Techyking:
I'm here to seek advice and recommendations on what we could do better for a tourist visa interview.

Techyking:
I'm here to seek advice and recommendations on what we could do better for a tourist visa interview.

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kriscamdi:



Are you on WhatsApp ? Or is there any group for that?.. how can we keep updated for the 2023 appointments… this is really frustrating, showing 2025 july for the past 1week now

Debbieeeeeee:

A lot of them don’t know that holiday and relocation aren’t the same thing. The pepper they will smell will choke especially if they don’t carry money. I know people who did the same thing since 2016 they’re still struggling to balance till date.

flourishing247:


Yes, that's what it is now. Seems you didn't know that interview dates are so far ahead. Keep checking, you might get 2024. You can check twice daily. Meanwhile be wary of people " selling" dates. This is something you can do yourself.

Ess:

You need to ask the agents that sell the dates. The truth is that there are legit seller's of dates, I'm a witness as my Aunt got within a month frame, she did her interview this week and has gotten the visa.
Just be cautious with who you are dealing with. Involve a lawyer if you are not comfortable.

puffmama:
Good morning all,
Please if someone did drop box and was given a 221g to attend an interview and the visa was issued .

When applying in another embassy , is she to declare that as a refusal ?

Mancala:


Not trying to be nosy or insinuate anything, but what is you and your spouses immigration status and how was it achieved? You don’t have to answer, just giving you something additional to consider that has come up in situations like this in the past.

flourishing247:


Exactly. Nobody will tell them this truth. Even with money they just cannot settle with tourist visa. E go choke badly. The worst is facing deportation.

Debbieeeeeee:

I agree with this, how you achieved your immigration status may contribute to the future issuance of visa to your family members tied to your application, although some people get lucky.
Someone who overstayed her visa and used to apply with her family has a group got them all denied due to her immigration status and they’ve been visiting the USA for a long time prior to the overstay but the moment they returned to renew they all got refused on three attempts. Although they got lucky with their first one after she left and luckily renewed that one but after then they’ve tried thrice and all gotten refused.

Jbab:





Visa overstay is mainly after 6 months in US visa but in recent years staying over 3 months is a red flag. Many renewals were denied because of long stay but not up to 6 months. I always advise visitors who plan to renew to always keep to the number of days presented at the immigration desk of any US airport.

Techyking:
I'm here to seek advice and recommendations on what we could do better for a tourist visa interview.

Backgound:
My wife and I welcomed a baby last week and we are inviting my mum to visit for about 4 weeks. Her interview is coming up first week of September in Lagos, I don't want her to miss this opportunity. The problem is that she had gone with my Dad in March 2023 for a tourist visa and both were denied for lack of sufficient home ties.

Additionally, my inlaws went for US visa interview this August 2023 for a tourist visa to visit their new grandson and both were denied. My inlaws did everything right in my opinion, they both had very great jobs, landed property, and business and all their kids apart from my wife are in Nigeria and the VO denied them on the grounds of lack of sufficient home ties. I'm very confused regarding what the VO is seeking as evidence of home ties.

Due to the above experience from my parents and in-laws who were both denied tourist visas, I'm sharing the responses my Mum is preparing to provide the VO for your input.
Note: This time around my mum will be going for the interview alone, not with my dad as she previously did.


Answers she is preparing to provide
VO: May I have your passport
Mum: Passes her passport

VO: What do you want to go and do in the USA
Mum: I wantt to see my newly born grandson. My son and my daughter in law had a baby in August.

VO: How long do you intend to stay in the USA
Mum: I will be visiting for 4-weeks

VO: Where will you be staying is USA
Mum: I will be staying with my Son and his family in California

VO: What does he son do
Mum: He work in xxxx company as a Software Engieer

VO:
Mum:

VO: Who will be sponsoring your trip
Mum: My husband will be sponsoring imy trip. I also have some personal savings as well.

VO: What does your husband do
Mum: He is retired from Public service. He worked in our State Post Primary School Management Board as a Supervising Principal

VO: What do you do
Mum: I'm a retired secondary school principal and now work as a full-time Catechism teacher at our local parish, I am also a laity leader in the Carmelite missionary community

VO: Do you have other relatives in the US
Mum: Yes I have another son who also lives in California

VO: How many children do you have
Mum: I have x number of kids

VO: Where are all your kids
Mum: 2 in US, 1 in Canada, 1 in UK and rest in Naija

VO: What are you childred doing
Mum: Explains

VO: Why are you not travellin with your husband
Mum: He just had a surgery and was adviced not to travel now

Kindly review these proposed answers and let me know if we are missing something.

Debbieeeeeee:

You don’t seem to get my post. The overstay in discussion is going and not returning not staying for 3 months and above. Yes, staying long may be an issue but staying behind and not returning with the intent of relocating is the main issue.
By the way, although 180 days the standard to be stamped in for, some get stamped in for lesser, so staying beyond the date you’re allowed in the usa is the issue.

Jbab:

You are not far from the truth but also you can be stamped in 6 months or less stay and you spent 45 days instead of the 15 days you gave the custom and border officer and your renewal get denied.many of such cases are coming up in recent times.

Debbieeeeeee:


When I wanted to renew my visa in 2019, I did dropbox in 2018 dec and got called for interview and attended this. A woman who was in front of my was called up to the window and was asked about her previous travels she answered and then she was asked how long will you stay this time she said two weeks then the officer said the last time you spent 3 months but you said two weeks and that was the end of the interview, it ended in a refusal for her and she had visited a lot of times prior to then from her responses.

Long and short it yes, staying long can impact your future renewals and also saying I’ll stay two weeks and going ahead to stay wayyy longer can also impact your visa although some people get lucky but for how long ?

Jbab:










My primary concern is how you get your GC in the US,did you travel through the visitor's route or the legal migration process in Nigeria? Many applicants in similar situations have their family members visa denied because their hosts got their GC through the visitor's visa while in the US. Be sure to let her know how you migrated to the US.

Mancala:


Not trying to be nosy or insinuate anything, but what is you and your spouses immigration status and how was it achieved? You don’t have to answer, just giving you something additional to consider that has come up in situations like this in the past.

fkj950ax:


The challenge with scripted Q&As is when a question outside the script is asked (which is guaranteed), it throws the applicants off balance and the interview timeframe is so short, there is no time to recover and continue properly. VOs are said to study body languages, confidence level and voice frequency/patterns.

Rehearsing Q&As is good, but comes with a pitfall.

WRT your Q&A, I think its good and should serve its purpose.
Your dads surgery is also a good reason for your mom to return to Nigeria, but if the VO doesn't ask why she's applying alone, then that information is lost in translation. That info should be included compulsorily with the answer you have for How long do you intend to stay in the US question, which is a guaranteed question to be asked by the VO

Techyking:
We haven’t broken any immigration rules so far

janda1:
Good afternoon sir/ma

I want to apply for USA tourist visa, how can I go about it

How much will it cost me , if I want to do it without agent involving in it

fkj950ax:


Consider not using agents. It’s something you can do yourself. It’s free and you only pay your visa fees $185

Step 1
Fill DS-160 form
https://ceac.state.gov/GenNIV/Default.aspx
Step 2
Pay visa fees (GTB online or walk into branch)
Step 3
Create an account here, www.ustraveldocs.com and use DS160 Confirmation Number and Visa Fees number to fill out profile. Then also book appointment here.

You will only see option of checking dates after Step 1 and 2 are completed.
There are no available dates. You’d have to be checking regularly. You will get something in 2024.

Please take your time to fill the DS160. Don’t rush. Use 3 days or more. Anything you aren’t clear about, ask.

janda1:

Thank you so much sir
Sir please can you assist me with your number in case if I have other questions to ask
Thanks once again

deegalaxy:


The only genuine option you have is keep checking the site. Dates opens up from time to time. I saw September 24th 2023 and Jan 19th 2024 this morning...So keep checking. Emergency appointment is not granted for conference. So any advice you get aside this is fraud or the person is still going to do this normal checking and eat ur money for it.

teeeeee:

Hii, please can you send to me to please.

HALIMAHHHH:
Good morning.
Please I would like advice on this.
Is it a problem if someone applies for US visiting visa without her husband. She wants to visit her kids who are in school there and she feels it's a red flag if she and her husband don't apply together because her husband already applied and scheduled his interview for next year june without her. Your response will be greatly appreciated.