1. Migration is as old as mankind, true; but now we have nations with well-defined borders, look at what is happening in Nigeria for example, look at what is happening in Europe too. Uncontrolled migration, is a security and socio-economic threat.

2. When the white man came, they were smart enough not to come with force because that would have unified the native cultures against them, instead they took advantage of our already divided people. They gave guns to one tribe and that tribe used it on the other tribe, and got the white man slaves to exchange for more goodies. They didn't come knocking empty-handed, they came knocking with mirror, salt, clothes, snuff and we africans, got our own fellow africans and sold them as slaves (mind you slavery was already practised in Africa, we just internationalised it in a joint venture with the white man) for more goodies. We are still doing it today, collecting loans that put the future generations in virtual slavery, to fund the welfare states of the west.

john20177:

Migration is as old as mankind. It's true everyone has different strategy of solving problems, but not in the cost of others peace. If you have sympathy, you'd prefer the Obama pattern of solving immigration issues than Trump's.
"YOU DON'T JUST LEAVE IT WIDE OPEN FOR EVERY ADAMU, BABATUNDE AND CHINEDU TO ENTER. DO YOU?!" your words.
Let me ask you, when the Westerners started flooding Africa, Asia and some part of South America for whatever reasons best not mention. Were they really invited ? Well, we choose to forget and ignore because history is violent.

uniquema:
Hello House,

Can I travel to the US with a carton of Golden Morn.
Also will I need a transit visa if I am using British airways.

Thanks

Yes you can travel with a carton of Golden morn even though you will be able to buy it in U.S and also just to inform you this kind of carton may bring about unwanted scrutiny for drugs in your baggage so think am well.
You won't need a transit visa since it's British Airways flying you from Nigeria to U.S

KaptainAfrika:
1. Migration is as old as mankind, true; but now we have nations with well-defined borders, look at what is happening in Nigeria for example, look at what is happening in Europe too. Uncontrolled migration, is a security and socio-economic threat.

2. When the white man came, they were smart enough not to come with force because that would have unified the native cultures against them, instead they took advantage of our already divided people. They gave guns to one tribe and that tribe used it on the other tribe, and got the white man slaves to exchange for more goodies. They didn't come knocking empty-handed, they came knocking with mirror, salt, clothes, snuff and we africans, got our own fellow africans and sold them as slaves (mind you slavery was already practised in Africa, we just internationalised it in a joint venture with the white man) for more goodies. We are still doing it today, collecting loans that put the future generations in virtual slavery, to fund the welfare states of the west.

When the white man came, they were smart enough not to come with force" by this I think you mean tricked *it's fraud in our generation (they gave us bible and take our land, culture, RESPECT and DIGNITY of black man left with white man. And if we play that card now it's tantamount to years in prison. I mean fraud in all aspect (I think right now we do it better than they did), as much I agree with some of your information, you didn't comprehend it in full. Besides these are the things they're still afraid of today. That we got better in been evil genius. History aside; a leader without compassion is a ruthless leader and with time they turn to tyrant. Now everyone is disturbed by North Korea Kim, well that's how the dad started...

Got in yesterday through miami international airport yesterday through Qatar airways
Queue was long bt b4 we say Jack we were at the front
Cbp: where are u coming from.
Hubby: nigeria by we had transit at Qatar
Cbp:how long are u staying.
Hubby:15days
Cbp:what do u do?
Hubby:told him
Cbp:ma'am full house wife or u work?
Me:I told him I work
Cbp:do u ave any food to declare?
Yes we av foods
Cbp: is it well packed.
Yes
Cbp:where will u be staying
Hubby:my uncle's place
Welcome to United states.
They didn't check our bags at all

Minimee101:
Got in yesterday through miami international airport yesterday through Qatar airways
Queue was long bt b4 we say Jack we were at the front
Cbp: where are u coming from.
Hubby: nigeria by we had transit at Qatar
Cbp:how long are u staying.
Hubby:15days
Cbp:what do u do?
Hubby:told him
Cbp:ma'am full house wife or u work?
Me:I told him I work
Cbp:do u ave any food to declare?
Yes we av foods
Cbp: is it well packed.
Yes
Cbp:where will u be staying
Hubby:my uncle's place
Welcome to United states.
They didn't check our bags at all

Enjoy your holiday and have fun.

In the spirit of giving back, please see my transcript.
Traveled from Abuja to Newyork via Cairo with two kids. Abv to Cairo wa's not so pleasant because the inflight entertainment was poor. Waited at Cairo airport for over an hour before we were taken to "Le Passage" for accommodation.

Cairo to Newyork was long and smooth. Food and services quite OK. On arrival at JFK, the queue was too much so I used the self help machine. Got 3 clean white papers for me and the kids and I proceeded to the CBP. While at the CBP, not a single question was asked! The lady just looked at my kids, greeted us and stamped us in. If not for say I Don enter Yankee before, I for say na mistake say the real CBP dey front. It was just a breeze. Less than a minute!

On my daughter's prompting, we held hands and prayed immediately we landed. Prayers work wonders my people and I give God all the glory. Many thanks to contributors on this platform too for making me go prepared. I'm right now chilling in NewYork, waiting for my wife and LO to arrive before moving to Chicago.
Meanwhile, the cab man ( old black american) that took me from the airport missed his way! Imagine that? We drove for almost 2 hours from the airport to Yonkers. I was initially enjoying the city view,but I got tired and I had to collect his phone and use Google map to locate my bearing o, which eventually worked.
God is awesome

Good morning. I was recently granted a B1/B2 visa and I'm planning my travel for September. Now my worries is that I filled in my application form that my expected stay in the US is 3 weeks but now I booked a ticket for one month. And also I have not booked a connecting flight from my POE to the city i intend to stay. Thirdly I filled in my application that I will be staying with my cousin for the period of stay in the US, do I still need to do a hotel booking? Thank you.

purespikes:
In the spirit of giving back, please see my transcript.
Traveled from Abuja to Newyork via Cairo with two kids. Abv to Cairo wa's not so pleasant because the inflight entertainment was poor. Waited at Cairo airport for over an hour before we were taken to "Le Passage" for accommodation.

Cairo to Newyork was long and smooth. Food and services quite OK. On arrival at JFK, the queue was too much so I used the self help machine. Got 3 clean white papers for me and the kids and I proceeded to the CBP. While at the CBP, not a single question was asked! The lady just looked at my kids, greeted us and stamped us in. If not for say I Don enter Yankee before, I for say na mistake say the real CBP dey front. It was just a breeze. Less than a minute!

On my daughter's prompting, we held hands and prayed immediately we landed. Prayers work wonders my people and I give God all the glory. Many thanks to contributors on this platform too for making me go prepared. I'm right now chilling in NewYork, waiting for my wife and LO to arrive before moving to Chicago.
Meanwhile, the cab man ( old black american) that took me from the airport missed his way! Imagine that? We drove for almost 2 hours from the airport to Yonkers. I was initially enjoying the city view,but I got tired and I had to collect his phone and use Google map to locate my bearing o, which eventually worked.
God is awesome

Thanks for sharing. Enjoy your holiday!!!

Any deviation from what filled in the form and said in the interview, will attract greater scrutiny.

westo2017:
Good morning. I was recently granted a B1/B2 visa and I'm planning my travel for September. Now my worries is that I filled in my application form that my expected stay in the US is 3 weeks but now I booked a ticket for one month. And also I have not booked a connecting flight from my POE to the city i intend to stay. Thirdly I filled in my application that I will be staying with my cousin for the period of stay in the US, do I still need to do a hotel booking? Thank you.

Does anyone have a good idea on how to get cheap accommodation in NY e.g hotel, airbnb. Also, the location I understand determines the price. Kindly advice on cheap locations and lodging in NY.

purespikes:
In the spirit of giving back, please see my transcript.
Traveled from Abuja to Newyork via Cairo with two kids. Abv to Cairo wa's not so pleasant because the inflight entertainment was poor. Waited at Cairo airport for over an hour before we were taken to "Le Passage" for accommodation.

Cairo to Newyork was long and smooth. Food and services quite OK. On arrival at JFK, the queue was too much so I used the self help machine. Got 3 clean white papers for me and the kids and I proceeded to the CBP. While at the CBP, not a single question was asked! The lady just looked at my kids, greeted us and stamped us in. If not for say I Don enter Yankee before, I for say na mistake say the real CBP dey front. It was just a breeze. Less than a minute!

On my daughter's prompting, we held hands and prayed immediately we landed. Prayers work wonders my people and I give God all the glory. Many thanks to contributors on this platform too for making me go prepared. I'm right now chilling in NewYork, waiting for my wife and LO to arrive before moving to Chicago.
Meanwhile, the cab man ( old black american) that took me from the airport missed his way! Imagine that? We drove for almost 2 hours from the airport to Yonkers. I was initially enjoying the city view,but I got tired and I had to collect his phone and use Google map to locate my bearing o, which eventually worked.
God is awesome

Nice and please tell us more about the flight from Lagos to Cairo and the accomodation... Hope the driver did not overcharge you for miss his way.
Enjoy your stay.

westo2017:
Good morning. I was recently granted a B1/B2 visa and I'm planning my travel for September. Now my worries is that I filled in my application form that my expected stay in the US is 3 weeks but now I booked a ticket for one month. And also I have not booked a connecting flight from my POE to the city i intend to stay. Thirdly I filled in my application that I will be staying with my cousin for the period of stay in the US, do I still need to do a hotel booking? Thank you.

Nawa ooo only you..
You must have a reason for staying for an extra week... if they ask you at the airport explain why you're spending an extra week.
Please book the connecting flight asap and in Nigeria before flying to U.S don't waste time.
Since your cousin is not part of the form mentioning him will land you in trouble.. book your hotel just like you've said in the form.

cerezo:
Does anyone have a good idea on how to get cheap accommodation in NY e.g hotel, airbnb. Also, the location I understand determines the price. Kindly advice on cheap locations and lodging in NY.

Try airbbnb and booking dot com

seyewest:

Try airbbnb and booking dot com

Which locations in NY should i reduce the search to?

I filled in my form that I will be staying with my cousin so why shouldn't I mention his name at the POE?

cerezo:


Which locations in NY should i reduce the search to?

Queens or Brooklyn better still try New Jersey it's cheaper but check the transportation from your location to New York.

westo2017:
I filled in my form that I will be staying with my cousin so why shouldn't I mention his name at the POE?

If that's the case why are you stressing us? Why are you even thinking about hotel?

seyewest:

Nice and please tell us more about the flight from Lagos to Cairo and the accomodation... Hope the driver did not overcharge you for miss his way.
Enjoy your stay.

I flew from abuja and not lagos. The car driver charged $85. I made my enquiry with Uber and Taxify and I knew r shouldn't be more than $70. I eventually paid $80 though.

The accommodation in Cairo was OK, only that it took long before it was provided....

seyewest:

oh..sorry about that... you're good to go and you will have to declare it.

. Bro, finally am in America and my POE interview goes thus
Interviewer= good afternoon
Me: good afternoon sir
Interviewer : where u from and where are u going
Me : Nigeria to atlanta
Interviewer :why are u here
Me : to attend my cousins wedding and family vacation
Interviewer : how much do u have on you for the family
Me : $10120
Interviewer : is ur brother a green card holder
Me : yes
Interviewer : how long has he been staying here?
Me : 5 years
Interviewer : where does he work
Me : honestly I don't know
Interviewer : pls u will have to come with me before u processed
then he ask a young lady to take me to another office for secondary screening.
The second Interviewer a young black man who ask me to sit in a cold room for about 20 minutes before calling me.
Interviewer : whn last do u see ur brother
Me: last December
Interviewer : what's the name of his fiancee
Me: I don't know
Interviewer : have u met ur brother fiancee
Me : no
Interviewer : you have a very bad bro..... Tell him I say so. Where do u work
Me: I work with the government
Interviewer : what about your wife
Me : she's a Banker, works with access bank
Interviewer : but in ur visa application forms u said ur wife works with delta state government
Me: no... Am the one that works with delta state government.
Interviewer : sorry I can't allow u into America
Me : sir you don't expect me to know everything about my brother because this is my first time here, I have his number so pls call him to ask more about him
Interviewer : OK give me his number and go back to ur seat.
After about 20 minutes he call me and say welcome to America.

Bawo4199:

. Bro, finally am in America and my POE interview
Interviewer : sorry I can't allow u into America
Me : sir you don't expect me to know everything about my brother because this is my first time here, I have his number so pls call him to ask more about him
Interviewer : OK give me his number and go back to ur

Simply wow you were lucky you had your bros number handy. That was draining...

cerezo:
Does anyone have a good idea on how to get cheap accommodation in NY e.g hotel, airbnb. Also, the location I understand determines the price. Kindly advice on cheap locations and lodging in NY.

New Jersey is cheaper than newyork in terms af accommodation and about 40mins apart. Airbnb and booking.com will give you price ranges. I have stayed in queens, manhattan all at reasonable rates

You were very lucky. To everyone with a relative in the US, try knowing things about them. Bro you were lucky - you don't know where your brother works, or the name of his fiancée...that CBP officer is an angel in disguise.

Bawo4199:

. Bro, finally am in America and my POE interview goes thus
Interviewer= good afternoon
Me: good afternoon sir
Interviewer : where u from and where are u going
Me : Nigeria to atlanta
Interviewer :why are u here
Me : to attend my cousins wedding and family vacation
Interviewer : how much do u have on you for the family
Me : $10120
Interviewer : is ur brother a green card holder
Me : yes
Interviewer : how long has he been staying here?
Me : 5 years
Interviewer : where does he work
Me : honestly I don't know
Interviewer : pls u will have to come with me before u processed
then he ask a young lady to take me to another office for secondary screening.
The second Interviewer a young black man who ask me to sit in a cold room for about 20 minutes before calling me.
Interviewer : whn last do u see ur brother
Me: last December
Interviewer : what's the name of his fiancee
Me: I don't know
Interviewer : have u met ur brother fiancee
Me : no
Interviewer : you have a very bad bro..... Tell him I say so. Where do u work
Me: I work with the government
Interviewer : what about your wife
Me : she's a Banker, works with access bank
Interviewer : but in ur visa application forms u said ur wife works with delta state government
Me: no... Am the one that works with delta state government.
Interviewer : sorry I can't allow u into America
Me : sir you don't expect me to know everything about my brother because this is my first time here, I have his number so pls call him to ask more about him
Interviewer : OK give me his number and go back to ur seat.
After about 20 minutes he call me and say welcome to America.

Bawo4199:

. Bro, finally am in America and my POE interview goes thus
Interviewer= good afternoon
Me: good afternoon sir
Interviewer : where u from and where are u going
Me : Nigeria to atlanta
Interviewer :why are u here
Me : to attend my cousins wedding and family vacation
Interviewer : how much do u have on you for the family
Me : $10120
Interviewer : is ur brother a green card holder
Me : yes
Interviewer : how long has he been staying here?
Me : 5 years
Interviewer : where does he work
Me : honestly I don't know
Interviewer : pls u will have to come with me before u processed
then he ask a young lady to take me to another office for secondary screening.
The second Interviewer a young black man who ask me to sit in a cold room for about 20 minutes before calling me.
Interviewer : whn last do u see ur brother
Me: last December
Interviewer : what's the name of his fiancee
Me: I don't know
Interviewer : have u met ur brother fiancee
Me : no
Interviewer : you have a very bad bro..... Tell him I say so. Where do u work
Me: I work with the government
Interviewer : what about your wife
Me : she's a Banker, works with access bank
Interviewer : but in ur visa application forms u said ur wife works with delta state government
Me: no... Am the one that works with delta state government.
Interviewer : sorry I can't allow u into America
Me : sir you don't expect me to know everything about my brother because this is my first time here, I have his number so pls call him to ask more about him
Interviewer : OK give me his number and go back to ur seat.
After about 20 minutes he call me and say welcome to America.

Wow... You're so fortunate to have your bro number and also I like the fact that you quickly informed him about the number...
Are you sure you're staying in U.S for 5years?

seyewest:

Wow... You're so fortunate to have your bro number and also I like the fact that you quickly informed him about the number...
Are you sure you're staying in U.S for 5years?

He would have been on his way back to Nigeria if he said that, he was referring to his brother living in US.

Bawo4199:

.America
Me : sir you don't expect me to know everything about my brother because this is my first time here, I have his number so pls call him to ask more about him
Interviewer : OK give me his number and go back to ur seat.
After about 20 minutes he call me and say welcome to America.

@Bawo4199

This ur name is funny 4199 hmmmm.

Anyway i hope this your story is true. If it is then you are sooo sooo lucky.

Lets not leave ourselves to fate and chance. You caould have found yourself back in Naija for such high level os lack of preparation.

You dont know you dont know and honestly you wont know when you find yourself back in Naija.

Please people - lets make it a point of duty to get info of people we would be staying with of you have family, their status, where they work and such info.

Well lucky you shaa.

Enjoy America and please done 4199 them oooo.
heheheheh

KaptainAfrika:
You were very lucky. To everyone with a relative in the US, try knowing things about them. Bro you were lucky - you don't know where your brother works, or the name of his fiancée...that CBP officer is an angel in disguise.

KaptainAfrika, infact more than an angel sef. Chaiii. I cant believe it...

I have some foodstuffs to carry but I can't find a list of contraband items to guide me. What do you suggest?
I cant even finalise as someone told me her aunty's visa was cancelled at POE because she came in with palm oil.
How do I know that what I am packing is allowed

seyewest:

Are you going on a visit visa or business? How long are you staying for?
You can carry anything just declare it and they will decide on which one to take or leave with you. Meanwhile you've to becareful with traveling to U.S with foodstuffs because it will lead to automatic secondary screening.

cosade:



He would have been on his way back to Nigeria if he said that, he was referring to his brother living in US.

Oh okay

OGreene:
I have some foodstuffs to carry but I can't find a list of contraband items to guide me. What do you suggest?
I cant even finalise as someone told me her aunty's visa was cancelled at POE because she came in with palm oil.
How do I know that what I am packing is allowed

Is this your first trip? If yes I will advise you not to carry any food stuffs...

Garri, dried fish, egusi, ogbono, crayfish nko...
I need to carry ooo

seyewest:

Is this your first trip? If yes I will advise you not to carry any food stuffs...

Travelling to the us for the first time wit a visit visa, do i need a round trip airline ticket or only a one way trip airline ticket

Moniro:
Travelling to the us for the first time wit a visit visa, do i need a round trip airline ticket or only a one way trip airline ticket

your kidding me right??