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The pomegranate, ar-Rumman in Arabic, is mentioned thrice in the Qur'an and as one of the fruits that will be found in paradise. Pomegranate with date-palms are mentioned in Surahs, Al-An'âm : 6 verse 99 and 141 and Ar Rahmân: 55 verse 68.
The pomegranate is native origin from Iran to the Himalayas in northern India and was cultivated and naturalized over the whole Mediterranean region since ancient times. It is widely cultivated throughout India and the drier parts of south-east Asia, Malaysia, the East Indies and tropical Africa. Ancient Egyptians were buried with pomegranates, and were reportedly grown in the famous Hanging Gardens of Babylon and in Ancient Egypt. During the time of the Prophet Musa (peace be upon him), they were in cultivation throughout Palestine, Syria and Lebanon. The city of Rimmon , an ancient city believed to have been located close to present-day Hebron, was in fact known for the quality of its pomegranates.
Pomegranate juice is a powerful anti-oxidant that guards the body against free radicals, harmful molecules that are believed to contribute to heart disease, premature ageing and cancer.
Health benefits of pomegranate.
- Prevents heart disease and also prevent oxidation of cholesterol, which causes plaque formation and development of coronary artery disease.
- Lowers blood pressure.
- May help prevent prostate cancer to breast cancer, lung cancer and skin cancer, and treat several forms of cancer.
- Helps your digestive system healthy.
- Rich in vitamin C, which boosts antibody production and development of immunity.
- Keeps you looking younger and keeps your skin glowing and radiant for a long time.
- Help lower psychological stress.
- Researchers suggest that pomegranates play in important role prevention and treatment of Alzheimer's disease.
- Prevents plaque formation.
In the Gardens of Delight (Paradise)
(Al-Wâqi'ah : 56 verse 12)
And among Talh (banana trees) with fruits piled one above another,
(Al-Wâqi'ah : 56 verse 29)
Consuming Bananas and other fruits mentioned in the Godly foods category will surely aid in preventing disease and increasing your overall well being. There are various varieties and shapes and sizes of bananas. It has been found that bananas have curative properties both scientifically and traditionally.
There are many healing and medicinal properties of bananas:
- The high content of iron in bananas increases the production of hemoglobin in the blood -which are very good for anemia.
- The high content of iron in bananas increases the production of hemoglobin in the blood -which are very good for anemia.
- They regulate bowel movement - whether it is constipation or diarrhea.
- Bananas are exceedingly good for students as the rich source of potassium can make a person very alert; the fruit is often called a brain tonic.
- Bananas work well as a snack for people who have high blood pressure as they are wholesome with low salt levels.
- For those suffering from depression, bananas are good as they contain a protein called serotonin – which is also called the 'happy hormone' as it makes one feel happy and relaxed.
- Bananas can be eaten frequently to treat ulcers as they neutralize acidity in the stomach. This soft and smooth fruit cannot irritate the stomach walls.
- For pregnant women suffering from morning sickness, eating bananas in between meals helps immensely in settling the queasiness in the stomach.
- Eating bananas helps people give up smoking as this fruit is rich in vitamin C, A, B 6 and B 12. Bananas contain potassium and magnesium as well, which help the body recover from nicotine withdrawal.
- For weight watchers, banana is an excellent snack in place of crisps and chocolates.
Banana Flower: The banana flower grows at the end of a bunch of bananas. It is a leafy maroon colored cone with cream colored florets layered inside. These florets need to be cleaned well before they are cooked as a vegetable. The banana flower is rich in vitamins and proteins. The flower has been used in traditional medicine to treat bronchitis, constipation and ulcer problems. It eases menstrual cramps.
Banana Plant Leaves: In India and Asia, banana leaves are used like aluminum foil. They are used to wrap food prior to steaming and grilling. The leaf makes an excellent platter and food served on these leaves tastes delicious. The leaves are not eaten but while steaming food some of the polyphenols are imparted to the food.
One of the foods to which attention is drawn in the Qur'an is the olive. Research in recent years has revealed that the olive is not just a delicious food but also represents an important source of good health and also an important source of nutrition. Olive is mentioned in the Holy Qur'an and been cited 7 times in different Surahs' and Verses-: Al-An'âm : 6 verse 99 & 141, An-Nahl : 16 verse 11, Al-Mu'minûn : 23 verse 20, An-Nûr: 24 verse 35, Abasa: 80 verse29 and At-Tin: 95 verse 1.
Allâh is the Light of the heavens and the earth. The parable of His Light is as (if there were) a niche within it a lamp: the brilliant star, lit from a blessed tree, an olive, neither of the east (i.e. neither it gets sun-rays only in the morning) nor of the west (i.e. nor it gets sun-rays only in the afternoon, but it is exposed to the sun all day long), whose oil would almost forth (of itself), though no fire touched it. Light upon Light. Allâh guides to His Light whom He wills. And Allâh sets forth parables for mankind, and Allâh is All-Knower of everything.(An-Nûr :24 verse 35)
With it He causes to grow for you the crops, the olives, and dates-palms, the grapes and every kind of fruit. Verily, in this is indeed an evident proof and a manifest sign for a people who give thought.
(An-Nahl : 16 verse 11)
(An-Nahl : 16 verse 11)
"Olive oil, referred to in the term "zaytuha," is known as one of the most highly recommended types of oil by all experts, especially for coronary and arterial health. Its health benefits may be summarized as follows:
- Recommended for patients with heart and artery disease since it reduces the level of harmful cholesterol (LDL) in the bloodstream.
- Helps prevent the formation of prostate cancer cells. A recent study by doctors at the University of Oxford has shown that olive oil has a protective effect against intestinal cancer.
- Reduced risk of rheumatic arthritis, a chronic inflammatory disease of the joints.
- The vitamins E, A, D and K contained in olive oil are particularly important from the point of view of assisting bone development in adults and children, and in strengthening the bones by fixing calcium.
- Employed in the treatment of the elderly, as well as nourishing and protecting the skin. With the high levels of anti-oxidants it contains, olive oil prevents damage by harmful substances, renews our cells and delays aging in the tissues and organs.
- Healthy food for newborn babies and growing children. A deficiency in linoleic acid leads to the emergence of a retardation of development in babyhood and various skin disorders. Olive oil possesses a balanced polyunsaturated compound at a similar level to that in human milk. Olive oil is a sufficient source of these fatty acids, which cannot be obtained from the human body but which are of the most essential importance to it. These factors make olive oil very important for new-born babies.
- Reduce high blood pressure.
- Protects the stomach against diseases such as gastritis and ulcers by reducing gastric acid levels. In addition to this, by activating the bile, it makes it perfect. It regulates the discharge of the gall bladder and reduces the risk of bile stone formation.
1. 1. Translation of the meanings of The Noble Qurân in the English Language by Dr Muhammad Taqî-ud-Dîn al-Hilali and Dr Muhammad Muhsin Khân
2. http://www.thehealthsite.com/fitness/health-benefits-of-pomegranates-sa214/
3. Medicinal Properties of the Banana Plant / Banana Tree http://www.medindia.net/patients/lifestyle andwellness/medicinal-properties-of-the-banana-plant
4. http://www.onislam.net/english/health-and-science/
5. Image source: Getty Images & Google
6. http://navedz.com/2009/06/24/by-the-fig-and-the-olive-japanese-research-team-president-embrace-islam/
7. http://www.4islam.com/olives.shtml
8. http://www.islamicbulletin.org/newsletters/issue_25/oliveoil.aspx
Friday, May 8, 2015
Posted by Hashim Abd Ghani On 6:08 PM
The Holy Quran cited in Surah Al-An'âm : 6 verse 99:
Meaning : "It is He Who sends down water (rain) from the sky, and with it We bring forth vegetation of all kinds, and out of it We bring forth green stalks, from which We bring forth thick clustered grain. And out of the date-palm and its spathe come forth clusters of dates hanging low and near, and gardens of grapes, olives and pomegranates, each similar (in kind) yet different (in variety and taste). Look at their fruits when they begin to bear, and the ripeness thereof.
Verily, in these things there are signs for a people who believe".
(Al-An'âm : 6 verse 99)
There are five types of fruits available on earth and in paradise:
Meaning: "Verily, for the Muttaqûn, there will be a success (Paradise)"
Meaning: "Gardens and vineyards"
(An-Naba': 78 verse 32)
Meaning: "Then We brought forth for you therewith gardens of date-palms and grapes, wherein is much fruit for you, and whereof you eat ".
(Al-Mu'minûn: 23:19)
Grapes is mentioned as 'Inab' in the Holy Qur'an. It has been cited 11 times in the Holy Qur'an in different Surahs' and Verses-: Al-Baqarah : 2 verse 266, Al-An'âm : 6 verse 99, Ar-Ra'd : 13 verse 4, An-Nahl : 16 verse 11 and 67, Al-Isrâ' : 17 verse 91, Al-Kahf : 18 verse 32, Al-Mu'minûn : 23 verse 19, Yâ-Sîn: 36 verse 34, An-Naba' : 78 verse 32 and Abasa: 80 verse28 .
Grapes are widely used to prepare juice or drink and also for alcoholic drink (wine). The drinks prepared from honey or grapes are permissible to drink as long as it is fresh (not fermented). However, alcoholic drinks are strictly prohibited in Islam.
Grapes are high in antioxidants important for eye health and antioxidant known to lend protection from several chronic diseases and conditions. Grapes also boast the power which help the body to counter-act harmful free radical formation.
Health Benefits of Grapes:
- Grapes are high in water content and good for hydration. High water-content fruits and vegetables are nutrient dense, meaning they provide a large amount of essential nutrients while containing few calories. Grapes contain 70 milliliters of fluid per cup.
- The fiber and potassium in grapes also support heart health. An increase in potassium intake along with a decrease in sodium intake is the most important dietary change that a person can make to reduce their risk of cardiovascular disease, according to Mark Houston, MD, MS, an associate clinical professor of medicine at Vanderbilt Medical School and director of the Hypertension Institute at St Thomas Hospital in Tennessee.
- Grapes contain powerful antioxidants which may slow or prevent many types of cancer, including esophageal, lung, mouth, pharynx, endometrial, pancreatic, prostate and colon.
-The content in grapes may also reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) by preventing platelet build-up and reducing blood pressure via anti-inflammatory mechanisms.
- Eating foods that are high in water content like grapes, watermelon and cantaloupe can help to keep you hydrated and your bowel movements regular. Grapes also contain fiber, which is essential for minimizing constipation.
- Allergies: Consuming grapes may help to alleviate symptoms of allergies including runny nose, watery eyes and hives. There have been no human studies done to prove this theory.
But for him who fears the standing before his Lord there will be two Gardens (i.e. in Paradise).
(Ar-Rahmân 55 verse 46)
In them (both) will be fruits, and date-palms and pomegranates)
(Ar-Rahmân 55 verse 68)
Dates are a type of plant (Palma) fruiting and edible either cooked or raw. Most of the trees and plants are in Arab countries and have a wide variety. Among the famous date palm Mecca and Medina is alleged to have dozens of varieties. In addition to the sweet taste and long lasting and do not require cooking, dates also have a lot of nutrients and the main food of the Prophet صلي الله عليه وسلم .
Dates have been a staple food of the Middle East and parts of South Asia for thousands of years. They are believed to have originated around Iraq, and have been cultivated since ancient times from Mesopotamia to prehistoric Egypt, possibly as early as 4000 BCE. The Ancient Egyptians used the fruits to be made into date wine, and ate them at harvest. There is archaeological evidence of date cultivation in eastern Arabia in 6000 BCE. In later times, traders spread dates around South and South West Asia, northern Africa, and Spain and Italy. Dates were introduced into Mexico and California by the Spaniards by 1765, around Mission San Ignacio.
Date-Palm Based on The Noble Qur'ân and Sunnah :
Date-palms is mentioned in the Holy Qur'an and been cited 17 times in different Surahs' and Verses-: Al-Baqarah : 2 verse 266, Al-An'âm : 6 verse 141, Ar-Ra'd : 13 verse 4, An-Nahl : 16 verse 11 and 67, Al-Isrâ' : 17 verse 91, Maryam : 19 verse 23 and 25, Tâ-Hâ: 20 verse 71, Al-Mu'minûn : 23 verse 19, Yâ-Sîn: 36 verse 34, Qâf: 50 verse 10, Ar Rahman: 55 verse 11 and 68, Al Hasyr: 59 verse 5, Al-Hâqqah: 69 verse 7, and Abasa: 80 verse29 .
Nutrients date "Ajwah" as mentioned in the above hadith is an advantage which Allah Almighty in accordance with the virtues as the first date type grown by the Prophet صلي الله عليه وسلم .
Elemental iron and calcium in the dates is the highest element of the form of breast milk. For mothers who have a shortage of milk, then eat to promote expansion of the milk. It also plays a role in the growth of infant children and the formation of blood and bone marrow. Other studies, however, proved that the dates is of the fastest processed food as energy supply. Dates will be immediately burned and it will go to other parts of the brain.
'Abdullah bin Ja'far said: "I saw the Prophet صلي الله عليه وسلم eats ripe dates.
"Prophet صلي الله عليه وسلم took breakfast with a few grains of dates before praying. Absence densest dates, then the Holy Prophet صلي الله عليه وسلم would break with some grape seed. Then he drank a few sips of water. (Hadith narrated by Ahmad).
Know Health Benefits of Dates :
- Promoting Digestive Health, Relieving Constipation – Fiber is essential for promoting colon health and making for regular bowel movements. The insoluble and soluble fiber found in dates help to clean out the gastrointestinal system, allowing the colon to work at greater levels of efficiency. Some other benefits relating to fiber and colon health are reduced risks of colitis, colon cancer, and hemorrhoids. (Dates could even be coupled with other home remedies for hemorrhoids.)
- Boosting Heart Health – In addition to promoting colon health, fiber is also known to boost heart health.
- Anti-Inflammatory – Dates are rich in magnesium – a mineral known for its anti-inflammatory benefits. One study found that "inflammatory indicators in the body were all reduced when magnesium intake was increased". Further, inflammation in the arterial walls was also reduced with magnesium intake. Based on magnesium's anti-inflammatory properties and the findings of this study, magnesium can effectively reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, arthritis, Alzheimer's disease, and other inflammation-related health ailments.
- Reduced Blood Pressure – Magnesium has been shown to help lower blood pressure – and again, dates are full of the mineral. Additionally, potassium is another mineral in dates that has several functions within the body, aiding with the proper workings of the heart and helping to reduce blood pressure.
- Reduced Stroke Risk – After evaluating 7 studies published over a 14 year time period, researchers found stroke risk was reduced by 9% for every 100 milligrams of magnesium a person consumes per day. The research can be found in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
- A Healthy Pregnancy and Delivery – Further adding to the health benefits of dates, one study performed by researchers at the University of Science and Technology set out to discover how the date fruit impacted labor parameters and delivery outcomes. After studying 69 women for a year and 1 month, the researchers found that "the consumption of date fruit in the last 4 weeks before labour significantly reduced the need for induction and augmentation of labour, and produced a more favourable, but non-significant, delivery outcome. The results warrant a randomised controlled trial".
- Boosting Brain Health – Some studies, such as one found in JAMA Internal Medicine, found that sufficient vitamin B6 levels are associated with improved brain performance and better test scores.
1. Translation of the meanings of The Noble Qurân in the English Language by Dr Muhammad Taqî-ud-Dîn al-Hilali and Dr Muhammad Muhsin Khân
2. http://www.researchgate.net/ research article by Tareq M Zayed
3. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/271156.php
4. http://naturalsociety.com/health-benefits-of-dates-7-reasons-eat-date-fruit/#sthash.MbDS0fpI.dpuf
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Monday, April 13, 2015
Posted by Hashim Abd Ghani On 11:58 PM
Surah Al Fathir (Creator), Chapter 35 verse 27 narrated :
أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ أَنْزَلَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَاءً فَأَخْرَجْنَا بِهِ ثَمَرَاتٍ مُخْتَلِفًا أَلْوَانُهَا
وَمِنَ الْجِبَالِ جُدَدٌ بِيضٌ وَحُمْرٌ مُخْتَلِفٌ أَلْوَانُهَا وَغَرَابِيبُ سُودٌ (٢٧)
Do you not see that Allah sent down water from the sky with which We brought forth fruits of diverse hues? In the mountains there are white and red, of diverse hues, and pitchy black;
|Mountains : White, Red & Diverse Hues & Pitchy Black
Al Quran has informed this natural phenomena 14 centuries ago, however many people still do not know the beautiful natural phenomena of colorful mountains in Zhangye Danxia, Gansu Province, China.
Prophet Muhammad SAW has never been to China? The revelation comes from Allah, The Creator.
The Zhangye Danxia landform is also known as the eye candy of Zhangye. Many artists admire this masterpiece as it appears like a perfect painting on canvas. This 400-square-kilometer attraction is located in in Linze (临泽县) and Sunan (肃南) counties in Gansu Province in central north China. It is composed of lots of precipitous cliffs, most of which are several hundred meters high. All of these cliffs are smooth and sharp, standing in the plains and riversides, looking grand and magnificent, vigorous and virile. Even the low pinnacles look powerful.
Geologists believe that Danxia topography is formed as a result of movement in the earth's crust. This makes rock layers appear in different colors, textures, shapes, sizes, and patterns. The combination of differences in density and erosion creates towering peaks, cave holes and stone halls.
Danxia formations are green, yellow, blue and many other colors, though their appellation comes from the red rocks of Mount Danxia in Guangdong. Experts say that they are the result of red sandstone and other rocks undergoing metamorphic processes for millions of years.
The Holy Al Quran - Chapter 35 Verse 27.
Friday, January 23, 2015
Saudi King Abdullah Passes Away
Posted by Hashim Abd Ghani On 11:48 PM
By Staff Writer, Al Arabiya News
Friday, 23 January 2015
Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz has passed away, the Royal court said in a statement early on Friday. Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz becomes king and Prince Muqrin has been declared crown prince, another Royal court statement said.
"With great sorrow and grief His Highness Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and all members of the family and the nation mourn the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, who passed away at exactly 1 a.m. this morning," the Saudi Royal court statement said.
Funeral prayers will be held later in the day following afternoon prayers at Imam Turki Bin Abdullah Grand Mosque in the capital, Riyadh, according to the statement.
Prince Salman declared Saudi Arabia's king
|Saudi King Salman
Another statement said that Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz al-Saud received the pledge of allegiance as the country's king from members of the royal family.
Prince Muqrin named Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince
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Red Potato Salad
This colorful recipe is healthier than its potato salad rivals.
Serves 8
2 lbs. medium-size red potatoes, unpeeled
1/3 cup thinly sliced celery
1/3 cup finely chopped onion
1/3 cup grated carrot
1/3 cup finally chopped green or red bell pepper
1/3 cup reduced-fat mayonnaise
1/3 cup nonfat sour cream
2 Tbs. sweet pickle relish
2 Tbs. spicy mustard
1/4 tsp. ground black pepper
Paprika (optional)
Clean the potatoes well
Cut into 1/4-inch chunks
Boil until tender about 10 minutes or until tender
Rinse with cool water and drain
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I found this, presumeably, helpful article on www.nigeriansinAmerica.com. The writer, Patricia Daboh is an African American lady who recently got married to a Nigerian man in Nigeria.
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I am Patricia Machele Daboh, and I wrote and submitted two articles entitled, Nigeria Is Beautiful To Me and Rejected For Loving A Nigerian Man on Nigerians In America. You can access that website at www.nigeriansinAmerica.com. As a result of that article, women, who are engaged to Nigerian men and want to fly to Nigeria to get married, have asked me questions ranging from purchasing a passport, visa, shots needed, purchasing the airplane ticket, the wedding ceremony, and filing the necessary paperwork in order to bring their Nigerian husbands back to their country. I am by no means an expert on this subject, but one thing I have that these women lack is "the experience of the Immigration process". Matter fact, we are still going through that process. At this point, my husband's visa-issuing paperwork has been sent to the Lagos, Nigeria Embassy, and we are now going through the "Visa" process, which is conducted by the National Visa Center. After we successfully complete that phase of the Immigration Process, my husband will have his interview at the Lagos, Nigeria Embassy. So, with that in mind, I want to share what I know at this point and have experienced, for I do not want you to have any misconceptions about the length of time it will take to finally be reunited with your husband. It is not an overnight process, and to have a better idea of what to expect will elevate some stresses and disappointments that may come during the waiting process. Therefore, I have put together this information to aid women in bringing their Nigerian husbands to the United States. Best wishes to you all!
Before I begin, I want you to understand (with 100% clarity) that if you have not met your Nigerian fiancé in person (meaning you met him over the internet or by some other means and have not physically been in his presence) DO NOT waste your time and money by filing an I129F Petition For Fiance, for you will be denied. That petition allows your fiancé the privilege of coming to your country, but one stipulation, which they will adhere to, is that you must first have met your fiancé within two years prior to filing the fiancé petition. How do I know that? My husband and I tried it (without my having met him), and we were denied. The cost of the I129F Petition For Fiance is $170.00, and you will not get that money back when you are denied. The Immigration does approve some of those petitions if you have not met your fiancé in person, but those are circumstances where perhaps his cultural custom does not allow you two to meet prior to the wedding day (that was stated in my denial letter). If that is not your case, do not waste your money. The cost to appeal your petition, once denied, is $385.00, but why try to appeal the decision when your circumstances does not warrant an overturn in your situation. We learned that the hard way. You do not have to learn this lesson the hard way, for I am writing this to help you avoid that!
I wanted to talk about the travel documents you will need first because many of these documents are time sensitive, meaning you MUST have these documents and forms way in advance of your planned trip, or you may not be eligible to travel during the time period you desire.
At the time I was planning to meet, my then fiancé, and travel to Lagos, Nigeria for my wedding, I searched various websites trying to find out what I needed to travel to Lagos, Nigeria, and the one I found the most helpful, who processed my visa, is Travel Document Systems, Inc. There are other ones out there also, which are probably full of important and necessary information as well, but I, personally, liked the Travel Documents website the most.
I recommend this website highly, for it fully explains every piece of document you need to travel. Traveling to meet and marry my husband was my first airplane ride and the first time I flew out of the country. So if I, an inexperienced flyer, can get it right the first time, so can you. I will give you the short version of that information.
You need the following:
PASSPORT – There is a time frame in processing a passport, so you should purchase one well in advance of your expected travel date. I went to our main post office branch in the town where I lived and got an application. At our post office, I had to make an appointment to do the actual processing of the passport, but you should pick up your application prior to your appointment and have the application filled out. The cost for your passport is on the application, so you can refer to that for the cost.
PASSPORT IMPORTANT INFORMATION - If you already have a passport, you must have at least 6 months travel time left on it before it expires, or you cannot use that one.
PASSPORT PICTURES – You will need 2 passport pictures to submit with your passport during your appointment. But, it was cheaper for me to get my passport pictures taken somewhere else and bring my pictures with me. The post office has equipment set up to take your passport pictures, but it is usually a little more costly. For example, the post office charged $15.00 for 2 passport pictures, and I had them taken somewhere else for $7.99 for 2 passport pictures. Make sure you choose the RIGHT background color for the passport application (read the color requirements on the passport application before taking the picture).
YELLOW FEVER VACCINATION – In order to enter into Lagos, Nigeria, you will need to get a Yellow Fever Vaccination. I got mine through the Health Department. International shots usually must to be scheduled in advance, so you should call your local health department and see how much of a time frame you need to take the shot. If my memory serves me well, you must get your shot within one month before you leave (please double check this out on the website in order to stay within the time frame). The total cost for my Yellow Fever Vaccination where I live was $122.00 (Ouch it stung, girls)! Now there are many more international shots you can get if you want to (optional), but you MUST get this one in order to enter into Lagos, Nigeria (not optional). My Yellow Fever Vaccination Certificate was stapled in my passport, so it could be verified as I went through the custom check when I landed in Lagos, Nigeria.
VISA – You MUST also purchase a Visa in order to enter into Lagos, Nigeria. Again, the website that I recommended, can process that for you. I had my visa processed through them (Travel Documents). In order to process a Visa through them you must:
Apply for and receive your passport first, for you must send the passport to Travel Document Systems, Inc. in order for them to put your Visa sticker on one of your pages in your passport.
Send your original birth certificate with your visa application and passport. They will return it when they send your passport back to you with the visa attached to one of the pages.
Send your International Certificate of Vaccination (what you receive after you take your Yellow Fever Vaccination) along with your application and passport.
Send them a Letter of Invitation from your fiancé (he has to write it, sign and date it). The letter invites you to come to Nigeria as his guest. It should include the dates in which you will actually spend in Nigeria. NOTE: This was required on Travel Document Systems, Inc. when I purchased my Visa. Check to see if the Letter of Invitation is needed now. If in doubt of this being needed to obtain your visa, call Travel Document Systems, Inc., and talk to a representative.
You must send Travel Document Systems, Inc. a copy (not original tickets) of your round trip airplane ticket or an itinerary from the Travel Agency who booked your flight. This will show you intend to go back to your country after your visit.
Do not forget to include your visa application, passport, Yellow Fever Vaccination Certificate, original birth certificate (not a copy), fee, and invitation letter (if needed ) when mailing your documents to the Travel Document Systems, Inc.
You can purchase a visa for single or multiple entries. If you need it expedited (processed quickly), there is an additional fee for that.
If you have any questions prior to sending in your documents to process your visa, please call them, for you do not want your visa to be denied or delayed.
It is totally your responsibility to have all of your REQUIRED documents on you to enter into Lagos, Nigeria once you board an airplane. Not having all the documents after you land in Lagos, Nigeria can get you in legal trouble. You can be arrested for that! Make sure you have everything you need!
Make at least 2 copies of your passport and International Certificate of Vaccination (your visa will be on one of your passport pages, so if you copy your entire passport, it will be copied also).
Give a copy of your passport and International Certificate of Vaccination to two reliable people. If you lose your passport, or it is stolen while you are in Nigeria, you CANNOT leave the country without it! If you make copies, than you can contact those persons and have them sent to you Fed-Ex (not the regular mail please for security reasons). Take that copy to the Nigerian Embassy, and ask for assistance.
The phone number to Travel Documents Systems, Inc. is 1-800-424-8472 (toll free) or (202) 638-3800 (direct number)
A friend of mine told me about a woman that flew to a country to marry her fiancé. The couple had no pictures taken, no official documentation proving that they were married, and it took three years (yes, shockingly 3-years) to get her husband back to her country.
After hearing that story, my husband and I decided that we would not let that happen to us, and we do MORE THAN WAS REQUIRED OR ASKED FOR in order to prove and validate that our wedding was legal. Some of what I am going to tell you is not required, but again I say, we did MORE THAN WAS REQUIRED in order for Immigration not to ask us for even one more piece of paper to make a decision on our petitions. Therefore, we did this when we were married:
We were married at the Marriage Registry in Apapa, Lagos, Nigeria. At the time we were married (January 4, 2007), the Marriage Registry married couples on Thursday and Saturday only. We choose to be married there because:
A couple must undergo marriage counseling prior to the ceremony, and when we did that, it gave us a legal paper trail of what we had done.
The Marriage Registry gives you a Marriage Certificate, Witness Books (thumb prints of your witnesses in your Witness Books), and it is also a very strong legal paper trail of what you have done
My husband hired a person to videotape our wedding
My husband hired a person to take multiple photographs of our wedding
We had two witnesses at our wedding (my husband's niece and my husband's best friend, who was his best man)
We asked my husband's niece to sign a SWORN AFFIDAVIT that she witnessed the wedding. We also had some of our wedding pictures stamped and swore in along with our Sworn Affidavit to make the pictures legal documents of the court. The Sworn Affidavit was registered in the High Court of Lagos, stamped, and given back to me to include in my paperwork for when I would came back home and filled out the petitions to bring my husband and stepson to the states. My husband secured the services of his lawyer to assist us with the Sworn Affidavit, and he processed this for us (for a fee of course).
We opened up a joint savings bank account with both our names on it to prove that as a married couple we have assets together in Lagos, Nigeria.
It does not matter the amount of the bank account, but the savings account record will show you own something together as man and wife.
NOTE: The things above were done to make sure that Immigration did not come back and question the legality of our wedding, for the Marriage Certificate, Witness Books, Sworn Affidavit, photographs, and savings account strengthen our position as having a legal and valid marriage. We were prayerful and determined that it would not take us three years (as was the case in the other woman's situation) for my husband and stepson to get approved. And, thank God, he blessed us in that respect!
Before going to Nigeria to be married, you should call the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) office and order the forms that you need to fill out on behalf of your husband when you get back to the states. One form in particular that you need to take with you to Nigeria, so your husband can fill out is the G-325A Biographic Information form. This form requires residency and work history information for the past five years. You must submit one for your husband and yourself for each petition (I130 and I129F) you file. Your husband needs to fill out two of these forms, so you can file with each petition when you go home, so take two with you when you go. The phone number to USCIS is 1-800-375-5283. You will need to order (1) I-I130, I129F, and G-325A forms. I suggest you order at least two (2) I130 and I129F petitions in case you make an error, and four (4) G-325A forms in case you also make errors. Usually the G-325A comes attached with the I-129F petition, but make sure to request it anyway.
In researching the quickest way to get my husband over to the United States, we decided to apply for K3 and K4 Visas. For more information about the K3 and K4 Visas, please read about it on the website at www.state.gov/travel. You may choose to go another route, but I am giving you information for following the route my husband and I took.
FIRST, I filed the I130 Petition, and as soon as I received the I-797C, Notice of Action (which is a notification from the USCIS Office letting you know they received your petition and how it is being handled), I made a copy of the I-797C Notice of Action and included it in my I129F Petition that I filed next. Please do not delay filing them back-to-back, for if you do, it will take longer in getting your husband approved.
Now, let's back up here somewhat. The I130 Petition is the first petition you should file when you return home. If you have ordered the petitions (I130 and I129F) prior to leaving for Nigeria, then there will be no delay. The cost to file the I130 Petition is $190.00. You should fill out the form in its entirety, and follow all instructions. Make sure you fill the petition out correctly, for you do not want delays due to errors made on your part. Do not forget to include the G-325A Biographic Information form with this petition! Read carefully which USCIS Office you should mail your petition to, for that will vary according to where you live. I read through the directions, highlighting important information, so after I filled out the petition; I knew exactly what to do with it. Again, mistakes can cause delays, so if you need to get someone to double-check behind you, please do. Better safe than sorry!
Important note: Make sure they have your husband's name spelled correctly on the aI-797C Notice of Action. If they do not, contact them immediately, so this can be corrected. You do not want problems later when his visa-issuing papers are sent to the Lagos Nigeria Embassy, and his name does not match the paperwork sent.
Immediately after you receive the I-797C, Notice of Action, letting you know that your I130 Petition has been received, make a COPY of the I-797C, Notice of Action. You will include it in your I129F Petition for Fiancé (e). If you DO NOT include the I-797C, Notice of Action, the immigration process will not be sped up on your behalf. IT IS A REQUIREMENT THAT YOU FILE BOTH THE I130 AND I129F PETIIONS. AND WHEN YOU SEND IN YOUR I129F PETITON, YOU MUST SEND A COPY OF THE I-797C, NOTICE OF ACTTION FROM THE I130 PETITON. Do not forget to include the G-325A Biographic Information form with this petition!
As was said about the I130 Petition, you should already have ordered the petition before you went to Nigeria, and therefore, you can file the petition as soon as you receive your I-797C, Notice of Action from the I130 Petition. Do not delay doing this! The cost to file the I129F Petition is $170.00.
Make sure you send the I129F Petition to the right location. The directions say if you filed an I130 Petition and are also filing an I129F Petition, then you must send it to a particular location.
For example: I mailed my I130 Petition to the USCIS Texas Service Center, P.O. Box 850919, Mesquite, Texas, 75185-0919. I live in South Carolina, and South Carolina residents are required to mail them at that location. I mailed my I130 Petition on January 19, 2007 to the USCIS Texas Service Center. The USCIS Texas Service Center forwarded my petition to the USCIS California Service Center (for that office processes the I130 petitions), and the USCIS California Service Center received my Petition on January 22, 2007. My I-797C, Notice of Action for my I130 Petition was date January 26, 2007 (fast turn around)!
NEXT, I mailed my I129 Petition to USCIS, P.O. Box 7218, Chicago, Illinois, 60680-7218 (for the directions said to do so) on March 1, 2007 (overnight mail). As you will see, I did not file my I129F Petition immediately after receiving my I-797C, Notice of Action from my I130 Petition. The USCIS, Chicago, Illinois office received my I129F Petition on March 2, 2007, and my I-797C, Notice of Action was dated March 6, 2007 (fast turn around).
On March 15, 2007, the National Benefits Center in Lee's Summit, MO sent me an I-797C, Notice of Action stating that on March 6, 2007 they received my I129F Petition, and they were transferring my I129F Petition to the USCIS California Service Center in order to speed up processing.
On April 24, 2007, I received an I-797C, Notice of Action informing me that my I130 Petition was APPROVED for my husband (stepson included). On April 25, 2007, I received an I-797C, Notice of Action informing me that my I129F Petition was APPROVED for my husband (stepson included), and the dates of the I129F Petition will be valid from April 25, 2007 to August 24, 2007.
So it took from January 19, 2007 (the date when I mailed my first petition) until April 25, 2007 to receive APPROVAL NOTICES for both petitions (3 months and 6 days)! God is good!
I was told that the visa-issuing papers were being sent to the Lagos Nigerian Embassy for my husband.
NOTE: Even though your husband's visa-issuing paperwork will be sent to the Lagos Nigerian Embassy by the National Visa Center, you still MUST go through the "VISA" process prior to your husband's interview at the Embassy. That is the Immigration stage my husband and I are now experiencing.
The National Visa Center wrote me a letter dated March 11, 2007 informing me that my husband's visa-issuing paperwork was being sent to the Lagos Nigeria Embassy within the next week.
On June 11, 2007, I received a letter from the National Visa Center letting me know I must pay the $70.00 Processing fee in order for the Visa to continue to be processed. It is called the Affidavit of Support (I-864) Processing Fee Bill. I mailed that on June 18, 2007, and the National Visa Center (in St. Louis, MO for all Visa payments go there), have up to twenty (20) working days to process my payment.
After my Processing Fee is put in their system, the National Visa Center located in Portsmouth, NH will give me permission to send file my financial information. I must file more I-864 forms showing my financial standing. If you want to see the "Poverty Guidelines" that is allowable, please see form I-864P on the http://travel.state.gov website.
Please note that you cannot apply for federal means-tested public benefits to assist you in taking caring for your husband and/or his children. That means you cannot apply for food stamps, Medicaid, Supplemental Security Income (SSI), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), and the State Child Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). That also includes any state means-tested public benefits, which vary from state to state.
So in other words, you must be financially sound in order to bring a husband to the United States. Please go to the website at http://travel.state.gov to see the various I-864 forms you need to fill out once the National Visa Center gives you permission to fill them out and send them in for verification.
After you send in your Processing Fee, you can get your financial documents together, so there will be no delay in sending in these forms.
When the National Visa Center sent me the bill for the Processing Fee, they also included a CHOICE OF AGENT AND ADDRESS FORM, which my husband MUST fill out and mail back to the National Visa Center. He is giving the NVC permission to send any paperwork on his behalf to me, who will be listed as his "agent", so I can process the Visa fees once we pass the inspections of my financial documents.
If you do not have a good paying job or do not meet the I-864P Poverty Guidelines (see 2007 guidelines), now will be the time to seek other employment. You do not want your husband approved to come to the United States only to be denied due to your lack of finances. Of course, your husband may work after he comes to the United States, but he has to file paperwork in order for that process to take place. In the meantime, you must be able to take care of him, and any stepchildren, prior to that happening.
As I said at the beginning, my husband and I are not finished with the Immigration process, and I still have more to share with you as our experience unfolds. But, I wanted to share our experience with you, so you can have an idea of what you will face when you marry a Nigerian citizen and desire to bring him into the United States. It is a lengthy and expensive process, and you must be willing to wait patiently for your husband to come to you. It also requires a lot of faith, for you can be denied at any phase of the Immigration Process. After reading this article (Part I), I hope it helps you understand it more. Please be on the look out for Part II, in which I plan to share the rest of the Immigration Process and the Joy of receiving my wonderful, Nigerian husband, whom I love dearly!
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Jul 10, 2007 , 12:03 AM #2
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Thx so much Soul Sista! I actually know Patricia and she is such a beautiful person! Patricia is an educator and is a credible source in all she is sharing here. Her husband is in touch with my husband to me to help him know the process also as e will be married in November. It is so appreciated that Patricia share this information so that this process can move much smoother for those of us who have found our love in the beautiful country of Nigeria!
Jul 10, 2007 , 09:50 AM #3
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OOOOO.Dis one na marriage by proxy.I hope it works.Meeting ur husband just before the wedding dey one kaind to me.
Jul 10, 2007 , 12:43 PM #4
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thanks for this useful message
Jul 10, 2007 , 12:57 PM #5
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I wish you the best as you work towards your forthcoming nuptials.
Na waoo.....
This is a new development
But as they say
What is good for the goose is also good for the gander
Afterall naija girls have been doing it for decades...
Jul 10, 2007 , 01:52 PM #6
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@Soul Sista, Thanks for the post. I'm sure a lot of people will find it useful.
@Neophyte, Congratulations on you up-coming Nuptials. May you experience love, joy and laughter. You deserve it!
@Mulan & Bebi,
There's nothing so strange about meeting your spouse a few days to your wedding. Even for non-intercontinental couples, it happens a lot.
It is also not an indication of how good the marriage will be or how long it would last. What works for some people may not necessarily work for others.
My friend's mum met her dad physically a few days before the wedding. before then, they were just pen-pals (that was in dem days!). Almost forty years later, they are still having a swell time.
My own very close relative met her husband physically precisely 2 days before my dad gave her away in marriage. that was almost twenty years ago.
Coming down to you, Mulan. I'm sure when one of dem Nonees eventually make it to Edinburgh (after a lot of lyrics and jarasis, to be honest!) we might be saying the same thing!
Jul 10, 2007 , 02:10 PM #7
Jul 10, 2007 , 02:11 PM #8
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While I agree with your statement that there is "nothing wrong with meeting your spouse a few days to your wedding", it is important though that the couple go through a "vetting" process ahead of time to make sure that they are generally compatible, have many common interests, share similar goals about life, marriage and kids, exchange pictures to make sure that they are physically attracted to each other, etc. That could be achieved through the pen-pal process you alluded to, the Internet, and other non-conventional means.
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Jul 10, 2007 , 07:08 PM #12
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WOW! So many wonderful comments. And THANK U FOR UR SUPPORT ALL - esp Uncle Tisha! It is so good to hear someone point out that this has been done - and still is. And as LionKing points out...I think it does help that there are no romantic expectations at the outset of a marriage. For myself and my fiance, we have talked online for over a year before we decided this is what we really want. We have also talked cam to cam, so there is no deception about what each other looks like, etc. We also talk very frequently by phone and text also. there has been significant communication about many things along with difficulties we may encounter in marriage. Our communication is very solid and our common ground is our faith in God and our religion. We understand each other as if we have known each other forever. We have both had prior relationships and we are both around 40 years old. So we are not young, delusional children - ok - we DO act like that at times tho LOL! Just like in real life, we have had disagreements throughout our time knowing each other - once even discussing calling it quits - which we have also worked thru. The thing that is precious about this relationship...it is NOT based on lust or only physical attraction. We talked for several months b4 even seeing each other. In fact, it never even came up that he was black and i was white...we had too many other things to discuss and were finding out we think the same! After seeing each other c2c, we also did find out that the physical attraction is there on both sides....but based on what was in our hearts first. It is just so good to hear that there are other ways to meet, fall in love, and begin a life than f2f. We have also discussed where to settle - USA is first, yes, cuz of my children - but if that is not possible, we will move to Nigeria. Priority is that we are together...where is not such an issue. Thank u all for being so supportive. Unfortunately, Americans...r not necessicarily so...(((HUGS TO ALL)))
Jul 10, 2007 , 08:16 PM #13
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Who knows? But, certainly, it is a possible thesis. The one thing that I know is that for me, myself and I, nothing going on without romance (and finance too o - from both parties).
To be quite serious, it never ceases to amaze me how condescending we are in this generation about such practices in past generations. I remember getting into a hot argument with a group of my African girl friends because I suggested that there was nothing wrong with an Indian friend of ours who was going into an arranged marriage (arranged, not forced or child marriage). Please, what is wrong with an arranged marriage? People have conducted such marriages for generations and many have worked. Or, at least, there is little evidence that they have worked less than these our supposedly love wantintin and romance filled modern marriages. I think we have had such a debate in this village before as well.
Also, I believe that the types of marriages that Uncle Tisha refers to can work. These days, I have learnt to just shut my trap when grown adults say how they met. Because, there is really no one recipe, IMHO, for the initial meeting that guarantees success in marriage. None! I have seen marriages of people who knew themselves so well, knew each other's families etc etc fail miserably. Then, I have seen, particularly among my Indian friends, marriages that work even though the parties hardly knew each other before they got married.
These lessons have made me to become very open minded to both what one might consider extremely conservative pre-marital meetings and other new age sorts, including dating services that exist just to match people in marriage or on-line meetings. At one time in my life, I had so many rules: ehen, you cannot meet the person in a nightclub (can you imagine, as if normal people don't go to nightclubs!!), you must meet the person through a friend, you have to court for at least a year etc, etc. And, with such rigid rules and attitudes, one probably, and in hindsight, possibly unfortunately, discouraged budding relationships that friends and relatives were forming. Now, I have seen too many things that have drawn a big fat zero across my theories, so, so long as the people are adults, I just pray for them to succeed and I move on. There are numerous ways to enter the market of marriage.
Soul Sista a/k/a Soul Sizzling
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Jul 10, 2007 , 11:06 PM #16
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If Neophyte was my close friend or sister, I will suggest that her first visit to Nigeria to meet her fiance should really be a fact finding trip and a time to find out how compartible they are! Taking all the time you need to find out about a man that you will live happily forever after is not asking for too much really.
Jul 11, 2007 , 12:15 PM #17
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sister, based on the fact that you said you are
1, around 40 years of age
2, a white American, and
3, you have kids, i'll implore you not consider staying in nigeria after the marriage as an option. you sure dont want to start your life together with strains when you can avoid that.
Jul 11, 2007 , 12:27 PM #18
Jul 11, 2007 , 12:57 PM #19
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IMHO, marriages succeeded in dem days not because of the absence of romance or the expectations of it, but because parties in marriages recognised the roles they were expected to play and played them right. The support system was also good, at least in my own experience.
There were little or no power struggles (as you find in a lot of marriages these days), the press and other media that seems to ram down detestable practices down the throat of everyone were not as militant as they currently are, family values were at the core of many of the mainstream writings, etc.
What we therefore have these days are expectations that society at large have dictated for everyone and some people have internalised; forgetting that no two relationships are ever the same, and that the concept of romance was once the stuff of fairy tales that had no bearing on the realities of everyday struggles..
BTW, I checked for the dictionary meaning of romance. Please check here and here for some interesting definitions.
Jul 11, 2007 , 03:57 PM #20
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Hi Soul Sister, quite an expose! Just need to add somethings if you don't mind. As an American, you don't need to wait to have somewhere to go before you obtain a passport. As far as am concern, obtaining a passport is something you should do the moment you know how to read and write ... through your parents. It's a form of ID, it establishes your citizenship and it has your picture. Good idea to make copies of your travel documents. Also please report or register at the US embassy once you get to Nigeria you may leave a copy of your fraven documents with them, just in case.
Please people, obtain a passport for you and your family, keep it current. You never know when you'll need it.
Bringing you husband or wife to the US can be a hassle especially when it concerns the US Embassy in Nigeria. The staff can be anal including the Nigerians working there. It takes USCIS about a month to approve I-129F petition and about 6-8 weeks to approve I-130 petition. It takes approximately 5 months from the time I-130 is filed till the file is sent to Lagos. This includes the back and forth communication between the petitioner and USCIS.
Best approach for I-130 though, once you mail the petition, do not wait for response to start gathering your financial papers ... call IRS and request your tax returns for the last 3 years (even though USCIS is going to charge you a fee to verify your income tax return, pay the money but send in your official tax return from IRS, it'll save you time). It's automated and it's free. You should receive them within 7 to 14 days.
When you receive the agent designation form, don't mail it, fax it to your spouse and let he or she fedex it back to USCIS (USCIS allows your to fax it to your spouse but he or she has to mail it back to them .. I suggest you use Fedex, USCIS will receive it in 3 - 5 days. If you see DHL coming, please run! Their mail spends more time in "customs" than in the plane that brough it from Africa; DHL can't deliver mail on time next door in the US). Agen designation allows USCIS to send you papers in the US instead of sending it to your spouse in Nigeria.
If you need to call the National Visa Center customer service, try calling at about 10 minutes before 12 midnight M-F. You'll get to speak to an agent within a minute or two, remember it's not a toll free number.
In terms of Nigerian Visa, I would say apply directly to the Nigerian Embassy in Washington, the application form is available online at the embassy's website. the turn around around time is 2 weeks, but you'll have to send a self addressed return express mail envelop. In terms of shots you need to travel to Nigeria, I would say check with your doctor, it could be covered by your insurance ... if u have one.
The delay in interview schedule is American Embassy in Nigeria's inefficiency. They are noted to deny visas unnecessarily. There's no need to deny someone a K1 visa based on the fact that they do not have enough pictures to prove they have met or that because they didn't have an engagement ceremony, that makes their relationship illegitimate.
The funny thing is, the same documents that got approval from USCIS is never sufficient for American Embassy in Nigeria. Which is why USCIS issued a directive to the state department that for the embassy to deny a visa to an aproved petition, the embassy official must have prove that the marriage or the relationship is illegitimate ... prove or evidence such as someone swearing and affidavit that the relationship is not legit or that the money exchanged hands in the process.
It usually takes about 5 months to schedule an interview in Nigeria for I-130 or I-129f from the time all the process is concluded by USCIS in the US. However, it take a month to schedule interview in other countries. I am told you can go to the embassy and obtain an interview date once you have your approval letter to I-129F (it takes 1 month to get I-129F petition to Lagos from USCIS)
Once you are scheduled for an interview, please make sure you take as much documents as possible there ... e-mails, phone records, pictures, money transfer receipts, etc. If your use phone cards, there are companies that will send you the calling records. Please make sure you use the right company. Suggestion: call the calling card company to send you the billing/calling records for the used phone card, if they don't, don't use them. I found IDT affiliated cards very accomodating. Also there are companies such as tel3advantage and pingo whose transactions are online and you can check your billing/calling records online and print them out, you can also recharge your account online.
Things do happen and if you become unemployed after you file or if you don't think you make enough money at the time, there's provision that you can have a co-sponsor on you affidavit of support.
And for the husbands, if you knocked up your wife and she has a baby before the interview or comes here, be prepared to go home. You will need to report the birth at the embassy. To establish your paternity, you'll need to do DNA. That's $300 each for you and your child ($600). The doctor wont accept Naira equivalent ... strictly the benjamins - $100 bills. The doctor will collect the samples from you and your child and send it back to the US for analysis. It'll take about 3-4 weeks for this process, but be prepared for the embassy staff to jerk you around ... that they haven't received the results. Make sure you asked the doctor for the number to the lab so you can contact them to find out if the result has been sent to Lagos, (also get the doctors's number). If the result have been sent to the ebassy from the lab, ask for the tracking number, track it, it'll tell you when it was sent, delivered and who signed for it (unfortunately the lab uses DHL, you have no control over that, so cross your fingers and hope it gets there on time). The DNA samples are usually collected on Wednesdays in the presence of the emassy officials. Once the paternity is established, you baby will be issued a US passort through the embassy in Nigeria (provided your are a citizen)
It takes about 6-8 months to complete an I-129F and 10-12 months for I-130 ... if you get your papers in order. My suggestion, if you go to Nigeria to meet your husband or wife, just get married and file for I-130. It'll take a few months longer, but your spouse will get his or her green card within 2 weeks of arrival in the US. There's still more hassle with I-129F when your spouse gets here. For 1, with I-129F, your spouse with need to apply for work permit wich costs money, then file for green card, both of you will have to attend the interview .. an all day thing in addition to an all day thing at thing in Nigeria during the visa interview. Just too much hassle for me. Once is enough. Just my suggestion.
Didn't mean to write this much, sorry!
Jul 11, 2007 , 09:39 PM #21
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UncleTisha writes:
There's nothing so strange about meeting your spouse a few days to your wedding. Even for non-intercontinental couples, it happens a lot.
Could it also be that these marriages succeeded in part because there were limited, modest or virtually no romantic expectations in marriage in those days?
Also, I believe that the types of marriages that Uncle Tisha refers to can work. These days, I have learnt to just shut my trap when grown adults say how they met. Because, there is really no one recipe, IMHO, for the initial meeting that guarantees success in marriage. None! I have seen marriages of people who knew themselves so well, knew each other's families etc etc fail miserably. Then, I have seen, particularly among my Indian friends, marriages that work even though the parties hardly knew each other before they got married.
UncleTisha, IMO, is closer to the mark, when he states thus:
IMHO, marriages succeeded in dem days not because of the absence of romance or the expectations of it, but because parties in marriages recognised the roles they were expected to play and played them right. The support system was also good, at least in my own experience.
There were little or no power struggles (as you find in a lot of marriages these days), the press and other media that seems to ram down detestable practices down the throat of everyone were not as militant as they currently are, family values were at the core of many of the mainstream writings, etc.
What we therefore have these days are expectations that society at large have dictated for everyone and some people have internalised; forgetting that no two relationships are ever the same, and that the concept of romance was once the stuff of fairy tales that had no bearing on the realities of everyday struggles..
Soul Sista cited the instance of her Indian friends. What I'll say in response is that, generally speaking, Indian culture, vis a vis Nigerian culture, is more conservative. Remember that this same India was once a colony of the British, yet their colonial masters were unable to make any appreciable dent whatsoever to their cultural beliefs and practices; religion is a striking example.
This, of course, cannot be said of Nigeria and Nigerians. We (especially in the southern part of our country) embraced a lot of the white people's ways when we were colonised.
Moving on, India is now opening up culturally, more from the effects of globalisation than anything else. Square this off with the fact that an increasing number of Indian women are slowly but steadily becoming more assertive in shaping their destinies, unlike the old days.
So, what I'm saying in essence, is that our present cultural milieu (regarding Nigerians) may not be as conducive to 'instant marriage', as it once was. Times have changed. People are more informed. They're becoming more westernised. Women are becoming more assertive about what they want out of life. On the economic front too, men and women are increasingly becoming financial/economic equals, as opposed to the old days, when the husband was usually the 'Oga kpatakpata', with regard to financial decisions/expenditures.
Therefore, if we take all my observations, above, into consideration, its easy to see why it may be more important now to at least 'test the waters', so to speak, before making up your mind to go the whole hog.
Times have really changed.
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Hmmmm, Bringing Your Nigerian Husband to America..reminds me of the Movie..Coming to America....Eddie da Murphy
Am in the processing of bringing a husband from the village for somebody
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This thread was started years ago (?) Are things still the same? i.e the tedious process. How did these guys/ladies get on with the "importation?" Hope all went well.
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What the heck is the swap trick or eject trick (wichever one) for xbox. I read you could unlock the hardrive by doing it. See i have a problem, i think i ejected a game at a certain point and it unlocked my hard drive. However, i have no mods installed or anything. Is it possible that i ejected my game at a certain part in the game that caused this to happen?
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the swap trick is a method for unlocking a hdd when you don't have the key.... but what you did is no way near that and has nothing to do with the eject trick. You didn't unlock your hdd.
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Hi Richard,
is there any way to integrate some template-tag into our theme template files?
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<?php tweet_this(); ?>' - that would output the button where specified?
Hi Richard,
is there any way to integrate some template-tag into our theme template files?
something similar to '
<?php tweet_this(); ?>' - that would output the button where specified?
<?php tweet_this_manual(); ?> which displays the Tweet This link and all the enabled extended services in a p tag in a div just like automatic insertion. If you see the Tweet This block twice, add
<?php remove_filter('the_content', 'insert_tweet_this'); ?> to the top of the theme file. You don't have to edit the Tweet This options and your specified options will continue to affect the Tweet This links.
If you don't want the p tag or div, you can use
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You can also use
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tweet_this(); accepts the parameters
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Hi Richard, thanks for the reply. That all looks great, I will give it a shot this and get back to you -
Alright, good luck!
Hi again, everything worked like a charm, exactly what i was looking for. I really appreciate you're in depth help and support.
Another question, regarding the facebook service, when i click on link, it takes me to a page and requests i input a page i'd like to share, shouldn't this be auto-populated? Is this do-able with you're plugin?
I've also just experienced another issue.
I'm using custom permalinks,
When i 'twitter this', the auto populated message, outputs the post title and web address but is missing the page's id.
JP's first all Original http://localhost:8888/?p=
I haven't actually tested Tweet This with anything but /%year%/%monthnum%/%postname%/, so maybe /%category%/%postname%/ makes the post ID harder to access? I will make a note of this.
As for the Facebook problem, the description will be auto-populated if your website is publicly accessible. Since you are running on localhost, it is not, so Facebook has nothing to work with.
I have tested
/%category%/%postname%/ with local URLs and it worked fine in Tweet This 1.8 on WP 3.0.1 running PHP 5.2.14. Perhaps it will not happen when you are running in a production (online) environment?
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Hammond's 2012 Golden Globe Predictions
Deadline Hollywood's ENTV presents Awards Columnist Pete Hammond's 2012 Golden Globes predictions for movies & TV. First up are his film winners:
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i'd rather read the predictions, not watch 'em. pete hammond's a great writer, that's why i've been reading him for years, not watching him for years!
I prefer reading this info as well. It's much quicker.
bad video.
I like her.
He's adorable…and does the best Q & A's in the business. You can do more than just read him – and he is an astute and brilliant writer and prognosticator. His love and knowledge of the cinema and his enthusiasm are hypnotic!
Don't just read….participate!
I think its refreshing to see live the faces and reactions of the writers we love… great interview!
I dunno… I read deadline on my phone on the train so it's actually kind of nice to have the video there… much more fun than staring at my tiny screen!
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