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Dv 2007 winners From Nigeria

hamzy

try and send a mail to the embassy or better still go to the embassy tomorrow around 11 am and ask questions. go there with the print out and maybe some other documents (no ideas which documents). tell them your predicamants. but my guess is they are not going to answer tomorrow cos it is friday. but monday through thursday they are there.so aybe on monday go, am just trying to give a suggestion not a solution but at this juncture try it.
 
Hamzy said:
Pls if anyone can tell me what to do bout my problem,few days ago i send email to KCC bout the status of my case and they replied with this,

"Thank you for your inquiry.

An interview for this case has been scheduled at the American Consulate/Embassy of Lagos on November 27, 2006. A notification letter was sent to you on September 26, 2006. Please direct any further questions regarding the processing of your case to this embassy."

As of 2day i did not receive the notification letter and the interview is on the 27th.
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Hamzy,
Your mail should be acrros the Atlantic now and I am sure you will receive it before slated date of your interview.
Meanwhile, go ahead with other documentation.
You can also contact the embassy as said by Baba Agba.
 
WAEC Confirmation for Applicant's spouse

Hi everyone,

Thanks for all the wonderful messages you guys have been posting here. Keep up the good work!

My husband won the DV2007 lottery and we were told at the WAEC office that only the principal applicant needs WAEC confirmation of result. Meanwhile, I have lost my original WAEC certificate and I only have a statement of result from my school though I have several degrees and work experience.

Can someone please confirm if it is true that I don't need to confirm my own result since I am not the principal applicant?

Thanks

2Tee
 
2Tee said:
Hi everyone,

Thanks for all the wonderful messages you guys have been posting here. Keep up the good work!

My husband won the DV2007 lottery and we were told at the WAEC office that only the principal applicant needs WAEC confirmation of result. Meanwhile, I have lost my original WAEC certificate and I only have a statement of result from my school though I have several degrees and work experience.

Can someone please confirm if it is true that I don't need to confirm my own result since I am not the principal applicant?

Thanks

2Tee
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The first NL states that, it is only the principal applicant that need to meet the requirement of the DV
 
Imagine

I was just imagining us in US celebrating our success All together, if you believe it will come to past say a big Amen. I think we should start seeing ourselves as one big family now. Lets remember to pray for one another, we should even start praying for things to come when we get there, pray for the job we will do, the house we will stay/leave, our neighbours to be, pray for the next cut-off number to be in favour of Nigeria, i mean us; pray for everything, things are happening, the devil is so cunny that one can even face serious troubles after getting the Visa, we have seen people getting it before they travel, they had auto crashes and died there and there, all too no success, so we need prayers in all things, pray for yourself, pray for the program, pray for error-free interview, and the likes.
Remember with God Almighty all things are possible, i know my Daddy!, he's able to do, if you believe stay with him and he will surprise you, together we shall win.
Remember his words in Joel 2:21
Fear not, O land; be glad and rejoice: for the LORD will do great things. This is my word of exhaltation for us today. Shalom! :D :D :D
 
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A Word of Caution!!!

I stumbled on this forum when I was trying to get information on AOS for DV lottery winners. While I consider this forum very helpful in terms of the information it offers, it offers also a number of inaccuracies. I therefore seek to correct those inaccuracies in the best way that I can. Please note that I am not a legal practioner. But I think I might be able to address some issues here. Although I have been away from Nigeria for some 16 years, I think I am still in touch with reality and would therefore seek to answer questions that relate to life and career in the US.

To all lottery winners, I offer a big congrats and would state that America offers limitless opportunities. However there's a price to pay for that! You must therefore plan properly. You will do yourself a lot of disservice just coming and hoping that things would fall into shape without great effort.
To those winners who are new graduates and not fully settled in a promising job in Nigeria, you probably have nothing to loose coming as soon as you obtain your visa. However to those practicing professionals in Nigeria who have won the lottery, I would simply advice that you approach your coming with caution. After you have completed your processing, don't just sell up and come. You need to strategise.

I will update this thread as I find relevant questions that need to be addressed.

To everyone, I would ask that you post your questions regarding life in the US. I offer to answer questions from a US perspective. All the best to you all...
 
thats true! LIVEFORUM is right.
there are way so many inexactitudes and speculative info being " confidently and boldly" dished out here.
The authors of such may not mean any harm. they may only be trying to be helpful but i feel that it's NOT right to offer advice when u aren't so sure.
USembassy in Nigeria is harsh and so we should not open ourselves to more harshness by going for interviews ill-informed or mis-informed.
 
Liveforum,
I appreciate your contribution & I would be glad for more clarification. I think I fall within this category. I am a professional whose monthly income = $2,095.00 in an oil & gas environment. Twelve years post graduation experience, but for the sake of building a better future for kids in terms of Education & a rewarding career, I have made up my mind to do away with my Nigerian job. I have never had it in mind that it is rosy anywhere. My climbing this ladder to my present status never came up in a platter of gold, but I think more for the offspings who shall bear my stamp rather than myself. What do you advise?
 
LiveForum

Soken02000,
This is my suggestion. Since you already work in the Oil and Gas industry, chances are your company already operates in the US. The only thing that may stand in the way of your working in a US location (other than unavailability of position or ineligibility to cross posting) is visa constraint. Once you've successfully processsed your visa, you could apply internally to work in a US location once you find a suitable job position. The advantage of doing this is continuation of service. The downside is that an opening may not exist and if it does you still have to go through the internal selection process. I am aware of someone who won the lottery and then resigned from a multinantional oil and gas firm at home. He came over to the US and then got a job with another multi national oil and gas firm. A second option may be to get to the US first and then apply for a job at a US branch of your firm. You'll stand a very good chance since you work in a global organisation. The only thing you have to contend with is cultural difference. In this connection, I am aware of someone who took a study leave from a multinational banking firm in Lagos on the basis of coming here to study for MBA. On completing his MBA, he got a job with the same firm. Although those two examples I gave have worked perfectly well for those concerned, you have to make decisions based on your risk appetite. I fully understand your desire to make the move based on a better future for the kids. I have seen many take such decisions too. I wish you the best and hope all works out for you.
 
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GODstime said:
thats true! LIVEFORUM is right.
there are way so many inexactitudes and speculative info being " confidently and boldly" dished out here.
The authors of such may not mean any harm. they may only be trying to be helpful but i feel that it's NOT right to offer advice when u aren't so sure.
USembassy in Nigeria is harsh and so we should not open ourselves to more harshness by going for interviews ill-informed or mis-informed.
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GODstime,
Can you pls be more specific on this??(inexactitudes and speculative info being " confidently and boldly" dished out here).

Can you pls make a reference to such... or give us a sight of such case??
 
Hi LiveForum,
Many thanks for your contribution. When you say "limitless opportunities"
what do you mean!

I guess everyone has his/her perculiar circumstance.

I agree with you in answer to soken02000, but assume you cannot get this transfer or your company is indigeneous. What are the best options.
 
Life in the US

My own little contribution:

I've been in series of discussions with a Nigerian friend who's been in the US for over 20 years and has successfully made a name for himself as a top-flight business man there. His advice for Nigerians coming over there:

Who you stay with in those first few months of settling down could go a long way in determining your future or success in America. It sounded too simple an advice but he went further to say that the level of experience, exposure, horizon, ambition etc. of those you stay with may affect you negatively if they are pple who have not attained much in America. E.g. you stay with someone who has been a cab driver all the years he's been in the US and the tendency is he might not be able to point out to you (if you are a professional) what to do to position yourself for those kind of jobs you desire.

They may persuade you to take just any job to make ends meet for a while and before you know it, the years have passed you by still on the same job and you're no better than they are. He gave e.g of a PH.d holder driving cabs around for several years because he didn't get the right advice cos he didn't interact with the right pple when he got there initially. He also said many of them also because they don't want you to be better than they are, may deliberately keep information from you to keep you at their level.

This same advice my US friend gave, I have heard from pple who relocated to the UK and South Africa. So there must be a measure of truth in it.

My advice: do job searches on the Internet to know the kind of requirements needed for the type of job you desire. You could try meeting up with some of the requirements while processing your visa either through certifications (e.g for those in IT), crash courses etc. Positioning yourself is the key. Who knows, you may even get a job before you go by using the power of the Internet.

We can spend some of that time we spend worrying about the interview on doing some basic things to position ourselves better for the life ahead. That will be putting our faith in action.

All the best.

2Tee
 
Request for interview

HI all,

Please can anyone who has gotten his second package, give us a list of what to expect so that the rest of us can start getting ready before ours is sent to us. Thank you
 
LiveForum

Ubus,
Of course Soken2000's circumstance cannot apply to everyone. This is a competitive society that presents countless opportunities to all. Those who do not fall into the category of intended transferees should simply come and compete.
Generally, many issues have already been addressed on this forum. My reason for signing up was simply to address any representation that I consider inaccurate from a US perspective as well as offer information that may be helpful to everyone.
One other thing I find necessary to add is that you should be prepared to do some sort of studyng here. While some may not require it, you would find that a great majority of new entrants would need to study here in some way. I say this primarily because your willingness to study opens up newer opportunities in other disciplines or consolidates your position on your existing profession.
You may ask why you need to study again after obtaining your degree. I will answer this way - You may need to study because your professional practice in Nigeria may be totally different from what is obtainable here. You would find that your academic qualifications alone may not qualify you for membership of professional organisations without which you cannot practice here. Civil, electrical, mechanical, medical, legal and architectural disciplines all require professional memberships. Some membership requirements would force you to study here if you want to continue on that line. Therefore it is better that you come with that mindset than get frustrated because you couldn't get the kind of job that you seek.
 
Mama J,

You are required to have Police Cert it expires after three months but you will get it within 5 hours from SCID Alagbon close Ikoyi Lagos. The medicals from Kamoras Specialist Clinic Cost N15, 800 and if you pay your first visit today you are sure to have the report in 24 days. 4 no. passport Photograph white backgound your two ears to show and your $755 to pay to embassy. Photocopy of all your documents, I think I have done justice to your enquiries.

Read from others you will discover many useful info.

Regards
 
LiveForum said:
I stumbled on this forum when I was trying to get information on AOS for DV lottery winners. While I consider this forum very helpful in terms of the information it offers, it offers also a number of inaccuracies. I therefore seek to correct those inaccuracies in the best way that I can. Please note that I am not a legal practioner. But I think I might be able to address some issues here. Although I have been away from Nigeria for some 16 years, I think I am still in touch with reality and would therefore seek to answer questions that relate to life and career in the US.

To all lottery winners, I offer a big congrats and would state that America offers limitless opportunities. However there's a price to pay for that! You must therefore plan properly. You will do yourself a lot of disservice just coming and hoping that things would fall into shape without great effort.
To those winners who are new graduates and not fully settled in a promising job in Nigeria, you probably have nothing to loose coming as soon as you obtain your visa. However to those practicing professionals in Nigeria who have won the lottery, I would simply advice that you approach your coming with caution. After you have completed your processing, don't just sell up and come. You need to strategise.

I will update this thread as I find relevant questions that need to be addressed.

To everyone, I would ask that you post your questions regarding life in the US. I offer to answer questions from a US perspective. All the best to you all...
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For us today

This is for us to digest today,

Job 22:21-30

21 "Submit to God and be at peace with him; in this way prosperity will come to you.

22 Accept instruction from his mouth and lay up his words in your heart.

23 If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored: If you remove wickedness far from your tent

24 and assign your nuggets to the dust, your gold of Ophir to the rocks in the ravines,

25 then the Almighty will be your gold, the choicest silver for you.

26 Surely then you will find delight in the Almighty and will lift up your face to God.

27 You will pray to him, and he will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.

28 What you decide on will be done, and light will shine on your ways.

29 When men are brought low and you say, 'Lift them up!' then he will save the downcast.

30 He will deliver even one who is not innocent, who will be delivered through the cleanness of

your hands."

(NIV) God bless us all.
 
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