JehovahFavor: Dear VO, accept my appreciation for your guidance on how to go about processing my children's visas. I wrote your embassy as advised by you and they responde d promptly and have scheduled us for 12/09/2014 by 7.00a.m. Thank you greatly. May i know please if its compulsory that i do the childr en's medicals at the same hospital where my madam and i did ours? I just discovered that their charges are higher there than the second hospital and so wish to change it. Awaiting your response. Have a splendid nite rest.

abos: Dearest VO, we appreciate what u are doing on dis thread and we pray God continue to give u dat wisdom and knowledge.the incidence that happen on thurs (case no 2014AF13630) 7/08/2014 was rather sad and regrettable. Madam u av always helped pple on dis thread by giving helpful advice. My family have also benefitted from your advice we came to the embassy that day with d hope and confidence that our documents were genuine because the said lawyer that advice and handle the whole process was introduce to us and with the assurance that he had handle several adoption cases, he collected so much money from us and also brought in a man that disguise as a welfare officer to visit our home so that we will not suspect him ,he eventually handed over the document to us after collecting so much money. Madam, we got our visa on the 13/06/2014, we were happy ,we value it. If we had known that the document were fake we will not have come to To your office with such confidence, pay for the medicals and also the visa. The mistake we made was not to have checked the integrity of the lawyer and documents because the document look real to us we are not lawyer and have not handle such document before, we were following him blindly,pls madam you are a mother and family person, my family is tearing apart, my wife has been crying and refuse to eat please have mercy upon us , we are just a victim of fraudster in lagos, it will have a great effect on our destiny and family life , the weight of the punishment is too heavy for us to carry ,we are struggling family please madam have mercy on us

VisaOfficer:

This is one of those cases that should not be discussed in detail in a public forum, for obvious reasons. Because there are other DV couples reading this who are considering including their adopted children in their cases, I need to make it very clear that we take adoption fraud extremely seriously. You are free to e-mail us at LagosIV@state.gov.

iamnewhere: iamnewhere:

Hello Visa Officer,


I hope you will be fine. My question is that My wife is an american citizen and she was divorced but when she got married here with me in Pakistan we on the marriage certificate mentioned her as virgin. Now for CR1 visa she has submitted her divorce papers as well. Now the problem is i can not rectify this error from the marriage certificate issuance authority so hearing this my immigration consultant asked me to cross it my self and wrote divorced on it and then send it to him. I asked him that even if i do that the embassy will physically verify the marriage certificate from registrar and his own copy of marriage certificate which will state her as virgin. So what should i do should i let the case proceed without correcting the virgin part as we are not hiding any thing coz she has already submitted her divorce papers or should i cross it my self and correct it will it effect my case if i do it or not or If i just submit the marriage certificate as it is will the visa officer wont be suspected about it kindly guide me please.

Iamnewhere:

Thank you Visa Officer for your guidance I really appreciate it. I will write the letter and explain about this matter but to who should I address the letter to national visa centre or what. thank you

Stevoolahlah: Dearest VO, i appreciate what u are doing
on dis thread and i pray God continue to
give u wisdom and knowledge. Ma, me and my wife appeared for DV Immigrant visa at the embassy on May 12 2014 and the interviewer said he's not convince about our Marriage and Issued a rejected letter to us,on my own letter it was stated i was rejected under Section 212(a)(6) C1 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Which i don't undastand and he don't allow us to say much before he issued the letter,now my Uncle want to invites me on visiting for his Son's wedding coming up in December. Am now worry if am going to be deny again or should i go ahead and honour the invitation? Pls ma,i need your reply urgent about my case.

iamnewhere: iamnewhere:

Thank you Visa Officer for your guidance I really appreciate it. I will write the letter and explain about this matter but to who should I address the letter to national visa centre or what. thank you

Stevoolahlah: Thank you soo much,but i still don't get you. Are u sayin i should honour the invitation and at the point of Interview they will now tell me what am going to do about the waiver?

osufamily: Hello ma,
Im still confuse abt what happen at d embassy today,
... my case number is 2014Af00018025 and my name is DELETED,he didn't check my document or anything ma'am,im a girl with lot of knowledge please i will like to know what happen or do i need to appeal please advice ma

johnsonadex: "According to the newyork 103.5 ktu fm's news i heard that countries that posses the EBOLA disease WILL be barred from entering the U.S until the disease is cured permanently, as a measure to prevent the disease from spreading... The law has NOT yet been pass down or decided yet.. So ur prayers will go a long way for those who aren't yet in the U.S..."

The above is quoted from someone in US. How true is that? Will it affect people that's already received their visa but still in Nigeria?

Ddream77: Good afternoon dearest V.O,
I sent an email yesterday to be updated on my case.
This was the reply I got ;
Your case is still under review; this type of processing can sometimes involve several different sections and can take several months or longer.  The unit completing the administrative processing does not always have full control of the timing involved. 
We understand your concerns and will contact you when to return to the Consulate.  Please do not send us additional e-mails about this matter unless you have new information or new questions for us, so that we may focus our attention on our administrative processing work.
"Several months or longer" wow... does that mean I should just forget about getting the visa since the deadline is 30th of September and from the look of the email and "my view" my case may not be solved on or before the 30th.
I still ponder what the issue is with my name being held under common names.
I have never even travelled outside Nigeria before.
Ma, please give me your candid advice because i'm so confused. Besides is there a way I can send you a personal email? Because you said there are things you cannot discuss on a public forum.

stevewale: Good day mam,

Pls a quick one; i am chatting with my friend who traveled to the US, New Jersey almost 2 years via K1-1 fiancee visa. He wants to file for his son who's 7 years old but he didn't list him on the I129F form while applying then. He is now confused that if this may affect to stop the child being approved?

I told him i would copy your response on this and send to him. Thanks in anticipation for your response ma.

Warm Regards

cute2014:

Hello ma'am,how was your day today?I was just wondering the percentage of DV applicants your office get to interview as compared with other classes of immigrant visas.The reason for this is that I hope after Sept 30 this thread will still be active and you being on hand to answer our questions intelligently as you have always done.Do have a nice night.

willn1: Hi, my sister got her citizenship last october, she filed for my parents n now their greencard application has been approved. She now wants to file for us as siblings and since u said it would take abt 12yrs
1. Should we wait for our parents to become citizens so that they file for us as children or would that also take a long time
2. Or should we just go ahead and file now hoping when our parents get their citizenship and file for us we would jump the queue since we filed earlier
Pls would like to find out wat the better option is for us
Thanks a lot !

felixfelix: Most kind and dashing VO, ur gud work here speaks volumes, inviting endless appreciations than u could expect. However, I've something I just discovered in d Phone number of my host I filled. I mistyped one digit ,that is to say instead of it being eleven in number it is ten.My interview is next week, what should be done?. Ur advice wd be highly appreciated.

cute2014:

@Justwise;How are you the silent one?I just saw that u removed my post,I must have broken one of the rules right?I guess it is derailing the V.O's thread with my personal opinion.Sorry for this and do have a good night.

VisaOfficer:

Greetings! If you're unmarried, your parents can file for you now. If not, since your sister is already a U.S. citizen, my advice would be to have her go ahead and file. That way, if for any reason your parents decide to remain LPRs, at least your sister's petition is already on file.

You cannot jump the queue by having your parents step in for your sister when they become U.S. citizens -- that's not how it works. Petitioners can't substitute for each other like that. Your parents would have to file a new petition, even if your sister had already filed one.

Best of luck!