Using oracle sequence in SQL Loader

I'm using oracle sequence in control file of sql loader to load data from .csv file.
Controlfile:
LOAD DATA APPEND
INTO TABLE PHONE_LIST
FIELDS TERMINATED BY "," TRAILING NULLCOLS
PHONE_LIST_ID "seqId.NEXTVAL",
COUNTRY_CODE CHAR,
CITY_CODE CHAR,
BEGIN_RANGE CHAR,
END_RANGE CHAR ,
BLOCKED_FREE_FLAG CHAR
Datafile:
1516,8,9,9,B
1517,1,1,2,B
1518,8,9,9,B
1519,8,9,9,B
1520,8,9,9,B
1521,8,9,9,B
1) As first column uses oracle sequence, we have not defined that in datafile.
This gives me error "Can not insert NULL value for last column"
Is it mandatory to specify first column in datafile, even though we are using sequence?
2) Another table is referencing PHONE_LIST_ID column (the one for which we using sequence) of this table as a foreign key.
So is it possible to insert this column values in other table simultaneously? Sequence no. should be same as it is in first table...
Kindly reply this on urgent basis....

use BEFORE INSERT trigger
with
select your_seq.nextval into :new.id from dual;

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