maestro03:
Hello Guys,
I want to renew my US visa. I meet the requirements, though i have not paid the fees yet i fiddled with the form a little. I realized it does not request for my details, it's picking my old details ( the one i was issued based on). Does this mean i wont fill out a new form? My circumstances have changed. Or would i go through the process once i pay and provide receipt numbers?
Please assist.
Thanks

maestro03:
Hello Guys,

I want to renew my US visa. I meet the requirements, though i have not paid the fees yet i fiddled with the form a little. I realized it does not request for my details, it's picking my old details ( the one i was issued based on). Does this mean i wont fill out a new form? My circumstances have changed. Or would i go through the process once i pay and provide receipt numbers?

Please assist.

Thanks

LadyGuinivere:

U will have to fill another DS160. I'm sure you are looking at the profile where yo check for available dates abi? Some parts of that side are editable

timijasco:
Hello forumites, really appreciate all your good works and encouragement here. Please travel experts i would like to know my chances of getting a US conference visa here. I am a professional member of various associations and bodies related to my professional career, and i am a civil servant working with one of the state government owned polytechnic in south-west for about 3yrs now as a senior laboratory technologist (Level 8 step 3). I recently sent my well researched abstract to a conference which is highly related to my profession and it has been accepted after several scrutiny and reviews by the organizers. I have been invited as stated in the Invitation Letter to attend the conference and present the paper as i was shortlisted as one of the presenters from the emerging regions of the developing countries. My fear and concern are the following pls HELP:
1. The conference is holding for just 3 days, how many days should i indicate i'll be staying in the US? (coz i'll like to scout for universities to run my third degree + visit tourist attractions, shop for textbooks while in the US).
2. I have 3 sticker visas on my old passport issued 2001 (2 Asian visas and 1 African visa) and i never traveled with those visas, though i have visited four west african countries with the same passport within 2001 to 2008. Due to the unused visas, should i indicate i have a travel history or i shouldn't dare state that i have a travel history?
3. The conference am attending would be partly sponsored by me and my institution as academic staff are entitled to travel compensation only when it is on academic grounds (presenting a paper internationally), would that pose any hindrance?
4. Home ties - I'm engaged but not yet married at 33+, i have landed properties, a car and a secured government job, is there any issue with this?
5. All necessary documentations as regards my employment, the conference and travel expenses are no problem at all.
6. I have never applied for visa in any european embassies nor applied for US visa too (i am a first-timer) and never been refused visa before i.e no refusal stamps on any of my passports.
pls what advice do you have on the above? Thanks as i welcome all suggestions and opinions.

timijasco:

2. I have 3 sticker visas on my old passport issued 2001 (2 Asian visas and 1 African visa) and i never traveled with those visas, though i have visited four west african countries with the same passport within 2001 to 2008. Due to the unused visas, should i indicate i have a travel history or i shouldn't dare state that i have a travel history?
pls what advice do you have on the above? Thanks as i welcome all suggestions and opinions.

thegreengooner:


Please can you explain the section in bold font. Usually people say they have unused visas not 'sticker visas'. Never lie on your application. That's the first step towards a refusal.

worry357:


Honesty is your best policy here.
IF ASKED then answer that you were issued the visas (I hope that they are real!)
but did not get to use them.
If the V.O. does not mention them nor should you.
If they are fake stamps and this is spotted then bad wahalla!

timijasco:


The visas are all REAL with receipt collected. Its a Philippines Visa and an Ethiopian Visa (glued to my passport pages).

worry357:

Ok that's very good.
Just answer honestly that you were ill and funds ran out.
IF you are asked, otherwise stay quiet.

Amefreeka:
My visa application was denied.
What could have gone wrong cos I provided true information about myself.
Your reply will be highly appreciated.
Thank you all for your support. I'm glad I did everything by myself.

worry357:

It's quite clear if you read the document!
214b means that the were not convinced that you would return home after your visit.
You need to work on your strong ties to home.
Also reapplying too soon makes you look desparate which is a red flag. More so if you do not provide ties to home, then another rejection and black marks.

Amefreeka:

Me and VO.
Me: Good Mrng
VO: Good Mrng
VO: Where are you going in America
Me: New York.
VO: Where in New York
Me: Brooklyn
VO: Are you working
Me: Yes
VO: What work
Me: I work as Customers Support Mgr (Northern Region) with xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx Plc
VO : Your monthly Salary
Me: 520,000
VO: Are you married
Me: Yes
VO: How many children
Me: I have a daughter.
VO: Have you ever travel before
Me: No
Na so she do all her bragado for system.
The next thing was, am sorry. You can read through this paper.
Me: Thank you.

Absolutely no travel history is usually an immediate red flag especially if the purpose of your visit is a 'vacation'.

The questions in the mind of the VO to you are Why now? Why America? As big as the world is you've decided out of the blue to visit America first! America that is so far away and expensive to go before ever going anywhere else? Moreso you picked New York, an expensive city to visit. Tell me more...Are you really telling us that you don't just want to abandon your family and live illegally in our country?

thegreengooner:

Absolutely no travel history is usually an immediate red flag especially if the purpose of your visit is a 'vacation'.
The questions in the mind of the VO to you are Why now? Why America? As big as the world is you've decided out of the blue to visit America first! America that is so far away and expensive to go before ever going anywhere else? Moreso you picked New York, an expensive city to visit. Tell me more...Are you really telling us that you don't just want to abandon your family and live illegally in our country?

Amefreeka:


Me and VO.

Me: Good Mrng
VO: Good Mrng
VO: Where are you going in America
Me: New York.
VO: Where in New York
Me: Brooklyn
VO: Are you working
Me: Yes
VO: What work
Me: I work as Customers Support Mgr (Northern Region) with xxxxx xxxxx xxxxx Plc
VO : Your monthly Salary
Me: 520,000
VO: Are you married
Me: Yes
VO: How many children
Me: I have a daughter.
VO: Have you ever travel before
Me: No

Na so she do all her bragado for system.
The next thing was, am sorry. You can read through this paper.
Me: Thank you.

Amefreeka:

Abandon my family for what? No.
I'm contented with I have. I work and run my personal business. I know how much I make weekly talk less of a month. I was invited by my cousin is NY and he is a medical doctor there not that I roll out call to them begging that I want to come.

Amefreeka:

Abandon my family for what? No.
I'm contented with I have. I work and run my personal business. I know how much I make weekly talk less of a month. I was invited by my cousin is NY and he is a medical doctor there not that I roll out call to them begging that I want to come.

Vice-Consul, United States Consulate, Lagos, Mr. Christopher Richardson, says many applicants are refused American visas because they have not visited other countries.

I have heard people say ‘but I have an invitation.’ Such people assume that they should not be refused visa because they have an invitation. But our system is not the same as the UK system. In the UK system that (invitation) has to be considered very strongly. In the US system, that has to be considered too but it is not as strong as the UK’s and it doesn’t mean you automatically have to get a visa. Articulation is a big issue. Visa interview is a big issue and applicants need to prepare. It is also important that you know all the information in your application and be fully responsible for them. You also need to plan ahead. Planning ahead is probably number one.

tityski:
Dear VO,

I will love your candid advise here. I have gone to the Lagos embassy 3 times and i have been denied. The first two times i wanted to go and have my baby which i had all documents required and funds, i was invited my my sister who is a citizen but was denied. The 3rd time after a whole year i applied for a conference which my company was sponsoring and was denied again. Now i want to go back with my family for holiday, can i go to abuja cos i heard lagos is very difficult? pls advise.

tityski:
They were all 214b, apart from giving me the denial letter. No explanation. I work with a multinational company and was given letter of introduction, I am married now with a child. So please how can I know where the problem is from.

tityski:
Dear VO,

I will love your candid advise here. I have gone to the Lagos embassy 3 times and i have been denied. The first two times i wanted to go and have my baby which i had all documents required and funds, i was invited my my sister who is a citizen but was denied. The 3rd time after a whole year i applied for a conference which my company was sponsoring and was denied again. Now i want to go back with my family for holiday, can i go to abuja cos i heard lagos is very difficult? pls advise.

worry357:


That means that they were not satisfied that you would return home after your visit.
3 denials for 214b means that your file has red flag.
You must work on very, very strong ties to home.