Ddream77: Dear VO,
God bless you, America and Nigeria...
I'll like to know the minimum and maximum amount of money one can travel with as an immigrant.

aariwa: They do not live in mexico but travelled down there solely for getting married because the cousin who is an american citizen is afraid of coming down to nigeria for the wedding due to security issues.

cute2014:

Hello V.O: I am so sorry for just posting this.Rushed back to the kids' school for their end of session party as our first child was actively participating.God bless u for the good work u are doing on Nairaland.I had my interview today and very glad I followed ur advice.We (including hubby) were all there as u advised,yes we were allowed to pay for the rest of us.To the glory of God,the kids and I got our visas approved and we submitted my husband's DS 230.After our interview,we were given visa pick-up letter and told that hubby will be contacted later.

The kids got so cranky but thankfully slept off.You guys are so so busy!!!Chei.Welldone and God bless u so much.

Nairaland is blessed to have u in our midst.Thanks.

VisaOfficer:

I'm glad it went well for you! By the way, I hear we requested additional information via e-mail from your husband. Did you get that e-mail?

marymary14: Hello VO,
I studied a course in the university under the programme that doesn't go for nysc but rather given an an exclusion letter, but in my case we haven't gotten it. My question is whether the nysc is a vital document which must be presented for the interview(dv)?

VisaOfficer:
Thank you!
As long as you can show that you have at least a secondary school education, everything beyond that is welcome but technically superfluous.

VisaOfficer:

Greetings! I don't see that case number in our system, which means that KCC hasn't scheduled an interview date for you yet. It's very very important that you not miss your appointment date, if one is scheduled before the end of the season. You might want to contact KCC and ask them if they need anything from you.

StSteven:

Thank you sir... We got an email yesterday to check the DV site for update on our case but we've been having problem checking it. Can you kindly help us check again sir pls. Case. # is 2014AF00014388

Thank you sir

VisaOfficer:

This is a question for my non-immigrant visa colleagues. Please post it at https://www.nairaland.com/1792662/u.s-non-immigrant-visas-listening

VisaOfficer:

Okay, I was going to send you an e-mail through LagosIV, but I think the answer will be useful generally, so:

You do have an ineligibility under 212(a)(6)(C)(1) for presenting false documents, and you'll need to apply for a waiver. In order to apply for a waiver, you would need to have been interviewed for an immigrant visa (in this case, a DV). You can't just apply for a waiver with the idea that some day in the future you might be applying for a visa.

To be eligible for a waiver for a 212(a)(6)(C)(1) ineligibility, you must be the spouse, parent, or child of a U.S. citizen, a Legal Permanent Resident, or someone who has been issued an immigrant visa (in this case, a DV). So if your parents aren't in the U.S. as citizens or LPRs, you'll have to take care of all this after you marry your girlfriend.

It's up to you whether you'll marry her first and try to get a waiver in your Diversity Visa case, or whether you get married later and wait until she files an I-130 petition for you as her spouse.

In any case, the best thing to do is to be very upfront and candid with the interviewing officer. We get worried when we find this stuff out from our computers instead of directly from our applicants.

Good luck! Let us know what happens.

alickic: Hello visa officer,thanks for helping attending to our problems here. I and my family just left the american embassy. My wife had been sick for about a month ago,we left the hospital two days ago and we were unable to do our medicals on time. When we got to Children practise hospital at Raymond Njoku it was late,so we were unable to do it. i followed ur advise that we should honour our appointment even if our document is not complete. we came to the interview this morning but the consular officer could not attend us after we have paid
We played the lottery as a couple and all our documents are complete except the medicals. please kindly help us to look at our case. My case number is 2014AF16789
Please we really need ur help

Thrombos: Good day vo . I'm new to this forum and going through previous pages , I can see that you are doing a great job . Please my brother is a LPR gotten via marriage can he file for his siblings now or until he gets his citizenship . Learnt it takes average of 12 years . So that the year can start counting

jeff1980: @Visaofficer,Good morning.I asked a question yesterday concerning my wife and I that we were refused a visa and no basic reason was told.I said what i can assumed for the visa refusal was that my wife passport bear her father's name and she used my own surname (husband surname) when we fill form DS160.This happen because we never formalise our marriage union and she has been using the passport to travel several time to UK and not expire yet.We applied for family visit because her brother in America want to do marriage and she was invited to stand as a mother for her brother on the wedding day so we were both invited.Infact when the visa was refused they have to postponed the wedding date again so that we can re-apply.
NOW,my question is this VO,Now that we have formalise our marriage (both registry and Church wedding) if she apply for another Nigeria passport with my surname(Husband Surname),i hope the DS160 form we are going to fill will not contradict our first form DS160 form we filled in our first application. I really need advice on this.Thanks

pepson:

so it means you can only be eligible for a waiver if you are applying for an immigrant visa and not a non-immigrant visa and that can only be possible at the time of interview?hope i got it all right? thanks!!!! very much V.O,all my doubts are cleared
my brother is a green card holder and plans to get a US citizenship so he can file for me,so i want to know if under this condition i can still enter the U.S? what are the steps to follow?

VisaOfficer:
It was my understanding that you had not yet paid the fees?

VisaOfficer:

Greetings and welcome! Your brother cannot file for you unless he is an American citizen.

VisaOfficer:

This is a question for my non-immigrant visa colleagues. Please post it at https://www.nairaland.com/1792662/u.s-non-immigrant-visas-listening

VisaOfficer:

It was my understanding that you had not yet paid the fees?

VisaOfficer:

It was my understanding that you had not yet paid the fees?

VisaOfficer:

There are also waivers available if you apply for a non-immigrant visa, but that's a question to ask my friends on the non-immigrant thread.

When your brother becomes a citizen, he can file an I-130 petition on your behalf. But to file for a waiver with a sibling petition, you still need a spouse, parent, or child in the U.S., not a sibling.

alickic:
We paid the $990 for the three of us. It was my understanding that you had not yet paid the fees?
We paid $990 for the three of us.We supposed to have come two weeks ago for the medicals,but she was ill and not strong enough to travel. Coming to lagos was a big risk because she is not fully okay. We got to lagos and we headed to the hospital but it was late already. The fee is not the issue. I wanted to mail LagosIV,but we decided to come to the interview and planned to visit the hospital after the interview. She is nursing a baby beside that she is sick. I can't put the life of my dear wife before anything. Sir/ma,I know you understand what i'm passing through,the issue is not about the medical fees.

eleshinleekan: Hello VO,thanks for your in depth analysis on various issues concerning Immigrant Visa on this forum. I believe u are impacting people positively with your good work more than u probably think
Am a 2014DV winner and our interview is scheduled for Mid August. My major concern is this; the date of birth on my school certificate reads 20/02...(20-february) while my actual date of birth is 21/02...(21-february) what proof do I need to rectify this mistake? Aside affidavit that is. Thanks.

olami101: thank for ur usual response,pls i hav a bulging question....am d PA,our visa lottery was played by a cyber cafe attendance who mistakenly upload anoda persons picture instead of my wife picture without our knwledge of dis mistake,we were place on AP,and our visa was denied afterward based on section 212(a)(6)E,pls d question is dat... is our case goin to be revisited ?,what are d chances dat we have ? Wht shd we do for our case to receive favourable attention ? Do we still hav chances or dis is d end ?thank u as u respond to these question carefully cos it concerns our life n our opportunity to make it inlife.