DV 2009 Lucky winners from Nigeria

[4real4u]

I think

I am not going to comment on when your case number will be current. But on the passport, i believe one of the requirements is your passport must be valid and not expire with 6 months. So you may want to renew your passport sooner than later.

Hi,

I think she's talking about UK visa status and not renewal of passport.

Madam, i don't think that should pose a problem, your husband can go for same day visa renewal anytime instead of sending the docs in which could at times take months. He'll book an appointment far ahead and go for same day pick up, though more expensive.

The way things are going one cannot comment on when people will be current especially if you're a Nigerian but when it happens it happens.

Good Luck.

 

[4real4u]

Kamorass Address

Please can the house give me kamorass address?

thanks

Dr. K. A. Omotosho
Kamorass Specialist Clinics
238 Muri Okunola Street, Victoria Island, Lagos; phone:261-2799; cell: 090-403-240; emailmot@hyperia.com
Consultant Surgeon and Traumatologist

 

[kongis]

Hi all, need help on this.
My friend got a sponsor who sent her an AOS. He is single, works and earns 21.000 annually and dat was the only think he indicated in the AOS. He however included his tax returns and employment letter from the employer. Is that going to be problematic.
__________________

 

[aadepetun]

Hello All,

I had a successful interview at the US Embassy in Lagos this morning even though I was only married for 2months and 6 days at the time of the interview.

It was pretty straight forward, only two questions:

Consular Officer: When did you get married?

Me: Answer

Consular Officer: Can I see any proof of your relationship?

Me: I showed a few photos spanning our entire relationship, before and after marriage.

Consular Officer: Congrats!
Simple...

Please try to focus on the positive stories and not necessarily the horror stories, every case is unique in itself!

Get your docs right and you'll not have any issues.

Cheers!

 

[livewire007]

Hello All,

I had a successful interview at the US Embassy in Lagos this morning even though I was only married for 2months and 6 days at the time of the interview.

It was pretty straight forward, only two questions:

Consular Officer: When did you get married?

Me: Answer

Consular Officer: Can I see any proof of your relationship?

Me: I showed a few photos spanning our entire relationship, before and after marriage.

Consular Officer: Congrats!
Simple...

Please try to focus on the positive stories and not necessarily the horror stories, every case is unique in itself!

Get your docs right and you'll not have any issues.

Cheers!

KOngrats, This is a great news, i wish u all da best.

 

[4real4u]

Let me

Hello All,

I had a successful interview at the US Embassy in Lagos this morning even though I was only married for 2months and 6 days at the time of the interview.

It was pretty straight forward, only two questions:

Consular Officer: When did you get married?

Me: Answer

Consular Officer: Can I see any proof of your relationship?

Me: I showed a few photos spanning our entire relationship, before and after marriage.

Consular Officer: Congrats!
Simple...

Please try to focus on the positive stories and not necessarily the horror stories, every case is unique in itself!

Get your docs right and you'll not have any issues.

Cheers!

Hi,

Let me be among the first set of people on this forum to say Congrats to you and your family. I pray more people will join you soon.

Once again congrats.

 

[nellivel]

Hello All,

I had a successful interview at the US Embassy in Lagos this morning even though I was only married for 2months and 6 days at the time of the interview.

It was pretty straight forward, only two questions:

Consular Officer: When did you get married?

Me: Answer

Consular Officer: Can I see any proof of your relationship?

Me: I showed a few photos spanning our entire relationship, before and after marriage.

Consular Officer: Congrats!
Simple...

Please try to focus on the positive stories and not necessarily the horror stories, every case is unique in itself!

Get your docs right and you'll not have any issues.

Cheers!

''Just like that'' Then I tap from that annointing of simplicity. God that did that for you must visit my case too and i proclaim that every eyes that read your testimony shall sing songs of praises on their various cases.

 

[Promix]

Kamorass addy

Please can the house give me kamorass address?

thanks

KAMORASS Specialist clinics
238A Muri Okunla street
Victoria Island
Lagos.
014612032

 

[Promix]

travelling

Hi,

No shakes. You're good to go anywhere now.

sorry my question was incomplete.
im current in Nov. but my interview was not scheduled cos my forms had not been processed. hopefully, i'll make december interview. my questions are:

1. i have been given a 3 month tourist visa to another country. i intend to leave in November. can i do my medicals and have my interview in that country if im scheduled for one while still there?

2. do i need a sponsor (mind you, im single)? at what point should i ask my sponsor in the US for his bank statement?

thanks for ur highly esteemed inputs

 

[nellivel]

sorry my question was incomplete.
im current in Nov. but my interview was not scheduled cos my forms had not been processed. hopefully, i'll make december interview. my questions are:

1. i have been given a 3 month tourist visa to another country. i intend to leave in November. can i do my medicals and have my interview in that country if im scheduled for one while still there?

2. do i need a sponsor (mind you, im single)? at what point should i ask my sponsor in the US for his bank statement?

thanks for ur highly esteemed inputs

Dear Promix,

To the first question- I guess you had already stated where you will like to be interviewed in your submitted form (DS-230) and i guess you chose Nigeria. Then if so, your interview will be where you ve chosen. Thus if the country you are travelling to is not the chosen country for interview according to kcc, then am sure you cant dot it there.

2. Well, according to the various contributions of the dv2008 threads, then i can conclude that, you need need someone that will state as a sponsor for you though you may not need Affidafit of support (AOF) document but i will suggest that if you have someone with a greencard or recidencial permit,let them help you with it. afterall if is only documents you need. I have heard of married couple that went to interview with AOF and the consular did not ask of it and I ve seen a case of a single Lady that went to the interview with AOS and they did not ask of it either. Nevertheless, from statistic of the interview experience that i ve read from this portal expecially the 2008 set, single are always not asked for AOS documents. However, you need someone to stand as a sponsor for you. I hope you ll understand my little contribution to your questions.
Well set up a scale of preference and go for what you think will benefit you most, but have it at the back of your mind that you can not interview in a country that you did not choose readily except you have notify kcc earlier on.

Thank you and God Blessssssssssssssss.

 

[teebaby]

Originally Posted by teebaby
Hello house,

it's nice being here again after a long time. You guys are just doing wonderfully well.
Congrats to those that have received their visas and those that are current, the Lord will see you through in Jesus name. Just have faith in God and He will perfect all that concern you. God is too faithful to fail. He brought you this far, He cant abandon you.

Please my case number is 9xxx. when do you think i will be active?
secondly, my partner is in the UK and his visa needs to be extended sometimes in May and he might need to send his passport to the UK home office in April. Our CN activity will determine to a greater extent whether to come home or stay back.

Please what do you advise i should do here. Though, i so much believe that our case would be current before then so that he can travel back to the UK to finish what he's doing there before the visa expires.

Please advise.

God bless you.

Teebaby







Thanks to 4real4u & medpharm for your answers

what i really means is that, he went to UK as a student and the visa expires in May next year. Under normal circumstances, he's supposed to send his passport to the home office for an extension. According to him, your passport must be sent to the home office a month before the expiry date which is April 2009 and this takes about 3 weeks before it comes back to you

my question now is, what if we become active in april that he has to send his passport down of extension what happens or what can we do?

I know there is nothing God cannot do. I believe we would be active before april or after april.

thanks for your assistance.

God bless you

 

[4real4u]

Advice

Originally Posted by teebaby
Hello house,

it's nice being here again after a long time. You guys are just doing wonderfully well.
Congrats to those that have received their visas and those that are current, the Lord will see you through in Jesus name. Just have faith in God and He will perfect all that concern you. God is too faithful to fail. He brought you this far, He cant abandon you.

Please my case number is 9xxx. when do you think i will be active?
secondly, my partner is in the UK and his visa needs to be extended sometimes in May and he might need to send his passport to the UK home office in April. Our CN activity will determine to a greater extent whether to come home or stay back.

Please what do you advise i should do here. Though, i so much believe that our case would be current before then so that he can travel back to the UK to finish what he's doing there before the visa expires.

Please advise.

God bless you.

Teebaby


Thanks to 4real4u & medpharm for your answers

what i really means is that, he went to UK as a student and the visa expires in May next year. Under normal circumstances, he's supposed to send his passport to the home office for an extension. According to him, your passport must be sent to the home office a month before the expiry date which is April 2009 and this takes about 3 weeks before it comes back to you

my question now is, what if we become active in april that he has to send his passport down of extension what happens or what can we do?

I know there is nothing God cannot do. I believe we would be active before april or after april.

thanks for your assistance.

God bless you

Hi,

I quite understood your question and the answer is he doesn't need to send his passport to the home office that April. All he needs to do his call home office for same day service. Read up this link it explains how you can extend your visa in the UK http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/studyingintheuk/extending/

Let me tell you about my own situation few years ago 'cos i study here in the UK too.

I got here year 03 and my visa expires March 05 and due for an important event in Nigeria April 05. To meet up with the April 05 stuff and to avoid my passport being delayed beyond the time i'll be needing it. I called the home office late January05 and got an appointment for first week in March 05. I went there and got my visa renewed the same day. So i had enough time for myself and was also able to attend the event.

If your number is to be current for April 09 you would have known around mid February 09, so you have 2months to book an appointment and go for your visa, finish. To me it is not a problem and it is not a must you send your passport in to the home office. They normally say 3weeks but most times it takes far more than that. I know of somebody that his visa extension which they claim takes 3weeks took 2.5months and they'll tell you they're not responsible for the lateness. The time of your visa application processing depends on simplicity though, but you never could trust HO processing time.

So i advice your husband go for the same day service though it might be a little bit more expensive but it saves you a lot of waiting and worries. Check the website I posted for the fees too.

I hope it helps?

Meanwhile, madam please put your signature like mine below, so that we can know you better. To do that go to USER CP top left of this page then go to signature to edit any signature you'll be copying.


Good Luck

 

[teebaby]

Hi 4real4u,

I thank you for your assistance. I actually got some good information from the page you sent. We didn't know we can get it done in a day.

Once again, i appreciate. God bless you and God also bless the moderators of this forum.

Have a good day ahead.

Teebaby
AKA: JESUS IS LORD!

 

[4real4u]

Anytime

Hi 4real4u,

I thank you for your assistance. I actually got some good information from the page you sent. We didn't know we can get it done in a day.

Once again, i appreciate. God bless you and God also bless the moderators of this forum.

Have a good day ahead.

Teebaby
AKA: JESUS IS LORD!

Anytime madam.

 

[teebaby]

Hi friends in the house,

How are you guys doing today? Please i would like to know the list of items to take along to the embassy during interview.

I want to start arranging my docs to avoid last minute rush.

Thanks so much.

4real4u, how are you doing today? I believe you are doing greatly well.

Take care

 

[Samko]

still NPC certificate

hi all,


I collected Our NPC certificates today only to be surprised that it was not a birth certificate as I had thought but an atttestation of birth , with reference made to the affidavit we sworn as part of the proceedure to collect the document. Please I will appreciate a urgent clarification if that is the same document members of this forum have been collecting from NPC. Or Has anyone collected a real birth certificate from NPC. Then is the attestation of birth acceptable for the interview? please help, just few days to our interview.

 

[4real4u]

It is correct

hi all,


I collected Our NPC certificates today only to be surprised that it was not a birth certificate as I had thought but an atttestation of birth , with reference made to the affidavit we sworn as part of the proceedure to collect the document. Please I will appreciate a urgent clarification if that is the same document members of this forum have been collecting from NPC. Or Has anyone collected a real birth certificate from NPC. Then is the attestation of birth acceptable for the interview? please help, just few days to our interview.

Hi,

It is very correct. It normally states TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN followed by ATTESTATION OF BIRTH: Your name then Decree 69 of December bla bla bla.

If you have that it is Ok.

Good Luck.

 

[4real4u]

List of documents to take to the embassy

Hi friends in the house,

How are you guys doing today? Please i would like to know the list of items to take along to the embassy during interview.

I want to start arranging my docs to avoid last minute rush.

Thanks so much.

4real4u, how are you doing today? I believe you are doing greatly well.

Take care

Hi,

I am good, glory be to God. See below for details

Personal/Yourself

1.Original Birth Certificate/ NPC attestation of birth
2.Local Police Certificate http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/reciprocity/reciprocity_3640.html
3.WAEC Result – Verify with WAEC and send to Embassy or go with scratch card + Evidence of education
4.Marriage Certificate (if applicable)
5.Photocopy of valid passport biographic data page etc.
6.2inch x 2inch passport photograph


Sponsor(s)

A.If the sponsor is self employed:

1. Affidavit of Support (Form I-134) (Required)
2. Income Tax Return from last year (Required)
3. Certificate of Naturalization or US Passport or Green Card Copy (Recommended)
4. Bank Statement (Optional)
5. Business License (Optional)
6. W2 (Optional, W2 is used to get tax return from the gov. A tax return report from the IRS should be enough because it contains the same information)

B.If the sponsor is employed by a company:

1. Affidavit of Support (Form I-134) (Required)
2. Employment Letter (Required. It should contain the nature of the job, salary, and the position in the company. This should be written by the company itself)
3. Income Tax Return from last years (Recommended)
4. Certificate of Naturalization or US Passport or Green Card Copy (Recommended)
5. Bank Statement (Optional)
6. W2 (Optional, W2 is used to get tax return from the gov. A tax return report from the IRS should be enough because it contains the same information)

NOTES

Required: You MUST have it with you for the interview
Recommended: It is better to bring it for the interview but it is not an official requirements.
Optional: Not necessary to bring it with you for the interview. Bring this if only you have the time and don't mind asking your sponsor or your sponsor doesn’t mind giving it to you.

The official requirements are in the I-134 form itself. It says the required supporting documents. http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/i-134.pdf
It basically give you the option to choose either one OR any combination OR all of them:
A: This is if your sponsor is either employed or self-employed or unemployed (unemployed could be someone who is already retired). Required:Bank Statement
B: This is if your sponsor is employed by someone or by a company. Required: Statement of Employer
C: This is if your sponsor is self-employed or own his/her own business. Requried:tax return
D: This is if your sponsor is either employed or self-employed or unemployed (unemployed could be someone who is already retired). Required: Bonds
(GERINDO, 2008)

General

1.Medicals and vaccinations

http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/info/info_3739.html#Preparing_for_med_exam

Select Lagos or your region from the panel of physician. The link below shows the Vaccinations you’ll take as an adult

http://www.usembassy.org.uk/cons_new/visa/iv/vaccinechart.html

Good Luck

 

[sunnyaje]

Npc attestation

hi all,


I collected Our NPC certificates today only to be surprised that it was not a birth certificate as I had thought but an atttestation of birth , with reference made to the affidavit we sworn as part of the proceedure to collect the document. Please I will appreciate a urgent clarification if that is the same document members of this forum have been collecting from NPC. Or Has anyone collected a real birth certificate from NPC. Then is the attestation of birth acceptable for the interview? please help, just few days to our interview.

Samko, i will like to know if the attestion of birth of your wife is in her maiden name or her marrital surname.

 

[Samko]

Samko, i will like to know if the attestion of birth of your wife is in her maiden name or her marrital surname.

hi,

one can apply for the attestation of birth using either, she it was written in her maiden name. there was no agreement on the forum as to the right name to use. but with a hind site , since the stuff is not really a birth cerificate i think it may be better done with the married name.