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Blackfinegirl:
They finally received my payment last night, i uploaded my i20 last night and just picked a date this morning

Shueld06

Can you see the difference between Lagos and Abuja embassy,

Payment confirmed on portal yesterday, uploaded i20 yesterday night and picked date this morning.

It’s well with Lagos embassy

Blackfinegirl:
Yes

You’re still on the payment page?

Or

you have your portal says “Preapproval request is being processed”?

Shueld06:
Lagos? And they approve your f-2?

I read her comments and I think her case might be that her payment hasn’t been verified, perhaps she’s still stuck at that payment page.
If not she would have been able to book date, I don’t think Abuja keeps anyone for more than two days on preapproval

Shueld06:
Lol. I don’t check this page as often anymore. Thought we wanna till this month ends?

Yeah

That’s it sha

By month end if nothing sups, nah to forget the mrv payment with them

Ayomide98:
Shueld06


How far with plan B execution?

Shueld06

Please let me get an update from you once you see this

Shueld06


How far with plan B execution?

Blackfinegirl:
How can it take almost a month to verify payment. Usa embassy smh

Are you for Lagos embassy or Abuja?

sHarmony:
Its actually frustrating, because its not funny anymore.
They keep acting like they're on it anytime one reach out to them. Check your dashboard 24 hrs later, some will say 48 hrs yet nothing is been done at all.

Usually before, they’d say they were on migrations and now that the migration has been done, no significant difference

sHarmony:
Yes, same case.

I wish these people have a physical office around where we can all make mass escalations

sHarmony:
I also made payment same date as well.

Do you face the same case?

Preapproval request processing?

Shueld06:
My mental health has been affected by this a whole lot. Lol. Today now, unlike before, I’ve only visited this place twice. Before, I visit every minute lol

Honestly, I don’t know if mine is way too much, I tend to lose concentration on other stuffs sef, this is getting to hit me bad,

Rdfactor:
September 2nd or so. I’ve sent u a DM

I have replied your mail.

Rdfactor:
While I’ve been a silent viewer, I’m in the same shoe. Can I send u a DM?

Lol, it’s well

Since when have you paid for mrv?

OyoTunjiUSA:
🤠

* People should be very very careful in joining any WhatsApp Group
that is not officially authorized by the mods/admin of this thread.

1. This particular open forum is the best repository of information , about any F1 VISA questions or query any applicant could be seeking answers for . The payment and appointment situation on AVITS, is understandable, and does not warrant any escalation or exaggeration.

2. Mind you, there is no group, organization, forum or even a law court that can change or overturn USA embassy VISA policies or timeline. You cannot win them , because they are never at fault in VISA policy and procedures.

3. Be warned ! WhatsApp group can easily be manipulated. Don't join any group whatsoever that is not officially announced by the admin.

🙏

Thanks sir.

Vanjori:
I totally agree to this. We need to create a WhatsApp group. please if there are any whatsapp group already available I want to be added

Hi bro, are you also a victim of this?

When did you make payment?

@shueld

Can I provide my WhatsApp digit, so we can have direct contact in following up with our case, i don’t have the energy to keep coming here on this site everyday to follow up, I don’t think people who have similar cases here are enthusiastic about getting a date.

Anyone who’s been on “preapproval request processing” on the new portal?

Estherr1:
No
I was going explain my own business and how the masters is going to help me expand it

In my opinion, you should have explained your own business where you mentioned your personal savings, you could have talked about what you do to earn the amount, even if you wouldn’t talk about your post study plans yet, that could have set the VO up to ask more about what you do and how it relates to what you’re going for.


Also, you stated 1m naira equates $10k, I guess that should be a typo error

Shueld06:
I personally would. Seeing people getting dates in Abuja is really getting to me. I mean someone will apply today and before you know it, they already get a date for next week

Same here, the only delaying factor from my end is money.

This is really wearying, no communication, nothing nothing, it’s 4 weeks I have been on this

Shueld06:
Nothing. I don tire.

After this month, are you sure we won’t embark on the plan B?

Make our patience no turn waste of time

Shueld,

What is the update now?

Was there any update from your end over the weekend?

Nitta08:
I logged out and in and was able to get a date. Thank you so much.

Excuse brother, Are you for Lagos embassy or Abuja embassy?

nysot:
Things have changed, let him go to the embassy with a course that aligns with his undergraduate degree,when he gets to the US, he can pursue his passion. Experience is the best teacher. The ball is in his court #drops pen#

Like I said, if he’s proficient enough to explain his career transition and well technically groomed enough to state his study plans and post study plans, he would beat embassy’s approval.
Consular doesn’t expect you to be bounded to your undergraduate field for life, your choice of masters degree can be a form of advancement in your current professional field, it’s all relative.

One might even get admission in master field that relates to his undergraduate and gets denied in embassy, beating embassy’s approval is all about having aligning stories and a substantial achievement to back it up.

Moreover, masters in any IT field does not depend on whichever degree one studies, it’s all about having relative profile in that field of IT, I am an IT worker and I have acquaintances who have traveled to US for masters in IT field which they never even had their undergraduate in the field, this is a recent experience.

If he can tell his story well, No VO would deny you based on differences in your undergraduate studies and msc

Shueld06:
What’s this way?

Besides, other category are getting visa for lagos

The duplicate account would correct itself when you logout and login again, according to someone with similar experience


I feel Lagos is doing this intentionally for F applicants.

I think it’s wise we switch to Abuja if this take 2 weeks more with no response from them, probably they have no plan for F applicant this year again.
For some of us, our admission package is golden o, it would be painful to lose it and probably have to be in the pool again.

CLASSYTOPPYCREA:
Deleting your profile and starting all over again or even opening another account with a different email will lead you to a state worse than you are now because it will be showing duplicate applicant error message and you wouldn't be able to do anything.
If you want to use a different passport number, then you can go ahead and delete your present account.

Please find out about it properly before you embark on such a mission.

Hmm, there’s a way to bypass that exception tho

nysot:
My advice if you would listen, apply for Masters in Biology/Biological Sciences, Biomedical sciences which are usually funded. If you have passion for Data Science, apply and get admission into a school in the US. When you are going to the embassy, go with an I-20 for MSC Biology/Biological sciences/Biomedical sciences and get your visa. When you get to America, you can pursue your Data Science if you still wish. Please do not let ''Experience be your best teacher'' with the US embassy.

Hmm, this has iota of truth but nonetheless he can go with his passion and still make it ONLY IF he’s a proficient professional in that field, that would give him story to backup his defense at the embassy, it’s not necessary you have a masters in a field where you had your undergraduate and everyone including the consular knows this

@OyoTunjiUSA

This is our story,

We have paid the mrv on the new portal and currently our portal states “Preapproval request processing”, which apparently means the application is with the embassy we chose(Lagos embassy), and perhaps they held us because there’s no available dates for F category in their embassy, this has been for the past 3 weeks and our resumption is next month, whereas our counterparts who chose Abuja embassy got the stage “preapproval request” sorted within 2 days, ours has spanned for 3 weeks now and there’s not been any communication from the embassy or anywhere on the portal.
We have created tickets and call the portal support, we were made to understand there’s nothing they can do from their end, that it’s a case with the embassy

Our intention: So we want to create a new account with a fresh email and start another application from scratch selecting Abuja as the post, and we wouldn’t mind if we are to pay a new mrv and fill a new DS160.


Is that possible/acceptable?

Also we would be glad to know if there’s any suggestion from you as way out.

Shueld06,

I think we should be planning on how to make a new mrv payment for Abuja,

The silence from these people is depressing

crowndb:
Hi OyoTunjiUSA and Ayomide98,


Please i need your help in this situation, My younger bro who scheduled his appointment in a different country and gave someone to money to pay for his visa fee in that same country, but the person he gave,used his phone number as the applicant phone number and my brother didn't notice that and filled his Nigerian number as his number when he was filling his Ds-160 form....Now he's Asking me what to do in this case. please respond . Thank you.

I don’t think it should affect, just make sure you have close contact with the person who used his phone number on the payment.

It could be assumed that you have multiple numbers.

But hope the number used wasn’t a US own?

Heyf:
Please does anyone know any school that I can apply for to study msc Data science that accepts a non computer science background, cos my bsc is in biology.

Do you have a substantial professional experience in computer science field?

Shueld06:
Wallahi I’m seriously considering it 😔😔and we’re two..

When is your resumption?

Shueld06:
Called the support staff still nothing . To change embassy, one has to fill a new DS-160, and pay a new MRV right?

You are also thinking of doing this right?