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rolex123 said:
btw @MB1xxx how is it going ? did u find fair ticket agent ? when will u take off? to which state ? how is your son exam duration with ur flight schedule ? r u going come back after ur fist US entry so that ur son will took the exam? is it the visa duration will not be expired if u stay till ur son took the exam?
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Hi Rolex, you are really good at remembering details:)
Preparation is underway selling house hold items. The cheapest air ticket to New York JFK and Washington DC Dulles (will use one of the two routes) I found so far is 54k and 60k birr respectively for family of 5 with Emirates Airlines (see their website & their office is in Denbel City Center). We are planning to settle in Philadelphia, mid way between New York & Washington DC. We will use car(s) for the local connection to Philly. Regarding the high school Exit Exam, all family will leave in July after the 12 grade exit exam expected to be in May & also the so called SAT exam in June. Though our visa is granted & we paid for all the visas, we ware generously given a very rare chance of postponing our visa delivery date because of the exit exam. We will go back to the Embassy in January to give finger print again and get the visa.
 
God-Is-Love said:
@MB1xxx, how do you plan to move your money to US?
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Hi God-is-Love, this is a difficult question I am still asking myself. I don't know the exact amount but we have the right to request the National Bank showing the Visa and the Ticket. If that is not enough ... I don't know, we should do it somehow ... probably arrange with friends in the US who may need to spend some Birr here in Ethiopia.
 
MB1xxx said:
Hi God-is-Love, this is a difficult question I am still asking myself. I don't know the exact amount but we have the right to request the National Bank showing the Visa and the Ticket. If that is not enough ... I don't know, we should do it somehow ... probably arrange with friends in the US who may need to spend some Birr here in Ethiopia.
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do you have any idea about Forex brokers that @Britsimon talk about on Transporting physically money in US thread?
I don't know if they exist in Ethiopia.

www.forums.immigration.com/threads/transporting-physically-money-in-us.321846/
 
ZGREAT said:
I have here that they also work in Ethiopia but they are illegal and can not be trusted
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Thank you ZGreat. Apparently any thing that involves foreign currency is very sensitive in Ethiopia and I don't also advise to get involved.
 
MB1xxx said:
Thank you ZGreat. Apparently any thing that involves foreign currency is very sensitive in Ethiopia and I don't also advise to get involved.
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how about transferring the money in to a bank account to of some friend in USA and receiving it once you get there : I think it is possible to do so from governmental banks
 
ZGREAT said:
how about transferring the money in to a bank account to of some friend in USA and receiving it once you get there : I think it is possible to do so from governmental banks
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as far as I know, the maximum amount local banks can give, as I've heard to date, is only 4k per person. You also need to show visa and air ticket to get this much conversion. I don't know what to do about the 'remaining' one.
Is there any bank which serve money transfer abroad from Ethiopia?
 
God-Is-Love said:
as far as I know, the maximum amount local banks can give, as I've heard to date, is only 4k per person. You also need to show visa and air ticket to get this much conversion. I don't know what to do about the 'remaining' one.
Is there any bank which serve money transfer abroad from Ethiopia?
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even though I am not sure of the amount yes you can make a wire transfer from here to any country
 
God-Is-Love said:
as far as I know, the maximum amount local banks can give, as I've heard to date, is only 4k per person. You also need to show visa and air ticket to get this much conversion. I don't know what to do about the 'remaining' one.
Is there any bank which serve money transfer abroad from Ethiopia?
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national bank
of Ethiopia and commercial bank will do so
 
rolex123 said:
@amelekuru
1. which university for example? all universities (private and governmental) in Ethiopian under ministry of education they r obliged to do the authentication for their degree or diploma .
2. no university authenticates student copy in Ethiopia and not required for dv interview.
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for instance i am a graduate of University of Gondar and my original degree is not authenticated, when i went to the university registrar to authenticate my degree they ordered me to make a copy of the original degree and they authenticated it rather than the original one.

and also it is said in this thread that putting titers, seal of the university, signature of the head of the university registrar and the likes on the copy of original degrees is not considered as authentication, rather it is simple certification.

is there any organization that authenticate university degree other than the university itself?
 
amelekuru said:
for instance i am a graduate of University of Gondar and my original degree is not authenticated, when i went to the university registrar to authenticate my degree they ordered me to make a copy of the original degree and they authenticated it rather than the original one.

and also it is said in this thread that putting titers, seal of the university, signature of the head of the university registrar and the likes on the copy of original degrees is not considered as authentication, rather it is simple certification.

is there any organization that authenticate university degree other than the university itself?
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nop the authority to authenticate an original degree remain in the hand of the college or university who have made them; only after that you can go to HERQA For another authentication
 
Hi all,
Incase if it helps let me explain for you, regarding authentication of degree here in Ethiopia most of the university do on the copy, so it is not a strange thing. Of course some may be do on the original. I did authentcate (before for other thing) and I did on the copy and after the university registrar I went to MoF. Student copy will not be authentcated (Original /copy), iff you need for some thing you order official student copy. This is for government university, for private university follow the steps explianed by MB1xxx. That is what I know from my exprience.
I think it will not be a problem in our interview (having certified copies of the degree), what we need to be careful is that BC, MC, and grade 12/and grade 10 certificates should be authentcated (on the back of the originals) and ned to have seal of MoF.
 
ZGREAT said:
nop the authority to authenticate an original degree remain in the hand of the college or university who have made them; only after that you can go to HERQA For another authentication
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besides @amelekuru if they authenticate on the photo copy I c no reason why they did not make on back side of the original document, and for the interview authenticated document is a must! if I can I will scan and upload mine.
 
Fikir12 said:
Hi all,
Incase if it helps let me explain for you, regarding authentication of degree here in Ethiopia most of the university do on the copy, so it is not a strange thing. Of course some may be do on the original. I did authentcate (before for other thing) and I did on the copy and after the university registrar I went to MoF. Student copy will not be authentcated (Original /copy), iff you need for some thing you order official student copy. This is for government university, for private university follow the steps explianed by MB1xxx. That is what I know from my exprience.
I think it will not be a problem in our interview (having certified copies of the degree), what we need to be careful is that BC, MC, and grade 12/and grade 10 certificates should be authentcated (on the back of the originals) and ned to have seal of MoF.
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@Fikir12 it is a must to authenticate the original document .
 
amelekuru said:
for instance i am a graduate of University of Gondar and my original degree is not authenticated, when i went to the university registrar to authenticate my degree they ordered me to make a copy of the original degree and they authenticated it rather than the original one.

and also it is said in this thread that putting titers, seal of the university, signature of the head of the university registrar and the likes on the copy of original degrees is not considered as authentication, rather it is simple certification.

is there any organization that authenticate university degree other than the university itself?
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@amelekuru , but for the interview original document authentication is a must, please try your best to do that you have enough time to do it , may be they did not have the experience try to convince them or show as justification of other's university , if I can I will upload mine.
 
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