Alexkene: Hello,

I am a young man interested in getting a visit visa to USA. I have no travel history and when It comes to ties to my home country, I will like to use my business. I have a booming business here in Nigeria that I have built up for many years.

I am young, so not married. Please what are the steps to take

Anyway, I have more than enough money to sponsor my trip, I just want to know if I stand a chance to get visa on a virgin passport and also, since I am young. Below 24

Your age braket going for tourism is a big flash point for a CO.

Not married, never travelled, no social ties to your country, all tilts negativelly against you.

Be patient, build your profile as a previous traveller. Then come back for a U.S. visa.

AceMiss: Hello Tzetz(please complete the rest) and other gurus in the house,I do have a question for you. A friend just got a US visa issued recently and one of the question asked at the interview was if he will be visiting any other state in the US apart from Maryland that was stated in his application and he answered "NO". Now,he is planning to travel but intends to visit newyork and chicago. Is he going to have problems at the POE and with subsequent application(he intends to be truthful when asked about it). Please what do you think

He wont be bothered at the point of entry.

However, he must have a clear purpose for travelling outside Maryland, he could be asked.

ajanlekoko0105:

Thanks bros...what are the document required..I am self employed,reg company and my wife has a pharmaceutical shop she has no travel experience

No document is required, you get to only defend what you fill on your DS-160.

ajanlekoko0105:

No,I have never travelled together with them..should I apply just with my wife or together with the 2kids?should we apply for visit or tourist

You can proceed together with your wife for tourism while leaving your kids with grandparents. They should love this.

z3us: hello house, @tzetzefly
First of all i must commend every1 here, u guyz are doing a great job.please i just wanna throw in a quick one,my wife and i are going for interview nxt month,wot bother me is that my wife's passport will expire in dec 2015,dunno if if wud affect visa been given since US issues 2yrs visa...advise needed pls

A passport must be valid for travel to the United States with a validity date at least six months beyond your intended period of stay in the United States.

Go for a re-issuance of your travel document.

ajanlekoko0105: @tzetzefly
Hello bro..I could see the number of lives you have changed on this forum..God bless you..I am self employed and just visited dubai last month..I have german visa on my former passport but I didn't go..that was 2009.I am married with 2kids..what is my chances of getting US visit visa or tourism visa on this..

Have you travelled previously together with your family?

It pays at this time to apply together with them and since you're not single, you have a better chance than applying alone.

Oscar22: hi guy i want to apply for american tourist visa, i have study permit in south Africa,i want to travel to america for holiday during Christmas and new year i don't know to go about it but im planning to come back to Nigeria and apply I need some advise hopefully someone can help me..? i want to visit Florida, some places, Florida keys, Seaworld Orlando,Disney s Hollywood, Legomand Florida, Magic kingdom, I am thinking of coming back home and Apply because of my bank statement,

Then apply from Nigeria as you wish:

www.ustraveldocs.com/ng/ng-niv-visaapply.asp

femredhead: @Tzetzefly and other gurus in d house. Can one get 6months authorized stay on his/her I-94 form even if just to attend 5days conference?

It is at the discretion of the CBP officer once you get to the entry port.

President Obama is being called out this morning for heading immediately to a golf course in Martha's Vineyard after speaking Wednesday afternoon about the gruesome beheading of American journalist James Foley by ISIS terrorists.

White House correspondents said the
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"This really caused President Bush to examine his behavior in a time of war.
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Rove said Obama's advisers "made a
mistake" by not realizing how the timing of the golf game would look.

Hemmer asked for Rove's take on why
the White House or the president himself didn't see that beforehand. Rove argued that the White House has
been making a lot of "gaffes" in recent
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www.foxnewsinsider.com/2014/08/21/obama-slammed-golfing-minutes-after-remarks-foley-execution

FunW: Hello house, I submitted my passport and my daughter's passport using the drop box service on 23rd July 2014. My passport was returned to me about 5 days later but till date I am yet to receive my daughter's passport.

I have tracked on line but received a message saying "there is no status update available for the passport number submitted".

Is there any other thing am expected to do?

Telephone: To speak with a call center
representative, call: +23414406294.

To send an email with your complaints, do e-mail:

support-nigeria@ustraveldocs.com


Have ready your daughter's passport number as information there will be asked for.

Or

Send an e-mail (address above) with your complaints. Do not forget to add her Name, Date of Birth and Passport Number.

igbonerd:

I applied for a B1/B2 visa and have an interview scheduled for next month. This is my first time and as such, I need a couple clarifications:
-I'm currently serving and I made that known in my application. Would that hold up when they ask what my home ties are?
-I'm going on the strength of an American friend's invitation. He is going to foot the entire bill from the round trip plane ticket to the cost of my stay there. He's a tax-paying citizen with a well-paying job. Would that raise any red flag with them?
-Should he send his the letter of invitation, his affidavit of sponsorship, his bank statement, etc, directly to the consulate or to me?

Please, I'd appreciate your response.

You say you're currently serving i.e. NYSC. And have you been permitted for this foreign trip at this time?

Only a close relative can effectively sponsor your trip from abroad.

I am sorry, your friend is not in that category.

Largeabbey: Looks like I am going to have to renege on my words of not applying at the American embassy anytime soon. I am not only surprise but tight-lipped knowing it could now take couples of days to secure an appointment after being denied of a U.S visa. What user "Fehinebony" said about her husband being rejected and securing a visa after a short frame of time has left me wondering. Might be my turn who knows..........Well, before I decide to go on to make my payment for the visa fee I need to know if its advicable to persuade my wife to go with me even though I told the VO that she had just picked up a new job couple of months back. I doubt it if she will fall for my persuasion but I can be really insistent which will leave her with no option or should I just allow her work and go with my daugther of 4 she had for me before we got married? Tzetzefly and every other Guru on this thread please kindly take out your to look into my case and give me the best possible guide. I look forward to reading from you all patiently.

For now travel someplace else with your family. Apply together again on a future date.

charzyh2:

Thank you very much for your quick response. As a matter of fact, I'm 21. Can this age still work against me?

You are not qualified for this application at this time. If you have a relative in the States to house and cater for your needs, then you stand a reasonable chance.

charzyh2:

Hi Tzetze
I'm an ND2 (final year) student in Auchi Polytecthnic, Edo state.
My dad wants to sponsor my trip to the US in next year February for tourist purposes and I'll be spending two weeks there. We do not have anyone in US so I will be booking a hotel. Now, I will be commencing my one year Industrial Training (IT) programme in Ondo state Ministry of Works come next year January. Please, what are my chances of getting the tourist visa even if I present a letter from the ministry?

Do you have a relative in the States?

If your answer is in the negative, then you do not qualify for a tourist category (due to your age bracket and educational qualification).

At this time, you only qualify for a visit visa only if you have a relative in the States.

adigunomomama:

Hmm...I don't get you guys, pls just help.

I applied for dv lottery 4yrs ago but not selected and I didn't near the embassy talkless of interview

Now I apply for a B1/B2 visa and my interview is coming up next month...

I just what to know maybe the CO we know or see my data that I have applied for dv lottery befor cos

Den, am single - now married

Graduate den buh no work - am working now

I re-arrange my name i.e first name and other

And my age was wrong then but its ok now in my int'l passport.

Plssss...

Once you're not selected for further processing of a diversity visa, then you have nothing to worry about concerning a non-immigrant visa.

Always ensure that your data are consistent in future application. This will save you avoidable future embarrassment.

chloe7: Justwise and tzetzefly please help us answer this straight forward question please or rather email the embassy directly LagosNIV@state.gov because I need clarify on it , literally 3/4 of Nigerians applied for visa lottery then and from the beginning of this thread till now I'm yet to see anyone who attended the b1/b2 interview and said the v.o asked about Dv lottery if the person has tried it before or not , even the FAQ's on their website don't make provisions for such a question and even on the ds-160 form I filled I didn't see anything like that there, anyone who has seen such can please indicate so we can hear.

Having to play the diversity visa lottery in itself is not a redflag for an applicant applying for a U.S. non-immigrant visa.

What constitute a redflag includes:

1. When you are selected for a diversity visa (but unsuccessful during interview) and your information then and now is not consistent with the data base of the U.S. Dept of State.

2. When your name and date of birth strikes a form of resemblance with another individual who is already on the redflag radar of the U.S. State Dept

3. Almost sharing an identity with an individual who failed the U.S. administrative process previously.

These situation above and more, may prompt the CO to ask further questions in order to ascertain if the previous applicant in the data base of the State Dept, is the same person as the one staring directly at him/her during interview.

Sacluxpaint:

So you mean without the immigration stamps, we can include the visas as proof of previous travel? Please reply.Thanks

Immigration entry stamps are your proof of previous travels and not an unused visas.

peter2010: Experts in the house, I need ur urgent useful response plz. This is my case; My last travel abroad was in january 2009 to UK though before then I had traveled to abt 5 countries in europe. When I was filling the DS-160 form I came across this question: Have you traveled to any countries within the last five years? wat should my answer be is it YES or NO. If you feel it is NO. How do I proof my travel history to the VO. Since they might assume through the form that I've nt been abroad b4. I wil appreciate ur swift response. Thanks.

Your answer is a ''YES''.

Your passport with entry visas is a prove of previous travel. Any statement contrary to this, is a mis-information.

If you say ''NO'', it means you do not have any form of travel knowledge. This may work against you in the heat of the situation when the CO does not have the patience for additional information or when he/she needs a reason to disqualify you.

ayobj:
We qualify for drop box.
The visas for me and my spouse is 2 years.
How do the kids come in?

The kids being minors, automatically qualifies for Drop box.

Apply as a family with an application for each member concerned.

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The incident took place on Sunday morning north of the International Mehrabad Airport, IRNA reported. The Antonov An-140 aircraft belonged to a domestic airline and was scheduled to travel from Tehran to the northeastern city of Tabas when the incident occurred.

A senior aviation official has said 48 people, among them several children, were on board the plane when it smashed into the ground. All passengers and crew members are feared dead.


Initial reports blame an engine failure for the disaster. Iran has suffered a series of airplane crashes, blamed on its aging aircraft and poor maintenance.

The latest major crash occurred in January 2011, when a passenger plane broke into pieces on impact while trying an emergency landing in a snowstorm in northwestern Iran, killing 77 people.

In July 2009, a jetliner crashed in Iran’s northwest shortly after taking off from the capital, killing all the 168 people on board. In the worst air accident, an Ilyushin 76 crashed in the mountains of southeastern Iran in February 2003, killing 302 people on board.

www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/08/10/374744/iranian-aircraft-crashes-in-tehran/

superfavour:

Am suppose to go for a training, my company where I work already agreed to raise funds for my trip

Are you a clergyman or a missionary?

superfavour:

Ok,If am to get my church to sponsor,what will I be requiring of them?

Why this visa, and why now?

superfavour:

Who is an advisable sponsor for an M-1 ?

A church / missionary body where an applicant fully belongs to either as a worker or clergy man.

superfavour:

Oops,what am I to do? They are on the I-20 form, my interview is coming up soon.

They may be indicated on the I-20, does not mean they can sponsor you.

No relationship whatsoever.

cindylee:
Dear tzetzefly, thanks so much for your response this early morning. I really appreciate it. I still called a friend of mine that works in another embassy and he keeps telling me to reschedule that it's unlikely they work on Saturdays but the program I am going for has a deadline. Do they work on Saturdays or is it better I just cancel and reschedule. Please help and what so you think. Thanks again

They work saturdays.

superfavour:

A construction/ haulage company where I work

No, they cannot sponsor an M-1 visa application.

cindylee: Dear all, I applied for a j1 visa and I was scheduled for Saturday. Is this is mistake from their site or does the embassy work on Saturday? I was scheduled for 9.30 am. Please help. Thanks

It is not a mistake.

superfavour: Tzetzefly,pls my M-1 interview is coming up soon, Would like to know if having my employers as a sponsor raise and issue, the vocational training is "religious". Pls advice

Who are your employers?

Daresh:

I renewed my fathers B1/B2 visa. He didnt even know I had his passport sef.

.... Ok

Ehido:

I don't intend to pay any money till I get the visa, I have all the money in my account already.
From what u've just said I don't need to book another accommodation and get an email confirmation of my booking printed out?
If this is the case how do I prove to the VO that I can support myself while I'm there and how do I show him I have a place to stay when I get there. I know I have it all covered but I think I should be able to show proof when asked.

Thanks.

You wont be asked for a physical document to show where you'll be staying.

An unpaid reservation will do just fine.

Sacluxpaint: My father is using a JP morgan chase account against a local bank account to sponsor our trip, is this acceptable?

Why are you being sponsored by your dad and moreso, with a foreign bank details?