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My interview transcript...

Vo: good morning
Me,wife,daughter: good morning

Vo: passpots please
Me: handed over our passports

Vo: what's your purpose of visit to the United States
Me: conference and vacation

Vo: traveled out of the country before as a family or individual
We all echoed no oooo with a smile

Vo: is this your only child
Wife and I said a resounding YES
Vo pauses and begins typing on his computer

Vo: your going to ..... Right?
Me: yes

Vo: asked about the conference
Me: told him what the conference was about and how it relates to my job

Vo: you work at ...... Right, what's the company all about.
Me: explained to him

Vo: what do you do at the company
Me: explained to him

Vo: ok, is it like a .... Company? ( looked interested and confused at the same time, lol)
Me: broke it down without all the technical jargons I used previously (we spent the most time on my job)

Vo: oh, ok, it's a .......
Me: yes

Vo: (turns to my wife) what do you do
Wife: explains (I silently chipped in something I felt was important that she missed under my breath hoping the vo wouldn't hear or scold me.) Wife ehoes the tip to the vo.

Vo: (faces me again...) Any of you ever applied for a Canadian visa?
Me: NO (wondering relevance of the question)

Vo: you can pick up your passports at .... Wife grabs the white paper from vo

Tips...
Make sure you fill your ds160 form yourself, be confident and truthful. Always easier to defend a truth than a lie

Avoid agents if you can
Make sure village people are appeased

please, who has the right information about re-scheduling an interview date?

from what I've seen online on other forums, the reschedule page usually shows how many attempts you have left, but it seems it's different for the Nigerian page.

when I visited the page, all I saw was a warning that I may lose my visa fees if I cancel. there was no information regarding the number of attempts I should have.

I refreshed the page and to my surprise, I saw another warning that I'm an visiting the page too many times and I may be blocked or something similar.

Omo Na so I pick race close my browser o. sey na this Buhari era person go lose almost 200k visa fees without seeing VO face to face? I go jejely wait for April date .

but seriously, whats the policy for Nigerians? any info?

seyewest:

Do you have travel history on the old passport?

even if there's travel history on the old passport, he can always attach to a new one.

but if there's no travel history on old passport, it's still a virgin Passport and same with a new one

Funmiloveth1:
greetings house,

Am a complete greenhorn here, i tried to read part 1, 2 and this very part, but its not been easy to stay on a laptop all day long. Please i will like you to educate me as i don't want to go through any agent. I am in my early 40s, married but separated, i work with a Fed Agency with 20 years working experience, have traveled to Dubai on a business trip sometimes 2007 and 2013 pilgrimage to Israel, now i want to visit US for vacation and if possible attend few days conference as i billed to proceed on my annual leave by June, 2018. Now, my questions are:

1. Do i still claim married because i just filed for my divorce last week due to unresolved issues.
2. my leave is for four weeks, can i go on 10 days vacation?
3. Can i get any free conference to attend especially something related to my career (Drug Abuse Treatment, counselling and Rehab)
4. What other documents will i need to enable me apply for visiting visa
5. All my documents are still bearing my maiden name, do i claim married or divorced or separated?
6. how do i proceed from here on entire process?
7. how do i find conferences to attend?

Thank you all.

Lol at bold.
it's not easy, also not realistic to read all parts page by page in my opinion, except maybe for someone who is jobless.

I would rather recommend you use search queries on nairaland, you would be surprised at the info you'll get.

for example to view a lot of transcripts on all USA visit visa threads , just input 'transcript USA visit visa'.

same applies to any major question to need answers to.

if you still can't get answers, then be free to ask, you may get someone willing to answer you and not send you back to part 1

KaptainAfrika:
A true tourist won't be worked up by a visa refusal. He will take his money elsewhere. #JustSaying

he can take his money elsewhere, but it's his prerogative to get worked up or not, when he paid non refundable visa fees, had invested time (Sebi you people always say we should read from part 1-3,it costs time) and emotions.

it's OK to keep saying its a privilege and a not right, but don't castigate people on how they choose to feel.

even life itself is a privilege, people die everyday for no just cause, and yet we don't go about being happy about it just cos life is a privilege.

even in every business transaction, you do your due diligence, hope for the best, but at the same time, you have the worst case scenario at the back of your mind.

if the worst happens, even after considering the worst, you don't necessary have to feel good about it.

seems one of them is pregnant

ladylco:


That is how they chose their system to be. It's nothing to do with feminists or not. It's either you abide by it or not.

of course, I know.

it just came as a surprise to me that's all. like what you would expect from our side of the continent. when the first guy mentioned it, i actually assumed he was being sarcastic and I laughed. it was when seyewest also mentioned it I figured it was not a joke.

or maybe it,s not universal, and it was made that way putting our peculiar situation into consideration. afterall it's a visa site for Nigerians.

seyewest:

You should have included that in your earlier submission... There's no way you will fill a Ds160 form without including your education background as a male.

are you really serious that it's not mandatory for females to fill educational qualification while it's mandatory for males?

this feels so wrong.. where are the feminists when you need them

jayfierce:
I don't agree with this. High respect for US military personnel isn't a tie. Especially when the particular person is your cousin and not an immediate family member.

I am discouraging this because unscrupulous characters on this forum will codedly start promising applicants with "assured" links to US military personnel that will pose as "cousins" in order for them to get their Visa.

it's OK for you not to agree or discourage. I'm free to air my opinion, same as you.

I am very sure that if visa applicants are meant to go through interview with series of VO one after the other, cases of different verdicts on the same application for same scenario will come up frequently.

so because he was approved visa based on his transcript does not mean someone with a similar transcript will be given visa.

as for the bold, all I can say is 'caveat emptor my friend, caveat emptor' there will always be unscrupulous characters with us

you could have gone a step further to tell us what the 'tie' in his case was

johnpoko:
My transcript. interview time was 10:30 am. Queue was so long. After biometrics I was interviewed at Window 7 by a young white guy. he was flowing well with the people at my front, a couple, then he denied them. they were so devastated, I got scared.

V.O ; Good morning
Me; Good morning sir,

VO; Passport please
I handed over to him. types a little then says.
Why are you going to the US?
Me; I'm going to visit my cousin and his family, he invites me for his wedding last October but I couldn't attend because I was so busy with my business, so I promisee to come visiting this Easter.





V;O So you are visiting Philadelphia right?

Me; Yes I am. ( then I remembered my cousin stays in York not Philadelphia. I added that I'll visit Philadelphia cos thats where my flight will arrive, Philadelphia airport) I quickly corrected myself and told him I'll be staying in York and he nodded). I would have lost this visa if I didnt catch up immediately.


V.O; So what do you do?

Me; I'm a fashion designer and I own a boutique. I make clothes and sell, with bags and belts.

V.O; What's your boutique address?
Me; number _____________.


V.O; Are u married or single?
Me; I'm single, I'm very very single!

V.O; ( smiles) do you have kids?
me; no I don't have kids. not yet.


V.O; Where did u school?
me; I schooled at the university of ___////__////

V.O How long is your business?
me; 4 years and three months.

V.O; Have u ever travelled out of the country?
me; No i havent. ( I was trembling at this point)


V.O; What does your cousin do?
Me; He is a member of The US military, he is in the US army.


I will be approving your visa. pick it up at so so place in 3 days. hands me white paper!

if not for this thread I wouldn't have gotten it I learnt a lot here may God bless u guys.

wow, you're highly favored.

I guess what did the trick is the high respect they have for their men and women in service to the country.

all the best

Bradnat:
which one make we believe now .. OmoBendel24 said Feb still dey available

they do free up some reserved dates from time to time so the available dates fluctuates.

all those agents that tell you they can buy date for you just monitor the site frequently and quickly book or reschedule a date for you when a more favorable date is free. it's not rocket science

right now, available date for lagos is Feb 2nd.
so you see, more reserved dates have been opened

aye88:
Long post alert!!!!!!!!.

Gurus in the house. Pls I need your advice on this matter. I'm a frequent flier to the Us and have a valid visa . Same as my husband. My younger sister recently suggested to me that she wants her daughter who is my niece to go to the US. I asked them to apply as a family but she's of the opinion that they might not be granted because they have a pending immigrant application filed by our elder brother on their behalf who is a us citizen.. So she's saying she wants her daughter to go visit this our brother and that I should help take her to the embassy

why the rush? why can't they wait for the application filed by your elder brother to come through?
or is she not planning on coming back?

anyways, if there's no intended misuse of visa, she can travel with you. Just get a letter of consent from her parents. that should work.

but if they intend to misuse the visa, it may affect your own visa application in future

it's we Nigerians that like complex things, over there, the simplest solution is usually the answer.

Saylawchar:
Dear Lady G, Seyewest and other gurus in the house,

am at a cross road, i succeeded in filling my ds 160 form last night and booked appointment with same. While booking the appointment, innocently i did not fill DS 160 for my dependants, that is, wife and son and instead i put my own ds 160 number in the spaces i ought to put theirs and went ahead to summit, now that i heard i ought to have filled ds160 for them, how do i make this correction considering the fact that have already secured appointment date.

thanks

haven't tried this, Just taking a guess....

fill the ds160 form for your family members respectively

go to your profile where you scheduled appointment, you should see a family link there. open it and see if you can add their details, provided you have paid their visa fees together with yours.

those who have done it before will add or subtract

kay50:
Thanks alot for your advice I will definitely do that but it pained me uptil now the way I made the lady interviewing me wondered when answering her questions. May be she hasn't even been to the 360 and the skydeck Chicago observation before wey me come they fire her like say na there them born me chaii. Vo na waoo

Hahahaha, maybe you over firE, na hin cause the denial

too much of everything no good, always create a balance.

if I be VO, I go Just dey look you as you dey fire dey go... for my mind, I go dey talk say this guy just feeling like person wey sabi use Google do research, so?

wish you the best next time

kay50:
Do I need to go get police report for my missing old passport so that I can declare it missing or lost anytime am applying again. Because it pained me to doubt my travel to UK. From Glasgow in Scotland to cardif in Wales all those places I don root. Abeg oooo.
May be conference would be better as you have rightly said.

yes you should get that.

you may still find the missing passport, it's airways like that when one moves to another house

ladylco:


@ the bolded. Obodo oyinbo sweet o but can be very tiring. You will want to run back to nija where you can do anyhow.

Abeg make sure say you carry madam go vac soon o.

Na true you talk. but now wey everybody get liberty to dey do anyhow, without any consequences, it's fast becoming a jungle.

the spirit and flesh is willing. the right time will come

kay50:
Thanks all after reading all pages here I went for my interview yestaday but the white lady at cubicle 3 after enjoying all my scripts she decided to refuse me because I couldn't present my old passport to my own believe ooo. Well I think others too can learn from my transcript too which I have decided to make detailed here.

Me: morning and how are you doing today.
Vo: Fine Fine Fine

no matter how you look at it, a family man going for vacation alone is questionable.
the cold excuse is not very solid.

and it's difficult to believe a woman will take a pass on a vacation in USA due to weather.

I trust my wife, she go talk say, if the cold go kill, make all of us kuku die together

you may have had a better chance going for a genuine conference, that will not stop you from visiting the places you want to visit

just my opinion.

Olusheee:
Hi everyone, I had my interview today at US Consulate in VI. The interview goes like this:


VO: Good morning
Me: Good morning and how are you?
VO: I am fine
VO: Your passport please
VO: Where are you going to in the US
Me: I am going to fox theater, in Redwood city, California to attend a conference for tech

congrats

did you have any previous travel history?

I think it's time to make firearms legal so everyone has the chance to protect themselves.

Saylawchar:
hello house,

Please i tried filling my DS-160 now but to my surprise, i keep getting session time out even before completing the first page.... what could be the reason please? have printed more than 6 application id thinking i would complete it and then move on to submission before booking a date for interview. but the page keeps closing up right from first page.

pls help

try using another browser and internet connection. preferably on a PC or laptop

franklynx:
Bro those relating to one's biographic details(age,marital status, and/or history of issues of inadmissibility thats the kind of lies u dont wanna tell especially if u once appplied with certain info(your initial biographic info stays in their database) and not info of whether your uncle or relative is or no longer in the United States....!! Just so you knw there are even some aspects of inadmissibility that can be pardoned/waived after a while such as fake documents and/or misrepresentation issues..!! Issues of espionage,terrorism,human trafficking cannot be pardoned... u hear bro

bros!

how can you say you have an uncle in the USA is your past application, and now you're saying its OK to say you don't have a relative in the new application, while your uncle is still residing in the USA?

that is one of the easiest information to confirm. automatic visa denial.

you're sounding like one of those ignorant agents.

KaptainAfrika:
1. Ahahahan. Is there anyone that travelled to any West African country and got a visa?
2. Know how the person you are going to visit, got into the US. Legally or illegally.
My opinion.

people with no travel history has been issued visa before and are still being issued visa till date, same goes for denials. this also includes people with travel history.

USA visa is looking more like a 50/50 thing, cos no one knows the exact criteria used.

I think there's a kind of profiling done based on the contents of the ds160 and a recommendation based on the profiling.

maybe what they just do at the interview is body language profiling, with the initial recommendations' from the ds160 in mind.

or maybe it's Just based on the mood of the VO

jayfierce:
Speaking for myself, I have personal beef against agents. One of them scammed my sister-in-law of 500k many years ago. Hadn't come into her family then but I have added it to my beef list.

Most agents thrive on falsehood and sweet talking. They usually give the impression that your visa is assured and make you pay exorbitant amounts for this assurance. Assurance that is not backed up with action because the loss is borne by the client.

Most agents are just glorified gamblers.

lol @ adding to your beef list.

I like to get a lot of info as much as I can and compare notes. so I have talked to a lot of agents even though I know I won't be using their services. and I grill them. some of them say utter rubbish and some are quite sincere in their approach. so I wouldn't have a blanket beef list ontop all agents
surprisingly some do collect the bulk of the money only after visa is issued.

but I will agree with you that people are paying heavily for ignorance

KaptainAfrika:
Great idea! Shut up and go read previous posts, and if your case is different (you see what I did there?), ask your question. How hard can that be? As University graduates, research is a skill that one should have.

yeah, I saw what you did there, funny. I just think we need to be careful too. not everyone can spot sarcasm or have a good sense of humor and you may end up misleading someone by your comments.

not everyone is a university graduate either

LadyGuinivere:

If that could work It would be a great idea IMO. Cos folks wouldn't make all the common mistakes anymore and agents would lose their hold...

are there no good agents? it seems you guys here have something personal against agents.

I strongly subscribe to DIY, and I also know that not everyone will have to time or inclination to do that.

it's all about business. you see a need, you fulfill it and get paid for your services. that's not a bad thing.

a lot of big companies also make use of agents.

KaptainAfrika:
There is no chance at all. You may have a chance if you spend time reading all the relevant posts but until then, you have no chance at all.

very funny

maybe the thread should be closed or used for gisting and sharing experiences. because the rate at which its going, it seems all possibly questions have been asked in previous threads or posts. so invariably people should shut up and go back to read previous posts and stop asking questions right? SMH

crownofwealth12:


sure we went to Dubai last year June before our last Interview,we just got back from Ghana...went early dis year also we are going to Tanzania after our interview...our plan is to go to tanzania from The USA if its granted...About going to another country for Vacation....Its USA we want...its not like its a crime going for vacation in USA nah...so i dnt see reason why we shud go to anoda country instead

too much of everything creates suspicions. traveling history is good, but too much of traveling up and down looks likes desperation.

you have to ask yourself if all these travelling corresponds with the kind of job you declared, otherwise the VO would assume all your travel history is fake or doctored.

don't forget they also live in Nigeria and they know what's up

concho:
who knows if i can still get a date for feb14 in abuja?
i want to pay for my visa fee and will only be free to go for interview on feb14.
urgent reply please

Just checked, march 12 is the next available date. but I read somewhere on here that you can request for an emergency date

modified.. I checked for lagos. don't have info about abuja

sugah:
Gemcn
If you are absolutely sure you do not intend to give birth in the US, then one way to go about it is declaring your pregnancy at the interview and insisting you do not plan to give birth...for good measure you can tell the VO to make a note on the transcript saying you voluntarily declared your pregnancy but do not wish to birth with the visa.

Another option is planning the vacation for after your baby arrives.

this makes sense. thanks

seyewest:

If you go through the 2nd and 3rd thread you will see an exact case like this.....

I have gone through a larger part of the 1st and 2nd thread before coming to the part 3 which is this thread, searching for answers.

unfortunately, I did not come across the exact case you referenced, hence my reason for asking here. all the cases I came across were those that actually intended to go and give birth in the USA , but were asking if they could say otherwise at the interview since DW was not yet showing. or those seeking to adjust their intent after the fact, but still intend to give birth in the USA

what I am really asking is if it's safer to declare your pregnancy status to the VO at the interview even if you are not asked in the spirit of full disclosure and you don't intend to give birth in USA , and what are the chances that a visibly pregnant woman on vacation will be sent back at POE even if she has earlier declared her status to the VO.

would be grateful if you direct me to the case or if you can share some insights here with me.

thanks

seyewest:

gemcn:
kindly give me your perspectives on this...

my wife is 3 month pregnant and we plan on going for family vacation in April with our daughter. we do not intend to give birth in USA cos its not currently in our budget.

so we want to apply for a vacation visa. we do have people we know in USA, but just intends to stay in hotel for the duration of the vacation.

now my question is this....

1. do we need to declare my wife is pregnant at the interview even if we are not asked? because I am suspecting my April, when we intend to travel, the pregnancy will obviously be showing, which may arouse suspicions at the POE even though she will not be due till 3 months time after the intended travel date and we are spending just 2 weeks in the USA for vacation.

2. I see they keep .....

any thoughts on this Sir?