Hello MamaJ -
To answer some of your questions, I have 4 credits and have been a tailor for about 5 years now. I know that the rules vary from year to year, that's why I want some confirmation as per tailoring is concerned. I want some intelligence from folks that have used tailoring lately. I don't think that the rules guiding DV2007 and DV2005 are that different. Both of these years used eDV. Is there anyone in this forum that’s aware of anybody with DV2007 that’s in the same predicament as me? DV lottery does not honor only folks with 5 credits. To my best understanding, training and apprenticeship folks are also welcome.
Thanks.
Hi naija_usa_visa,
I got your mail asking me to comment on this issue.
Like you rightly stated and according to DV instructions (DV 2007 and later), qualification for DV visa is based on either academic qualifications
or professional qualification, hence the need to accurately provide such informations/details when filing the form, but academic achievements consideration takes precedence.
The consular officials are empowered and at their discretion, they can use
both academic and professional qualification when adjudging a knotty case and they also have the prerogative to say yes to you or no.
But like MamaJ and others have clearly mentioned, rules are changing every year in order to refine the process and bring the best out of it.
The cases of the terrorists also have made the consular to tighten the rope as regards DV 2008 since the move by both house of rep and senate to constitutionally amend or totally abolish the DV program resulted to deadlock last year.
They wanted to constitutionally amend (to allocate 2/3 of the total visas to holders of Bachelor, Masters and PHD) or totally abolish the DV program because; some felt that DV program created avenues exploited by the terrorist to have legal residence in US, and the fact that just High school degree, is not sufficient alone to be use as basis for qualification anymore if immigrants are espected to have positive contributions towards the development of their economy. We has Nigerians are just beneficiaries of their policies, and directly or indirectly, we are at their mercy.
I have a friend who was a fashion designer. She attended DV interview and was given visa five years ago. On her day of interview, she was given cloths, sewing machine and the needed tools to cut and make dresses in order to prove her claim. But if she were to attend interview today, she might not make it reasons been that for your profession (outside your academic qualification) to qualify you, your
job zone must be between
4 &5.
I have tried to critically look at the options you have vis-à-vis your profession. Job zone for tailoring falls within zones 2 and 3. See details below:
For Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers:
http://online.onetcenter.org/link/details/51-6052.00#JobZone
Alternative to tailoring is fashion designer:
http://online.onetcenter.org/link/summary/27-1022.00#JobZone
On our interview day, a man and his family was interviewed and he claimed that his profession was water tank building. He and his family were given visas after he answered 3 questions from Government thrown at him by the officials.
What I will say to you is do not to lose faith because there is what I call “God factor”. He can do and undo. You are better off than others because you are informed (through various contributions) already, some don’t even have a clue about their chances and they were disappointed on the interview day.
Be ready to defend both your 4 credits and your tailoring profession and pray like “Jabez” to God Almighty to defend and clear the way ahead of you.
Like I said earlier, the tank builder guy made some blunders. While he was registering for 2007 DV visa online, he mistakenly entered his wife’s birthday for his daughter’s and his daughters for his wife’s. Imagine! That was enough to disqualify him but to our surprise, not only were they given visas, the official said he should not worry, that she will correct the mistake. That was God!
Remember, “God factor” as you go for your interview.
God be with you.
