shrekandfiona:
Morning all I have religiously followed this thread since May and I will like to thank all the contributors especially baba baby, kalango, tvegas, phema, chloe7 and of course tzetzefly from the visit visa thread.

It took me about a month to read through 401 pages of part 1 and part 2 and the visit visa thread and am glad I did.

I had my interview in abuja on Tuesday and my visa was approved. 1st time applicant and heavily pregnant in my 3rd trimester. I give God all the Glory and thank you all for all the info exchanged so far. Below is my transcript:

Vo: good morning
me: good morning

Vo: why are you going to the US
me: for childbirth

Vo: smiles and started typing
me:

Vo: what does your hubby do
me: works in xyz and also runs his coy

Vo: how much does he earn
me: salary is x, biz income varies

Vo: where do you work
me: xyz, raises my work ID card

Vo:how much do you earn
me: X naira but I think there was an error in my form in regards the zeros

Vo: never mind
me:

Vo: i can see you have kids, raises my passport to show me that my kids scribbled on it
me: smiles

Vo: how many kids do you have and why aren't you going with them
me: i have x kids and I can't cope with a new born and them without help

Vo: i can see you are travelling with your husband, does he have a visa already?
Me: no he doesn't but I applied before him cos his passport wasn't ready and I needed to get an early date. And when his pp was ready, I was told I had to cancel my appointment to link him up and then reschedule another date.

Vo: i see, keeps typing. Then he says I'll approve your visa, hands me the white sheet and starts advising on my trip. To hold enough funds and get all my receipts etc.

Please note that the VO didn't ask for a single document even the account statement etc wasn't asked for. I also made a mistake in my form. My monthly salary is 200,000.00 and that was what I wrote but the. 00 appeared as extra zeros and it reflected 20mil

I couldn't correct the error as I had submitted already and couldn't fill a new ds form cos I would have to cancel my appointment. But as God will have it, when I tried explaining to the VO the error after he asked for my monthly income, he waved it aside.

My little advice to 1st time applicants is to be prayerful and 100% honest. They view all applicants as potential immigrants until proven otherwise. I went with all my burden of proof (thanks to phema) but not one was checked. No single one

Sorry for the long post but I just had to share one love people

Bimbolamelo:
Hello house......I'm a Nigerian currently studying in India.I would like to visit my uncle in the Usa,can I apply for the visa here in india?.......(I was denied a student visa in Abuja last November)...pls what are my chances of getting the visa?

chloe7:
tzetzefly welcome back, where did you run to abeg? What if he doesn't want to import cars anymore? He can remove it na, but he didn't mention it to the CO he only stated it in his form

stboff:


Thanks Chloe, wish i can remember most of the conversation. Perhaps it may help other people, but truth is people who really didn't answer well got their VISA. I have this believe they pre-approve people before the interview itself.

VO: Greetings...
ME: Responded. then showed her my passport as per her request.
VO: What are you going to the USA for ?
ME: For Vacation.
VO: Where in the USA are you going?
ME: Miami, Florida.
VO: Why Miami?
ME: I'd be staying in Miami Beach. I love the setting.
VO: Have you travelled outside Nigeria before ?
ME: Yes, Brazil. for the worldcup.
VO: What Cities in Brazil did you visit ? (Now i was like, of what relevance is this? just open the damn passport.. lol)
ME: Sao Paulo, Rio De Jeniro, Cuiba, Curitiba, Brasilia.
VO: What do you do ?
ME: I am an Engineer.
VO: What Engineer ?
ME: Petroleum Engineer, but i am into Real Estate. I design, build and resell.
VO: How much do you earn in a month,
ME: I can't tell per month, but i can give you an annual average.
VO: Okay, go on.
ME: About 20 - 25 Mil.
VO: Can i see your bank account statement ?
ME: (At this time i was happy i've killed it cos my banking activities plus balance(23mil) confirms my story).
VO: Are you married ?
ME: No, but i've got a son.
VO: Unfortunately, we are sorry blah blah blah, blah blah blah.
ME: Oya, gimme my passport make i go first find food chop first. I didn't eat b4 going to d interview and 8:30 turned 10:30.

Ofcourse i didn't say the last line.......

If i decide to go back to Brazil(Sin city) i don't think i will come back the same. The kind of THINGS they have there is just tooooooooooo hmmmmmmm......
I've got friends and family scattered around Europe. Can i get an invitation ? if i put myself as the sponsor, will income source pose another problem? thing is i have documents showing my business transactions including buying and selling of properties.
The only thing is i don't yet have a registered company. But this is naija na, who registers a company to have a property link, look for buyers and get a commission? Well, i wasn't anticipating the short burst of success tho.

Thanks Chloe, what's your own story. Got a VISA yourself or searching for? This thread is 222 pages. Perhaps you would have mentioned your story previously, i just haven't read.


Thanks all.

Amefreeka:


Me and VO.

Me: Good Mrng
VO: Good Mrng
VO: Where are you going in America
Me: New York.
VO: Where in New York
Me: Brooklyn
VO: Are you working
Me: Yes
VO: What work
Me: I work as Customers Support Mgr (Northern Region) with xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx Plc
VO : Your monthly Salary
Me: 520,000
VO: Are you married
Me: Yes
VO: How many children
Me: I have a daughter.
VO: Have you ever travel before
Me: No

Na so she do all her bragado for system.
The next thing was, am sorry. You can read through this paper.
Me: Thank you.

timijasco:
Hello forumites, really appreciate all your good works and encouragement here. Please travel experts i would like to know my chances of getting a US conference visa here. I am a professional member of various associations and bodies related to my professional career, and i am a civil servant working with one of the state government owned polytechnic in south-west for about 3yrs now as a senior laboratory technologist (Level 8 step 3). I recently sent my well researched abstract to a conference which is highly related to my profession and it has been accepted after several scrutiny and reviews by the organizers. I have been invited as stated in the Invitation Letter to attend the conference and present the paper as i was shortlisted as one of the presenters from the emerging regions of the developing countries. My fear and concern are the following pls HELP:

timijasco:
1. The conference is holding for just 3 days, how many days should i indicate i'll be staying in the US? (coz i'll like to scout for universities to run my third degree + visit tourist attractions, shop for textbooks while in the US).

timijasco:
2. I have 3 sticker visas on my old passport issued 2001 (2 Asian visas and 1 African visa) and i never traveled with those visas, though i have visited four west african countries with the same passport within 2001 to 2008. Due to the unused visas, should i indicate i have a travel history or i shouldn't dare state that i have a travel history?

timijasco:
3. The conference am attending would be partly sponsored by me and my institution as academic staff are entitled to travel compensation only when it is on academic grounds (presenting a paper internationally), would that pose any hindrance?

timijasco:
4. Home ties - I'm engaged but not yet married at 33+, i have landed properties, a car and a secured government job, is there any issue with this?

Endoscope:


Well, that's going to be hard. Maybe i should just forget this trip. Getting the Hospital ( Lagos state gov hospital ) to write a letter concerning payslips is going to be another hurdle or even impossible. Work break is end of next month. That's pretty much the only thing i don't have. Except maybe i apply through the italian embassy.

Endoscope:


Oh wow. That is going to be hard cos its the government that does the pay slips and they are super slow in making them available ( i work for the Lagos state government ). I requested for them and they claimed its the pay slip for December 2014 that is available. They however paty our salaries directly into our accounts. That should count for something i guess. We also have this audit forms where we fill in bank details and departments we are working. Will that be helpful?

Except i explain all this, i either don't apply cos recent pay slips won't be available by the time i'm on a work leave. What do you think?

Vuitton007:
Hello fam...

Quick one pls, i got a France Visa in Dec that ran for 3months, expired march 24th 2015, sadly i couldnt use the visa.
Reason was, my 1month hoils from work was frm 22nd dec to 25th Jan, so i arrived london 23rd, so the plan was to go to paris by train from london and my date to arrive france was from boxing day 26th, and that was about the period they had terrorist attack, charlie sthg? so it was unsafe to to go or plan it again after the new year as paris wasnt fully settled still. So jan 25th came and i returned to lagos to resume work and couldnt get off work again to use the visa.

Would i be granted if i re-apply when i can go again?

justwise:
tzetzefly

Nice to see you here again, thought you lost your nairaland password

Endoscope:


Yeah. I guess. Definitely willing to depart. Work has been super stressful and i need a vacation. Going to London for a while and would like to visit somewhere else. Oh well.

But the no pay slips, can i explain that? Pay slips are not ready on time

@tzetzefly

Endoscope:


Oh! Are you suggesting i explain both circumstances in my new application? Both stamps are on an expired passport anyway. The valid British Visa is on the valid international passport.

Endoscope:



The first was an Airport transit visa from the Netherlands embassy. I had to travel to Lagos real quick and had to use KLM and get an airport transit visa which was denied. The second was from the Slovakian embassy. it was one summer and a bunch of my friends wanted to travel and we decided to go through them cos we heard it was easy. Apparently, it wasn't. They did not give an reason as to why they denied us anyway.

Both denial stamps are on my passport. This happened in 2011.

Endoscope:
Hi,

i'm thinking of applying for a French tourist Visa. I am a Medical Doctor and i have about two weeks off next month. I have a valid 2 year British visa and i intend on staying in London for a couple of days then go to Paris for three days during my work break. I have never been and i hear it is fun and beautiful. I love to travel but that green passport won't let someone be great. lol.
I am going to be sponsoring the trip myself. i am 27. Single. I have about 1M in my Savings account. Salary is about 150k but i still get some money from my parents sometimes plus i had money saved up while i was in school as a student. My Salary is being paid into my account and i take out a sum and save up in another account. I however don't have payslips - as seen as part of the requested documents on their site- because it takes forever for pay slips to be ready where i work. The only pay slip is have is for December 2014 and i think that is because i got paid my first salary then ( I started working in November 2014 ). I have been to England before in the past. I intend on booking a ticket from Lagos-London-Paris-Lagos. is that okay?

Also,would my not having the pay slips affect my chances really because i think that is where i am lacking. ( All the other documents required i have/can get). That plus i have been denied a Netherlands Airport Transit visa before ( weird right ) and a Shengen visa from Slovakia about 4 years ago. Just a bit paranoid here. Thank you.

NaGodwin:


Sir, the problem is that i don't live in Lagos, please, could there be another option?

amaphil:
hello house, i need response regarding an issue i have been having concerning us tourist visa. my profile, 5 siblings in us, 3 siblings in Nigeria, mother in us, father in Nigeria (all are us citizens by birth except mother). Each time i apply for us visa, they ask of my relatives in the us and thereafter its denial.i have tried twice, same result. Now my question is, is it impossible for people who have immediate relative in the us to get a tourist visa. Your advices and response will be truly appreciated.

phymeon:
Greetings to everyone, please i need your advise; i and my cousin are about to apply for French visa, for him he has travel history and works in a multinational French company and for me i lost a job, i'm not working for now. Our uncle in France is about to send a single invitation for us as we intend to travel together, my cousin is also ready to bear all the cost because of my financial status. NOTE: I intend to mention him in my application as my sponsor. My question now is, how best do you think we can package this application to prevent me from being denied. Thanks in anticipation. CC: tzetzefly justi4jesu

focus1952:
Hello, pls i nid someone 2 help me out on how i can study in France ,i have a Bsc certificate but i want to start my masters over there in Business admin or any relating course 2 management ................plz i need a sure link and sure uni

NaGodwin:
I applied for a French Visa at Vfs lagos since 16th of February, i have been tracking it, the status remains "APPLICATION HAS BEEN FORWARDED TO THE CONSULATE GENERAL OF FRANCE, LAGOS ON 17/02/2015" till today, its not out, please , could there be any problem? i am worried about the delay, my supposed travel date is April 1st.

iguita:
Hi guys,

I am going to Netherlands next month and I will apply through the French VSF centre.

I plan to visit Germany after I'm done with the program I'm going for at The Hague, meanwhile, my return flight is from Amsterdam so I need to return to Amsterdam after Germany spend a day then catch my flight back home. My question now is do I need multiple entry Schengen visa to go to Germany and return to Amsterdam or will my Schengen single entry visa grant me reentry into Amsterdam after visiting Germany.

Thank you in anticipation of your urgent response as I'm filling the visa form tonight and submitting tomorrow morning

cc: justi4jesu and tzetzefly,

tayoamos:

My kids ages 3 and 5
I travelled to the states once in august 2014, spent just 7 days
Parents are alive
Wife got no travel experience

busodude:


Thank you for your advice.
So we just need to sit down and come up with a solid activities we plan to do in France.
So he can look for a seminar of some sort related to architecture right?
If he has any assets would it work?

Originally we wanted to go spain, but looking it, since he only has income for three months cause he was in university up until late last year..we were worried we might get declined. Also every money that came into his account was for exam fees etc.
So my question is that,
Can we use a letter from his university and his dad's income to go with the Spanish embassy?
And how do u think we can about it?

Which would do you think we should go for France or spain?

kblisious:

Hi Nairalanders
i want to apply for the US visa but i do not have a travel experience, am currently working and single. kindly advise me on what to do cuz i had made my research from asking people about der experience and the first thing dey tell me is you have no travel experience you wont be gra
nt the visa. Pls help....

tayoamos:
Is it advisable for my wife to apply alone so that me and her can travel together and leave our 2 kids in Nigeria as a tie, or visa can be granted to my kids also if they all apply together. Remember I already have a valid visa and have travelled once to the US for a similar wedding 6 months ago.

busodude:
Hi tzetzefly,
Ok please bare with my explanation

Myself and three other friends plan to go to France or spain in June. Three of us are celebrating our bday and one graduation so we want to take a holiday.

Three of us live on the UK and are all British or eu citizens so we know we won't have a problem.
The last friend is the one am worried about because he is in Nigeria and would need a visa. I just want u tell us our chances on getting into both countries.

Firstly, he is 23 years old and we all are similar in age with the holiest being 24.

He finished university last year and only got the job he is currently at in January this year.
He is an architect and they work on contract and don't have a fixed monthly salary, he gets paid 100k plus any commission on any contract. in February he was rarely busy but for the next three months he is going to be very very busy with a lot of work and and would be expecting about 300-400k Would his income be good enough?

His dad is going to contribute 200,000 towards his trip for flight ticket, while we in d uk are going to book the apartment we plan on staying for the length of our stay. We think we definitely need a letter and statement from his dad but do we as friends include a letter of invitation and bank statement?

We plan to do the usual, see Paris, and potentially watch Psg play if the season is not over.
We don't know anyone in France.

How can we build a reasonable case For his visa. And do we truthfully have a chance.

chloe7:
Tzetzefly where have you been? Why you blank out? Abeg come back o

bodescous:
Good evening friends in the forum. I have an urgent question with good advice from you guys.
I have a wife who is an LPR and a son who is a citizen in d state.I want to go for my father in law 70th birthday coming up this may 2015.My concerns goes thus!
1.I have a pending immigrant filing by my wife which I learnt it is very difficult to get non immigrant visa while you have a pending filing.So I don't know if I could fill in d-s 160 that its my wife I wanna go see.
2.I think my father in law got to the state thru visiting visa and later converted it and became LPR thru remarriage... My concerns is that if I mention his name and they enter it in their computer,I don't know what effect that can have on my chances.
3.Back to me......I have strong ties to d country Naija as I have a well paying job...An independent petroleum marketer with roughly income of 400k per month...tho classified as business earning ...Also our first son of 10 years old is here with me in Naija ...He's not following me this time around to d state...I just have d intention of using maximum of two weeks .....Just for d birthday and ofcourse to see my wife and my other son...

please guys,how do I go about this?Thank you.

leleti:
hello house. please while filling the ds-160 form for myself and my husband I noticed in my husbands application on the work/experience/training part there is a present,previous,and additional option.my form just has the present option.i have tried clicking and clicking,saving,deleting and refilling,but it keeps showing only present work status, no previous work experience and additional. gave up and tried to open another ds-160 form and now its saying it wont save because my birthday is incorrect? Has this happened to anyone before?thoughts on what I shld do?thanks Bleep

kodedklash:
Pls I need urgent help my cousin in US is doing his wedding in April and he will send IV to me before first week of February and am a novice I don't know what next to do, I dont know d necessary requirement I need to present at d embassy if am eventually call for d Interview

olafey:
Hello house,
My single older sister who's a teacher got an invite from our aunt who's a citizen.
She's working and would only be able to go around august when schools will be on vacation
How much must u ve in ur a/c if u r sponsoring urself?
Is it better to be sponsored by som1 in UK even though u r going to US
Please advice.

folajoseph:


tzetzefly please note that my business account has more funds in it (N6- 10 Million quarterly) but i intend to apply with my personal bank statement which has a closing balance of like N1.5 Million, Please let me know if its enough to be considered for the visa or should i use my business account?

Thank you

sohya:
can anyone tell me how and where to print the renewal letter for my application?