Dear forum members, please help me thank God for he has once again proved that he is indeed a gracious God. Lord to you be all the glory.
First and foremost, I thank God for directing my path to this great forum in may last year shortly after we got our first notification letter. Am saying this, because this forum has been a great source of information for me.
Secondly I want to specially thank all those who have in one way or the other contributed to the growth and success of this great forum especially Kennyeast, who started this new thread almost immediately after the old one started by Adediran was deleted. I appreciate you all.
My husband and I had a successful interview yesterday the 24th of march,all to the glory of God. Our interview went thus:
Me: good morning
Co: good morning
Co: whose child are you carrying?
Me: he is my son
Co: so why did you pay for two people?
Me: answered
Co: do you have a US passport for him?
Me: yes, brought it out and handed it to him
Co: took a proper look at it, looked at the forms we filled and sent to kcc, said fine and gave it back to me
Co: do you have his birth certificate?
Me: yes, and gave it to him
Co: also looked at it, said OK,fine and asked my husband to carry the baby and go and sit down.
Co:what is your highest level of education?
Me: answered
Co: which law school did you graduate from and what year?
Me: answered
Co: how long were you there?
Me: answered
Co: what year did you graduate from the university?
Me: answered
Co: did you write a project in your final year?
Me : answered
Co:what was the topic?
Me: answered
Co: OK, can you enlighten me on what that is about?
Me: yes, and started explaining to him
Co: OK, good.
Co: please tell me some of the courses you did in school
Me: started naming some of them
Co: picked two of the courses(ie the law of evidence and civil procedure law and asked me to tell him about them)
Me: talked about both of them in brief
Co: ok
Co:did you do nysc?
Me: answered
Co:what are you presently doing?
Me:answered
Co: do you have documents from your place of work?
Me: answered
Co: what area of practice are you into?
Me: answered
Co: do you prosecute?
Me: answered
Co: what recent case have you handled?
Me: answered
Co: tell me about it,and how did it go?
Me: answered
Co: hmmmmm.......interesting
Co: what year did you meet your husband and how?
Me:answered
Co:what year did you guys get married?
Me: answered
Co:OK, do you have pictures?
Me: yes,and brought out our wedding album
Co: OK, please can you flip through the pages?
Me: sure, and started turning page after page?
Co: you guys are from different parts of the country and have different tradition
Me: yes,
Co: did you guys have any problem with your parents accepting that(smiling)
Me: smiled and said no, not at all.
Co: OK, pointed at some pictures and asked, who is this and who is that?
Me: answered
Co: do you have more pictures?
Me: yes,and tried sorting them out, but could not find them
Me: please can I call my husband to help me get the pictures because he actually put all the documents together
Co: yes,sure
Me: my husband came, brought an envelope containing pictures of our courtship, child dedication and some other pictures and I handed them over to him
Co: looking at my call to bar pictures, what was the occasion?
Me: answered
Co: pointed at some people and asked my husband who they were?
My husband: her friends
Co: OK good.
Co: so where and where in the US have you visited?
Me: answered
Co: brought out a particular picture I took during one of my visits,where is this?
Me: New york
Co: OK, who lives there?
Me: My elder brother use to when he was doing his residency
Co: he is a medical doctor?
Me: yes
Co: so when was the last time you went to the US?
Me: answered
Co: when did you come back:
Me: answered
Co: where is your old passport where you have all your visas and travel history?
ME: brought out my old passport and handed it over to him
Co: OK, this has not expired,so why did you get a new passport?
Me:the old passport is in my maiden name because I had it before marriage, but I entered for and got selected for the DV in my husbands name.
Co: OK
Co: so did you travel with your husband?
Me: no, he joined me in December, but we both came back in February.
Co: which state did you have your son?
Me: Houston
Co: who lives there?
Me: my husbands cousin
Co: OK, good
Co: your visas will be ready in a weeks time, who is going to pick it?
Me: my husband
Co: gave us the pick up slip, smiled and said you have a good day
We: you too.
IT WAS A VERY DETAILED INTERVIEW. LORD TO YOU BE ALL THE GLORY.
My prayer for all those yet to go for their interviews is that the good lord will see you through and perfect that which he has started, but please make sure you are well prepared when going for your interview, because those guys are well trained to do their jobs. You have to prove to them that you are worth your salt, so be prepared to defend your qualification.
I really do not know what went wrong yesterday, because a lot of people in the DV category were denied visas and in my heart after we left, I prayed and hoped SAMAKINYEMI not to be one of them,but I was shocked when I saw his post this morning. Its unfortunate, but my brother God knows best. Please wait on the lord and he will renew your strength for greater exploits.
Thank you all,and God bless