Migo said:
Hi jrcies,
Many thanks for taking time out and answering my questions in your capacity. Although majority of the people on this forum are mostly DV 2007 winner and have not had the chance to attend the interview itself, I want to encourage those with low case numbers who will be privileged to attend the interview in October and November to share their experiences with everyone on the forum. It would be most appreciated.
Jrcies, if your say that the visa interview mainly entails you corroborating the data in your forms, then how come there are such a large number of disqualifications and consequent refusals by consular officers.
More so, ‘Ubus’ posted on this thread that Nigerian Police Character Certificates are valid for six months. However, I would like to add that I recently obtained my Police Cert. and the validity period on the certificate is 3 months. Does it mean that even after the expiration of a Nigerian Police Certificate that it still remains valid for 6 months? Please advise!
Many thanks to you for making time to respond to my barrage of questions.
Many Nigerians applied for the Lottery without knowing the basic requirement.
Many also believed, once you are selected, your GC is automatic.
Until I was selected, I never knew the case number was for a purpose or there was something called Visa bulletin etc.
Check this out, I know of a guy who won the DV but has no O'levels or work experience, what do you think is gonna happen at the day of this interview, your guess is as good as mine!
Some would filled something esle and if been asked by the time of interview would say another thing, like you filled in the form that you want your GC to be sent to address A and when you were asked by the consular officer and you said another thing like to address B..you know what will happen here?
Also,the married ones may not have U.S sponsor and many more factors.
All these and many more silly mistakes put together makes the consular officer to refuse many.
If your police certificate has expired, then there is no point beating around the bush, you need another one.
My advise is you wait until your number becomes "CURRENT" before getting another one.
On a final note, if you filled your forms correctly and you have the required basic requirement for the Dv then you wouldn't have a problem with the consular officer when your number is current.
All you would need then ,would be LUCK!!!