loveymom:


Congrats, happy it ended in praise and your narration, top notch.
I believe the VO that interviewed you is a black American Lady?

�� E be like say you dey around walter garrison (yeah that embassy Na Barack) that fateful morning ��

Hello House.
This is just to appreciate those that contributed and adviced me almost 2 years ago on this thread after my visitors visa was denied. I was denied in Abuja on the 27th of March 2017. I applied to visit my then US Citizen fiancée that I met online. She visited me in January 2017 after talking for 1 yr 6 months. We got engaged and fixed our wedding for September 2017 and in March 2017, her family said I should visit.
I remember I ran back to this forum to drop a very long and hilarious transcript and the following people gave valuable advice.

Seyewest wrote.
“Wow... I gbadun your story oooo... but you need to do more research and also tell your fiancee to do more research.. Good luck in your endeavor.”

Omobendel wrote,
“Had to quickly scroll back to see who this poster was. Wow! Na you, your head dey dia my broda.... Going through his transcript, though long but enjoyable, I concluded on what admonition to give. You in fact said all that went through my mind. Long story short, start prepping for and concentrating energy on an Immigrant Visa application, this will pay better, start on time @doctor108. But then, anything is possible too! Regards”

9jastar wrote
“After you get married, you should be filing for an Immigrant Via, not NIV because then it becomes harder to overcome the presumption of immigration intent.
best file the iV, then you can apply for either a K visa or a normal NIV”

Constance234 wrote,
“You post long fa!!!. In all it was a good experience and good you gave legit information about you.
My opinion would be, after the wedding, do not apply for visa because there is a higher chance of being refused, being married to a US citizen does not grant you visit visa automatically, it even makes it harder to get. They know you can easily adjust status stateside if visit visa is granted, and many people do this to jump the queue of waiting for an available immigrant visa number.
Let your fiancee( she will be your spouse by then) petition for an immigrant visa for you, if she has a good job, no crime records and pays her taxes, i can assure you than in less than 1 year and 5 months you will be in the USA with a green card and by then you would have completed your house manship”

We got married in September 2017 as planned! I was hoping I would get a placement for internship lailai for where. I finished medical school in September 2016 and was all over naija for internship interview. I attended a total of 7 interviews. No internship position. Finally on the eve of my wedding I got a call to resume 2 days after my wedding.
As advised on this thread, I didn’t reapply for a US visitor’s visa. My wife beg me tire that they would grant me so we could go for honeymoon.! I takuu. Lol. Me wey no say that application money Na suya lol. Of course we had our honeymoon lol at GRA Ikeja (I had to beg for 2 wks for honeymoon from my HOD at my hospital) Honeymoon was good! We have a 10 month old son already lol. My wife filed a spousal visa petition for 4 months after our wedding ( as adviced by the gurus here) January 12 2018! It took USCIS 9 months to approve the petition September 12, 2018. I finished my internship September 15, 2018. My wife last visited me in March 2018 (29 weeks pregnant! She stayed only 6 days- No be my fault). My ogas no gree give me pass that) Case was moved to NVC and I submitted all documents and paid all fees. After 3 months with NVC, I got my interview email December 2018. Interview date (late January 2019). Good news!!!! In total, it took me 213 day for the petition to be approved and 386 day for me to get interview. It’s a long journey. Waiting for something is not my problem. No matter how long, I always get want I want. I am not the holiest, it’s just the grace of God. The sequence of events in my life Since I Graduated medical school in 2016 is what is called grace and it’s making me draw closer to God. I attempted JAMB 5 times, the 5th time I was admitted into OAU and I spent 12 yr 7 days in medical school. Yes it’s OAU. I waited a whole year to get internship after Med school. That’s 18yrs but I came home with a medical degree and grey hair and in my 18 months of practice in Nigeria, I was on top of my game as attested by my Consultants. Lol I knew I would make a good doctor lol. While in school i lost a 5 year relationship blessed with a son(Now 7yrs old) everybody thought I was not in school anymore including the mother of my son. Emotional and academic struggles!!

Fast forward to my interview early this year. Questions came up concerning my visitors visa application in 2017. All data and major details checked out. And please don’t argue with the VO during your visitors visa interview. The VO in 2017 put a note on my profile I guess. The interview in 2017 was so fast and I forgot some events that took place. When the vo in 2017 said we are sorry blah blah blah, I went off and I got angry because I never for once thought I could be denied after taking my 54k lol lailai. Prepare your mind pls!! The interview could go either way. I remember I was still talking to him after he gave me the rejection letter and he was angry and called the next candidate angrily like 5 times. So please be calm and do not lie! You might likely come back. While on the queue for my immigrant visa interview, 3 VOs and I did my calculations. I sharply fasten my belt for a long ride when I discovered that my interviewer was a notorious VO popular in that Lagos Embassy. Well my fate. I stayed so long in medical school that I was always number one on viva exam list. So I faced the oldest and deadliest professors of medicine. Sometimes 3 of them at a time on my neck trying to kill me in oral exams.
The people interviewed before me had a smooth ride. Na korokoro simple questions. None of the immigrant applicants interviewed before me spent more than 3 minutes max. White paper every where. Congratulations you are approved. After each approval, the vo will pick the folder of the next candidate peruse it for about 2 minutes before calling the candidate to the window. When the VO picked my file, it was in the red folder!!! Mogbeee yeee. Only one red folder out of 10 folder and that red belongs to me.. all other folders Na Brown/straw colored. I turned to jelly fish and I could barely walk to the window when I was called. Why? because RED means danger. I immediately remembered medical school. If 200 students would have problems, I won’t be among them lailai. But if 2 students will have issues gbaaam, I ll be one of the 2 oh. Lol. All my answers that I have practiced and memorized disappeared. The Vo perused my folder briefly and the moment vo opened folder, I saw the white paper. The vo took the white paper out and placed it very fast under my folder before calling me to the window. After all the oath and the paparazzi, vo grabbed the mouse and nassooo computer hang. Jesus not again. At that point I wanted to pee my pant. I stood for about 15 - 20 minutes and vo kept struggling with the computer and would look up with a strict face at intervals to tell patient!! patient!! patient!!! And occasionally, vo would shake head after digging up an info and hiss like I stole something or was it the computer issue? Vo was scrambling and fighting with every object on her table to resolve the issue. Vo would fight computer a little, will come back and fight my file again as if money lost there. In the process vo flipped my folder over and the white paper kept under it was revealed. I stood there are read the bulk of the text on the paper. Requesting some documents to be submitted and addresses etc. Vo kanna sharpaly and hide the white paper in a corner. I knew I won’t walk out of that place that day with approval!! I don zero mind. I believe say the journey never end naa ni. After standing for almost 20mins and other immigrant applicants don look me finish like “Your own don finish today” vo said angrily
Now let’s get down to business. My brother that computer issue no resolve oh. The vo was so pissed. I said to myself ok! Sebi all the answers wey I cram don kuku varnish for my head. Gbaaam we had to drag the issue of me been rude on my first interview ohhhh sooote and how I should not be admitted to USA blah blah blah! before other questions now followed. Photos, dates of visitation, how we met, when and how we communicate, where We met face
For the first time, dates of marriage, our child, no questions about my first son and his name was on the petition and my application. Photo album sef vo say make I open from pali to pali make I explain every human being in the pictures and relationship to me. Our wedding Na one in town that time. We scatter ground gan for my state. Baby mama family sef send people make dem come look Wetin we dey do lol. I did so well with all the questions asked with my fake American accent lol yea I talk to my wife every day for the last 3yrs 9 months. Finally vo said computer didn’t allow access to the documents requested on the white form I was given and I said ok I have the form here filled and signed. Vo refused oh that I should go a drop off at dhl. I tried to argue that it won’t make sense for me to go drop off the documents since I came with them. Vo got angry and said. Gentleman you have not changed!!!! One more word and you are done!!! I SHUT UP !!! and started saying yes ma/sir to every instruction like mumu lol. I was given my international passport back oh. I did the drop off and 2 weeks later I got a mail that I should drop my passport at Dhl for visa stamping on a Tuesday and Friday passport was ready for pick up. I am in the US now with my family. I met my 10 month old son at the airport for the first time and he nearly called 911 on a stranger like me. lol we are inseparable now.
Ever since my visitors visa was denied in March 2017, I have never missed a post on the thread. I love the emotions, the success stories, the hope and aspirations of every prospective applicant and most importantly, the experienced guys always giving valuable guidance like I was guided right 2 years ago.Thank you all. In future my parents will want to visit and I know where to come for the latest “as e dey happen for US Embassies gists in Nigeria.

crisycent:


One more thing, the letter was dated 2/5/19 and the instruction was that I should book a follow up appointment no sooner than 2 business days after the date on the letter.

I don’t know if 2/5/19 is 2nd of May, 2019 (American date format) or 5th of February 2019 (Nigerian format).

Thanks for your help.

2/5/19 means February 5th, 2019 (American format)
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Kevdee4reel:
guy you funny die. Maka chi, Med skl experience fit make person look big wahala like small issue. I go like sabi you personally. Biko, your number make we word

Lol bro e be like I see your mail oh!!

9jaStar:
After you get married, you should be filing for an Immigrant Via, not NIV because then it becomes harder to overcome the presumption of immigration intent.
best file the iV, then you can apply for either a K visa or a normal NIV

Thanks a bunch!!!

seyewest:

Wow... I gbadun your story oooo... but you need to do more research and also tell your fiancee to do more research.. Good luck in your endeavor.

Thanks seyewest! We are always researching

constance234:

You post long fa!!!. In all it was a good experience and good you gave legit information about you.
My opinion would be, after the wedding, do not apply for visa because there is a higher chance of being refused, being married to a US citizen does not grant you visit visa automatically, it even makes it harder to get. They know you can easily adjust status stateside if visit visa is granted, and many people do this to jump the queue of waiting for an available immigrant visa number.
Let your fiancee( she will be your spouse by then) petition for an immigrant visa for you, if she has a good job, no crime records and pays her taxes, i can assure you than in less than 1 year and 5 months you will be in the USA with a green card and by then you would have completed your housemanship.

Constance234! Thanks for your response it's up for consideration. She is clean and a health professional and pays her taxes. I painted this kind of a senario to her. I am a patient guy! I learnt to be in med school lol

Hello house! Am new here. I have been following this thread for about two weeks! Salute to ladyguniverse!
I had my visa interview yesterday 28th March for a US B1/B2 visa to visit my fiancée in the US. I had the interview in Abuja. I witnessed about 15 interviews. (No hiding Abeg you go dey hear wetin everybody they talk. I was denied and handed the green form section 214(b) you are ineligible blah blah .... you can reapply when circumstances have changed) my circumstances will surely change I will tell you why. It was a very interesting experience for me and I learnt so much standing and listening to those interviews. Those VOs are well trained and they have so many info about you about your previous travels and some people about 3 couples were told to sit somewhere and they were later called and after so much talk were denied. No body can explain the experience to you! You need to try your luck in person to have a good feel.
I will drop my interview transcript and some others I heard. Trust me I don zero mind say my chance na 2% lol Are you asking why? Good let me tell you why
1. Most answers to my questions are red flags to a visitor trust me. Chap guy wan run. Lol
2. I was not ready to lie apart from being a professional with a lot of opportunities. Also most info on my form and my answers will come up in future cos I will still face them over and over( you will soon know why). And I also want those stuffs on record.(you will soon know why)
Those guys are willing to know you before they issue you a visa even before trump! They know that person over there that invited you and can pull up their info but they don't know yours. They want you to build it without lying. Demonstrate more ties, that's why they will tell you can reapply. They are willing to pile up your info to an extent and ask you over an over before trusting you. Note what you filled the first time and stick to it. If you are denied don't take your mind of the info you submitted. Keep your records and consult that record before reapplying because some people that yesterday messed up with previous infos. You go fear couples wey no remember say dem no get job 2014 when they first applied. Out of the 15 before me, attending conferences, visiting families, students, honey moon, and previous visitors, only one old woman from Ekiti (the children were telling her what to say. Over and over before we went in) she should be over 70yrs rugged trader. she was interviewed by the guy who interviewed me. She used a Yoruba interpreter and bingo she got the white paper! She was still arguing with the vo after getting the white paper speaking yoruba saying Oga where I go collect my passport! The vo called the interpreter back to explain and the vo could not stop laughing! The woman serious about her passport oh lol
Now my story!
I am a medical doctor( fresh out of school inducted into the profession Oct 2016) Will be 34 in May. while in med school I had a son ( 5yrs in May 2017) the mum moved on in 2015 feb cos I could not finish med school ontime. Her moving on and inability to see or talk to my son and after over 4 years of dating with a flamboyant introduction in 2011 made me fail my final exams in June 2015. I was so depressed! June ending 2015 I met a lady online she is African American and a health professional like me. We got talking and the first thing I told her was wooos wobi "I have a son who then was 3yrs plus! She was so happy to hear me say the truth and joked even guys over there will never say such. I said as for me oh na say the truth and die oh! We were talking almost everyday for about 3 months! I asked her out on Skype and we started dating!! (She sent me the toasting video of 2015 in 2016) didn't know she recorded it lol Remember I was repeating my final year so it was tough! 6hrs difference and we were both busy but we didn't stop talking every day. In December 2016 after almost a year and half dating, I sent the necessary documents to her to visit me she was busy remember I just finished med school and begged me to visit. I said it would be difficult. She got a Nigerian visa and January 2017 she landed in Abuja and she said now we will have to abandon the hotel we booked in Abuja and start visiting every member of my family I told her about from A to Z thank God I didn't lie! Oya we travelled 8hr by road to the East to me see my Aunty and her family, I tried to scare her that going to the west to see my parents will be difficult she said no lele we must go. Next thing we were sitting next to my parents. I had already to them about her early 2016. We visited 2 other places in the west. We got engaged and she left after 2 week. Our wedding is scheduled for September 2017 she wanted to file for a fiancé visa so I can enter US to marry her. I said No! Why? Because I have a mandatory 1 year housemanship which will give me a permanent license to practice medicine anywhere in the world after passing the necessary exams. A fiancé visa will take me to us I won't be able to come back and fulfill the housemanship obligation and might have to run the final year of medical school again. Mind you the fiancé visa will take 6-8 months. More so I can't get married without my family attending all of them. She wanted the traditional wedding cos she has been watching too many nollywood movies. The fiancé visa will take 6-8 months, I cannot leave this country without my permanent medical license lai lai (with wetin my eye don see for medical school) which I can't get until I finish house job and she wants a traditional marriage and everything. I advised she should talk to her family maybe the wedding could take place in Nigeria. After so much persuasion they agreed to come to Nigeria for the wedding. Wedding date fixed for September in Lagos and traditional in my home state. Preparations in top gear invitations printed, her bridal shower fixed for May. I never travel like I dey waka this country now for my life on top the wedding. Currently I have not started my house job will resume Apri 2017. Will be about 5 months on my house job by the time of the wedding. Gbaaam the family said in early March 2017 that I should visit abi dem no get right to see who their daughter wan marry? So I filled a DS-160 and booked an appointment! Where is my B1/B2
Got to Abuja from Lagos tired on 27th march a day before the interview of yesterday. I for don put interview for Lagos but I didn't know I would be in Lagos around that time ! Busy busy! I slept in Garki not too far from the US embassy in Abuja. Woke up after failing to even fall asleep checking forum for tips. Woke up 6am for my 7:30am interview. Took a taxi to the embassy and some guys wey dey outside dey hustle just mob me with their staplers, camera, bros woos passport 4 for 1500 naira, stapler and arrangement of documents 300 naira. One woman arranged plastic chairs and persuaded me to sit and after sitting she said 200 naira lol. From the security post the started calling us 7.30am ...... 7:30am we stand and they picked 10 females and 10 males! (I guess early interview na bad luck we were 120 for 7:30am).

After security check and screening I finally entered for documentation confirmation etc. I am a doctor so I was putting on a suit with tie dressed up like tetracycline capsule lol. Many Nigerians are working in the embassy!!!! I fear sef CGi, interpreters etc. after fingerprinting I was told to stand in line. If you have been there before you will know that it's not about dressing oh!

My transcript below!!!!!!!

Me; A beautiful morning to you (with a short smile)
VO: passport please
Me.... for my mind omo this na die..... the guy was facially hostile
VO; where did you attend medical school
Me; I answered with pride
VO; looking at the screen (I stood like rock looking at his face like a military guy)
VO: are you employed currently?
Me: No!
VO: have you ever travelled to any country before
Me: No!
VO: Who is paying for this trip
Me: I mentioned my fiancée name
VO; Who is this person to you
Me; She is my fiancée (confidently)
VO; laughs in mockery ... uhhm you fiancée ( I want that on the record! Cos in September she will be a spouse! Officially) probably he was thinking I don catch am he was going to the United States to marry her.
VO; How did you meet this person
Me: we met online in June 2015
VO: Have you met this person one on one before?
Me; yes she came in January 2017 for 2 weeks, met my family we got engaged
VO: why are you visiting US?
Me: To visit my fiancées family members my would be in laws we are getting married here in Nigeria come September
VO; reaching for the green paper as I was talking. Finally he got hold of the paper! Ehhh what is the assurance that you will come back after your visit?
Me: I am a fresh medical graduate and I currently hold a provisional medical license that will expire Dec 2017 hence I need to get on my mandatory 1 year internship/house job after which I would get the permanent license to practice medicine. I have interviewed in about 3 federal hospitals and am awaiting call up. (I didn't want to say anything about me having a son blah blah cos the boy is with his mum who took him away and his birth certificate not with me! I had pictures of me and my son in my file!)
VO: I am sorry we can't give you a visa now
Me: smiles ...... thank you.

I had a huge file full of documents her every documents, affidavit of support, hotel booking, my certificate and all! I already read that documents don't matter. While standing I saw a beautiful sign on the wall like a painting stating which documents you need to hand over to the vo. B1B2 bro it's just your passport! Clearly written and I hear almost all the vos saying never mind I don't want to see that ..... please keep that ..... no documents pls blah blah blah. I didn't even bother to open the file. I wanted to word with him which I did and was happy. The vos was busy typing all my answers!
Before going for the interview I told my fiancée that we won't be pissed if I don't get the visa and that I will Chanel my energy and preparation into our planning. So when I told her I was denied we were quick to shake it off. I told her see you in September She said nope she will be in Nigeria June to greet her in laws again cos she still has a valid Nigerian Visa! The denial saved us $1500 air fare at least and BTA and ample time to focus on my scheduled job interviews and time to focus on the planing towards the wedding. I feel sick already running around! Lol
Honey moon planned for Munich in Germany cos I support Bayern Munich football club. (She dey wonder why we Nigerians like soccer) I sha convince her say na Munich. Now we are thinking of the honey moon in the USA cos many of her family members won't be able to make it and I still need to meet them. She and her family members have booked their tickets to Nigeria since Late February. She is scheduled to leave for US 15th September. Now we want to leave together. By 10th of September God willing we ll be married. Now I will have to apply for the B1B2 again so we can travel back together for the honeymoon!

Now they gave me a paper that says you can apply again when your circumstances have changed!
Let me highlight things that will change by then!
1. Now single, then I will be married to a Citizen
2. Now jobless, I will be about 5 months into a job half way into my internship which I need to complete to get my full license (professional tie)
3. Now no money to sponsor my trip, then I ll be on almost 190k salary monthly (federal medical center) then I have a job that can make me come back (economic tie)
4. Then I can say I have a son to come back to (family tie)
5. I will be able to get a letter from my employer that I have been given a 2 week leave (professional tie)
If after all that they still refuse me, life will still go on! Am tough and prepared for that! Med school prepared me!

House please point to where I made a mistake and advice on my future plans. Also advice me whether by that September we should book my flight and book and pay for where we will stay for the honeymoon. We are looking at Hawaii, etc.

I will update with the transcript of the other interviews!
Thanks