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Marriage after meeting on internet - advice please
Need help after reading so many posting on this website
Meet a man on the net and now wants me to travel to nigeria to marry. Want to go but some advise would be good. Any information on how to check if a passport is for real from nigeria.
Meet a man on the net and now wants me to travel to nigeria to marry. Want to go but some advise would be good. Any information on how to check if a passport is for real from nigeria.
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thank you for the advise
I have read so many posting on this formun and just do not know any more.
I have a copy of his pass port and other documents but just donot have a way to check them. We have also skpye each other and chat nearly ever night.
Do you know of the lady who went to Nigeria and married the guy she meet on line as I would love to be able to chat to her. (I will search the forums again and give her sign on name if that would help)
Angeleyess
You had a posting on this formun as well
I know there are so many scams in Nigeria.
How long have you known this person?
If may be safer for the person to come and visit you first.
That way you can see and assess the person while in your country.
Do not send any money.
If it sounds too good to be true then it is a scam.
What country do you reside in?
Ohiba
I live in Australia. I have meet this man on skype afew times and call each other offen. We chat nearly every day and have started communicating with other memebers of his family (there are happy for both of us) We looked into him coming here but our laws are so strict (and the expense is high). I know that he not a rich man but still would like to meet him. I have copies of offical documents from him and he is now working on a letter of invitation so I can go there to him.
As a forigener in nigeria will I be safe with him and his family?
Can you give me some more advise on safety if i go there to meet him?
And sorry one more question do you know of any other person (woman would be good) that have meet on line and gone to meet there potenial husbands/wifes?
Thank you for your time will the response (as I always try and find the best in every situtation plus I can not believe that everyone in nigeria is out to hurt or scam westerners)
Angeleyess
Frankly I would strongly discourage you from going, but if you do travel please here are some tips.
1.Immediately get a local SIM card with extra recharge or top up AT THE AIRPORT when you land - no excuses or delays.
2. Try and keep you phone fully charged (There is public electricity only 10% of the time in Nigeria)
3. Make sure at least two friends or family know Exactly where you are all times and agree with them that you will contact them at least every other day.
Best of luck to you.
Thank you for the advise, I will do some research into Ghana and see what our travel advise page says about that. At the moment I was thinking of meeting him in Kenya but the warnings are just as bad there,
I now about the electricity the as the man has let me know that they have black outs all the time
I still have not deside to go defently yet but have around another 4 months to make the call.
Thank you about the phone ( I will do this if I go) plus I have already made of note of our web travel page here is australia (smart traveller) You can log your internary on this site plus I was also going to call into our embassy in Lagos,
I will book the hotel my self from this end as well so that I know exactly where I am staying (think this is a good safe option).
Thank you for the advise and quite happy to taken any other suggestion
Angeleyess
I have just seen your post.
Now i see the reason for your questions in other posts.
I do not see the reason why you should go to a different country (Ghana to meet up) like TundeF suggested, doesn't make sense to me.
Simply use our service to verify all the facts (all what he told you) you need (know before you travel) about your internet lover. (is he married in Nigeria? you don't know that do you?, where does he stay, is it factual? pictures, himself, his family, are they real, not his wife posing as his sister, etc, etc.
Australia is a far place, you need to know if your 9 hrs flight to visit him would be worth it.
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My other thing that makes me think there is problems is not that you do not have a website but there are no testiomals about your service on the net. Surely if you have done sure business before some one would have a comment to make about it.
Please beaware that too many people on this site have been bitten to many times to trust anyone from Nigeria (and that many are watching out for others)
Please also note it not a 9 hour fight time (nine hours different in time at the moment due to not daylight save times) but more like a 24 hour fight with at less on stop over usually in South Africa (as I have already research this).
We are 100% real. As mentioned in response to your question in other post, we have recently introduced this service after seeing many people being scammed. We are probably the first to offer this service , so please take note of our Company name.
If our verification service prevents people from being scammed, then we are achieving our objectives.
If too many people have been bitten on this site, i believe if they had known of our service earlier, they'd be thankful.
Should you decide to give us the benefit of doubt, i believe we will meet your expectations because i know you will tell 250 other people, who will in turn do same. (word of mouth), and that to us will bring us repeat business.
Won't it be a good idea to use our service to get your facts before embarking on a 24hour flight?
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About our "strict laws" it is almost too easy for a Nigerian to come to Australia, since both countries are part of the Commonwealth it is very easy to get the papers, i didn't even had to send a leter of invitation. She booked a hotel she went to the australian embassy in Abuja and she got a stamp in her passport within 2 hours.
And the same with me, I went to the Nigerian Embassy in Canberra and and i just had to fill a form and i was able to travel to Nigeria. The two way flight was 2000 AUD so not too expensive for love. and even the marriage in Lagos was wonderful, all went fine. And we are happy together in Sydney now.
If he really love you it will not be a big problem for hime to come over. but please don't send him money for the flight, if you wanna pay the flight for him just bye the flight for him and send him an e-ticket. And your love will work out fine.
Wish you all the best!
Christof
Wish you all the best
when i when to see the travel agent they said I need quite a few things and it was not that easy for me to get a visa
*proof of funding and financial support
*proof of travel (return ticket and travel itinerary)
*a letter of invitation from a host (which included immigration responsibility while i was in nigeria)copy of his first 5 pages of his passport (already have)a letter from his employer and a copy of resident permit (??)
*church registration certificate if visiting a church
*International certificate of vaccination for yellow fever
so you are saying the embassy here can check the paper work i have from him and that we do not need all of the above to get my visa plus they can check if hes married and if ok for me to go ahead and marry him
As his lawyer said it would cost him money for the letters and resident permit
and then we have to wait 21 day after placing ads and other checks.
I am more that willing to go to him but I would like to know if his lawyer is riping him off
Plus i saw a imagration lawyer here who said that it will cost around 3000 aus to apply for is visa to come here as my husband
Just what ive been told it does not seam that easy
Any further help would be great as I sick of paying lawyers if not needed
Angeleyess
Any advise appreciated
If you send your bank statements to someone you've not met before, just believe you're toast.
@ Chris, Lucky for you. I would like to believe you did not encounter a scammer in your wife, hence the reason it all went well that ends well.
if she was someone with a scammers mindset, who wasn't determined to get married but to scam, you wouldn't be happy on here. Thats the difference.
Any reply would be appreciated
No, not all Nigerians are bad, but if you take the time to read some of the many sad stories on this forum you'll understand why people must be cautious. Please be careful.
Check out this article on Online Travel Scams for warning signs you're being scammed.
Autumn
I'm still around and yes still planning on going to meet my prince in Lagos Nigeria
I'm planning to go around the end of April and plan for around 6 weeks there
I will post my story and let everyone know how it goes but all be careful as there are some bad souls out there.
I only went on my first trip outside Australia last year to US/Canada. I was just as nevous then and i will be going to Nigeria.
If any one out there has any positive remarks please post as there are enought negaitive ones out there.
God Bless
Yes its very possible, you just have to be careful
Am not advising u to go ahead, but I know of an Aussies woman that is married to a Nigeria; the marriage took place last Dec in Lagos.
You can find out from her yourself on fb....Tammy Ezeonu. But make sure and be very careful.
Best of luck.
Thank you for Tammy name but she has her fb locked down well.
Do you live in Nigeria?
The condition in Nigeria is purly not safe for a Nigerian let alone an Aussie woman, so many things to worry about, bad water, Healthcare, just incase you fall ill while out there, transportation, Crime rate, Electricity... Nigeria is a country filled with corruption, lawless system that plays unfairness to the poor. the condition of the accommodation you will be staying in while out there.
Just because its worked for other people doesnt mean it will work for you, be careful.... there was a recent story about a Canadian lady that went back to Nigeria for the first time to marry her internet sweetheart, stayed in Nigeria for 2 Months and never made it back to Canada, she dead of some sort of virus, and wasnt treated appropriately while in the hospital..
Her body was flown back to Canada, but her Nigerian's husbands concern was that he wasnt going to get his residence, so at first he held her body hostage for months before the canadian authorities interceded.
it is so great to received some tips and honest advice from some one like you. I am going to Nigeria, staying in Ibadan city for the first time, will post my experience when I get back.
Autumn
Especially to someone who is planning to go to Nigeria, please make sure you prepare everything with the listed below:
1. Make sure you have the visa to Nigeria
Normally it's a bit difficult to get the visa unless the invitation letter provided is truth.
2. Make sure you get vassination at least five injections as what I did.
3. Please stay inside the airport and wait until someone coming to see you and please make sure he/she brought something that can be identified by you. Don't leave the airport because you may got shocking with lot of people on the street looking for money.
4. If no one come to fetch you, please make sure that ur phone is contactable with Nigeria line. Please use the SIM Traveller, you can get from the post office or from their website.
5. Please make sure your phone is fully charged
6. If she/he is for you, she/he will send someone to fetch you in the airport as from my experience.
7. Please make sure you bring enough cash because Nigeria is a cash trading
8. If you found out something wrong or no one there, please make sure you book the hotel and the trustful taxi at the airport and don't ever leave airport before you have done all.
Finally all the best and Enjoy your days down there. Lagos is actually a lovely place to visit.
Cheers
nigerians are scammers stay away for your own good
from ghana