Tourism visa...things I should know.

[Erny 0]

I have interview to attend soon following an application for a tourist visa. Please what information do i need to know in order to ace it?

[SusieQQQ 11,588]

You don’t need to know information - you need to be able to convincingly show the interviewing officer that you’ll return home after your visit.

[Erny 0]

Just now, SusieQQQ said:

You don’t need to know information - you need to be able to convincingly show the interviewing officer that you’ll return home after your visit.

Thanks...Roger that. I work for the government as a correctional officer in my country. Definitely will return immediately after the occasion taking me there. What do you think?

[SusieQQQ 11,588]

3 minutes ago, Erny said:

Thanks...Roger that. I work for the government as a correctional officer in my country. Definitely will return immediately after the occasion taking me there. What do you think?

Do you have a letter on official letterhead saying you’re employed by them in X capacity and you’ll be back after your vacation? Do you have any other ties - spouse, house, etc?

[Erny 0]

Just now, SusieQQQ said:

Do you have a letter on official letterhead saying you’re employed by them in X capacity and you’ll be back after your vacation? Do you have any other ties - spouse, house, etc?

Sure. Have got an official letterhead of introduction from my office. Am single although engaged to my lover and will be married to her by next year. Aside my job, am on a masters programme; waiting to do my internal defense. Have got the letter of admission as proof of my programme

[SusieQQQ 11,588]

Ok, sounds as though you have about as much as you could get ...good luck! 

[Erny 0]

Just now, SusieQQQ said:

Ok, sounds as though you have about as much as you could get ...good luck! 

Thanks i really appreciate alot. Thumbs up for your benevolence and swift response. 

[afrocraft 314]

Consider these three things: First, for tourist visas, US immigration law requires consular officers to presume every applicant is an intending immigrant. Second, the demand for visas is high and there are so many consular officers to review the applications, so they probably take 2-3 minutes to reach a decision. Finally, officers know that fake documents abound in Nigeria, so most of the time they don't look at any documents (although you should take them anyway).

 

What does that mean for you? Two things: First, COs rely on easily verifiable, and hard-to-fake proxies -- like ownership of an official passport or your travel history -- to make a decision. That's why senior government staff and people who have extensive overseas travel histories tend to be more successful in the applications. Second, you must come across as credible during the brief interview: no shifty eyes, no stammering over facts about your job, the purpose of your travel, etc., and look like who your application says you are (but don't overdress!).

 

I can't overemphasize the second point. I once witnessed a shabbily dressed guy with shaky English and slight undernourishment claim at the Lagos consulate that he was going for a real estate conference in Las Vegas to network with Bill Gates. You can imagine how that story ends.