3rd of June is still a bit far away by the embassy’s standards. So I’ll suggest you wait a bit longer. Don’t worry too much, it’ll most likely end in good news.

jaeima:
The departure date is 3rd of June
Please which email address do I send this mail to? I have read this thread from beginning and didn’t see an email address to send queries to.

Or do you think I should hold on till mid next week?

I’m good thank you. Hope you are too. I made photocopies of only the documents with originals like birth certificate, passport, etc.
the embassy in Lagos accepts POS and they weren’t extra friendly. They were just okay if you have all your documents and they are arranged in the right order.

Zoey1:
How are you today?
Please what were the documents you made photocopies of?
Did you pay the fee by POS or Cash?
As the website has conflicting info on that.
What is the quality of their service at the Lagos consulate like? Friendly?
Thank you.

Sometimes if the departure date is too far in the future, they may hold the documents and release it a few days closer to the departure date. If it’s getting too close then you can send them an email.

jaeima:
Hello everyone
Just found out this page existed.

My brother invited my parents to see their grandchild and they went for the interview on the 29th of April but up till now we haven’t heard from the embassy. On the website they said it’s 14 day to process the visa but it’s currently longer than 14 days.
Note: All documents were provided for even ties to the country
Their time of departure is drawing closer

Should I be worried?

I checked between 11pm and midnight then I got an appointment. The page kept crashing so you’ll need to be persistent. The appointments are also usually around one to two weeks in advance so I’ll recommend you already have all your documents before you try to get an appointment.

Zoey1:
How frequently were you checking for appointment when you first got… been checking for a while and nothing.
Any particular time?
Thanks

Thank you. I was able to get an appointment a week after. The visa fee was 123k and I got a 20k courier envelope from DHL

Zoey1:
Sorry about your plight.
Hope you got a date not too far though? Thats the important thing.
Plus how much is their visa fee and courier fee in Naira please? Thank you.

Yes I had an appointment on Monday at 8am in Lagos. Waited till 12pm and they sent us all away to come back on Tuesday because their servers were down and couldn’t process any visa. Same thing happened on Tuesday. Two days in a row.
They ended up giving us all new appointments on other days. Didn’t even care that people flew in from other states

Zoey1:
I don’t get this please.
You had appointment?
And appeared?
And you were sent away?
Lagos or Abuja?

Does anyone have any information about the servers being down? The embassy sent everyone away yesterday and today because they claim the server in Berlin is down and they can’t process visas.

mbeenox:


Earlier dates pop around midnight, so u might have to stay up all night n keep refreshing the dates to get an earlier one

Thank you so much.

Nabylet:
So I have finally filled and submitted my DS-160 form. Available dates are from August 11, I stayed all night to find an early interview date, it paid off, my interview is on 22nd of this month. Thanks to all the info gotten on this thread, it's worth it. I have complied my mock interview, should I paste it here for review?

Hi. What do you mean by you stayed up all night to find an early interview date? How exactly did you do that?
Thank you.