jrcies said:No embassy is authorized to notarized affidavit of support.
LucyMO said:a consular officer at the US embassy/consulate can notarize an affidavit. It says so in the affidavit instructions:
If you are outside the United States, the affidavit must be sworn to or notice affirmed before a U.S. consular or immigration officer.
adey said:i have another thing that is not cleared to me,pls any body dat can assist pls.the available visa is 50,000.assuming am a family man and i won as principal applicant and i have my wife and 3 kids making 5.my question is,from the available 50000 visa is it that 5 visa will be deducted or only that of the principal applicant.pls am confuse kindly enlight me on these
MamaJ said:Happyyyyyyyyy new year to everyone. Thank God we saw this year, it's a blessing from God.
2Tee, nooooooo u were not being efiokish, thank you so much for the post, u have helpedddddddddd us, don't know about others but meeeeeeee expecially. alot of questions i have never thought about and i thank you. would have been funny if u get to the interview hall and u are being asked a question u are not prepared for don't know what will happen?????.
yes one question i want to ask, I haven't met my sponsor before, he's my hubby's family friend. so if am being asked have u met ur sponsor before, what do i then say, "No"???
adey said:How are u all doing.happy new yr to every one on these portal.am a member only that am not paticipating one.pls can some one help to answer this question.is like the name on my birth certificate and weac certificate is OLAJOBI ISMAILA ADESHINA.but dew to modernisation i now use OLAJOBI ISMAIL ADESHINA degree cert and to play the lottery.the difference in the name is A .in this kind of scenero wat do u think i kind do. an
adey said:How are u all doing.happy new yr to every one on these portal.am a member only that am not paticipating one.pls can some one help to answer this question.is like the name on my birth certificate and weac certificate is OLAJOBI ISMAILA ADESHINA.but dew to modernisation i now use OLAJOBI ISMAIL ADESHINA degree cert and to play the lottery.the difference in the name is A .in this kind of scenero wat do u think i kind do. an
obinna43 said:u can go to the embassy for the forms but ensure that the interview date being sent to u by kcc re printed out cos thats only way to get in .remain bless.
2Tee said:Hi Mama J,
Happy new year. I agree with Jrcies that if asked the question you should tell them you've never met the sponsor but he's your husband's friend. You and your husband should start communicating with the friend as much as possible via e-mail while waiting for your interview to come. Remember to take along printed copies of some of those mails to the embassy as evidence in case you are asked if there's any proof of relationship. We took along things like that though we didn't need to tender them eventually. U won't be able to take in your cell phones so you can prove communication via phone!
Also make sure you go through the AOS sent by the sponsor to have a good knowledge of his biodata. Your husband could give you basic info about his friend prior to the interview in case he's not beside you to help out while you're being interviewed. Our sponsor was known to only one of us but we had discussed extensively about him and either of us had enough information to talk confidently about him. You may also want to take along a few pictures of the sponsor. My take is 'it's better to go with more info than required".
I noticed on our interview date that several of the old women going to visit their children went unprepared. Get all evidence properly filed and kept handy beside you in a bag or brief case. You can imagine someone asking you for a picture of your child as evidence of relationship and you have to scamper back to your seat and rummage through your bag that you left behind on the chair to get such a vital evidence out. These are some of the little things I believe irritate them because even for me watching, I felt irritated. One woman like that was actually told to go and do a DNA test to prove her relationship to the daughter she was going to visit!
My husband and I have subsequently been taking pictures with members of our extended family so they can begin to build up the supporting evidence they will use when they want to come over to see us in the US.
N.B. On this basis, I advise that everyone starts taking pictures with loved ones you're going to be bringing over to the US on visits etc after you've received your green card etc. Such pictures tendered at the embassy will go a long to prove their relationship to you. Even for those yet to go for interview and have children & spouses , make sure you have family pictures you can tender at the embassy during your interview. If you don't have, start going to photo studios etc. to take some!
A friend who was relocating to the UK a couple of years back had a tough time proving that her 4 young children were hers. She had no pictures taken together with them 'cos the family seemed to have a phobia for taking pictures together. It took her over a year to get them to join her in the UK.
For all you know, your DV high number may be a blessing in disguise to give you enough time to build up some formidable evidence that will see you through to America!
All the best.
2Tee
FAL_DV2007 said:Guys,
The scriptures says in Prov. 21:1 that "The King's heart is like channels of water in the hand of the Lord; He turns it wherever he wishes". Can we declare the 3rd Friday of everymonth a day to fast and pray on the rank number. Our prayer point will be that the Lord will hasten it for Nigeria in particular and Africa such that we all get early interview opportunities.
I think we should go beyond sitting and watching, we should change things on our knees. This is a matter we should bring to God everyday in our prayers and cap it up with the fast on every third friday of the month. For those that go to the Holy Ghost Night at the Redemption camp and other programs at other churches, it is a prayer point we should put at God's alter
I believe that with God nothing is impossible. 2007 will be a year of praise and wonders for all of us in Jesus name. Amen! God bless.
2007AF17***
Awaiting rank number to become current