MY DV LOTTERY EXPERIENCE
i played the DV lottery AFTERNOON OF THE 30TH OF NOV.2008 for myself, my then fiance,siblings and colleagues at work, i snapped and edited all pics myself. this is my 3rd time ever to play the visa lottery.only my wife won the dv2010 lottery. we got married after applying as singles for the dv lottery.
we went for our interview feb 2010 ,as initially scheduled without our medical reports because they were'nt ready. got to the embassy 5.45 am for 7a.m appointment. After security checks and payment we finally entered the main interview room for the very first time around 10am. soon after our number was called up to station ?, and documents collected by a young nigerian chap.he then said to my wife ,ummmh you had distinction in ur ssce.pls wot is almighty formular and tell be about bodmas. wife answered to the best of her knowledge.I was like is this the interview, though i said it to myself.the next thing he said to me when did u marry. he was quite too serious with no smile..after that he asked us to go n sit and that our number will be called up again.he took our docs inside and returned our passports.Our number was called at about 1.15 pm to thesame station. this time, it was a white american middle aged man
FIRST interviewn
C.O
well explained one after the other
both of us: all done as said.
C.O: if u re found to have a fraudulent marriage by me or my colleagues u will be banned permanently from the U.S ,IS THAT OK? who filled these forms for u? DID U USE AN AGENT?
both of us: ITS OK. FORMS FILLED BY OURSELVES
C.O: husband pls go and sit far way from here.
i went to sit close to the male toilet.
C.O: ok lets talk about yourself, whats ur name, age, date of birth, place of birth, ur highest degree of qualification, courses in ur final year at the unversity? lets talk about ur project , wots it all about ?did u encounter any difficulty.tell me about the conclusion of ur project. what re u doing at the moment? does ur husband take u to the park to drop u when going for ur service? what park?how often do u see him .wt did u do last saturday?
wife:bla bla bla... all answered. im serving at the moment she said.
(i have prepared her to just keep on talking ,looking straight into the eyes of the C.O and then smiling.)
C.O: NOW TELL ME about ur marriage? where and when did u first meet ur husband? did u accept him immediately? when n where did u first go out together? when n where did he propose to u? when n where was ur marriage? what type of marriage was it? where both parents of urself and husband there? ok lets see ur pictures ,keep flipping through the album, pls whos this?
wife: my mother in law
C.O; DO U HAVE ANY MORE PICS? of ur courtship?where is ur medicals?
wife: not here with me, but we do have some at home.medicals not ready
C.O : ok fine,call ur husband and u can go and sit
Hsband(fiso):all questions asked from me again by c.o. about the bus park, i saw him jot down what my wife said. its so funny i saw wot he wrote in yoruba.he ticked it as i said same thing.lol
C.O:OK CALL UR WIFE PLS
C.O: i am going to give u a form pls bring everything u brought today with ur courtship pics and medical report.when do u both think its convenient for u.
BOTH OF US : date given.
c.o: hn let me check if im going to be available then?
we were given the form which reads : you are ineligible for immigrant visa according to section 221g of the immigration act....bla bla bla
just because of of that word INELIGIBLE i was scared and really mad that day.
SECOND INTERVIEW:
we were checked in to the IVU SECTION just on the right side of the main interview room. there a nigerian man walked into the room we were and pretended hes not for us. he went straight to the security guys there and was having a chat with them.i observed he was watching us, but in ma mind ,i was like why is this one looking at us. the next minute he walked up to my wife and asked her to follow him.she returned back to the room we were together after 1hour with the same man and he then asked me to follow him.i was taken upstairs upstairs via a lift to the FPU ROOM. thats where i saw fpu.a room before that i saw the consular officer that interviewed us the last time and some other consular officers.
TAKE NOTE: THIS IS WHERE THE MAIN INTERVIEW IS.just by one nigerian man.
i was asked same questions my wife was asked. my bag was searched, all documents searched.
after that ,the interview now goes with diff interrogations , personal questions(when was ur last sex,what position do u take during sex,wort type of sex u like,what did u do after ur last sex , did sleep after or bla bla bla.do u have a child, when re u planning to start having,etc..)now tell me about your inlaws what is ur father n mother inlaws name, what do they do,when did u last see them,etc .wedding and courtship pics all checked we were asked who is who. A picture in which the proposal letter with words not too visible ,a magnifier was used to check on it very well.some fake documents of marriages where shown to us .fake wedding albums, etc.they have lots there guys. we were told that they will call the FBI if we dont say the truth now. we were scared with all sorts. there was another couple been investigated in the room we were by another nigerian chap.
he was quite intentionally rude to get us angry. i just remained calm , focused with all smiles.
finally ,he asked my wife where re u planning to stay in us,whos the person, how is he related to u,have u seen him before ,when last did u speak to him. how long ago did he travel to the united states.
wife: bla bla bla
he then said we can now go and that the embassy will call us.
i asked him PLS ARE U NOT GOING TO COLLECT OUR MEDICALS...he said thats not his duty. the embassy will call u,he then said we should keep our phones on all day and night.
he escorted us via the lift back to the exit..
ABOUT 4WKS PLUS, i was called around 4.15am.
the chap on phone said this is u.s embassy pls give the phone to ur wife. i was far asleep, when i heard US embassy i was quite alert.i replied my wife is not with me . she sis bla bla bla. when did u last speak with her n what did u say last. ok pls do not call or disturb her.ok?
Immediately , my wife was called. he said pls give the phone to ur husband, etc
wife: answered... similarly.as she later called me that the embasssy just called her.
he didnt tell my wife not to call me so she did call. it was then i said to her i was called first. if i had tried to call her her phone would have been engaged, or say busy. so i just left every thing for GOD to sort out.
<2weeks after this call, my wife was called early in the morning that we should come to the embassy any day from mon to thursday that week.
as she was about to ask for the time , the call went off.she tried to call back though, with no response.
THIRD AND FINAL INTERVIEW:
we got to the embassy main gate with all our docs again. At about 9am.the security guard there said our names were not on the list for that day.i simply and politely asked him pls can u make a call inside to confirm this. he then said do i want to teach him, his job. he later said we should leave the area and go stand close to the tree where people line up.
i was like ooh my GOD. why and what is happening?.i was confused up to the extent i asked my wife ..did the embassy call u? she got upset , as she felt it was a stupid question.later apologised to her.
i then spoke to another security guard,whom GOD used to help us. he went inside to call after collecting our dv number and the 221g form given to us AT OUR FIRST INTERVIEW. he returned few mins later and asked us to wait till 1pm and come in with other applicants for 1pm.
finally we entered the main interview room the 2nd time ,this time around. we waited and waited,before our number was called.A YOUNG couple that came as well the 3rd time were told that they have been permanently banned from entering the U.S. As i heard that i got scared, some others were interviewed and scheduled for another interview.70% of people we entered together were denied.
At about 3.45 pm we were called again by the very first young nigerian chap that collected our docs.he asked for our passport and the white envelope in the xray bag.
NO FURTHER INTERVIEW, I WAS SHOCKED. i thought we where going to be interviewed again.
HE THEN SAID CONGRATULATIONS.... YOU HAVE BEEN FOUND TO BE ELIGIBLE, BLA BLA BLA .PLS TAKE UR LETTER, ON THIS DATE TAKE UR LETER TO BLA BLA BLA,TAKE ALONG 1,250 NAIRA BLA BLA BLA.
I FELT LIKE SCREAMING YES!, YES! THANK U GOD AND FLYING AROUND..I JUST KEPT CALM, HUGGED MAY WIFE AND SAID THANK YOU TO THE CHAP.
That was it...AMERICA ,HERE WE COMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE..
...to GOD BE THE GLORY.
Fiso,
I woke up this morning with a smile on my face from your interview experience. Come to think of it, its long enough to write a book.............................lol