Information For An American Coming To Nigeria To Get Married

Hey everyone,

I could really use your help and a point in the right direction. This summer I am planning on coming to Nigeria (Ikeja, Lagos) from the USA (Hawaii) to marry my fiance, who is Nigerian. I found out that a vistor visa is only good for 90 days, but I am planning on staying in Nigeria for up to a year until my fiance's spouse visa for the US. Is there some way I can register or a different type of visa that I could attain that would allow my stay beyond 90 days? I really do not want to get married just to leave him!!!!

Does anyone know what the government's requirements are so that our union will be officially recognized?

Thank you for your input and help it is greatly appreciated by me and my love!!!

Other ways you could have but check with US Immigrant service as well as Nigeria Embassy:

1.)  after 90 days expired, you could re-apply to extend another 90 days visiting visa. There is special form somewhere about extended stay on foreign country. You can have 6 months visiting visa request.

2.) Apply K1 Fiancee Visa application with other required US form in the US that allow to bring foreign spouse entering to USA much quicker than in Nigeria Embassy (i think), while you are down there in Nigeria to appy for Nigeria's settlement visa with your credible document and approved K1 Fiancee visa by US that will take 3 months if you follow exactly Nigeria visa procedure. K1 Visa is good for 90 days within getting married to foreign fiancee. If you make mistake that would delay up to 6 months, some one year, some more year to bring foreign husband entering to the US.

Read the previous thread here:

Going through the immigrant process to bring Nigerian husband to the US

http://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-63879.0.html

3.) If you feel overwhelmed not understand all of this Fiancee VISA and visiting VISA procedure, hire your own experienced  Immigrant lawyer in the US to help you. Their US retainer fee are varied between $300-$2,000 USD depend on what service they offer for you. Google it or use your local yellow page telephone book or lawyer referral service finding the right immigrant lawyer for you.

The cheaper US retainer fee does not include the immigrant application fee, you pay your own expenses for immigrant application fee, the highest US retainer fee include everything (legal advice, fully immigrant application submission, mailing service to send granted visa oversea embassy) to take care for you that you don't have to pay extra charge.

Do not use Nigeria lawyer down there due to rip you off stealing your money and run away!!! Unless if your Nigerian fiancee come from wealthy family, then great!!!!

lmao

@uspry1
            Thank you for your post. That other topic is very informational, and will definately help in the future!!

@vicjustice
             That is good advice, but so far my attempts at contact have not worked  I will keep trying though!

@almondjoy

u get wahala no b small, abi u be Nigeria-akata

hope u don marry sha and av u dropped?