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phoyeks:
Yes, I read your post and the DS-160 AA00E....saga which was seamless for us when it was time to submit.
Definitely, God.I wish you all the best in your interview. Pls try not to cram answers or rehearse questions that you feel the VO may ask.
Just dress nicely, be confident, practise with Argo & the rest Youtube videos. Calm your nerves even if others are being denied and relax to be able to hear and understand the questions posed at you. Many applicants don/t get to hear the questions and understand well b4 answering, they just remember their own rehearsed questions and answers which ultimately shows and leads to a denial.
In all, may the favor of God go with you.
N.B. Denial is not the end of dreams, but a bend in your journey which will ultimtely work together in your favor if you trust for God's best.

Thanks brother, Amen

phoyeks:
ok, thanks for this info.
The quest is for Lagos applicants. MRV Payment was successfully done at First bank on the 21st Nov. which was a Thursday,( after trying to pay with different U.S cards and even Nigeria dollar cards on Wednesday) and were moved to Pre-approval stage on Friday, 22nd. Been stuck there since, despite raising tickets, chatting and calling both embassy and Avits staff, uploading all documents as well as Sevis receipts.

@Chemist4Life, been following the same proceedures with you and yet still at Pre-approval stage....well, as you said, plenty prayers needed right now. It must end in Praise.

I Don dey contemplate of chosing Abuja and pay another visa fee but as God will have it ,It was have approved

phoyeks:
ok, thanks for this info.
The quest is for Lagos applicants. MRV Payment was successfully done at First bank on the 21st Nov. which was a Thursday,( after trying to pay with different U.S cards and even Nigeria dollar cards on Wednesday) and were moved to Pre-approval stage on Friday, 22nd. Been stuck there since, despite raising tickets, chatting and calling both embassy and Avits staff, uploading all documents as well as Sevis receipts.

@Chemist4Life, been following the same proceedures with you and yet still at Pre-approval stage....well, as you said, plenty prayers needed right now. It must end in Praise.

My brother, I can't say if na the email or chatting or raising tickets do the magic oooo...I sha no say ,na God....i was also stuck at invalid ds-160 confirmation number for like a week but was tru on 20th and I paid visa fee on the 21st around 4am and it was confirmed immediately

phoyeks:
Hello Chemist4life, did you get a mail stating their approval of your interview schedule or you just stumbled on the approval in your portal?
Raised tickets, chatted, called, uploaded docs and still awaiting their approval. Resumption date is on the 8th of January for my F1.

Don't receive any notification, na every minute I dey check ooo,so as usual ,as I login to AVITS portal na I notice say pre approval don comot

joan12:
Good afternoon, pls is there anyone here who filled their DS-160 form after Nov 21st that has scaled through F1 application? Probably at the payment phase or preapproval? I'd also like to know if your DS-160 confirmation number started with "AA00E....".

I have been having issues since the above date and have not gotten any headway despite chatting, calling and raising a ticket. I just finished chatting with a customer support and he said it's been resolved. I tried filling another DS-160 form as he advised yet same issue. My intended date of travel is Dec 22nd. I'm thinking of cancelling the appointment request and starting all over again. Pls, will that help? Has anyone been in this position?

Hi @jone ...I also encountered the invalid ds160 confirmation number but I was able to scale tru the stage to the extent of getting a date ...just back it up with prayer

easydrizzle:
Good morning is there any section of the visa website for payment slip upload. the customer care agent I chatted yesterday said I should upload the slip

Yes ,there is section for any document u intend to upload

Moonlightq:
Hi everyone , please how do I reschedule an appointment I couldn’t attend on the AVITS website I’m not seeing anywhere to

Goto my appointment, you will see reschedule

MiracleOla4433:
Thank you so much for your response. They said I should wait

Bro be chatting everyday,one of customer support said he will forward my details to the team as priority to attend to......

Sasatoboy:
same here too this what have been getting this error message

Bro,don't fret...it will be rectify...is just a glitch from the system

MiracleOla4433:
I tried looking for where to chat on their website but I couldn't see it.
Please could you send the link ?

First u visit their website https://www.usvisaappt.com
Second you select nigeria
Thirdly you click to chat
Fourth you click visa service
Fifth you click already pav MRV
Sixth you click no,I want to get in touch with customer support

Glowing1:
Can I used my credit or debit card from uk, or is it preferable to ask someone in America to do it for me? Will they see the sevis payment immediately?

What I know is that credit card is fast ,but I don't if UK credit card can work for it

Kalakazzy:
Is there a way to send you a private message, i need to ask you some questions

Have replied you

Kalakazzy:
How you take do am, i always get an error when i upload my i-20

Raise a ticket about the error....so you are yet to reach preapproval request stage

Glowing1:
Please no vex how did you you sevis fees?

Vex ke..somebody helped me concerning the payment,The person used her US credit card, and I transferred the equivalent amount in naira to her naira account

Greatkenny2:
bro please which email address did you send this to?

LagosNIV@state.gov
and I copy "nigeria@usvisaappt.com"

Pazxr:
Keep getting the same message from them, the same senile standard response from my support tickets and nothing from them still

Same here,just keep chatin them

Pazxr:
Please do you mean you merged them as one or there are separate as in one PDF for each document.

Thank you

I merge everything as one pdf

Pazxr:
And I have been uploading my 120 or Sevis fee in PDF format, please does this have any effect?

Did you use image or what format.

Thank you

I convert it to one pdf...my mrv, sevis, ds-160 confirmation letter, my 1-20

Pazxr:
Please what subject headline did you use?

V44?
V46?

And Abuja or Lagos

I have been raising tickets and sending messages to these guys and still nothing or maybe you could aid in vetting the mail..

My resumption date is also your 13th Jan


And some one said this could be a reason for rejections.. please how true is this?

V44
Lagos

MiracleOla4433:
Please how were you able to chat with them?

Tru there site

deouf25:
Can you help with the email content

Full name:
Date of birth:
DS-160 confirmation number:
Passport Number:
Good morning,
I am an F1 visa applicant,i was accepted into spring 2025 academic program to study *****, United States..the start date on my 1-20 is 13th january 2025 , howverber, i will be needed to be in school as early as the 5th of january for there will be an orientation program for graduate students but I have been experiencing difficulties while trying to schedule an appointment on AVITS. I have paid the mrv and sevis fees and i'm currently in the pre-approval stage. Is there anything that can be done to expedite this, that would allow me to resume my academic program in the United States on time,.please, find attached my form i-20, evidence of visa and sevis fees payment to this email for your kind perusal

Thank you.

deouf25:
J1 or F1?
Lagos or Abuja

F1 ,lagos

Date is available in lagos

deouf25:
How long did it take?
Did you send any email? If yes, can you help me with the content so I can do so too

I email and I also chat the customer service

deouf25:
How long did it take?
Did you send any email? If yes, can you help me with the content so I can do so too

I pay my mrv on 21st November

deouf25:
Thank you for sharing. I have been at my preapproval stage for since November 6, is therẹ anything you did to get the approval. I'm a J1 visa applicant too.

I just checked now,my preapproval request have been approved

Hello ,date is available now in lagos

joan12:
Pls did you reach out to them or how did you go about it? This is December and I'm still stuck there.

Nope,is a general issue not even nigeria alone with ds-160 confirmation number starting with "AA00E" ....I was able to scale true last week

joan12:
Hello. Thank you for this information. I noticed days ago someone said it's working now but it's not the same over here. Pls, have you gotten any headway? I got the same response twice when I chatted with their service operators- "AA00E....." issues. Afterwards, i raised a ticket. Still waiting for a response from them. Do we keep waiting? I've been trying to apply since the 21st of November.

I also encounter the invalid ds-160 confirmation number but was rectify last week, I was able to pass the stage last week 21st but still on preapproval

Alakoriomo:
You want to renew your F1 visa in the US? How?

Not visa,na passport

vanessa9973:
My Pre-approval request was approved yesterday and i didnt know because they didnt send eny email.
I also noticed it was approved an hour after i sent that email using the format that was dropped earlier.

Hello what's the format of the email,I also sent yesterday but no response

KingsCollege80s:
Hello.

1. In that case , use your signed I 20, SEVIS payment receipt, ds 160 slip and MRV to send a mail to the embassy under system error (direct email not support ticket).

2. Navigate back to few pages here you will see the Lagos and Abuja embassies emails. You should copy nigeria@usvisaappt.com in the mail.

Ok sir,will do that tomorrow or can I do that now