pls I want to write TOEFL and GRE so I can apply for my masters in public health. Pls guys how do I go about it. Pls any help had it no longer holds in Nigeria.

You may have to do it in cotonou or ghana.Try reading through this part 5 thread to get some tips on exam locations and travel to these countries,dr cash

Snoggy: Ronaldo is simply the BOSS! I love that guy!

mascot87: Na so, Lionel Messi is no match self

And yet,Lionel Messi is a better player than C Ronaldo . I'm not surprised though, Beckham is more influencial than both of them

infonubia: [img]http://3.bp..com/-7AfjRlKwpGY/UroHurjqvoI/AAAAAAAAD3U/t9rzMOjN5IE/s640/Merry-Christmas.jpg[/img]

Merry to Christmas to you and yours. I pray the Prince of Peace that we celebrate in this yuletide season, continue to be with you.

May God continue to guide and protect you. As we celebrate, let's not forget the reason for the season and please be safe out there.

One Love!

InfoNubia

Merry Christmas!

Mr. Chris:
Merry Christmas To You All

Nice! Wish you same bro! May the joy of the season abide with us all,Amen.