Adolite:

All this na story story.....Imperiouxxx was granted visa a week after he was denied, many like that, even me , I was denied 3 times before i was given....all you need is to settle down your mind and work on your flop's

Just one question, so everyone can be informed.... from the time you were first denied (plus the 3 consecutive denials), till the day you eventually got it.. How long did it take?

imperiouxx:

Zerocool, US visa is a different game now, you need to stick to recent activities in the US embassy to know how it works. What they advised or said isn't what they practise in the embassy. I've never traveled out of Nigeria when I got denied and 13 days after still never left Nigeria and I got it approved. My approval might even be too old, someone in Dec got his approved after prior denial within 10 days.

Imperriouxx, I know your case and I know of a friend that wanted to follow your footstep and got denied 4 record times in 2012. Well, as far as i know anyone applying to the US embassy in a year, he had the highest count. He arrived Australia this month for studies and we all know how hard it is securing an Australian visa. It took him 4 months, but he did.

Anyway, my advice to any applicant is, to increase your chances, do not re-apply immediately you are denied.

Adolite:


WRONG advise....Embassy doesnt denied a genuine F1 applicant's because of travel experience.

I don't know if they changed the rule, but the US visa denial letter I know about, usually states that you allow 6 months and make sure your circumstances have changed before re-applying. Even if they have stopped including that clause in their letter now (maybe to increase number of applicants and indirectly amount of money they garner from applicants), but it is always advisable to really make your circumstance change before re-applying. Desperation and re-applying ASAP for another interview will only spell doom and you will be seen as an INTENDING IMMIGRANT. Anything can happen though, and you might be lucky and be approved, but giving them that notion that you are an intending IMMIGRANT and not a NON-IMMIGRANT (F-1 Visa applicant) usually annoy them, and an example is re-applying as soon as you are denied.

Check this out. Nobody knows everything but with right information, you have the power to conquer a whole lot in life. I am a blogger and read a lot of things, (some juice and some crap) and I make use of the information I have to empower myself intellectually and tactically.

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#2Reasons: Why Nigerians get their visa applications denied – US Consulate

The United States Consulate on Tuesday said the reason many visa applicants get their applications rejected is because they are yet to visit other countries.

The vice-consul, US Consulate, Christopher Richardson said this while speaking at a program tagged, ‘American Visa Regime: the role of lawyers’ organised by the Immigration Lawyers Forum (ILF) in Lagos.

“The majority of the visa applicants prefer the US as their first outing. This creates doubt, especially when the applicant has not visited any other countries before,” he said.

Richardson also said applicants were also rejected visas because of the kind of answers they give to test questions during interviews.

He reportedly said, “When a question, such as ‘do you have a relation in the US?’ Most often, they are quick to say ‘yes’, which of course, is in order.

“Such an answer creates doubt that since the person has a relation, there is every tendency that the person may not want to come back. So visas can be rejected on that ground.”

Titus Ajijola, the ILAF chairman said the seminar was designed to enhance the protection of migrant rights.

“Key strategies of the project are awareness raising, knowledge and skills improvement on the rules, as well as rights and obligations of migrants to encourage respect for the rights of migrants,” he said.

He said ILAF was designed to educate the general public on immigration matters.

http://www.ynaija.com/2reasons-why-nigerians-get-their-visa-applications-denied-us-consulate/

shoggie:

That may be true because on checking the letter he gave now apart from comment on statement of account he stated this also "You may reapply if you have additional evidence to demonstrate compelling reasons to depart the United states that you did not present today, you may wish to bring that with you." But it is peculiar to most of the students issued by the other lady because they also affirmed that they never travelled before & were granted.

That woman issuing so many visas was just a case of luck, mood and God on that day. That same woman can deny every student applicant on another particular day. The guy who interviewed you, is just how a typical US consular officer in Nigeria behaves. You sit down there before your interview and everybody before your turn get denied, except maybe a lucky few.

shoggie: Glory be to God in the highest place. I was denied an F1 Visa today.
I was happy atleast that I fought a good fight of faith up till now after four sucessive rescheduling of my
Visa interview since the first time I booked my interview in November.

My second appreciation goes to everyone on this blog who has been contributing immensely for intended aspirants.
My special unmitigated enthusiasm goes to imperiouxx, nairaspace, walex, Yvete, mammacita etc for their PAINSTAKING effort on everybody from my day one on this blog.
I am dauntless & not in anyway pessimistic.
But to aspirants & the gurus, it is another time to learn from each other.
Here goes my Interview at 10:45, Abuja:
VO : Good morning ( he denied every living person I witnessed except one husband & wife that came for renewal)
Me : Good morning Sir ( I grinned as usualto cool tempo)
VO : Pass me your documents
VO : Sorry, please give some minutes I will be back in a moment.
Me : Calm, waited for like two minutes not even thinking about anything.
Vo : hello, how did you learn about the school?
Me : I dowloaded the best 200 universities based on US News report on university ranking & I used internet to search for those that suite my profile.
VO : Nodded
VO : So you are going for Masters in Bleep course.
Me : Yes
VO : So you what will Bleep course do for you.
Me : I love lecturing, I worked hard to graduate as the best students from my department because I wil like to work as a lecurer in any of our best universities & will also like to work as a research consultant to some of our research institutes since most of them are affiliated to our National universities.
VO : Nodded
VO : Pass me your statement of Accounts
Me : Passed
VO : He glanced through each page & Keep murmuriing sth about $77,000 on my I-20 which was the money I submitted to my school before my I-20 was issued.(possibly he mistaken it for $36, 400 for tution fee on my I-20 as well)
Me : I stayed calm, confidence & a bit indifference since I have 18million plus on the statement of account
VO : Is it only the family type who is sponsoring your study. He asked sth on this twice
Me : Yes, My brother. He failed to ask about what he does. I was waiting for him to ask me about what he does but he failed to do so.
VO : Have you travelled outside Nigeria before
Me : No
VO : Continuing typing & suddenly said your Visa is denied because your family type shows insufficient fund & that I may reapply at any time.
Me : Thank you Sir.
Am happy for one singular reason, I did not lose courage & not too bothered about whether he was going to approve or deny.
Observation : The other lady in window 6 issued almost everybody (9:1 if not 100%), even those going to community colleges, infact, she approved two guys who have graduated since 2006, No SAT or TOEFL but one kind diploma certificates.She was just too happy that we all of us knew that whosoever fortunate to meet her has already got his/her Visa approved.
I had so much time to count the number of applicants'passport on his desk who he has granted Visa,around ten but less than 15 since morning oh!Throughout my time there, he did not issued anybody visa except the couple who came for renewal.
Those going to Abuja, pray against window 7 guy, he is a saddist, too reluctant to issued Visa as if we were goig to US to steal his hard earning dollars.

The bolded might have changed his mind to approve your visa. Thing is, when they start typing, they are typing the reason why you can't be issued already, even before they officially verbally tell you that you have been denied. He just used that question to buttress his point on their database for the reason he denied you, and having no travel experience was part of it, so the next VO to interview you, will know what and what to look out for and ask. The assistant consular general of the US embassy in Nigeria, said the same thing in a media chat late last year that most Nigerians are denied solely based on the fact that they don't have any travel experience. Wait a while before re-applying ..possibly a year or two.. make your circumstances change, try to travel to a country during that period, SA, UAE or UK.. blah blah..and re-apply, you will definitely be issued, except you bleep it up yourself again.

Didn't a survey state that "Nigeria Is The Worst Place To Be Born In 2013"?

Adieu!! Even normal babies struggle to survive in Nigeria and you came in conjoined.

RIP.

project8: haahahahahaahahah I laugh in jewish,I swear I go sale this country

I am thinking in this direction.. Selling the country off for life and in an auction system for that matter.

000

fellis:

Your forum has a nice simple look, which is great because an over decorated or too flashy forum is a turn off for many people.
I can give suggestions on ways you can get traffic.
You can start by telling your friends and family and neighbours about the forum and asking them to visit it if they can. You can also get the name of the site out in public by posting hand bills in public places with the name of your site and what people stand to gain from the site on it.
Also, make sure there is always entertaining news or information on the site, visit other popular forums to see what topics get the most traffic and post these topics in your forum. Post as many interesting and diverse topics as you can, a google search could direct people to your site and the more topics you have, the more likely it is that this would happen.
You can also register as many usernames as possible and post with them in different sections so that every part of the forum is alive and active. I know that sounds kind of underhanded but it is quite effective (Seun did that for NL don't ask me how I know).
Lastly, be very dedicated and don't slack or give up if after just a few days you don't see people swarming your forum. Rome wasn't built in a day.

Nice write-up, fellis

Well Done.. Thank God y'all took off and landed safely. Don't forget to say your testimony in church on Sunday.

STFU!! In your wildest dreams. Just like saying a yoruba man will be Governor in Igbo land. Just because you are a new landlord in Lagos State as a non-yoruba, you now think it is your land.

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bigass: 6,000x10,000,000= 60,000,000,000(60billion)
Minister you are an olodo

See PhD Holder + Minister in a whole country who can't do simple arithmetic (multiplication). I just continue to love the nuisance this country portray.

Why should it be projected on the front-page for the world to see? Crappy letter, crappy writer, waste of my time.

As if it is pride to be a Nigerian.

MegaMan2020:

Proud Nigerian!!!
The typical Nigerian is the one that goes to America and tries to boast on the internet as if they are living the lavish life when in reality they live in a shitty area, working a shitty job that they wouldn't even work in Nigeria. You left Nigeria to work as cab driver or a cleaner? you aren't fooling me

How come you are not sleeping at 4am Nigerian time? Are you doing yahoo yahoo?

MegaMan2020:

I made it in Nigeria though!

That's why i laugh at you people in the diaspora because do you actually think Nairaland is that serious? it's just a website for few thousand ANNONAMOUS people to get their feelings off of their chests. Nigeria is a country with 160 MILLION people withing it's borders. Do you think if Igbos and Yorubas truly hated each other (like on Nairaland) we could function like we do in REAL LIFE? You people in the diaspora know very little about Nigeria apart from what you see on these Internet forums lol. Nairaland is just a website. The things you see on here very rarely happen in real life.

Keep deceiving yourself. Suffering and Smiling. That is the spirit of a typical Nigerian!! Lmaooooo. I am off to bed.

malele:
All these things u mentioned are work,somebody has to do them, and believe me the nigerian that do such work are people that smuggled themselves out of the country.
When I go for masters or pgd or read any course when u get to another country, I don't think u will do such meanial jobs

Do you mind all she wrote up there, when she is not living by example by packing her bags and coming back to Nigeria. Her response to my question concerning why she lives in USA and still wrote those things above, condemning Nigerians in Dispora, was simply - God is in control.

braine:

I didn't say Nigeria is a good breeding ground, but declaring her has the worst is not okay. 9ja is better than some countries at the moment, you know.

They made the comparison with some select group of countries, and not all the countries in the world. Atleast we continue to prove to the rest of the world that we are the Giant of Africa, therefore calling the attention of researchers around the world, and thereby our inclusion in their various rankings and surveys.

babyosisi: Mega man don't waste your saliva the same ofonigoro that tells you he lives in white plains also said this on another thread





Lives in the ghetto

You have avoided answering my question. Since you have written a very nice prose condemning Nigerians in the diaspora, and say you are managing life in America... why don't you come back to Nigeria to "manage life"?

MegaMan2020:

I didn't leave America. I left London because I missed HOME! That's the difference between me and you. You lay claim to a country where you'll always be seen as a black nigger. I lay claim to a country that is mine and is mine of my ancestors. Can you even speak your native language? Nope! Just another hopeless loser in the diaspora. You don't make $150,000 dollars in a year and you know it. You probably drive a cab or clean toilets. Stop making noise!

Who makes $150,000 per year? Even a first year entry salary for an American doctor is $60,000 average per year. The Nigerian Naira is in Millions, and valueless, so you are comparing with $150,000. That is so not right, you have to factor in the purchasing power of each country's currency.

babyosisi:

Managing life

Ah! I see.. You can as well come back to Nigeria and manage life na?!

babyosisi:

The grass always seems greener on the other side
Some come and find out its not easy but shame would not let them go back because they have quit their jobs, waved goodbye to go live the good life and they are stuck.

I see your location is the USA. What then are you doing in MAMA AMERICA? Stuck as well?

braine: People who aren't even in Nigeria cannot just make that conclusion. I don't think Nigeria is that bad.

Mind you, people who aren't in Nigeria and make these conclusions, once lived in Nigeria and visit Nigeria regularly. "You think" Nigeria is not that bad? With all the vast resources and wealth? why not travel to other countries and see for yourself before you make such self proclamation that it is not bad.

babyosisi: ,

Gbam!
If you know how many are one paycheck away from homelessness
How many live in war zones with bullets flying like they were in Biafra
How many live on government assistance
How many are up to their eyeballs in debt,financing everything including the sofa in their living room

Those are the ones we don't hear about and they are plenty
Not knowing where their next meal may come from
Many are hiding from the police and the authorities lest they be deported
Some have been here donkey years and lost all key family members in Naija and cannot go for the funeral because once they step out no return
No papers

They won't tell you the 500 pound American woman their mother's age they married for green card
And the strange things they needed to do to get her to cooperate at each step

Don't mind them

The ones in Europe and UK are worse sef
Most of them live in the ajegunke and Mushin of London where gangs rule the street at night and day
Where gun shots ring out like knock outs on Christmas day
All of them dey abroad

The dead body washers
The store cleaners
The kabu kabu drivers
Ndi night watchmen aka maiguard
The 7 eleven gas station grave yard shift workers, how many have we buried when they are shot at the job?
The ones packing frozen chicken for job when every sane person is sleeping
There are Nigerians sef who cut grass with cutlass for a living,washing dishes in group homes or looking after mad people kpa kpa
All na abroad o

Shall we talk about the criminals languishing in jail
The 419ers
The credit card rackets
The Medicare fraud ones
Insurance deals gone burst

One confessed to us that he had to do male ashawo work sef at a time to survive
Servicing all sorts and his clientele grew because of the myth of black men
Will any nigerian admit to that openly?

Very few Nigerians want to live and die abroad. All these things that you mentioned above still brings us back to the OP's topic that - Nigeria is Truly Useless. So, what is the point here? If the country functions properly, why live like a dog in Europe and America, when you can live like a king or prince in Nigeria.

Nigeria was actually named the "Worst Country To Be Born in Year 2013". A commendable feat. Trust me, a Nigerian baby will never grasp the finger of a doctor, instance of the news that just made Nairaland front-page.

We understand Nigeria is so bad, even from the number of applicants lined up in all the various embassies in the country. Right here, I visited the UK consulate and lo, and behold!.. I was the only applicant at 9am. Whereas in Nigeria my motherland, visa applicants will be there from 4am. Damn!!!

The number of visa lottery entries is also alarming.. Lol. Nigeria oh Nigeria!!

The second highest number of foreign trained medical doctors who were removed from the UK General Medical Register about 2 days ago were NIGERIAN DOCTORS trained in NIGERIA! Haha!! That explains the standard of education.

Country where a Governor gets sick, there is no good hospital to treat him in, except he is transferred abroad. Country that spends 60 BILLION NAIRA for mobile phones for FARMERS!!! HA!!

Country that announced even before the Year 2013 started that 178 BILLION NAIRA will be BORROWED in 2013 to effectively run the economy....that is even 1 year after SUBSIDY REMOVAL. SMH

Nigeria..

Pure crap.

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Kim Kardashian has never exactly had it tough. Her father was Robert Kardashian, a top lawyer who represented American football star OJ Simpson in his 1995 murder trial. When he died in 2003 he left Kim, her sisters Kourtney and Khloé, and brother Robert, a multi-million pound trust fund.

But the 32-year-old American hasn’t rested on her inheritance, in fact, she’s massively increased it while also becoming one of the most famous faces on the planet.

From (modest) fortune to fame

There’s no getting around it, the first time Kim came to the public consciousness was when an intimate tape made with ex-boyfriend hip-hop singer Ray J became an internet sensation. Soon Kim’s face was recognisable worldwide.

Production company Vivid Entertainment bought the rights to the footage for $1 million and released the film as ‘Kim Kardashian: Superstar’ in 2007. Kardashian sued Vivid for ownership of the tape, later settling out of court for $5 million.

But her rise up the celebrity rankings truly took off with reality TV show ‘Keeping Up With The Kardashians’, which arrived on our TV screens, courtesy of E!, in October 2007.

By 2010 Kim was the world’s highest-earning reality star – raking in $6 million (£3.7 million) that year alone, according to International Business Times in Australia.

The show follows the lives of Kim, her sisters, mother and ex-athlete stepfather Bruce Jenner. The show’s been running ever since and in April 2012 E! signed a new three-year deal worth $50 million with the Kardashian family that will keep them on the air through to a ninth season. It’s money well spent, Kim’s wedding became the most-watched show the channel has ever aired.

Then there’s the spin-offs – and Kim’s been in all of them: ‘Kourtney and Kim Take New York’, ‘Khloé & Lamar’ and ‘Kourtney and Kim Take Miami’.

She’s also collected pay cheques for a variety of appearances as herself, on as a judge on ‘America’s Next Top Model’, as a contestant on ‘Dancing with the Stars’ (America’s version of ‘Strictly Come Dancing’) and hosted countless award ceremonies.

Beyond reality TV

But the TV shows only make up a small proportion of Kim’s earnings these days. Between May 2011 and May 2012 alone she is estimated to have made $18 million (£11 million). Other business interests include the DASH boutique where Kim and her sisters are co-owners, a clothing line for the retail store Bebe and her own jewellery range.

There’s also an impressive list of product endorsements and advertising deals including Cakes Va-Va-Va-Nilla cupcake mix, Sketchers Shape-ups trainers, Kotex Pantyliners, weight-loss product Quick Trim, Beach Bunny Swimwear and K Dash for QVC clothing. Inevitably, she also has a workout video: ‘Fit in your Jeans By Friday’.

And that’s not counting advertising on her website – which is read by millions each month – and sponsored tweets sent to her 17 million followers on Twitter.

Not all successful

Kim’s name doesn’t quite have the Midas touch, however. In November 2010 she and her sisters put their name to a prepaid Mastercard – the Kardashian Kard – which they claimed would teach youngsters about money management.

But the card came with some high fees and Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal described the card as “predatory”. The Kardashians decided this was publicity they didn’t need and withdrew their support.

A judge subsequently threw out a $75 million lawsuit against the sisters for backing out of the endorsement.

A wedding that actually made money

Kim’s short-lived marriage to MBA player Kris Humphries was also a big earner, at least at first. She began dating the basketball player in October 2010, got engaged in May 2011 and married in August the same year.

The wedding in Montecito, California generated $18 million in revenue, ‘Celebrity Net Worth’ magazine calculated. This included $500,000 for holding her hen night at Tao nightclub in Las Vegas; between $15 and 17 million from TV channel E! to have the exclusive deal to cover her wedding; and between $500,000 and $1 million from ‘People Magazine’ for the wedding pictures.

But 72 days later it was all over; Kardashian filed for divorce citing irreconcilable differences. The divorce is still being thrashed out now, more than a year later.

That hasn’t slowed her down though, she’s since formed a celebrity super-couple with rapper Kanye West and on New Year’s Eve announced she is pregnant with their first child – and just for good measure, she later attended a star-studded party – which papers report she was paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to host.

Nice work if you can get it.

http://forumcitizens.com/featured/how-did-kim-kardashian-make-all-that-cash/

You co-habit with a girl or vice versa, just wondering how you both tend to combine that well with academics..