Dv 2013 kenyan selectees report here!!!!

[dubai-b]

POSTED IN NAIRALAND
preprewow: 8:40pm On Apr 22
Hello Gentiger,spoondar,temmamy,junkerhill, jidex & the rest of the house. Hope u r all succeed ur journeys towards usa. well, its been quite long since the last time. I got busy preparing those documents but still we r nt get the police certificates.... hope we ll gt it so soon. btw, am happy that our election here in kenya was a successful onesmiley & i hope spoondar booked her ticket to usa.

preprewow: 9:09pm On Apr 22
btw, we went to the embassy the day before our medical exams 2 knw whether we r eligible with my educational qualifications or not but the lady in nairobi US embassy told us that she cnt ans our question until our interview day then we told her that how we can go tru our medical exams if we cnt knw that as we know that money will be non refundable if we dnt qualify so she said they will send us 4 medical exams if my education certificates r ok so my husband n I didnt go for our medicals because we dnt hv money to waste & tomorrow is our interview day so house do you think i shuld carry only my education documents 2 the embassy ?because we knw we wont be interview tomorrow unless we go tru our medical exams. Do u think these ppl will schedule another interview appointment if they say my education certificates r ok? though we ve tried to schedule another interview appointment tru online today but there is no available interview date. Gentiger,temmamy,spoondar,junkerhill & the rest experts on nairaland forum..please kindly advice us. Thanks


IT IS SAD THAT THIS LADY NEVER JOINED THIS FORUM AND I HAD ADVICED HER TO JOIN SO THAT WE CAN HELP EACH OTHER BUT IF YOU ARE HERE PLEASE TELL US WHAT HAPPENED TODAY IF YOU WENT TO THE EMBASSY.

My friends this forum is very very HELPFUL and also is the internet. Please write an email to your consulate office to ask any question you think is bothering you and you can not ask us here.

It's so sad to read this but as the saying goes,..you got to be willing to succeed. You have been selected among millions and you took your time to fill the online application, why can't you go that extra mile to seek and insist on getting information? Clearly its a case of luck of information. My question is, If she had found the naijaland forum, why didn't she join the Kenyan forum which is i guess the easiest to identify? She should have joined the forum best suited for her.

I have a guy who is in the exact situation and he has blatantly refused to join the forum. My two cents to him was don't call me to ask anything about DV.....the best help is when your shown a river to fish and not given a fish.

 

[solwach]

This is good,hoping to see this manifesting for the first time,Makiki had lunch with guys from Msa she can organize for guys who will cross over to the land of milk and honey.

Ayaa over to u Makiki chairperson organising committee

 

[MaKiki]

i submitted my forms through the Kenyan postal services. how reliable are their services? well i understand u dont work with them but you may have ideas about their services......pls help

I did the same it cost me kshs. 480 registered mail which takes 10 days to get to the US and it reached

 

[Karendi]

23.04.2013 0800hrs

So, I arrive at kindu 6:30hrs. Sit outside for sometime, that is until 7:30 where are are checked at the main entrance.
Thereafter we walk on this straight path and queue, you are checked your appointment letter and passport. Once cleared you go to queue 3 for major security checks. Wathc, phones, keys, laptops etc.
After, you walk into the lobby, get your no. mostly it will be a C...., and a detailed paper on the qualifications of a DV visa...you also fill in your details on a lil form and then wait. You wait for a really long time.
So...my no. was called, I walked to counter 3; got a pleasant Ethiopian lady; (it was too cold I was shivering) and she asks me three questions: ARE YOU MARRIED, EVER BEEN MARRIED AND ANY CHILDREN? All were NO. Then...she asks if am qualified as per the instructions on the paper I took earlier. So YES, i hand in my KCSE cert and copy, my birth cert. and copy and police certificate (no copy) and walk outside and wait.
After like 30 minutes my name is called to counter 5; for biometrics...then I am told to sit and wait.
After other 30 minutes my name is called to counter 9- its a corner one....and yeah the interview begins. My consular was an African, very serious but quite warm.

Consular: Raise your right hand side and swear that all i say is true and nothing but the truth (and all on the form) so, I sign the form we sent to KDC.
(she asks me to place my right index finger on some red biometric)
Consular: Ma'am are u married?
Me: No
Consular: Been married?
Me: No
Consular: any children?
Me: NO
Consular: (checks in my form) What is your highest level of education
Me: Blah..blah..
Consular: I can see you worked for a company called ......what did you do there?
Me: Blah...blah...
Consular: I can see the name sounds like a dating company is it?
Me: (laughing) No..its just a name Ma'am
Consular: Do you speak french? (she says that in french)
Me: Yeah, just a little (i answer in french)
Consular: Whats your name (she says that in french)
Me: I tell her in french "my name is ...blah,blah" ..then I ask in French " and whats your name madam"
Consular smiles and tells me unfortunately they are not allowed to say their names...we all laugh.
Consular: Where are you going in US
Me:I say
Consular: Who is your host
Me: I say
Consular: Who is he to you
Me: I say
Consular: Ok, madam your visa is approved, (hands me the green paper) you can pay the UCIS fee....blah, blah..blah...(tell you the truth I dint hear nothing after this I was too excited)
Me: Merci beaucoup Ma'am...Enchanté (thank you so much and pleasure meeting you)

I run out of the lobby very excited.
Well I met two other people on DV, one lady must be the one who asked on qualifications as she had a D and did not even do medicals but turned up for the interview with hubby...long story short. Guys really need our forum.
The other I met was this couple and kid, the lady told me she is not our member but she reads our forum everynow and then, am sure they got the visa- they looked well organized.

Guys, there is no need to fear or be super anxious (as I was) this thing is yours and nobody (or demon) can tunya you!!

God bless!!!

Karendi wenyu

 

[catchme]

@Makiki, I am not too sure about the distance to the embassy coz i have never been to Nairobi actually. I am doing this info-search just to know the options available to someone who has never been to Nairobi before. I could use one of these budget hotels when it's time for me to come for my medicals and interview...probably at the end of July 2013.

I would very much love to hear from the "Nairobians".

Thanks ediof, (i always like to cut these names short, i use Obeez, I use Ash, so pliz allow me). Am coming from Uganda, we are a family of 4, and am keen on this information. I need a place that's big enough for us but also pocket friendly. How secure are these places, like the hostel you mentioned?

 

[MaKiki]

imagine all the forumites here gathered sharing light moments and dinning as family after we have all crossed over. What a memorable one it can be. just imagining the possibilities!

This is good,hoping to see this manifesting for the first time,Makiki had lunch with guys from Msa she can organize for guys who will cross over to the land of milk and honey.

For those who will be heading to Dallas and the neighboring like MaKiki, Nickelly, Karendi, ekk, Julliana, Josse, t.maz and Frank80 we will have dinner together when the last member gets to the USA

 

[MaKiki]

So, I arrive at kindu 6:30hrs. Sit outside for sometime, that is until 7:30 where are are checked at the main entrance.
Thereafter we walk on this straight path and queue, you are checked your appointment letter and passport. Once cleared you go to queue 3 for major security checks. Wathc, phones, keys, laptops etc.
After, you walk into the lobby, get your no. mostly it will be a C...., and a detailed paper on the qualifications of a DV visa...you also fill in your details on a lil form and then wait. You wait for a really long time.
So...my no. was called, I walked to counter 3; got a pleasant Ethiopian lady; (it was too cold I was shivering) and she asks me three questions: ARE YOU MARRIED, EVER BEEN MARRIED AND ANY CHILDREN? All were NO. Then...she asks if am qualified as per the instructions on the paper I took earlier. So YES, i hand in my KCSE cert and copy, my birth cert. and copy and police certificate (no copy) and walk outside and wait.
After like 30 minutes my name is called to counter 5; for biometrics...then I am told to sit and wait.
After other 30 minutes my name is called to counter 9- its a corner one....and yeah the interview begins. My consular was an African, very serious but quite warm.

Consular: Raise your right hand side and swear that all i say is true and nothing but the truth (and all on the form) so, I sign the form we sent to KDC.
(she asks me to place my right index finger on some red biometric)
Consular: Ma'am are u married?
Me: No
Consular: Been married?
Me: No
Consular: any children?
Me: NO
Consular: (checks in my form) What is your highest level of education
Me: Blah..blah..
Consular: I can see you worked for a company called ......what did you do there?
Me: Blah...blah...
Consular: I can see the name sounds like a dating company is it?
Me: (laughing) No..its just a name Ma'am
Consular: Do you speak french? (she says that in french)
Me: Yeah, just a little (i answer in french)
Consular: Whats your name (she says that in french)
Me: I tell her in french "my name is ...blah,blah" ..then I ask in French " and whats your name madam"
Consular smiles and tells me unfortunately they are not allowed to say their names...we all laugh.
Consular: Where are you going in US
Me:I say
Consular: Who is your host
Me: I say
Consular: Who is he to you
Me: I say
Consular: Ok, madam your visa is approved, (hands me the green paper) you can pay the UCIS fee....blah, blah..blah...(tell you the truth I dint hear nothing after this I was too excited)
Me: Merci beaucoup Ma'am...Enchanté (thank you so much and pleasure meeting you)

I run out of the lobby very excited.
Well I met two other people on DV, one lady must be the one who asked on qualifications as she had a D and did not even do medicals but turned up for the interview with hubby...long story short. Guys really need our forum.
The other I met was this couple and kid, the lady told me she is not our member but she reads our forum everynow and then, am sure they got the visa- they looked well organized.

Guys, there is no need to fear or be super anxious (as I was) this thing is yours and nobody (or demon) can tunya you!!

God bless!!!

Karendi wenyu

So beautiful, so beautiful!! Congratulations to you Karendi. That lady you are talking about i had posted her story at night. maze Dallas we shall meet and Celebrate

 

[catchme]

So, I arrive at kindu 6:30hrs. Sit outside for sometime, that is until 7:30 where are are checked at the main entrance.
Thereafter we walk on this straight path and queue, you are checked your appointment letter and passport. Once cleared you go to queue 3 for major security checks. Wathc, phones, keys, laptops etc.
After, you walk into the lobby, get your no. mostly it will be a C...., and a detailed paper on the qualifications of a DV visa...you also fill in your details on a lil form and then wait. You wait for a really long time.
So...my no. was called, I walked to counter 3; got a pleasant Ethiopian lady; (it was too cold I was shivering) and she asks me three questions: ARE YOU MARRIED, EVER BEEN MARRIED AND ANY CHILDREN? All were NO. Then...she asks if am qualified as per the instructions on the paper I took earlier. So YES, i hand in my KCSE cert and copy, my birth cert. and copy and police certificate (no copy) and walk outside and wait.
After like 30 minutes my name is called to counter 5; for biometrics...then I am told to sit and wait.
After other 30 minutes my name is called to counter 9- its a corner one....and yeah the interview begins. My consular was an African, very serious but quite warm.

Consular: Raise your right hand side and swear that all i say is true and nothing but the truth (and all on the form) so, I sign the form we sent to KDC.
(she asks me to place my right index finger on some red biometric)
Consular: Ma'am are u married?
Me: No
Consular: Been married?
Me: No
Consular: any children?
Me: NO
Consular: (checks in my form) What is your highest level of education
Me: Blah..blah..
Consular: I can see you worked for a company called ......what did you do there?
Me: Blah...blah...
Consular: I can see the name sounds like a dating company is it?
Me: (laughing) No..its just a name Ma'am
Consular: Do you speak french? (she says that in french)
Me: Yeah, just a little (i answer in french)
Consular: Whats your name (she says that in french)
Me: I tell her in french "my name is ...blah,blah" ..then I ask in French " and whats your name madam"
Consular smiles and tells me unfortunately they are not allowed to say their names...we all laugh.
Consular: Where are you going in US
Me:I say
Consular: Who is your host
Me: I say
Consular: Who is he to you
Me: I say
Consular: Ok, madam your visa is approved, (hands me the green paper) you can pay the UCIS fee....blah, blah..blah...(tell you the truth I dint hear nothing after this I was too excited)
Me: Merci beaucoup Ma'am...Enchanté (thank you so much and pleasure meeting you)

I run out of the lobby very excited.
Well I met two other people on DV, one lady must be the one who asked on qualifications as she had a D and did not even do medicals but turned up for the interview with hubby...long story short. Guys really need our forum.
The other I met was this couple and kid, the lady told me she is not our member but she reads our forum everynow and then, am sure they got the visa- they looked well organized.

Guys, there is no need to fear or be super anxious (as I was) this thing is yours and nobody (or demon) can tunya you!!

God bless!!!

Karendi wenyu

Congs Gal, wow, you were all alone, it must be much easier, not like us with camps. Lol

 

[catchme]

Hey Ash, so what exactly did u do on day one, is that the xray stuff?

 

[MaKiki]

POSTED IN NAIRALAND
preprewow: 8:40pm On Apr 22
Hello Gentiger,spoondar,temmamy,junkerhill, jidex & the rest of the house. Hope u r all succeed ur journeys towards usa. well, its been quite long since the last time. I got busy preparing those documents but still we r nt get the police certificates.... hope we ll gt it so soon. btw, am happy that our election here in kenya was a successful onesmiley & i hope spoondar booked her ticket to usa.

preprewow: 9:09pm On Apr 22
btw, we went to the embassy the day before our medical exams 2 knw whether we r eligible with my educational qualifications or not but the lady in nairobi US embassy told us that she cnt ans our question until our interview day then we told her that how we can go tru our medical exams if we cnt knw that as we know that money will be non refundable if we dnt qualify so she said they will send us 4 medical exams if my education certificates r ok so my husband n I didnt go for our medicals because we dnt hv money to waste & tomorrow is our interview day so house do you think i shuld carry only my education documents 2 the embassy ?because we knw we wont be interview tomorrow unless we go tru our medical exams. Do u think these ppl will schedule another interview appointment if they say my education certificates r ok? though we ve tried to schedule another interview appointment tru online today but there is no available interview date. Gentiger,temmamy,spoondar,junkerhill & the rest experts on nairaland forum..please kindly advice us. Thanks


IT IS SAD THAT THIS LADY NEVER JOINED THIS FORUM AND I HAD ADVICED HER TO JOIN SO THAT WE CAN HELP EACH OTHER BUT IF YOU ARE HERE PLEASE TELL US WHAT HAPPENED TODAY IF YOU WENT TO THE EMBASSY.

My friends this forum is very very HELPFUL and also is the internet. Please write an email to your consulate office to ask any question you think is bothering you and you can not ask us here.

I run out of the lobby very excited.
Well I met two other people on DV, one lady must be the one who asked on qualifications as she had a D and did not even do medicals but turned up for the interview with hubby...long story short. Guys really need our forum.
The other I met was this couple and kid, the lady told me she is not our member but she reads our forum every now and then, am sure they got the visa- they looked well organized.

Guys, there is no need to fear or be super anxious (as I was) this thing is yours and nobody (or demon) can tunya you!!

God bless!!!

Karendi wenyu

It's so sad to read this but as the saying goes,..you got to be willing to succeed. You have been selected among millions and you took your time to fill the online application, why can't you go that extra mile to seek and insist on getting information? Clearly its a case of luck of information. My question is, If she had found the naijaland forum, why didn't she join the Kenyan forum which is i guess the easiest to identify? She should have joined the forum best suited for her.

I have a guy who is in the exact situation and he has blatantly refused to join the forum. My two cents to him was don't call me to ask anything about DV.....the best help is when your shown a river to fish and not given a fish.

I thank God for this forum it has helped me alot and we are all Champions. Even those of you who read and never say anything we wish a very good luck in your coming interviews.

Invinsible guests let us know when you have a successful interview so that we celebrate you

 

[MaKiki]

Hey Ash, so what exactly did u do on day one, is that the xray stuff?

The first day you do XRays and if you have kids they do the TB Skin test that will be checked after 72 hours this is when you do full examination if the XRay is ok plus the TB for kids. Here in my city we do even give blood samples, urine and stool so by the time we go for examinations they have all the results with them.

 

[catchme]

The first day you do XRays and if you have kids they do the TB Skin test that will be checked after 72 hours this is when you do full examination if the XRay is ok plus the TB for kids. Here in my city we do even give blood samples, urine and stool so by the time we go for examinations they have all the results with them.

Stool too? you're serious?

 

[MaKiki]

Stool too? you're serious?

I said this is in my City and yes they took STOOL but in Nairobi they don't do that. It was difficult to get my dota give the stool sample coz she does it in the morning and NOT during the day. So i remember it very well

 

[Karendi]

Congs Gal, wow, you were all alone, it must be much easier, not like us with camps. Lol

Lo, who told you I was alone...I was not; Jesus, God and the holy spirit was with me.
Not to worry dear, even if yu are many; visa ni yako and you are not far..very soon you will share your success story.
Hugs

 

[MaKiki]

Lo, who told you I was alone...I was not; Jesus, God and the holy spirit was with me.
Not to worry dear, even if yu are many; visa ni yako and you are not far..very soon you will share your success story.
Hugs

hahahahaha i like this, you were with Body Guards from Heaven surrounding you all the way to the Counter.

 

[shorrie]

POSTED IN NAIRALAND
preprewow: 8:40pm On Apr 22
Hello Gentiger,spoondar,temmamy,junkerhill, jidex & the rest of the house. Hope u r all succeed ur journeys towards usa. well, its been quite long since the last time. I got busy preparing those documents but still we r nt get the police certificates.... hope we ll gt it so soon. btw, am happy that our election here in kenya was a successful onesmiley & i hope spoondar booked her ticket to usa.

preprewow: 9:09pm On Apr 22
btw, we went to the embassy the day before our medical exams 2 knw whether we r eligible with my educational qualifications or not but the lady in nairobi US embassy told us that she cnt ans our question until our interview day then we told her that how we can go tru our medical exams if we cnt knw that as we know that money will be non refundable if we dnt qualify so she said they will send us 4 medical exams if my education certificates r ok so my husband n I didnt go for our medicals because we dnt hv money to waste & tomorrow is our interview day so house do you think i shuld carry only my education documents 2 the embassy ?because we knw we wont be interview tomorrow unless we go tru our medical exams. Do u think these ppl will schedule another interview appointment if they say my education certificates r ok? though we ve tried to schedule another interview appointment tru online today but there is no available interview date. Gentiger,temmamy,spoondar,junkerhill & the rest experts on nairaland forum..please kindly advice us. Thanks


IT IS SAD THAT THIS LADY NEVER JOINED THIS FORUM AND I HAD ADVICED HER TO JOIN SO THAT WE CAN HELP EACH OTHER BUT IF YOU ARE HERE PLEASE TELL US WHAT HAPPENED TODAY IF YOU WENT TO THE EMBASSY.

My friends this forum is very very HELPFUL and also is the internet. Please write an email to your consulate office to ask any question you think is bothering you and you can not ask us here.

Sad story really....My two cents advise esp for the DV2014 Winners once you are selected enroll in a uni/colle (esp if you dint get good grades in KCSE) Getting below C doesnt mean you aint bright...who knows you may have been tense during KCSE....Do bridging courses.... But well thats just me....

 

[JULIANAA]

Wow...house of winners. Visa granted. I am so humbled by what God has done.
You have been the best family on earth. Thanks to everyone.
I will post the experience kesho...I must sleep somehow.
Thanks everyone, am speechless!!

CONGRATS.............house of winners indeed,happy for you.

 

[shorrie]

Thanks ediof, (i always like to cut these names short, i use Obeez, I use Ash, so pliz allow me). Am coming from Uganda, we are a family of 4, and am keen on this information. I need a place that's big enough for us but also pocket friendly. How secure are these places, like the hostel you mentioned?

My advise is especially for you with kids....Not all those cheap places are safe.... http://www.kahamahotels.co.ke/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=69&Itemid=57
this is a stone throw away from the CBD and last i checked they were good...there is also http://www.methodistguesthouse.org/ check their non resident rates let me know if the info is helpful...

 

[shorrie]

These are right near/opp the embassy but of course pricey.... http://www.gigirihomestead.com/index.php ; http://www.shanemahomes.com/ ; http://www.africanspicesafaris.com/d...nda_kenya.html

 

[Karendi]

I said this is in my City and yes they took STOOL but in Nairobi they don't do that. It was difficult to get my dota give the stool sample coz she does it in the morning and NOT during the day. So i remember it very well

Pole Makiki, thank God I live in Nairobi; here we don do no stool tests (sasa ningetoa wapi?) lol